The sports team receives a large food subsidy every year, so the canteen is not only high-quality and low-priced, but also provides abundant food. Sometimes it's almost like the chef serving the dish, and you can get an extra spoonful of the dish.
Originally, the restaurant of the Sports Workers Brigade was completely free, with limited meat dishes and unlimited vegetarian dishes and unlimited rice. Later, in order to eliminate waste, it was changed to a fee, but the price of the dishes was very low, only one-fifth of those outside. In addition, athletes and coaches will receive monthly meal subsidies, which are paid directly to their meal cards, basically without spending any money. So even those coaches who have families will have dinner in the cafeteria before going home.
Jiang Aiguo and Li Dai faced each other at the same table. When the other coaches of the weightlifting team saw this scene, they secretly exclaimed in surprise.
"Did I read that correctly? The new guy Li actually had dinner with Jiang Aiguo?"
"This Dai Li is a bit evil. In just one day, he was able to get along with Jiang Aiguo. You must know that Jiang Aiguo is famous for being stinky, hard-tempered, and bad-tempered."
"I heard that this Li Dai offended Ma Guangyi, so he was arranged to partner with Jiang Aiguo. Ma Guangyi probably wanted to use Jiang Aiguo's bad temper to improve Li Dai. It seems that this trick has no effect."
Several weightlifting team coaches were talking quietly in the distance, but Li Dai took the initiative to chat with Jiang Aiguo.
"Brother Jiang, when I was massaging you, I found that your muscles were stiff and tight. This should be a sign of muscle overload. When you usually train, you should feel... um, a little uncomfortable, right?" Dai Li said asked.
"Uncomfortable? Haha, just say you feel muscle pain." Jiang Aiguo was very direct. He didn't hide anything: "I know that my current physical condition is very bad."
Jiang Aiguo stopped using his chopsticks as he spoke. The sadness in his eyes flashed past. He calmed down and continued, "I went to see a doctor last year. The doctor told me that because of years of uninterrupted training, I Your body has not been rested and is actually in a state of muscle overload. If you continue to engage in such high-intensity training, you will most likely be injured."
"What treatment does the doctor say?" Li Dai asked.
"The first method is to reduce the amount of training so that the muscles can slowly repair themselves; the second method is to suspend training and rest for three months to let the body relax." Jiang Aiguo said.
"You didn't listen to the doctor, right?" Dai Li continued to ask.
"Yes, it is impossible for me to reduce the amount of training, let alone take a three-month break. The competition in the weightlifting team is so fierce, and I am already this age. Once I take a break, there will be no place for me here. So whether it is to reduce Training, or taking three months' rest is equivalent to asking me to retire. But I can't retire yet!" Jiang Aiguo's eyes were extremely firm.
When a weightlifter reaches the age of 32, it is indeed time to retire. Li Dai feels that there is nothing wrong with Jiang Aiguo retiring now. But Li Dai also discovered that Jiang Aiguo used the word "can't" instead of "don't want to", which showed that Jiang Aiguo had a reason not to retire.
Just listen to Jiang Aiguo continue to say: "This year is my 14th year as an athlete, and next year will be my 15th year. According to the regulations of our Provincial Sports Bureau, athletes who have served for 15 consecutive years will receive more retirement benefits when they retire." Compensation. As long as I can survive next year, I can get tens of thousands more in retirement pay."
"Is it for money? But you should know that your current body may be injured at any time. In order to earn these tens of thousands more dollars, you may spend the rest of your life in endless pain, or even be disabled or paralyzed. Is it worth it?" Dai Li's tone became stern.
"Of course it's worth it!" Jiang Aiguo smiled, but in Li Dai's view, this smile contained more than a kind of helplessness, or helplessness!
Jiang Aiguo took out his wallet from his pocket, pulled out a photo and handed it to Dai Li. There are three people in the photo, Jiang Aiguo, a woman and a little girl who looks to be only over one year old. This is a family photo of Jiang Aiguo.
"Are these my sister-in-law and niece?" Li Dai asked.
"Yes, my wife, and my daughter." When Jiang Aiguo mentioned his daughter, a glimmer of hope could not be suppressed in his eyes. He only heard him say: "My daughter has a hard life. She was born with incomplete congenital type 2 I had a unilateral cleft lip, and I had a repair surgery three months ago.”
Dai Li looked at the photo and said, "She seems to be recovering well."
"The recovery is going very well, but this is just the first surgery. Treatment of cleft lip and palate requires many surgeries. My daughter will need another repair surgery before she is 5 years old; when she is 11 years old, the new teeth are almost there. I had to have a third revision surgery; I had to have the last plastic surgery when I was 18 years old. The next few times cost more each time, especially the last plastic surgery. It would cost ten dollars to do it well. Tens of thousands. As athletes, we have no other abilities and can’t save much money in our lifetime, so we count on this little severance pay after retirement.”
Jiang Aiguo said with a long sigh: "If my family is a boy, I can do any surgery as long as I can keep my mouth shut. But my family is a girl, and I have to find a good husband for her in the future, so plastic surgery and repair surgery cannot be done." It’s not the slightest bit sloppy. I have to let my daughter get married beautifully!"
"That's why you insist on this kind of high-intensity training every day, hoping to last until 15 years, get more retirement compensation, and treat your daughter's illness?" Li Dai asked.
Jiang Aiguo nodded: "Actually, after training every day, the pain caused by muscle overload is unbearable. Many times I lie in bed and the pain is too painful to get up. But thinking about my daughter, I still insist on It's down. During training this year, I already felt a lot of pain in my right arm and shoulder. Fortunately, you massaged me twice, otherwise I wouldn't be able to lift my chopsticks when eating."
Dai Li looked at Jiang Aiguo and couldn't help but feel a sense of respect in his heart. A father, in order to raise money for his daughter's surgery, was willing to endure pain every day and perform high-intensity training, and it was very likely to cause serious injuries. Apart from parents, who else can make this kind of selfless sacrifice
"I can't believe that Jiang Aiguo looks cold on the surface, not polite to others at all, and has a bad temper, but in reality he is such a great father. In any case, he deserves my respect. ." Li Dai took a deep breath, he had decided to do his best to help Jiang Aiguo.
"My relaxing massage can help Jiang Aiguo relax his muscles to the greatest extent. Even after he has undergone high-intensity training, the relaxing massage can quickly restore his muscles to their best condition, even if he suffers from delayed onset muscle soreness. It will happen, not to mention muscle overload. In this case, if Jiang Aiguo continues to maintain this kind of high-intensity training, he should not be injured. He said that he hopes to persist until 15 years before retiring."
Thinking of this, Dai Li said: "Brother Jiang, if you think my massage is okay, I will massage it for you every day from now on!"
"Thanks!"
Jiang Aiguo only said two words, but these two simple words made Li Dai feel Jiang Aiguo's sincere gratitude from the heart.