Chapter 470: The Storm

It was already late at night, and every family went to bed early at this time, except for the occasional car passing by the road below, there was no other sound.

The fan in the house was humming, and there was no air conditioning in the house. It's not that I can't afford it, but it's not too hot here in summer, especially when I sleep at night with the windows open. If there's a breeze blowing, it's still cool.

Despite the cool breeze, Tang En, who was lying on the mat, did not fall asleep. He turned over, and the bed was right under the window, and he could clearly see the starry sky outside.

This was his home, or it used to be his home, but at this moment, he was lying on the bed that was only used when the guests came. Today feels weird all the time.

"Tony?" Tang, who was lying on the other bed, suddenly called out.

"Um?"

"You really didn't sleep."

"Can't sleep."

There was a rustling sound from behind, and Tang sat up from the bed.

"If you can't sleep, go out and blow some wind."

Tang En looked back at Tang who was already standing in front of his bed, and then sat up.

The two put on their coats and walked out of the room lightly.

"Where are you going?" Tang En asked.

"Walk casually." Tang led the way, and the two turned over the small hill, and saw the paddy fields and dams behind the hillside.

This is not a city that is still brightly lit in the middle of the night. There are no neon lights or street lights. It is surrounded by dark low-rise houses, with a bright moon above the head. The moonlight is like frost, illuminating the ground brightly. Will wrestle.

"I almost forgot that natural lighting can be so bright." Tang En looked up at the full moon in the sky. "I still remember when I was very young... At that time, I didn't have my own bathroom. I always went to public toilets, such as dry toilets. It was also at this time at night that I was in a hurry to urinate. I didn't dare to go to the dark public toilets alone. Ghost, I just peed standing at the door of my house. At that time, the sky was very clear, and there was a moon above my head. I was sleepy and saw the whiteness and brightness on the ground. I thought it was snowing. But when I woke up the next day, nothing happened. No...before I went to college, I never saw what snow looks like. The white moonlight looks like a layer of snow on the ground."

He pointed to the dam not far away: "When I was young, I thought that dam was very big, and I could play football and watch movies on it. Now it seems... so small."

"The paddy fields over there..." He pointed further away, "When we were in elementary school, we had no class every Tuesday afternoon, so the teacher organized us to come here to catch lobsters. The lobsters we caught were put together in a small bucket, and finally It was baked on the spot, without any condiments, but a group of people ate happily..."

"The mountain farther away is the legendary mass grave. The dead are buried there, and we go there for spring outings. Children are very timid, but they are also very big. They play on the graves... to the dead. There is no sense of awe. I still remember that there was a classmate in the class who was very fashionable and danced Michael Jackson for us. It was very popular with girls at the time. Now that I think about it, it was actually just a space slide... I will please the opposite sex. At that time, I just sat in a corner in a daze. In other people's memory, I may be the one who was forgotten."

Tang stood beside him without making a sound, quietly listening to him tell about his past.

"I thought it was impossible to remember these trivial things, but then I forgot them all. I didn't expect to come back this time and see the familiar mountains and rivers, and I remembered them all at once...Memory is really a wonderful thing."

He stopped talking, and stood on the country road, looking at the dams and paddy fields in the distance under the moonlight. The cricket's voice grew louder.

"I don't seem to have said 'I'm sorry' to you yet?" Tang, who was standing next to him, suddenly spoke.

Tang En looked back at him strangely.

"You are the Tang who was born and raised here. I know you really want to be called mom and dad. I stole these things that belong to you."

Tang En smiled: "It's not a robbery, we just exchanged bodies. If you robbed me, then I robbed you too."

"My things are nothing good, and it doesn't matter if I rob them. You have seen them all, in Eastwood's cemetery... If you mean your current success, then it has nothing to do with me." Tang Shuo shrug. "So I owe you more... I really hope to have a warm home, and I'm sorry to take your home."

Looking at Tang with a sincere face, Tang En was silent for a while, and then said: "Actually... Before this, I was not a family lover. 'Home' has never felt so strong to me as it does now. Perhaps it is Because I got it easily in the past, I don’t know how to cherish it. Now that it’s gone, I feel different. Without this thing, without you, I might still not know how to cherish it. Everything has a price. I know how to cherish it, and the price is not. "Home". How can there be such a perfect thing in this world? A successful career, no worries about food and clothing, a beautiful wife and good children, parents in good health and happiness in their later years, and a harmonious family. I am a successful head coach and a successful son , a successful husband, a successful father...the envy of the world...how can you get what you want? It's impossible for me to take all the good things by myself, right? "

He said to Tang with a smile.

"You are right. There is no perfect thing in this world. If you gain some, you will lose some... Tony, actually your problem is easy to solve."

"Um?"

"I can't give you a successful career, I can't give you a beautiful wife and children, but I think I can give you back a 'home' that you want to cherish."

"ah?"

"Would you like to be my godbrother? Be my parents' godson."

Tang En was dumbfounded.

"They were your parents in the first place, but after recognizing this relationship, you don't need to call your mother an aunt. And... we have such a tacit understanding, don't you think this is like a pair of brothers? We shared The memory of each other, you must be in my life, and I must be in your life, there is no secret between each other, just like brothers who have grown up together since childhood."

After Tang finished speaking, he looked at Tang En.

Tang En also looked at Tang, and after watching for a long time, he slowly opened his mouth: "When I suddenly landed on a British guy from China, I cursed God and fate, thinking that it played a big joke on me, and felt that I am the most unlucky person in the whole world. Then... Now I think maybe we should be connected together, this is not a random draw, this is something that has been decided long ago... Do you believe that there are hands behind fate Are you fiddled? I didn’t believe it before, but now I believe it: why am I swapping with you instead of someone else, such as the richest man in the world, the head of state, a movie superstar... why you, why me? "

"It seems to be accidental, but it is inevitable. Everything has a cause and an effect, and every effect has a cause... Do you feel dizzy?"

Tang shook his head.

"Anyway, that's what it means. We are destined to be together. Otherwise, why can I meet you in the crowd when I go back to Chengdu? There are tens of millions of people in Chengdu, why did I meet you? So... Hey, do you need any rituals to recognize godfather and godmother?"

Tang smiled and shook his head: "I don't need anything."

Hearing what Tang said, he nodded vigorously: "I'm not pretending to be aggressive anymore, I'm not trying to be brave. I admit it."

After finishing speaking, he yawned: "Go back to sleep, I'm sleepy."

"The time difference is reversed?"

"It's been upside down a long time ago, it's down in BJ!"

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Tang En didn't get up until almost noon. When he got up, Tang En had already returned from helping his parents with work.

"Are you awake? Did you sleep well? Are you still used to living?" Seeing Tang En, his mother asked.

Tang En nodded vigorously: "Okay, I slept well, and I'm used to living here!"

Of course I am used to it, this is the place where he lived for 20 years...

Tang gave him a wink, indicating that he had done all the preparations.

During lunch, Tang En mentioned his life experience, and then expressed his desire to recognize the two elders as godparents. The two elders were not surprised. It seems that Tang really told them about this in advance.

The second elder was very happy to have a foreigner son, so he readily agreed.

In this way, very simply, Tang En became his parents' son again, but this time he had to add the word "dry" in front. Tang En didn't care about the details of these names. He was very happy that he could finally call his mother "Mom" and his father "Dad".

Originally following Tang back to China, he just hoped to have a more reasonable reason to get close to his parents, so he was very satisfied. Unexpectedly, the harvest now is greater than what he expected. He has his parents again, and he has found what he lost.

He has no extravagance for such a perfect vacation.

In the next few days, Tang En could finally shake off all the burdens in his heart, live in his own home with a relaxed and happy mood, go out to climb mountains, and rediscover his childhood. Wherever he went, many people still looked at him curiously, but he didn't care.

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After staying at home for half a month, when it was time to say goodbye, Don decided to show his parents what he was really doing in England.

"Coach?" Dad doesn't know anything, of course he knows what a professional football coach does, so he was surprised to ask this. I didn't expect my son to be a coach in the highest level foreign league.

Tang nodded: "Tony asked me to help him, so I went..."

Mom just sat aside and didn't make any comments.

"My son..." Dad turned to look at Tang En, "Can he really be a coach?"

Tang En nodded vigorously to prove that he was not lying: "He is very talented. In two years, he has changed from an ordinary coach of our club's youth team to an assistant coach of the youth team. I plan to transfer him to the first team in the second half of the year. assistant."

After hearing Tang En's words, Dad turned his head to look at Tang again: "I only know that you liked football very much when you were a child... I never thought that you can take it as a job now. Then your one in Chengdu..."

"I resigned before I left... I'm sorry I didn't tell you all this time."

Tang En sat beside him and didn't say anything. This was a matter between Tang and his father. Even with Tang En's own understanding of his father, he didn't know what answer he would give, would he agree or disagree? What if you disagree? Do you want to convince him? After all, Tang is really an excellent candidate to be an assistant coach. Tang En must not be reconciled to losing a right-hand man just like that... Can he earn a lot of money as a coach for a year to convince his father?

Dad was silent for a while, and then slowly said: "Anyway, it's a job wherever you work. There's no difference between being a coach or running a sales job. If you like this job, of course it's even better."

"Thank you dad!"

"Anyway, remember, no matter what job you do, you must do it well."

"Yes, I remember, Dad."

Then he turned his head and said to Tang En: "You are older than him and are familiar with that side, please take care of him."

Tang En smiled: "Don't worry, Dad."

"Take good care of yourself over there..." The mother who had been silent all this time finally spoke, with reluctance in her voice.

"Mom, every year there is a holiday, I will come back to see you. I can also take you to live in England."

"It's okay to go abroad for a while, but it's fine to live..." Dad waved his hand, "I still like it here."

The two elders didn't regard football coaching as a great job, and they didn't ask questions like how much money they make a year. In their minds, this coach was no different from running a sales job in Chengdu... This actually made Tang En feel more at ease.

He also found a problem, the decision to follow Tang back to his hometown this time was extremely correct, which made him see many things that he had unintentionally ignored before.

This time he did not come to China for vacation, for him, it was home.

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After bidding farewell to their parents and leaving the town where he was born and raised and where he had countless childhood memories, Tang En and Tang embarked on a new journey.

Get on a plane to BJ from Chengdu, and then go directly to Germany from here.

This is their plan, not to stay and play with BJ in Chengdu. Tang En and Tang are not interested in this kind of play, they are not women who like to go shopping, and there is no need to go sightseeing. It's just that when he was in his hometown, Tang En brought Shania and Sophia a lot of specialties from his hometown. This was the only time he went shopping after returning to China.

When they came, Tang En and Tang took only one suitcase, which contained a change of clothes, toiletries, and gifts for the two elders, which could be considered "light packing". When they left, in addition to the two suitcases they brought, there were also two travel bags of hometown specialties...

The two will change their boarding passes, send their luggage away, and wander around the waiting hall in light clothes.

As the World Cup is approaching, they can see some tour groups at the airport holding the banner of "go to Germany to watch the World Cup". The atmosphere of football is very strong even at the Capital International Airport.

"The number one sport in the world..." Tang En shrugged, "Those fans who go to Germany are cheering for other countries, maybe only China has this kind of situation. Hey, Tang, you have known this country in China for the past few years What does football look like?"

Don nodded.

"I was eliminated without even making it to the top ten, which is pitiful... I played fake A and fake B in China for a few years, and finally went abroad to find that compared with the West Asians, this fake kung fu is not as good as it is... This is sad. Sad and poor Chinese football..."

Tang silently listened to Tang En's complaints. His understanding of Chinese football is definitely not as good as Tang En's, and his affection for Chinese football cannot be compared with this "foreigner" in front of him.

"Forget it, let's not talk about this unappetizing topic. In Germany, we will not act together. I will comment on the live broadcast of the BBC. You mainly observe which players can be introduced by us in the summer."

Tang nodded: "Yeah."

"Come on, I think it's time to board the plane."

The two walked to the gate and waited.

At this moment, Tang En suddenly heard someone calling his name.

"Tony Twain?"

He turned around reflexively, and saw a fairly familiar face.

The female reporter who came to interview him because the Forest team wanted to buy Chinese player Sun Jihai and was choked up by him, and later met several times in various interviews——Tang Jing. (To be continued, if you want to know what will happen next, please log in

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