America 1982

At Macready Garage Repair Shop, Tony Leon opened the hood of a pickup truck, and then used his finger to signal the boss sitting in the driver's seat to slam down the accelerator so that he could observe the engine operation.

However, Anderson, the owner of the auto repair shop and the number one repair technician, did not step on the accelerator in cooperation with him as usual.

Tony raised his head, looked at Anderson in the driver's seat, and asked puzzledly: "I thought we could have a tacit understanding and participate in the TV show "Cooperating Together"."

"Boy, the guy you really have a tacit understanding with is at the gate." Anderson bit into a piece of sandwich and smiled at Tony.

Tony turned around and saw his brother Tommy Hawke standing at the door of the auto repair shop.

"He is the only weirdo in the Hawke family who does not have a tacit understanding." Tony retracted his gaze, pulled off the gloves on his hands, and said to Anderson:

"I'll be back soon, Anderson."

"Of course, no problem, my good boy, you just need to promise to repair the car today." Anderson nodded and said.

"I will." Tony threw his gloves on the engine, turned around and walked towards Tommy Hawke. He looked at Tommy as he walked and used harsh words:

"Look, Mr. Tommy Hawke, our future rocket scientist, professor, scientist and other bullshit high-level job holder in the United States, is actually here. What's the point?"

"I need you to lend me a car." Tommy said straight to the point.

Tony was stunned for a moment, stared at Tommy for a few seconds, and then put the cigarette in his mouth: "Wow, I guess you don't need a car to go to school."

"I have to make some money to ensure that I won't be exploited by you and dad and sleep on the street, right?" Tommy took a look, took out a lighter and lit it.

Tony clapped his hands with a smile on his face: "Hey, brother, you finally figured it out? You should have said Goodbye to that piece of shit in high school! Want a long-term job? I have a good recommendation, by the way, You should move back in the evening, and we’ll have a party to celebrate you dropping out of school, so..."

"I didn't drop out of school. I just took a day off. Please lend me a car with oil in it. If you can, lend me two hundred yuan. It doesn't matter if you don't have it. I can borrow money from Ruby in the Italian community. , but first a car," Tommy Hawke told Tony.

Tony looked around, then looked down at the cigarette: "Boy, are you crazy? Are you going to go to those guys in Ruby? Two hundred dollars? You know that guy's interest rate is very high, right?"

"I need some capital. If everything goes well, I might be able to pay it back before dinner." Tommy shrugged at Tony.

Tony asked with a serious face: "What business? Tommy, what business?"

"Small business, student's small business." Tommy also said seriously.

"I advanced my salary to Anderson yesterday for bailing my dad out. I can't ask him to get money anymore, but... there's no problem with the car and there's no problem with the money. Just wait for me." Tony said to Tommy while chewing his cigarette. , turned and walked towards Anderson.

The two talked for a while, and soon Tony got into an orange Chevrolet five-door sedan in the garage and slowly drove to the door. Tony lowered the window and tilted his head towards Tommy:

"Get in the car, bro, let's get the money."

Tommy Hawke got into the passenger seat and said, "When I go to Ruby to borrow money, it's no different than when you go there. He knows me."

"But I'm your brother, boy. You can only take the money from me. If I borrow money from Ruby, I can avoid him from causing trouble for you." Tony held the steering wheel and looked forward intently. : "I am your brother."

Warwick is a small city. Among the population of 80,000, 78% are Irish, 12% Italian, 5% British, 3% black, and the remaining 2% are equally divided among other races.

With a population of only 80,000, it has two major gangs, the Irish-born Charleston Gang and the Italian-born New England Mafia.

As for the black gangs wreaking havoc in other American cities? In Rhode Island, niggers look more like gentlemen than white people.

The poor black people who live in Warwick, accounting for 3% of the total population, are trained to be civilized and polite by the white people who account for 95% of the total population.

Italians mainly gather in the Italian residential area of ​​Warwick's South End, and the Ruby in Tommy's mouth is a peripheral member of the New England Mafia.

However, whether it is the Irish Gang or the Mafia, it is of little importance to most people in Warwick City. Many people may never interact with them in their lives. These gangs have long stopped collecting protection fees and extortion as their main business. Turn to illegal casinos, smuggling, gambling, bars, loan sharking and other businesses.

Ruby is a genial Italian young man, at least on the surface he looks genial. He runs a handmade leather goods store. Many Italians will borrow money from him when they have no money. As long as they repay the money on time, everything will be fine.

"Ruby." Tony pushed open the door of the leather shop and greeted Ruby who was wearing a leather apron and making a handmade belt.

Ruby raised her head and glanced at the two brothers Tony and Tommy who came through the door: "Tony, Tommy, long time no see."

"Oh...I'm in some trouble, so..." Tony started.

"Come on, Tony, let's get straight to the point. For the sake of everyone being Italian, everyone who comes to see me is in trouble. Just tell me how much you need." Ruby raised her head and interrupted Tony's words. , after saying with a smile, he continued to lower his head and measured the length of the belt with a ruler.

Tony breathed out: "Two hundred dollars, I need two hundred dollars."

"OK." Ruby put down the ruler in her hand, turned and walked to the safe in the corner, took out ten twenty-denomination notes, locked the safe, and walked back to hand it to Tony.

Tony reached out to take it, but Ruby did not let go. Instead, she looked at Tony with a smile: "Tony, how long do you want to borrow it?"

"Tonight...before your leather shop closes?" Tony looked at Tommy uncertainly and then said.

"You need to pay me back two hundred and twenty yuan. I don't like short-term loans from customers, so the interest rate must be higher." Ruby looked at Tony: "Is the deal done?"

"Deal." Tony nodded. Ruby let go of her hand and let Tony take the two hundred dollars.

After getting the money, the two of them walked out of the store. Ruby continued to lower her head and measure the belt, and said while busy: "I'm going home for dinner at seven o'clock in the evening, so if you can't see me here, I'm going to When the debt is sent to my house, I need to pay two hundred and forty-two yuan.”

After walking out of the leather goods store, Tony handed the money to Tommy Hawke, and Tommy put it in his pocket: "I will pay it back before tonight."

"Well, now you can go about your student's little business." Tony took out the cigarette, lit it, took a puff, and smiled at Tommy.