Chapter 42: Christmas
Winter has come across the Northern Hemisphere, and in recent days, the skies in New York have been overcast and grey, and the cold wind has swept through the bustling streets, rolling up and spinning the dry leaves into the distance. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info
At night, the snow began to flutter in the sky, and gradually, the snow became heavier and heavier, and dense snowflakes filled the sky, as if to envelop the whole world.
In the early morning, Wang Zhuo pushed open the window, the world in front of him was covered in silver, he stood on the balcony, practicing the seventy-two style Tai Chi, the exhaled air flow was blown away by the oncoming cold wind, hitting the eyebrows and hair instantly condensed into frost.
As Christmas approaches, the snow that seems to have been brewing for a long time has finally landed in every corner of New York before Santa Claus' footsteps, but this has not affected the strong holiday atmosphere in the slightest.
On the other hand, the snow in New York is as beautiful as a painting, and the Christmas atmosphere makes the painting even more intriguing, with red Santa hats and "Merry Christmas" slogans springing up in the streets of New York, and Christmas trees and giant statues of Santa Claus are erected in squares and shopping streets.
Wang Zhuo drove a rented car to the company, and there were passers-by and rear-end vehicles everywhere along the way, and the snow brought beautiful but also brought a lot of inconvenience, but Wang Zhuo's driving skills were not affected by the road conditions at all.
There was no game today, and the Madison Square Garden arena was deserted, with only Knicks players running back and forth on the court and doing simple shooting practice.
At this time of year, the Madison Square Garden Arena is already lit up for the annual NBA visual feast, known as the "Christmas War" in China.
The Christmas War is all about heavyweight teams and popular stars as the hot spot of publicity, with "revenge" and "showdown staged in advance" as gimmicks to win the attention of the audience and the attention of the media, as the mecca of basketball, the largest city and financial center in the United States, the New York Knicks are almost the hand-picked team of the Christmas War every year.
However, this year's Knicks disappeared from the Christmas game list, and it was obviously Adam Shival's last-place finish in the East last season that chilled Adam Shival's record, so he erased the Knicks from the Christmas game list.
In Wang Zhuo's view, it doesn't matter if you participate in the Christmas war or not, if you participate, it is a bit of heat, it doesn't matter if you don't participate, it's not a better thing to go home to accompany your family on such an important holiday.
However, most people don't think so, because whether or not to participate in the Christmas game is a bellwether in the league, and it can be seen which team the league values and which star it is focusing on, just like LeBron James, who has never missed any Christmas game in recent years.
Wang Zhuo can't see that Adam Shivall doesn't pay attention to the Knicks at all, business is business, spending the same amount of money, no one wants to pay attention to a team at the bottom, they prefer to watch LeBron James's grievances or the Warriors' gorgeous offense.
"Lost and regained, not to prove how great you are, but to tell others that what you have lost must be taken back!"
Wang Zhuo left a sentence on the tactical board in the locker room, and he seems to have developed the habit of communicating with players in this wordless way, and the players are also used to consciously glancing at the tactical board before the game.
On December 23, after the Knicks successfully took revenge on the Orlando Magic at home, they ushered in a three-day Christmas holiday, and the Madison Square Garden arena fell into unprecedented desertion.
In such a grand festival, Wang Zhuo naturally had to accompany Lin Yao, because of work, in the past six months, Lin Yao had only met his father once, and it was in a hurry, but she was also used to it, and she was glad that Wang Zhuo had always been with her.
Although Wang Zhuo often flies around because of work, whenever she stops, Wang Zhuo will always find time to accompany her, which makes her very moved, in fact, in her heart, she has acquiesced to the relationship with Wang Zhuo's lover, and even often claims to be Wang Zhuo's girlfriend in front of Anne, lest Anne, the "princess of flowers", can't control her little flower intestines and have any crooked thoughts about Wang Zhuo.
On Christmas Eve, Wang Zhuo personally cooked, made roast turkey, roast suckling pig, Christmas pudding and other Christmas food, although Wang Zhuo is best at Chinese dishes, but into the local customs, after coming to the United States he also learned some Western dishes to cook, these Christmas food is also done decently, after the meal, the two also drank a little red wine, in front of the door set off a few fireworks.
When resting, Lin Yao hung the prepared stockings at the head of the bed, and when Wang Zhuo left, he slipped the socks away and hung up an identical sock, but with Santa's gifts stuffed inside.
The next morning, Lin Yao opened her eyes and symbolically touched the stockings, a hard little thing, Lin Yao opened it in surprise and found that it was a small remote control, she curiously pressed the only button on it, the lights on the Christmas tree in the corner of the room instantly lit up, and the soft and sad notes overflowed the whole room with the jump of the light, Lin Yao could hear it was the pianist Paul Molière's famous work "Blue Love".
Her heart suddenly throbbed, there was no doubt that this was what Wang Zhuo did, but in her eyes, Wang Zhuo didn't look like such a romantic person, no matter what, Lin Yao finally understood that she had a very important position in Wang Zhuo's heart.
On Christmas Day, Lin Yao wanted to see the snow, so Wang Zhuo drove her to Liberty Island in New York Harbor to look at the Statue of Liberty standing at the mouth of the Hudson River.
Against the backdrop of the snow, the white body of the Statue of Liberty was solemn, Lin Yao stared at it for a long time, and infinite emotion surged in his heart, Wang Zhuo knew that Lin Yao was homesick.
Later, Wang Zhuo took Lin Yao to the ski resort in Hudson Valley to enjoy the ultimate fun of skiing.
The two not only played exciting skiing, but also felt the excitement of rowing on the ice for the first time, and finally, Wang Zhuo also jumped on the ice and played a set of ice tai chi, which amazed the people who were performing ice figure skating next to him, because Wang Zhuo stood firmly on the ice with his feet, not only did not step on the condensed ice, but floated freely on the ice, like a dragonfly dotting water.
In the end, Lin Yao saw others fishing on the ice, clamoring to fish, Wang Zhuo bought a fishing rod, and rowed with Lin Yao on the lake full of broken ice, Lin Yao leaned on Wang Zhuo's shoulder, enjoying the tranquility and comfort of this moment, although he didn't catch a fish, but fishing is better than fish.
When Wang Zhuo sent Lin Yao home, before parting, Lin Yao suddenly pounced, "Let's go", pecked Wang Zhuo's face, and then turned around and ran quickly, Wang Zhuo was stunned for a moment, and did not dodge Lin Yao's sudden attack, but he clearly saw that Lin Yao's face was red like the big apple he gave her last night.