American winner takes all

Chapter 9 Expired Milk
In 1994, the median annual household income in the United States was $51000.

In 1994, the average tuition fee for the top 30 universities in the United States was US$2. Taking into account miscellaneous fees, books, room and board, and other expenses, the comprehensive cost would exceed US$4 per year.

If Catherine wants to go to college, ideally she would get a full scholarship, or she could only try to apply for a Pell grant, supplemented by federal student loans, and rely on private lenders to make up for the extra money.

Or, you can only go to a public university in the state with cheap tuition.

The upper limit of women's volleyball is obviously lower than that of rugby. It will not be easy for Catherine to get a full scholarship through this.

If there is a choice, Ethan does not want Catherine to apply for a student loan. This year is the peak of the interest rate increase cycle. The average mortgage interest rate is 8.38%, and the average student loan interest rate is also 7.81%. In order to go to college, it may be necessary to repay a total of 40- $50 in debt (25-year term).

"When the time comes, Mia and I will work together and try our best to let you go to college without taking out a loan." Ethan said suddenly.

Seeing Ethan's serious look, Catherine burst out laughing: "Do you really think you can pay for college by selling some medicine? You should keep it for yourself as pocket money, and not just me, but yourself as well. . I also have to think of a way to make money immediately."

"Guess where I got the money for paying the bill just now?" Ethan recalled her behavior of paying the bill, and suddenly felt a slight tremor in his heart.

He quickly grabbed Catherine's shoulders: "Promise me you will never go astray!"

This is probably the last thing Ethan wants to see.

Catherine was stunned for a moment, then explained with a smile:
"What are you thinking? When I was packing my luggage, I brought out some of your dad's collection of vinyl records, including some out-of-print jazz items from the 60s. One piece can be sold for nearly 200 US dollars. All in all. It’s almost three thousand dollars.”

Ethan breathed a sigh of relief.

"Are you worried about me? At last, my love for you is not in vain." Catherine came closer.

"Not just you, but also Mia and William. We have to get over this hurdle and everything will be fine." Ethan said.

"Of course, but these are not what you should think about. You just need to study hard and play well. The rest will be left to us. You will compete next week. I will take you to Century City on the weekend to buy a pair. Professional rugby shoes." Catherine put her hand on Ethan's shoulder.

"I've been training all afternoon today. I'm so tired. Can you lend me a shoulder?"

"Would you like to carry you back?" Ethan suddenly suggested.

Catherine patted Ethan on the head.

"I'm too heavy, so I won't crush you." Catherine turned her head to the other side, unable to see her expression.

Compared to girls of the same age, Catherine is indeed heavier, but this is mostly due to her height and playing sports.Not only is there no fat on her belly, but there are looming abdominal muscles.

She is a full 25 centimeters taller than the average American woman, taller than fashion models, and ahead of many boys, only slightly shorter than Ethan.

It is precisely because of this height that most boys are put off.In addition, the two dazzling presences of Sarah Gellar and Jennifer Hewitt have caused her discussion to be much lower.

"Go to bed early, I'll wake you up tomorrow morning." Catherine said as we parted in the motel corridor.

Ethan turned around and heard the sound of Catherine opening the door, Mia's question to Catherine, and the sound of the clattering mechanical typewriter.

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Early the next morning, when Ethan was still asleep, the quilt was lifted.

"F**k you!" Catherine quickly turned around, and then threw the pants hanging on the back of the chair on Ethan's head.

"Surprise!" Ethan dodged the flying pants.

I thought it was time to learn how to knock on the door.

Catherine had already walked out of the room.

Since they got up early, the two of them had breakfast in Ethan's room without any hurry, which was the leftover steak from yesterday. Catherine also fried two extra eggs and opened a large carton of milk.

Ethan tried to take a sip and found that the taste was not right. He checked the production date and found that it had expired by one day.

"It's only been a day. The milk that is due is cheaper. Except for the taste, it still has nutritional value." Catherine held her chin with her hands and looked at Ethan like this.

She is one of those "provider-type personalities" who gets an extra sense of satisfaction when seeing others being cared for by her.

Speaking of which, after such women get married, they often become virtuous wives...

In addition, Catherine is also good at cooking. After some processing by her, Ethan felt that it tasted even better than last night.There were a lot of people on the bus today, and passengers were jostling one after another. Ethan naturally stood behind Catherine, grabbing the railing with his arms and "wrapping" her up.

After arriving on campus and saying goodbye to Catherine, Ethan went to his locker to check today's class schedule.

"Look, it's him."

"Yes, it was published in the school newspaper."

"New football team member!"

Ethan turned his head and found that two girls next to him were looking at him and talking in low voices.

Noticing the look in Ethan's eyes, the two of them looked a little embarrassed, and then put on a smile at Ethan.

"Hello, my name is Naomi." The girl with straight blond hair greeted Ethan very generously.

"What class are you going to take later? I remember I saw you in Spanish class?" The girl next to her with short black hair and a mixed-race complexion asked.

"Yes, it's Spanish class, so we are classmates." Ethan looked at their short skirts.

"How's your Spanish score?" Ethan suddenly asked.

The most difficult thing for him now is the difficult-to-pronounce Spanish class. He has no foundation in this language at all.

"Amy's mother is from Venezuela, and Spanish is her native language." Naomi introduced with a smile.

"What a coincidence, the three of us can sit together later, isn't it?" Ethan nodded.

The two girls looked at each other and answered in unison: "Who says it's not?"

"Por favor, pase el libro de texto a la página 105, hoy vamos a aprender el tiempo en espaol." The old Spanish teacher passed by Ethan.

The girls on Ethan's left and right couldn't help but look at Ethan, looking at his exquisite facial features, heroic eyebrows, jewel-like eyes, and broad chest, and couldn't help but feel elated.

This is one of the benefits of football players. These girls in the school will always focus on these people, and the gossip they usually talk about is often only related to the athletes in the school.

In addition, Ethan's appearance is extremely advantageous, and this extra attention may turn into... love.

And when get out of class was over, Ethan asked the two of them some key points that they had not understood just now, and of course the two of them would happily agree.

Ethan believes that with the selfless help of his two female classmates, his Spanish scores will improve rapidly.

At noon, the three of them got together for lunch again. The lunch time in high school was only half an hour, so there was almost no extra free time. All students ate were simple foods.

Compared with the love bento with staple food and side dishes prepared by the mothers of Asian students, white students eat much more casually.

Ethan had two bacon sandwiches prepared by Catherine. Naomi ate a box of Japanese sushi. Amy even only ate some cut fruits for lunch, and they were fruits with almost no sugar, such as kiwi, dragon fruit and cherry tomatoes. .

This group of high school girls began to pay attention to their figures at this time. They listened to the two chatting and went running together in the evening.

"Will you also exercise at night? We can do it together." Naomi took the initiative to invite Ethan.

"I..." Ethan actually wanted to go to their room to study Spanish at night, and was thinking about how to answer.

I felt a sharp pain in my abdomen, as if my stomach had been twisted into a ball by an invisible hand.

Seeing that Ethan didn't answer, he even frowned slightly.

"Ethan doesn't like the two of us. He likes big stars." Amy suddenly said sadly when she saw this.

She remembered that the introduction of Ethan in "Highlights" specifically mentioned that Ethan's sweetheart was none other than Sarah Gellar in the cheerleading team.

Things are not what you think!
But it's too late to explain now.

"Wait a minute, ladies, please give me some time." Ethan stood up stiffly and looked for a bathroom on campus.

(End of this chapter)