champion godfather

Chapter 16 The George Wood Family
Tang En just stared at the woman like this, distracted.Until the other party stood up and greeted: "Hello, Mr. Coach."

"Ah . . . ah, hello, ma'am. I'm sorry, I didn't expect you to be so young."

George Wood turned back and glared at Tang En, then turned to explain to his mother: "He is the head coach of the Forest team. I went to him and hoped to become a player. But he refused and sent me back. "

Tang En looked at Wood's mother, smiled and said: "I'm so sorry, ma'am. Your son has never received formal football training, and he's a bit old now..."

The woman looked at her son with indescribable tenderness and love in her eyes. "George, can you go buy some mascarpone cheese? I haven't made a snack for you for a long time. I want to make some tiramisu."

Wood seemed reluctant.The mother took out a bill from the apron pocket, stuffed it into Wood's hand, and kissed him on the forehead: "Don't worry, go."

Only then did Wood walk towards the door. Before leaving, he still stared at Tang En with vicious eyes.Tang En was a little confused by his stare, why did his eyes change so quickly?

Seeing his son walk out the door, hearing him go down the stairs and close the door.The woman suddenly walked up quickly, took Tang En's hand, and then walked to another room.

"Hey, ma'am..." Tang En was confused, what's going on?
The two entered the room, and the woman closed the door without forgetting to lock it.Then Tang En saw her take off her clothes at a fast speed, perhaps because of nervousness, her movements were still a little stiff... Tang En opened his mouth wide, completely dumbfounded, and even forgot to stop the other party.

This woman has the same wheat-colored skin as her son, but under the bloated clothes is a beautiful body with bumps...

Standing in front of Tang En, she opened 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 shivering slightly from the cold, and frowned: "What are you doing, ma'am?"

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 as a reward..."

Tang En stepped forward and pulled the quilt over the woman. "I'm really sorry, I'm not here to whore, ma'am." What this woman did shattered Tang En's good impression of her in his heart, and the words he said became much harder, without emotion.

These unceremonious words hit the woman's heart, and she suddenly fell on the quilt and began to cry.Tang En, who originally planned to turn around and leave, also froze in the face of the woman's sudden crying.

Tang En has never experienced love, and with his character, he doesn't know how to comfort women.He stood by the bed, at a loss: "Don't cry, don't cry... I'm sorry ma'am, it's not that I don't want to give your son a chance... What's going on here! Don't cry!" He yelled at the woman He shouted, this trick is really good, and the other party will stop crying immediately.

"I don't know why you did this. But it's not a deal, your son is sorry I can't have him on my team, he's too old for a beginner in football... I feel for you guys too The situation at home, but professional football is not a street game. I think it is 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, but crying made her face more rosy.more tempting...

Tang En looked at the woman's face and that pitiful expression, and thought of her standing naked in front of him just now, suddenly a rush of blood rushed into his head, and his words became hard... It's not that he is the modern Liu Xiahui, it's really It was just now that he was completely unprepared to have sex with a strange woman whom he had met for less than a minute.Now that he calmed down, he felt that this woman really had the money to seduce him.But now is obviously not the time to be impulsive.

Damn it!He clamped his legs and turned away.

The woman looked at him with a sudden smile on her face.Then she began to dress calmly, as if nothing had happened. "Mr. Coach... I don't know your name yet."

"Tony Twain, you can just call me Twain." In order to show kindness, people usually call me by the previous name, but Twain is from China, so this is his full name, and he is still used to being called "Twain" ", not "Tony".

"Mr. Tang En, you must think I'm very mean?"

"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 have seen how difficult it is for a frail woman to raise her own child in a place like this. I am not begging for your pity, in fact I am content because God has given me a healthy and strong child . . . You may turn around now, sir."

Tang En turned around and found a fully dressed woman sitting by the bed, looking at him with those bright eyes.He was seen feeling a little guilty instead.

"I can understand...but ma'am, can we go out and talk? I don't want to be caught by your son who came back here. Although we didn't do anything, there are some things that can't be explained clearly."

The woman smiled: "Okay. But don't worry. The nearest supermarket that sells mascarpone cheese takes three quarters of an hour to go back and forth."

Next, George Wood's mother made a cup of black tea for Tang En, and the two sat at the dining table. She continued to peel potatoes for dinner, and told Tang En stories about herself and her son.

From the conversation, Tang En learned that George Wood had a rather rough life experience.His mother Sophia is Jamaican, she has Jamaican and Brazilian descent, a standard mixed-race beauty.When she was 17, she fell in love with a tall and handsome British sailor.Then there was an earth-shattering love, and the two soon developed to the stage of getting married, but Sophia's family did not approve of this marriage, and they had already found her a son-in-law with some wealth in Jamaica.

Then there is the plot of almost all cliché romance novels.Sophia chose the latter between family and love, and eloped with her crew boyfriend to the strange England, and she was three months pregnant at this time.

The boyfriend didn't want the baby, but Sofia insisted on having it.For this reason, the two even quarreled for the first time.In the following days, the two quarreled a lot about this.The final result was that her boyfriend threw down a sum of money and ran away, continuing to be his free crew, while Sophia gave birth to George Wood in a poor hospital in Southampton with a big belly. "Wood" is his father's surname, and the young Sophia still commemorates that unforgettable love in this way.

Sophia, who gave birth to George, has been weak due to lack of nutrition and frequent anger during pregnancy.Even so, without a job, she has to work around to earn money to support herself and little George.But because Sophia came to the UK to apply for a tourist visa, she continued to stay after the visa expired, and Sophia was not registered in the UK household registration. In other words, she was a black household, that is, an illegal immigrant.It is impossible for illegal immigrants to find any well-paid jobs.In order to find a better job and live in a cheaper house, Sophia took little George to move around. They went to Portsmouth, London, Birmingham, and finally came to Nottingham.

And that heartbroken man, since he ran away, has never contacted her again, 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 have supported each other for 17 years.Wood knew that his father existed, but he told Tang En that the man was dead, which showed how much he hated his biological father. George, who graduated from junior high school at the age of 15, neither went to high school where the goal was university, nor did he go to a vocational school to learn a skill.He chose to go straight to work.He has worked as a cashier in a supermarket, a courier in a courier company, a refueler in a gas station, and a porter in a moving company.But the money he makes isn't enough for a family with a mother who needs medical treatment at all times.Twain also understood why Wood wanted to be a professional player, because the media always described professional players as young and wealthy upstarts, and anyone who saw them would be jealous.

Tang En could tell that Sophia was indeed in poor health, she would stop and gasp for breath after talking a little more, and occasionally cough violently.From the mother's understatement of the past, he couldn't imagine how much the young mother had suffered.But there is one thing Tang En can be sure of, that is, what Sophia has experienced is absolutely unbearable for ordinary people.

We can imagine that the once young girl was full of longing for love and the future, followed her true love to England, where she was unfamiliar, and planned to start a new life. She had dreams and goals.However, 17 years later, in front of Tang En was only a woman who was tortured by life and had only a crippled body.The change from "girl" to "woman" is really hard to describe.

Maybe this topic is too heavy, and I don't want Sophia to recall the unbearable past.Tang En took the initiative to change the topic to a lighter topic, because he is the head coach of a professional team, so he naturally started talking about the exciting game a few days ago.Tang En didn't know if Sophia liked football, but she was fascinated by it. When Tang En mentioned that he shook hands with Rhodes and said that sentence, and then the head coach of West Ham had a complex expression of astonishment and anger, Sophia followed suit. Tang En laughed.

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 with that Coach Twain chatting happily.Seeing him appearing at the door, the mother glanced at the clock on the wall in surprise.

"It's only been 15 minutes...George, didn't you go?" Sophia stood up to meet 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 complexion was ruddy and he was panting slightly.He smiled inwardly, this kid must have been running back and forth.But being able to run a distance that usually takes 45 minutes in 15 minutes, this kid has very good physical fitness.

Looking down at his watch, it was getting late, he felt that he should go back, so he got up and said goodbye.Sophia didn't warmly keep him at home for dinner, but asked her son to send Mr. Tang En out of the neighborhood. A stranger who looked rich appeared in this place, it was like a small mobile coffer. Anyone who saw it would be envious, no It is dangerous to be accompanied by local people.

After bidding farewell to this mother, Tang En walked towards the main road accompanied by Wood.

It gets dark early in winter, and now the sky is dark, and the street lamps have already been turned on.The fragrance of milk wafted from the windows of some people's houses, and finally there was some warmth in this chaotic place.There are fewer hooligans looking for trouble everywhere, but the children asking for money are still the same.When they saw Tang En, they would come up to ask for money, but when they saw Wood, they would make faces and give him the middle finger. Tang En could not see the innocence of children in them at all.

Demanding innocence in a place like this?Dunn himself laughed.

Seeing George Wood walking silently with his head bowed, and listening to his stories, Tang En felt that this kid was mature beyond his age.But obviously in Wilford, his self-promotion to Twain was not successful.

"Hey, you and my mother... are you okay?" Wood spoke suddenly.

"Your mother was very hospitable, and we had some interesting conversations. I told her about my work, and she was delighted to hear it. Also, she told me something about you."

Wood seemed relieved.

Tang En's next words made him nervous again. "Your mother is so pretty, it doesn't look like she's going to have a 17-year-old kid."

Wood stopped in his tracks, turned his head to stare at Tang En, and said to him viciously: "Don't have any thoughts about my mother!"

Tang En spread his hands: "How is that possible?"

The young man who cared about his mother snorted, turned around and continued to lead the way, but his deep voice still reached Tang En's ears clearly: "If you dare to have any intentions against my mother, I will kill you!"

Tang En knew that this kid was telling the truth, he loved his mother more than anything else.

"Don't worry, I haven't lived enough." He shrugged.

When they came to the main road where cars were coming and going, Tang En thanked Wood, but Wood didn't turn around and go back. "I can take a taxi back by myself. You can go home too." Tang En felt a little strange.

"Mom asked me to take you to the car." Wood shook his head.

Tang En smiled and did not reject the other party's kindness.The two stood on the side of the cold and windy street, and didn't see a taxi for a long time.Seeing Tang En looking around, Wood asked strangely, "Don't you have an appointment?"

"What is that?" Tang En looked confused.When he takes a taxi in China, he always stops at the side of the road, and then stops immediately after waving.Why do I need to make an appointment to take a taxi in the UK?
"There won't be any free taxis on the street for you." Wood was even more surprised. Is this person sure he is British? "Because gasoline is too expensive, you have to call the taxi company or find a familiar driver directly if you want to take a car. Are you really British?"

I see.Tang En's face was hot, but he still wanted to maintain his face in front of children, so he gave Wood a hard look: "I was just distracted and forgot. In fact, I have..." He took out yesterday's book from his pocket. The driver in the car left him a business card, dialed the number on it, reported his name, the other party asked Tang En very enthusiastically where he was now, and said he would be there in 15 minutes.

Then there was another silent wait.Wood is not a person who likes to take the initiative to find something to say, and Tang En also feels that he has nothing to say.

The driver was on time, and his car stopped in front of Tang En 15 minutes later.

After completing the task, George Wood turned to leave, but was stopped by Tang En.

He tore off a note on the pad he carried with him, and wrote down his phone number and name, as well as the address of the Forest team's training base.Then handed it to Wood who was a little surprised.

"Take it. Come to me at the address above at 09:30 tomorrow morning. If the guard asks, just say I asked you to come."

Wood hadn't reacted yet, so he didn't answer, and Dunn just forced 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, and it quickly merged into the traffic flow like a drop of water into a rolling river.

Tang En looked back and saw that Wood was still standing under the street lamp, like a statue in the cold wind.Behind him is the gloomy Snington, and opposite him is the brightly lit bustling downtown. The A612 highway Manvers Avenue (Manvers St) divides the city into two completely different worlds.

17-year-old George Wood desperately wants to make money so that he can take his mother away from there. Without a high degree of education, if he doesn't want to die on the street or be put in prison one day, he can only use football.Today's experience and knowledge made Tang En feel that real professional football is completely different from the European football that 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 road .As for the former, far from being as cute as those domestic fans think, it is a side deliberately forgotten by people, but it exists in a real, cruel and tenacious way, just like the Snington slum on the right side of this road.

The door had been opened, and under the gorgeous surface, Tang En saw the darkness that he didn't understand before.It really is a whole new world... he thought.

(End of this chapter)