Chapter 47 Mainstream Values (2-in-1, Ask for Recommendations)
If Yu Xia chooses the most familiar scenic spot of the United States, or the name of the place, it is estimated that many people will choose New York, Hollywood, Yellowstone, or the Statue of Liberty, but in fact, this is the illusion of ordinary people.
Basically, in the capital of every prefecture-level city, provincial capital, first-tier city, Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou and Shenzhen, there is at least one Times Square, which is the same as Beijing Road and Zhongshan Road all over the country.
Where to celebrate Christmas and New Year's in New York? In addition to spending time at home at Christmas, young people usually choose to go to Times Square on New Year's Day, where there are not only like-minded young people, but also big stars performing on stage, and more importantly, nearby businesses will offer countless discounts, some even free.
This attracted countless people from New York City to Times Square, and later on, it became a must-visit place for every Yuxia person who traveled to New York.
Su Jingzhen does not believe in religion, but his classmates all believe in Christ, so Su Jingzhen can only respect the beliefs of his classmates, so after Christmas Eve, he also followed his classmates and friends out to see the prosperity of American imperialism.
Surprisingly, he always thought that Michelle was a Jew, and according to his experience before being reborn, Jews were only Christmas, and if he was really bored and didn't want to spend Christmas, he could go to Michelle to play, and he could be regarded as having a companion.
But he was ridiculed, first by Mike, who laughed at him: "Ha, have you ever seen a Jew with blond hair and blue eyes?" Although modern Jews are no longer a simple race, they can actually be distinguished in appearance, and the vast majority of Jews are basically similar to you, with black hair and dark brown pupils, while Michelle's appearance characteristics tend to be a little more Nordic. ”
Immediately afterwards, Joanna also expressed her opinion: "The hair color of Jews is also light, but the color of the pupils is rarely blue, and even the light pupils are mostly amber. ”
"So Michelle isn't Jewish?" Su Jingzhen looked confused, didn't he say that most of the rich people on Wall Street were Jews? It's rare to meet one, so Su Jingzhen directly put this idea on Michelle.
"Of course not, but who do you think we're missing today?" Mike reminded Su Jingzhen.
"John, why didn't he come?"
"Haha, Sue, you're so stupid, but Christmas, except for people like you who come from the Far East and don't believe in Christ, there are only Jews left, or people like me." Nancy took over the topic, because she saw that Michelle had not spoken, and in fact, Nancy was also a little emotional in her heart, because she did not believe in Christ either.
"Huh? John was Jewish? Su Jingzhen continued to be confused, this ...... This...... It's completely different from his previous judgment, he always thought that John was a pure American, like a Texas cowboy, but he didn't expect it......
Mike shrugged his shoulders, he didn't wonder that Su Jingzhen would misjudge, after all, if you let an Asian person distinguish the characteristics of the Western race, or the cultural background, it is a bit difficult for a strong person, and there are even some people who are a little blind, and a moment ago they were talking to a Westerner, and they couldn't recognize others in a blink of an eye, because this cross-racial identification of a person is not so simple, just like a Westerner like Mike, you let him tell whether a person is from South Korea, or Yu Xia, or Japan, Then Mike is likely to be confused.
"John is quite resistant to coming out to play with us at Christmas, I called him before, but he said he would rather be in the library than come out, I don't quite understand his thoughts, but these things can't be forced, everyone says yes." Mike spread his hands and said that he had called John, but he couldn't help it if he didn't come.
"The Jews are more religiously conservative, so let's not guess what John thinks, disrespect, and say something else." Michelle finally spoke, and after being mistaken for a Jew by Su Jingzhen, she hadn't spoken and had been sullen.
As the only person who has worked hard in society, Joanna keenly noticed that Michelle's emotions seemed to be a little wrong, and walked over to hold the arm of this American girl and asked in a low voice.
Su Jingzhen's emotional intelligence is also very high, and someone must have said something wrong, so he quickly changed the topic.
"Why go to Times Square today? Isn't the countdown New Year's Day? ”
There were only two men left, Su Jingzhen and Mike, and at this time, only Mike came to talk: "Let's take you to recognize the road first, there will be a lot of people gathered here on New Year's Day, in case you get separated, you have to know how to walk back, mainly you, Sue, Nancy has never been here, but she is an American after all, and there are such scenes when she used to watch the news and live broadcasts, so we are not too worried about her, but you are different." ”
"I can call back." Su Jingzhen was confused, he didn't blame him, he didn't have this concept in his heart, and he didn't know how many people would be counted down.
"Huh...... Here, on the countdown night, at least 200,000 people will gather, and the whole neighborhood will be closed to cars, and you can only go out, and, usually, when you come in, you can't get out, and you are surrounded by people, and it is difficult to even go to the toilet. "Joanna lives in Queens, and although she never counts down, she sees it on TV a lot more.
Su Jingzhen blinked his eyes, but he was a little cowardly in his heart, although he had never participated in such an event, he had seen such a scene in the news before, if there was a stampede, it would have to be finished, such as the one on the Bund.
"Uh, so many people? Can't go to the toilet yet? The man is okay to say, he can't hold it back, just find a place, but what about the girl? Su Jingzhen's eyes rolled and asked softly.
Mike smiled cheaply and replied in a low voice, "Adult diapers." ”
"What if I open a big one?" Su Jingzhen was stunned again.
"Stupid, won't you come back now that the house is cleaned, then there won't be a big one!" Mike was choked, this person was really from backward Asia, and he couldn't think of such a simple question.
At this time, Su Jingzhen was actually already retreating, don't look at it on the outside, it looks like it is in his teens and twenties, but his psychological age is already very large, and he doesn't seem to be interested in participating in such a party event, and the most important thing is that the potential danger is a bit big, which makes him a little afraid.
"I don't want to come." Michelle, who was whispering to Joanna in the back, suddenly yelled at the two boys in front.
Su Jingzhen and Mike both turned around in surprise and looked at Michelle, who was a little shy on their faces.
"She had come to participate in the New Year's countdown before, because there were too many people and something unpleasant happened." Joanna was chatting with Michelle just now, and knew why Michelle didn't want to come.
"Are you afraid that people will laugh at you? Don't be afraid! Sue and I will protect you. Mike didn't know what to do, thinking that someone was laughing at Michelle for being fat.
"It's not for this reason, anyway, girls will suffer a lot if they come to such an event with many people." Joanna was generous enough to tell the reason.
Su Jingzhen immediately understood that where people are sandwiched, although Michelle is a little fatter, such a figure is more popular, and the already large place is more plump, whether it is middle or bottom.
If such a figure is pasted up, it will be a big loss, and in the occasion where more than 100,000 people gather, it may not be able to move, it may be difficult to turn around, and there is no place to hide, no wonder Michelle was a little shy when she said not to go just now.
Mike wanted to say something, but Nancy next to him also shook his head at this time, and even Joanna refused with a face, why did things suddenly change? I had to count down the countdown.
Why don't we call John and see what other activities there are, it's okay not to count down, and our little collective, it seems a little incomplete without John.
Su Jingzhen was already a little cowardly, but now that the excuse came, he hurriedly put forward his own ideas.
Mike saw that everyone didn't seem to be willing to come, so he could only shrug his shoulders, a little helpless, in fact, young boys, they all like lively places, do you say that Mike has the idea of taking advantage of girls, Su Jingzhen thinks in his heart that there should be, this is not necessarily to take advantage of Michelle, maybe it is some strange girls, and it is more likely that it will be the girl he meets, and then ......
This is a very common thing in the United States, especially during the Vietnam War, when the feminist movement was at its peak, plus resistance to war, so there was an anti-war slogan: Do A, not war.
It was also the peak of a certain liberation movement, the pinnacle of the courageous struggle of young men and women of American imperialism in their pursuit of individual freedom and emancipation, and against secular prejudices.
So what one night stand, what X flood, all began to gradually heat up during that period, and gradually affected the thinking of young people across the United States, and even the world.
But Michelle doesn't think so, Nancy and Joanna are black and Filipino, both of whom are people of color, and if they are not clean and have a chaotic relationship between men and women, they will easily degenerate into the bottom of society.
Don't think that only the domestic reputation is important, there is also a problem in the United States, but others call this personal reputation or credit, once a woman of color has no personal reputation, then it will be more difficult for her to survive in the middle and upper classes, and the person who was already looked at with colored glasses is still promiscuous, so even if someone has a relationship with her, it is not a person who really wants to live with her.
Generally speaking, the mainstream society of American imperialism is still relatively conservative, and there is a religious influence in this, because the dogma itself restricts some freedom in personal life, although some people will violate it in private, but this private matter, once it is put on the surface, it will be discussed and even spurned by the mainstream society.
For example, a female star named Heschler, when she attended the Oscars with a big belly, she had already put on an engagement ring in her hand, according to the thinking of ordinary people or Oriental people, this is nothing to talk about at all, the two are happy, each other's parents also agreed, and they both brought engagement rings, then pregnancy is not a matter at all.
However, in the United States at that time, the mainstream society did not think so, which had something to do with the fact that Hirschler was a Jew, first of all, Judaism, Christianity, Catholicism, Protestantism and Orthodox Christianity did not allow certain acts before marriage, which was committed by adultery in the Ten Commandments, and would be expelled from the church.
Of course, whether you have this behavior or not depends entirely on your own self-discipline, and no one can monitor you 24 hours a day, so there are countless followers who have had relationships in private in modern society.
But, here I have to say a proviso, these can only be done in private, no one knows, you can't say and do it in the open, once you have it, it's a violation of the vows.
Therefore, before the wedding was completed, Miss Herchler's behavior and pregnancy violated the values of mainstream society, and this is not the most important, the most critical thing is also the most important thing for Herschler, because she has always emphasized that she is a devout believer, strictly abides by the canons, and has always regarded it as the proudest in her life.
But when she went to the Oscars with a big belly, what she said before became, and in a sense, her personal reputation was completely bankrupt at this moment, and the game was over.
Seeing that everyone didn't speak, and the mood didn't seem to be too high, Su Jingzhen could only say to himself: "Then where should we go to play?" Why don't we go to the beaches of Long Island? ”
"Oh...... That's crazy, Sue, you know, it's winter, maybe it's going to snow in a while, and if you go to the beach in such a season, you will be blown into ice by the cold wind, and I definitely won't go. Mike listened to his classmate's words and immediately shook his head and vetoed it.
"So where should we go?" Su Jingzhen's mind turned, Mike was right, you really can't go to the beach this season, the north wind blows badly, everyone has seen a lot on TV, Christmas is all about Santa Claus coming in from the chimney in a sleigh to give Christmas gifts to children, this sleigh can indicate the temperature of this season.
"Why don't we have a party and celebrate the New Year and the success of our plan this time, and make a lot of money." Mike tried to propose.
"I'm not interested, there's still the last battle, I won't really know how much we've earned until the 10th of next month, and now that all my money is in it, I don't have any money to throw any parties." Michelle first denied it, this is really no money, if you really want to open it, it is not impossible, you can only ask the family for money.
Mike looked at Nancy and Joanna, now it is estimated that these three women are in charge here, Su Jingzhen is not very familiar with the living habits of the American imperialists, and it is useless to ask him for ideas.
It's a pity that Michael's idea was not agreed by Nancy and Joanna, the reason is the same as Michelle, there is no money, Joanna has invested all her savings into it, if she loses money, it is estimated that her hard work in the past few years will be in vain.
"If it doesn't snow, let's go to a barbecue, it's the most cost-effective." Su Jingzhen saved so much living expenses, and there was no money for big expenses.
"Then let's go and ask John first." Mike hung his head in frustration, it seemed that this Christmas was no longer a chance to make a girl paper.
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