Chapter 1 Scavenging Youth

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As the years go by, the sea breeze on the Iberian Peninsula blows season after season, and 2032 arrives as scheduled.

Beautiful Barcelona has always been a place to be, with its azure waters of the Mediterranean, its sandy beaches and Antonio Gaudí's stunning Sagrada Familia......

And the most famous of these is the Camp Nou Stadium, a place of pilgrimage for countless Barcelona fans.

The morning light spilled through the clouds, and the stadium, which could hold 100,000 people, was now empty, and there was garbage in the stands for a league game last night.

In the deserted stands, there was a handsome Chinese teenager who kept picking up garbage with a big garbage bag in his hand.

"Hi Thundergull!" Ms. Laura, the small supervisor of the cleaning company, walked in with a few people, waved her hands and shouted loudly.

She was a little bloated, with short curly red hair.

"Good morning, Ms. Laura." Thunder Ou straightened up in response.

Laura walked closer, looked at most of the bags of garbage, and her eyebrows furrowed: "Lei Ou, I told you, don't come so early, why don't you listen?" ”

There was no change in expression on the young man's emaciated face, "Finish it early and finish it early." ”

Laura clapped her hands and mobilized everyone: "Come on, let's end this heavy and nasty job early!" ”

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Two hours later, a dozen large bags were piled together, and the job was done.

Laura took out fifty euros from her small purse: "Thunder Gull, this time's reward!" ”

Lei Ou is not an employee of the cleaning company, but she met Laura by chance, and whenever the company had some work with a relatively large workload, she asked the teenager to come over to help.

Lei Ou's eyes were a little puzzled, in the past, it was forty euros, but this time it was more.

"Buy some meat to eat, you're too skinny right now." Laura's eyes were full of kindness.

At the age of sixteen, he is one meter seventy-two tall, but he is only one hundred and five pounds.

"But I don't understand, why do you have so many muscles in your legs?" Laura quipped as she looked at the bulging muscles in the thunder gull's calves.

Taking the money with both hands, Lei Ou bowed solemnly, "Thank you, Ms. Laura!" ”

"You're so boring." Laura laughed.

He's really boring, and I haven't seen him laugh since we met, no matter what kind of jokes I've said.

Same this time.

After finishing work, everyone was about to leave, but Lei Ou didn't move, "Ms. Laura, can I go in?" ”

He raised his hand to the court, his eyes pleading.

In principle, the cleaning staff are only responsible for cleaning up the garbage from the stands, and the lawn part needs to be maintained by professionals, and they are not allowed to enter.

Laura glanced around, saw that there were no outsiders, and laughed quietly: "If no one knows, you didn't go in, did you?" ”

Lei Ou looked at Laura with grateful eyes, hummed heavily, and ran into the real Camp Nou.

At the tee point in the middle of the court, Lei Ou stood here, slowly turning around, looking at the rows of stands.

Not a single spectator, not a single fan, no cheers and curses.

He tilted his head and closed his eyes, recalling images from the TV, the crowds of fans, and the tsunami-like shouts of the mountains.

He's been here many times, but not once as a spectator, just a cleaner.

When he opened his eyes, he smiled, and he smiled, very clean and pure.

Laura would be surprised if she could see it, and then she would joke: Thundergull, you laugh as handsome as David Beckham.

"Thundergull!"

Laura in the distance shouted, and the thunder gull pulled out of his imagination and ran out of the stadium quickly.

In the car, Lei Ou regained his previous look, numbly looking at the cityscape that had passed by.

"Leiou, do you like to play football?" Laura asked.

"Yes, Ms. Laura." Thunder Gull turned his head in response.

Laura smiled, "Then you can go to La Masia for a tryout, and now we are recruiting cadets." ”

La Masia is Barcelona's academy, which has produced superstars such as Messi, Xavi, and Iniesta, creating the Dream Three era of Barcelona's most glorious period.

Lei Ou just hummed and didn't say much, he came to Barcelona at the age of six, and he would go to La Masia every year after that to sign up, but he didn't even have the opportunity to try.

The car stopped in front of a low-rent apartment, Lei Ou got out of the car, watched Laura leave, retracted his gaze, turned and walked into the apartment.

Room 801 on the eighth floor, with a one-bedroom and a storage room, is less than 60 square meters, but the rent is 1,000 euros, which is still the price of a low-rent apartment.

On the fabric sofa sat a woman in her thirties, with black hair and black eyes, with an oriental face, which resembled a thunder gull on closer inspection.

She stared coldly at the Thunder Gull.

"Auntie." Thunder Gull approached, like a child who had done something wrong, waiting to be taught.

"Are you going to be a cleaner again?" Su Mei asked.

Lei Ou did not answer, took out fifty euros from his pocket, gently placed it on the small coffee table, and then straightened up as if relieved.

"You ......"

Su Mei's body trembled a little, and then she wailed: "I told you to train hard and train hard, why didn't you listen?" How do I deal with my dead sister and brother-in-law? ”

Ten years ago, Lei Ou came to Barcelona with his parents for a trial, but before he could get the chance, he was in a car accident, leaving only a six-year-old child.

At that time, Su Mei was studying here, and in desperation, she dropped out of school to raise her own little thunder gull, and later married a local Fidel, and divorced after giving birth to a son.

Su Mei always remembered her sister's last words: whether it works or not, she must let Thunder Ou try out La Masia.

After wailing, Su Mei cried silently, she didn't dislike Lei Ou for not being angry, but hating herself for being incompetent.

Obviously working so hard, playing football so well, why didn't he even have a chance to try?

Is it because you are Chinese?

When Su Mei's mood improved a little, Lei Ou said: "Auntie, La Masia doesn't want me, I can try out Espanyol, or I can try out Real Madrid." ”

Espanyol football team is Barcelona's sworn rival in the same city, and Real Madrid has always been Barcelona's biggest enemy.

The National Derby refers to the match between these two teams.

In the city of Barcelona, Thunder Ou is the most loyal fan of Barcelona, and he would not have such thoughts unless he had to.

Unconsciously, for Barcelona, Lei Ou was dissatisfied.

Su Mei's eyes froze for a moment, and she sighed slightly: "Yes, but we have to fight again." ”

After speaking, Su Mei got up and took out Lei Ou's information and the video of kicking the ball, and strode out the door.

This time, even if she overturns La Masia, she has to meet the supervisor there, whether it is asking or fighting, and she has to fight for a trial for Lei Ou.

The eating habits in Spain are different from those in China, they are used to eating snacks around eleven o'clock, and eating the main meal at two or three o'clock.

In this family, the Chinese habit is still maintained, Lei Ou walked into the kitchen, steamed the rice, cut the vegetables, and stir-fried the vegetables when the aunt came back.

After making the preliminary preparations, Lei Ou returned to the storage room, a small bedroom that only accommodated a bed.

He lay down and looked at the poster on the wall, his eyes a little complicated.

A large old yellowed poster shows a man holding a jersey with the number 10 and the name Messi printed on the jersey.

On one side of the poster, there is a framed painting of a seagull flying proudly in the wind and thunder above the sea.

The painter is the father of the thunder gull, and the painting is the meaning of the name of the thunder gull.

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