America 1979

Chapter 18 Shopping is the Happiest
At the halftime summary of the training, Coach Murphy announced his thoughts to all the players.

"Sports, capable people get the chance to play. Our new player, Bill Ferrari, is a capable person. His size and thrust, he can rank in the top ten on the team, no, definitely in the top five .It's a dark time for the Fort Hamilton High school team not to have someone like that play."

After saying a lot of foreshadowing words, Coach Murphy finally spread out his map of Yan Kingdom, exposing the dagger to everyone's eyes.

"So, I want Bill to officially play next Friday's game to show our pursuit of fairness and justice. But for the fairness of others, I decided to let Bill play with wingers and defensive tackles this weekend. In a contest, the winner goes to the court, and the loser sits on the bench."

After saying this, Hayes and other bench players, who had just trained with Bill, applauded loudly. They can't start anyway. Some people may really want Bill to play, but most people still see the mentality that they don't think it's too big.

The starting players did not express their position, and the coach can decide whether they will sit on the bench, so the starting players dare not express their objection, and can only use silence to secretly express their disapproval.

As for the four players who were pointed out, the reaction was much more intense. They stood up from the lawn on the spot and loudly questioned whether a person who had just joined the team could be competent for thousands of tactical changes and whether he could cooperate well with his teammates.

After all, the starters have trained together for several seasons and two or three spring training sessions.

But no one questioned Bill's strength and weight. Visually, there were only four or five people stronger than him.

And the strongest defensive spikes and offensive left tackles were missed.

"Well, well." Coach Murphy walked around the four of them, trying to keep them from complaining, "This is exactly what I want to solve. Bill's physical advantage can make our defensive line stronger. You know, football games In fact, it is a battle. Players are fighters. The stronger the fighters, the stronger our battle line and the better our results. The contest on the weekend is just to determine whether Bill can play. I will play according to which team and opponent. The size of the players, how the tactics are, etc. determine who will play."

Murphy talked and talked, and finally got these people to agree to compete separately on Saturday.

"I will let you know what power is." A dark-skinned end forward said harshly.

The other also bared his teeth at Bill: "When you are thrown down by me, don't cry, kid."

Bill naturally wouldn't respond to this kind of boring provocation, because it was too childish.

When waiting for Saturday, some of them cried.

After that is the normal physical fitness and reaction training.After the cultural class at [-]:[-] in the afternoon, the school team usually has three to four hours of daily training. Today, an offensive and defensive drill was conducted in preparation for Friday's game, so the training time was reduced to three hours.

In the second half, everyone practiced together. Murphy and Robert watched the quarterback and three running backs, and James managed the rest.

During this process, the four players who were challenged always thought of ways to stumbling Bill, such as punching Bill while James was not paying attention, or spitting on Bill's shoes, and taunting Bill when they passed by. Wear everyday polo shirts and sweatpants instead of serious football uniforms.

Bill endured all these points until the second mouthful of phlegm landed on his other shoe without fail.

"Don't eat sour radishes!" After yelling, he brought out his eating skills from the previous two years.

He directly clenched his right hand into a fist, bent his right arm in front of his chest, and used his waist to drive his right arm to punch hard, hitting the face of the spitting person hard.

This is the unique punching method of southern Italian immigrants. Instead of using wide open and close left and right uppercuts to obtain the hitting radius, it uses the strength of the waist and abdominal muscles to maximize the hitting effect.

No surprise, the man fell to the ground on the spot, and he didn't get up even after climbing several times.

This sudden situation naturally alarmed the three coaches. Seeing a main player fall to the ground, Murphy hurried over to see what happened.

In order to prevent being harassed in the future, Bill decided to properly show that he was not easy to mess with, so he pointed to the phlegm on his shoes and cursed in Italian for a long time.

It doesn't matter if the onlookers and coaches don't understand, just let them feel Bill's anger.

Then, with everyone watching, he tore off a cloth from the Spitter's uniform, used it to wipe his shoes, and prepared to stuff the cloth into the man's mouth.

Of course, the subsequent actions were stopped by the coaches. Everyone knew the reason, and Bill was reasonable, but the person who spit was also punished by the application. So under the persuasion of the coaches, the captain quarterback and dozens of classmates, A little friction just turned the page.

After that, no one dared to make small moves. The deterrent effect of knocking down a main player with one punch was enough, and no one dared to bet that he could receive such a punch without falling to the ground.

At six o'clock, Bill, who was extremely tired, put his coat on his shoulders, and left the campus with his schoolbag.

The school bus drivers of the public schools are very responsible, sending the students who have joined the club to the nearby communities in waves.

Bill returned home and found that it was still the same as before. The uncle and aunt went to play by themselves after work, Anthony went to work at the gang station at ten in the morning and at twelve in the evening, and Dorothy and Neo were at home.

"I'm going to serve us noodles, but there are no tomatoes."

As soon as her brother came in, Dorothy, who was lying on the table doing homework, raised her head and said.

Pasta is a favorite food of many poor families.

Bill limped towards the sofa. "Wait a minute. Let me think about it. Do you know of a second-hand store? It's big. I need to buy football protectors."

For the poor, second-hand stores are a very cost-effective shopping option, and it is even possible to find half-price items that have only been used a few times.

"Football protectors?" Dorothy was a little surprised. She couldn't understand her brother's recent behavior. "That should only be in Williamsburg in the north. The second-hand stores here don't have such high-end goods."

The 13-year-old Neo is round and strong, but his facial features are as handsome as his brother Bill's. Maybe because he is too young, his face looks a little immature and silly.

His homework is not very stressful, and he stays at home after returning home from class, and it is not easy to go to the next door to watch TV without an invitation from his neighbors.

At the moment when his brother and sister were talking, he ran to the sofa, smirked at his brother, and touched his stomach with both hands.

Bill understood what he meant. He was hungry and wanted to eat.

Half a child, eating poor old man, children of this age really can't go hungry.

He touched the top of his brother's head, "I'm going to ask Anthony for a car right away."

Then he looked up to Dorothy and said, "I'm going to the second-hand store to buy football protectors, and you and Neo will go together later. We'll have a good meal first, and then we'll go shopping. Do you want to buy new clothes? , and buy some for home use.”

"By the way, don't forget the gift for uncle and aunt. You are a girl, so you are responsible for picking it."

Shopping or something is the happiest thing.

Hearing her brother's words, Neo jumped up and cheered first, and Dorothy also smiled rarely, although she didn't understand why her brother became so family-friendly.

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