Chapter 39 The way home
"Gentlemen, can you go home and hug again? How about helping to unload the cargo? The affirmative movement taught us equality between men and women, instead of letting men be lazy when women are working." Melonie stood on the deck and interrupted They met two people who were immersed in the relationship between father and son.
Seeing his son gently breaking away from his embrace, Colin Hawke looked at Melonie dissatisfied: "Melonie, you haven't been able to get married for so long, you should seriously reflect on whether you are annoying, at least your sister Never interrupt a conversation between men."
Melonie gave Colin Hawke a blank look, and then continued to devote herself to her busy work: "Thank you for reminding, Colin, when I get the letter of appointment from Sinclair Elementary School, I will go to the blind date show and see Is it like you said, you can't get married?"
"There are people on your ship who have gone to college? How is it possible? This is more shocking than you not going to Canada to sell goods." Tommy recovered from the emotion just now and asked his father.
"Carol?" At this moment, a man wearing thin casual clothes and a tattered overcoat with his arms folded came out of the cabin of the KKS, looked at Tommy Hawke with a face full of surprise, and then borrowed Walking a few steps quickly under the light, blurted out after making sure to see Tommy's face clearly.
But then those eyes turned to Melonie who was unloading: "And your Aunt Beatrix who is doing the striptease?"
Hearing the words striptease, all the busy men, even the Italian old man who was at least sixty years old, stopped their movements and looked at Melonie following the man's gaze.
"I don't know if you can get married or not. The only thing I can be sure of now is that the people on this boat will definitely be interested in watching your dating show, Melonie Beatrice." Colin Hawk saw In response to everyone's reaction, they whistled and opened their mouths to stab Melonie, who had already died on the spot.
"Mr. Kendrick?" Tommy Hawke looked like he saw a ghost: "Why did you appear on this ship?"
"It's a long story, Carlo..." Seeing Tommy, Will Kendrick showed an embarrassed smile: "I thought..."
"Let me introduce the situation, son, do you know Will? That's right, this guy is the guy I mentioned just now who went to college and advised me to make a wise choice. He said he was an engineer." Colin Hawke Hearing Tommy Hawke's words, he interrupted Will and introduced himself:
"We happened to encounter some small problems with the cooler when we were overhauling the ship's engine before we set off. We were about to buy a few more barrels of coolant to prevent accidents when it was sailing. Then this guy appeared on the pier and came over and asked us if he knew the card. Luo Leon and a lady named Beatrice, they are his only two friends in Warwick, he is a little bored today, so he came to Warwick for a while, hoping to find them to go out with them to barbecue or go fishing, I told him , I know everything about Warwick, of course I know who those two people are, if he wants me to tell him, then he will buy two barrels of coolant and send it to us as a consulting fee, this guy came over and took a look at the cooler, and said no The coolant needs to be replaced, he knows how to repair, and when he helped us repair, he boasted that he could save the company a lot of unnecessary expenses every year. Rocco was also full of praise for his repair skills, so for the sake of insurance for this voyage, In order to save some repair costs, we decided to take him for a ride in the sea, and told him that as long as we went out to sea with us, we would take him to see Carlo Leon and Beatrice when we came back, and then this bored guy thought we were just going to sea Fishing, I simply agreed."
"Father, are you suspected of cheating and abducting... an adult male?" Tommy covered his forehead and said to his father in a low voice.
Colin Hawke glanced at Will Kendrick, who was staring at Melonie, and said to his son: "No, maybe it was a deception just now, after all, this drive is indeed a bit long, and we refused I accepted his request to go back to his company’s processing ship to rest while the fishing boat was loading, but now it seems that my previous behavior of preventing him from returning to the processing ship was a performance of fulfilling the promise, although I did not expect him to keep talking about it. Carlo Leone and Beatrice are you and Melonie."
While speaking, he said to Will Kendrick who was passing by, "Are you satisfied, Mr. Will?"
"Except for the long drive, of course, of course I am satisfied, you can do what you say, Mr. Hawk, there are not many people in this society who have the character of honesty and trustworthiness, but next time if the drive time is too long, please advance Make it clear so I can pack myself some warm clothes, I always subconsciously think of every sea as Miami, and hey Carlo, wait until I say hello to your Aunt Beatrix." Will- Kendrick had already walked towards Melonie who hadn't recovered from the social death at this time, and when he heard Colin Hawke's question, he said without looking back.
Colin Hawk spread his hands and shrugged at Tommy. Tommy rolled his eyes speechlessly: "If you didn't meet me, what would you say to him?"
"Don't worry, I've already thought of the answer. I introduced Maureen's younger brother Carlo Morin and Mrs. Green's sixty-seven-year-old mother, Mrs. Beatrice Green." Colin Hawke said bluntly Come out with your original plan.
Tommy lowered his head and sighed: "I think I'd better go talk to Mr. Will and ask him to keep it secret for us."
"No need, look at the expression he looks at Melonie, don't talk about leaking secrets, maybe Melonie asks him to help sell these goods to Canada, he can agree without thinking, the first time I met you back then When he was a mother, he also showed the same expression as he is at the moment, like a dog in heat."
Tony came over from the Italian's boat at this time, and he was relieved to see the scene where Tommy and Dad had obviously eased up: "Well done Dad, you are not dominated by money like me, although I doubt you Why you made the right choice, but it doesn't matter anymore, just be right."
"Come here, the most loyal and reliable son in this family." Colin opened his arms, hugged the two sons one by one, looked at the vast sea, and said loudly: "Of course it was the right choice. There is no doubt that we all did the right thing. Choose, for each other, for the family."
"How many boxes of cigarettes are there on the boat?" Tommy asked while being held by his father, looking at the goods piled up on the boat.
"Three hundred boxes, Thomas a hundred boxes, I have a hundred boxes, and others have a joint venture of a hundred boxes." Colin Hawke said with a happy grin when talking about the quantity.
"Where did you get the money to buy a hundred boxes of goods?" Tommy asked incredulously: "Under normal circumstances, it would be difficult for you and Mr. Morin to raise money to buy a hundred glasses of cheap beer in a small bar."
Tony also said: "I am also curious about this question."
"Boys, I always want to leave some stories on the way back and tell you slowly." Colin Hawke let go of the two sons, turned around, put his fingers in his mouth, and whistled loudly, following the prestige. The group of old men who came shouted: "Guys! Help the guests load the ship and go home!"
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On the K.K.S. on the return journey, Mr. Morin took over from Tony to drive the boat. Tony was carrying the wine, and Tommy and Tommy were wearing thick coats, sitting side by side on the deck. The rising and fading night and stars.
Mr. Rocco-Waldman, Mr. Wilson, and Mr. Green are driving the D.T.F. to the left rear of the fishing boat.
Everyone else was resting in the cockpit with their eyes closed, including Mr. Will Kendrick, who was the most excited before, leaning against the cabin directly opposite Melonie, dozing off constantly. Ni was wrapped in a cotton-padded coat, biting an unfinished biscuit, leaning against the bulkhead and falling asleep without a trace.
Colin Hawk counted the banknotes in his hand, and after making sure they were correct, put them neatly into the backpack, then walked out of the cockpit, came to the deck, sat next to his two sons who were about to enjoy the sunrise on the sea, and handed the backpack to Give it to Tommy Hawke, then bowed his head and took out the cigarette, lit it on the fire and took a puff, and said with emotion: "It's all in it, the most money I've ever touched in my life, I counted it seven times, a total of 145,000 Well, those Canadian cigarette dealers are rich."
"Why leave it all to me?" Tommy Hawke opened his backpack in confusion and asked his father.
Colin Hawke imitated his two sons and put his hands behind his back: "When I counted these bills for the fourth time, Melonie told me that it is best to give these money to you to complete the tax payment. This is the first time I know that I bought a batch of cigarettes on the high seas and then sold them on another high seas. I have to pay taxes to the American government that has no sense of participation from the beginning to the end. Now I finally understand why the Soviet Union wants to attack the United States. Unfortunately, I am not strong The Soviet Union, otherwise those shameless people in the White House would have been blown up, well, now you can only let your son find a way to pay the **** tax, Maureen, Green, Waldman and the others agree with me, everyone They don't want to cause trouble, and they all trust you now, and think your plan is better and more reliable than the old man who has been in charge of them for many years. Only Wilson has a different opinion. He insists on depositing the money directly in the bank, and wants to try it out. Is there anyone who dared to take the money that belonged to him, but was finally persuaded by us to dispel that stupid idea."
Tony picked up the bottle and took a sip, then handed it to Tommy, and said with a hey: "So how could no one want to beat up America the son of a bitch, it didn't do anything, just robbed us poor people of their hard-earned money money."
"Now let me tell you, where did you and Mr. Morin get their money? Dad?" Tommy Hawke took the bottle, took a sip, breathed out, and handed the whiskey to Dad.
Colin Hawke held a wine bottle in his hand, a cigarette in his mouth, and looked at the place where the first rays of sunlight were about to emerge in the distance: "Ruby."
"I should have guessed it earlier, there is no suspense."
"Yeah, I should have guessed the only way for Dad to raise money."
Seeing the expressions of the two sons who had guessed it long ago, Colin Hawke said dissatisfiedly: "Hey! It's not what you two think, it's me who said to Ruby, if I want to borrow 20,000 yuan , but I don’t want the house to be confiscated when I’m not ready. Is there a way to solve it? Ruby is a very nice guy. He gave me a suggestion, saying that there is a medical center in Boston that recently wants to find someone to do AIDS research and is willing to pay The healthy man who volunteered to be studied by them is 50,000 yuan, and he will provide free medical services for life, and after the drug is developed, the guy's name may be recorded in the history of medicine, and the doctor can save some tadpoles for me before I am studied It is convenient for future reproduction. Ruby said that it seems that after being studied, no woman would want to have children with me. How is this possible? It means, lend me 20,000 yuan, and if I pay back the principal with interest on time, everyone will be happy. If I don’t pay, I have to send myself or find someone for him to the medical center to be studied. To be honest, after listening I want to choose the second option directly. The money seems to have fallen from the sky. I told him that if I go back safely but lose the money, I will let them study it myself. If I fail to go back, I will let the medical center study it. My uncle, who lives in rural Worcester, Massachusetts, happened to have the medical center study him while he was being treated for free for the hearing loss that had plagued him for years."
"Shit! Fortunately, we got the money and returned safely." Tommy Hawke heaved a sigh of relief after hearing this: "Dad, are you really sure you know what AIDS is?"
"Of course I know, boy, don't look at your father that way. I know everything. I heard Keith the bartender say that only white people get that disease if they sleep with a nigger. If they don't sleep with a nigger, they don't get it." It's contagious, the reason why New York has this disease is that there are too many **** there, and white people are too unselfish, so go ahead and study me, I will never get a **** and make myself sick." Colin Hawke drank With a sip of wine, he said in a firm tone.
"Maybe the medical center takes you, injects you with anesthesia, and then throws you to a nigger, so you don't know what happened to the nigger, Dad." Tony thought about it seriously, Then he looked at the two of them and said a possibility that he thought of.
Colin Hawke was at a loss for words. He pondered for a moment with a solemn face, and then patted Tony on the shoulder: "You are right, Tony, it is very possible, but luckily he succeeded in making money, otherwise...God, my poor Uncle, I can't imagine that scene anymore, if it really happened, even if I help cure his hearing loss for free, I guarantee that he will never forgive me until he dies."
Tommy Hawk couldn't help laughing when he heard the obviously absurd but extremely serious conversation between his father and his brother.
"What are you laughing at, Tommy?" Tony Hawk asked inexplicably, "It's very likely to happen. Remember when you went to the dentist when you were a child? The doctor can inject some anesthetic to make you unconscious, pull out your wisdom teeth and you They are all unconscious, maybe they are going to deal with Dad like this, send a **** to hide next to him, and wait for Dad to pass out..."
"No, no, no, I'm not laughing at your analysis, I'm just thinking, this may be the most exciting thing that I, or the Hawk family, have done after my mother passed away, and it's worth remembering for the rest of my life." Tommy- Hawke explained with a smile.
Tony nodded suddenly: "Indeed, the most exciting thing after Mom passed away, right, Dad?"
Colin Hawke, smoking a cigarette, said in a calm voice: "For me, it may be the second most exciting thing after your mother left me. You know I will never lie to you."
"Then you are the most exciting..." Tony wanted to ask curiously.
"Tony, family comes first." Tommy Hawke interrupted Tony with a sudden movement in his heart. He jumped out of the sea with his finger and said, "Enjoy this beautiful and quiet morning. Don't ask any more."
"Your mother must be very happy to hear you say that, son." The father patted Tommy Hawke's shoulder lightly, and said with some surprise and relief.
Then he looked up and took a sip of whiskey, looked at the sun slowly rising above the sea, and blew a soothing and melodious folk tune. Tony looked at his father and younger brother, and finally looked into the distance, slowly , his curious brows gradually loosened, and finally his lips curled up, and a smile that was the same color as the sun appeared on his face: "Yeah, family comes first, for mom."
In the early morning light and the melodious sound of whistles, the fishing boat carrying the men of the Hawke family headed closer and closer to home.
(Volume 1: FOE Family First ends)
Author's Note: I was worried that the word limit at the bottom wouldn't fit, so I wrote it here. It hasn't been put on the shelves anyway, so it won't take up the word count.
Uh... This is the first time I write this kind of subject matter, and it is also the first time I try to write some less paranoid, intense stories, write some daily life, and practice how to write plots without only using strong confrontation, because in In the evaluation, it seems that my ability to write about daily life and feelings has always been equal to zero.
Before I wrote this passage, I just saw that some readers in the book review area said that they abandoned books. I’m sorry. My first attempt to write about family relations failed to bring a good sense of reading to everyone who abandoned books. I’m really sorry.
I don't know the United States, and I'm not very good at writing family interactions, or I'm not good at writing daily plots at all, and I'm only used to writing strong conflicts. But I need to learn, so that I can improve the plot, it is like an exercise book, recording whether I have grown or not.
Fortunately, the author is a newcomer, and everyone has continued to show love and tolerance to me as a newcomer, accepting or tolerating my pseudo-American graffiti that I pretend to be at will.
At the beginning, I probably wanted to write about a family with about 100,000 words in the first volume. It is not perfect and has various shortcomings, but the family actually cares about each other. By the end of the first volume, the family members reunited, But judging from the feedback of some readers abandoning the book, it was obviously messed up. Maybe I designed it well in my mind, but the story presented in the end disappointed everyone. After all, the author’s personal level is limited, so I can only hope to be caught in the pit Learn more, and I will be able to write better stories for you to entertain in the future.
This book wants to try to write a story that is not so overdone, not so crazy, similar to a season of American dramas, full of coincidences, drama, absurdity but don't have to worry about being 404. Let's make the last reservation. The story of the next volume has little to do with the previous volume. If you are not in a hurry, it is good to take a look after scolding and add a follow-up reading. After all, after reading too many books, it is easy to be persuaded by the editor quickly. finish this...
The following is the time to answer: First: the title of the book, American 1982 and American Entertainment 1982. After consideration, I finally chose the latter, which can obviously show the author's overall aesthetics. (Tap lightly when scolding, it was actually chosen by the editor.)
Second: Meiyu, the plot of Meiyu will not appear until a long time later, there may be two volumes of stories in between, and I don’t know anything about Meiyu now, the original idea has nothing to do with Meiyu, it’s more like It's an absurd and rough American novel, but the editor suggested not to die for safety reasons, so let it look like an entertainment novel, yes, I will engage in entertainment after I go to college, everyone is welcome to provide me with some entertainment My thoughts are diverging. There are too many things at home recently, and I haven't had time to design related plots.
Third: There will be no gangsters, and there will be no violent plots. The first half of this book is a story about a normal person who has become a normal poor person, worked hard, became a rich normal person, and became an inspirational American dream story. In the nightmare part of the second half of the book, I will also try my best to learn how to write well about the business struggles and daily scenes of Meiyu, so as to be a capitalist with a conscience in the United States who won't think about fighting and killing, and convinces people with virtue.
Fourth: Many readers are curious about going to university after rebirth, instead of using the prophet to start a business and quickly rise. I don’t deny that after rebirth, you can make money without studying. I just think it’s easier to start a business after being admitted to university, and the environment is also better. Well, after all, there is a well-developed alumni network around me. Whether it is looking for investment or finding like-minded collaborators, it is easier than going it alone in a small remote town. Of course, this is also my personal opinion. I write too many stories that use gray means to accumulate the first pot of gold. I am better at writing those, but I still want to focus on training my weak daily emotional communication and plot description. After all, I have never written this subject before, and I don’t know how to do it. When writing about daily life, I have already prepared myself for the fact that my grades may fluctuate because it is a new subject and new attempt, and I am writing with the idea that even if I can’t earn manuscript fees, it is good to improve my writing skills.
Fifth: Some readers asked me about the reference materials of this book. Let me repeat that my understanding of the United States comes from American film and television dramas. I have never been to the United States. The information in the book does not have any reference value. The film and television dramas that I and everyone watch should also overlap. I only list a small number of American dramas in the 1980s that are not common in China. Seinfeld", "Happy Hotel", "Everybody Hates Chris", "Family Bond", "Kelly's Diary", interested readers can check it out, but some of them don't have Chinese subtitles, so they have to make their own machine-translated subtitles Look, the quality of translation can make people look stupid. At most, you can look at the characteristics of the era of clothing. Don’t ask why, I am the one who looks stupid by watching the subtitles on the computer.
Okay, that’s about it, thank you for your company during this time, let’s go into the second volume of this book: Knocking on Heaven’s Door.
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(end of this chapter)