American Drama System Reborn America

Chapter 40 Road Trip (please recommend tickets!)

Time is like water, time is like a shuttle.

In a blink of an eye, it's summer vacation.

In the United States, the summer vacation is a real summer vacation. June, July, and August last for three months, completely covering the entire summer.

After convincing Juno, Owen's Guns of Eternity choir finally got enough twelve gold hairpins and was formally established. After reminding everyone to practice singing during the summer vacation, Owen drove directly to New York.

The United States is sparsely populated, and there are very few long-distance trains. Most people drive cars directly, cross long highways, and reach other distant states.

At the age of 16, Owen, like most American high school students, obtained a driver's license. In this country where everyone is a driver, a driver's license is equivalent to an ID card.

It was not until recently that Owen was pleasantly surprised to get his first car, which was given by Jack. The car is not a good car, it is very cheap, a classic second-hand Ford worth thousands of dollars, but this is not because Jack has any objections to him. Rather, the first car most high school students receive is a used car.

Here, the car is really just a means of transportation. If you want to pretend to buy a luxury car, you can make money yourself!

Owen carried 10 20-dollar cash cards with him, and there were 1800 dollars in the bank card, of which 1000 dollars came from the mathematics Olympiad prize money, and the other 1000 dollars was earned by him as a part-time weeder on Wisteria Lane.

Chicago is only about 1300 kilometers away from New York, and it takes about 12 hours to travel by car. The round trip costs more than 100 US dollars in gas, which is not that much money at all, but Irving brought all his property with him. It is a habit developed in his previous life. , When you go out, you just need to bring more money, just in case.

Listening to the music, Owen controls the steering wheel with one hand, rests on the window with the other hand, and walks on the deserted road. After several hours of driving, the unchanging deserted scenery makes Owen feel sleepy unconsciously, until he is called out for help in front of him. woke up.

"Hi! Hi! Hi!"

A small bus ran aground beside the road, and a group of old and small people stood there, waving at Owen.

"Is there anything I can do to help you?"

Owen slammed on the brakes, and asked with a probe.

If this wasn't a positive universe centered on the Big Bang, he wouldn't have pulled over so rashly, because he wouldn't want to be in a hitchhiker-esque road movie horror scene.

"Yes! Yes!"

A middle-aged Caucasian man hugged a little girl and explained, "Our car broke down and we must go to New York as soon as possible. My daughter Oliver is going to participate in the Miss Sunshine beauty pageant. Sir, please help us. "

Looking at the chubby, cute little girl wearing glasses and wide-eyed eyes who looked at him curiously, Owen had some vague impressions, but he couldn't remember where he had seen it before, but he was already familiar with this kind of situation. Thinking: "This is probably another European and American film and television drama I watched in my previous life."

"Ok!"

Owen agreed without hesitation, but glanced at the others, hesitantly said: "But there are too many of you, my car can't fit six of you."

"This……"

The middle-aged white man said embarrassedly: "Can you let our minibus be pulled by your car, and we will pay for your gas when we get to the town. We are a family, and we agreed to go to fuel Oliver together. "

"Ok!"

Owen was still easy to talk, got out of the car and hooked the minibus with a tow rope, and drove them away from the wilderness.

The middle-aged white man took the little girl, got into Owen's car, and communicated with Owen, and the rest sat on the bus behind.

"My name is Richard Hoover, thank you for your help."

"My name is Owen Lee."

Owen said with a smile: "You're welcome, anyone who encounters this situation will reach out to help."

"But no."

The little girl wearing glasses suddenly said, "Two cars passed by before, but they ignored us and drove past."

"Ugh."

Richard sighed: "Not everyone is as kind as you, Owen. Oliver dreamed of participating in this competition, so when our car broke down there before and no one was willing to help us, we really I was so anxious, but fortunately I met you."

"Don't worry, you will arrive on time."

Owen comforted him, then glanced at the little girl in the rearview mirror, and said with a smile, "There are still more good people in this world, aren't there?"

"Enn, Owen, you are a good person."

Oliver nodded again and again, showing a cute smile.

"By the way, Owen, where are you going?"

Richard asked: "Will it affect your plan?"

"It doesn't affect."

Owen shook his head and said, "I also went to New York."

"That's good."

There was also a smile on Richard's face: "Look at you, you are still a high school student, your first road trip?"

In the United States, many high school students will choose to take a road trip across the country after graduation or during the summer vacation. First, to relax and second, to increase their knowledge. Of course, there are also many high school students who spend their entire lives in small towns. He didn't even travel all over his own state.

"That's it."

Owen said with a smile: "Actually, I went to New York from Chicago to attend a new book signing event of a well-known neurologist."

"Wow!"

Richard exclaimed: "Crossing more than 1000 kilometers to attend the signing event, you must be a fan of the other party."

"Ha ha."

Owen shook his head and smiled, "No, it's just that I've heard of her name, and I'm very interested in the contents of her book, so I want to go to the scene and ask about it myself."

"Uh……"

Richard couldn't keep up with Owen's brain circuit, so he could only shrug his shoulders with a wry smile.

"So, Oliver, do you like this beauty pageant called 'Little Miss Sunshine'?"

Owen changed the subject.

"Ok!"

Oliver nodded affirmatively: "I really want to go to the place where it's shown on TV, and sing and dance in front of everyone."

"Oh, awesome!"

Owen said while driving: "I recently formed a choir at school, and I will pursue the national competition in the future. Maybe we can all see each other on TV."

"really?"

Oliver clapped his hands and said with a sweet smile, "That's great."

"correct."

Owen asked casually: "Oliver, what song and dance do you want to perform?"

"En~"

Oliver tilted his head, thought for a while, and said, "I don't know what my name is, but my grandpa said I can sing and dance very well."

Richard looked over at Owen's eyes, and smiled awkwardly: "Oliver has been singing and dancing with her grandfather, and we don't know the specific situation."

"Understand, understand."

Owen nodded and said with a smile: "In the East, it's normal for grandparents to take care of their grandchildren and lighten the burden on their children. We regard it as a virtue."

(End of this chapter)