Chapter 67: Christmas Without the Christmas Tree

Out of disregard for traditional European and American festivals, Zhang Cheng and his aunt and cousin Jesse spent a Christmas without a Christmas tree.

For Zhang Cheng, the festival is to eat dumplings. Of course, the Christmas tree can be left without it, and the Christmas gift is still there, Jesse gets a pearl necklace, the gift for his aunt is a platinum hairpin, and the gift for his cousin is a laptop.

Jesse's gift to Zhang Cheng was a dozen socks, and the aunt's gift to Zhang Cheng was a dozen panties, and his cousin was not financially independent, so he didn't buy a gift because he didn't have enough pocket money, so he only gave Zhang Cheng a three-minute kiss - in addition, his aunt got a three-minute kiss from his cousin, and Jesse got Yezi's permission to hug the baby tiger three times.

At the Christmas Eve dumpling banquet (as if something was wrong), Ye Zi said in Chinese: "Jesse likes the baby so much, it's better to let the baby grow up and marry Jesse." ”

The aunt glared at Ye Zi and said, "One Jesse is not enough, marry you to the baby to be Mrs. Tiger." ”

Yezi: "I'm Mother Tiger. ”

Jesse asked Zhang Cheng, "What are they discussing?" ”

Zhang Cheng: "Don't ask, this is a very evil topic. ”

Jesse: "Let's talk about something more sinister that night." ”

Zhang Cheng: "Wow. ”

For the past two nights, Ye Zi slept with his aunt, and Zhang Cheng slept with Jesse, so it was naturally convenient to discuss some evil topics.

"Last year's Christmas Eve was a nightmare for me, not Santa Claus, who put Christmas presents in his socks, but my stepdad who only wore socks," said Jesse in bed at night......

"Oh, only socks?"

Jesse thought for a moment: "He also brought a condom, he had prepared it for a long time." He grabbed both of my wrists with one big hand and tugged at my shorts with the other......"

"So?"

Jesse: "yes, exactly. In order to prevent me from making a sound, he also forcibly kissed me, and his strength was much greater than mine, and I couldn't do anything at that time, but crying and crying......"

Through the reproduction of the on-site simulation scenario, Zhang Cheng has a deeper understanding of Jesse. The first time she got was not love, only fear and pain or violence, and Jesse was terrified. This is also the reason why Jesse couldn't wait to call the police that night.

After the on-site simulation, Zhang Cheng asked: "I heard that Americans attach great importance to marital loyalty, and what one party often waits for after defection is a divorce lawyer's letter. Why does your mother blame you? Are you the victim? ”

Jesse said in Zhang Cheng's arms: "I think it's because the police arrested my husband in the early hours of Christmas." Last Christmas was a nightmare for our whole family. On Christmas Day, my mother scolded my stepfather, but he wasn't there, and then my mother scolded for a while and then shifted the target, calling me a. The son and seduced his husband and ruined her family. ”

Zhang Cheng: "How are your stepfather and mother doing?" ”

Jesse: "My stepfather was sentenced to 10 years, and my mother is now a housewife turned insurance broker and barmaid working two jobs. My younger siblings were also affected by the fact that they switched from private schools to public schools. In a sense, I did ruin her family. ”

"No, the concept of family is first and foremost family. Your mother should blame you for ruining her family, but when she can't satisfy her husband, her family is already on the verge of falling apart. You don't think that you were forcibly inserted by your father because you are a stepdaughter, and without you, your half-sister may be in the same danger when she grows up. ”

Jesse: "That's a strange opinion. ”

Zhang Cheng: "Because I am a man, men may not understand women, or women may not understand women, but men still understand men better." ”

"You analyze, it's my mother's fault?"

"Well, there must be. You know that the road is an hour from Sacramento, and there are a lot of young, beautiful and good people who are selling themselves. There's no reason why your stepdad doesn't know that your younger siblings can go to private school, and he's not short of a few hundred dollars. The reason why he attacked you was probably because he used you as a substitute for your mother, which is why I said that without you, your sister would be in danger when she grew up. ”

Jesse remembered his mother's bucket waist, which was a little out of shape: "Maybe." It doesn't matter, though. We were all punished. Actually, I should have told my mother that day. ”

Zhang Cheng: "No, that's not necessarily a good idea. I've heard of a case where a mother got into a fight with her father because her daughter was over and threatened to call the police, and then the father killed the whole family in a fit of rage and committed suicide – a light rape. The force sin suddenly turned into a deadly storm. force to sin. You're all alive after all, and there are infinite possibilities to live. ”

Jesse: "Alright, I wish my mother a successful weight loss and a second spring." Hook up with a stepdad for my younger siblings again. ”

Sometimes there seems to be something called providence in this world, and at noon the next day, Jesse received a call from his sister, something happened over there, and on Christmas Eve Jesse's mother ran away with a Mexican, and abandoned his younger siblings and ran away.

I just ran away, and the house and car were sold to the bank. The bankers have sent notices to Jesse's younger siblings asking them to move out of the bank's house within 48 hours.

Jesse's younger siblings tried the phone calls from relatives, and they all expressed regret for their mother's behavior, and then they were gone. In those years, the landlord's family had no surplus food, let alone the United States in a recession.

While there are some low-income families in the U.S. that are seen as lucrative to raise children (the U.S. adopts orphans throughout the world) — the U.S. government can give up to $526 per month for a family of three to raise children from poor families. (Food rolls can only be used to buy food, daily necessities such as tobacco, alcohol, toothpaste, and towels cannot be bought with food rolls.)

But the relatives obviously don't want to get caught in the force of the daughter. What is the connection between the adulterer and the family of the amorous mother who abandoned her children?

Answering the phone, Jesse smiled wryly, did last night's prayer come true, but trouble fell on her head.

After Zhang Cheng learned the news, he suddenly said: "For your mother, you really sent it with phone bills." ”

Jesse also laughed a few times: "Okay, now is not the time for jokes. Until the court finds a new guardian for my younger siblings, I will be held responsible. Help me figure it out? ”

Zhang Cheng: "It's not too difficult, rent an apartment and let them live first." Wait, it's illegal to get a real estate agent to work for Christmas, where do you usually live in Sacramento? ”

Jesse: "School or bachelorette hostel. Do you think it's better to let them stay at a hotel in Reno or a hotel in Sacramento? ”

Cheng Zhang: "Our biggest advantage right now is that Reno and Sacramento are within an hour's economic circle. Let's go, let's go see your younger siblings and see where they want to live. ”

After saying hello to his aunt and cousin, Zhang Cheng and Jesse drove an RV to Jesse's house in Sacramento.

After driving for more than an hour, after arriving at Jesse's house, Jesse got out of the car and hugged and comforted his younger siblings who were still in elementary school at Christmas.

Jesse's younger siblings have had another nightmare Christmas this year after last year's nightmarish Christmas has passed. They lost their father last Christmas, they lost their mother this Christmas, and they didn't even have a Christmas tree and Christmas presents – the parents had prepared the tree and Christmas presents before Christmas Eve last year.

After hugging his younger siblings, Jesse asked, "What did Mommy leave behind when she left?" ”

The younger sibling took out a few food rolls and a letter: "That's all there is to it." ”

Jesse looked at the faith and said, "Child, I love you." But Paul didn't like children, and I'm gone, loving your mother. ”

After reading Jesse, he was also furious, and couldn't help but scold: "This,. Child. with your Paul, get out as far as you can, and don't let me see it again. ”

Zhang Cheng: "Okay, don't be angry, it's useless." Think about it according to the way we Chinese think, you are a gift for phone bills. ”

Jesse: "Okay, I'll introduce you. It's my brother Mike who is 10 years old, and my sister Shirley who is 12 years old — warn you not to do anything to her, or you'll be sentenced to hundreds of years in prison. ”

"Hey, I'm a nice guy, you said it." Zhang Cheng changed the subject: "I remember that you were in your second year of high school this year, and when you were eight years old, you attended the wedding of your parents......"

Jesse: "We lived together and had two children, and Mike got married after he was born. ”

It turned out that he was married to his son, but Zhang Cheng didn't expect Jesse's stepfather to be a very traditional person.

Jesse asked his siblings, "Where do you want to live?" Sacramento or Reno? ”

Brother Mike: "You can live anywhere, I just don't want to go to an orphanage." ”

Sister Shirley said, "I want to be with my sister. I don't want my sister to go anymore. Don't leave us anymore, okay? ”

Zhang Cheng: "I think we can contact a real estate agent after Christmas. ”

Jesse hugged his sister: "Okay Shirley, let's be together." Then he said to his brother Mike, "Mike, I will ask the judge to find you a guardian so that you don't have to go to the orphanage." ”

Mike: "Whatever you want. ”

Jesse pulled his younger siblings: "Forget about this home, where there is a family is our home." I'll make you something to eat when you get to the car. ”

Zhang Cheng thought to himself: Jesse's family is really ...... Forget it, bad reviews.