Chapter 606 606 Family Gathering

"Sorry, Charlize, can you help me get another bottle of beer? Thank you, I really appreciate it." Old Jack was sitting on the sofa at this time, with a bright smile on his face, shouting to Charlize who was busy in the kitchen When he arrived, he watched Charlize come over with two bottles of beer and put them on the coffee table. Old Jack expressed his thanks again.

Charlize looked at the kind old Jack, and a smile appeared on her face, "It's just an effort." When she stood up, she secretly glanced at Hugo, and the eyes of the two interlaced, Charlize seemed to be in Asked, "Are you okay?" Out of the corner of her eyes, she was clearly pointing at Adam sitting on the other side of the sofa.

Hugo slightly hooked the corner of his mouth, indicating that he was fine, which made Charlize relieved, and then walked towards the kitchen with a relaxed smile.

This year's Christmas was really lively. Not only did the Taylor family come, Adam came, but Charlize and Alex didn't go home because they had jobs at the end of the year, and Carl stayed, but died of glory The rest of the team ditched Hugo for an underground rock party in Canada, which kept the house buzzing.

Molly-Taylor, leading her daughter-in-law Michelle, as well as Samora, who is a great cook, and Charlize, who helped out, are preparing the Christmas dinner, while others who can't help are sitting in the hall, admiring Thrilling rugby Christmas fight.

Rugby is known as the national sport of the United States. Whether it is basketball, which is attracting attention around the world, or baseball, which has a wide base of people, or the world's sports football, it cannot match the charm of rugby in the United States. American football is the real overlord. .

Every time a football game is broadcast, all other TV programs have to stand aside, and the ratings are completely swept away, and the Super Bowl showdown in February every year is known as the "American Spring Festival Gala", the Super Bowl in February 1993. The bowl attracted the attention of 130 million viewers in the United States, and Michael Jackson, who was in charge of the halftime performance, created the highest ratings in television history, attracting 1.5 billion viewers worldwide. This record is even By 2014 it could not be broken either.

There are four major professional leagues in the United States, namely ice hockey, baseball, basketball and rugby. Among them, only rugby can be regarded as a true national madness. In addition to the Super Bowl, football games on Thanksgiving and Christmas are also a viewing frenzy, which can be called a happy place for the whole family. With Major League Baseball (MLB) over in October and the National Hockey League (NHL) truce on Christmas, only the National Basketball Association (NBA) and the National Football League (NFL) have Christmas fights.

But even the NBA, which is popular all over the world, still has to shy away from the NFL. Although the NBA arranges a Christmas battle every year, and it will arrange a particularly exciting showdown, the game time is often relatively early, and it usually ends before 8 o'clock. Professional arrangements Just to stagger the NFL Christmas battle that starts at 8:20!

However, the NFL is very special. Its game days are usually Saturday and Sunday. Later, there was a Thursday night game because of Thanksgiving, and the time of Christmas could not be determined on the 25th of each year. Makes the NFL's Christmas game into an "irregular" event, which only occurs when Christmas is a weekend.

Christmas this year is Saturday, so the NFL Christmas battle was born. The reason the Christmas fight is so exciting is that the NFL's regular season usually ends in December, the playoffs begin in January, and the winner goes to the Super Bowl in February. That is to say, if the Christmas battle can be held, it will be the last week of the regular season or the penultimate week, which will play a decisive role in competing for playoff tickets, which are often tragic and abnormal.

This year's Christmas battle is even more exciting. The two teams are playing against the Houston Oilers and the San Francisco 49ers. These two teams are both top teams in the league. At this time, they are also competing for the championship position in their respective divisions. Both are also contenders for the Super Bowl, which makes this Christmas fight look more like a battle of kings.

"Oh, ****!", "God damn it!"... A group of mourning voices sounded everywhere, obviously dissatisfied with the team's performance just now, Hugo almost jumped up, "Yang is sure Does he know what he's doing? He totally made the shotgun formation look like a joke, ****!"

Hugo's words were recognized by the people around him, and Alex picked it up directly, waving the beer constantly, "Is he sleepwalking now? Does he know who his opponent is, grass, wake up. , Steve, please, save this little lost lamb, he sucks."

They're talking about quarterback Steve Young for the San Francisco 49ers. The San Francisco 49ers are one of the league's oldest teams. They've won the Super Bowl four times. Winning their own division -- NL West -- for the third year in a row, earning a better spot in the playoffs, but their opponent, the Houston Oilers, was stronger, played hard today, and Stie Hu-Yang made mistakes again and again, which made people have to use foul language.

In fact, the performance of the Houston Oilers was also very bad today. It is estimated that the huge pressure of the Christmas battle has far exceeded the standard of the regular season, and it is even more tense than the playoffs, which makes the performance of the two teams not good. The scene It looks like a mess, and it makes people complain. But it is precisely because of this that they are even more hopeful that the team they support, the San Francisco 49ers, can thrive.

Los Angeles doesn't seem to be so enthusiastic about its football team. The Los Angeles Rams and Los Angeles Raiders' home games in the City of Angels have an attendance rate of more than 70%. In fact, the main reason is not that Los Angeles doesn't like it. Football, they are crazy about football, both college and high school league football teams are sought after, and the attendance rate of college league games even exceeds that of NFL teams. The main reason is that Los Angeles is a famous immigrant city, and the residents here are more willing to play the team of their origin, but Los Angeles does not have a native football team, which is a flaw.

In relative terms, the 49ers, who have been based in San Francisco since 1946, have won the hearts of many California fans. Especially in today's game, the opponent is Houston, Texas, so all the men in the room fell to the ground in support of the San Francisco 49ers.

In the face of Hugo and Alex's impatience, Adam couldn't bear it anymore, and shouted directly, "You should look at the pocket protection, the protection just now was too bad, and Steve didn't have time to think..."

"Yes, this is my key point. The key point of the shotgun formation is to have the quarterback pass the ball, pass the ball, and the running back will not use it, so the quarterback should be highly focused before passing the ball. , instead of looking around in a panic after receiving the ball." Hugo said very depressedly, he was obviously very dissatisfied with Steve Young's performance just now.

Sure enough, what Hugo said about Adam was not the same. He could only say, "The two quarterbacks are not in good shape today. Let's see their running balls. Maybe they will rely on running balls to decide today. Victory."

"Damn God." Hugo also agreed with Adam's words and complained gloomily.

After crossing over to the United States, Hugo has another special achievement, that is, he has also become one of the football fanatics. In fact, he has seen very unpopular football in China before, but he is not a fanatic. He has time to play football. He will watch the game, but he will not abandon other things for the game and wait for the live broadcast; for example, the Super Bowl, Hugo only watched the live broadcast three times before crossing. But now it is different. The American football atmosphere is indeed very strong. It is indeed the most popular sport. The popularity rate of the whole people is very high. Same.

From being interested in football to being crazy about football, Hugo relied on this interest to truly integrate himself into this cultural society. Of course, the profound impact on Chen Hugo after Lancaster's soul was completely integrated cannot be ignored.

Although Hugo and Adam were quarreling just now, unexpectedly, the communication between the two people has increased, which is really rare. Before that, Hugo had been worrying about how he should communicate with Adam, otherwise every time the two of them called, it would be a lot of silence, even if it wasn't embarrassing, it would become embarrassing, and any two people would become intimate. , common interests are very necessary.

Today, Hugo accidentally discovered that football may be the bridge, so that he and Adam's future topics will be much richer, which is also one of the biggest gains of the Christmas battle.

"Guys, it's time to eat! It's only been three minutes since the game started, and you all started roaring here, so what are you going to do in the fourth quarter?" Molly walked over in person and greeted everyone When she got up, she was obviously used to such scenes.

Sure enough, this wave of attacks by the San Francisco 49ers was unsuccessful. In the end, it could only be a punt, which made the men start to become irritable again, and then they were pulled by Molly and walked towards the restaurant one by one. Adam was there and Hugo rambled, "Steve had a really bad pass today, and the pass didn't come out. It was a mess."

Hugo responded with a smile, but at this moment, the phone rang. Hugo looked left and right, and said in a loud voice, "I'll pick it up." Then he patted Adam's arm and turned around. He ran towards the phone. Adam glanced at the place where Hugo patted him just now, then twitched the corner of his mouth slightly, and couldn't help but lighten his footsteps and walked towards the kitchen.

Hugo walked to the phone and picked it up, "Good evening, this is the home of Theron, Lancaster, and Lorraine."

However, there was no answer from the other end of the phone as usual, just a moment of silence. Hugo originally thought it was a phone signal problem. This kind of thing was not uncommon in the early 1990s, but then Hugo thought about it again. In the past two months, he has received at least three calls of this type, and Charlize and Alex have also mentioned it, so things are strange.

So Hugo picked up the phone that was about to hang up and thought for a while, "Joe? Is that you?"