Subheading: - Try to do everything well

Christmas is still Hannah's happiest day. She received gifts from "Santa Claus", even her four pets.

For Link's age, Christmas is just a normal day.

After Christmas this year, Link had no intention of going there to play.

He didn't go out to play, but Bild came to play in Ozet. Bill came alone.

"Morse is back in Florida for Christmas. Bill explains it this way.

Link saw that he was depressed, and thought that things were not so simple. But since Bill didn't want to say, he didn't ask. Link pulled out two guns and said, "Shall we go hunting?"

Bill took one of them and said, "These two guns are too different, aren't they?

"Yes, I bought it when I was in Las Vegas. You bought this two years ago when Jeff wanted to hunt. "His AM-L115A3 was made specifically for firearms collectors, so it was much more beautifully crafted than a regular gun. However, he has rarely played with this gun in the last two years.

"What are you going to fight? it can't be your cow!" said Bill with a smile. "Of course, it would be nice to have a cougar. He saw the two cougars, which had completely lost their fluff, and knew that they had been caught in the Boiling Farm.

"If you're unlucky, you might come across a brown bear. Link put the gun on his back and said as he walked out the door. "Shall we ride a horse?"

"Joke, I almost became a cowboy back then. How could I not ride a horse?"

"Stop blowing. You think I knew you the first day?"

Bill laughed and said, "It's a bit exaggerated. I do know how to ride a horse, though. ”

When they came to the stable, the horses were ready. He still rides his dark horse. Bill rode an ordinary quart.

"This is Gipasi Vanierma, much prettier than Quartma. ”

"It's Gipsy Vanierma. Bought it back from the UK. There is also a red one, which is Jessica's horse. There are also two black and white horses, Hannah's. So I had to wronged you to ride a quart horse. ”

Bill laughed and said, "As long as it's not a pony." "They rolled over and got on their horses.

Link saw him in action and confirmed that he could ride a horse. He also controlled the black horse's urge to run wild, and walked slower than on horseback.

"Didn't it snow here before Christmas?"

"There was a sleet. ”

"It's paradise except for the wet weather. Bill exclaimed. "Riding a horse here, I feel like a European aristocratic in the Middle Ages. ”

Link laughs, "The weather here is a bit annoying. But if you stay for a long time, it's easy to fall in love with it. "He felt much more comfortable in Ozette than in the big city.

The air is good, the scenery is good. And everything in the big city, as long as he needs it, even if it is something in New York, he will make a phone call, and the thing will be delivered in the shortest possible time.

"You make such an exclamation, do you want to start retirement?"

"Of course not, I'm still a promising young man. ”

Link smiled and said, "So promising young man, when will your car repair shop continue to expand?"

Bill said, "I'm not going to open a new garage. ”

"Why did you suddenly change your plans?"

"Not a sudden change of plans. I've been thinking about it for a long time. I found that I simply couldn't manage more garages at the same time. Bill said helplessly. "I treated them like brothers, and they made me fools. ”

Link didn't expect him to suddenly have such a feeling: "What the hell is going on?"

"I had someone run one of the car repair shops, and he helped a friend modify a car that was used for smuggling or smuggling at the U.S.-Mexico border. What chilled me the most was that the group of them had lost more than $200,000 to me together. ”

The more Bill spoke, the more angry he became, and the faster he spoke: "I think they're my brothers, so the wages are higher in the mechanics of the whole country." But they weren't satisfied. If they don't have money, how can I not lend it to them? But they don't, they steal my money, and they use it to play with women, to gamble. But I trusted them so much that I thought they would help me take care of the factory. But what did I get? It's betrayal!"

He couldn't help but curse as he spoke: "hataf*ckman!"

"I realized that the finances were wrong and wanted to ask. Guess what? He's in the office with two. F*cking！”

“hataf*ckman！”

"How did you deal with it?"

Bill smiled wryly and said, "What can I do? I beat him up, made them write IOUs, and told his gang to get rid of them." ”

"How much did you lose?" Link knew the money was going to come back.

"Two hundred and fifty thousand dollars. ”

"You could have thrown them in jail!"

"What if you throw them in prison? They have nothing, so if you throw them in prison, will they have the money to pay me back?"

Link looked at him and said, "Bill, the question is not whether the money can be returned, but whether you will be punished for doing something wrong. Prison is where they should go. ”

"But I can't!" Bill said, shaking his head. "I had a big fight with Morse over this. I remember that I had been with her for almost two years, and it was the first time that I had such a strong argument. ”

Link didn't have anything to say about it either. Everyone has their own ideas, and Bill can't say he's wrong when he thinks so.

It's just that as a friend, he still wants to say something: "Bill, what I'm going to say next has nothing to do with skin color discrimination." Do you know how many of the people I've hired are black? There are managers like Martha, but in reality, less than 2 percent of the people who start the noodle shop or hire the workers they hire are not. And most of these people are screened through Martha. Do you know why?"

Bill started by thinking, "This is discrimination," and he couldn't say it at the thought that it was Martha, a black man, who presided over it.

Link laughs, "Because of Martha, they developed an assessment. It was found that blacks were good communicators. But impulsive, reckless, mostly lazy, and irresponsible. Not all of us are like ourselves. There are so many black people, but you are the only black person I can really consider a friend to. Because you want to make a career, you will work hard to improve yourself. Other blacks don't. In the early years, black people were discriminated against and could not go to high positions, and you still feel that you can't improve yourself, so you don't fight. So I think black people are not discriminated against because of the color of their skin, but because you don't fight. Do you know who the black guy I admire the most? Not Obama, he's just a little bit of a black guy — he's only 7 percent black. ”

"Who is it?"

"Michael Jackson. I think even if he made his appearance white, it was a kind of struggle for him. But what about the others? In the United States, there are quite a few successful blacks, and there have even been co-chairs of the Senate. But as the second largest ethnic group in the United States and the third largest ethnic group now, why is it slightly worse than the Chinese, who have only one-eighth of the black population?"

"Martin Luther King Jr. was perhaps a great man for black America. But I think most of the blacks are tarnishing that greatness. They themselves are not angry, saying that they are discriminated against. I think you should remember that I was no less discriminated against by white people than you did. But did I ever hate white people? No. Harry, like you, is my best friend, and my family is almost all white. I didn't think about who to group with. There is a phrase that may not be used here, but I still have to say that a group of sheep is no better than a wolf, no matter how united. Instead of huddling with sheep, try to turn yourself into a stronger wolf. ”

Bill asked, "So what do you think I should do? Do you think if I hire a white worker, there will be a white man willing to work for a black man?"

"Then why are so many white people willing to work for me, a yellow man?" Link asked rhetorically. "I'm not trying to say that you shouldn't just recruit black people to work for you, but don't just think about the friends around you. That will give you a preconceived notion. What we have been able to play before may not be what we need. There are so many black people, most of them like I said, but I still have black employees. Martha, for example, I must admit that she is a very good manager. Blacks also have a lot of people who are willing to work hard for their future. You can totally look for such people. And when you have your own charisma, not to mention the white race, even if it's a golden alien, it's not necessarily unwilling to work for you. ”

Bill was silent for a moment before he said, "Anyway, I don't think I'm fit for a big career right now. Maybe I'm only capable of running a garage. ”

Link shook his head and said, "Listen, Bill. When I offered to fund Harry and you, and you went to California, it proved that you were different from those black people who didn't want to get better. Differences in skin color are genetic, not capped. I think you should read more books, don't always think that black people are discriminated against in the United States, and don't always listen to stories about black people being discriminated against. The root cause of being discriminated against is because you are not strong enough, not because of the color of your skin. ”

After a pause, he continued: "When we feel that we are being discriminated against because of the color of our skin, we are actually in an inferiority complex. And it can never be detached from it. People who are in a group with people of the same color are people with low self-esteem, and they will only pull us down to the same level as them. In my eyes, there are only two kinds of people: the hardworking and the degenerate. Skin color? does not exist. I believe that success is the inevitable result of your efforts to do everything well. Of course, the definition of success also varies from person to person. ”

Bill was silent.

After a while, Link smiled and said, "Now that it's all over, forget about it!" don't you feel a loss for someone like that? Go, come along!" he said and kicked the horse's belly lightly. The dark horse received the prompt and ran out at once.

The two rode to a meadow by the river. This meadow is naturally formed. Because although the meadow is long and narrow along the river, the area is not very large, and the cattle do not come here. However, deer are often seen here.

The two tied their horses to trees and walked along the river with their guns. Luckily, it hadn't snowed heavily yet, and they walked easily.