"Sister Xie, are you leaving in such a hurry? It's just time..." The colleagues in the office saw that Xie Lan had already picked up her bag and started to leave just after five o'clock, so they asked strangely. "Hu Lai's game
Isn’t it tomorrow morning?”
"Hey, why don't you prepare some food and drinks? I have to go to the vegetable market." Xie Lan said goodbye to his colleagues in the office and turned around and walked out of the office door.
"Sister Xie, walk slowly, Hu Lai, come on!"
"Thank you, thank you!" Xie Lan's voice came from the corridor.
Colleagues shook their heads and said with emotion: "Sister Xie has a promising son!"
"I also want to watch the game, but I checked the time and it's live broadcast at 2:30 tomorrow morning... How can I go to work after watching this?"
"Sister Xie is not afraid of not being able to get up. How can she be afraid of not being able to get up at such a young age?"
"Hey, what you said...can I compete with Sister Xie? If Sister Xie can't get up, she won't be able to get up. At worst, she will miss one day of work. What can the director say? If I can't get up, it will be counted as one day of missed work, and I will still get my bonus this month.
Do you want it anymore?"
As soon as he finished speaking, the director's cough sounded at the door of the office, which made everyone in the room tremble and hurriedly say hello.
"Director, are you here?"
"The director hasn't gotten off work yet?"
The director made an announcement with a straight face: "Tonight... tomorrow morning there will be an Olympic competition for the son of our employee Xie Lan. If you have the conditions, you can cheer him on by watching the live TV broadcast. Everyone is allowed to take half a day off tomorrow.
, no bonus will be deducted.”
Everyone in the office was stunned for a moment, and then cheered.
After the owner left, the cheers continued.
Sister Wang slammed the table in protest, but no one paid attention to her.
The office is still noisy.
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Xie Lan was standing outside a fresh-caught shop, carefully selecting braised vegetables that had just been cooked. The food was steaming hot and exuding a fragrant smell, which made people want to eat.
Xie Lan handed the basin containing quail eggs, duck intestines, lotus root slices, potato slices, bamboo shoots and other stewed vegetables to the shopkeeper inside.
After taking it, the owner took two large ribs from the plate next to him and put them on the cutting board.
"Hey, I didn't want the ribs..." Xie Lan shouted quickly when she saw this.
But it was already too late. The store owner chopped the two ribs into several pieces, put them into a plastic bag along with the braised vegetables she just picked, tied them with a knot skillfully, and handed them out.
"No, thank you sister, it's a gift."
"We haven't weighed yet..."
"No need to weigh it, I told you, it's a gift!" The shop owner waved his oily palms.
"Why are you so embarrassed? No one took my money all the way here..." Xie Lan pointed to the entrance of the vegetable market.
"Then I can't ask for money anymore. Just take it, a little kindness, just this once."
Xie Lan failed to pay in the end.
The customer at the back of the queue pointed at Xie Lan’s back as she left the dish and asked, “Boss, why don’t you charge her?”
"If you can train a kid who can lead our national Olympic team to participate in the Olympics, I won't charge you, beauty." The boss smiled.
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When Hu Lixin saw that his wife had turned on the TV early after dinner, he asked: "Why are you turning on the TV so early? Isn't it a game at 2:30 in the middle of the night?"
"I watch women's football!"
Xie Lan put the freshly caught braised vegetables given to her on a plate on the coffee table, and also took two cans of beer from the refrigerator: "Come on, Lao Hu, drink with me."
Hu Lixin was dumbfounded: "As for that?"
"Today is a special day, so we must celebrate with a drink."
"You're not afraid of losing now..."
"I'm happy to lose!"
Seeing his wife staring, Hu Lixin had no choice but to sit down obediently and opened both cans of beer.
With a bang, the aroma of beer sprayed out of the can and filled the tips of their noses.
At the same time, the live broadcast of the game also appeared on the TV screen.
When Hu Lixin saw it, he understood why his wife wanted to watch the women's football match.
The most beautiful player of the Chinese women's football team, Li Qingqing, appeared in a close-up on the TV broadcast.
Isn't this the "daughter of the coach of her son's school team" that her wife has been talking about?
"I said, if you really care about this issue, why not ask Hu Lai directly and ask him what his relationship is with Li Qingqing?" Hu Lixin complained.
Xie Lan glanced at him: "What does a man know? Can you expect your son to answer honestly when you ask such a question? In all likelihood, it's an ordinary friend...what can he ask?"
"Then you are not afraid that you will guess wrong and waste your feelings?"
"How could you guess wrong? Let me tell you, Lao Hu, our son must have an extraordinary relationship with Li Qingqing! Believe it or not? Let's make a bet. If my son brings a girlfriend home, it must be this girl!" Xie Lan
Said confidently.
Hu Lixin shook his head: "I won't make this bet. Who knows how many years it will take for him to find us a girlfriend...Does it look like he can find a girlfriend?"
"Can we stop being so pessimistic about our son?"
"This is not pessimism. His mind is full of football now and he hasn't figured it out yet!"
"You're twenty and you still haven't woken up yet?"
"Some men don't know what they are doing even when they are thirty years old. What can be done? So I tell you not to pay too much attention to this matter. Let everything take its course. I can't control who he wants to look for..."
While the two were talking, the commentator's voice came from the TV: "...The match between the Chinese women's football team and the Zimbabwean women's football team is the debut of the Chinese Olympic team at this Olympics... The game is about to start. I hope the women's football team will
The girls performed well and gave our Chinese Olympic delegation a good start in this Olympic Games!"
The two stopped talking and stared at the TV screen seriously.
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Hu Lai and his teammates were sitting in the hotel conference room, watching the Chinese women's football match on live TV.
This is what head coach Shi Wuyin and team leader Ran Jiachang require. Everyone must be present to watch the live broadcast of the game.
Although the commentary was in Spanish, not many of them could understand it.
But still have to watch.
After watching this game, it will still be a while before the Olympic team leaves for the competition.
Shi Wuyin and Ran Jiachang hope that by watching the women's football games, the players of the National Olympic team can learn from the fighting spirit of the women's football girls.
After all, the women's football team has more experience in participating in competitions like the Olympics.
By watching the game, perhaps the players of the Olympic team can learn something from it.
"Did Coach Shi never think about it if the women's football team lost, wouldn't it be embarrassing?"
"That's right... can our women's football team lose to Zimbabwe?"
The whispers quickly disappeared, and as the crisp kickoff whistle came from the TV, everyone stared at the TV screen intently.
All the lights in the conference room with the curtains drawn were turned off, and the TV screen became the only light source in the room, reflecting on each player's face, constantly changing.
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For the Chinese women's team that has participated in the Women's World Cup, the Olympic Games will not cause them too much nervousness.
Especially when the opponent is so weak.
Just five minutes into the game, the Chinese team got a chance at the front of the penalty area.
After Li Qingqing used her chest to remove the high ball from her teammate from the wing, she pretended to take a long shot, tricking the Zimbabwe women's football players into throwing away their center of gravity to block the ball. As a result, Li Qingqing easily dunked it and entered the penalty area.
"Good shot! Li Qingqing dunked it in!"
After dunking in, Li Qingqing used the toe of his left foot to gently poke the football to the side while he was in the penalty area, causing the Zimbabwe defender who came up to clear the ball to miss the ball.
Then Li Qingqing caught up with the football again, raised his left leg and volleyed!
Although the Zimbabwean goalkeeper tried very hard to get down and save the ball, she still underestimated the power of Li Qingqing's shot.
The football hit the lower edge of her palm and bounced into the net!
"Li Qingqing! Wow beautiful! Beautiful!! She opened the scoring for the Chinese team! She scored the first goal of the Chinese team in this Olympic Games. This is also the first performance of the Chinese Olympic delegation in this Olympic Games!
The first cry with a goal like this! Perfect!"
Xie Lan, who was in front of the TV, slapped her thigh hard.
"As expected of my son's girlfriend!"
Hu Lixin quickly stopped her: "Don't talk nonsense! When the time comes, it will spread out and cause trouble to others!"
"Can't I even be happy at home?"
"I'm afraid that I'll say it right...just think about it in your heart..."
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"Li Qingqing is so handsome!"
"This ball is so beautiful!"
"Awesome!"
In the conference room, the young players of the Olympic team also applauded and cheered for Li Qingqing's wonderful performance.
Amid the cheers, Luo Kai looked at the figure on the TV screen.
In my heart, I longed for and imagined that I could score the first goal of the Chinese Olympic team in the Olympics like Li Qingqing...
In that case, my name might be compared with Li Qingqing's name...
"Today's Olympic Stars" can also be arranged.
Diagonally in front of him, Hu Lai put his fingers into his mouth and whistled along with other teammates.
The figure with flying ponytail on the TV screen became the idol of the players of the Olympic team at this moment.