Christmas isn't the biggest holiday in Brazil, Carnival is.

But Brazil's carnival usually takes place in mid-to-late February, when the league and Champions League are in full swing, and Brazilian players who play in Europe's major leagues are unlikely to return.

If a player has to go back to the carnival, there will often be conflicts with the club, such as during Romario's time in Barcelona, as happened to Adriano and Ronaldinho in another time and space.

Ronaldo and Inter Milan have a very good relationship, and Ricardo and Inter Milan are also in their honeymoon period, so naturally they will not break the rules.

So they can only enjoy Christmas and make up for the regret of not being able to attend the carnival.

Ricardo ate a large meal prepared by his mother, Li Mei—of course, he only ate a little bit of everything, and he didn't plan to gain weight in this short vacation.

Ronaldo doesn't have that many worries. He has almost won all the honors he deserves, and now he is one Champions League champion away, which is the time when he is most depressed.

After eating, Ronaldo went out to visit friends, and Ricardo and Li Mei chatted in the courtyard.

Li Cardo is still a Chinese way of thinking, and when he earns money, he naturally wants to improve his family's life.

After Ronaldo made his fortune, he bought a new house for his family, and Ricardo paid for a good yard and bought some very rare flowers and plants. In addition to running her Chinese restaurant, Li Mei now likes to play with the flowers and plants in the yard.

Under the beautiful hairy crab claw orchid, Li Mei said softly: "I heard that you have played very successfully in Italy. ”

Ricardo nodded, "Yes, so far so good." ”

He looked at his mother. Li Mei is a petite woman, with a thin body that is incomprehensible to ordinary people, she was once a promising sprinter, but she was cut off by injury; She was once deceived and forced into a menial job, but she didn't give up and finally got out of her nightmare.

She is about 1.64 meters tall and weighs less than 50 kilograms, and despite being over 40 years old, she still shows no signs of getting rich. On her melon seed face, she still has beautiful and picturesque facial features, not the feeling of "being a beauty when she was young", she is still a beauty.

Although the years have inevitably carved traces on the corners of her eyebrows and eyes, although the complicated world has made her a little more haggard and a little wiser, she is still demure and beautiful, and her temperament is calm and calm.

"I've seen some of the reports. The media says you work hard, train late every day, rarely rest, and almost never go out to play," she said in Chinese, "Ricardo, you are still young, you need to fight, but you also have to learn to enjoy the beauty of life." ”

"I think life is beautiful, as long as there is football, it is good for me." Ricardo laughed.

"There's more to life than football. How are you and that girl, Stella, doing now? ”

"Sometimes it's fine, sometimes it's noisy," said Ricardo honestly, "and I find it annoying." I just want to play quietly and come home and do what I want to do. But she always wants to drag me to do this, do that, always want me to pay more attention to her. ”

"She didn't do anything wrong, every girl does." Li Mei said lightly.

"But I'm not fit for that. It's too much trouble to fall in love, I'd rather be alone. ”

Li Mei sighed softly: "I always want you to get married as soon as possible and give me a grandson as soon as possible." Of course, I don't force you, but you have to think about it yourself. You can't play football for a lifetime, you have to have a family and have children, and it's better to be late than early. Stella I feel good, there has been no negative news, you are with her, I am relieved. ”

"I see, Mom, I'll think about it." Ricardo said perfunctorily.

After a few more conversations about not salty or light, the conversation ended.

Li Mei is just an ordinary woman, an ordinary mother, and her concerns are no different from other mothers.

Ricardo felt her deep and serene love, some enjoyment, indulged in it.

Her relationship with her cheap father can only be said to be okay, after being married for so many years, the component of family affection is far greater than love.

She is not a very enterprising woman, and she works hard to run a Chinese restaurant just to be financially independent and find something to do for herself.

She, like many Chinese women, is fully focused on her children.

Perhaps, when the conditions are ripe in the future, it will make her happier to take her to Europe. Ricardo thought.

In the evening, Ronaldo has not returned, most likely being pestered by a beautiful woman at a party and spending the night outside.

Ricardo lay in bed, thinking about the past half season.

Since landing in the Apennines, he has been on a smooth sailing journey with the exception of that injury, often playing the role of key man at Inter.

He feels that his tactical level, his ability to read the game has improved, and there have been some improvements in his technique. That's the benefit of an advanced football culture.

At this rate, in another year and a half, he will be able to step into the ranks of world-class players.

He has been outstanding in the first half of the season and has now largely taken up a starting spot, but his performances have dropped in recent games.

It's not that he's not in good shape, it's that the Italian team has become familiar with him.

At the beginning, he was like a young magician who suddenly broke into Italian football, and with everyone's strangeness to him, with his knowledge of Italian football, he got off to a good start.

But as everyone becomes familiar with his technical style and way of behaving, he will inevitably encounter more difficulties and more strict guarding.

Only by continuing to improve can we break through the bottleneck and have a stable performance.

You also need to train harder and spend more time studying your opponent's game footage.

In the past six months, his biggest gain has not been to occupy the starting position, but to get along with Ronaldo up close.

He has seen some of Ronaldo's incredible performances and witnesses Ronaldo's training every day, which makes him happy as a fan and a great benefit for him as a professional.

At this moment, he is still far from Ronaldo. But it can already provide some help to Ronaldo. When he evolves into a world-class player, he will certainly be able to provide more support to Ronaldo.

With Ricardo by his side, Ronaldo does not have to break into the opponent's solid defense with the ball again and again, and is violated by the opposing defender with savage fouls, reducing the risk of injury, so that his peak can continue longer, so that Ricardo and the whole world can be lucky to witness more incredible miracles he creates, and stage scenes that can become classics.