Chapter 747 [The Leg-Hugging Princess, the Worst Olympics]
Yang Rui was unable to travel abroad with his girlfriend and friends this year, and was forced to stay at home as a babysitter and coax his children.
On August 25, Shirley Yang turned one year old. Scarlett Johansson, who studies Chinese culture when she has nothing to do, decided on a whim to let her child "catch the week".
Dralots is a traditional custom in China. It is called "Dralots" in English, and some people (Korean people) say it is Korean. This is a ritual held when a child is one year old to predict their future and temperament, and is a way to celebrate the first birthday anniversary.
What parents have to do is very simple. Place various items in front of their children and let them grab them. Traditionally commonly used items include pens, ink, paper, inkstones, abacus, coins, books, etc.
The Yang Rui family prepared so many things. Everything they could think of was placed in front of their children, including mice, CDs, basketballs, cameras, medicine bottles, toy cars, toy airplanes, toy ships, toy pistols, and even a small The hammer of Thor.
Yang Rui asked Scarlett: "If she chooses the hammer, what does it count?"
Scarlett squinted her eyes and answered meaningfully: "It means she will become a princess in the future."
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"Didn't you read the movie review of "Thor"? Loki is the second princess, Thor is the eldest princess, and he still has a princess hair."
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Yang Rui carried Shirley in front of those things. I don't know if it was because there were too many things to be dazzled or for some reason. Little Shirley smiled, took a step forward, turned around, and then hugged Yang Rui's leg. He let go and showed no interest in those toys and objects.
Nina was secretly having fun on the side, while Scarlett went to hug the child and said in her ear: "Hurry up and choose one. Why are you always staring at your dad?"
As a result, Shirley cried as soon as she let go of Yang Rui's legs. She still didn't choose those things, so Scarlett had to comfort the child first.
Yang Rui smiled and said: "I think she has actually chosen it, and the future is bright."
Scarlett asked angrily: "What did she choose?"
"He chose to embrace the strong man's lap, and his vision is more accurate than James and Wade."
Scarlett rolled her eyes, but felt that what Yang Rui said made sense. Can their children be like other children? Holding my father's legs, I will have everything I want, and I will spend less time struggling for the rest of my life.
Shirley is not the only child who will struggle less in the future.
After the pregnancy test, Yang Rui accompanied Stana Katic to the hospital for a physical check-up. They received good news that the mother and two children were healthy.
Stana has the gene to give birth to twins. She has two twin sisters who are now 23 years old and both are beauties with long legs.
For Yang Rui, this is not good news. He has a headache with one child. With two more children, whether they are twins or twins, he will have no time to play and no freedom.
But he didn't show it. As a human being in two lifetimes, he had lived many more years, which was not a loss at all. Worrying about their children is an unavoidable obligation for parents, unless they are single all their lives.
In order to spend time with his family, Yang Rui also declined the invitation from the US national team, which made many fans feel uneasy.
In Yang Rui's previous life, the Dream Team was led by coach "Old K" until 2016. He won many championships and his personal fame reached its peak. But now, the leaders of the American Basketball Association dare not go against the public opinion and let "Old K" coach the national team again, and the fans will not agree.
Old K doesn't dare to take this job. Once he loses again, his reputation will be completely ruined. Now it's just that fans can't boast that NCAA coaches are better than NBA coaches.
In the end, the Basketball Association selected Jerry's coaches Tom Thibodeau and Brad Stevens to partner and lead the team. The two of them attack and defend, and are familiar with Yang Rui's style of play.
The Timberwolves were eliminated in the first round of the playoffs, and Stevens was eliminated in the second round. Neither of them was affected.
Many people from the Clippers participated in the 2012 Olympic men's basketball training camp. What made Yang Rui depressed was that he often nagged Griffin in the team to be careful when playing and protect himself, but he still got injured.
Griffin was diagnosed with a torn meniscus in his left knee and had to undergo surgery. This is not the first time Griffin has injured his left knee.
As early as 2009, Griffin had just been selected as the No. 1 pick in the NBA and suffered a stress fracture of his left patella in a preseason game against the Hornets. Later, Griffin underwent repair surgery on his left knee and was declared out of his rookie season.
Griffin's style of play is too brutal. Although it is very entertaining to watch, it is also very taxing on the body.
Chris Paul also accidentally injured his thumb during training and underwent an X-ray examination. Fortunately, the injury was not serious.
This time the U.S. men's basketball team is plagued by injuries, including Dwight Howard, Derrick Rose, Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh, who all missed the London Olympics due to injuries. Anthony Davis, who won the title of No. 1 pick this year, was lucky to be selected.
Finally, the Clippers have Paul and Chandler competing in the Olympics, and Kobe has also joined the national team. The Lakers played poorly last season, and he seems to want to regain his confidence in the international arena.
The result, of course, was that the U.S. team won easily and won the championship with a complete victory record, but the average points per game were not as high as the last two international competitions.
It is worth mentioning that Yao Ming withdrew from the Chinese national team this time. He had no injuries and did not continue to play for the national team. The reason was that he played too many games and needed rest. The men's basketball team needs to train new players and cannot always rely on him as a star.
Yao Ming has experience. If he plays in international competitions, the chance of injury next season will increase dramatically. Although there is controversy now, there is hope for the championship in the new season. What’s not pretty is that the Chinese men’s basketball team lost all five games and was eliminated in the group stage.
The basketball game is considered normal. This London Olympics has countless flaws and is called the most failed Olympics.
The opening ceremony was a joke. The Japanese team was taken out of the field and did not appear at the lighting ceremony at all.
The organizers couldn't tell the difference between North and South Korea, and mistook the South Korean flag for the North Korean flag. The North Korean athletes once left the field to go on strike. The three fat missiles were already hungry and thirsty.
During the Olympics, central London became a ghost town. The reason was that residents had no confidence in security and had to seek refuge.
After the Olympic flame was lit, it was extinguished three times in a row.
When many games are going on, more than half of the seats in the venues are still empty, and no one is watching the games. In the end, they had to recruit soldiers to support the situation.
The most disgusting thing is to add trouble to Brazil, the host country of the next Olympic Games. He deliberately let the Brazilian president's biggest political opponent sit next to him and brought an ugly political struggle into the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games. The Brazilian president was so angry that he almost walked out.
As for the black whistles, there are too many to list. The entire Olympics is full of British arrogance and self-righteousness. It is no exaggeration to say that the Beijing Olympics are ten times better than this.
Yang Rui finds watching Olympic games boring. He likes to read online comments after the games. Netizens are scolding and making complaints, which is much more interesting.
Due to the lockout, the NBA last season ended too late. It was almost July after the game. Everyone felt that the holidays went by very quickly.
Compared with last summer, it is as if there is no vacation. Even people like Yang Rui who do not need to practice feel that they have not had enough rest. Players participating in international competitions will definitely be more tired.
Yang Rui did not leave Los Angeles. When he left home, two crew members went to visit Benina and Scarlett for filming.
Facebook has been promoting two new sci-fi movies, Passengers and The Martian, due out next year. Movie fans all over the world are paying attention, and I believe it will be an interesting space movie. The quality of commercial films invested by Facebook and produced by Echo has been guaranteed in recent years.
Before we knew it, it was the end of September, the Clippers held a media day, and the new season was about to begin.