King Of Sports

In 2010, ¥ [1] 100,000 was the equivalent of $14,000, it wasn't too huge a sum, but it definitely wasn't a small amount of money. You must know that in the entire archery team, the highest paid was Ning Ze, who received only $4,000 a month.

Tang Yan who had just earned his first bucket of gold was currently on the train heading home.

Since he was selected into the city archery team, he hadn't returned home for more than four months, which was the longest time he had left home in this life.

Although the soul in this body was no longer the ignorant 18-year-old boy, he still felt slightly homesick.

When he returned to the little house, he couldn't control his excitement.

Unlocking the door and heading in, he shouted with some excitement: "Mom! I am back!"

His mother seeing him had an ecstatic look on her face, dropping his bags he went up and gave her a firm hug.

"You must be tired, come, soak and clean your feet I've heated some water." After they separated his mother forced him to sit down, and went and grabbed a wash basin and kettle.

"Mom, I can do it myself, I'm not a child." Tang Yan chuckled and immediately reached for the kettle and foot-bath.

"Hahaha I know that you are a big star now, but you will always be my baby!" she said pushing away his hand and put the foot-bath directly under his feet.

Hearing his mother, he suddenly trembled in his heart. This sentence was very ordinary, but thinking of how much his mother had suffered in his past life he almost couldn't control his emotions. He said with a somber tone: "Yeah, I will always been your son. "

His mother looked up puzzled to see his mood shift, patting his knee she got up and said with a laugh, "But your right anyway, I'm too old for this hahaha so hurry up and wash your feet!"

After that, his mom went directly into her room.

Tang Yan smiled and shook his head, then began to take off his shoes and wash his feet.

After washing his feet, he saw that his mother hadn't come back yet. When he walked upstairs, he found his mother walking around all dressed up, he couldn't help but stumble.

When his mother was young, she was considered a beauty but after years of stress and hard labor because of their family conditions, her youthful vitality and charm had been worn away, he had rarely seen her all dressed up.

His mother saw him and said: "The Deputy Party Secretary called and he's coming to see you personally! Help me put on this necklace please and then go and get ready "

As a gold medalist of the Youth Olympic Games, it was a big thing for his county.

Helping place the necklace around her neck he suddenly remembered something and asked: "Right, wheres Dad."

"He didn't like the suit I bought for him yesterday, so he's gone to exchange it." His mother complained.

It seemed that his father and mother really valued this visit, after he finished he went to change.

After a while, his father was back.

Although his clothes changed, his temper was still the same. When he saw Tang Yan, he nodded, then went to the sofa, sat down and picked up his cup to drink tea.

His mother had just finished adjusting her makeup, when she got a call from the secretary who called her yesterday, to alert her that the Deputy Secretary was on his way.

Sure enough, after a while, there was noise from outside.

When they opened the door, they found that their drive was already crowded.

At this time, Tang Yan looked back at his Dad and saw his face showed faint pride and excitement. He was visited by the Deputy Secretary, for their Tang family this was a great achievement.

The next process was as Tang Yan imagined. They shook hands and greeted each other, all the whilst reporters took photos. The scene was very formal and lively it naturally attracted a large number of observers. Their neighbors came out to watch.

The group then went into the living room.

"The performance of Tang Yan at the Youth Olympics was the pride of our Chun'an County. Your have cultivated a great talent for China. The government is very grateful to you. In addition to formal congratulations, the county has also decided to give you a substantial reward, Xiao Liu."

Deputy Zhang called for his secretary.

The secretary, Xiao Liu, immediately said: "This is the case. Considering your real needs, the county has prepared two options for you, so that you can choose one. One is a house on Xin'an Street with a market price of about ¥ 200,000 2 or the other is a cash reward of ¥ 200,000 3 ."

"You don't have to have any psychological burdens. This is a reward for those who the government deems as bright and talented." Deputy Zhang said.

His Mom and Dad looked at each other and then looked at Tang Yan.

"Secretary Zhang, can we have a second to discuss things?" Tang Yan said.

"I think it's better to take the cash. The place on Xin'an Street is too far. We are getting older, it's inconvenient to walk to the market." His mother said.

His father nodded and agreed.

"It is better to take the cash to the bank and be practical."

"Mom, let's choose the house. This time, the Archery Association gave me a prize of ¥100,000  4 . The bank interest won't be much. Plus this house is too old, it's time to upgrade. Plus, as for food shopping, isn't there a vegetable dealer and a few stores on Xiyuan Road?" Tang Yan said with a smile,

He couldn't tell his parents that house prices would skyrocket, but he couldn't really let them make the wrong choice.

[1]: Symbol for yuan

$28,000

$28,000

$14,000