"Brother Wood, what did the guinea pig say to you just now?"

A round-faced Chinese teenager with a bloated figure but a shrewd person walked into the classroom and asked Su Mu in Chinese.

Today's classes are all over, it's time to get out of school, most of the semester has passed, the midterm test has been completed, the students' days are relatively easy, the teacher did not give too high academic requirements, gave up a part, only focused on taking care of some students, Su Mu's class is the best in the whole grade, as early as when he first entered junior high school, a test will distinguish students with different potentials, the so-called short and tall, referring to probably that.

The two of them go to school and leave school together almost every day, this time is no exception, they ran to the door of Su Mu's classroom after class, the class of the two is not close, there are a total of seventeen classes in the whole grade, and there are quite a lot of students in each class, which will inevitably lead to a decline in the quality of teaching, and the teacher cannot manage it.

Teacher Susie understands that this school is very bad, so she specially persuaded Fang Mu to change schools, hoping that he will have a broader development prospect, in those excellent middle schools, students have a direct chance to be admitted to top universities, Castellar is not in the list of those top middle schools, and the learning atmosphere is also very reluctant, after being rejected, she can only express regret for this, if there are conditions who do not want to go to a better school, she understands that Fang Mu's family conditions are not good.

The so-called "not good", more like a more euphemistic statement, to be precise, it should be worse, most of the Chinese can not find a good job, in recent years, there are many unemployed people, the Chinese are always with blacks, Mexicans are the first to be fired, and then save money for the company, white people waiting for work are everywhere, which round to get Chinese, the unemployment rate is much higher than that of whites.

Many factories went bankrupt in the crisis, and due to the increase in labor costs, many labor-intensive and resource-intensive enterprises also moved to Asian countries, directly creating a new term - the Asian Tigers.

Lack of job opportunities, resulting in a lot of jobs that were previously looked down upon by whites, now there are a large number of people competing, often meet Chinese to interview, resumes are lightly put aside by the interviewers, the final fate is mostly thrown into the trash, a few years ago the United States has established diplomatic relations with the big country on the other side of the Pacific, but many locals still regard the Chinese as enemies, as a "flood beast" that broke into their homes......

"It's okay, about the SSAT.

She plans to help me write a letter of recommendation and ask me to sign up too, and after getting a high score, I will finish high school in a private middle school, which is too far away from home and I don't plan to go.

Ping'an, don't always call her a guinea pig, in fact, Teacher Susie is very nice, and last time a classmate in the class was sick, didn't she help mobilize donations.

Let's go, the group homework is done, go home to prepare for the final test, come to my house for dinner in the evening, your parents are going to run long-distance deliveries again, right?"

Su Mu replied.

In front of him is his little Li Ping'an, who has known each other since birth, since the two grandfathers have been good friends in their generation, they have naturally become friends, and they take the same school bus home every day after school, which can be regarded as a response, in case they are pulled into the alley by senior students to extort lunch fees, and campus bullying is not uncommon in the United States.

In fact, Chinese people are rarely blackmailed, and the law and order in this era is not so good, coupled with the large number of Chinese students in Castellar Public High School, those foreign high school students will generally pay attention to avoiding Chinese, and the miraculous "kung fu", with the death of Mr. Bruce Lee, is still popular, coupled with countless gang forces that originated in Chinatown, it is enough to deter many students who have not yet stepped out of school.

The Chinese people from all over the world who have gathered in Los Angeles have been generally united for nearly a hundred years, and infighting is naturally inevitable, but when they are bullied by foreigners, the muzzle of the gun will be pointed outward most of the time.

If a compatriot acquaintance is bullied by a foreign student, the senior Chinese student will help to take revenge, but if he is bullied by his compatriots...... Most of them can only be swallowed in the stomach with their teeth.

Most of the families who have lived in Chinatown for many years have a shady relationship, and people always have to ask for a way out, so many people are involved in illegal industries, all of them are neighbors, and everyone has some acquaintances, and the Su family is no exception.

Not to mention doing evil, it is enough for children to avoid being bullied, Su Mu has never encountered those bad things in school over the years, mainly because his grandfather Su Old Man is very popular, and the neighbors help each other, and the children know each other when they come and go, and there is always someone to help.

And Li Ping'an, his father Li Dahai is a well-known hob meat in Chinatown, in this era, those who drive taxis and big trucks are almost not easy to mess with, and if you check up, they are all involved with the gang, otherwise you can't do business.

When his son was beaten in the fifth grade, he went directly to the other party's house and beat the other party's Lao Tzu, that is, the Lao Tzu of the guy who beat Li Ping'an, and said cruel things not to the juniors, whoever beats his own son, will beat him Lao Tzu!

The school life of the two has been relatively quiet in recent years, in addition to Li Ping'an, Su Mu also has a close friend, that is, Du Zhong, who transferred to a private school, and the three of them still get together to play during the holidays.

"SSAT? You're going to transfer schools too?"

When he said this, Li Ping'an had surprise on his face and said anxiously: "Don't! I got the first place in the class in this test, and I will definitely not be able to get into other schools!"

What should I do if you're gone? There are still three years to graduate, and my dad has long given up on me and only let me finish high school, so how boring will my next days be without you?"

Su Mu packed up his textbooks, put them in his schoolbag, and walked out, looking sideways and smiling, "Don't worry."

Judging from the results of the last test, you are estimated to repeat the grade, and it is not certain whether you can go to high school in the second half of the year.

And you know, private schools are more expensive, my family can't afford them, and among these people who play together, only Du Zhong can go, and the school is much bigger than ours, and the school uniforms alone cost hundreds of dollars to buy.

His dad recently bought a computer and kept it at home, the new model that Apple just released, the last time Du Zhong let us play games, do you go on the weekend?"

"Damn! I don't repeat a grade, what a shame!

Those people all rely on the school to make money, our principal just bought a Jaguar, and yesterday someone secretly punctured the tire, it must have been done by those Mexicans, someone heard them discuss that they want to rectify the principal, I guess this time it will be angry.

It's best if your family doesn't have money, so that you won't leave me behind, Du Zhong is not righteous, don't learn from him.

Okay, I went to look for you on Saturday morning, and I often heard people say that computers, I've never touched them, so it's not hard to learn, right?

The Du Zhong family has a beautiful house with a garden in front of it, and my dad can't afford to buy it after driving a truck for ten years.

Wait a minute! It's early before the school bus leaves, you know? Kate was selected by an advertiser to shoot a commercial, and now she can be seen on the packaging when she eats ice cream, and my mother says that someone has asked her to be an actress.

I've been in Los Angeles for so long, and it's the first time I've met someone I know who is going to Hollywood to be an actor, don't you like her, it's too bad!

What if there is a rich and handsome actor who takes a fancy to her, your family is poorer than mine, and her mother likes money so much, she will definitely not choose you......"

Su Mu, who had been stabbed, looked at this friend with a mentally retarded look, and said stiffly: "I haven't spoken to her, what to choose or not to choose me."

A lot of people in our school and in Chinatown like Kate, even if I'm not an actress, I don't have a chance, don't always talk about it, I just think she's beautiful.

I've never played with a computer before, so it shouldn't be too difficult, so why don't we do it, we just play games......"

The main reason is that it is too expensive to buy so many computers, each of which costs more than 7,000 US dollars, which is equivalent to the income of the poor for a year.

It is not surprising that some senior high schools in California have just started to offer such courses after Stanford University launched an advocacy and that some senior high schools in California have just started to offer such courses.

Few people know that the first large-scale exchange of information between people through the "Internet" was almost in February 1984, when the civilian Internet was just starting, and the network was almost blank.

Well, this year, a BBS website builder called (FidoNet) has appeared in the United States, where users connect through a phone line and forward letters in a peer-to-peer manner, and the search engine or something hasn't appeared yet.

"Oops, pretend!

Who is staring at her, and can actually see in a daze? I said that you are enough, you haven't spoken, how do you know that she doesn't like you?

Brother, you should go and confess, just stand on the bell tower of our school, take a bullhorn and shout at the playground that I like you! I heard that girls like this set, maybe you can succeed, and buy a Porsche like Du Zhong and his father in the future, and then which girl will not like you, even if you can go shopping in Hollywood, there are beautiful women on the streets. ”

Li Ping'an carried his schoolbag and Su Mu side by side downstairs, walked through the crowd to the school gate, there was a long line of school buses parked near the school gate, all bright yellow, and they could only be taken by paying money every semester, and then said: "I admire Kate's father the most, my father said that he knew her father before, and then soaked in Kate's mother, and went to Manchester, England to live for a few years before moving back to Los Angeles."

Maybe it's bankrupt, otherwise how would you transfer to our school, but Hollywood stars are very profitable, and if you can become famous, you will soon become rich, you better hurry up now, and you will definitely not have a chance then. ”

Su Mu felt that Li Ping'an had a bit of sense, and deliberately ignored the remarks about Kate's family, and retorted: "I just know."

A woman like her would like quarterbacks or baseball teams, so what do I want to attract her?"

I felt empty in my heart, at this age, it was enough for Su Mu to clearly realize that this world was not so beautiful, and he thought that his friend would be comforted, but he didn't expect Li Ping'an to nod and agree: "That's right."

Forget what I just said, if you really go to the bell tower to confess, it may only make you a joke in school. ”

“...... I'm sorry for you, hurry up and get out. ”

When he said this, Su Mu felt a little lost in his heart, as if he had the same personality as Li Ping'an, maybe he would dare to confess like that, at least there would be a little hope.

Every guy has grown up liking a girl...... Or the boy didn't dare to say it, and because of it, he suffered from gains and losses, and Su Mu was no exception.

Since the first time I saw Kate passing by at the door of the house a few years ago, I thought that this Chinese-British mixed-race girl who spoke a British accent was beautiful, he was not bold in this kind of thing, and often met the girl named Kate, but after being apprehensive, he always pretended not to care and left, and when he went home, he regretted lying in bed alone.

However, what made Su Mu feel relieved was that many boys who liked Kate as much as he did, and finally confessed bravely, all failed in the end without exception, which more or less made him believe in the rumor that "the lover of his dreams is a lace edge", and he was deeply shocked......

The Chinatown where they live has been lively for more than half a century, and the children generally have some good friends, and Grandpa Su Mu and Du Zhong and Li Ping'an's grandfather are good friends, and they are still neighbors.

Speaking of which, Su Mu's name was given by Grandpa Du Zhong, who is one of the most famous old Chinese medicine doctors in Chinatown, with a unique skill in acupuncture and moxibustion, and business continues every day, even white people will come to visit, whether it is "Su Mu" or "Du Zhong", these two names are medicinal materials.

The Du family made a small fortune and barely squeezed into the middle-class group, while the Su family and the Du family are still crawling around in the small space of Chinatown......