Chapter 12 The George-Wood Family (Part 2)
Tang En stared at the woman and left until the other party stood up and greeted: "Hello, Mr. Coach."
"Ah...ah, hello, madam. I'm sorry, I didn't expect you to be so young."
George Wood turned around and glared at Don Eun, then turned around and explained to his mother: "He is the head coach of the Forests. I went to find him and hoped to be a player. But he refused and sent me back."
Tang En looked at Wood's mother and smiled and said, "I'm so sorry, ma'am. Your son has never received regular football training, and he is a little older now..."
The woman looked at her son, with indescribable tenderness and compassion in her eyes. "George, can you buy some mascarpone cheese? I haven't made snacks for you for a long time. I want to make some tiramisu."
Wood seemed unwilling to do so. The mother lifted a bill from her apron pocket and stuffed it into Wood's hand, then kissed him on the forehead: "Don't worry, go."
Wood then walked towards the door. Before leaving, he stared at Tang En with a vicious look. Tang En was a little confused by him. Why did he change his eyes just by saying that?
Seeing his son walking out the door, he heard him walking down the stairs and closing the door. The woman suddenly walked up quickly, took Tang En's hand, and then walked towards another room.
"Hey, madam..." Tang En was confused. What's going on?
The two walked into the room, and the woman closed the door, but she didn't forget to lock it up. Then Tang En saw her taking off her clothes at a fast speed. Perhaps because of her nervousness, her movements were a little stiff... Tang En opened her mouth wide, completely stunned, and even forgot to stop the other party.
This woman has wheat-colored skin like her son, but her bloated clothes are wrapped in a beautiful body with a concave and convex shape...
She stood in front of Tang En, spread her arms and said shyly, "Come on, we don't have much time."
These words woke Tang En up. He looked at the woman who was shaking slightly because of the cold and frowned: "What are you doing, madam?"
The woman walked back to the bed, lay on it, looked at Tang En and said, "I hope that Mr. can give my son a chance in return..."
Tang En walked forward and pulled the quilt over the woman. "I'm so sorry, I'm not here to visit a prostitute, ma'am." What this woman did shattered Tang En's beautiful impression of her, and his words became much harder and had no feelings.
This unceremonious words hit the woman's heart, and she suddenly fell on the quilt and started crying. Tang En, who had originally planned to turn around and leave, was stunned when facing the sudden cry of the woman.
Tang En had never experienced love, and he didn't know how to comfort and coax women with his personality. He stood beside the bed, helpless: "Don't cry, don't cry... I'm so sorry, it's not that I don't want to give your son a chance... What's going on! Don't cry!" He yelled at the woman suddenly, and this trick was really effective, and the other party stopped crying immediately.
"I don't know why you did this. But this is not a deal. Your son is sorry that I can't let him come to my team. From the perspective of a beginner in football, he is too old... I also sympathize with your family's situation, but professional football is not a street game. I think it's better for you to let him go to school and then come out to find a job."
The woman wiped away the tears on her face, and the crying made her face look rosy. It was even more tempting...
Tang En looked at the woman's face and pitiful expression. Thinking of her standing in front of him just now, a sudden burst of blood surged into his mind. His words were hard... It was not that he was modern Liu Xiahui, but that he was not mentally prepared to love a strange woman who had met for less than a minute. Now that he calmed down, he felt that this woman really had the capital to seduce him. But now it was obviously not the time to be impulsive.
Damn it! He clamped his legs and turned around.
The woman looked at him and suddenly smiled. Then she began to dress calmly, as if nothing had happened. "Mr. Coach... I don't know your name yet."
"Tony Tangen, just call me Tangen." In order to show affection, the first name is usually called, but Tangen comes from China, and this is his full name. He is still used to being called "Tony" instead of "Tony".
"Mr. Tang En, you must think I'm very despicable, right?"
"No, no." Tang En shook his head with his back to her.
The woman took Tang En's answer as perfunctory comfort, and she sighed. "You also saw how difficult it is to raise your children in such a place. I am not praying for your pity, but in fact I am very satisfied, because God has given me a healthy and strong child... You can turn around, sir."
Tang En turned around and found that the well-dressed woman was sitting by the bed, her bright eyes looking at him. He felt a little guilty when he was seen.
"I can understand... But Madam, can we go out and talk? I don't want to be caught here by your son who comes back here. Although we did nothing, there are some things that cannot be explained."
The woman smiled: "Okay. But don't worry. The recent supermarket selling mascarpone cheese takes three quarters of an hour to walk back and forth."
Next, George Wood's mother made a cup of black tea for Don Eun. The two sat at the dining table. She continued to peel potatoes for dinner and told Don Eun about her and her son.
From the conversation, Don En learned that George Wood had a very rough life experience. His mother, Sophia, is a Jamaican, and has Jamaican and Brazilian descent, and is a standard mixed-race beauty. When she was seventeen, she fell in love with a tall and handsome British crew member. Then there was a shocking love. The two quickly developed to the stage of getting married. Unfortunately, Sophia's family did not agree with the marriage, and had found her a young man with a rather family business in Jamaica.
Next is the plot of almost all clichéd romance novels. Sophia chose the latter between family and love, and followed her crew boyfriend to the strange UK, and at this time she was already three months pregnant.
Her boyfriend didn't want this child, but Sophia insisted on giving birth. The two quarreled for the first time. In the days that followed, the two quarreled a lot about it. In the end, her boyfriend threw away a sum of money and ran away, continuing to be his free crew member. Sophia, with her big belly, gave birth to George Wood in a simple hospital in Southampton. "Wood" is his father's surname, and the young Sophia is still commemorating that unforgettable love in this way.
Because she lacked nutrition during pregnancy and was often angry, Sophia, who gave birth to George, was always weak. Despite this, she had to work everywhere without a job to earn money to support herself and George Little. But because Sophia came to the UK to apply for a tourist visa and continued to stay after the visa expired, Sophia was not in the UK household registration registration. In other words, she was an illegal household, that is, illegal immigrants. It is impossible for illegal immigrants to find any good treatment jobs. In order to find a better job and live in a cheaper house, Sophia took George Little to move around. They have been to Portsmouth, London, Birmingham, and finally came to Nottingham.
The unfaithful man never contacted her since he ran away, and disappeared completely, as if there was no such person in the world. Sophia gradually forgot about him and devoted all her efforts to her son. In this way, they supported each other for seventeen years. Wood knew that his father existed, but he told Tang En that man was dead, which shows that he hated his biological father in his heart. George, who graduated from junior high school at the age of fifteen, did not go to those goals.
In high school, he did not go to a vocational school with a skill. He chose to go directly to work. He had done supermarket cashiers, couriers in couriers, gas station gas workers, and porters in moving companies. But the money he earned was not enough for a family with a mother who needed treatment at any time. Tang En also understood why Wood wanted to be a professional player, because the media always described professional players as young and rich nouveau riche, and anyone who saw it was jealous.
Tang En could see that Sophia was in poor health. She would stop and breathe a lot when she talked a little longer, and occasionally coughed violently. From the mother's understatement of the past, he could not imagine how much suffering this young mother suffered. But one thing Tang En could be sure of, that is, everything Sophia had experienced was absolutely unbearable for ordinary people.
We can imagine that the former flower girl was full of longing for love and the future. She followed her love to the unfamiliar UK, intending to start a new life. She has dreams and goals. However, seventeen years later, in front of Tang En was only a woman who was tortured by life. The change from "girl" to "women" is really hard to describe.
Maybe I felt that this topic was too heavy and I didn't want Sophia to recall the unbearable past. Tang En took the initiative to change the topic a little relaxed, because he was the head coach of a professional team, so he naturally started from the exciting game a few days ago. Tang En didn't know whether Sophia liked football, but she was fascinated by it. When Tang En talked about his handshake with Rhode and said that, and then coach West Ham was surprised and angry, Sophia also laughed with Tang En.
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George Wood almost broke open the door of his house and rushed to the second floor in one breath. Then he saw his mother sitting at the dining table and chatting happily. Seeing him appear at the door, his mother glanced at the clock on the wall in surprise.
"It's only fifteen minutes... George, didn't you go?" Sophia stood up and greeted her son.
Wood took out the plastic bag behind him, which contained the mascarpone cheese his mother asked him to buy.
Tang En noticed that George's face was rosy and his breath was slightly gasping. He smiled in his heart. This kid must have been back running. However, he was able to run forty-five minutes in just 15 minutes. This kid has a very good physical fitness.
He looked down at his watch. It was getting late, so he felt that he should go back, so he got up and said goodbye. Sophia did not keep him at home for dinner enthusiastically, but asked her son to send Mr. Tang En out of this neighborhood. A seemingly rich stranger appeared in this place, which was like a small treasury. Everyone was jealous of seeing it. It would be dangerous if it was not accompanied by a local.
After saying goodbye to the mother, Donn walked towards the main road accompanied by Wood.
It was dark early in winter, as if the color was dim today, and the street lights had already lit up. Some people still smelled milk from the windows, and this chaotic place finally had some warmth. There were fewer hooligans looking for trouble everywhere, but the children who asked for money were still the same. They would come up to ask for money when they saw Tang En, but when they saw Wood, they would grimacing at him. Tang En could not see the innocence of the children at all.
In this kind of place, Tang En laughed.
Looking at George Wood walking silently with his head down, after listening to the story about him, Don En felt that this kid was mature beyond his age. However, obviously in Wilford, he did not succeed in promoting Don En.
"Hey, you and my mom... are nothing?" Wood suddenly spoke.
"Your mother is very hospitable, we talked about some interesting things together. I told her about my work, and she was very happy to hear it. In addition, she also told me something about you."
Wood seemed to breathe a sigh of relief.
Tang En's next words made him nervous again. "Your mother is so beautiful, you can't tell that she will have a seventeen-year-old child."
Wood stopped, turned around and stared at Don Eun, and said to him viciously: "Don't have any thoughts about my mom!"
Tang En spread his hands: "How is that possible?"
The boy who cared about his mother snorted and turned around to lead the way, but his low voice still clearly reached Tang En's ears: "If you dare to have any intentions against my mother, I will kill you!"
Tang En knew that this kid was serious, that he loved his mother more than anything else.
"Don't worry, I haven't lived enough yet." He shrugged.
When he arrived at the road where the cars were coming and going, Donne thanked Wood, but Wood did not turn around and go back. "I can take a taxi back by myself. You can go home too." Donne felt a little strange.
"Mom asked me to bring you into the car." Wood shook his head.
Tang En smiled, without rejecting the kindness of Fang. The two stood by the cold street and had not seen a taxi for a long time. Wood looked at Tang En looking around and asked strangely: "Did you make an appointment?"
"What is that?" Tang En looked confused. He always stopped by the roadside when taking a taxi in China, and then waved to stop. Why do he still have to make an appointment to take a taxi in the UK?
"There won't be a taxi on the street for you to take." Wood was even more surprised. Is this person sure he is a British? "Because gasoline is too expensive, if you want to take a car, you have to call the taxi company, or directly find a familiar driver. Are you really British?"
So that's it. Tang En had a fever on his face, but he still had to keep his face in front of the child, so he glared at Wood fiercely: "I was just distracted for a while and forgot. Actually, I have..." He took out the business card left by the driver in the car yesterday from his pocket, dialed according to the number on it, and reported his name. The other party enthusiastically asked Tang En where he was now, and then said he would arrive in fifteen minutes.
Next, I waited silently. Wood was not a person who liked to take the initiative to find something to say, and Tang En also felt that there was nothing to say.
The driver was very punctual, and fifteen minutes later his car stopped in front of Tang En.
George Wood turned around and was about to leave, but was stopped by Donn.
He tore off a note from his handbook, wrote down his phone number and name, and the address of the Forest Team training base. He then handed it to Wood, who was somewhat surprised.
"Come on. Come to me at 9:30 tomorrow morning, follow the address above. If the guard asks, you will say I asked you to come."
Wood hadn't reacted yet, so he didn't answer, so Tang En simply stuffed it into his hands.
"I can give you a chance, but whether you can become the best star in England depends on your own ability, boy."
After saying this, Tang En got into the car and closed the door. The fan driver started the car, like a drop of water pouring into the rolling river, and soon merged into the traffic and could not be defended.
Donn turned around and saw Wood standing under the street lights, like a statue in the cold wind. Behind him was the dim Snington, and opposite him was the bustling city with bright lights. A612 road, ManversSt, divided the city into two completely different worlds.
Seventeen-year-old George Wood is desperately trying to make money so that he can take his mother away. If he doesn't want to die on the street or be imprisoned one day, he can only use football. Today's experiences make Tang En feel that real professional football is completely different from European football he discusses and quarrels with others in domestic bars and teahouses. The latter is just the most beautiful side of sports, just like the world on the left side of this highway. The former is far less cute than those domestic fans think. It is a side that is deliberately forgotten by people, but it is truly cruel and tenacious, just like the Sington Ghetto on the right side of this highway.
The door had been opened, and under the gorgeous surface, Tang En saw the darkness that he had not known before. It was really a brand new world... he thought to himself.
Chapter completed!