America 1982

"Gentlemen, can you go home and give us a hug? How about helping to unload the cargo? The affirmative movement teaches us that men and women are equal, instead of letting men openly slack off while women work." Melonie stood on the deck and interrupted. Two people 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 rolled her eyes at Colin Hawke and continued to work hard: "Thank you for reminding me, Colin, when I get the appointment letter from Sinclair Elementary School, I will go to the dating show to see Is it like you said, I can’t get married?”

"There are actually people on your ship who have gone to college? How is it possible? This is more shocking than if you don't go to Canada to sell goods." Tommy recovered from the emotion and asked his father.

"Carlo?" At this moment, a man wearing thin casual clothes and a tattered coat walked out of the cabin of the KKS with his arms folded. He looked at Tommy Hawke in surprise, and then asked He took a few steps quickly under the light, made sure to see Tommy's face clearly, and then blurted out.

But then the eyes immediately turned to Melonie who was unloading the goods: "And your Aunt Beatrice who does striptease?"

Upon hearing the words striptease, all the busy men, including the old Italian man who was at least sixty years old, stopped and followed the men's gaze to look at Melonie.

"I don't know if you can get married. The only thing I'm sure of now is that the people on this boat are definitely interested in watching your dating show, Melonie Beatrice." Colin Hawke saw In response, everyone whistled and stabbed Melonie, who was already dead on the spot.

"Mr. Kendrick?" Tommy Hawke looked like he had seen a ghost: "Why are you on this ship?"

"It's a long story, Carlo..." Seeing Tommy, Will Kendrick showed an awkward smile: "I originally wanted to..."

"Let me introduce the situation, son, do you know Will? Yes, this guy is the guy I just mentioned who went to college and advised me to make wise choices. He said he was an engineer." Colin Hawke After hearing Tommy Hawke's words, he interrupted Will and introduced himself:

"When we were inspecting the ship's engine before departure, we happened to encounter some minor problems with the cooler. We were about to buy a few more barrels of coolant to prevent accidents while sailing. Then this guy appeared wandering around the dock and asked us if we knew Ka. Lo-Leon and a lady named Beatrice were his only two friends in Warwick. He was a little bored today, so he came to Warwick and hoped to find them to go on an outing to barbecue or go fishing together. I told him , I know everything about Warwick, and 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 give them to us as consulting fees. This guy came over and took a look at the cooling machine and said no. When the coolant needed to be replaced, he knew how to repair it. When he helped us repair it, he boasted that he could help the company save a lot of unnecessary expenses every year. Rocco also praised his repair skills, so for the sake of insurance for this voyage, he In order to save some repair costs, we decided to take him for a ride on the sea. We told him that he would only accompany us for a while and then take him to see Carlo Leon and Beatrice when we came back. Then this bored guy thought we were just going out to sea. Fishing, I simply agreed.”

"Dad, are you suspected of deceiving and abducting...an adult male?" Tommy covered his forehead and lowered his voice and said to his father.

Colin Hawke glanced at Will Kendrick, whose eyes were shining brightly at Melonie, and said to his son: "No, maybe it was a lie just now. After all, this ride was indeed a long one, and we refused I accepted his request to go back to my 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 sign of keeping my word and fulfilling my promise, although I didn’t expect him to keep talking about it. The Carlo Leone and Beatrice are you and Melonie."

As he spoke, he said to Will Kendrick who was passing by: "Are you satisfied, Mr. Will?"

"Except that the ride is a bit long, of course, of course I am satisfied. You can do what you say, Mr. Hawke. There are not many people in this society who have such moral character as honesty and trustworthiness. But next time if the ride takes too long, please tell me in advance. Make it clear so that I can prepare some thick clothes for myself to keep out the cold. I always subconsciously think of every sea as Miami. Hey, Carlo, come back and chat after I finish saying hello to your Aunt Beatrice." Will - At this time, Kendrick had already walked towards Melonie, who had not recovered from her social death. When he heard Colin Hawke's question, he said without looking back.

Colin Hawke spread his hands and shrugged at Tommy. Tommy rolled his eyes speechlessly: "If you hadn't met me, what would you have said to him?"

"Don't worry, I have already thought of the answer and introduced him to Maureen's younger brother Carlo Morin and Green's 67-year-old mother Mrs. Beatrice Green." Colin Hawke said straightforwardly Come up 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 a secret for us."

"No need. Look at the expression he looked at Melonie. Don't tell me about leaking the secret. Maybe Melonie asked him to help sell these goods to Canada, and he would agree without hesitation. That was when I first met you. Mom also showed the same expression as he does now, as if he was a dog in heat."

Tony walked over from the Italian boat at this time, and saw that Tommy and his father were obviously much more relaxed. He breathed a sigh of relief: "Well done, dad, you are not controlled by money like me, although I am very suspicious of you. Why you made the right choice is no longer important, as long as it’s right.”

"Come here, the most loyal and reliable son of this family." Colin opened his arms, hugged his two sons with one hand, looked at the vast sea, and said loudly: "Of course it was the right choice. There is no doubt that we all made the right choice. Choose for each other and for your family.”

"How many boxes of cigarettes are there on the ship?" Tommy asked as his father held him in his arms and looked at the cargo piled on the ship.

"Three hundred boxes, Thomas one hundred boxes, me one hundred boxes, and others jointly one 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 spoke: "I'm also curious about this question."

"Boys, I always leave some stories to tell you slowly on the way back." Colin Hawke let go of his two sons, turned around, put his fingers in his mouth and blew a loud whistle, speaking to Xun Shuang The old guys who came shouted: "Guys! Help the guests load the goods onto the ship and then go home!"

…

On the return trip to the K.K.S., Mr. Morin took over from Tony to drive the boat. Tony was carrying wine, and Tommy and Tommy were wearing thick coats, sitting side by side on the deck, with their bodies slightly raised, looking at the area above because the sun was about to The rising and fading night sky and stars.

Mr. Rocco-Wardman, Mr. Wilson, and Mr. Green drove the D.T.F. following the fishing vessel on the left rear.

Everyone else was resting in the cockpit with their eyes closed, including Mr. Will Kendrick, who was the most excited before. At this time, he was leaning in the cabin directly opposite Melonie, dozing off constantly. Melo was just across the aisle from him. Ni was wrapped in cotton-padded clothes, biting an uneaten biscuit in her mouth, and just leaned against the bulkhead and fell into an imageless sleep.

Colin Hawke counted the banknotes in his hand, and after double-checking that they were correct, he put them neatly into his backpack, then walked out of the cockpit and came to the deck, sat down 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 he lowered his head and took out the cigarette, lit it, took a puff, and said with emotion: "It's all in there. This is the most money I've ever touched in my life. I counted it seven times, which is a total of 145,000." Damn, those Canadian cigarette dealers are so rich."

"Why did you leave it all to me?" Tommy Hawke opened his backpack and took a look at it in confusion, and asked his father.

Colin Hawke imitated his two sons and put his hands behind his back: "When I was counting the bills for the fourth time inside, Melonie told me that it's best to give this money to you to complete the tax payment. I'm the fucking first I learned for the first time that I bought a batch of cigarettes on the high seas and then sold them on another high seas. I actually had to pay taxes to the American government, which had no sense of involvement 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 they would have bombed those shameless people in the White House, well, now I can only let you, my son, find a way to pay the damn taxes. Maureen, Green, Wadman and others also agree with me, everyone None of them want to cause trouble, and they all trust you now, thinking that your plan is better and more reliable than the father who has commanded them for many years. Only Wilson has different opinions. He insists on depositing the money directly into the bank himself and wants to try it to see what happens. Did anyone dare to take the money that belonged to him, but we were finally persuaded to give up that stupid idea.”

"There is no tax payment record, and the source cannot be explained. If you deposit it in the bank rashly, you will be investigated soon, the money will eventually be taken away, and even the person will be arrested and jailed." Tommy Hawke smiled and said Said: "Mr. Wilson was right to give up the idea."

Tony picked up the bottle and took a sip, then handed it to Tommy with a chuckle: "So how could anyone not want to beat up the son of a bitch America? It did nothing but rob us poor people of their hard-earned money." money."

"Now can you tell me, where did you and Mr. Morin get their capital? Dad?" Tommy Hawke took the bottle, took a sip, smelled of alcohol, and handed the whiskey to Dad.

Colin Hawke held a wine bottle in his hand and a cigarette in his mouth, looking at the place where the first ray of sunlight was about to appear in the distance: "Ruby."

"I should have guessed it, no doubt about it."

"Yeah, I should have guessed dad's only way to raise money."

Seeing the expressions of his two sons who had already guessed it, Colin Hawke said dissatisfiedly: "Hey! It's not what you two thought. It was me who said to Ruby, if I want to borrow 20,000 yuan , but I don’t want my house to be taken away when I am not due yet. Is there any way to solve this problem? Ruby is a very nice guy. He gave me a suggestion. He said that there is a medical center in Boston that is looking for someone to do AIDS research. He is willing to pay The healthy man who volunteered to be studied by them received 50,000 yuan, and he was provided with free medical services for life. After developing a drug, his name might be recorded in the history of medicine, and the doctor could help me save some tadpoles before I was studied. It is convenient for future fertility. Ruby said that after being studied, no woman would be willing to have children with me. How is this possible? Although I don’t mess around, my charm is obvious to all, and it is a lie at first glance. Then Ruby What he means is that if you lend me 20,000 yuan and pay it back on time with interest, everyone will be happy. If I don't pay back, you will have to find someone to send him to a medical center for research. To be honest, after listening to it, I wanted to choose the second option directly. The money seemed to be falling from the sky. I told him that if I went back safely but lost money, I would let them study it myself. If I failed to go back, I would let the medical center do the research. My uncle, who lives in the countryside of Worcester, Massachusetts, happened to have the medical center study him and at the same time help cure the hearing loss that had troubled him for many years for free."

"Shit! Fortunately we got the money and returned safely." After hearing this, Tommy Hawke breathed a sigh of relief: "Dad, are you really sure you know what AIDS is?"

"Of course I know, kid, don't look at your dad like that. I know everything. I heard Keith the bartender say that white people only get that disease when they sleep with niggers. If they don't sleep with niggers, they don't get it." It’s contagious. The reason why this disease is prevalent in New York is that there are too many niggas there, and white people don’t love themselves too much, so no matter how you study me, I will never fall in love with a nigger and cause myself to get the disease.” Colin Hawke drank Koujiu said with a firm tone.

"Maybe the medical center will take you away, inject you with anesthetics, and then throw you to a nigger, so you don't know if anything happened to you, dad." Tony thought about it seriously. Then he looked at the two of them and said a possibility he thought of.

Colin Hawke was speechless. He thought for a moment with a solemn face, and then patted Tony on the shoulder: "You're right, Tony, it's very possible. Fortunately, he succeeded in making money, otherwise... God, I'm pitiful Uncle, I can’t imagine that scene. If it really happens, even if I help cure his hearing loss for free, I guarantee that he will never forgive me until he dies."

Tommy Hawke couldn't help but laugh when he heard the obviously absurd yet extremely serious conversation between his father and his brother.

"What are you laughing at, Tommy?" Tony Hawk asked in confusion: "This is very likely to happen. Do you remember going to the dentist when you were a child? The doctor can inject some anesthetics to make you unconscious and pull out your wisdom teeth. They are all unconscious. Maybe they are planning to deal with Dad like this, sending a nigger to hide next to him, waiting for Dad to fall into coma..."

"No, no, no, I'm not laughing at your analysis. I'm just thinking that this may be the most exciting thing that I, or the Hawke family, have done since my mother passed away. It's worth remembering for the rest of my life." Tommy - Hawk explained with a smile.

Tony nodded suddenly: "Indeed, it was the most exciting thing after mom passed away, right, dad?"

Colin Hawke held a cigarette in his mouth and said in a calm voice: "For me, this 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 suddenly felt something in his heart, interrupted Tony, pointed at the red sun that jumped out of the sea, and spread the light to everything in sight: "Just enjoy this beautiful and quiet morning, Don’t ask again.”

"Your mother must be very happy to hear you say that, son." Dad patted Tommy Hawke's shoulder gently and said with some surprise and relief.

Then he raised his head and took a sip of whiskey, looked at the sun slowly rising over the sea, and played a soothing and melodious folk tune. Tony looked at his father and younger brother, and finally looked into the distance, slowly , his brows slightly furrowed out of curiosity gradually relaxed, and finally his lips curled up, with a smile the same color as the sun on his face: "Yeah, family comes first, for my mother."

In the early morning glow and the sweet whistles, the fishing boat carried the men of the Hawke family and sailed closer and closer to home.

(Volume 1: FOE Family First Completed)

Author's note: I'm worried that the word limit below won't fit in, so I write it here. It hasn't been put on the shelves anyway, so it won't take up the paid word count.

Well... this is my first time writing this kind of subject matter, and it's also my first time trying to write less paranoid and intense stories, write about daily life, and practice how to write plots without just using strong confrontation, because In the evaluation, it seems that my ability to write about daily life and emotions has always been equal to zero.

Before I wrote this paragraph, I just saw that some readers in the book review section said they had abandoned the book. I am sorry that my first attempt at writing about family relationships failed to bring a good sense of reading to those who abandoned the book. I am really sorry.

I don’t know the United States well, and I’m not very good at writing about family interactions. In other words, I’m not good at writing about daily plots. I’m only used to writing about strong conflicts. This book is also about changing my thinking, practicing my writing skills, and trying my best to write about things that I’m not good at. But I need to learn the plot so that I can make progress. It is like an exercise book to record whether I have made any progress.

Fortunately, the author is a newcomer, and everyone has continued to show love and tolerance to me, a newcomer, and accept or put up with my pseudo-American graffiti that is pretentious at will.

Initially, I probably wanted to use the first volume of about 100,000 words to write about a family. 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 are back together. But judging from the feedback from readers who abandoned the book, it is obvious that I 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, and he can only hope to be hurt. If you gain wisdom, you can write better stories for your entertainment in the future.

This book is an attempt to write a story that is not so over-the-top, not so crazy, similar to a season of American TV series, full of coincidences, drama, and absurdity but without worrying about being 404. The reason why I say this is to express my humble condolences to all the gentlemen who have abandoned the book. Let’s make a last resort. The story in the next volume is not closely related to the previous volume. If you are not in a hurry, you can just take a look at it after you finish scolding and then read it again. After all, if you read too many books, you will easily be persuaded by the editor to hurry up. Completed...

The following is the time to answer: First: The title of the book is America 1982 and Entertainment 1982. After thinking about it, I finally chose the latter, which can obviously show the author's overall aesthetic. (Be gentle when you curse, 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 is an absurd and rough American period novel, but the editor suggested not to commit suicide for safety reasons, so it is better to make it look like an entertainment novel. Yes, I will engage in entertainment after I go to college. You are welcome to provide me with some entertainment. My thoughts are divergent. There are too many things going on at home recently, and I haven't had time to design the relevant plot.

Third: There will be no gang involvement, and there will be no violent plots. The first half of the book is the story of a normal person who traveled through time and became a normal poor person, then worked hard to become a rich normal person and become an inspirational American dream. In the nightmare part of the second half of the book, I will also work hard to learn to write about the commercial struggles and daily scenes of entertainment, and become a conscientious capitalist of American imperialism who will not think about killing at every turn and convince others with virtue.

Fourth: Many readers are curious about going to college after being reborn, instead of using the prophet to start a business and rise quickly. I don’t deny that you can make money after being reborn without studying. I just think it is easier and the environment is better to start a business after going to college. It's better. After all, there is a developed alumni network around me. It is easier to find investment or like-minded collaborators than working alone in a remote town. Of course, this is also my personal opinion. Let's talk casually. Another reason is that I don't want to be the first. There are too many stories about using gray means to accumulate the first pot of gold. I write about those that I am better at, but I still want to focus on training my weak daily emotional communication, plot description and other issues. After all, I have never written on this subject before, and I am not very good at it. When I write about daily life, I am mentally prepared that my results may be disappointing because it is a new subject and a new attempt. I am writing with the idea that even if I cannot earn royalties, it would be a good idea to improve my writing skills.

Fifth: Some readers asked me about the reference materials of this book. Let me say it again. My understanding of the United States comes from American movies and TV series. I have never been to the United States. The information in the book is not of any reference. Please do not take it seriously. The movies and TV shows that you and I watch should probably overlap. I will only list a few of the American dramas from the 1980s that are not commonly seen in China: "Hill Street Blues", "The Cosby Family", "The Golden Age", "Seinfeld", "Happy Hotel", "Everybody Hates Chris", "Family Ties" and "The Carrie Diaries". Interested readers can check it out, but a few of them don't have Chinese subtitles, so you have to make your own machine-translated subtitles. Look, the quality of translation can make people look stupid. The most important thing is to look at the period characteristics of the clothes. Don’t ask why, I am the one who looks stupid when I read the subtitles on the machine.

Okay, that’s about it. Thank you all for staying with me during this time. Let’s go into the second volume of this book: Knocking on the Door of Heaven.

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