America 1979

Chapter 75 New Goals for the New Season

Although there is no swimming pool in the backyard, the area is quite large, and with the living room, it is enough to accommodate the guests attending the school entrance banquet.

It is not far from the original old house, and the previous owner was a lawyer, with the blessing of buffs. Bill was very satisfied, but he resisted the urge to sign a sales contract with Pete's wife on the spot, and only said that he had to let his elders read it before making a decision. .

"Our funds are not sufficient, we may need to apply for a loan, you have to wait for a few days." Before inspecting the house and leaving, he left these words to Pete's wife.

In the evening, after the uncle and aunt got off work, the family went to look at the house again. The aunt thought it was a bit big and hated the high property tax.The uncle didn't speak the whole time, but the joy on his face couldn't stop overflowing.

The purchase of this house was settled in this way. The selling price offered by Pete's family was [-] US dollars, and Bill and the uncle bargained for [-] US dollars. In the end, they wrangled for a long time, and both sides performed a show of not buying and not selling. The drama, it was only sold for [-] US dollars.

Even if both my uncle and my aunt are working to earn money, the combined weekly wages are only 4000, working less than [-] weeks a year, and earning more than [-] US dollars a year.

So this house spent almost four years of net income of the two elders.Bill took out the previously promised 3 and the [-] for travel expenses, and borrowed [-] US dollars from the Wells Fargo branch, and successfully won the new house.

In the first half of July, the whole family was busy moving and arranging the new house, and Neo was the happiest among them. He occupied the third floor by himself. On the day when the new bed in the room was in place, Neo hit the bed halfway hours roll.

Most of the furniture was moved directly from the old house, and the sofa and Bill's bed were replaced with new ones.After evacuating the old house, the aunt who was worried about debts ran to hang the house on the owner's committee and real estate brokerage company, hoping to get back the blood.

In the second half of the month, Bill and his sister started to get busy with the school entrance banquet. Dorothy was in charge of arranging the food, and Bill and uncle discussed which guests to invite.

During the period, the second uncle lost his temper after learning about the move of his brother and nephews, thinking that they did not treat themselves as family members. Not only did they not discuss the matter of changing houses in advance, but they did not even give him a chance to contribute some money to help.

But after the uncle, who was in his 40s and almost 50 years old, coaxed his younger brother for a long time, the second uncle also joined the small circle discussing inviting guests.

There are more than 100 colleagues, relatives, and neighbors in the community of the elders of the three small families. The uncle has not forgotten his son Anthony, and there will be four or five guests from his side.

On July 26, a weekend day, Ferrari and the Conti family hosted Dorothy's school entrance banquet at their new home.

The three long tables for placing food are located in the backyard, and the seasonal fruits and Italian-style delicacies such as various pizzas and T-bone barbecues are piled up. The drinks are wine and lemonade, and the latter is used to entertain guests who cannot drink.

From ten o'clock in the morning, nearly 200 people attended the banquet. Even though the weather was so hot that they sweated after two steps, many elderly Italian immigrants wore full gray and black suits. Anthony and his The guests around even wore wide-brimmed hats.

"Your sister is actually so good."

Mr. Ryan made a trip in person and brought along five hundred dollars as part of the money. This moved the uncle and aunt a little bit, and the second uncle also felt that his nephew Anthony had found a good leader, and the job could still be done. .

The center of the banquet was of course the excellent Dorothy, but the smug uncle stayed by the niece's side all the time, stealing a lot of the limelight.

Bill also received special greetings from many people. Former colleagues from nightclubs such as Little Elephant Winter and Eddie Serrano also came to participate, and at the same time expressed their congratulations on Bill's success in playing basketball.

The old bartender took the money with him, which was also five hundred dollars. It seems that those who are doing well in gangsters are quite rich.

Bill's current girlfriend, Jenny Wright, drove to the banquet by herself. She didn't bring any money with her, but she got acquainted with people like her aunt and second aunt. At least she let Bill's family know that he had such a girlfriend.

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"The second uncle's family and the aunt's family each gave [-] dollars. Among the rest of the guests, Anthony's leader and the tavern owner Bill knew gave more. The manager of the uncle's shopping mall took [-] dollars. The second uncle The leader of the team also gave..."

At night, Dorothy and Neo count money on the table.

Among the nearly 200 people, only 40 to 150 people gave the members money, and the odds and ends added up to about [-] US dollars, which was more than enough to cover the expenses of food and drinks.

"The money will be left for Dorothy to go to college. Didn't you say that your dormitory application has not been approved? Use this money to rent a house after school starts."

Bill, who was lying on the big sofa, arranged this way. He gave the money to buy food and drinks before. Although my aunt also saved more than 200 dollars, it was not much use, as long as she was willing.

"Then I'll go over in two days to check the situation. I'm going to move in at the beginning of September, and I have to move things there." Dorothy said.

Bill shook his head, "You don't have to carry things by yourself. Many people who came today said they would send you to college. There were at least 20 people with us on the first day of school."

Even if it is not an Italian immigrant, the size of the family and friends of the freshman is not small.

After the ravages of the day, the backyard is still a mess. The long rented table and chairs have not been returned yet, but everyone is very tired. After a simple wash, Bill went to his room on the second floor to sleep.

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Time flies, and the summer vacation is coming to an end. One week before the start of school, Coach Murphy called the members of the Hamotun school team one by one to start the physical recovery training for the new season.

In the locker room of the school's comprehensive training hall, the ambitious coach began his lecture: "Last season, we played the best results ever, and the playoffs were one win and one loss. Three victories."

The capital of New York State is not New York City, but Albany in the central and eastern part of New York State. Because New York City is so important, the minor league playoff champion in the southern county is usually received by the governor, shakes hands with the players in turn, and is also seen by the TV station. Live broadcast.

"Is it our limit to enter the championship? Of course not, the championship is what we should think about..."

Before the season even started, coach Murphy set a high profile, and let the team aim for the minor league championship.This is also the meaning of the subsequent speeches of Robert and James.

"Brothers, let me also say a few words." After the coaches finished mobilizing, the new captain Charlie stood up in high spirits, "Last season, we didn't show our true strength, can't my pass break through? ?No!"

He is also the team's new No. [-] quarterback. The old captain Howard has already left after getting the college offer.

"Did Bill catch the ball to the limit? Not at all!"

"Couldn't Roald be able to break through the enemy's pocket five? Certainly not!"

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The new captain, Charlie, was obviously prepared. He pointed out the strengths and weaknesses of the starting players one by one, and while motivating his teammates, he also summarized the weaknesses and shortcomings.

"If we don't play with all our energy, if we don't show the world what we are capable of this season, then we're a failure...we're going for the goal, and any of our fans would love to see that...the stadium The real respect is the respect earned on the Internet, let the friendship come first and the competition second, go to hell!"

Charlie's speech was very powerful, and even Bill, an old fritter, felt encouraged. He was clapping his hands and praising the captain's speech, but suddenly he listened to his own speech.

"Next, let our Bill say something to the brothers!"

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