Cai Aihong was woken up early in the morning, he played cards with several of his uncles last night until more than three o'clock in the morning.

According to the tradition of Long Province, on the morning of the first day of the Lunar New Year, you should get up early to set off a string of firecrackers, which is actually the old rule left in the past.

However, few people still adhere to such a tradition, and only in the countryside still have such a custom.

Cai Aihong has to follow his parents back to his hometown for the New Year every year, in fact, he doesn't like to go back to his hometown, because it is really inconvenient to live, their family is a big family in the local countryside, every time they go back to their hometown for the New Year, there are more than a dozen relatives, and the old man's old house will definitely not be able to live, so young juniors like Cai Aihong can only live in the nearby uncles and relatives.

Although the fire kang in the countryside is very warm in winter, it is not so comfortable for Cai Aihong to sleep, because there are few people in rural families who can sleep on a kang of Cai Aihong's height.

Although Cai Aihong can sleep diagonally, he can't sleep on a kang and Cai Aihong alone, so every time Cai Aihong goes back to his hometown, he sleeps very aggrieved.

When he came to the old house and refused the morning tea handed over by his aunt, Cai Aihong ate a tasteless breakfast with boiled water, which was tasteless in the eyes of his relatives.

In the rural areas of the northwest, this meal in the morning is sure to drink the "poured tea", this poured tea is actually made of the old tea stalks made of leftovers in the eyes of some tea villagers in the south, and then put into a small enamel jar, add water, add sugar, and then slowly boil out the bitter tea on the stove in the room, this thing is no different from poison in the eyes of nutritionists, but it is the basis for farmers in the northwest rural areas to start a day's work, over time, people who are used to drinking will even become addicted, and they will be extremely uncomfortable if they don't drink for a day.

Cai Aihong kept in mind the instructions of Coach Aili and Wang Lei, he has strong self-discipline and maintains a certain amount of exercise every day.

However, Cai Aihong's self-discipline is somewhat unusual in the eyes of his relatives, coupled with his temper, Cai Aihong has been somewhat unpopular this year.

"Hongwa, did you eat some sa this day? I don't even drink tea, I don't eat meat, and I'm as thin as a stick. ”

Cai Aihong's grandfather really likes the tallest of his grandchildren, and when he saw Cai Aihong's vegetarian food, he ate some fish and vegetables without touching the pork, and couldn't help but start talking.

"Master, this is arranged by our coach, and these are not suitable for our athletes."

"Then your coach is as thin as you and a ghost?"

In the eyes of the old man, reading is the biggest way out, compared with the famous universities of several other grandsons, Cai Aihong's Frontier University of Finance and Economics seems to be somewhat outdated, plus Cai Aihong's open-mouthed coach and closed-mouthed athlete, the old man can't help but be a little angry no matter how much he likes his grandson.

Cai Aihong stiffened his neck and didn't speak, and the scene was suddenly a little embarrassing.

"Master, what my third brother said is true, now the athletes' diet is very careful, I heard that foreign athletes don't even drink the mineral water that has been opened, for fear that there is a problem, my third brother is right to eat like this. But third brother, why don't you have any information about your provincial youth team, I have been checking on the Internet for a long time, and there is no news at all, you can't be deceived, right? ”

The one who spoke to help Cai Aihong speak was his cousin, a freshman at Jingcheng University, who was the best student in Cai's family, and usually had a very good relationship with Cai Aihong.

"How is it possible, our coach is from the former national team."

"I said Hong Wa, don't be an athlete if you can't be a good athlete, you still have to study hard, and finding a good job in the future is the right thing, how long can you play as an athlete, and can you still eat and wear? You can't get into the national team, and there is no benefit in playing like this, so you should play it now. ”

The old man's culture is not high, his way of thinking is still traditional, and he thinks that Cai Aihong is still playing basketball when he is so old, but he is not doing his job.

"Your grandfather is right, Hong Wa, you have to think about the future, it's not sixteen or seventeen years old now, and you're going to graduate in just over a year, you have to think about your future life. Now I can't even play a school team, I can only go to the provincial youth team that I don't know where to get it, this head listens loudly, but who knows whether it's true or not, so this is really not a good way out, you have to think about it. ”

It was Cai Aihong's second uncle who helped the old man speak, although it sounded like he was really thinking about Cai Aihong, but Cai Aihong himself knew that his second uncle was actually very cautious, he bullied his second uncle's son when he was a child, and now the second uncle will trouble him whenever he has the opportunity.

Cai Aihong stalked his neck again and stopped talking, after his experience of the New Year all these years, Cai Aihong knew that talking back at this time was purely to find guilt, even if he said it was reasonable, but this occasion was really unreasonable, anyway, it was his fault for saying anything, just don't say it, the neck is stalked, and others who are angry will get sick.

"Alas, you didn't watch the Spring Festival Gala last night, it's a pity, Li Pingyi didn't sing at the end of last night, let a young man sing it, that song is really good, you young people should listen to it, I think this song will definitely be popular, and the Internet must be full of his comments."

Seeing that the atmosphere was out of shape, Cai Aihong's uncle diverted the topic at the right time and led the topic elsewhere.

"Well, the one who sang well and sang the country, and now the country is good, you have to listen to it."

Cai Aihong didn't expect that even his grandfather said that young people sing well, which is very rare, you must know that the old man usually listens to Qin dialect and the like at most, and disdains the rest.

"Hey, then turn on the TV, there is just a replay, let's take a look, we can make Li Pingyi retreat, this young man must be unusual."

Cai Aihong's cousin listened to his uncle, immediately turned on the TV, and the whole family had dinner, and it was rare to turn on the TV in normal times.

Under normal circumstances, the programs of the Spring Festival Gala will be rebroadcast the next morning, and the rebroadcast time of each TV station is different, some early, some late.

Cai Aihong's cousin looked for it, and just happened to call a TV station that was about to end the rebroadcast.

When Li Pingyi took Wang Lei's hand and walked out, Cai Aihong's chopsticks fell directly, he didn't expect to see his coach on the stage of the Spring Festival Gala, it was definitely no one else, because that limping movement could not be imitated by others.

"What's wrong with you, Hongwa, you're sick?"

"This is, this is our coach, this is our coach, I said that it is not fake, haha, you see, our coach is on the Spring Festival Gala, and it is the finale."

Cai Aihong was excited like a child, at this time, he didn't care about the surprised eyes of others, who would have thought that an unknown coach of the youth team of the border province could actually appear in the finale of the Spring Festival Gala.