Chapter 105 New Year's Festival
After playing the Thunder Cup, the Gosho team did not invite any team to play a warm-up match. Before the start of the second half of the season on February 9, the team only trained, and then the first team and the second team played two training games before preparing to enter the official game.
Because other coaches are responsible for arranging the training, the Gosho Club has closed the door of the transfer, and other affairs are also responsible for other affairs. Now Lin Fenglei is the most leisurely.
On this day, Chen Bing's mother, Zhang Shuping, reminded Lin Fenglei that the 30th of this month is the traditional Chinese New Year's Eve. Lin Fenglei patted his head and forgot about it himself.
A few years ago, because Lin Fenglei was alone in Gosho, and the Spring Festival in Switzerland, the Spring Festival was not good every year, and he was still working. But this year is different. This year, Chen Bing's family all came to Gosho. In addition, the second half of the season has not started, so Lin Fenglei can finally have a lively Spring Festival.
Lin Fenglei thought for a moment and said to Zhang Shuping, "Mom, what else do you lack at home in the New Year? If you can't buy it in Switzerland, I'll ask someone to bring it from China. Anyway, there are still a few days before the Spring Festival, and there is still time.
Zhang Shuping said, "There are some ingredients that Switzerland can't buy authentic ones. If it's convenient, it's best to bring them from China. It's nothing else. Lao Chen can write couplets or anything by himself. He can write well. In the past, he wrote the Spring Festival couplets of their unit.
Lin Fenglei smiled and said, "If I had known Dad's handwriting was good, he would have asked the name of our new stadium."
Chen Zhong said aside, "You boy don't flatter like this, do you? No matter how good my handwriting is, can I compare with Master Shen? If you really hang up my words, it's okay to fool foreigners, but in front of the insider, it will make you laugh generously.
Although Chen Zhong said so, he still had a smile on his face and his mouth could not be close. It can be seen that his compliment to his son-in-law was still very useful.
Lin Fenglei said seriously, "I'm not flattering. I know that Dad doesn't like flattery the most. How could he do this? What I'm saying is true."
Now Chen's old face smiled like a flower.
Lin Fenglei said to Zhang Shuping again, "Mom, please make a list of those ingredients, and I'll ask someone to buy them from China. In addition, how about I invite all the Chinese people in the club to celebrate the New Year with us? What do you think? Now there are a lot of Chinese in the Gosho Club. There are a group of girls in the news and public relations department, several Chinese coaches, and two young Chinese players, which add up to more than a dozen.
Zhang Shuping said happily, "Of course, we have such a big house. For us to celebrate the Spring Festival, I think it's quite deserted. Of course, it's good to have a few more people for the Spring Festival. You can call as much as you want. The more people, the better.
After returning to the club, Lin Fenglei sent an invitation to the Chinese people in the club for the Spring Festival. They are basically all alone in Gosho. It is impossible for the New Year's Club to have a holiday here. They are also worried about how to spend this year. Now that Lin Fenglei invites so many people to celebrate the New Year together, it will be very lively. He Of course, we agreed without hesitation.
Unexpectedly, other coaches of the club and players from the first team heard that Lin Fenglei was going to hold a "party" at home on the 30th. They only invited the Chinese and immediately protested to Lin Fenglei and asked why they could not participate?
Lin Fenglei explained to them that this is not a "party", which is a unique festival for Chinese people, that is, the Spring Festival, that is, the Spring Festival, so only Chinese people are invited to participate.
But Egman is still making a coax and has to participate in this "Party". They said that since their leader is Chinese now, they also want to celebrate the Chinese festival.
Lin Fenglei had no choice but to agree, but he told Egman that at that time, they must respect Chinese customs, eat with chopsticks, wear Chinese clothes, and pay New Year greetings to each other in Chinese.
Egman agreed to this request, so Lin Fenglei sent a formal invitation to all coaches, team doctors, department heads and first-team players, inviting them to their home to participate in the "Party" on the 30th.
Lin Fenglei went home anxiously and said to Zhang Shuping, "Mom, there are still some foreigners in the club who have to come to our house for the Spring Festival together."
Lin Fenglei thought that Zhang Shuping would be unhappy, but he didn't expect Zhang Shuping to be overjoyed and said, "Well, there are so many people!" How many people are there?"
Lin Fenglei said boldly, "In addition to our own family, there are about 40 to 50 people in total."
Although Zhang Shuping likes to be lively, she didn't expect that there were so many people. She was obviously struck by this number. After thinking for a while, she frowned again and said, "It's okay. In the past, we used to spend the Spring Festival in Beijing, and we were often a big family. Together, it won't be much less than this year. Just cook two more tables. Our living room is big. At that time, we can set up four or five tables, and we can sit down."
Lin Fenglei said, "Mom, I know I can sit down, but with so many people's meals, are you busy? Why don't I hire some cooks to cook it then?
Zhang Shuping said, "Where can you get an authentic Chinese chef in Switzerland? It's okay. At that time, you will ask the little girls with Chen Bing to come in advance. They will do it. Chen Bing and I will do it together. We are busy. Anyway, our kitchen is also big. At that time, we will fire several stoves together to ensure that we won't make a mistake. The little girls with Chen Bing have also come to the house, and they are quite capable. After all, they have been abroad alone for several years. It's also quite pitiful." Speaking of this, her eyes are moist, and I guess she also remembers Chen Bing's hardships alone abroad over the years.
As soon as Lin Fenglei saw it, he quickly said, "Then it will make you tired."
Zhang Shuping said, "It's okay. The more lively the Spring Festival is, the more happy my mother will be."
Two days later, Lin Fenglei asked the staff of the Gosho Club's Beijing office to ship the ingredients, several sets of porcelain tableware and dozens of red Tang clothes to Gosho. Lin Fenglei handed over the ingredients and tableware to Zhang Shuping for her to make overall arrangements. According to the figure of all the invited people, Tangzhuang sent a set for each person. During the Spring Festival, everyone put on a set of Tang clothes, which is of course the most festive atmosphere.
January 30 and January 31 were the traditional Chinese Spring Festival on New Year's Eve and the first day of the Chinese New Year. Lin Fenglei gave all the club a two-day holiday.
On New Year's Eve, the girls from the news and public relations department of Gosho Club came to Lin Fenglei's house early in the morning and began to prepare today's New Year's Eve dinner with Zhang Shuping and Chen Bing's mother and daughter. Then Wen Zhijun, Chen Lei, Fu Zilong and Zhou Guodong also came to Lin together. Fenglei's family. Originally, the four of them also wanted to go into the kitchen to help, but they were kicked out by Zhang Shuping. She said that the kitchen was a woman's business, so that these men should not come in and make trouble.
Lin Fenglei smiled and asked them not to go into the kitchen. He and Chen Zhong sat and talked with several people in the living room. After chatting for a while, Chen Zhong learned that Chen Lei was still playing chess well. He couldn't help but be overjoyed. He quickly took out a pair of chess from the room and got up with Chen Lei. The other people came up with advice for them.
In the afternoon, other people in the club came to Lin Fenglei's house one after another. They were all wearing Tang clothes sent to them by Lin Fenglei. This group of tall foreigners wearing Tang clothes was very funny, especially Egman. Although he received the largest set of Tang clothes, it was still tight on his body. It's almost broken.
After everyone came to Lin Fenglei's house and sat down, everyone looked at each other in Tang clothes and couldn't help laughing one by one. The older coaches were still old and more important, and the younger players had begun to make fun of each other one by one.
Chen Bing and two other girls came out of the kitchen, gave everyone a cup of tea, and the coffee table was filled with candy, melon seeds, peanuts and other snacks to entertain guests and inform everyone that dinner would start on time at 6 p.m.
Lima took a sip of tea, frowned and said, "What does this taste like?" It doesn't taste good. Why is there no coffee?
Kao Dinghuo said proudly, "I learned it before I came here. This is called tea, which is the best drink for Chinese people. Didn't everyone agree to follow Chinese customs when they came to the end of the day? Then of course we will have tea."
Lin Fenglei nodded with a smile: "Yes, today we all follow Chinese customs. Don't underestimate the tea you are drinking now. What we have prepared for you today is the most famous Longjing tea in China, and it is of very good quality, about a few hundred euros per pound.
Lima said, "It's so expensive that we can catch up with the best coffee. Then I need to drink more." With that, he picked up the teacup in front of him and even took a few big sips, regardless of the hot tea he had just made.
When others heard that the tea was so expensive, they also picked up the tea cups in front of them one by one, learned from Lima, and took a big sip. Some people even swallowed the tea into their stomachs.
The Chinese people in the living room laughed one by one. This group of foreigners drinking Longjing tea is really like a cow chewing peonies, ruining good things. However, Lin Fenglei doesn't care. As long as the atmosphere is lively during the Spring Festival. He has lived for so many years, and no other year has been as lively as this year.
Everyone was fighting in the living room. Unconsciously, it soon became six o'clock in the afternoon. Chen Bing finally came out to inform everyone that their work in the kitchen had been completed, and everyone was ready to have dinner.
Five dining tables have already been placed in the living room, and the tableware has been arranged according to the number of people, that is, the living room of Lin Fenglei's family is large enough, otherwise it can't be placed.
Let's do it together, and soon take out all the dishes from the kitchen and fill the five tables.