nightcrawler in los angeles

Chapter 38 The Muffled Sound of the Underground

When Old Gnar was around, he often taught Tao Xi that "in this world, there is no hate without reason, and there is no love without reason!"

Tao Xi felt that the old West's attitude towards him now perfectly interpreted this sentence. After the others left, the old West introduced him to him as if he had opened his memoir, which belonged to his youth. brilliant~
"Are you a good person or a bad person?" Old West suddenly asked Tao Xi who was sitting there listening.

Tao Xi replied quickly: "I am a good person!"

The day Tao Xi escaped from the orphanage, he said to himself that he must strive to be a good person standing under the sun, and this goal will not change.

Old West looked at Tao Xi's expression with a complex expression, and then looked at the group photo of his family on the bedside.

Tao Xi followed his gaze and looked at the past without speaking.

Old West sighed heavily after a while and said: "It took me a lifetime to learn to be careful. Women and children can be careless, but men can't."

Old West looked up at Tao Xi, shook his head regretfully and continued: "It's a pity that you are too young, but I am willing to bet on you. Although the West Candy Factory is gone, it will not delay me." I see the greatness of youth from you."

"I hope you can take good care of John Hughes after I leave. Although he is very old, he is too simple, and my daughter will suffer."

Tao Xi tilted his head when he heard Old West's words and still did not answer.

Old West just smiled when he saw that Tao Xi was unwilling to answer: "Of course, I won't trouble you for no reason. Lewis told me about your background, but I believe you are a good person!"

"I'm just a good person!" Tao Xi stared at Old West seriously.

Old West waved his hand and smiled "hehehe": "Maybe one day I will need your help, maybe that day will not come, I hope you can help me then!"
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After going out, Tao Xi looked at John Hughes who was standing still and giggling, and then looked at Old West and his daughter who were standing on the third floor thoughtfully.

"What did the old man secretly say to you?"

The priest became the same dick at the beginning again, sitting on the car with his legs crossed and a cigar in his hand, he said to Marco indifferently: "What can I say? It's just for his son-in-law who can't help him." Find a solid and reliable backer!"

"backing?"

Marko turned his head and looked at Tao Xi through the rear window of the car, and then at John Hughes standing at the door of the villa, waving goodbye to the car that had already left, and said: "John is fine, he said As long as it is the security list I wrote to him, he will pay us on time, and I also promised to re-arrange the cameras in their villa."

"Oh, the gangsters are not scary, but the gangsters are educated!" The priest said meaningfully to Tao Xi who was sitting in the back seat.

Marko was a little confused, but Tao Xi looked down at the contract in his hand and nodded thoughtfully, but soon Tao Xi shook his head again.

Tao Xi didn't want to think about too complicated things, but the impact of huge wealth and the RV being delivered to the door of the Neil Brothers hot dog shop in the American-Australian community on time after repairs made Tao Xi and Marco forget the troubles of the day.

Nelson looked curiously at the decoration inside the RV through the glass with his mouth open, while Marco, like his master, was proudly wiping the motorcycle hanging behind the RV with a rag.

Instead, Nilta and Taoxi gathered together and whispered: "The life of the United States and Australia Paper is much better. If you have any plans, you'd better go early."

Tao Xi immediately became interested when he heard Nilta's words. Tao Xi's eyeballs rolled around before he replied: "What's the matter with the United States and Australia Paper?"

"It is said that it is going to be listed, do you know that it is going to be listed? It is to send the United States and Australia Paper to the computer and make many people become its shareholders!" Nilta took a copy of "Wall Street Financial News" from the newsstand and put it on Tao Xi hand explained.

Seeing this newspaper, Tao Xi once again remembered the outlet in the sewer that belongs exclusively to the American-Australian community~
At first, Tao Xi wanted to threaten them to obtain the household registration of the US-Australia Paper through the illegal discharge of sewage by [US-Australia Paper]. But when Tao Xi got a visa belonging to Rwanda, Tao Xi wanted to do something different. .

But before that, he needs to meet Gerry Lively, a person who has worked as a reporter has more ideas and insights than him!
"I bought a house in the Brentwood community, you can take it with me tomorrow."

Nilta looked at Tao Xi in shock when she heard Tao Xi's words: "You actually bought a house!!! Do Nightcrawlers make so much money???"

As soon as Marco heard Nilta's words, he immediately threw the rag in his hand into the basin on the ground: "Why can't we buy a house?"

"I'm feeling a little bit emotional! It's not been a few days, and you guys are so rich." Nilta also realized the problem in his words and explained to Marco with an embarrassed expression.

"It's okay, it's okay, I don't plan to live in that house, I will sell it after I use it up, if you are interested, I can sell it to you at a low price, it is one of the few wealthy areas in Los Angeles County, and you have already It's time to move out of Pigeon House." Tao Xi waved his hands indifferently.

When Nelson heard this, he poked his head over with great interest, but Nilta looked embarrassed and couldn't answer directly.

Tao Xi didn't care when he saw the brothers' appearance: "Don't be in a hurry, don't be in a hurry, I know that many people from Prison 86 have defected to you recently, you can ask your brother to teach them how to make hot dogs , Let them open a shop like you!"

Nelson immediately became interested when he heard this, but Nilta said with a bitter face: "We will give you a part of the share this Christmas. If you don't have enough money, you can start another family."

"Divided into? No need! At that time, I thought you were joking with me."

When Nelson saw that Tao Xi was going to refuse, he pushed his brother away and said seriously in front of Tao Xi: "No, I must! Without your support back then, I might still be working for others now!"

"Yes, yes, yes, one thing is one thing." Nilta seemed to respect his younger brother's opinions in terms of business. Whenever there was a suggestion for a hot dog stand, Nilta would be very obedient.

Tao Xi looked up at the sun in the sky and hesitated for a long time before saying, "Then 10%! I still have some money, so I will buy the newsstand."

"You ask your younger brother to pick 5 suitable candidates from the group of people who are willing to follow you after they are released from prison. According to the business model of your two brothers, there are two people in a shop, so that we can solve those people who have nothing to do. status."

After Tao Xi said this, he didn't care about the psychological state of the Neal brothers and got into the manhole cover beside him, but Marco shook his head indifferently.

"Why doesn't your brother live in the car?"

"I don't feel safe, that's what Tao Xi said. He just squats on the toilet and watches TV on the RV. Recently, he especially likes to listen to the radio he picked up from the trash can. I don't understand." Marko answered Nelson Then he just polished the shiny RV by himself.

Only Nierta didn't know where she ran to.
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Welcome to the Brentwood Community

Several huge house numbers made Tao Xi feel a little strange. Although Tao Xi came here for the third time, Tao Xi found a little sense of "home" here.

And Tao Xi also tried to sleep in the RV in recent days.

But Tao Xi suffers from insomnia, Tao Xi can only fall asleep by smelling the smell of the sewer~
The handover of that house went well!

Ms. Eugenie got Tao Xi's final payment of 2 yuan on the same day and immediately left in a car. Xi completed the formalities and gave Tao Xi a relocation permit that belonged exclusively to immigrants.

The relocation permit is similar to the domestic real estate certificate. Only after you have the relocation permit, no matter you have dug oil or gold mines under your house, the right to dispose of all those things belongs to you.

It's just that Tao Xi regretted that the neighbor who was a money fan didn't know whether it was because Nilta brought a lot of younger brothers or what, but he left after chatting with Tao Xi briefly.

In fact, Tao Xi also wanted to ask Mellie White about the Portuguese couple who also planned to buy the house that day, because the Portuguese couple had never appeared since they met Tao Xi that day.

Taoxi, who walked into the room, ignored Marco, who was like a monkey, and wandered around the first floor several times on his own. Nilta did not come in, but led a few people in the yard, laughing, cursing and playing.

According to Tao Xi, this old house from the last century is really well maintained. In order to keep the house free from termites and pests, Ms. Eugenie not only re-bound the fir wood, but also made a lot of fir furniture~
Tao Xi just glanced at it and stared very seriously at the mottled wooden floor under his feet.

Tausi well remembers that the radio said only that the Portuguese couple got the John Singer Sargent painting when they bought the house, but it didn't say where they got it.

But when it comes to treasure, can it be found in other places besides under the feet?
After taking a look at the old house without a decorative ceiling, Tao Xi reached out and knocked on the walls of the entire first floor, but he didn't hear the "echo" often mentioned on the TV~
Marko looked at Tao Xi's obsessed look and complained: "Actually, this house is really nice. If Hill knows it, he will be very happy."

Tao Xi shrugged his shoulders and did not answer him, but continued to lie on the wall of the room listening to the "echo" and trying to find the "mezzanine" that was often mentioned on TV.

"Are you looking for hidden treasure? I don't think there's anything to do here. You might as well look under the floor. That old lady, Eugenie, has hired a termite removal company. Those companies love to stuff termites into the cracks in the walls." .”

"If you're interested, you might as well take a look at the floor on the first floor. The floor there is almost warped. Ms. Eugenie must not have renovated it, and the house is too remote, and there is no sewer underneath."

Tao Xi's eyes immediately lit up when he heard Marco's words. Tao Xi just wanted to go downstairs, but Tao Xi seemed to think of something when he went downstairs. Looking at Marco, he said: "We definitely won't live here, isn't the RV bad? And there is no sewer here, so I don't feel safe!"

Marco muttered dissatisfiedly and sat on the bed without a bedding. Marco, who was lying on the bed, was also tossing and turning, and he was not used to it.

After a while, Marco heard "ding ding dong dong" downstairs.

Marco, who walked to the corner of the stairs, saw Tao Xi poking his buttocks and holding a shovel to raise the floor one by one. Nilta, who was standing at the door, also looked at Tao Xi in astonishment.

"Why do you want to work too?"

Nierta, who was full of laziness, retracted his head with a smile on his face when he heard Tao Xi's words, and Marko went downstairs in a bored manner, imitating Tao Xi and began to poke the floor.

"Tao Xi, are you planning to demolish this house?"

"Almost! If I don't demolish the house, I can't make a fortune." Taoxi, who was sweating profusely, squatted on the ground and ate a hot dog casually. Nilta, who was carrying the garbage, said: "My brother is making a fortune, maybe he can open a few more hot dog shops for you guys if he gets rich this time!"

Nilta didn't say a word when he heard what Marco said to them, but just walked towards the door with a lot of garbage, but his group of younger brothers became more and more angry after hearing what Marco said. Enthusiasm~
It was completely dark, and Nierta took his four little brothers upstairs to play cards for a while before falling asleep.

This old house is very quiet at night, and the stars all over the sky make the whole Taoxi feel very relaxed. Marco also whispered: "We haven't seen the stars like this for a long time."

"Hurry up, soon, we will have money. If I have money, I will become a handsome night crawler, and you will learn how to make hot dogs from Nelson."

"I don't want to learn how to make hot dogs. If I have money, I want to have countless luxury cars."

The two little guys just chatted one after another, after all the floor was paved all afternoon, the two kids fell asleep very quickly.

In Tao Xi's sleep, he always vaguely heard the muffled sound of "dong dong dong" coming from his ears. This muffled sound after another was very rhythmic, as if.
Tao Xi suddenly woke up from his sleep, and looked up at the sky outside the window: "It's not dawn yet, why am I having a nightmare?"

Tao Xi just fell asleep with half of his head on the ground on his side, when the muffled sound of "dong dong dong" appeared in his mind again~
(End of this chapter)