Chapter 201: Coming Home
"Hey, Alice, I love you."
"Baby, I look at it, it seems to have lost some weight."
"Dad, I'll take it."
After picking up Lao Xiang and Alice from the airport, Xiang Hao deliberately took a day off to accompany them to pack their luggage, and then went to the supermarket to buy something to prepare dinner.
It's going to be the New Year, the Chinese New Year, naturally a little richer, but it's a pity that there are many things in China that are not available here.
However, Xiang Hao is also used to it, and he has spent eighteen years like this, and the main thing is this custom. Although Lao Xiang has been in a foreign country for decades, this tradition has been maintained.
When he went home to cook with his father, Xiang Hao immediately felt that he was 'redundant', basically, the problem of eating was not to be solved by himself. Poked Lao Xiang's arm, "Dad, how long do you plan to come back this time?" It's not going to be gone in a few days, is it? ”
Lao Xiang shrugged his shoulders helplessly, and glanced at Alice, who was calling in the hall, "I don't know, look at Alice's meaning, if it weren't for the Chinese New Year, I don't think she would have come back, she is studying Peking Opera now." ”
"Peking Opera?! Hey, Alice really has a wide range of hobbies. ”
Xiang Hao could only shake his head helplessly. It seems that Alice is still resolute in her stocking policy.
Lao Xiang also knows what his son's psychology is, and he wants to share his success with Alice.
In fact, even in China, Lao Xiang pays attention to his son's news every day, although this kid has a lot of negative news, but his performance on the court is really unspeakable.
Lao Xiang knows that he has become the object of many people's pursuit, and he also knows that he has his own foothold at Arsenal.
Think of the son who used to be like a ball boy on the edge of the football to now become a superstar galloping on the field and countless people cheering.
Lao Xiang was still very excited in his heart, and couldn't help but pat him on the shoulder, "Rabbit cub, your performance is very good, I have a lot of people in China who like you." ”
I look like I'm so proud of you.
Xiang Hao also nodded, but immediately made a bitter face, "Thank you, Dad, but, Dad, can you be taken away by your hand to dig out the small intestine, it's disgusting." ”
"Rabbit cub, don't eat the Buddha jumping over the wall tonight."
"Why, I'm also contributing."
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In the kitchen, the sound of father and son arguing was immediately heard, as for Alice, as the only woman in the family so far, she enjoyed first-class treatment, and she could wait for this mouth to eat.
It is rare for the family to get together for a Chinese New Year's Eve dinner, but unfortunately, in a foreign country, there is too much taste of the year.
Even in China, everyone is saying that the current New Year is not like the New Year, but like a crime, but that atmosphere is real.
After sitting and sharing her travel experience with Alice for a while, Xiang Hao went upstairs and blessed his fans in Chinese on his official website, leaving a "Happy New Year, my friends" message.
This is also the agreement between Xiang Hao and the fans at that time, when K Niu opened her official website, Xiang Hao left a message on his official website page saying that he would pay New Year's greetings to his fans in the distance on the New Year.
And Xiang Hao's slightly official-like message ushered in a lot of echoes.
"Wow! Happy New Year, Xiang Bawang. ”
"Xiang Hao, I wish you a happy new year and good results in the new year!"
"Support Xiang Bawang, support Arsenal!"
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Although there are not many people who pay attention to it because of the relationship between the Chinese New Year over there, more than a dozen of them poured up at once, and Xiang Hao's heart warmed when he saw it, although he didn't come to that realm, but in the final analysis, Xiang Hao's heart was still in the Far East.
Seeing these messages, Xiang Hao couldn't help but feel excited, updated his dynamics, took a video of New Year's greetings and uploaded it, looked at the time, it was already early in the morning, and went to bed, there is a task tomorrow.
The next day, after Xiang Hao got Wenger's holiday, he accompanied his mother Alice on the streets of London and swept it fiercely. Of course, the most important thing is to bring Ivanka with you at this point in time to create opportunities to get along.
For this pair of 'teachers and students', Xiang Hao still tried his best to make them get along better, and more time, the provincial mother Alice rejected her own royal sister.
And after the two-day holiday, Xiang Hao quickly entered his own training and preparations, after all, it was only a festival of the Celestial Empire, and it didn't affect so far.
If it weren't for Wenger's own family's situation, the old man would not have given Xiang Hao a two-day vacation.
Two days later, Xiang Hao naturally wanted to return to the right path.
After basically biting the league points, Arsenal also welcomed their opponents in the FA Cup, Cardiff City.
It was Ramsey's former club and his club from childhood to adulthood, from the age of eight to eighteen, ten years.
Ramsey's battle to return home has naturally become the object of media pursuit.
Arsene Wenger also brought him to the pre-match press conference.
"Aaron, may I ask what you were like when the draw results came out? How do you feel? ”
Ramsey turned on the microphone, "I watched this draw with my parents in the living room at home, and my father screamed! When the draw came out, I got a lot of texts talking about the game, which was a bit weird, but now I'm really looking forward to it. ”
"Do you have anything to say to your opponent Cardiff City tomorrow?"
"Cardiff is an important part of my life. I've been here for a long time, I've come out of the academy system and into the first team. So on Sunday I'm going to have mixed feelings, but I'm an Arsenal player now and we want to win this game. ”
"Cardiff City reached the final last season, can you tell us how you felt at the time?"
"What kind of team do you think Cardiff City are?"
"How should Arsenal deal with them?"
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Lin Lin is all about Ramsey's questions, obviously Ramsey's battle to go home is the hot spot of this game, and it is also their hype point.
And Arsene Wenger didn't 'maintain' too much, and it was good for them to let the players experience something, especially the young players, if they want to get up, such a scene is essential.
Xiang Hao's performance made Wenger very satisfied, and he naturally hoped that Ramsey could have Xiang Hao's performance, at least weaker than too much.
In fact, Ramsey still has the grace of a general, and the Welsh genius has shown his maturity as always.
"Last year was a great experience and we did really well together.
It's hard to describe, but I was really looking forward to that FA Cup final. When Dave Jones told me to warm up, I was so excited.
I'm looking forward to playing and showing everyone what I can do and try to win this fight." Unfortunately, we didn't win at Wembley, so we were unlucky. ”
'Obviously, Cardiff have had a successful cup campaign, they're going well and it's going to be tough. Cardiff likes to pass the ball on the ground and play in combination.
They have some good players, like Ledley, who is now captain of Cardiff. They are very solid defensively and they don't concede too many goals.
The fans there are very good. They cheered for their team loud and passionately and it was going to be a difficult home game.
But I think we're going to win because we're all doing really well and in fact I can go to the final with Arsenal. ”
Ramsey has been quite professional, and Arsenal's experience in this half season has allowed him to fully integrate into the team. After valuing his old club, Ramsey directly expressed his belief in winning and was not polite because Cardiff City was his past parent club.
And Wenger was quite satisfied with Ramsey's expression, and couldn't help but nod secretly, at least in the team, these two eighteen-year-old boys made themselves more at ease.
After interviewing Ramsey, the topic soon returned to Wenger, "Coach Wenger, Jones said that you take Ramsey away, but also take away more opportunities for them to advance, he thinks Ramsey should stay in Cardiff City for a few more years to help him grow, what do you think?" ”
Arsene Wenger shrugged his shoulders and was noncommittal about the Cardiff manager's statement, "We went there to qualify, that's the number one goal, the most important thing is that the team wins on Sunday and it doesn't matter what he says. ”
And when talking about Ramsey, Wenger did not hide his importance for him, "Ramsey, I don't think he left Cardiff City too early.
In fact, I like Ramsey, the whole team loves him and I'm sure he's going to be a great player for Arsenal Football Club. I'm sure he's going to be a very important player for this club.
He's been in a race against time and he's won, and I'm impressed with what he's done so far, but he's only 18 years old and he's shown extraordinary maturity.
I know Aaron has a deep connection with Cardiff City, and they have given us a talented player, but we didn't go there to write a thank you letter. ”
"So will Ramsey start tomorrow?" The Daily Mirror reporter then asked questions.
"I don't have to use him for this special occasion."
The eyes of the audience were that Wenger shook his head gently, making everyone present subconsciously look at Ramsey to see how he reacted.
But they apparently saw it too early, as Arsene Wenger immediately made a twist, "but I have no intention of letting him go." I'm going to think about the games we'll have to go through for a whole week and if he's on the pitch to help us qualify, I'll use him. ”
After going around in a big circle, the reporters present were not stupid, so they naturally understood the meaning of Wenger's words.
'The situation of the whole week', Ramsey didn't even get into the squad in the last game, saying this, it is clear that Ramsey started, and he is still tricky, no wonder Ramsey was so calm just now, and he didn't have any expression at all.
All the reporters were secretly unhappy and gave Wenger a middle finger, but they didn't embarrass Wenger too much. The pre-game news went smoothly.