Chapter 14: Descendants of the Dragon
When Ding Wei walked into the familiar alley on the edge of Philadelphia's Chinatown, it was already the second half of the night, and as soon as the game ended, the 76ers' human resources department sent a text message to extend the contract very efficiently, although it was still only a 10-day short contract, but the text message promised that as long as he can continue to play steadily, at least this season he will not have a problem staying with the team, after all, the 76ers are a very young team, and in these 3 games, he has also proved that he meets the needs of this team in terms of immediate combat power and potential, It all came naturally.
Considering that he had been training with the team for 7 or 8 days in a row, leaving his uncle alone at home, although he had already called, Ding Wei finally asked Coach Brown for leave, and politely refused the team's post-game, returning from warm Florida to Philadelphia alone.
Maybe it was the sudden increase in playing time that overdrew Ding Wei's already insufficient physical strength, or maybe it was the non-stop running all the way that made his nerves a little nervous, when he walked to the mottled iron door covered with graffiti that he didn't know how many times he had opened, there was a sudden burst of applause and cheers on the other side of the door!
"Thank you, you're not as good as me when you sing ridiculously!"
"Forget it, bald Li, who doesn't know that you are famous for your incomplete pentatonic ......"
Ding Weileng paused, could it be that he went to the wrong door? He pulled out the key, and the lock creaked unpleasantly, but finally opened: "Yes, but what's the situation?" ”
Ding Wei and his uncle's dwelling is a small suite with one bedroom and one living room, at this time, the couch that he uses as Simmons's bed on weekdays is full of people, and the sofa that is already out of shape is crumbling by this unprecedented weight, which is not enough, the sides and opposite sides are also full of round stools, filling the already narrow and narrow room even more crowded, the coffee table has been completely covered by colorful pots and pans, and a pair of polished copper hot pot stands in the middle as the highest peak, accompanied by hot steam, swaying in the dim light, dense phobia patients may vomit on the spot when they see this kind of scene.
"The big hero is back!" As soon as he saw Ding Wei, the noise in the house first broke out, and then broke out more violently, Ding Wei only felt that his eyes were dark, and in an instant his front was full of many smiling faces that were red from the smell of wine.
"We've all watched your game, you're a great kid!"
"Give us Chinese a long face!"
"In the future, I will have to blow it, and the big star will live opposite my house!"
"I still live upstairs from the big star!"
Ding Wei choked a little, his eyes were slightly red, he had been wandering for four years, and he had no fixed place, only after coming here, he felt the warmth of home among these neighbors of the same kind of text, he wanted to say something, but his lips trembled violently, until the moment when tears came out of his eyes, he seemed to suddenly wake up, bowed deeply, expressed his gratitude with such an action, and at the same time reached out and quietly wiped away the tears that had flowed into a river on his face.
"The kid must be tired and hungry after playing all night, so don't let him in quickly!" Lao Zheng, the owner of the Chaoshan hot pot restaurant, broke the embarrassing situation with a loud shout, and everyone hurriedly gave way to a passage so that Ding Wei could find a place to sit down, and as soon as he returned to the wine table, the big guy immediately recovered his original appearance, pushed the cup and began to eat meat and drink a big cup, and the atmosphere in the room was also active again.
"This is freshly boiled river prawns, fresh! Xiao Ding, try it! ”
"This is our family's fish balls, authentic Oujiang flavor."
"This is our family's steamed buns, my grandfather has stayed in the back kitchen of Goubuli, ancestral craft!"
"It's ......"
Ding Weiyi hadn't moved his chopsticks before he got to the table, and the plate in front of him was already full of all kinds of food, so embarrassed that he waved his hand again and again, "Enough is enough, really enough, thank you, thank you......"
"What to eat first and let the child pick by himself!" Lao Zheng blew his beard and glared, as the first batch of Chinese to settle in Philadelphia's Chinatown, Lao Zheng has some prestige in the nearby circle, and his 1.8 meter size and 230 pounds of weight are not covered, as soon as he opened his mouth, others immediately stopped talking, "Hehe, let's eat some of our beef pads first, slaughtered this afternoon, Lao Zheng will grab a jackpot to give you a cup later." ”
"What do you call this - fake public and private! Penalty for drinking, punishment for drinking! Three cups to start! The crowd immediately quit and burst into laughter again.
Ding Wei smiled and picked up a piece of beef and put it in his mouth, his mouth was soft and tender, and his mouth was fragrant after chewing, and he almost swallowed his tongue together. "Delicious!" He gave a thumbs up.
"Of course," Lao Zheng smiled and said, "But this is not good, I think when I opened a shop in my hometown Puning, the cattle were all home-raised, slaughtered and cut and cooked, at most not more than 4 hours, more than the beef will be sour, and after the acid is discharged, it will be ......" As the saying goes, children are their own good, when it comes to beef, Lao Zheng suddenly gushed endlessly, and began to sell his unique secrets again.
"Go, go, go, I've heard you say this eight hundred and sixty times, go home and tell your own son."
"Brother (Chaozhou dialect: son) If you listen to me, I'm still here to talk to you about the Three Kingdoms (idle talk, set up the Longmen Array), if he can have half of Xiaoding, I will definitely carry the three animals to the Mazu Temple to make a vow, fortunately, Mengmeng is still sensible and can do it."
"Yes, my son is a year older than Xiao Ding......"
Parents are always the mainstream topic at the table, everyone said a lot of things in the south and north, Ding Wei couldn't interject, so he had to concentrate on dealing with the food on the plate, and there was a little bottom in his stomach, he just lifted the green wine bottle labeled with the label of "Qindao Beer", first filled it for his uncle, and then filled it for himself, and said respectfully: "Uncle, let's go first, you have suffered over the years, and it will get better and better in the future, it's all in the wine, I did it, you feel free." I don't know if it's the effect of alcohol, or the emotion brought by years of suffering, his eyes are red again.
"It's my uncle who didn't take good care of you......" Uncle's eyes were also wet, and the expression of this man who had been confused for nearly forty years showed unprecedented solemnity at this moment, "I have been thinking about it for the past few days since you left, and now I have figured it out, I can't go on like this anymore, this glass of wine is to respect the dog's leftovers, and it is also to respect the neighbors, I have caused you trouble in the past two years, and I will strive to add less in the future, at least I can't let the dogs be left, no, Ding Wei makes those Americans look down on outside, face is given by people, and face is earned by himself, We Chinese are fighting for ourselves! ”
"Yes, fight!" Everyone roared and drank all the wine in their cups.
"Uncle Zheng, I salute you, not just for the sentence just now," Ding Wei filled himself with another cup, "I have been working in your store all these years, and the salary is the highest, so I don't need to talk about eating and drinking, I won't say more, I Ding Wei is not an ungrateful villain, I keep everyone in my heart for my good, and I did this cup." ”
"What you give you is a lot, but you also do the most, feelings belong to feelings, business belongs to business," Lao Zheng still had that smiling expression, "The key is that I like your character, just now you all said that friendship, who can compare to me?" The big star has been a running hall for me! ”
"Lao Zheng, this is a son-in-law!" Someone coaxed.
"But speaking of which," the uncle smiled mysteriously and took over the conversation, "Dog leftover, do you know who set up this bureau today?" You have to give a toast to this man! ”
"Yes, yes, yes, a cup of dreams! If it weren't for Mengmeng, we wouldn't have known you were in the NBA! ”
Ding Wei set his eyes on the corner of the sofa, and met Zheng Mengmeng's gaze, this Nizi has been getting older and more prominent since she entered the Penn Business School, and she was still a little yellow-haired girl when she first helped in the store, and she seemed to have specially dressed up, a slender dark green windbreaker with long black straight hair, handsome without losing the charm of a girl, a pair of trendy black-framed glasses on the bridge of her tall nose, and a pair of watery eyes that looked extremely smart, it was really a female college eighteen.
Ding Wei's heart skipped a small beat, but there was still a smile on his face: "I haven't seen you for a long time, but I'm getting more and more beautiful." ”
"You too, you're getting more and more handsome." The voice is also very good, capable with some playfulness, in the end, it is the elite of the Ivy League, and the temperament is completely different from before.
"Ding Wei, don't you want to respect your future daughter-in-law and let the future father-in-law have a drink."
"What nonsense! Ding Wei and I have always been iron buddies! In the face of everyone's coaxing, Zheng Mengmeng was not stage frightened at all, "Come, buddy, according to the rules of your Nagada, go one." ”
"Let's go!" The crowd clapped their hands.
Ding Wei drank it all, looking at the girl's slightly reddened cheeks, he seemed to be a little drunk at this time.
followed by a series of glass changes, Zheng Mengmeng excused Ding Wei as a professional player and couldn't drink too much, helped Ding Wei block a lot of alcohol, and was teased by everyone, she didn't care, just secretly winked at Ding Wei.
"Drink high, come on, big guy sing one!"
"Who listens to your broken gong voice and wants me to say that Xiao Ding should sing one today, and he still has a guitar in the house! Definitely singing well. ”
"Actually, I don't sing very well, but I just like to sing, if the big guy doesn't dislike me, I'll have one," Ding Wei stood up from the wine table, and someone had already handed the guitar to him, "Today is a foreigner's festival, but I'll sing our own song, there is a river in the far east, its name is the Yangtze River, there is a river in the far east, its name is the Yellow River......"
"There is a dragon in the ancient East, its name is China, there is a group of people in the ancient East, they are all descendants of the dragon......" Everyone ripped their throats with Ding Wei's singing, and the song floated far away, far away in the peaceful and peaceful night......
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Transition chapters, after all, it is impossible to compete in every chapter, and I also want to take this opportunity to write some of my own feelings, and at the same time enrich the plot.
Report two things to you.,The title of the book and the editor's communication have been changed to "Basketball Sniper", which is more straightforward than the original, and will not have a great impact on the main line of the story, and there will be some recommendations for testing the nature of the water after the signing, and there will definitely be requirements for updates at that time, so it will be temporarily changed to one more per day in the near future, and then resume two more when the recommendation is in place, and if the state is good, it may even break out a little, I hope you can understand the difficulty of writing a book part-time, tonight this more is still sent on time, and one more per day from tomorrow.
Since I have said so much, I would like to ask for collection and recommendation tickets by the way, Xiaomo thank you again!