You should cross the mountains like a brave man

Chapter 683 Little Devil

Thanksgiving 2013 was no different than usual.

This is the fifth consecutive year that Wei Xia can spend this festival with his wife and parents in his hometown.

However, Wei Xia's family didn't like this festival very much.

The reason is simple, the existence of Thanksgiving itself is a great irony to the moral values ​​of Americans.The mother of the United States must be traced back to the United Kingdom, and Wei Xia's mother, Mei Chen, as a British, is instinctively ashamed of this history.

It’s just that, if you go to the country and do as the Romans do, since you’ve settled in the United States, you have to pretend that this is really a festival to show gratitude to the Indiana people, as long as you force yourself to forget the bloody history behind it for a short time.

The Wei family celebrated Thanksgiving in a completely different atmosphere.

Thanksgiving is Turkey Day for most Americans, and they don't eat turkey.

Every year on this day is Mei Chen's cooking demonstration day.

After Wei Xia got married, his wife Elaine joined the kitchen. From then on, Mei Chen was no longer the dictator of the kitchen. Although Yi Lian's cooking skills could not pose a threat to Mei Chen, it was always good to have a competitor.

Jordan in 1993 told us that people who have been alone for too long can easily lose motivation.

Early this morning, Wei Xia went to Sunset Center as usual.

He drives the car and plays his favorite music.

The song was high, and suddenly I received a call from Kobe.

"My friend, may you be as fresh today as you are with every jump shot that comes out of the rim."

As soon as Wei Xia opened his mouth, Kobe knew that he was old.

"Have you received the gift?"

"My friend, I know you like to dig out the details, but you don't have to dig out the details until when the courier will deliver it to your door?"

This is the case. Although Kobe and Wei Xia are not playing in the same team anymore, they have always kept in touch. It is a basic etiquette to give each other gifts during the New Year and holidays.The gifts Weisha chooses are often thoughtful. For example, he will specialize in research on things that Vanessa is interested in, or things that Kobe’s daughters are interested in—only those that Kobe is interested in do not study—and use this to prove that he is the most rigorous person in dealing with red tape.

First of all, Kobe has no doubts about his sincerity in choosing gifts, but since he wants to use the word "most" that is easy to provoke others, he cannot be blamed for being serious.

So this year, Kobe carefully selected the gift, and ordered the courier, even choking the delivery time.

"Oh my friend, if you fucking talk to me like that again, I'll fly to Philadelphia right now and kick the fuckin' you into the Delaware River, understand?"

Wei Xia just wanted to talk cheap again, but when he looked back, it wasn't worth the risk. He couldn't tell others, but there was nothing Kobe couldn't do.

"I received the gift and I like it very much."

In fact, he hasn't seen the gift yet, he just thinks that Kobe has worked so hard and shouldn't disappoint him.

They chatted for a while, and Wei Xia turned the topic to Kobe's private jet.

"Stop it, don't be so alarmist!"

"Is my data wrong?"

On two issues, they could not convince each other.

The reason Kobe insists on using a private jet is that the probability of an accident on an airplane is far lower than that of a motor vehicle accident.

This point, Wei Xia is irrefutable, if he didn't happen to be able to see a glimpse of the future, he wouldn't make Kobe waste a lot of time and change to a motor vehicle.

But there is one thing that Kobe can't convince Wei Xia.

It is uncertain what will happen to a motor vehicle in a car accident, but once an airplane crashes, especially at a height above 50 meters, the probability of survival is 0.

"Use your worrying heart elsewhere." Kobe ended the call with this, "I'm fine!"

Wei Xia put the phone back in place, and what the dream predicted had either come true or was avoided by him.

Only Kobe's plane crashed.

Wei Xia has a sense of urgency, because he doesn't know when this matter will come, so he will mention it every time he talks to Kobe.

He had to give Kobe a sense of urgency.

Even if he doesn't care, he's going to have to make Kobe Bryant think "what if that guy's right?" every time he's in trouble on a plane.

Of course, it is the most direct way to let Kobe give up his private jet.

But this is almost impossible. Kobe has an extraordinary concept of time. He is the kind of person who refuses to waste a second. The prime time in Los Angeles is as congested as the Japanese subway. If he continues to use motor vehicles, he will be delayed for hours on the road every day.Therefore, allowing Kobe to establish sufficient safety awareness is the key to avoiding tragedies.

This matter cannot be done in a day, Wei Xia would rather make Kobe annoyed than insist.

Anyway, Kobe has been bothering him for a day or two, and it's not like Thanksgiving is still sending him gifts.

sunset center
Weixia's teammates distributed gifts, and Cousins ​​​​was the most active in this regard.

The gifts that Wei Xia prepared for them were not expensive, but they were all carefully selected. For example, the gift he gave to Cousins ​​was a book—thanks to the Zen master, he could think of such a gift that saves money, no, it is not extravagant and wasteful, and can reflect his heart and bring help.

His book of choice for Cousins ​​was Spike Cotter's bestseller The Road Less Traveled.

The gift to Hayward was Chris Mullin's signed jersey.

The gift to Louis Williams was a golden microphone.
It's not the most expensive, but it's definitely the most thoughtful. He's sure that Kobe didn't pay as much attention to choosing gifts as he did.

"Guys, have a great day and a great tomorrow, I hope we will always have a good time, I've never been more sure that good things are going to happen in the future!"

Before the crowd in the Sunset Center dispersed, Wei Xia said to his teammates and staff.

When walking out of the Sunset Center, Wei Xia met the general manager Xin Ji.

From the day Hinkie took office, Wei Xia's impression of him was basically limited to "professional management personnel".He is exactly the same as the cold-blooded businessmen in those business war TV dramas.

But there is a difference. Those merchants try their best to sell their products, squeeze their employees ruthlessly, and kick them away when they have no value.

Hinkie hopes to pull them out for a trade while they still have value.

At present, the 76ers are in a good situation, and Wei Xia has not heard any trading rumors.

"Wish, happy holidays." Hinkie said with a smile.

Wei Xia said: "Your gift, I entrusted someone to put it in the office."

"Oh, do I have a share too?" Sinki asked unexpectedly.

"Of course." Wei Xia said, "Without DeMarcus's share, we can't lose yours."

In fact, he originally wanted to say "Kobe's share is missing", but Hinkie may not understand how important it is for him not to give Kobe a Thanksgiving gift, so he still made the joke on Cousins.

Xinji smiled and said, "But...but I didn't bring your gift, Wish, I'll give it to you next time."

Wei Xia nodded tacitly, he knew that Xinji hadn't prepared his gift.It wasn't a slight or anything, he didn't have a gift for anyone in Sunset Center.

This math geek, data-crazed, only knows how to analyze value, study trades and help the team find a way out of the cold-blooded robot, and doesn't know how to deal with interpersonal relationships.

If such a person is placed on a team that is determined to be bad, it may have unexpected effects based on his ruthlessness that does not take the eyes of the world at ease.

On a team that needs him to improve?

Wei Xia looked at Xin Ji's back without thinking too much.

As he drove home, he began to wonder, what was Kobe's carefully chosen gift?
Call home and ask?

Forget it, leave it in suspense.

Sense of anticipation!Sense of anticipation!Sense of anticipation!
Wei Xia's sense of anticipation is the same as that of netizens who heard that Mr. Takizawa Rola was in trouble, and they all hoped to use their own internet speed to save her from the sea of ​​suffering.But when we walk into the deep sea and see its true colors, most of us feel cheated.

Now, Wei Xia has the same expectations.

The moment he got home, he found that one of his toddlers had been lost for no reason.

"Where am I dragging the baby?"

Then he entered the living room wearing a slipper, and what caught his sight was a scene that made his head spin. The living room seemed to have been ransacked by robbers, and all the things that could be knocked over had been knocked over. On the sofa, a creature painted with colorful paint was roaring ferociously.

"Wang Wang Wang!"

Then, Wei Xia saw his inexplicably missing child.

"Are you back?" Elaine came out of the kitchen, already accustomed to the scene of the living room.

It seems that this is not the first time this damn dog has committed crimes at home.

Wei Xia squinted his eyes and smiled: "Don't tell me, this product is Kobe's Thanksgiving gift to me."

Elaine said regretfully: "I would like to say no, but Kobe really knows what kind of gift you 'like'."

Wei Xia took out his mobile phone.

"Mom doesn't know what's going on outside, you still have time." Elaine 'kindly' reminded.

Wei Xia asked in surprise: "Then why didn't you clean it first. No, why didn't you control this vicious dog first?"

"Wow, woof!" the vicious dog growled childishly.

"I was also amazed by its destructive power. It's amazing that such a small body can have so much power."

"You seem to like it?"

"You have about three minutes."

Elaine went back to the kitchen.

Wei Xia had a hard time facing the phone, and now he has two choices.

One, be pragmatic, clean up the mess first, make the living room a new look, and not let Mei Chen know that a mad dog ransacked the living room for fun during this shameful festival.

Two, spend 10 minutes calling Kobe to scold him in the Chinese way, and then spend 10 minutes cleaning up the garbage in the living room.

Because Wei Xia's Chinese swearword vocabulary is not enough, he gave up his plan to scold Kobe for 10 minutes, and started to clean up the garbage in the living room.

It took about 16 minutes, and finally the vicious dog was sent to the cage for confinement.

This is a red husky, female.

"Philip, although the puppy is very cute, can you please set the table for me?" Wei Chun asked with a smile.

"Cute?" Wei Xia really wants to cry, but does Elaine know its "strength"?

Wei Xia reluctantly helped to set the table, and it was rare for the family to get together, and the single status of the elder brother and elder sister was put on the table.

Wei Xia secretly thinks that the issue of singleness of the elder brother and sister is far less urgent than the issue of claiming the little red devil behind him.

"Let's not talk about this. Does anyone want a dog? I'll give it away for free!" Wei Xia felt that he didn't have time to keep a dog, and Elaine didn't seem like a dog lover. The children in the family were still young, which caused a lot of inconvenience.

Mei Chen took over the stall: "Just stay at home, anyway, there is no third creature besides your father, sometimes it's quite lonely."

"Mom, I love you, I really love you." Wei Xia responded excitedly.

This is a Thanksgiving in which doggy issues of belonging outweigh sibling issues of singleness.

However, Wei Mingliang could tell from Wei Mingliang's worried expression that the majority of the family was still rational, but now that Mei Chen had agreed, he could only settle down and wait for the aftereffects.

(End of this chapter)