After the two left the bar, they found the famous Mungermous Motel. The shop has been in business since 1945 and is filled with souvenirs and collectible old car models, but, alas, not for sale.

The owner and his family should be in their seventies, and on Route 66, the most common is this kind of mom and dad shop, and the whole road is full of old people without exception, and young people have gone to the big city to find new opportunities. And these old people know this road best, and they are full of infinite feelings for this place, which is a good memory of their youth. Just like Becky and his family, they have lived on this roadside all their lives.

This hotel should be the best one Xiao Peng has ever seen on the entire Route 66, the room is large, the inside is comfortable, but the price is not expensive, only fifty dollars, which is cheap next to Route 66. And...... The two of them haven't paid for it yet, and they got a free stay!

The reason for the free stay is very simple, the motel does not provide room and board, and the two of them are too lazy to go to the town of Lebanon to find food, the two of them directly and simply solved their own dinner, as for how to solve it? A quick instant hot pot, plus a box of instant noodles. As a result, these two things attracted the boss and his wife to knock on the door.

"What's the matter?" Xiao Peng opened the door and saw the old couple standing at the door, the old gentleman still holding a fire extinguisher in his hand, sticking his head into the house.

"What's the smell in there, what's your name?" Oh, Xiao, we're not allowed to cook here!" said the old gentleman.

Xiao Peng shrugged: "I didn't cook on the fire, I just soaked instant noodles and a quick instant hot pot." After speaking, he pointed to the table inside. Hot pot and instant noodles are placed on the table.

The old man was stunned for a moment, and looked at the plastic lunch box on the table: "You mean, the smell of so fragrant is from this thing?"

Xiao Peng felt that he couldn't explain it, so he simply scratched his head: "Old man, can you eat spicy?"

The old man grinned: "Of course you can." We're brave people of the West, not sissies who only know what to eat sweets. ”

Xiao Peng smiled, the old man's temper was quite rushed. Xiao Peng said: "You wait for me!" After speaking, he walked out with the car keys, made up and just took it out of the trunk, took out two boxes of small hot pot from the ring and handed it to the old man: "This is for you, you go back and taste how it tastes." ”

"What's so embarrassing?" said the old man, but he had already handed over the fire extinguisher to his wife as soon as possible, and returned to their own room in front of them with a fast hot pot. Xiao Peng couldn't cry or laugh, just went back to the room to eat a few bites, but there was a knock on the door again, Xiao Peng opened the door and saw that the old man was standing at the door again, with an embarrassed look: "Xiao, how do you eat that thing? Why can't I be as hot as you?"

Xiao Peng was stunned: "Uncle, how did you eat?"

"Call me old John, of course, soak it in boiling water!" the old man looked puzzled.

Xiao Peng covered his head: "Old John, let's go, blame me for this." I'll go with you. After speaking, Xiao Peng took out two boxes of instant hot pot from the car and came to Old John's side.

Old John was puzzled: "Why did you take out two more boxes?"

Xiao Peng said with a smile: "Blame me for this, I forgot, the instructions on it are in Chinese, not English." ”

Xiao Peng opened the hot pot box, put the lime bag on the bottom layer, poured a little cold water, and then put the ingredients in the food bag on the upper layer, poured water and covered the lid: "It's done, you can eat it in a while." ”

"You're pouring cold water, aren't you kidding me?" said old John.

Xiao Peng fell in love with this rare and strange appearance of foreigners, Xiao Peng nodded: "That's because I have a special function, which will make the cold water here hot." After speaking, he made a gesture towards the hot pot box.

Old John was stunned: "Hey, Xiao, do you really think I'm an idiot?"

Xiao Peng laughed: "The working principle of this small hot pot is that quicklime will heat up when it encounters water to provide heat, you see, there is already heat coming out." ”

Not long after, there was a gurgling and boiling sound in the small hot pot, and Xiao Peng smiled: "You can eat it after waiting for a while." ”

"Wow, that's amazing. Old John's eyes widened, and then he soaked another one in style, and it didn't take long for the room to be filled with the smell of hot pot.

"OK, I wish you all a nice meal, I'll go back first. Xiao Peng said goodbye to the old couple, but the two of them had no time to care about him, and they didn't say anything left, only nodding with a thumbs up. Xiao Peng smiled bitterly and went back. After eating and drinking, I took a hot bath and prepared for a comfortable sleep.

It's a pity that Xiao Peng didn't sleep well at all this night, and he didn't know what was going on outside, there were sirens whistling in an average of thirty minutes, and someone came to the motel to investigate, but he didn't come in to check on Xiao Peng, just glanced at it and left, but it was annoying enough. Xiao Peng didn't sleep well all night. The security of this Stars and Stripes country, tsk。。。。。。

Early the next morning, when Xiao Peng and the two were about to check out and move on, Old John refunded the room fee to the two of them, on the grounds that he was grateful for the food that Xiao Peng gave them. And give Xiao Peng a gift: a small Mustang car model, carved from handmade wood, very detailed. At first glance, it is also an old object, at least a few decades old.

However, Xiao Peng still didn't ask Old John to refund his room fee, only left the car model as a souvenir, and took out a few boxes of instant hot pot for Old John as a gift, anyway, he has more of these things. Old John was so happy that he kept thanking the two of them.

Xiao Peng was just about to leave and move on, when suddenly two young men with duffel bags walked in: "Excuse me, are the two cars outside yours?"

"yes, what's the matter?" Xiao Peng asked puzzled.

The blonde young man said, "Let me introduce myself, my name is Chris Hilton, and this is my friend J.T. White. We're traveling together, I don't know if we can get in your car, we can share the cost of gas. ”

Xiao Peng and Yang Meng glanced at each other: "I'm Xiao Peng, this is Yang Meng, I don't know where you're going?"

"We are students at the University of Texas at Austin. I'm going back to school now. Chris replied, "Of course, you don't have to, we'll send it to Austin, and it would be nice to be back in Texas." ”

Xiao Peng thought for a while and said, "Okay, I'll try my best to send you to Texas, but we won't go to Texas." ”

"Why?" Chris was stunned, "We Texas is the best place in the whole Stars and Stripes, how can you miss such a good place and not visit?"

Xiao Peng smiled bitterly: "Is it to make you Lone Star State so awkward? If you don't recognize our Huaxia driver's license, we don't want people to detain the car!"

Texas, the second largest state in the Stars and Stripes, after Alaska. There is also a domineering name------ Lone Star State, which means that Lao Tzu is the only one, and the rest of the states are garbage. To describe the status of Texas in the United States in one word, it is 'out of place'. Can an independent state be the same as any other state?

Once Texas, it was an independent country. It joined the Stars and Stripes as an independent nation, and to this day it is still at odds with the federal government in many places: the Stars and Stripes Supreme Court's ruling that gay marriage was legal just didn't work in Texas. In the entire Stars and Stripes, the Supreme Court is even higher than Congress and the President, because it has neither a gun nor a purse, and the people of the Stars and Stripes can criticize the President and Congress, but very few people doubt the purity of the Supreme Court. Texas is so awesome, and the Supreme Court doesn't pay attention to it!

Moreover, the people of Texas are fierce, and the militia armed organizations in Texas are extremely combative, and they are self-contained, and they are completely independent of the government's command. When a Chinese company wanted to invest in a factory there, the local government sent in the police to demolish it, but instead it was surrounded by heavily armed militias, and the plan was put on hold.

Don't think that Texas is the kind of place where the poor people come out of the poor, it's very wealthy, and the economy is the second largest in the All-Star Striped Country. The headquarters of the top 500 companies listed in the Stars and Stripes are the most here. Several metropolitan cities are running side by side and are developing very well-balanced: Houston, Austin, Dallas, Woodworth, San Antonio, and other metropolises are growing together.

Unlike other states, Texas is a very conservative state with a quirky style of its own. Today, it is also the state with the most cowboy style of the Stars and Stripes, maintaining the spirit of the traditional Stars and Stripes, and the belief is pious, here, no casinos are allowed, and neither are the Indians; many cities are not allowed to set up bars, or are not allowed to sell alcohol, and even if they sell alcohol, they are only allowed to sell light beer; if you want to find a girl or something here, then you are in the wrong place, here in many cities any yellow spots are not allowed, a little erotic magazines are not allowed to sell, and even adult stores are not allowed to open there. It's definitely a breath of fresh air in the Stars and Stripes. If you can go there to see it, Xiao Peng doesn't want to miss it.

But who made Texas not recognize a Chinese driver's license, like Xiao Peng, who traveled by car like this, then he really couldn't go to Texas.

Chris and JT looked at each other and grinned, "No problem, we all have Texas driver's licenses, if you believe us, we can drive you around in Texas, what do you think?"

Xiao Peng smiled: "No problem, let's go, there is still a long way to go, and there are many places to play!"

After the couple said goodbye to John Sr., there were two more passengers in the car and the next leg was to cross the corner of Kansas, cross Oklahoma, and then enter Texas. There's still a long way to go.

But before they could go far, a few people couldn't go any further: the whole road was blocked tightly, and many heavily armed policemen and soldiers stopped passing cars to check the car.

Xiao Peng looked at Chris sitting beside him suspiciously: "You and JT are not wanted criminals, are they?

Chris looked bitter: "Xiao, I also want to ask you the question you said, please, now I'm confused too!"

Xiao Peng scratched his head: "Then what's going on? Did someone smuggle a nuclear bomb into the Stars and Stripes?"