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In 1982, China's reforms in various fields were in full swing, and a earth-shaking change would change the fate of many people in this ancient land; Tragicomedy about wealth and status will be staged in this hot land.

And on the other side of the ocean, in the United States, Gan Youwei, who left the motherland before the storm, enjoyed an unprecedented peaceful life.

As a Chinese born into a large family, with a certain amount of knowledge and influenced by traditional culture, he never thought of coming to the United States to come to Gan Youwei.

However, when his father was defeated in the turmoil because of his status as a landlord, he was put on a top hat and marched through the streets, sleeping in a pigsty and eating pig food; When his former friends turned against him, and his wife left him, leaving only an unknown son, Gan Youwei had the idea of leaving this place for the first time.

But where can he go?

His cooking skills have nowhere to show, his political composition is not good, and his wife has run away with others, so he can only rely on some accounting skills he learned in the past to become a small accountant.

Later, when the turmoil ended, his father Gan Binghua's charges were cleared, but what had been lost would not be returned.

Although Gan Youwei looks tall, thin, weak, and has a strong scholarly anger, he is a stubborn and tenacious man in his bones, which also deeply affects Gan Guoyang.

He also has a good brain, and finally took advantage of the opportunity to resell agricultural machinery and earned the first pot of gold in his life.

If he continues to stay in China, then with the further deepening of reform, he may become a trendsetter of the times and a beneficiary of change in this unprecedented wave; Maybe he will be crushed by the ten-foot waves, and turned into a handful of dry bones in front of the beach.

At this time, a long letter sent across the ocean changed the fate of Gan Youwei and Gan Guoyang.

The family of Gan Bingguang, a distant cousin who moved to San Francisco before liberation, opened a restaurant in Chinatown and has grown bigger and bigger.

However, they use Huaiyang cuisine - Ganjia cuisine as their signature dish, but they do not have a real Huaiyang chef; Whether it is Gan Bingguang or his son Gan Youtang, they are better at Yangzhou cuisine, but they know little about Huai cuisine.

Because of the true heir of Gan's cuisine, Gan Binghua chose to stay in the mainland and left his excellent cooking skills in China.

If Ganjia Restaurant wants to develop further, it must hire a chef who really knows how to cook Ganjia cuisine and can carry forward Ganjia cuisine in the United States.

Gan Youwei didn't expect that this distant cousin would be able to find him, but after thinking about it, he understood that the people of Ganjia Village had already died in the turmoil, and his family was left.

Gan Bingguang's family originally just sent this letter with the mentality of trying it out, but they didn't expect to really receive a call from Gan Youwei across the ocean, saying that he was willing to go.

Gan Youwei has suffered too much damage in this land he once loved, especially the departure of his wife, which almost caused him a fatal blow.

Fortunately, he still has a son, and Gan Guoyang, the only hope for him to live, the brightest ray of light in his dark life.

He suddenly had an extremely strong feeling that he was leaving here with his son, because Gan Guoyang's most glorious future was not here, but on the other side.

Therefore, Gan Youwei quickly agreed to the sudden invitation letter, and went to the provincial capital to make a transatlantic call.

And when he took his son to the other side of the Pacific, the richness, beauty, and development of the place far exceeded his imagination, and he thought that even if China reached communism, it would be nothing more than that, right?

Although there was always something missing here, something missing that haunted him.

Thus, the son truly became the center of his life, and everything about him revolved around him; He works hard to make money for his son, knows the brands of various sports products for his son, and learns to cook Sichuan food for his son - because Gan Guoyang doesn't know how to like to eat Sichuan food.

And Gan Guoyang is also extremely competitive, and he never needs to worry about his studies in high school; Although he couldn't help when applying for college, he still applied to a very good university with the help of Qian Hui, which made Gan Youwei, who has always attached importance to cultural knowledge, very relieved, and felt that his worries were not in vain.

Of course, he is also very supportive of his son's love of playing basketball, although he doesn't understand what is fun about a group of people running around chasing a ball, but every time he sees his son's fanatical look when he talks about basketball, he knows that Gan Guoyang really likes this sport.

On December 1, 1982, Gan Guoyang had been going to Los Angeles for three months to attend college, and in these three months, Gan Youwei felt as if a big piece of his life had been missing all of a sudden.

In the past, Gan Guoyang also lived in high school in Palo Alto, but he would go back to San Francisco every week, and Gan Youwei also had the opportunity to get along with his son for two days.

Los Angeles is a different story, 500 miles from San Francisco, and it's a five- or six-hour drive.

And Gan Youwei couldn't leave the Gan's restaurant, and he couldn't see his son for three months, and this kind of longing is getting heavier and heavier.

Sometimes Gan Bingguang and Gan Youtang also want to give Gan Youwei a few days off, let him go to Los Angeles to see Gan Guoyang, and have fun in Hollywood by the way.

Gan Youtang has been to the University of Southern California a few times, and he has a lot of fun with his fat son in Los Angeles.

Gan Youwei refused again and again, he always didn't want to trouble his son, he was afraid that he would be embarrassed by a foreigner who didn't understand anything and couldn't speak a few words of English.

In the morning, the Ganjia restaurant opened its doors early again, and after a while, the guests for breakfast were coming.

Gan Youwei is very idle, because doing breakfast is Gan Youtang's job, he sits at the small dining table near the door and drinks tea, enjoying the fresh air in the morning.

In the past, when Gan Guoyang lived in the store, he would go to the table at the door of the store every morning to have breakfast with Gan Youwei; Then he'd do some chores for the store, and by ninety o'clock he'd be out playing basketball.

"Dad..."

Gan Youwei, who was originally sitting on a stool drinking tea, was thinking about his son, but Gan Guoyang's voice came from his ears.

Gan Youwei felt that he must have missed too much and hallucinated.

"Dad, Dad?"

Then, the real voice sounded again, and Gan Youwei also felt that there was indeed someone standing beside him.

As soon as he looked up, he saw an extremely tall but familiar figure, blocking the door of the restaurant, completely covering the door.

It is Gan Youwei's son who thinks day and night, Gan Guoyang.

"Guoyang?!" Gan Youwei was surprised and delighted, happy, he didn't expect that the son he had been missing would suddenly appear; What surprised me was that today was Wednesday, and the school was in session, why did Gan Guoyang suddenly run back?

Moreover, after Gan Guoyang entered the door, Gan Youwei found that he did not come back empty-handed, but brought a lot of things in large bags and small bags, which were all luggage that Gan Guoyang brought to the school when school started.

Could it be that something happened to Gan Guoyang at school?

However, Gan Youwei didn't ask in a hurry, but first helped Gan Guoyang put everything upstairs, and went to the kitchen to bring him breakfast.

"It's Guoyang, why are you back? Guohui is also back together? Gan Youtang saw Gan Youwei come in to serve breakfast, and when he came out to take a look, it turned out that Gan Guoyang was back.

"No, Guohui... It's still in school. ”

"Oh, Guoyang, I don't think your face is very good, you ran back early in the morning, and you came back overnight?"

In the past, Gan Guoyang had always lived a regular life, and he was an athlete, and his face had always been very good; Today, however, it looks like a lack of sleep.

"Isn't the school open? Why did you run back today? Gan Youwei watched his son eat breakfast before he began to ask.

After Gan Guoyang completed a big breakthrough in his life last night, he took the evening bus alone with his luggage, left Los Angeles quietly, and temporarily left Wang Fuxi.

Thinking that Wang Fuxi looked a little stumbling when he walked, Gan Guoyang really wanted to stay in Los Angeles and accompany her for a day.

However, the stubborn Wang Fuxi still asked Gan Guoyang to go home first, because dropping out of school is not a trivial matter, and if this matter is not solved, Gan Guoyang will not be happy even if he is with her.

Now, even if Gan Guoyang returned to the familiar Ganjia restaurant, he couldn't be happy for a while, because he had already seen the expression on his father's face that went from angry to angry after listening to his narration.

Gan Youwei's emotions went from joy to surprise, and then from surprise to anger, and finally couldn't restrain his anger, and a slap was thrown on Gan Guoyang's face.

"Smack!" The crisp sound of the slap echoed in the still quiet restaurant, which seemed so harsh.

Half of Gan Guoyang's face hurt with this slap, and he suddenly became numb, as if he had been burned by a soldering iron.

"Promising! If you have anything, you can talk to your child, what are you doing with him! Guoyang didn't make any big mistakes, but he didn't adapt for a while, you talk to him well, and he will naturally go back to school. At this time, the old shopkeeper Gan Bingguang saw that Gan Youwei had beaten Gan Guoyang, and hurriedly stood up and persuaded him.

Gan Guoyang covered his face and lowered his head, not daring to raise his head to meet Gan Youwei's gaze.

Although Gan Guoyang took a lot of courage to decide to leave UCLA, the most difficult and difficult thing for him to face was his father.

Strictly speaking, Gan Youwei is only half of Gan Guoyang's father, and in Gan Guoyang's soul, he has integrated into a person named Dang Lei.

But the memory of his previous life, coupled with Gan Youwei's meticulous love for himself for more than a year, whether it is Gan Guoyang or Dang Lei, they have long regarded Gan Youwei as their real relatives.

Now, no matter how much he was wronged in school, how unhappy he was in life, and how much injustice he suffered on the basketball team, dropping out of school is not a glorious thing after all, nor is it the best way to solve the problem.

Especially for Gan Youwei, who has gone through ups and downs, he feels that Gan Guoyang dropping out of school just because of such "trivial things" is really a cowardly and irresponsible performance.

This slap made him feel very distressed, but he had to hit this slap again, which was a manifestation of a father's deep responsibility for his son.

"Now, grab your things and go back to school!" Gan Youwei looked at Gan Guoyang, who bowed his head and was silent, and said sharply.

Gan Guoyang sat motionless on the stool, this stubborn brute had decided not to return to the place that disgusted him no matter what, his basketball talent would rot there.

Gan Youwei looked at Gan Guoyang, who had no action, raised his left hand and gave him a slap again, now even if Gan Guoyang grows into a giant of more than two meters, he is still an ignorant little bit in his eyes.

"Promising! You can't fight anymore! This slap is heavy enough. It's not that you don't know that this kid is just as stubborn as you, what's the use of you beating like this! Gan Bingguang immediately stepped forward, grabbed Gan Youwei's hand that had not yet been waved, and stopped the slap.

"Yes, cousin, why don't you sit down and talk about something? What Guoyang said is indeed quite reasonable, his basketball talent is so good, if he continues to stay in that school, it will be wasted! Gan Youtang also said good things for Gan Guoyang on the side.

"Basketball basketball, he knows basketball! You've been living by basketball all your life! If you're really talented, why don't you come back with a championship! Gan Youwei is also angry, in the past, he has always supported his son to play basketball, not because he likes basketball, but because he loves his son, and he will support whatever his son likes.

But now, Gan Guoyang is going to drop out of school because of basketball and leave a prestigious university like UCLA, so he naturally said everything.

These words deeply pierced Gan Guoyang's sore spot, uncovered the scar of being killed and losing the championship, and buried his head deeper.

Gan Youwei also realized that he had said the wrong thing, Gan Guoyang had done a great job, and not having a championship could not represent his failure in basketball, let alone deny his talent.

"Youwei, it's your fault to say this, Guoyang basketball is good for all to see. Don't you see that the big star Chamberlain is good friends with Guoyang? His future in basketball is definitely limitless! Don't get carried away by your old ideas, it's a pity that you didn't get into a university in China, but in the United States, changing universities is not as difficult as you think. If there are any problems, we will sit down and discuss them and solve them well, what problems can you solve by beating and scolding like this? Besides, isn't there still a daughter-in-law with Youtang, with her, don't you think about this aspect of the problem. ”

Jiang is still old and spicy, Gan Bingguang eased the scene and atmosphere with a few words on the side, and pointed out that this is not a big problem and can be solved.

And Gan Youwei finally calmed down, sat down and looked at his son, who was still bowing his head and saying nothing.

"Guoyang, if you have any difficulties, then the first thing you think of should be to overcome it, not to escape it, what problems can escape solve?" Gan Youwei began to try to comfort Gan Guoyang calmly.

"Dad, sometimes, some problems, it's not worth it." Gan Guoyang finally spoke, but he said this.

Gan Youwei instantly thought of what happened to him, thought of Gan Guoyang's mother, and thought of leaving his hometown to come to the United States, and his heart suddenly tightened.

There are some things that cannot be solved by love alone; Love can bring strength, and love can blind the eyes.

Some difficulties, even by hard work, cannot be overcome, and staying away is sometimes more useful than fighting.

"Perhaps, my son is right." Gan Youwei looked at Gan Guoyang blankly, thinking in his heart.

Under the mediation of Gan Bingguang and Gan Youtang, Gan Youwei still gave up the idea of letting Gan Guoyang go back to school immediately, let him stay in the restaurant first, wait for Qian Hui to come back, and let this barrister refer to solve the problem.

Gan Guoyang's face no longer hurts, but his heart hurts a little.

He didn't hurt himself for beating himself, but felt that his stubborn decision had brought so much trouble to his father, made him so angry, and caused a lot of trouble to his cousin's family.

"I'm sorry, Dad." Gan Guoyang stood up and said to Gan Youwei.

Although Gan Youwei agreed to let his son stay first, his anger had not completely subsided, so he waved at him and asked Gan Guoyang to go upstairs first.

Gan Guoyang lowered his head and returned upstairs, back to the room where he lived when he arrived in the United States, when he was only a little more than 1.9 meters, he felt that the room was suffocated; Now that he is almost two meters one, he is naturally even more aggrieved.

But he was lying on the extended bed, but he felt extremely relieved, extremely cordial, this is the place he knows and likes.

At this time, he suddenly thought of a person, the scout he met on the street court in Inglewood, Falck!

He once said that he could be called if needed.

Gan Guoyang immediately got up from the bed and took out the business card from his duffel bag.

"Luckily, David Falck, I can only try." Gan Guoyang looked at the phone on the business card and decided to make a call to give it a try.

"Hello... I'm Gan Guoyang, the Chinese who met you in Inglewood... Yes, that's me... Are you available right now? "The call went through.

"That's right, I have something I want to ask you......" Gan Guoyang told David Falck about his situation.

"Yes, that's right, it's him... What did you say? He's not a coach in high school now? Went to college... What University? Okay, I'll find a chance to visit you directly on the weekend. ”

When Gan Guoyang hung up the phone, he instantly felt that the world was a better place, because he got a piece of exciting news for him.

Bobby Bellman went to college coaching.