nightcrawler in los angeles

Chapter 5

As for Marco turning his back and ignoring him, he was sulking there!

Tao Xi also understands, in fact, everything happened to Hill. When Old Gnar died, Old Gnar pawned the gold necklace that he often hung around his neck~
Part of the $700 sold was spent on the urn of old Gnar, and the other half was intended to continue Hill through sixth grade.

But the weather was unpredictable, and Marco, who was overly sad, suddenly had a high fever on the third day after Old Gnar's death!
Because Marco had pneumonia, the three children who were still children didn't know so much, not only called an ambulance, but also sent Marco to the hospital for three days.

You must know that some elderly people in the United States would rather go to the hospital than call an ambulance when they are sick, but Hill was detained in the hospital when he used his medical insurance card to pay the fee!

In order to get Marko out of the hospital, Marko misappropriated the tuition fees that were originally planned for Hill to finish elementary school. Tausi not only owed Bolton a huge loan of 1300 US dollars, but also made Hill have no money to go to school until now.

That's why~
Hill has been getting a gift from Marco every year since then~
In the fifth, sixth, and seventh grades, some community school students will lose their books every semester, but Hill in the sewer will have more brand new books, and Hill will also sneak into the community when the three brothers have a good harvest Secretly listening to classes in the school's sewer!
It's just that every time Hill comes back, his eyes are red and swollen~
The fact that Hill couldn't go to school because of Marco's illness gradually became Marco's heart disease~
The reason why Marco is so active recently is because of a recent new regulation in California!

【If you can't finish high school in the future, you won't be able to get a high school diploma】

In Tao Xi and Marco, two poor people who escaped from the orphanage, they agreed that if Hill couldn't get a high school degree, he couldn't become an educated person, and if Hill couldn't get a high school diploma , then it is very likely that Hill, like the two brothers, will walk out in the dark place of the sewer all his life.

After figuring out the matter, Tao Xi sighed helplessly~
"Click"~
The dim light in the sewer was turned on again by Tao Xi, but when the light was turned on again this time, both Hill and Marco looked at him pitifully with their red and swollen eyes.

"Okay, okay! Isn't Hill going to school? Actually, I already have a plan." Tao Xi explained calmly after thinking about the sewer that might still be discharging sewage.

As soon as Tao Xi said this, Marco sat up all of a sudden, but Hill, who had been suppressing his crying all the time, cried out with a "wow" and kept saying: "I don't want to study, I don't want to Studying, I will never go to class secretly again, if you do this, you will be beaten to death by outsiders!"

"Crack"~
Tao Xi directly patted Hill on the back of the head~
Tao Xi rolled his eyes at Hill and complained directly: "Bah, bah, what are you talking about! I'm not stupid! I won't do illegal things! I want you to talk to those children I also go to the community school standing next to Caltech, and after high school you go and get me admitted to Caltech!"

"That's what. That so-and-so, what's the name of that little bastard who is the general manager of Mei'ao Paper?"

"You can go wherever his son goes!"

"After you go, study hard! Don't embarrass me, do you understand?"

When Tao Xi pretended to be old Gnar and taught Hill, Marco stared at his red and swollen eyes and asked with his head tilted between Tao Xi and Hill: "But...we have no money ah?"

"Brother, his son went to Harvard West Lake High School, but the tuition there is very expensive~"

When Tao Xi heard that the two brats were underestimating his wealth, Tao Xi had a rare moment of toughness!
Tao Xi first pushed the cabinet behind him away, and the tattered cabinet made a harsh "squeak" sound when it was pushed by Tao Xi~
When Tao Xi took a "ding ding dong dong" black bag under the cabinet aside, what caught Marko and Hill's eyes were several iron buckets of cookies~
Seeing the surprised faces of the two little boys, Tao Xi completely forgot that he was also a child, and proudly put the tin buckets of cookies one after another on the bed~
"Count~"

"See if it's enough to enroll Hill in a preparatory class first." Tao Xi saw the two kids counting the money in the iron bucket while looking at him in surprise, and Tao Xi was satisfied with eating the cold KFC Hamburg enjoys the eyes of the two puppies!

I don't know how much time has passed~
Anyway, their corner with an area of ​​less than 10 square meters is already filled with US dollar bills, but the largest face value of these US dollar bills is only 10 US dollars~
But Marco and Hill occupied a corner alone, counting the numbers in their mouths~
Just when Tao Xi was about to fall asleep, Tao Xi suddenly remembered that today was his birthday!
"776~"

"554~"

When Tao Xi stood up and heard the two little bastards count the savings of the three of them over the years, Tao Xi suddenly felt a little distressed~
But when Tao Xi thought that every time Hill went to the sewer to attend class secretly but came back and cried secretly because he didn’t understand something, Tao Xi sighed helplessly~
He holds the battery in one hand and the radio in the other.

Tao Xi skillfully found a drain that was still lit. Tao Xi first climbed to the top along the ladder next to him and successfully opened the sewer with his head. Tao Xi did not rush up, but exposed Half of the head and a pair of eyes looked around~
When Tao Xi found that the whole street was empty, Tao Xi climbed up skillfully.

There are chairs for people to rest everywhere in the streets and alleys of Los Angeles County. Taoxi found a chair and sat on it without cleaning it.

Tao Xi murmured in a low voice first: "Out of sight is out of sight" and then he began to toss about the radio in his hand~
In fact, Tao Xi can't remember clearly that day he fought with some beggars in order to grab this radio, but when Tao Xi went back that day, he rested for an unprecedented week~
Tao Xi first made a sign of the cross on his chest with his left hand, and then whispered: "Bless you, this radio must not be broken!"

Then Tao Xi carefully used the battery in his hand to buckle it into the radio bit by bit~
"Zi La"

"Zi La"

"Zi La"

After a burst of electric current, the radio suddenly broadcast a sound, and the appearance of this sound made Tao Xi's face instantly smile~
"Hahaha, it seems that my fight that day was not in vain! Tsk tsk tsk, even if it is sold, the radio in my hand can be sold for dozens of dollars!"

Tao Xi rubbed the radio in his hand very satisfied. When Tao Xi was about to press the rotary button to change the channel, Tao Xi suddenly found that the voice in the radio still hadn't changed~
"Is it a story club? But I want to hear the news!"

"What! It's still a bad thing!"

With an angry face, Tao Xi put the radio in his hand on the chair and directly lay down on the chair, listening to the movement on the radio~
[Amidst the applause, a woman with a very pleasant voice on the radio said: "Welcome to our largest oil retailer in Los Angeles County-Mr. McCann Reis~!"

McCann Reis also replied enthusiastically: "Hello, hello, long time no see Diana, hahaha, everyone is very enthusiastic~"

"Mr. McCann Reis, hello, you are very welcome to come to our Los Angeles midnight interview show." The hostess called Diana hurriedly replied enthusiastically.

"After all, it is our local radio program, and I should definitely support it."

"The rise of the Internet is too fast now, and there are not many radio programs that can calm down and do radio programs for ordinary people. In fact, I heard our programs as early as the 1983 Los Angeles Olympics, but later I did business. It’s too big, and I can’t take care of it gradually.”

"Wow, it seems that Mr. McCann Reiss was our loyal listener 30 years ago!"

McCann Lace didn't seem to have any airs, but replied very easily: "Yes, yes, I was actually an ordinary gas station tally worker back then. If it wasn't for April 1984, 4, I bought With that lottery bet, I might not be able to win so many gas stations in Los Angeles County in the future!"

Diana pretended to be surprised and asked: "Oh? Mr. McCann Reis, it seems that your first pot of gold was rumored to be won by winning the lottery, so is it true?"

"Yes! You can't hide this from others."

"I still remember the environment of that day very clearly. At that time, the business of the US-Australia Paper Industry was still booming. Wal-Mart took a fancy to the flow of people there and opened the first shopping plaza belonging to the US-Australia community."

"At that time, I read Wal-Mart's recruitment notice and was going to try to change the environment to see if my salary could be raised, but I never thought that Wal-Mart would not want me!"

"After I failed the interview at Wal-Mart, I was very annoyed. When I was going to go to the nearby newspapers and periodicals to buy some newspapers, I saw a sign of a lottery agency hanging on the newsstand, and I took it out by accident. For $40, I bought all the lottery tickets of that old man!"

"I didn't pay attention at first, but after I finished my night shift that day, I dug into my pocket and realized that I also bought a few lottery tickets."

"I was just scratching the cards while I was eating. When the first few cards didn't win, I didn't care, but when I scratched the last one, I found out that I actually won the lottery!!"

"It turned out to be the fourth prize of $3!"

Diana is like the best audience, not only applauding enthusiastically, but also constantly saying all kinds of flattering words to McCann Reese. 】

The radio program ended very quickly, because this program called L.A. Midnight Interview Show was only half an hour, and after the program ended, the radio was silent again~
At this moment, Tao Xi, who was lying on the chair, just sat up and stared at the radio on the flat chair~
Frowning, Tao Xi looked at the radio in front of him and said suddenly: "I'm afraid this is not a joke made by some rich man on April Fool's Day!"

"What joke?"

Tao Xi turned his head and glanced at Marco who didn't know when he put his head in front of his face. He was startled: "Did you walk silently? You almost scared me to death!"

Marko glanced at Tao Xi fussing on the chair, pouted and said: "Isn't it just spending some money! At worst, we'll make money later! What's the matter with you, you haven't come back for so long, Hill is counting the money below Counting and crying~”

At this time, all of Tao Xi's eyes were on the radio, so that Tao Xi didn't notice when Marco was talking to him.

"Well, crying, crying? Who cried?"

"Hill! It's Hill! What's wrong with you, Tao Xi? You are not such a button!" Marko said with dissatisfaction when he saw Tao Xi like this.

"I'm crying again! Oh, why are you crying! I'm just worried about what to do with Hill's tuition and rent in the future, and I don't care about money." Tao Xi first explained to Marco with a strange expression while holding the radio in his arms.

"That's right, it's a big deal for us to sell the iron! I think your radio is also a good one. If it doesn't work, let's go and fool a few idiots who live in the rich area and cheat some money!"

When Tao Xi heard what Marco said, it made sense, Tao Xi just wanted to agree~
Tao Xi suddenly remembered the sentence that the man named McCann Reis said on the radio, "Lotto lottery fourth prize", Tao Xi's head seemed to be circling this sentence like a devil~
"By the way, how much is the total? Is it enough for Hill to enroll in a preparatory class first!"

As soon as Marco heard Tao Xi say this, Marco immediately forgot the idea that he had just encouraged Tao Xi to sell his radio, and excitedly held up a "leaflet" to Tao Xi and said: "Look! This little boy The old man is a professor at Oxford University, 30 days 4000 US dollars, we just have 4050 US dollars, the money must be enough for Hill to study, and the leaflet also said that if you can’t pass the preparatory exam, you will get a full refund.”

As soon as Tao Xi heard this number, his head, which had been quiet, once again kept echoing a voice, "the fourth prize of the lottery ticket", "the fourth prize of the lottery ticket", "the fourth prize of the lottery ticket".

Tao Xi suddenly said in a strange way: "Well, I need 40 dollars tomorrow. You can take Hill to ask Mrs. Williams to borrow a suit of clothes for Hill tomorrow morning and sign up!"

Just when the two were about to climb into the sewer, Marco's face looked like he was constipated.

"Come on, tell me, what else do you need?"

"If Hill does pass, are you really going to let him go to that high school in St. or something?"

"Nonsense! Why don't you go if you promised me! You don't have to think about the money, I'll take care of it!" Tao Xi waved at Marco impatiently, lifted the manhole cover and crawled back towards the sewer. Marco looked at Tao Xi curiously and muttered~
"I know how to brag!"

"I keep saying that I love bragging, but I think you are bragging!"

"I see that Hill passed the preparatory exam, how do you pay his tuition!"

Marco originally wanted to stand in front of the manhole cover and complain about Tao Xi, but Tao Xi stood in the sewer and scolded directly: "Marco, if I hear you scolding me again, next time I will soak your quilt Into the sewer!"

When Marco heard Tao Xi's threat, he quickly shrank his neck and crawled under the manhole cover~
(End of this chapter)