Meiman plane trader

Chapter 6 Little Italy
On the streets of Chicago in the evening, Josie stood in a mess in the wind.

Only a few hours after returning home, the car he just bought was stolen.

This is something he has never experienced before.

Mainly in the safest country of Xia in his previous life, he had never encountered such a thing as a car being stolen, and even rarely heard of it.

But the United States is different. In New York alone, there will be more than 2022 car thefts from January to March 1...

This is the case in 2022. One can imagine how rampant car theft would be in the United States in the earlier 40s.

So Josie, who was defenseless after buying the car, was caught in a trick.

So what do you do if you find out your car has been stolen?
Call the police?

Josie looked at the patrolman on the side of the road in the distance and shook his head.

Stop making trouble, the car theft cases in the United States, even after 60 years, the detection rate is not high, let alone this era?

Moreover, the corruption of the American police in this era is very severe. They have no money and no power, so don't expect them to do anything.

Finally, there is a very important issue, that is, the car that Josie bought at noon had not had time to register at all...

So no matter how upset Josie was, she could only be unlucky.

If you don't have a car, let's walk!

Originally, Josie wanted to drive to see what "fun" places were in Chicago at night, but now he could only eat something nearby and go back to sleep.

Without a car, Josie would never wander around at night in America in this era, not even with a gun.

Soon, it was the next day.

Packed up, went out again, did not walk, but booked a taxi in advance, and then came to yesterday's grocery store again.

After entering the door, I found that it was not the old Hawk standing behind the counter, but a young girl in her twenties.

"Good morning, what do you need?" Seeing Josie coming in, the young girl asked enthusiastically.

"Is old Hawk not here?" Josie didn't say what he meant, but asked instead.

After all, Old Hawke is the owner of the store, and the girl in front of him cannot be the owner of such things as collecting gold.

"Are you looking for my grandfather? Wait a minute, he's working in the back, I'll call him." The girl didn't care about Josie's attitude, she turned around and entered the store. She is the granddaughter of Old Hawke, who often Come to help, she is not uncommon to see mysterious guests like Josie, and she has long been familiar with them.

Soon old Hawke came out, and he was very surprised to see Josie again.

"Young man again, or gold?"

"Yes, the price here is quite reasonable, so I decided to exchange some more, but I don't know if you can eat it." Josie nodded and said.

"Hehe, young man, I know what you are worried about, but don't underestimate Old Hawke. This store has been here for dozens of years. Although it looks small, there are many valuable things here. Look Have you arrived? Although they are all second-hand goods, the little gold you exchanged yesterday is not enough to exchange for any watch in this cabinet." Old Hawke said with a smile, pointing to a watch cabinet beside him.

Old Hawk didn't say anything, Josie really didn't pay attention, but after looking at the watch cabinet carefully, he knew that what Old Hawk said was true.

There are not many watches in the watch cabinet, only seven or eight pieces, but each piece is well preserved.

Although he didn't know much about watches, after all, he couldn't afford high-end watches in his previous life, but it didn't prevent him from getting to know the brands of these watches.

Patek Philippe, Rolex, Breguet... Although it is the 40s, the value of these famous watches is now at least thousands of dollars-of course, the premise is that these are genuine.

But even if only half of it was true, it would be worth more than the gold Josie held.

Regarding this, Josie can only sigh in her heart that she has no experience.

"120 ounces, the purity should be about the same!" Now that Old Hawk was so confident, Josie no longer hesitated, just like yesterday, he took out a small pocket and put it on the counter.

12 gold nuggets, with a total weight of more than 3.4 kilograms, sounds like a lot.

But in terms of volume, it's really not much, after all, the quality of gold is there.

A 10-ounce gold nugget is no bigger than a Snickers bar.

So although Josie was taken out of the system, it did not arouse suspicion.

"The things are good. I want them all. How about yesterday's price?" Picking up a gold nugget and weighing it, Old Hawke said with a smile.

"Yes!" The price given by the other party is indeed more reasonable, and Josie naturally has no objections.

Soon, the 120 ounces of gold were exchanged for [-] US dollars.

After getting the money, Josie couldn't help feeling a little emotional.

Putting a thick stack of banknotes into his pocket—actually, they were put directly into the system warehouse, Josie said goodbye to Old Hawk, and walked out of the grocery store.

After turning two street corners, I made sure that no one was paying attention and following me, and then I wanted to call a taxi, and I was going to go to the dealership to buy a car.

After all, as the third largest city in the United States, Chicago has a large area.

Public transportation in the United States is terrible, and it is still very inconvenient without a car.

As for the matter of stealing the car, Josie has also thought about it. When parking, he looks for a place where there is no one, and then puts it directly into the system warehouse. How can it still be lost?

It's just that taxis are not so easy to call. He was lucky yesterday and waited for a taxi, but today he waited for more than ten minutes, but he still didn't get an empty taxi.

But just as he was waiting impatiently, a Ford car sped past him.

Although the appearance of cars in this era is similar, Josie still recognized the one he just drove past at a glance, the one he just bought yesterday and was stolen.

Because there was a very obvious scratch on the rear of this car when I bought it, which is exactly the same as the one in front of me.

Immediately, his brain became hot, and he chased after him.

Although the speed of cars in this era has long exceeded 35 yards, because it is in an urban area, and Roosevelt ordered a ban on high-speed driving during the war, even the highway, the maximum speed cannot exceed [-] miles per hour.

So the opponent's speed is not fast, that is, in the early twenty yards.

Due to his youth, Josie held his breath and did not lose track of her in a short time.

But as the car turned a corner ahead, Josie stopped.

Because the front is not a good place, but Little Italy, which has already arrived in the immigrant area, and Chinatown is two streets away.

But unfortunately, unlike Little Italy and Chinatown in major cities in the United States in later generations, which are famous tourist destinations and bustling markets, Little Italy and Chinatown in this era are still synonymous with slums. How much better is the neighborhood.

In Yuanben's memory, his parents also repeatedly warned him not to get close to Little Italy and Chinatown.

So now Josie is quite hesitant.

(End of this chapter)