The Midfield Master

Not long after Xia Ze returned home, his younger brother Xia Tao also came back. When Xia's mother saw that the two brothers had returned, she asked everyone to wash their hands and eat.

Sitting at the dining table, Xia Ze said cautiously, "Mom, I have something to discuss with you."

"Tell me, as long as you don't think it's good, mom will support you." Mother Xia said kindly.

She supports a family of four on her own. Although she works hard, she also knows that her eldest son is very sensible and never lets herself worry.

"Well, a scout from a foreign team wanted me to try out in Portugal."

"Portugal team? Really? It's not a liar, is it?" Mother Xia had surprise and concern in her eyes.

"It's true! Zhang Wei has also been invited, and we have verified his identity." Xia Ze quickly explained.

"Is it Porto? Or Benfica?" The younger brother Xia Tao's voice is rough, but the excitement can still be heard.

"Um, none of them. It's Maritimo. Although it's not very famous, it's also a Portuguese Super League team." Xia Ze wiped off his sweat, feeling slightly embarrassed.

"Ozawa, Mom knows you will succeed." Mother Xia said with relief. His son was invited by a foreign team for trial training, which proved that he did have a bright future in playing football.

"But...we have to pay for the round-trip air tickets to the trial training." Xia Ze said with some embarrassment, and then he quickly added: "But as long as I succeed in the trial training, I don't have to worry about money after signing the contract."

The smile on Mother Xia's face froze for a moment, and she asked, "How much will it cost?"

"Huh! The family is already in trouble, and I still want to go abroad, and I don't even know what I am!" Before Xia Ze could answer, his grandfather Xia Jinhua's cold voice sounded.

"What is unrealistic!? Is it wrong for me to pursue my dream? Do I have to lament the injustice of fate every day like you? I have hands and feet. Why can't I pursue everything I want!?" He insulted his dreams mercilessly and refuted them sharply.

"Ozawa! I told you that you can't talk to grandpa like this. Okay, let's stop talking, let's eat." Seeing that the two grandparents were arguing again, Xia's mother interrupted the topic.

Neither Xia Ze nor Xia Jinxing spoke again, and the atmosphere in the room was quite awkward for a while, only the sound from the TV was left.

"The following is a local football news. The young players of Evergrande Club, Ai Huang and Gao Bo, will go to Europe on July 20 to go to Manchester United and Real Madrid for trial training respectively. The senior management of Evergrande Club said that this time the two will go to Europe The expenses will be borne by the club, and the club will fully support the two to study abroad in Europe."

"Brother, who are they? They are amazing, they can go to Manchester United and Real Madrid for trial training!" Fourteen-year-old Xia Tao looked enviously at the TV.

"They are the two core members of the Evergrande youth team and my old opponents." Xia Ze said lightly.

It seems that the two of them really succeeded, but they don't know how much of it is a commercial operation. Going to giants like Manchester United and Real Madrid for trial training will be much more difficult than going to Maritimo. It would be great if I could have such an opportunity.

"Look at other people, this is called a genius, you can go to Europe without paying your own money, look at you..." Xia Jinhua didn't show mercy to his grandson at all.

"If you hadn't secretly drugged me, I would have been late? If it hadn't been for you, I would have been going to Manchester United now!" Xia Ze retorted sharply.

"So what if you go to play football? Playing football can support this family? You don't even look at the situation of this family, but you still want to play football. You don't understand your mother at all. You have the ability not to ask your mother for money, Earn your own money and go to Portugal!" Xia Jinhua retorted relentlessly.

"I drag this family down? Since high school, when will I ask my mother for my tuition and living expenses? If you didn't have to see a doctor and take medicine every day, we would live in such a bad way?" Xia Ze stared at Xia with wide eyes. Jinhua.

"Xiao Ze, stop talking!" Seeing that Xia Ze's words were getting more and more outrageous, Li Chunhua snapped.

A dinner ended in a discordant atmosphere.

...

In a garden community in Haizhu District, three members of Wang Xiaolin's family are eating.

Wang Xiaolin is the only daughter in the family. Her parents love her very much, but she is also well-behaved and sensible. She has excellent academic performance since elementary school, especially fluent English.

"Dad, why doesn't the club cover the cost of their trials?"

"Xiaolin, the other party invited our players to try out this time. The club didn't have the budget for this kind of expenses." The middle-aged man sitting at the table replied, he was Wang Jingcun, the manager of the R\u0026F club.

Wang Jingcun paused and continued: "However, the club will not really let them pay these expenses themselves. If they succeed in the trial training, Maritimo will reimburse them; if they fail the trial training, I will apply to the club for reimbursement. All expenses."

"Mom, look at how lonely Dad is, he cares about even this little money." Wang Xiaolin looked at a beautiful woman opposite and said coquettishly.

"Xiaolin, your father didn't run the club, and he just followed the rules. Please be considerate." Wang Xiaolin's mother said with a smile.

Wang Xiaolin pretended not to hear, and stopped talking, just lowered her head to eat, with a sullen expression on her face.

Wang Jingcun thought he had offended his daughter, so he said, "What gift do you want, Dad asked Uncle Li to bring it back from Portugal for you."

Wang Xiaolin still eats sullenly.

Wang Jingcun knew that this condition was not attractive to his daughter, so he continued: "Then what do you want, as long as Dad can do it, I will promise you."

"Really?" Wang Xiaolin raised her head immediately, her eyes lit up.

"Really, when did Dad ever lie to you?" Wang Jingcun patted his chest and swore.

With her father's consent, Wang Xiaolin showed a ghostly smile on her face, where was the gloomy look just now?

She rolled her eyes and said, "Dad, I want to go to Portugal with Uncle Li and the others!"

"Xiao Lin, didn't I go to Portugal with you last year? This time they went for a trial training, which is not fun." Wang Jingcun never thought that his daughter wanted to go to Portugal.

"No, I'm going! You have promised, you can't play tricks!" Wang Xiaolin pouted and said coquettishly.

"Hey, okay, okay, I'm afraid of you." Wang Jingcun really has nothing to do with this daughter: "But this time, you have to listen to Uncle Li, and you can't run around by yourself."

"Well, I see, Dad is the best." Wang Xiaolin cheered and stood up and kissed Wang Jingcun on the face.

"Hey, you haven't wiped your mouth..."

...

Xia Ze lay quietly on the bed, thinking about his chance to go to Portugal for trial training.

Since high school, I have been working part-time at McDonald's, and I have earned my tuition and living expenses for the past two years.

The money left over from tuition fees was saved, and after a long period of time, there were three or four thousand yuan.

But the three or four thousand yuan is not enough for this trial training. The air ticket to Portugal costs 5,000 yuan. If other miscellaneous things are included, it will cost at least 7,000 to 8,000 yuan, not counting the return air ticket.

"Oh... what should I do? It's really difficult for a penny to be a hero. I never thought that I, Xia Ze, would be in such a situation." Xia Ze sighed softly.

Xia Tao, the younger brother in the lower bunk, has fallen asleep after a day of training, and he is worried about the cost of going to the trial training.

"Ozawa, are you still asleep?" At this time, the mother's voice came from outside the door.

Xia Ze heard his mother calling him, and sat up from the bed: "Mom."

Mother Xia waved to Xia Ze: "Come down, Mom has something to say to you."

Xia Ze got up and went to the balcony with his mother: "Mom, what's the matter?"

Xia's mother took out a hand-sewn purse from her inner pocket and stuffed it into Xia Ze's hand: "Xiao Ze, here is 10,000 yuan, do you think Portugal is enough?"

"Mom, I don't want it, I'll figure it out myself." Knowing that the family didn't have much money, Xia Ze refused without hesitation.

"Ozawa, you are very sensible, but playing football has been your dream since childhood." Li Chunhua put the purse back into Xia Ze's hand.

"Mom, I have money myself, so you don't have to worry." Xia Ze continued to evade.

"Stupid child, you go to work part-time, and you have paid for the tuition and living expenses for the past two years. Mom is already very pleased. Now you have the opportunity to pursue your dream. Mom doesn't want you to give up, and you don't want to let mom down. Take it quickly." Mother Xia gave Xia Ze money again.

"Mom...I..." Looking at his mother's white hair, Xia Ze found that he was choking up when he spoke, some thoughts kept flashing through his mind, and he finally became firm.

"Mom, I won't let you down!"

"Don't worry, although the family is not rich, the savings can still be used. If the money is not enough, you can tell mom again." Xia raised her head and stroked her son's cheek.

"I have some money myself, five thousand is enough for me." Xia Ze opened his purse, intending to give half of the money back to his mother.

"You don't need to give it back to mom, mom knows you are good, as long as you are promising, it will be the same for mom in the future." Li Chunhua gently stroked Xia Ze's cheek, looked up at the son who was already a head taller than her, Said softly: "It's very late, go to bed quickly."

"Well, Mom, you should go to sleep too."

Turning around and walking back to the room, at the moment of entering the door, the tears finally couldn't stop, dripping on the floor like broken pearls.

At this moment, Xia Ze vowed that he must make a name for himself on the court, so that his mother would no longer suffer from hardship and fatigue, and let the family members live a prosperous life.

Looking at the back of Xia Ze's back, Mother Xia's wrinkled face, which had been tired for more than ten years, showed a trace of relief, which was particularly dazzling in the lightly sad face.

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