"surprise!"
Whoops, along with the crackling sound of paper fireworks, the deafening cheers burst out. At the same time, the bright lights lit up instantly, detonating the entire three-dimensional sense of touch from hearing to vision, so that it produced a It felt like the whole bar was shaking.
Without warning, Lu Ke was really startled and stared blankly at the scene in front of him.
The bar has been decorated as a party scene, with colorful sequins and colorful balloons filling the entire space. You can even see big and small photos of Lu Ke placed on different greeting cards; rainbow-colored circles The paper-cuts are hung upside down in layers, a unique Chilean festival decoration, with a huge pinata hanging in the center.
Piñata is a celebration that originated in China to celebrate the Spring Festival. The earliest piñatas were seeds and small fruits wrapped in paper.
Marco Polo learned this custom during his travels in China, and then brought it to Italy, France and Spain, and gradually became a special custom in Europe; after the Spanish conquered Mexico, This custom was brought to the South American continent, and later evolved into one of the symbols of sin in Catholic culture. They used earthen jars or porcelain to fill seeds, and after crushing them, it symbolized breaking "sin".
Nowadays, piñatas are more widely popular in Mexico and the United States. They carry the meaning of blessing and celebration, especially for birthday parties. They are wrapped in paper of different colors into various shapes and filled with candies and Chocolate, and then hitting it with a baseball bat or a hockey stick to break the whole piñata, represents the break from bad luck and disaster, while the sprinkled candies and chocolate represent happiness and luck.
But, more often than not, I still show up at children’s birthday parties. Especially children under ten years old.
Now, a golden pinata in the shape of a Super Bowl trophy hangs in the center of the bar, looking like it could be a kid's 10th-year-old party.
what happened? What's going on?
From the scene of the quarrel to the scene of the party, the huge gap created more question marks. Now Lu Ke only felt that his forehead was filled with question marks, with no answers at all. In the end, he could only stand there blankly, keeping silent. In a state of surprise with his mouth slightly open, he stared at the dazzling scene in front of him, as if it were an enlarged version of a kaleidoscope.
In sight, bustling crowds emerged from every corner, holding paper fireworks and singing loudly, "Happy birthday to you, happy birthday to you, dear Bambi, happy birthday to you!"
It was a simple happy birthday song, but it was tone-deaf, uneven, and even out of tune. This immediately resolved the sense of surprise. It really made people laugh. Lu Ke couldn't hold it back for a moment, and then he burst into laughter. The ground burst into laughter.
Don't talk about Lu Ke, even the players themselves laughed heartily, pointed at each other, refused to take the blame, and couldn't wait to show their innocence with complaints: You are out of tune, it is obviously you who are out of tune, your whole family is out of tune!
The atmosphere in the entire bar became lively and noisy.
Amidst the commotion, Jonathan Baldwin came out pushing a trolley. It was a two-layer cake. The red and gold colors representing the San Francisco 49ers formed the main body of the cake. Two number candles were inserted on the top, "2 ” and “3”.
As a representative, Baldwin said with a smile, "November 11th, today is your birthday. We all know that this year is not your 21st birthday, and this is not the most important birthday; we also all know that last year We missed your birthday..."
"But..." Lu Ke tried to speak.
In fact, the team does not have the habit of celebrating birthdays collectively. First of all, the roster of fifty-three players, plus the training team and the injury list, will be a very, very long list. Birthdays must be celebrated every three to five. , This is a fatal interference in the daily rhythm of preparing for games; secondly, professional teams are more like work colleagues than friends, and Americans who always respect other people's privacy rarely celebrate the birthdays of colleagues.
Therefore, after joining the team for so long, the team has never celebrated a player's birthday collectively - private gatherings with friends are another matter.
But Lu Ke's defense was interrupted by Baldwin, "This year is special because we have a perfect season, because we are now firmly united, because your training weight is really too heavy, and now everyone is I thought you were destined to remain single, so I held a birthday party just for you, hoping to celebrate your early departure from singlehood."
single? November 11th?
Lu Ke opened his mouth again and tried to respond, but Baldwin still didn't give him a chance. He raised his hand to stop him and continued, "Don't be anxious. After I finish speaking, you can respond slowly. Our focus is not yet there. Come on!"
Baldwin looked around, and other teammates around him began to applaud in support, "The point is...since last season, every week, no matter how busy or urgent, you have specially arranged an offensive line tactical meeting, even for us Study the tactical manual carefully and give each offensive line player a projector..."
In an instant, everyone started whistling and booing, and the scene immediately became chaotic, noisy, and lively.
Lu Ke also laughed dumbly.
Baldwin himself was also smiling, and he raised his voice and continued, "The entire league has seen the great progress of our offensive line this season, but no one has seen that behind it, you continue to work hard and persevere. Thank you, Bambi, Not only because you lead us to victory, but also because you lead the entire offensive line to money - when we renew or transfer, the salary should increase a lot."
The whole audience burst into laughter again, with endless boos, whistles, and cheers. There were only a dozen or so people, but they gave the appearance of fifty or sixty people.
"So...so!" Baldwin had to raise his voice again, finding space to continue speaking in the noise, "To express our gratitude, we held this surprise party today." Then, Baldwin looked around, With a glance, everyone shouted in unison, "Happy birthday!"
All the streamers, gold paper, and spray snowflakes started falling.
Quietly bathing in the festive atmosphere, Lu Ke also laughed happily. At this moment, the real feeling slowly surged up, and the warm happiness and sweet beauty spread on the tip of his tongue. Come. Today, he is the luckiest man in the world.
One after another, everyone became quiet again, and all eyes were focused on Lu Ke.
All the complicated thoughts in Lu Ke's mind settled down, and his first reaction was, "So, Crab and Anton didn't fight?"
The collective roar of laughter.
Anthony took the initiative to stand up and said, "No. In fact, Crab left early today, and we just borrowed Crab's name. By the way, it's best not to tell Crab about this. I think he shouldn't know about it if he knows it." Will be happy."
Lu Ke himself chuckled.
Obviously they all know that Crabtree's recent unstable state is like an unstable powder keg. He is always in a state of possible explosion during training games and games-this afternoon's game again against the Rams The cornerbacks got into a verbal altercation. This was obviously the best excuse to create a surprise party, and even Lu Ke, who was very accustomed to pranks, fell for it.
No matter what, there is no conflict, which is a good thing. Lu Ke couldn't help but let out a sigh of relief, "...Jonathan just said that this is a party for the offensive linemen?"
Everyone nodded.
Only then did Lu Ke have time to carefully look at the party members in front of him: Joe Stanley, Anthony Davis, Alex Boone, these are the main players; Leonard- Davis), Daniel Kilgore, Joe Looney, these are substitute players.
Finally, coupled with Jonathan Goodwin and Mike Rupatti who sneaked into the shadows to join his teammates, the entire offensive line group of nine players was present without missing a single one; and, there was no one else at all. Division players, wide receivers, tight ends and other members of the offensive staff were also not present.
It's an offensive lineman's party.
The relationship between the offensive line and the quarterback is very special, even unique, to the sport of football.
Although it is said that the wide receiver is the target of the quarterback's delivery of shells, the lack of connection from the wide receiver is equivalent to cutting off the limbs of the quarterback. There is no way to complete the touchdown by relying on the quarterback alone; but in fact , among the entire team, the quarterback's closest partner is the offensive lineman.
Because the offensive line is like the patron saint of the quarterback, strictly guarding the quarterback's door. An excellent offensive line, they can bear all the collisions of the quarterback, intercept all those solid collisions like a dam, and try their best to give the quarterback a clean pocket.
No matter how well the offensive line performs, they carry the majority of the snaps and hits instead of the quarterback. In fact, the life span of an offensive lineman is relatively short. In just three to five years, physical exertion will cause a lot of injuries, and he will eventually have to leave the game.
Patronus, this description is definitely not an exaggeration.
It is no exaggeration to say that the relationship between the quarterback and the offensive line is life and death. This friendship is irreplaceable throughout a long career.
The same is true for Lu Ke.
At this time, Rupati showed a simple and honest smile to Lu Ke. The neat and white teeth were more dazzling against the dark brown skin. She was a little shy and embarrassed, and seemed to be suffering from the "lie" just now. Apologizes.
Uncontrollably, a smile crept onto the corners of Lu Ke's lips.
