If I don't have money to go to college, I can only go to slay the dragon

Chapter 919 The simple folk customs of Chicago

The door of the church was pushed open with one hand, and the dull sound of the bell suddenly rose up. Lin Nian closed his eyes and turned to the left to avoid it, but no matter how fast he was, he could not be as fast as the brilliant bell that rushed to his face from behind the door. There is a little too much sunlight, even if you close your eyes, there is a warm golden color in front of you, and it looks like a rabbit is jumping under the eyelids, popping and popping.

When he got used to the light, he opened the door and walked out. Turning around slowly and opening his eyes, he saw the dark blue Lake Michigan covering the sky, and the blue sky flowing on the ground. In fact, there was no difference, their colors were all the same. Unanimous, they are all deep blue.

I remember that the last time I came to Chicago was in winter, the beach was frozen into hoarfrost, and a few white hookahs rushed through the bare black locust trees, heading towards the morning sun, and everything that caught my eye was shrouded in clouds and mist.

But now, looking across the beach full of people, the water is sparkling, the sun is shining, and the white sailboats are scattered in the distance of the lake, as if they are going to sail into the clusters of low clouds on the skyline.

A water of white seagulls skimmed across the wide lake and scattered into a flower blown away by the lake wind in the midair. Past the maple sockeye salmon that floated to the surface of the lake to breathe and flip the water.

Occasionally, wild ducks in groups of threes and twos walked by the lakeside. People sitting by the lakeside held their clothes and hat brims to resist the sudden lake wind. The staff of the Meteorological Bureau of the helicopter observing the weather in the sky were also eating ice cream in their busy schedule. The good weather doesn't look like anything bad will happen, and the weather forecast predicts that the next seven days will be such good weather.

The bronze door of the church behind Lin Nian was closed, and a nun in white at the side door held a rosary and bowed her head to move the notice board in front of the door. Seeing someone standing here in a daze, she kindly said, "Sir, you are here to pray." Is it? The time is just right, and the church is empty."

As she said that, she looked up at the boy in front of her. After all, she glanced over. The dirty pink overalls with tight feet and black printed T-shirt were too trendy. It didn't seem religious, but she just took a second look. , her speech was obviously not smooth, "This...sir, can you make room for me, I want to take this notice board... um."

Lin Nian slowly came back to his senses, glanced at the white nun who stuttered, reached out and grabbed the notice board connected to the stable stone platform at the bottom, and helped her lift it to the side, revealing a slender and powerful figure under the sleeves of a short black T-shirt. When her white arm was rubbing against the nun, the nun could still smell the fragrance of shower gel clearer than sunlight, "Thank you, Mr. Xie."

"It's nothing." Lin Nian didn't notice that the apprentice nun suddenly blushed and lowered her head to pray. After moving away from the main entrance of the church, she walked away. After all, the nuns have done both white-robed apprentices and black-robed official nuns. Pray and swear to keep the three vows (extreme wealth, absolute beauty, and absolute will)—what bad thoughts can young nuns and sisters have?

Walking to the side of the road, Lin Nian took out his mobile phone, and while walking, he pressed and held the power button to turn it on. He wanted to call Su Xiaoqiang and Lu Mingfei to check on the situation.

While waiting for the startup animation, the girls in summer cool clothes walking by the street all looked back at this wild and beautiful boy on the streets of Chicago without hesitation—it can indeed be said to be beautiful, it is a kind of introduction The attractiveness between the sexes, the pure beauty, the white girl playing skateboarding across the street in the distance bumped into the traffic light post because of two extra glances.

The skater girl rubbing her red forehead who picked up the skateboard was a little dizzy. She felt that her life had jumped in timeline. Before the church, a handsome old man came out, and now another one was as beautiful as the shoreline of Lake Michigan. boy.

If I had to say what she felt, it would be that I finished watching Burne Anderson's evolution from old age to youth in half an hour.

So the skater girl who obeyed her instincts crossed the street with her skateboard amidst the booing of her companions, forced to stop three or four cars, and staggered to get a Twitter or Facebook account while the horns were honking behind her, but nothing happened After a while, those companions saw her come back with the skateboard in her arms, complaining that others said she already had a girlfriend while throwing the skateboard with a "snap".

Wild pretty boys or girls are rare resources just like the best spots on Lake Michigan beaches. If you go early and they are not open, you will have to find another place if you go late.He persisted in questioning the skateboarding girl and found out that the girl's girlfriend was a college classmate. After confirming that it was not a perfunctory word, he gave up completely.

After the phone was turned on, Lin Nian quickly pressed the number and put it to his ear, so as to prevent himself from being stopped by others.

Young women in Chicago have always dared to socialize, especially to young boys who are good-looking and have a full sense of clothing and fashion. But in fact, only the first point of praise is That's right, as for the clothing and fashion sense. I'm sorry for being so blunt. If I insist on describing Lin Nian's clothing, I'm afraid I can only describe it as tragedy.

In the days before Lin was 18 years old, all the clothes in his closet, from tops to shorts, and even underwear were purchased by his old mother named Lin Xian, so when he was dressing up his small clothes rack, unless During special periods (such as when Lin Xian is using Lin Nian as a clothes hanger at home), Lin Nian's clothes are always plain, which can be regarded as a root of evil.

I am afraid that if the environment and worldview are changed, Lin Nian's clothes will inevitably be close to the minimalist style of the strong man in the cloak and yellow vest.
Fortunately, it's not too late to make up for it, now that Lin Nian's clothes are temporarily taken over by Su Xiaoqiang, and because of the harmonious relationship between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law (no), Lin Xian no longer restricts Lin Nian's minimalist style from going out.

If Lin Xian used to be worried that his little piggy would be strangled to death by a cabbage that could jump up and hit his kidneys outside, but now that little piggy was knocked unconscious by the most powerful and aggressive jade cabbage, he didn't have to worry at all. That's the problem.

Anyway, it seems that Su Xiaoqiang's aesthetics is not a problem at all, at least after she assumed Lin Nian's wardrobe, the seniors and sisters in Kassel Academy regularly rushed to the tower more frequently every month.

It is estimated that this girl has been biting the pen cover and staring at Lin Nian's seat for a long time in high school, thinking about the dress-up game for a long time. Now that she has finally gotten started, she can directly dress up in the way that suits her aesthetics best - but in terms of makeup, she is still being ignored. Lin Nian brutally refused.

This is nothing but a pity, not to mention that the skin is naturally beautiful and does not need makeup, it is an excuse for lazy people, the real makeup is a long-standing, lively art, and it is the pursuit of more beautiful self-expression and creativity. Consciously, but this kind of artistic expression Lin Nian instinctively stretched out his hand to hold Su Xiaoqiang's approaching face and put a distance away to express his rejection. This not only made Su Xiaoqiang feel sorry for putting down the makeup brush, but also made the buddies listening to the corner in the dormitory building A pity for a while (probably not one thing they wanted to hear).

But just stepping on the corner of the fashionable skirt is enough to make Lin Nian feel troubled when walking on the street. I have to say that although Su Xiaoqiang knows how to make the boy he likes more like him, he still hasn't reached Lin Nian. Sister Xian cherishes herself with her broom, cherishes her realm with her broom.

The call went through within five seconds of dialing out.

"Wait a minute, Lin Nian? My God, you finally answered the phone." Su Xiaoqiang's panicked voice and a long sigh of relief came from the phone.

"Some important things temporarily shut down the phone. What's the matter? Did something happen?" Lin Nian didn't explain too much. It's normal for the in-service specialists in the executive department to turn off their phones, and they can't dance to a Billboard song when the mission is critical. Top hits come on.

"A good news and a bad news." Su Xiaoqiang's voice seemed a little worried.

"The bad news first."

"The bad news is that the trains are out of service, the railway workers are on strike, we can't catch the CC1000 express train, I heard that the dispatch center and the switchmen are on strike, it seems that the railway workers have launched a strike for a week, we can't go back for a while I'm going to the academy." Su Xiaoqiang's voice was heavy, but Lin Nian didn't say anything, because he could hear some eagerness under that heavy voice.

"What about the good news?"

"The good news is that I have a reservation at Giordan's, and we have deep dish pizza to eat tonight." The little girl couldn't hold back her nature after all, but she asked one more question after she finished speaking, "Or do you want to eat quickly?" How about going back to college? If you want, we can find another way to go back, go to a 4S store to buy a car for temporary use, Lu Mingfei, your Coke is on my sleeve (Lu Mingfei couldn’t help drinking Coke when he heard this) Choked)!"

"Forget it." Lin Nian said after listening to the chaotic movement on the phone.

"What? Lin Nian, what are you saying? Lu Mingfei, can you calm down?" Su Xiaoqiang hurriedly pressed close to the phone and asked.

"The college is not in a hurry to go back. We may not be the last batch to return to school. Norma will adjust the schedule taking into account the train suspension."

"What do you mean?" Hearing the voice, one could almost imagine the dazzling look in the eyes of the girl on the other end of the phone slowly being filled with the sunshine of Chicago.

"Wait for seven days." Lin Nian looked at the waves of Lake Michigan in the distance with his mobile phone, "Have you found a place to live yet?"

"Not yet, I want to wait until I get in touch with you before making any plans." Su Xiaoqiang heard the sound of flipping pages, probably looking through the travel guides that he picked up at the Chicago train station, "Then go to a hotel and get a room. ?”

"No need." Lin Nian remembered that he still had a black room card in his pocket, a gift and gift from the principal, "I've already booked a room, Hyatt Regency Chicago, and I'll send you the address on my phone."

"Huh, you are unexpectedly active in opening a room. It's premeditated." Lin Nian heard the faint murmur of Lu Mingfei, and then the noise of Su Xiaoqiang suddenly jumping and pushing Lu Mingfei away.

Lin Nian sighed and wanted to wait for the other side to calm down a bit before continuing to make arrangements, but at this moment a figure suddenly appeared in front of him, if he hadn't reacted quickly and stopped, he might have bumped into it.

Lin Nian was stopped by a young black man wearing a black knit hat, with a few dirty braids protruding from the hat, high cheekbones, slightly sunken eye sockets, and a black T-shirt with red prints on his body, wearing a denim vest, Shorts, trendy shoes, bare skin with messy tattoos.

When he reached out to stop Lin Nian, Lin Nian at least saw more than five small tattoos on the back of his hand, including the English letters on the first joint of each finger, and the five fingers connected together are "Nolaw".

This is a typical black man on the street with a gang background, but it is not worthy of too much attention, because gangs are rampant in Chicago, and the only thing that can be flooded is snakes, rats, rats and ants except for carp in Illinois lakes.

These gangs in Chicago are composed of homeless or socially idle blacks, Mexicans, Latinos, and Europeans. Except for some real head organizations, others can only be regarded as small troubles (in mixed-race gangs In their eyes, they often even look down on warlords who can influence the politics of small countries with contempt).

——at least every time someone associates a local gang with the Mafia, Cesar Gattuso will cast a look similar to Batman's disapproval.

After all, if you really want to talk about size, it’s really hard to link local gangs with things like the Gattuso family. It’s even considered an insult. The most legendary FOLKS NATION in Chicago, that is, GD’s kind in Gattuso In the eyes of behemoths who play trusts and syndicates, no matter how hard they work, it will be difficult to reach the "table top" in two or three hundred years.

So now, what is a Chicago local low-level gang member going to do when he stops himself in the street?
Lin Nian didn't hang up the phone, but took two steps back to create some distance—it wasn't because he was afraid that the other party would pay him or hold a knife to his waist to rob him, but the characteristic smell of burnt leather shoes on the other party's body was really annoying. he does not like.

"My friend, are you here for a trip to Chicago? Do you want to buy some souvenirs? Guaranteed to be cheap." The black guy with dirty braids spoke English with a slight accent and opened his jacket, and there were some weird things hanging inside. At a glance, most of them are mobile phone ornaments, key rings, commemorative stamps and other worthless things.

Lin Nian just glanced at it and lost interest in an instant, and he probably understood the background of this black brother. In Chicago, especially by Lake Michigan, there are often black people who look at tourists and bring you weird things for you to buy. If you buy it, you will be scolded, and you will be more careful.

The reason why Lin Nian stopped Lin Nian was probably because of the high value of his clothes. After all, although the clothes that the little girl chose for her boyfriend were not tacky and only bought by big brands, they could really be seen by her. Clothes of the above styles and materials are never priced close to the people.

For example, the simple black T-shirt on Lin Nian is made of hemp, and this guy with dreadlocks is also a master of goods. He knows that Lin Nian's whole body is worth stripping and running away, except for the old pair of Nikes. Shoes, but aside from the poor quality of the shoes, Lin Nian had the words 'not bad money' written on it from top to bottom.

The guy with dirty braids likes this kind of people. The mobile phone pendant on his vest is only $10 even in high-priced stores in the CBD, but if he is cheating tourists, he can charge $20. This kind of forced buying and selling is similar to black brothers splashing foamy water on your windshield when driving at traffic lights.

However, many tourists with wallets have seen this body of tattoos and dreadlocks, and they may have given up thinking that more things are worse than less things. Chicago has never been a friendly city. Look at the location of the gunshot warning and the weather. In a world that is as calm as the forecast, things like shootings should not be too normal. Normal people will put $50 in their wallets in their wallets, which may save your life at any time.

"Don't buy it, I'm in a hurry, please let me go."

But Lin Nian will not accept this kind of thing. The last guy who can buy and sell with him is still stuck in the bottom of the Kuimen River in the Three Gorges as a specimen, but he will not lose his temper on the street and move on. In two steps, the dreadlocked boy was swayed by a 'Shammgod' before he could react, and a passing black buddy playing ball suddenly shouted "Oh, Damn!" This neat extraordinary expressed great respect.

Brother Dirty Braids was not annoyed, so he hurried back to chase the fat sheep. Oh no, he chased Lin Nian, and without giving up, he quickly went around and walked backwards in front of Lin Nian, "Look, it's really cheap! These little Things, necklaces, rings, etc. are all handmade by my grandma, and they are only sold at cost prices, and I am still rushing to sell some money to buy medicine for my grandma."

"No money, get out of the way." Lin Nian was a little impatient and impatient, probably feeling that the other party was affecting him to listen to Su Xiaoqiang talking on the other side of the phone.

As for what grandma made by hand, I would be a fool if I really believed it. Most of the things hanging in these jackets are stolen goods, and I don’t know where they were stolen. Using the money to buy Ye Zifei is the normal life of this group of street gang members.

The dreadlocked guy was still there, and when Lin Nian was about to step forward and trip this guy, his peripheral vision suddenly stopped on the guy's neck, and the black neck was like a dummy in a display case. A huge array of necklaces of all kinds, gold and silver with rhinestones, and even an old-school triple chain of pearls.

".?"

Lin Nian stopped in his tracks, and suddenly he stopped. He reached out and grabbed one of the accessories on the neck of the dreadlocked brother, pulling it out of the trash.

What fell into Lin Nian's hands was a tooth hanging from a dark red knot. Its texture was close to ivory but its color was deeper. There was some hidden green in the white, giving it an expensive texture.

"Yes, my friend has a good eye." The dreadlocked brother said quickly.

He was not afraid of Lin Nian's robbery, but he was afraid that Lin Nian would ignore him completely. Seeing that Lin Nian had picked out what he wanted, he quickly lobbied, "This is a new product that I just got. I mean, it was a new handmade by my grandma." It’s still hot. I saw the texture of the jade. It’s a pure green and white jade! The normal price can be sold at a price of more than a few thousand dollars? My friend, if you want it, I’ll give you 698 cheaper, but can you let go first? with"

The black brother also felt a little uncomfortable being pulled by his neck like this. Maybe the real source of discomfort was not being held by this accessory, but his sudden suffocation and pressure, just like the temperature of the sun in Chicago suddenly rose A lot, and even the air pressure has increased a lot.
"Where did this thing come from?" Lin Nian withdrew his hand, but the braided boy couldn't react, the thing had already left his neck, and he didn't know how the other party pulled the thing over his head.

"Bro (brother), didn't I say, this is my grandma."

"To be honest, you can get ten times the price." Lin Nian said calmly, looking at the 'teeth' lying quietly in his hand.

No one would believe the nonsense of grandma's handicrafts, unless his grandma is a rare "craftsman" in the underground world of mixed races, but even "craftsmen" rarely have the bone and blood of pure-blooded dragons. , Corner processing to this extent, right?
The teeth of pure-blooded dragons are at least sub-species-level 'horns'. Why can a black man from a Chicago local gang get this kind of thing?And it will appear majestically on the streets of Chicago.

"Hey friend, it's the rule not to ask the source of things when you buy things." The dreadlocked boy was not tempted ten times by the so-called experts, but because of Lin Nian's questioning, he began to look around cautiously, and looked at Lin Nian again, probably It is suspected that this guy is a phishing law enforcement Chicago.PD person who came to record his evidence.

Lin Nian finally frowned, and was about to do something further, when Su Xiaoqiang's voice suddenly sounded from the mobile phone next to his ear: "Lin Nian, are you still there? If you arrive first, remember to open two more suites. We I met my alumni here."

"Schoolmate?" Lin Nian stretched out his hand to signal the dreadlocked brother in front of him to stop talking for now, and made a gesture of pointing at the pocket to indicate that he wanted this thing, and stabilized him first.

"Yeah, an alumni you never expected."

"Someone I know?" Lin Nian was close to the answer.

"It should be? I don't know if you have any impression of the cheerleader of Shilan Middle School, do you still remember?"

"I don't remember much."

"Hmm..." Why is there a sense of relief on the other side of the phone?

Su Xiaoqiang said: "Anyway, it's a freshman from a new college, a freshman from the 2011 class. She is a very beautiful junior. We met at the Chicago train station. She has a magnetic card for the CC100 Express train in her mouth."

At this time, Lin Nian suddenly heard a strange and pleasant voice on the phone, who seemed to be saying something indistinctly not far away: No, the senior is still pretty, is the boyfriend of the senior on the phone?He must be a super handsome senior too, right?
"Wait, why are there two suites?" Lin Nian asked again.

"Xia Mi. That school girl's brother also came to Chicago with her. It seems that she can't worry about her coming here alone to study here. I want to send her to the train station to school, but now we have encountered a little trouble." Said. Here Su Xiaoqiang seems to have a headache,

"We got lost with her brother at the train station. I don't know where he went, and the phone was turned off when I called him. You can go to the hotel and get a room with Lu Mingfei first." Lu Mingfei's eyes widened, but Su Xiaoqiang gave him another look), Chu Zihang and I have to help find someone, Chicago is too big, I hope nothing will happen before we find him."

"Well, what are the characteristics of the freshman brother of the junior you mentioned? For example, the clothes and belongings on his body." Lin Nian looked down at the tooth necklace in his hand and asked.

"cute."

"What?" Lin Nian froze for a moment.

"She said her brother is the cutest in the world? As long as we see it, we will recognize it." Su Xiaoqiang's words contained a strong hint of a wry smile, probably because he felt that this kind of speech seemed familiar?
"Any other information?"

"Asian, black and medium-length hair, slightly curly hair, about 19 to 20 years old and us, but only 1.6 meters eight, thin body, she said her brother has been in poor health, so his face is sickly white , when he walked away, he was wearing a black short-sleeved shirt with a white horizontal striped T-shirt, casual pants and white air-cushioned sneakers, and by the way, he was also wearing a family heirloom animal tooth pendant."

"Okay." Lin Nian said, "I probably have an idea."

"So fast? (He's always been fast! Lu Mingfei's teasing voice on the phone is faintly visible)" Su Xiaoqiang was a little surprised.

"It's just a coincidence. I'll meet you later then, maybe I can help you. I'll call you if I find someone. Keep your mobile phone signal at all times." Lin Nian hung up the phone after speaking briefly.

He looked up again at the dreadlocked boy who was still thinking about whether to sit on the ground and raise the price. This time, he didn't dislike the strong smell of leaves on the other party. Instead, he took two steps forward and put his arms around the other party's neck.

"My friend, playing the friendship card doesn't work. I have professional ethics." Halfway through the speech, the dreadlocked boy found that the food pinned in his front waist pocket loosened, and then the hard things fell away. in the flank under his jacket.

His well-hidden gun was given away, and there was no way to resist.

"The principal is right, Chicago is indeed a good place." Looking at the stiff black cheeks close at hand, Lin Nian said in his ear, "This is called the city of architecture, and the streets are designed vertically. This means that alleys can be seen everywhere, and these alleys are also characterized by endless depth, which is very useful when dealing with some private matters.”

The braided boy couldn't speak a word, looking at the cheeks of the pretty boy from the side, it seemed that it was because of an illusion, why were those pupils filled with a pale golden color like sunlight?
"Go ahead, it's troublesome." Lin Nian looked at the entrance of the alley not far away, with a flat and indifferent tone.

(End of this chapter)