[Football] The Light of Abandoned Sons

The new apartment Aarau moved to was owned by an elderly couple who lived next door.Charlie is the most typical type of fan in the UK. He supported Manchester United from his childhood, and then he was crazy about this team for almost his whole life.He remembers the ups and downs when Manchester United was relegated. He saw the first Champions League champion that Busby brought to Manchester United. He was also one of the hardcore fans who scolded Ferguson when he first came to Manchester United, but now he is sincere. Kudos to the Scot for turning Manchester United into a well-deserved number one in the Premier League.And Annie is a woman with gray hair who still enjoys life with a kind smile.

Charlie directly decided to lower the rent for the newcomer to Manchester United.Aarau wanted to refuse with some embarrassment, but heard the old man say bluntly, "It's all for Manchester United." Aarau had to repeatedly promise that he would play well.

For Manchester United, more for himself.

In the days before Christmas, everyone in Manchester United finally agreed to hold a party at Beckham's house one day, saying that it was to celebrate Aarau's housewarming, but in fact they just found an excuse to get together on the night of December 12.

On that day, Aarau drove his own Cherokee to the villa where he lived for less than half a year.He arrived a little early, parked the car at an intersection not far from the villa, turned on the music on the player, rubbed his eyes and lay down on the armchair to kill time.However, things didn't go according to his plan.

Before he could completely empty his mind, someone knocked on the window of the car. Alao looked at the familiar woman outside the window, and put down the window in confusion.However, the woman's expression showed that she was equally surprised, which made Aarau look even more inexplicable, and the two looked at each other in blank dismay.

In the end, it was Alou who broke the silence, "Uh, what can I do for you?" He wondered if he had taken up someone's parking space, and the woman was even more embarrassed, "Sorry, but do you know Beckham?"

It was only then that Alao realized that the Beckham's car he was driving might have been misunderstood. After all, the inside of the car could not be seen from the outside, so when he looked at the woman carefully, Alao suddenly realized, "Ah Victoria?" He quickly got out of the car, a little embarrassed that he didn't recognize her at first, and then introduced himself naturally, "I'm a Manchester United player."

"Lao Vanderlei?" Victoria asked with some uncertainty, and Alao nodded unexpectedly. He looked at the member of the popular group and found that she was much thinner than she looked on TV, "Are you going to David's house? Get in the car and I'll take you there." Victoria readily agreed as she looked at her high heels and the thin clothes that looked extraordinarily thin in the cold wind.

When Beckham opened the door, he saw Victoria and Lou van der Ley standing side by side, with strange expressions on their faces.Victoria smiled and approached Beckham to give him a greeting kiss, then smiled at Aarau and said, "I said he would have such an expression." Aarau pursed his lips and said happily, "I'm so sorry, I came too early , but don't blame me for not giving you two time to be alone." Beckham shivered from the freezing temperature around Victoria, and then realized that this strange scene in front of him really happened.

In fact, Beckham has almost prepared. Their gatherings are never more important than food but wine, and what Beckham is proud of is that he has never lacked ways to find good wine.Aarau sat on the sofa as a guest, looking at the framed sketches hanging on the wall, the color tone was actually a bit out of tune with this room.Victoria followed his line of sight and was taken aback for a moment, "This painting is really good." Beckham glanced over and agreed with some coping.

Not long after, Giggs and Neville all came, Keane and Schmeichel were not among them, except for Aarau, it was really like a party of class 92.Ryan Giggs brought his new girlfriend, and he greeted Victoria as if he had been friends for many years, without the slightest embarrassment of meeting a couple.Scholes looked pitifully at the rare man who was alone, swept around and sat next to Alao to chat with him.

"This group of people is really unkind, and they just left our protagonist aside." Scholes joked, and Aarau looked at him with raised eyebrows, as if he wanted to confirm whether this person had drunk too much. "Oh dear Paul, what makes you think I will be the protagonist of this party?" Scholes looked at Beckham and Victoria, who were being teased together in the booing crowd, and shrugged, "New How's the house?"

"It feels pretty good." Allau replied, "The landlord is very enthusiastic, although sometimes the enthusiasm is too much. The landlady's wife's dinner is average, and the dessert is excellent, but unfortunately I can't enjoy too much." For Lao Scholes has always believed in Van der Ley's ability to adapt to the environment.

After making a big fuss, everyone planned to move to the bar, and Lou van der Ley finally went home first when several people urged several people to object.While the rest of the people were packing up in the house, Beckham, as the host, sent Aarau away first. Looking at the extremely suspicious packing box in his friend's arms, Gary Neville turned his eyes away.

Aarau, who hadn't had much to drink, got into the car, and Beckham stomped on the flat ground, put his hand to his mouth and took a few breaths.Aarau couldn't understand that Beckham was so afraid of the cold as a British person, but he still advised him to go in quickly.Beckham grinned, "We'll take you to play after tomorrow, don't worry." Although Alao was still a little uncomfortable being treated as a child, the gift that was stuffed into his arms matched this sentence made Alao feel uncomfortable. Lao was stunned, "I planned to give it to you after 12 o'clock, but the time is running out, so I have to give it to you in advance. I wish you a happy 18th birthday."

After Beckham said hello to Aarau, he jumped back to his warm home, leaving Aarau staring at the packing box in his hand in a daze. After a while, he put it on the co-pilot, started the car and returned to his car. apartment.

As soon as Beckham entered the room, before his smile faded, he caught the eyes of his best friend.For a moment, his smile was a little embarrassing, and before he could look away, he heard Gary Neville speak, still in the usual carefree tone, "Don't take other people's children into the pit."

Beckham breathed a sigh of relief, "Of course I know."

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For Christmas, Lou van der Rey, who has been alone for many years, does not have too many rich emotions.The children of the landlord's family rushed back from all over the country. For the British, Christmas is a festival for family reunion.The impersonality and lack of family values ​​will all be overturned on this day, and the traditional British will prove what a really strong family atmosphere is.

Every household in the UK celebrates behind closed doors, flowers, greeting cards, Christmas trees, food and wine, family and friends are indispensable, but what is left to foreigners, apart from romantic Christmas imaginations, is the empty streets and the fate of starving to death because no shop is open.

Send the small gifts prepared in advance to the landlord, say some words of blessing and thanks, and happily bring the mince pie baked by the landlady back to your apartment.In fact, all the blessings from friends have been received on my birthday a few days ago. On such a grand day, even Guti will not give up reunion with his family and choose to visit friends far away.On the day he really came of age, Aarau received many gifts, and the gift he liked the most was on his record player.

It was from Beckham, and if you think about it, it can only come from Beckham.What the Englishman gave him was a vinyl record, and the song on it was "Speaksofelylove", which Aarau liked very much, but the boss at the time refused to sell it.

Aarau played the record and adjusted the volume so that others could not hear him. He put some cold mince pies on the small table prepared by the fireplace, and there was freshly reheated frozen turkey next to it. For the sake of real adulthood, there is also a bottle of brandy that can't tell the difference between good and bad, and a bowl of green salad simply tossed with salad dressing.Such a high-calorie food that doesn't quite fit the athlete's diet, Aarau can enjoy it without any guilt.

Tsk tsk tsk I should eat the same thing as Santa Claus, Arau thought.

Aarau did not arrange Christmas lights in the room. From the window, he could see the lights of the houses on both sides of the street dotted with bright lights like stars. With a little warmth.

As he was doing this, he heard the ringing of his mobile phone and looked at the displayed caller. Alao wiped his hands in a panic and connected.No one spoke on the other end of the phone, Alao breathed lightly, "Dad."

On the other end of the phone was the old Mr. Van der Ley who had never officially appeared on the scene and seemed a little too mysterious. His voice was a little hoarse from a middle-aged man, but based on Aarau's appearance alone, it could be imagined that this person must have been an old man when he was young. A good-looking man, "Arao, are you in the room by yourself?"

Alao's lips trembled uncontrollably, "Ah, it's not," as if he noticed that he had accidentally even started crying, Alao took a deep breath to calm himself down, "I'll be a guest at my teammate's house later."

Of course, the old Mr. Vandre knew that what his son said was not true. On such a day, Aarau would definitely not go to other people's homes to disturb other people's lives.But since he said so, since he hoped that his family would think that everything was fine for him, the old Mr. Van Derley didn't expose it, "Your sister and brother-in-law are here, don't worry about me too much, if you want to talk to me about any problems chat."

Aarau actually had a lot to say, but he didn’t know how, but in the end he just answered extremely bluntly, "I will play well at Manchester United."

The old Mr. Van der Ley sighed, his tone was a little helpless but he couldn't help but be proud, "Yes, my son will become the best player."

When the call was terminated, Aarau put the phone aside, and put his palms over his eyes wearily.

- Lou van der Rey, you will be the best goalkeeper in the world.

——Aarau, you have to go farther, farther.

- My son he will become the best star.

Yes, I believe so firmly, but only believing is not enough.

Thinking of this, Aarau stared at the record player, and removed the vinyl record on it after a while.