Godfather of national football

Chapter 345 Lapland

Snow, wooden houses, reindeer, these are the Santa Claus Village that everyone imagines, and this is what it is here.

After getting off the bus, a sled pulled by reindeer stops in front of the tourists. The Chinese team consists of more than 20 people, and about 5 sleds are needed.

Seeing Santa Claus with a big belly, the players couldn't help but want to touch it, even for an adult like Li Weifeng.

"Take a picture and go back, my daughter must be very happy."

After 10 minutes, everyone entered the village, and after getting off the sled, they could visit the village at will.

Li Guo asked Hannah to find out what is interesting here first, and soon Hannah came back, "Tourists will go to the post office and gift shop here."

Li Guo told the players what he learned, and then went shopping by himself. The first thing he came to was the gift shop.

The shop is small, but it has a lot of things, including handicrafts with Finnish characteristics, stamps full of fairy tales, and greeting cards. Li Guo bought two things, and then prepared to send them out as gifts for Li Zibing.

"This is a real Christmas present, although it is late," Li Guo thought to himself.

While filling out the mailing form, Hannah saw it, "Li Zibing, is that your sister?"

Li Guo was so embarrassed, "No."

"Oh, what about your girlfriend?"

Li Guo changed the subject, "Don't you need to send a gift to your friend, this is Santa's blessing."

Seeing that Li Guo changed the topic, Hannah understood. She took a greeting card and filled in the address. The person she wanted to send it to was Li Guo. Li Guo should be able to receive it after Li Guo returned to China. On the greeting card were written some Hannah's heartfelt thoughts and some embarrassing things to say in person.

Coming out of the post office, I saw Mu Fei and Geng Chong again. I have to say that these two guys didn't learn the lesson of buying Yiwu small commodities in Qatar. They bought a lot of things here.

"You two can go shopping when you get here."

"Hehe, head, I have a lot of friends, everyone wants gifts, I can only buy more."

Li Guo is convinced, these two guys will retire in the future, it is probably good to go to the mall to be a shopping guide.

Li Weifeng carefully selected several Finnish handmade dolls and wanted to send them back, but he didn't know what to do, so he ran over to ask Hannah for help.

Everyone was busy with work, so Li Guo walked into a local dwelling on the side of the road, which is called a Lapland dwelling.

The Lappish people used to be nomads, they lived in tents, and later they lived in residential houses. After walking in, they found that they could not communicate at all. The other party could not speak English, but they were very enthusiastic when they saw Li Guo. The reason was simple. The other party also had black hair and black eyes, and he looked a bit like an Asian.

Just like some nomads in the Russian Far East, they are actually very similar to the Chinese in appearance.

The other party invited Li Guo in, but Li Guo kept saying, "I'm sorry, I don't understand." Fortunately, Hannah appeared in time.

It turned out that the other party was interested in Li Guo, just like we would look twice when we see foreigners, and foreigners also feel novelty when they see us Chinese.

Li Guo didn't like to chat with an interpreter, so he was about to leave after drinking a cup of hot tea, but before leaving, the uncle specifically told Li Guo to be careful, because there would be ghosts at night.

Both Hannah and Li Guo understood what that meant. This was primitive wisdom. The locals would observe the sky and estimated that there would be a high probability of seeing the aurora tonight.

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In the wilderness of Rovaniemi, there were two people sitting by the fire, Li Guo and Hannah. This time Li Guo didn't ask everyone to come out. He heard that if you make a wish to the aurora, your dream will come true.

Hannah poured Li Guo a glass of mulled wine, which is said to be able to drive away the cold. Li Guo asked Hannah, "You are from Finland, why don't you come to see the aurora?"

Hannah said shyly, "The Legend of Finland is for watching with my boyfriend. I haven't had a boyfriend yet."

Li Guo looked a bit disbelieving. Finns usually fall in love at the age of 16. This Hannah is too late.

Seeing Li Guo's surprised expression, Hannah chuckled, "Don't be surprised, I went to a girls' school."

Oh no wonder.

Li Guo raised his head to look at the sky, there were many stars, and the air was very permeable, as if he could see through the universe, but there was no aurora coming.

"I don't know if I won't be able to see the aurora again tonight."

"Probably not. The Laplanders have lived here for thousands of years. They should be very accurate in their predictions."

While talking, Li Guo noticed a change in the dark sky in the distance, a faint green flickering, gradually becoming more obvious.

"Aurora!" Hannah shouted excitedly.

"It finally appeared, I have been waiting so hard," Li Guo thought to himself.

"Li Guo, make a wish, it's very spiritual."

Li Guo clasped his hands together, closed his eyes and made a wish. When he opened his eyes, Hannah asked, "What wish did you make?"

Li Guo shook his head, "We Chinese say that if a wish is expressed, it will not work."

Hannah chuckled, "I guess it's related to the World Cup."

Li Guo smiled but did not answer, "Okay, it's your turn, make a wish."

"Okay, then I make a wish."

After a while, Li Guo asked, "What wish did you make?"

Hannah asked mischievously, "Want to know?"

Li Guo nodded, unexpectedly, Hannah kissed him directly, which caught Li Guo off guard, and then Hannah said, "Okay, my wish has come true."

"That's it?" Li Guo thought to himself.

In fact, this is not surprising. In Northern Europe, women have a high status and are more active, so it is normal.

The aurora that night was gorgeous and lasted for more than an hour. After watching the aurora, the two walked back.

"Hannah, I'm leaving Finland tomorrow, the holidays are over."

Hannah nodded, "I know, Li Guo, it's a pleasure to meet you, I think we will meet again."

Li Guo didn't want to be sensational, so he didn't say anything.

The next day, Li Guo said goodbye to Hannah, and Hannah went back to Finland, while Li Guo and the Chinese players went to Sweden, where they flew directly back to China.

When saying goodbye, Hannah gave everyone a hug. Everyone liked this beautiful Finnish girl very much, and Li Weifeng even gave her a small gift.

Seeing Hannah leave in the bus, Mu Fei said, "What a beautiful girl."

When they arrived in Stockholm, the capital of Sweden, the plane was delayed again due to heavy snow, and the players waited another day before getting on the return plane.

By the time I returned, it was already January 1nd, China time, and 2 had arrived. After three years of qualifiers, teams from all over the world passed the test, and only 2014 teams were produced to go to Brazil to participate in the World Cup.

For ordinary people, this is just the New Year's Day holiday, but for Chinese players, it means much more than that.

(End of this chapter)