There is a belief called football

Chapter 166 Back to Kiev for Christmas
I don't know how long I hugged it, and the bystanders didn't know how long I watched it. In the end, Lobarov reacted first, "Joe".

"Mr. Lobarov",
"Hehe, it's snowing a lot, remember the first time you came here?"
Li Qiao nodded.

Finally Eva couldn't bear it any longer, and she asked for dinner first, and other things later, Eugene was the first to raise his hand in agreement.

Diana rubbed her stomach and said she was hungry.

The family began to eat dinner happily.

"Where's Brother Leo?"Li Qiao asked.

Ms Eva said: "Come back tomorrow".

"Is Brother Leo married too?"
Leo is 2 years younger than Eugene and 8 years older than Diana, and he is about to get married, but Leo plays rock and roll, that is, he lives a relatively open life and cannot settle down.

"Not yet," Eva replied.

"Why do I think Li Qiao is more like a member of the Lobarov family?" Hannah said.

Because Eugene never seemed to care about family affairs, and this Li Qiao asked questions, obviously caring about family affairs very much.

"He is," Eugene, Diana, Eva, and Lobarov said in unison.

After speaking, everyone laughed at the same time.

"Joe, you're a star," said Eugene.

Li Qiao guessed it was about the Club World Cup, "Brother Eugene, you also watched my game"?
"Of course, the Club World Cup match against Barcelona is also broadcast live in Germany, and it is a free public channel."

"It's just that the limelight of that game was taken away by Messi alone," Eugene said.

"Hehe, he is the World Player of the Year, the winner of the European Ballon d'Or, so he should be," Li Qiao said.

Eugene stuffed a large slice of ham in his mouth and said: "Your teammate is so stupid, that's the Icelander".

"Gudjohnsen"?
"Yes, even I knew that the ball was offside. Believe it or not, if I was in that position, I would definitely not shoot."

"Of course, you have never scored in your career," Diana said.

Hannah burst out laughing, Li Qiao laughed too, and Diana was still a professional complainer.

Being complained by his sister, Eugene turned to Lobarov and said, "Dad, I think Dynamo Kiev will buy Joe back as soon as possible, otherwise he won't be able to afford it in the future."

Lobarov lamented that his son is not good at playing football, but he has a business vision, but the club is full of bureaucracy from top to bottom, and he can't help it. It would be great if Li Qiao scored a goal in the Club World Cup, what a pity!

Lobarov didn't speak. He didn't want to bring work matters to the table. He raised his glass and drank it down.

Eugene kept bumping into a wall, making himself boring, so he buried his head in eating.

"Brother Eugene, how is your bar business?"Li Qiao asked.

When it came to the bar, Eugene immediately grinned and said, "It's pretty good." Judging by that expression, he probably made a lot of money.

"Eugene probably opened the bar to meet girls," Diana said.

Eugene's expression changed, and he said, "Whoever said that is nonsense."

"Then how did you meet your sister-in-law?"Diana asked.

"Meeted at the bar," answered Hannah on behalf of Eugene.

Hearing this, Li Qiao laughed, Diana also laughed, only Eva said: "Don't bully Eugene, he is a good boy".

In fact, although Eugene is a bit lazy, he has a bold personality. This is why Li Qiao likes him very much. You will find it very interesting to deal with Eugene.

After dinner, Hannah took the initiative to help Ms. Eva clean up, and the sensible Li Qiao still helped Eva with what she could do as before. When Li Qiao was helping Eva with work, Eva always took a piece of snacks, candy or something to Li Qiao, and Li Qiao would open her mouth to take it.

After finishing helping Eva, Li Qiao passed the living room and saw that Diana was arguing with Eugene again. Li Qiao smiled knowingly, and then went upstairs to her room.

*****
December 12th, Christmas Eve for Westerners, just like our New Year's Eve, Leo finally came back, still with long hair fluttering, still carrying an electric guitar, but the stubble on his face is getting more and more messy, a bit of Dortmund coach "Uncle Scum" Klopp's style.

Li Qiao didn't really like Leo, but he was respectful, and Leo wasn't very gregarious, so Li Qiao didn't talk to him, which was flattering him.

On the night of Christmas Eve, the Lobarov family always go to pay homage to their ancestors. In fact, this is very similar to Chinese and Western people. Chinese people used to put some food in front of the ancestral tablets on New Year's Eve to pay homage to their ancestors.

Everyone in the Lobarov family came to the cemetery with candles in their hands. Because they were not members of Lobarov, Li Qiao did not participate in this activity before, but this year Diana hoped that he could go with him, and he agreed.

A group of people waited at the entrance of the cemetery. The tomb passage was very narrow and there were many people coming, so they had to wait.

When he reached Grandpa Diana's tombstone, Li Qiao was a little at a loss, how should he express himself?Should I be calm, or should I be sad?

With the flickering candlelight, Li Qiao took a sneak peek. The faces of the others were all smiles. Westerners have a more detached view of life and death than the Chinese. Li Qiao followed Diana to put the candle in front of the tombstone, and imitated Diana's way to wipe the tombstone with her hands.

"Come on, Grandpa has felt it," said Diana.

Li Qiao nodded. To be honest, he really didn't like this place.

*****
After returning to the warm house, the family had dinner. Li Qiao was very impressed with Eva's cooking skills, especially on Christmas Eve, Li Qiao could eat enough every time.

Hannah is an outsider. It was the first time to spend Christmas Eve with the Lobarov family. It was a bit awkward, so she was going to say something to ease the awkward atmosphere, but her words made the originally good atmosphere really awkward.

Hannah asked: "Li Qiao, when will you two get married, Diana?"

Diana glared at Eugene, thinking: "Did I tease you, and you asked your wife to avenge you?"

And Li Qiao blushed instantly.

Leo on the side is a person who doesn't think it's a big deal to watch the excitement, and he also said: "Yeah, when is my sister?"

Diana was usually the little princess at home, and no one dared to tease her, but she also blushed at this time, and suddenly Diana turned to look at Li Qiao, as if asking, "Yes, when is it?"

This time, Li Qiao really couldn't take it anymore, and said hesitantly, "next year".

"What"?Eugene raised his voice, as if in a questioning tone.

"too early"?
"I said, don't make things difficult for Joe." Finally, Ms. Eva came out to help Li Qiao out of the siege.

Hannah laughed. She saw Li Qiao shy, embarrassed, and handsome oriental face just now, so she said, "Diana, I know why you like Li Qiao."

"why"?
"His oriental shyness is not found in Western men, and I find it very charming," Hannah said.

Eugene was going to go along with his wife, but after thinking about it carefully, it didn't feel right, "Could it be that Li Qiao is more attractive than me in my wife's eyes"?
Lobarov raised the corners of his mouth slightly as he watched the children talking to each other at the dining table, while eating in small bites and drinking in big gulps.

*****
The next day was Christmas, and the snow was still heavy. Diana followed Hannah back to Germany to go skiing, but the two of them decided not to take Eugene.

"Joe, how about we take a Finnish bath"?
When Li Qiao thought of the word "Finnish bath", he trembled all over. The feeling of steaming in the sauna and then jumping into the ice water was unforgettable to Li Qiao.

Li Qiao shook his head like a rattle and said, "I don't".

"Why do you become more timid as you get older, Joe, you were not like this before", Eugene said.

"Brother Eugene, the aggressive method doesn't work for me. I'm strong now and don't need this kind of training,"
Eugene pointed to Li Qiao's brain and said: "Your body is very strong, but your will is not yet strong."

Li Qiao shrugged and said, "Anyway, whatever you say today, I will jump with you into the ice pool where people freeze to death."

Seeing the failure of lobbying Li Qiao, Eugene patted his forehead and said: "It's so boring, I'm suffocated to death, Diana, you are too bad, don't take me to go skiing."

When Li Qiao saw that Eugene was starting to act violently, he suggested, "Why don't we play snow football".

Eugene thought, as long as he didn't stay indoors, or he'd be bored, he said, "All right."

Two people walk on the street, just walk a few steps in Ukraine winter and you will see football players, just join them. Sure enough, after walking for 10 minutes, you can see six people playing snow football.

This kind of wild ball is just for fun, everyone has a chance to get the ball, because everyone's level is average, and Eugene also knows that when he first joined, other people would deliberately kick the ball to Eugene to warm him up, and Eugene would also give the ball to Li Qiao, but it was different for Li Qiao to hold the ball.

Playing around, Li Qiao often took the ball alone, and the other 6 people surrounded Li Qiao to grab it, while Eugene watched the fun by himself.

This situation lasted for 10 minutes. The other 6 people quit and asked Li Qiao to quit. They only allowed Eugene to join. If Li Qiao didn't quit, then they would quit.

"Joe, let them go," Eugene whispered in Li Qiao's ear.

Li Qiao thought: "It's not fun to let it go, it's better to quit, but as a professional player, it's a bit too much to play like this."

So Li Qiao said: "Forget it, I'll go buy coffee for everyone."

Hearing what Li Qiao said, several of them were a little embarrassed. Looking at Li Qiao's back, someone suddenly remembered something and said, "That person seems to be the one from the Club World Cup."

　Today's two chapters will be more joyful, one year, let Diana and Li Qiao have a happy Christmas

　　
　
(End of this chapter)