rear number ten

Chapter 2 Dad Forbids Being a Soccer Star
"Victor, are you back? Come down."

Victor Li and his mother, who were preparing to have a conversation upstairs, heard the unquestionable tone and said the words in correct Chinese.Victor knew immediately that it must be his father who had rejected this choice countless times for him in the past two years.Li Tian.

Therefore, Victor could only smile at his mother, and then turned to the open door leading to the stairs.Also shouted in Chinese:
"Yes Daddy, I'm back. Get down now."

However, compared with his father's Chinese with a straight and round accent.Victor's Chinese level is not so good.Although the pronunciation is clear, it is obviously quite different from my father's Chinese.

However, now is not the time to compare the difference in Chinese proficiency between Victor and his father Li Tian.Victor immediately said to his mother in Portuguese: "Mom, Dad is telling me to go downstairs." Then he continued: "Let's go down together."

At that moment, Victor and his mother left the attic one after the other.Victor, who was walking behind, also closed the door casually.

When Victor and his mother walked to the living room on the first floor, he saw his father, who was well-known in the Crewe area, and drove the largest and only Asian supermarket in the town of Crewe. Li Tian.Sitting on the sofa in the middle of the living room, there were a few cigarette butts scattered in the ashtray on the coffee table in front of him.

And the largest household appliance in the living room, the TV.When Victor's father, Li Tian, ​​saw Victor and his wife go downstairs.He picked up the remote control and turned off the TV.Then he said to his wife in English:
"Honey, and Victor, come and sit down."

Victor and his mother heard what his father said, Victor's mother sat beside his father, and Victor sat on the single sofa next to his father.

After Victor sat down, he heard Victor's father, and Li Tian continued to say in both English and Chinese: "Victor, is that old man from Crewe today called John?" He turned to look at his wife while speaking.After seeing his wife nodding affirmatively, he continued to Victor:
"He came to our house again, I think you should know his purpose."

"Yes, Dad." Of course Victor knew, and of course he knew that his father rejected him again.So there was no change in expression or tone.replied.

Li Tian said that he has been in business for many years, from a small Asian supermarket to owning Victor's father, one of the largest in the small town of Crewe.Of course he knew his son, and he was not so happy about his repeated rejection of old man John's wish for Victor to join the Crewe Club.

"Of course, after all, boys in England, and even boys all over Europe, have a common dream of becoming a football star." Victor's father, Li Tian told himself in his heart.

Therefore, Li Tian didn't take Victor's answer seriously, let alone listen to Victor's complaints.Perhaps, this is for Li Tian, ​​who was born in China, grew up in China, has been receiving Chinese-style education, and only studied in England for a short period of one or two years.His son's confrontational mood is the child's unreasonable trouble.

Therefore, Li Tian continued, but this time in Chinese, and said to Victor:
"Victor, you know. Dad, I once again refused. Because I think that playing football is not a serious matter after all, and besides, playing football cannot become your lifetime career...."

This sentence, although Victor is not a traditional Chinese child, he also knows what his father said next.So, while talking in my heart, while listening to my father's clichéd next words

"So, for you, Victor, you must get [-] points for every homework that is the most important thing at present." Suddenly realized that this seemed to be somewhat inconsistent with his son's actual situation, so he immediately changed his words:

"Get an A in every subject, so that you can be admitted to Cambridge and Oxford, and then you can find a good job in London. For example, become a banker, lawyer, etc." After a slight pause, he reached out and held it in front of him After taking a sip of the glass with tea leaves in it, he summed up like the person in the middle of a row who sits in front of everyone in a meeting in China:

"Victor, you have to know that this kind of job is the right job. This kind of career is the one you should choose."

Hearing his father's words, although Victor was not a child born and raised in China.However, the performance is no different from that of ordinary Chinese children.Immediately went on to say:

"Yes, Dad, I see. If there is nothing else, I will go upstairs first."

But this sentence is in English.After Victor finished speaking, he immediately stood up from the sofa, and was about to go upstairs.I heard my father say again in Chinese:

"Victor, you need to know. This is for your own good."

Victor didn't listen to his father's next words, and immediately walked up the stairs in his attic.He opened the door to the attic, and closed it casually after entering, but there was still a small gap before closing the door.But Victor didn't care so much, and lay down on his bed.Then he put his hands behind his head and looked at the posters about football in front of him.

The family portrait of Manchester United during the Triple Crown in 99, and the family portrait of England in the 02 World Cup.And when Real Madrid won the Champions League again in 02, Zidane kicked the "Flying Immortal" poster.Plus, posters of star players such as England, Beckham, Owen, and even Italy's Del Piero.It immediately appeared in front of Victor.

However, Victor didn't think about anything.Because my mother's voice came from my ear:

"Honey, I think you should have a good talk with Vito. Every time you let Victor sit down, although I can't understand Chinese. But I think you must be reprimanding Vito."

"Oh, dear, it's not what you think, I didn't reprimand Victor." Victor's father, Li Tian retorted immediately.

"I don't believe it, besides, Vito left immediately and returned to his room every time you said something I didn't know in Chinese. Although I don't understand what you said to Vito, but I I still think you should have a good talk with Vito."

After Victor's mother finished speaking, she saw that her husband was about to refute her words, so she immediately restrained her husband's words.Then went on to say:

"Besides, don't you think it's unimaginable to keep rejecting the invitation of Crewe Club. You know, every boy has a dream of becoming a football star. Besides, you know, Victor's The level of football is very good...”

"Enough Bella!" Victor's father, Li Tian, ​​interrupted his wife very rudely after hearing his wife say "every boy's dream" and 3 "Victor's football level".Then he said in an undeniable and unquestionable tone:
"I don't care if every boy has a dream of becoming a football superstar, and I don't care if Victor's football is the best in the world." He paused, then continued with the same tone:
"However, Victor should study hard, go to Cambridge and Oxford, and then become a banker or a lawyer. Instead of becoming a damn football star. Besides, can becoming a football star be a career for life?"

"My God!" Victor's mother, Bella, a typical Spanish and Portuguese female name.For his husband, after Victor's father said such words.Can't help but sigh.Then he was not too excited, but went on to say to his husband:
"But dear, I still think Victor should join. I don't agree with you asking Victor to come home after school every afternoon, and then let him face the computer and listen to the Chinese teacher who still can't understand the changes. What should be learned by Newton or Leibniz."

"That's the tutoring class that every Chinese child will take." Seeing that his wife was about to "incarnate", Victor's father, who was still aggressive just now, could only mutter in a low voice.

"I don't know what this is," Victor's mother interrupted her husband's words again, and then continued her own words:

"We should respect Victor's ideas. I think it is very wrong to directly choose the future path for children. We should talk to Victor..."

But at this time, Fang seemed to have touched the string in Victor's father's heart.He heard Victor's father suddenly interrupt his wife's words.Then he categorically denied his wife's opinion.Said in a rough tone:

"Bella, I don't agree with that. I refuse to let Victor go to some goddamn Crewe football team to play this goddamn football. Because he is my son and I am responsible for him. What's the use of this football." Finally, Suddenly a sentence came in Chinese,
"It can't be eaten as a meal!"

Hearing the words of his parents through the half-covered door with a little gap, Victor, who was lying on his bed, couldn't help reaching out and tightly grasping the quilt on the bed.And in the eyes, there were also tears that flowed out for no reason.Then, he stretched out his arms, grabbed a pillow, and buried his head deeply in the pillow.

(End of this chapter)