Chapter 20: Qingming
In the third round of the league, except for Qian's upset, the results are basically in line with expectations, the strong team wins, the weak team loses, and the strength is almost the same. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć ļ½ļ½ļ½ļ½
On the training ground of Qian's Football School, the players have been training exceptionally actively in the past few days, drawing with the powerful Shen'an at home, although the players are very happy, but this excitement is quickly overshadowed by the upcoming game, the league is like this, game after game, there is not enough time for you to remember.
More importantly, the opponent in the next game is the Penang Suns. Although Penang and Yongcheng seem to be separated by 108,000 miles, it has to be said that Qian and Penang have been rivals from the beginning, Penang Suns, in the first division of the league last year, promoted to the Super League with the first place in the league, in the first division, Lan Xiang and Penang have competed many times, from the score point of view, Lan Xiang is fully inferior, moreover, Penang Sun has been promoted to the Super League in the 12/13 season, although only played a season of soy sauce, but has experienced the thrilling of the Super League, this time they entered the palace for the second time, and naturally they had more experience than the Qian family, and they should be quite familiar with the Qian family.
After three rounds of the league, the Penang Suns have one draw and two losses, and the Qian family has two draws and one loss, it seems that the Qian family has a slight advantage, but there is not much gap, and psychologically speaking, the Qian family is a little scared of Penang, and the upcoming game is Penang's home field.
The players are in a heavy mood, the coach promised to give the players a holiday, and he did fulfill his promise, but most of the players did not leave the base, chose to stay and continue training, for this, even De Boer is a little curious, he doesn't seem to understand, the psychological pressure of the players, it seems that there is more than facing Shen'an.
After a few games, Yin Sen's position in the team has become more and more stable, although De Boer did not give the team clear instructions, but it is obvious that the players feel that De Boer has given Yin Sen a lot of midfield freedom, because Yin Sen's interspersed running makes the players pass and receive the ball more smoothly and easily, so the players also like this change, for Yin Sen, it is naturally very happy.
The afternoon training started with jogging around the court.
It is class time, there are fewer naughty students who sneak over to play on the side of the court, it seems quite quiet, the sky is also a little foggy, slightly light rain, it is almost the Qingming Festival, a typical climate in the south of the Yangtze River, West Lake is infected by the environment, and the jogging players do not talk to each other, most of them are seriously watching and running, or listening to the music in their ears, but Yin Sen is thinking of a call from Lao Yin yesterday, going to the countryside to sweep the grave of his grandfather and wife.
Yin Sen was brought up by his grandparents since he was a child, and his grandfather also loved Yin Sen tightly, according to his uncle, after Yin Sen was born, his grandfather's original gray hair slowly turned black, of course, Yin Sen didn't know, and so on, his grandfather's hair has always been white, and his grandfather always cut his hair short, and then brought a leather hat with ears, at that time, Yin Sen was naughty, always liked to snatch the hat from his grandfather's head, and then brought it himself, and then pretended to be an adult, Yin Sen remembered, At that time, grandpa always smiled at Yin Sen, and he followed him in everything.
The house of the grandparents' hometown is very small, it is the standard cement house in the countryside at that time, the door is the living room, the living room is the bed, and then the kitchen is inside, the first floor is a total of 30 square meters, there is a dark small staircase leading to the second floor, there is a small living room on the second floor, there is no furnishings, and then go in is another bedroom, and then there is no rest.
Every year in the harvest season, Yin Sen's uncle will bring a lot of potatoes, and grandpa will put them all in the living room on the second floor, and at that time, Yin Sen is pestering grandpa every day, to eat grandpa's baked potatoes, a simple pot, boil water, put in the washed potatoes, plus a large handful of salt, these very ordinary things, in the hands of grandpa, they all become delicious, grandpa's baked potatoes, wrinkled on the outside and crispy on the inside, salty on the outside and fragrant on the inside, eat in the mouth, Yin Sen always feels that it is the best thing in the world. My sister is also in elementary school, and the two of them will always move a bench to the door, roasting in the cauldron, and the two of them will eat at the door, the potatoes are so tender, and when they finally come out of the pot, there is actually not much left, and then the grandfather will divide the potatoes into several portions evenly, and let Yin Sen send them to several relatives one by one.
Every time he thinks of this, Yin Sen's mouth will secrete a lot of saliva, since his grandfather has been bedridden for a long time because of gout, Yin Sen has never eaten his grandfather's baked potatoes, until, Yin Sen is in a foreign country, hearing the news of his grandfather's death.
"Handsome, what are you thinking?"
Yin Sen's memories were interrupted softly, and of course Yin Sen could hear that this somewhat playful voice came from Wang Bo.
"Oh, nothing," Yin Sen replied
Wang Bo smiled: "I've been with you for a long time, and you haven't noticed me, this is not your style."
Yin Sen: "I didn't pay attention"
Wang Bo: "Did I hear yesterday that you asked the coach for leave and went back to visit the grave?" Isn't your home in Yongcheng? ā
Yin Sen: "Yes, but my hometown is in the countryside, and it takes half a day to go back and forth."
Wang Bo: "Hello, I'm going to go back once, at least two or three days."
Yin Sen: "Oh, why don't you go back?" ā
Wang Bo: "I should be going back, but I'm relatively simple, I can do it at any time, unlike you main forces, it's not okay to be less"
Yin Sen: "What are you talking about, you played well, you will have a chance to play sooner or later"
Wang Bo: "I know, I didn't play before, anyway, I just messed around, and I also got paid, but now when I see the changes in the team, I seem to have an urge to play football, which I haven't experienced for a long time." ā
Yin Sen smiled: "That's good, don't you play in the first game, as long as the state is good, the coach will definitely consider it." ā
Wang Bo: "yes, when are you leaving?" ā
Yin Sen: "Tomorrow, go home tonight, leave early tomorrow morning, and come back tomorrow night." ā
Wang Bo: "It's a good time, it's time to leave for Penang the day after tomorrow." ā
Yin Sen: "Yes, that's a coincidence"
Wang Bo: "It's really up to you in the next game, the god will take us fly"
Yin Sen: "Huh"
Wang Bo: "Seriously, our group of players can be said to be newborn calves who are not afraid of tigers"
Yin Sen: "Then what are you afraid of, Penang is just like us, it is just a promoted horse"
Wang Bo: "Yes, the problem is that Penang is too familiar with us, and because of the fight against them, we haven't won for a long time. ā
Yin Sen: "It's not the same time now."
Wang Bo: "That's true, but some things are easier said than done, and this is not my own feeling, everyone thinks so." ā
Yin Sen: "That's right. ā
Yin Sen has not experienced Qian's past, so he naturally doesn't know the panic of Qian's players in the face of old opponents, but to be honest, Yin Sen should be able to understand this emotion, which seems to be not uncommon in professional football, no matter what team it is, you can almost find another team, and the game with them is the most uncomfortable to play, whether it is winning or losing, nemesis, that's the name.
The next day, the sky was still bright, and the family set off, Yin Sen was going to borrow Feng Jian's car, but when he thought of borrowing the car, it was estimated that he would have to borrow the driver together, of course, Feng Jian would definitely agree, just with the relationship between the two families, even if Feng Jian came to send the way, it would not be a problem, but Yin Sen and Lao Yin felt embarrassed, so they rushed early in the morning and went to the bus station to take the bus back to the countryside directly.
Yin Sen remembered that when he was a child, he went to sweep the grave, his mother always carried a lot of big bags and small bags, which were all kinds of vegetables and old wine, and his father carried a hoe and a sickle, and was not in the cemetery at that time, the tricycle was sent to the foot of the mountain, and then he climbed the mountain by real skills, grandpa's cemetery was halfway up the mountain, and at the beginning it was surrounded by a bamboo fence, because it was not watered with cement on the ground, but black soil, after winter and spring, a lot of weeds and vines were spread on the ground, In the past, Lao Yin would first use a hoe to clean up all the weeds and vines in the open space, and cultivate a pinch of soil on his grandfather's limelight, and then use a sickle to cut a bamboo nearby, cut off the branches and leaves and leave only the main trunk, tie a sail on the top, and then insert it in the grave, and then the mother began to spread a quick oilcloth in front of the grave, and took out all kinds of vegetables and vegetables prepared at home to visit neatly, grandpa likes to be with old wine, and my mother will also put a pot of old wine on the side, Yin Sen and my sister will help my mother together, break ingots, burn paper money, After kowtowing a few heads, the family went up the mountain, or continued to climb the mountain, or looked at the scenery, until after the tea, they collected all their things, put them in the basket, and slowly walked back along the mountain road. It usually takes more than half a day, but although it is relatively long and tiring, the joy of climbing the mountain and working together as a family is also very exciting.
Time has passed, grandpa's grave has long been moved to the cemetery, dad did not bring a hoe, only left a sickle in case of emergency, and mom still prepared some vegetables, of course, all of them are simple.
Back in the countryside, Yin Sen asked, "Dad, where is Grandpa's grave now?" ā
Dad: "Let me tell you, you may not know, in the Wang family's cemetery"
Yin Sen: "I really don't know"
Dad: "You haven't been there yet, have you?"
Yin Sen: "Yes"
Yin Yi said: "I've been there!" Last year, and the year before that! ā
Yin Sen was a little embarrassed, he really hadn't visited his grandfather for a long time.
When the car arrived at the station, it reversed two more tricycles and headed for the cemetery.
After grandpa left, leaving grandma to live alone, Dad once asked grandma if she wanted to move back to live together, but grandma refused, saying that she had lived in the countryside for decades, and the neighborhood was very familiar with it, usually a door, playing cards, and they were also very familiar and convenient, not to mention that grandma's body had an operation a few years ago, but in general, it was still tough, and now she still went to climb the mountain every morning, dancing square dance, and Lao Yin could only let her live alone, but she would come over every once in a while.
Along the way, my father and my grandmother told Yin Sen that after the transformation of the new countryside, the cemetery on the mountain was basically moved to the cemetery, and now it is very convenient to go to the grave, the road is also very convenient, the tomb is also built in a unified manner, and there are also people who manage it in a unified manner.
The tricycle drove directly to the halfway point of the mountain, and after the family got off the car, they walked up the spacious steps, the mountain was not high, and the mountain was not steep, and soon, they came to the grave of their grandfather. Grandpa's grave is already very high, and it is the woods on the top of the mountain, Yin Sen turned around and looked down, the field of vision was very wide, although it was misty and rainy, he could still see the distant estuary. Yin Sen felt that what his grandmother said was quite right: "The feng shui here is very good. ā
Yin Yi helped his mother set up the vegetable plate, Lao Yin went to find the bamboo, and grandma put down a futon and sat aside to recite the scriptures, Yin Sen had nothing to do, so he leaned aside, recalling the bits and pieces with his grandfather, while looking at the people under the mountain. Although firecrackers are banned, it seems that candle paper money can still be burned, clusters of green smoke rise from the bottom of the mountain, and soon melt into this misty air, there is no laughter and laughter when firecrackers are set off during the New Year, people are quiet, solemn, there are talks, but also softly.
Mother called Yin Sen: "Xiao Sen, come and worship your grandfather"
Yin Sen responded.
Grandpa used to be a carpenter, it is said that he also received a lot of apprentices, and there were a lot of grandfather's things left in the family earlier, but later with the relocation of the family several times, many of them were lost, when Yin Sen was in elementary school, the school was still very simple, and he needed to bring his own small bench to school, Yin Sen remembered very well that his chair was made for him by his grandfather, and it was comfortable to sit on, and it was used for several years without ringing. Yin Sen has always been curious, if his grandfather knew that his grandson actually went to play football, I don't know what he would think, probably regretting that he didn't give his grandson's carpenter skills.
When I first arrived in the countryside, there was still some drizzle, and now it has stopped, the fog is filled, quite a bit of fairy treasure, burned paper money, and stood in front of the grave for a while, grandma and mother began to pack up things, ready to go down the mountain, before leaving is grandma said: "This place is good, when I leave in the future, it is good to be buried here." ā
Dad: "Mom, what are you talking about?" ā
Grandma: "Just like that, people have to leave sooner or later." ā
Listening to his grandmother's words, Yin Sen suddenly felt a little emotional, for a long time, it was rare to see his grandmother in a year, and when he returned to the countryside on the eve of the Spring Festival, he had a good meeting, that time, Yin Sen felt that his grandmother was a lot older, and now he heard his grandmother say such a thing, and he didn't feel good in his heart, and he walked behind silently. Qingming Festival, it is the ancestors who are sacrificed, but it is more cherished by the people in front of them. Inexplicably, Yin Sen remembered Annie.