America 1979

Chapter 72
"Our big star is back!" cheered the aunt who was cooking dinner at home after seeing her nephew come home.

On the night of July [-]st, after finishing the summer camp, Bill returned to New York. The airport he landed at was JFK in Queens, that is, JFK International Airport. His uncle picked him up by car.

Bill, who put down his luggage bag, hugged and greeted the welcoming family members one by one.

"I've been exhausted from this journey. I have been doing the items required by the coach for six days..."

Facing the enthusiastic family, Bill described his experience.

"I'm tired enough. I drove back and forth for more than four hours. I've never driven such a long distance before." The uncle supported his waist and slowly swayed to the sofa and sat down.

Dinner is still mainly pasta, and the ingredients are much richer. It was ready before Bill and uncle arrived home, and they just waited for the two to come back to eat together.

"I'm curious, what did the summer camp give you." After finishing the work on the table, Dorothy asked her brother who was about to eat.

"Two verbal offers, and two envelopes with money."

Bill briefly summarized the gains of the trip.

The UCLA summer camp at UCLA is not much different from Stanford University, and even the timing of the travel expenses and verbal offer is the same, and it is on the second night.

What Mr. Ferrari didn't expect was that UCLA's travel expenses were also [-] US dollars, and the scholarship given by the verbal offer was also around [-] US dollars.

It seems that college teams have their own value measurement system, and the price that a high school student of Bill's level can sell is certain.

The uncle who rocked over from the sofa was pleasantly surprised, "Is there any money? How much did they give you?"

"Each university is two thousand dollars each, which is said to be my travel expenses, which is equivalent to reimbursement of expenses on the road."

Bill replied.

"Four thousand dollars? Do we have four thousand dollars now?" The uncle's excitement was transmitted from words to the family members at the dining table.

The aunt reminded angrily: "What are you thinking? This is the nutrition money given to Bill by the coaches for him to replenish his body."

Although she, like her husband, has never seen so much cash, she understands that the money belongs to her nephew and can only be spent on his nephew's business.

The uncle didn't care about his wife's reminder, "How many days will it take to spend four thousand dollars?"

He imagined a life of getting rich overnight.

After all were seated, the family prayed before the meal, and then began to eat.

During the meal, the conversation became less, and Bill took the initiative to bring up a topic while the family members were around.

"Uncle, aunt, and sister, should we change to a bigger one? Neo, you don't want to be woken up by me every weekend, do you?"

My aunt didn't answer, but said to Dorothy with a smile, "Your brother is so stupid, what kind of house can four thousand dollars buy?"

"Why do you want to change the house? Is it because it's uncomfortable to live here?" The uncle thought that his nephew went to stay in a hotel for a few days, and he didn't want to live in this small room at home.

"It's like this. We're going to hold a school entrance banquet for Dorothy soon." Bill considered his words and began to persuade the family, "We obviously don't have enough space here. When guests come, they don't even have a sofa. It's very impolite. You can't Let the guests stand! So I think we should change to a big house with a garden in the front and a swimming pool in the back. This is a large space, which is enough for banquets.”

"How can we have the money to change the house? My father and younger brother don't have any money, so they can't help much." My aunt didn't object to the house change, but only mentioned the lack of funds.

Dorothy expressed her objection in another way, "There will be two college students soon, I think our family should save money, the cost of changing the house is too high, and it will seriously affect the family within a few years or even ten years. Quality of life. Brother, forget about it!"

She felt that changing the house would make the already poor family conditions even worse.

Neo firmly supported his elder brother, "I think it's time to change to a bigger house. It doesn't matter whether my sleep is affected or not. The important thing is to make my sister's banquet more beautiful. Otherwise, our Conte family is so poor that we can't even afford this kind of house." everything..."

The uncle didn't say anything, and waited until the whole family had seen it before expressing his opinion, "Actually, I support Bill, but the family really has no money, so we can't go to the bank for a loan, right? According to our situation, we can't borrow much. Even in our case In the community, the price of a big house is over ten thousand, and the two of us can earn it without eating or drinking for at least two or three years."

To sum up, the three people who were opposed all felt that the funds were insufficient, and changing the house would affect their normal life.

After understanding this, Bill threw out his trump card: "As you all know, I have been operating futures for the past year. I worked hard for a year and made a lot of money. In the matter of changing houses, I can come up with a lot of money. Wan Er, plus the four thousand dollars, we will go to the bank to borrow some more money, which is almost enough."

Memory is blurred. Although Bill only pretended to be studying futures in front of his family in January this year, it was enough to disturb their memory, so Bill said that no one objected after he said he had operated futures for a year.

Improving the life of the family is a must. It is also important to increase the loan while changing the house. Bill will only have a student loan next year. This year, there is no big consumption or large loan. The tax season from January to April next year will be very uncomfortable.

My aunt hesitated, "Let's discuss it with our family members before making a decision!"

The family she talked about was larger, and it was estimated that people like grandpa and uncle would be pulled over to discuss this matter.

The uncle didn't speak, and Dorothy continued to persuade the elder brother: "Leave some money as a backup fund, brother! Changing the house will affect too much."

Bill understands that he still needs to convince his uncle that his security work is a bit low-end, which makes people look down on him. He will be very proud of his uncle by holding a grand entrance banquet while changing to a bigger house, and earn a lot of money in front of neighbors, relatives and colleagues. So little dignity.

"Uncle, think about those colleagues who look down on you on weekdays, neighbors and relatives who gossip about you not being able to manage your son or work well, you can make these people shut up by having a party in a big house with a swimming pool Open your mouth. Put Dorothy’s offer in front of their eyes. I’m afraid your male colleagues will be so jealous that they won’t be able to sleep in the future. Your female colleagues will pout after seeing our big house and Dorothy’s excellence. Rubbing my ass against the edge of the bed, regretting why I didn't recognize Masico Conte earlier as a..."

Before she finished speaking, Dorothy stood up and patted her elder brother across the dining table, "Don't talk nonsense, you can't make jokes about grown-ups."

The uncle continued to be silent, but Bill knew that he was moved, so he continued to persuade.

"Think about the second uncle and the others. Although they earn a little more than us, they don't have any money, and it's useless to ask them to discuss it. And the second uncle is a very stubborn person. If he knows that we are changing houses, he will definitely run away. To raise money. How can he get money? It’s nothing more than going to gangs to borrow usurious loans, but failing to pay them in a short time is tantamount to harming them.”

My aunt was persuaded, "Then let's not talk to them about it. Even if we want to buy it, we will buy it first and then ask them to come to the new home to celebrate."

The cash flow of low-level immigrants has always been very fragile, and my aunt did not want my brother's family to go bankrupt.

"Bill is right. Tomorrow is Wednesday and we have to go to work. You and your sister are going to find out if there is a big house for sale in our community."

Uncle finally agreed.

PS: Ask for a recommendation ticket and ask for a monthly ticket.

(End of this chapter)