Volume 1: A rookie who breaks into the basketball world Chapter 9 Babysitter
Liu Xiu ran back and forth several times, and finally, picked up all the shopping bags scattered on the ground and put them in the living room. Finally, he brought in the suitcase filled with several clothes at the door of the small courtyard.
Only after Liu Xiu finished his work did Qing'er end his koala state.
"My mother went shopping with me this afternoon. Then she received a call from the company and went to discuss the design plan..."
"Mom said my brother would definitely buy a bunch of gifts when he came back, and she didn't want to put them down, and she was too lazy to pick them up again, so she asked me to wait and open the door for my brother."
"I'm waiting at the upstairs window. I won't open the door to strangers. I'll wait for my brother to come back before I go downstairs..."
The scene of Qing'er secretly observing appeared in Liu Xiu's mind. He couldn't help but pick up Qing'er and put her on his lap, rubbing her head.
Cheng Qing'er, 9 years old, is the daughter of Liu Xiu's uncle Cheng Fengwei.
With the leadership of her uncle and the approval of her aunt, Qing'er was decided to learn bilingualism from a young age without knowing anything.
By the time Qing'er realized how miserable her childhood was, she could already speak both languages fluently.
As a mixed-race loli, with big eyes, a high nose bridge, delicate Chinese skin, and thick hair... she is so cute.
"The pot of oil is so sticky..."
"No, brother is rubbing your head."
"This is what it means to rub your head!"
Qing'er slapped Liu Xiu's hand away and used her own hands to rub her hair from her chin to the back of her head, making it a mess and biting a handful of it in her mouth.
"Puff," Qing'er spat out the hair in her mouth, "This is what it means to rub your head!"
"Oh," Liu Xiu nodded, "Brother, I've learned it. I'll do it this way next time."
"Is that what I meant?"
"Isn't it?"
I'm so angry! I'll ignore the stinky brother for now.
Qing'er jumped off Liu Xiu's lap and went to pick up the shopping bags that Liu Xiu had casually placed in the living room.
Looking at the 23 shopping bags, 11 of them had Qing'er's name on them, 11 had Caroline's name on them, and 1 had Uncle's name on it... After looking at the gift for her father, Qing'er thought of the birthday gifts her brother had given her father in the past two years... "A razor for when in doubt?"
But this time the packaging much more upscale.
After putting away her parents' gifts, Qing'er began to unwrap her own present. When she saw the present she had been looking forward to for a long time, she fiddled with it for a while and finally stopped being angry - "Luckily my excavator didn't break, otherwise I would have ignored you for five minutes!"
She is obviously a cute loli, but she doesn't like those dolls but likes all kinds of toys... This saves Liu Xiu a lot of money.
Although these toys are not cheap, after all, they have withstood Liu Xiu's ultimate move of scattering flowers and raining rain without breaking, but added together they are probably not as expensive as a limited edition doll.
Qing'er was playing with toys, and Liu Xiu was lazily leaning on the sofa, watching the comparison of the differences in rules between NBA and NCAA.
This was prepared by Bill Duffy. Every year, players come in and out of the NBA, and agents need to compete for rookies, so these things are naturally prepared.
Compared with checking NBA rules online, this kind of intuitive comparison is more effective.
Originally, Liu Xiu was more familiar with NBA rules, but after playing in the NCAA for a year and adapting to the NCAA rules, he is not so familiar with NBA rules now. What’s more, the rules he is familiar with are from more than ten or twenty years later, so there are always some differences.
Be prepared in advance, and the adaptation period for the summer league will be shorter.
Anthony has been curious about one thing during the season - Liu Xiu is obviously getting lazier, but when it comes to figuring out how to assist his teammates and investigate his opponents, he is very attentive and makes unexpected efforts in preparation.
In fact, in Liu Xiu's opinion, if you want to do something, it will be easier if you make the necessary preparations...
In the living room, the older one is reading some information and the younger one is playing with toys. The picture is very harmonious.
Suddenly, Qing'er's scream broke this harmonious scene.
"What's wrong? Did you break your toy again?"
"No..." Qing'er looked at the excavator shovel that she had removed with her right hand and said, "I will put it back together..."
Like other children, Qing'er always has an inexplicable confidence when dismantling things... After reinstalling it for a few times but it didn't get fixed properly, Qing'er suddenly reacted: "Brother, don't interrupt me. I almost forgot what I was going to say. It's already 5:30. Mom probably won't have time to come back to cook. We'll be hungry tonight!"
"Then let's go out to eat."
"Do you have money?"
"I have it!"
"Oh, that's right! I haven't congratulated my brother on being selected with the 13th pick yet!"
"You just remembered! How could I have the money to buy you all these toys if I hadn't been chosen?"
"Does being chosen mean I have money... No, mom said my brother still needs to save money to buy a house and marry a wife. Mom bought the vegetables, so we can cook them ourselves!"
Liu Xiu thought about it and nodded, "That's fine, what should I cook for myself?"
"In the afternoon, my mother and I bought potatoes..."
“Then make mashed potatoes!”
Qing'er was unhappy: "Then we have to get some meat!"
"Good idea, what dish should we make?"
"Mom bought a steak. I heard it was a very expensive one." Qing'er said with her eyes lighting up.
Meat! I want to eat meat!
"How about steak?"
“Beef stew with potatoes!”
"Uh... OK, go ahead, the cutest Qing'er in the world."
Seeing her stinky brother taking out a small apron from somewhere, Qing'er's mouth pursed, and her nostrils enlarged when she exhaled, as if two invisible streams of white air were spraying out.
Taking the apron, Qing'er turned and walked towards the kitchen in anger. Before entering the door, she turned around and yelled at her unlucky brother: "Other girls are all sweethearts, other sisters are all little darlings, but yours is just a babysitter!"
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At 7 o'clock in the evening, when Caroline returned home, she found a table full of food ready.
My husband, who was on a business trip and was supposed to be back the next day, arrived home in the evening to celebrate his nephew being selected by an NBA team.
Watching the steak she bought turned into beef stew with potatoes...only her beloved daughter and genius nephew could do that.
Although the meat from the steak is not suitable for beef stew, it tastes okay.
It just hurts a bit, this steak is so expensive...
Caroline, Liu Xiu's aunt, is a professional fashion designer and works in a small clothing company. Her income is not considerable but it is acceptable.
Cheng Fengwei, Liu Xiu's uncle, is engaged in machinery maintenance and care industry.
The dinner was very sumptuous. Qing'er turned a bunch of ingredients that were originally intended to be made into Western food into a large table of Chinese food.
Qing'er's cooking skills are probably hereditary. Cheng Fengwei was originally a chef, and he followed in his father's footsteps. Liu Xiu's grandfather was also a chef, and he came to the United States to promote Chinese food culture... He found that although Chinese food in the United States is popular, any food of a slightly higher quality is very expensive, but American Chinese food is not the same as real Chinese food.
Fortunately, I was young at that time, in my early 20s, so I changed my career to study mechanical repair. I liked this job and the income was decent, but I had to travel frequently.
Apart from the richness of the dinner, there was not much difference from usual, except that my uncle and aunt nagged a lot more than before.
His uncle and aunt did not talk to Liu Xiu about income matters. Instead, they kept reminding him of various things he needed to pay attention to. Leaving the university means truly entering the society. Both of them were sharing their experiences in getting along with colleagues.
Liu Xiu was very touched by this. Although a nephew is half a son, Liu Xiu did not think it was a matter of course.
He didn't say anything pretentious, just agreed and asked if he didn't understand something. Although he had several years of work experience in his previous life, American culture was different, and it was always good to learn more, even if it might not be useful.
After dinner, Liu Xiu received a gift from his uncle and aunt - a custom-made suit.
Before he went to the draft, his aunt had given him a custom-made suit.
After washing up and lying on the bed, it was late at night, but Liu Xiu was not sleepy and did not want to start the simulation training. He felt complicated.
The chat with his uncle and aunt tonight made him truly realize that he would have to enter society again.
He is very excited to have become a professional player, but as a human being, you always worry about gains and losses. There are many differences between professional basketball and college. In college, although he also had the utilitarian idea of becoming a professional athlete, playing basketball is relatively speaking a pure thing.
Suddenly, Liu Xiu felt relieved.
"I would always cherish my college life more if I could have it again, but it's too bad that it's over in less than a year... Since it's already like this, I might as well enjoy the time I've just entered society..."
"How can I repay my uncle and aunt for their care... Let's buy Qing'er more toys! She even dismantled the excavator into parts..."
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After Liu Xiu became a professional player, his uncle and aunt became more nagging at home, but when he was outside, Liu Xiu felt their high spirits. In the next few days, many guests came to their house, all of whom were friends of his uncle and aunt, or neighbors nearby. The two of them almost praised him to the sky, which was completely different from their constant nagging when no one was around.
Liu Xiu, who had experienced the fickleness of human nature, knew that these were the real elders in the family, elders who should be respected with their hearts and practical actions.
Although they are only a dozen years older than him and are both under 40 years old, his uncle and aunt have already transformed into elders after having children.
Liu Xiu stayed at home for a few days, watching the news, checking information, and familiarizing himself with the new rules... On July 4, after rubbing the head of Qing'er who was reluctant to leave, Liu Xiu left Syracuse and boarded a plane to Orlando.
After the plane took off, looking at the white clouds outside the window... Liu Xiu's melancholy caused by leaving home gradually dissipated.
In Liu Xiu's eyes, the clouds outside the window turned into O'Neal, Duncan, Kobe, Nowitzki, Garnett... these superstars at the top of the food chain in today's basketball world.
"I'm going to play against these people. I'm a little excited... Unfortunately, Boss Joe doesn't play anymore. He's already trying to trick that black TV station owner into forming a new NBA team. We can't be enemies with God..."
Just as Liu Xiu's mood gradually changed, the system prompt came!
"Congratulations to the host for officially joining the NBA team Portland Trail Blazers. You will be rewarded with a talent gift package, which will be automatically opened."
"Because the host has not fully upgraded the system, part of the talent gift package reward will take effect."
"Congratulations to the host for obtaining the talent: Great Magician (incomplete)..."
