In 2022, the Chinese women's football team won the Asian Cup, and our whole family cheered in front of the TV, extremely excited.
This article is dedicated to the women's football pla...
Wang Yijing had no idea that there was such an undercurrent in her family.
In her case, Xu Saisai had tried to persuade her, but she disagreed, and that was it.
Ever since she started playing football, her parents have been against it. Although she has played football all the way, they would still object from time to time.
If she gets tanned, we object to it; if she loses weight, we object to it; now that she seems injured, of course we object to it even more.
However, although her parents were against it, they would not be forceful. As long as she persisted, that was fine.
"Now I'm glad they didn't control me too strictly." While saying this, she was relaxing her legs. In the past, she was always lazy in this environment, for no other reason than she was afraid of pain. This time, she suffered a loss, so she did it with all her heart.
"Your parents...are fine." Su Li said hesitantly.
Wang Yijing was stunned and nodded.
"It's really good." Su Li said again. She still felt that the few days she stayed at Wang Yajing's house were like a dream.
Wang Yajing’s mother gave them wontons on the first day, beef soup on the second day, and steamed eggs on the third day. Every meal was delicious and beautiful, better than the food in a four-star hotel!
She said it very seriously. Wang Yijing thought for a moment and said, "They are very good. But have you ever heard such words - girls should do this or that? Or girls should not do that or that?"
There was a moment of silence around, and the players who were relaxing paused.
Fan Jiajia slapped her thigh and said, "Hey, I hear this all the time. From my grandma to my aunt, everyone dislikes my loud voice. My brother's voice is even louder than mine, so they say he has a good physique and can become a general in the future."
"That's right, they also asked why a girl is so tall, and said I was a big fool!"
"My mom said it's useless for girls to eat so much."
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Fan Jiajia's words opened the conversation, and the players all spoke one after another, each one resonating more than the other. It often happened that after someone said something, several others would say that their parents/grandmothers had said the same thing.
It wasn't until several minutes later that everyone stopped talking. Then everyone looked at each other and laughed. Fan Jiajia said, "Wang Yijing, you shouldn't hear this."
"Yes, yes, at least you shouldn't have done that earlier." Ren Yong smiled, "You've become a little darker now. When you first came, you were still fair and tender."
Everyone laughed again. Wang Yijing held her head high and said, "I am white now! I am white now! At least whiter than you!"
She looked like a primary school student trying to show off, and everyone laughed again. After laughing, Wang Yijing said, "Actually, I've heard similar things before, such as the most important thing for a girl is to have a stable job; or that a girl must find a good family... What's that expression on your face? That's what they said. I'm not in a relationship!"
"You may not be in a relationship...you don't have the time." Fan Jiajia spoke slowly, "But you specifically said that...well, you have a crush on someone!"
The people in the room immediately started to make a noise. Wang Yijing had no way to defend herself. Finally, she said to Fan Jiajia, "You, you, you, the captain gave you the team logo, and you bully me!"
Zhang Sheng needs to rest due to his foot injury, so he can no longer come to training. Now Fan Jiajia is the substitute captain.
At this time, Fan Jiajia heard this, thought about it, reached out and rubbed Wang Yijing's head. Wang Yijing glared at her.
"Why, am I kneading it wrong?"
Wang Yijing's eyes are three times bigger than before!
"You, you..." Her lips trembled.
Everyone around burst into laughter, and Wang Yijing couldn't help laughing in the end.
While we were chatting and laughing, it was almost time to have breakfast.
In the past, Tiezhong only participated in a provincial competition, and after the competition, they would do whatever they were supposed to do. Whether you are in your senior year of high school and planning to take entrance exams, or you are in your first or second year of high school, it basically has no impact on your classes. This time, the impact is not ordinary, and it will continue to have an impact in the future. It’s okay for those in the third year of high school, but this time all the main players can get the certificates, and there are some schools waiting for them to try out. Students in the first and second year of high school have neither a certificate nor a school, so they are in a difficult situation. Especially some players sitting on the bench in their sophomore year.
Zhang Sheng and Fan Jiajia are gone this year, and they are now in the third year of high school. According to past practice, they would have been the main force, but now they cannot play in the competition. Especially in the last few games. During the provincial competitions, Coach Ni would consciously let them go up to feel the atmosphere. In the national competitions, they had no chance at all. If there was a problem with the main players on the field, they would usually be replaced by substitutes from the third year of high school.
At this time, it is hard to guarantee that parents will have some ideas.
If they can achieve the same results next year, then needless to say, they will focus on football. But no one can guarantee such results, so the players cannot completely ignore their academic studies. So now we have overall training in the afternoon, and it’s up to the players themselves in the morning. If they are willing to come, they can come. If they don’t want to, they won’t be forced.
Basically all the main players have come. Some, like Wang Yajing and Su Li, have come a while earlier than in the past, but many have not come.
When they come here for training, their classes are more flexible. They don't have to attend morning self-study, so breakfast can be postponed. When they go, there are not many people in the restaurant.
Everyone dispersed and took what they liked.
The restaurants in Tiezhong are pretty standard. The variety of dishes is not very varied and the food is not particularly delicious, but they are pretty much the same and have what you need.
Wang Yijing used to like fried dough sticks and eggs, but now she will consciously control herself from eating these fried foods. She took a cup of soy milk and two boiled eggs. When she was hesitating whether to take the pancake, she found Su Li eating over there as if to vent her emotions. She was startled and picked up a pancake and walked over.
Su Li looked up at her and continued to eat herself.
"What's wrong with you?" Wang Yijing cracked an egg.
Su Li didn't say anything and stuffed the cake into her mouth.
"What happened?"
Su Li swallowed the food in her mouth and looked at her. Wang Yijing was startled and handed over the half-peeled egg in her hand: "Do you want to eat it?"
Su Li didn't look at the egg, but stared at her: "Your parents are fine!"
Wang Yijing exclaimed: "It's very good."
"So, what you just did..."
"They are very nice, but they did say that. My mom said that, my dad said that, and my brother said that too. This time, I strained my right leg a little, and my mom told me not to practice anymore, saying that it's useless for girls to practice this."
Su Li looked at her, and Wang Yijing nodded: "They really said it."
Su Li gritted her teeth, her eyes turned red, and Wang Yijing panicked: "Why are you crying..."
Su Li wiped her eyes with the back of her hand: "I'm not crying!"
Wang Yijing thought that you were crying, but she also knew that she couldn't provoke her at this time, so she lowered her head and ate the eggs slowly. When one egg was almost finished, Su Li said, "Parents like you would still say such things... Then, then what kind of parents wouldn't say such things?"
Wang Yijing froze and looked up at Su Li. Su Li was also looking at her. Her eyes were a little red and full of hope. Wang Yijing opened her mouth and opened it again.
What kind of parent wouldn’t?
The university she attended earlier was considered to be a place with good family conditions, and some of the students were only children who were loved by their parents, but didn't their parents say something similar?
The last time Zhang Sheng appeared in front of her, he was confident and free and easy, but she knew that her family was very poor and she had to pay for her college tuition with loans at first.
"...I don't know." She said slowly, "I really don't know, so...let's be such parents in the future."
Su Li's face was originally gloomy, but after hearing the second half of the sentence, she turned into astonishment: "W-what?"
"I can't imagine what kind of parents don't have this kind of thoughts, but I think we can be such parents!"
As she spoke, she nodded vigorously. Su Li wanted to nod as well, but then she felt something was not right. In the end, her face turned red, and she was in a dilemma.
"What's wrong?"
"H-How can you say such a thing?"
"What's the matter?" Wang Yijing was confused. Although in terms of psychological age, Princess Wang might not be as old as Su Li and Fan Jiajia, she had been to university and worked before. In university, you might feel a little embarrassed in front of your parents, but once you enter the company, your parents can't wait to package you into marriage, so she didn't think there was anything wrong with what she said. No matter how carefree Su Li was, she was still at the stage of secretly loving someone, and being a parent...she had never thought about it.
Seeing Wang Yijing so frank, she didn't know what to say, and finally said: "You really have a crush on someone!"
Wang Yijing was petrified. Why did they bring up this issue again? And who was she secretly in love with?
After the last National Day, everyone in Tiezhong was looking forward to the start of the quarterfinals and semifinals every day, but this time, everyone was looking forward to postponing it a little bit!
——Zhang Sheng’s sprain would conservatively take ten days to heal, and twenty days to fully recover, and then she would recover…
"God, please let us compete again next year!" Wang Yajing prayed sincerely on the playground, and everyone laughed.
"At most a month, otherwise the weather will get even colder." Fan Jiajia said.
"Isn't it better the colder it is?" Wang Yijing responded. Everyone looked at her and she scratched her head. "Did I say something wrong?"
Everyone burst into laughter: "No, no."
"That's right, that's right!"
"Let's take advantage of the terrain!"
Their next opponent is Qionghai Yalong, which is also a veteran strong team, but this team... well, it is in a hot area all year round. Although they have often gone to the imperial capital for competitions in the past and have experienced severe cold, the tests and habits are obviously different. And their Biandong, although not considered to be in the north, also turns on the heating for four months in winter!
In comparison, we do have a geographical advantage.
After figuring out what was going on, Wang Yijing pulled her hair again. She didn't really say that to take advantage of the location when she said that earlier. The main reason was that the colder the weather, the later the time would be. Besides Zhang Sheng, the more tasks she could complete. Maybe... she could even unlock another skill. Even if she couldn't, she could always brush up the cow's tail and accumulate a little more points.
But at this time, she certainly wouldn't say that she didn't mean that.
In the following time, those who insisted on extra training devoted themselves to the training, especially Ren Yong, Su Li, and Fan Jiajia. They not only came early like Wang Yijing, but also left late like her. Coach Ni did not agree with the latter point at first, mainly because of safety issues, but Fan Jiajia said: "We don't want to lose again."
Coach Ni thought about it, asked about their home addresses and situations, and then divided them into two teams.
Su Li, Fan Jiajia and Ren Yong are in the same team. Su Li's home is closest here, so Fan Jiajia and Ren Yong will send her back first, followed by Ren Yong. Fan Jiajia is the farthest away, but her mother can come out to greet her.
Wang Yajing had no choice here because her home was the only one on the west side, but Coach Ni's home was also on the west side, so she was the one who had to send him off.
Wang Yijing initially thought that this was unnecessary because Xu Saisai would come to pick her up. In the past, Xu Saisai was relieved when Wang Yijing went back at 8 o'clock. But now that the weather is cold, there are not many people on the streets, so Xu Saisai is no longer relieved. Wang Yijing was not tough on this point.
Coach Ni certainly wouldn't force her, he just said, "If you want to go back with me, it's running."
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Wang Yijing still followed Coach Ni. She had already completed her running task. It was extremely painful at the time, but now she really felt the benefits. Now she had to complete other tasks, so the round trip was more precious. It was no problem for Xu Saisai to pick her up and drop her off, but she was sure to drive, so she had no choice but to take the car. Coach Ni was riding a bicycle, which was just right for her to run along with.
Xu Saisai didn't know what to say about this. She felt sorry for her daughter, but it was not the first time her daughter had done this. In the end, she could only sigh that Coach Ni was really spirited: "Does your coach's family have no objection?"
"What?"
"At her age, she should have her own family. She goes out early and comes back late...what about her children?"
Wang Yijing was stunned. She really didn’t know this. It seemed that their team had never discussed this matter? So this is Coach Ni, doesn’t he have his own family?
Wang Yijing pulled her hair and didn't say anything else. She always felt that discussing these things about Coach Ni was not a good idea.
Two weeks passed and Zhang Sheng returned to the team. When she came back, the whole team applauded. Princess Wang was so excited that... she did a cartwheel!
Su Li gave her a voice-over - "Captain, I miss you so much..."
The author has something to say:
Okay, the Mother's Day extra chapter is finally finished~ A classmate mentioned The Second Sex earlier... Yes, I think this book is the most thorough when it comes to issues such as women and women's rights. Women have been exposed to various traps since birth... some are malicious, some can even be said to be well-intentioned - or unintentional. The people who set up those traps genuinely think they are doing it for our own good. I am an only child, and I always felt that my queen mother did not favor boys over girls. She could have had a second child earlier, but she didn't. I know that my father always disliked me because I was a girl, but my mother didn't. Although I thought some of her ideas were not quite right, I felt that, at least in my case, she didn't dislike me. Until I gave birth, I had just given birth and was still on an IV drip, so I could only lie flat. She said, I don’t have the ability to give birth to a boy, but my daughter does... She was definitely complimenting me, she thought she was complimenting me, and I just wanted to laugh. I bought her pension, and she lived in my house at that time (I spent all the money on this house from purchase to decoration, and until now, the rent of this house is also used to subsidize her). I took care of all our food, drink, and defecation when we lived together, but all these were not as good as if I had given birth to a boy...Q7 often said to me angrily that she felt that their teachers favored girls over boys. That was probably what it meant. For example, if they talked during the same physical education class, the teacher would only punish the boys and not the girls, and if there was something, only the boys were allowed to do it and not the girls. I said they didn't need to feel angry, because your teachers wanted to take care of the female students, but in fact it was just the opposite. In the future, when you are in society and there is a conflict of interest, will you give in just because the other person is a woman? Even if you can, can others do it? Will the leader? But now, the teacher has given these female students such a concept... Thank you to the little angels who voted for me or irrigated nutrient solution during 2022-05-10 16:10:09~2022-05-11 18:18:33~
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