Chapter 196: Accidents

When the group came to a country house, Han Zhiyan introduced to Anyang: "At this time, Jersey County is located, and people usually call it Jersey City. Although this place is rural, it is opposite the Manhattan area, and at the end of Jersey City, is the ruins of the World Trade Center.

You don't know, in recent years, there have been a lot of Chinese immigrants, the housing prices in New York City have grown as fast as in China, and the land prices on Long Island have also increased greatly, so your brother and I had to buy this place to build a house, but it is not far from the subway station, the place is quiet, and the land price is not expensive, so it can be regarded as a suburb of New York......"

The courtyard in front of them was about eight acres in size, and the gate seemed to be open in the corner, so that everyone walked along the wall for a while, not knowing that the destination was this courtyard. There are not many buildings in the courtyard, and the architectural style is not fancy, through the fence gate, you can see a regular Western-style three-story building, with pointed roofs, large windows, white walls and red tiles, mixed in the surrounding Western-style buildings, completely oblivious to the public.

Qu Jin was still observing the building through the gate, An Yang had already chuckled in his heart, he squirmed his lips, and wanted to ask his brother why he wanted to buy a house with the woman in front of him, and what is the relationship between the two now, but because of Qu Jin by his side, he finally didn't ask.

Han Zhiyan parked the car at the gate, took out the remote control key, and smiled at the girl's friendliness, and asked casually: "Who are you looking for?" ”

The Chinese girl smiled brightly, pointed to the door number, and asked in English, "Is this a Korean house?" Are you Ms. Han Zhiyan? ”

Han Zhiyan stopped opening the door, she tilted her head to look at the other party, and asked, "I am, excuse me, how can I help you?" ”

The little Chinese girl jumped on the spot: "Great, I finally found you, it's too hard to find here." I'm Xia Xinran, an eighth-grade convener at Edmond High School in Jersey City, and Eunice introduced me and said you need a guide, right? ”

The three people in the car were stunned for a moment, they couldn't understand Xia Xinran's words. Xia Xinran glanced over, saw An Yang in the car, nodded knowingly, waved at An Yang, and said in Chinese: "You are which freshman is about to enroll, right?" I'm Xia Xinran, Younis—oh, that's Wu Xiyue's senior, she's under your brother's ...... Your brother's name is An Feng, right? I was hired by Anfeng to guide you at school. I've been at Edmond Middle School for three years now and am now a calling student in your grade. ”

Hearing An Feng's name, Han Zhiyan pressed the remote control key, the door opened, An Yang poked his head out of the car, and asked curiously, "What kind of official is the convener?" I haven't heard of it, and, 'Bootstrapping, whatever.'"

Before Xia Xinran could answer, Han Zhiyan pushed the car door and greeted: "Get in the car, let's go into the house and talk." ”

After that, she turned back to An Yang and said, "Look, although your brother can't come to pick you up, he cares about you very much."

Xia Xinran jumped into the car, and Han Zhiyan added: "Others are still worried about your enrollment in the war." ”

The courtyard gate is not far from the building, and in front of the villa building is an open space similar to a parking lot, the open space is not large, and after the open space is the villa building. After the car stopped, everyone was busy carrying their luggage and getting out of the car, Xia Xinran looked at the courtyard with curious eyes, Han Zhiyan saw her incomprehensible look, and asked casually: "What's wrong?" ”

Xia Xinran replied with a smile: "It's nothing, I'm just, I'm just curious, it's obviously a Western-style building, but it is surrounded by a Chinese-style courtyard wall, and the parking apron in front of the door is completely wasted, and you can save a lot of land fees if you don't enclose it within the wall." It is also safe to park your car in front of the door and on the side of the road. ”

Xia Xinran moved her lips, and wanted to add: Add a wall to enclose the gate, and after the car drives in, people can't get close to the people who can't peep into the car, this is completely a celebrity style, what kind of star lives in this house?

Han Zhiyan smiled and didn't explain. However, An Yang was very curious, and asked on this topic: "Sister Han, how did you buy this house." ”

In fact, he wanted to ask: how did you and my brother buy this house?

"Oh, your brother recommended an agent, he is in Iraq, he doesn't have time to look at houses, but he said as long as the yard is big. There are a few houses in the hands of the intermediary, and I think this one is not bad, so I bought it", Han Zhiyan added while beckoning people to go to the house: "The quality of this house is very good, everything in it is complete, and you can live in it if you move here." Your brother and I are both busy and don't have the energy to decorate the house, so ...... This house is just right. ”

After a pause, Han Zhiyan suddenly came to her senses, and hurriedly explained the cause and effect: "Oh, your brother still has a house on Broadway, and it took three years to decorate, and the house is very good." Your brother usually lives on campus, just me, where does your brother live as a tenant. But your brother has been sending a lot of things lately, and he said that he needs a big house to put things. Then he asked me to find someone and that person recommended the house to me. I couldn't get in touch with your brother, so I bought the house myself. The payment for the house was paid by your brother, and the miscellaneous expenses were paid by me, but the agent said that your brother had confessed and the owner of the house registered my name. ”

From this passage, An Yang still doesn't understand the relationship between Han Zhiyan and his eldest brother. Mistress? Cohabiting men and women? Still is...... No, the two are certainly not husband and wife, the age difference is too great. But no matter what, the two are good enough to "get rich". It's nothing for the eldest brother to pay for a house, but Han Zhiyan accepts it calmly, and this is ...... That's telling.

Han Zhiyan's words just now were also said to Qu Jin. Qu Jin is a national aviation hostess, she is good at English, is looking around for opportunities to enter foreign airlines, through Han Zhiyan's former friends introduced to the latter acquaintance, this time to bring Anyang into the country is to rent a house in the local area, a little more time to run their own business, of course, and Han Zhiyan, the senior, to have a good relationship, is also one more guide.

After today, Qu Jin will become Han Zhiyan's new tenant, Han Zhiyan does not plan to collect Qu Jin's rent, and the two parties agreed: Han Zhiyan has any domestic affairs in the future, and Qu Jin needs to help him along the way, and Qu Jin needs to work harder...... Of course, Han Zhiyan is not short of those few rent money, and finding someone to share a house is just for loneliness. When it comes to helping with domestic affairs, she actually flies back to China every month.

While speaking, the four of them had already walked into the house, Han Zhiyan was busy arranging the residence of Anyang and Qu Jin, Xia Xinran stood alone in the huge living room, nodded with satisfaction, and when everyone returned to the living room, she interjected: "Sister Han, I now understand why you fall in love with this house, this house...... Not bad indeed. ”

Han Zhiyan was very complacent, she beckoned everyone to go to the back door of the living room, pushed open the back door of the living room, and asked casually: "You also think it's good, do you see it?" Good there? ”

"This is a concrete building", Xia Xinran glanced at Anyang and Qu Jin, and saw that the two of them were stunned, so he continued: "It is very economical for foreigners to build houses, and most houses are frame structures, that is, a large frame is erected in situ, covered with wooden boards or plastic steel materials on the outside, and divided into several rooms with partitions in the middle, so this is called."

The United States is known as a country on wheels, and everyone moves several times in their lives, so they don't want to spend a lot of money on temporary housing. Besides, the same is true of the architectural atmosphere here, when the World Trade Center was a frame structure, so when the fire burned, it collapsed. Although this house has an ordinary appearance and no character or personality, it is a brick and concrete structure with thick walls, and it is estimated that it can live for hundreds of years......"

At the back door of the living room, a three-eye pool is scattered across the lawn. In the three-eyed pool, the two large pools are shaped like commas, or like the yin and yang fish in the Taiji diagram, which are no more than ten meters long, and only four or five meters at the narrowest point. Two yin and yang fish are diagonally opposite each other, arranged almost in a straight line, with the tail of one and the head of the other, sandwiched between a small circular pool, which is not much larger than a large bathtub.

Among the three pools, only the middle round pool has been filled with water, and the two yin and yang fish next to it are empty. Han Zhiyan led everyone around the pool from the lawn path, explaining as she walked: "This pool is not equipped with water purification facilities, hehe, I don't understand the mechanical matters, so I plan to wait for your brother to come back and ask your brother to find someone to install it." At present, it can only be like this, the small pool is filled with water is pretended, the water is not clean, and it cannot be used for the time being...... Come, go from here. ”

The lawn area behind the villa building is actually nothing to visit, the villa building is very large, there is only a little area left behind the building, the three-eye pool has occupied this vacant land, behind the pool is flowers and trees, and then there is a high wall. Follow the path between the lawns to the left, where there is a large barren ridge and a barn-like building around the corner.

Han Zhiyan pointed to the barren ridge of the ground, giggled and said: "Here, the original owner planted flowers and plants, and then he pulled out the flowers and plants, I want to plant some vegetables, or also plant flowers and plants, and arrange them into a garden, but this needs to be designed, I don't know how to design, I want to wait for your brother to come back." Giggles, this lawn has only been barren for a few days, and the neighbors on the left and right have complained. Alas, there is no way, it can't be delayed, tomorrow we will start work here, just find a few farmers to grow some vegetables. Yangyang, what do you like to eat? ”

An Yang was talking to Xia Xinran in a low voice, asking the other party about exchange students, convening students, and so on. Hearing Han Zhiyan's question, he responded indifferently: "Whatever, Sister Han, you can plant anything." Oh, and although my family runs a farmhouse, I don't know anything about farm work. ”

Xia Xinran interjected: "Haha, you really need guidance." ”

As she spoke, Han Zhiyan pushed open the barn door, revealing a black Humvee in the door. An Yang glanced at the barn, turned around and asked Xia Xinran, "What do you mean by this?" ”

Xia Xinran looked very understanding, and continued: "Domestic education is a completely different system from foreign education...... Do you remember the song you sang in the first grade of elementary school? Always ready, always ready, ready to dedicate your life to a cause that does not belong to you.

This kind of education needs to cultivate a spirit of dedication, and the atmosphere of education is: you can do nothing, your parents will not disturb you with household chores, and you are considered to be 'productive' as long as you concentrate on studying. Here, the purpose of studying is to master the ability to live independently, learn to take care of yourself, and ensure that you can support yourself in the future.

So, here, reading is just a task in life, and you have to learn how to survive at the same time. Including your own things to take care of, such as dirty laundry, your parents can help you wash it, but you have to tidy it up yourself, sort it into a dirty laundry basket, you have to throw it on the ground, no one will help you tidy it up, and the stricter parents may throw the dirty laundry thrown on the ground into the trash.

Also, your own house must be tidied up by yourself, because it is your own territory, and your parents will not come into your room and help you tidy up when you are not at home. If your house is too dirty, your adoptive parents may complain and then ask for a replacement...... You know.

In addition, in the school of foreigners, the schoolwork is not heavy, and you can't hide in the house to do homework after you go home every day, you have to do housework with your adoptive parents, such as helping with the kitchen, such as washing dishes after meals. And then you can't leave, and you have to watch TV with your adoptive parents to find out what the world is like and what's going on in the news lately. You also have to exchange views with your adoptive parents about the news -- this is also a kind of learning, learning from your parents, learning about life and the world.

You must also communicate with your family members about the daily trivialities that come your way, and you must show a 'family, attitude, always care about family matters, and make 'family decisions' with them,...... Alas, forget it, I'll tell you slowly. ”

Han Zhiyan had been standing at the door of the barn for a long time, she looked at Xia Xinran nagging with a smile, and when the other party stopped, she pointed to the Humvee in the barn and said, "This is sent back by your brother, he drove this car in Iraq, and now this car is no longer usable, he sent it back as a souvenir." ”

The body of the car was riddled with bullet marks...... Well, the bullet marks on this car were "processed" by An Feng, its real injury was only in the rear of the car, and there was a piece of shrapnel half-inserted in the trunk door, which was injured in the bombing at Baghdad Airport, and the car could continue to drive, but because An Feng wanted to transport "bribe money", he deliberately "processed" the bullet wounds on the body, and then hid the money in various places where the car could hide money, and then transported the car back to New York through the military express system.

Of course, the furniture that An Feng delivered also had a lot of change hidden in it, and most of the furniture drawers and cabinets were full, but Han Zhiyan didn't know about these things. Unbeknownst to her, when she saw the bullet-riddled car that An Feng had brought back, she only felt sad and wanted to die - An Feng was actually working hard in such a dangerous environment, and she couldn't tell anyone else the news, but she must let his brother know how difficult An Feng was.

Well, Han Zhiyan's desired effect was achieved, and everyone who looked at the Hummer was silent. The shattered windows of the car, the bullet marks all over the body, and the shrapnel half-inserted into the body of the car were shocking.

"My brother ......" An Yang said with difficulty.

Han Zhiyan choked up and replied: "I don't know the specific situation, the military keeps it secret, but your brother said that he was not injured." It's just that the car was blown into a ditch at that time, and although the car did not overturn, the engine was damaged, so he had to change to another car...... The car door is sealed, I can't open it, and your brother didn't send back the car keys. I looked through the broken window, there was still blood stains in the car, and I didn't know whose it was. ”

After a pause, Han Zhiyan added weakly: "There are still three weeks, and he can go home." ”

This statement made everyone's heavy mood suddenly relaxed. Yes, in three weeks, the nightmare will end, and An Feng will return to the world......

When they returned to the living room and sat down, everyone's mood was heavy and a little indescribable. People who have never experienced war feel happy and exciting when they watch the lively scenes in the movie, but they have just seen the bullet-riddled car, and the breath of war is so rushing to their faces, and they are particularly nervous and uneasy when they think that their relatives are suffering in the flames of war.

War, if you want to die, maybe that bullet hits their relatives, and they will never see each other in the end of life and death. This heavy mood made the dinner a little unpleasant, and among all the people present, Xia Xinran was the only one who didn't feel deeply about it, and she tried to ease the atmosphere, and she joked when the meal was served: "Ah, Sister Han, do you still cook with your own hands?" I just wondered, hehe, can you clean such a big house yourself?

Han Zhiyan understood Xia Xinran's intentions, she immediately smiled and said, "Yes, this yard can't be cleaned, I want to wait for An Feng to come back and hire a few workers who regularly clean the garden and swimming pool...... Alas, this house is a small permanent population, and it would be perfect if someone could live here permanently and help take care of the garden. Now ......"

Han Zhiyan looked at Qu Jin: "After An Feng comes back, I will continue to go to school and study, I often fly around, I don't know when I will be at home, Yangyang ......"

Han Zhiyan paused, and Xia Xinran interjected: "I just wanted to ask this question: Anyang, what is the purpose of your study?" It is intended to understand the outside world and then return to China for development; I still plan to learn the skills to make a living and enter the development of foreign companies. ”

Without waiting for An Yang to answer, Xia Xinran immediately continued: "If it is the former, I suggest that you don't learn anything this year, ignore what is taught in school, just play, just enjoy the picturesque scenery around you, and look at the human geography here." Don't think.

Once you get out of this system, you will definitely not be as good as the people who have been trained with a large number of test papers in terms of exams, and if you don't have good grades, you will not be a talent, and resources will not be inclined to you, you will be abandoned by teachers and rejected by the school, and then you will struggle at the bottom of the society and be useless.

So, if you just want to understand the outside world, then don't think about its system, don't learn its things, this year as your own travel, pure play, and then go back, you are the third year of junior high school, continue to go to the third year of junior high school, follow the sea of training, and slowly go up the domestic system, maybe you can get ahead.

Contrarily...... Ahem, I just told you that the foreign education system is an essential difference, and many of the things taught in it are not suitable for domestic education, if you really learn what they teach, believe it, and implement it accordingly, you will die ugly. ”

An Yang felt very aggrieved, this girl of the same age as him, was outrageously articulate, she always used that condescending tone to talk to herself, which made An Yang in the rebellious period of youth feel very disgusted, he squinted his eyes and said impatiently: "I plan to stay here for a year, and then go back to continue studying, but I don't want to waste this year." You're talking so seriously, as for it? ”

"In a jungle, there is a skinny mongoose, it is very short and not strong...... Xia Xinran suddenly told a story in English, this story is actually a children's book, an illustrated book with pictures, it is a "bedtime story" that a mother reads to her children. However, a few people at the table didn't know this.

“… It can't grab food, it's always hungry," Xia Xinran continued to recite. An Yang couldn't help but interject: "What's the use of you telling me this." ”

"The story ends with a meerkat friend who has a hippopotamus friend, so he stands on the hippopotamus and eats the delicious twigs high in the tree."

After a pause, Xia Xinran continued: "This story tells us: everyone has their own limitations, but each of us is not an island, and each of us is in society. Society is made up of countless individuals, and you can seek help from friends for things you can't do on your own, so it's important to make friends, learn to get along with people, learn to ask for help and help others. ”

An Yang was silent for a moment and nodded: "This story...... It makes a lot of sense, the words in it are very simple, and I understand them all. ”

"There is a lot to be learned from this story, but what is drawn is different cultures and different educations. For example, you trust your friends wholeheartedly, you talk to your friends about everything, discuss with your friends, and you do your best to help your friends when they have something, but you may meet people who firmly believe that your friends are here to betray. When the time comes, no one will pity you when you are betrayed by your friends, and maybe people will think that you are stupid and think that you don't know how to defend against others.

Human nature is the same everywhere, there are frauds, bad friends, and evil thoughts. But here, the school teaches you to trust, to trust your partners, to trust your friends, and if you are cheated, if you encounter the evil side of human nature, you can cry out for justice, no one will laugh at you for being stupid, and what people condemn is 'evil,' so this society advocates goodness and honesty after all...... You know what I mean? ”

Anyang was still at a loss, but Han Zhiyan understood, and Qu Jin also nodded again and again.

"I understand, in the past, I vaguely heard people say that the education here is honest, teaches people integrity, teaches people how to integrate into society, and become an independent and self-reliant individual. However, some concepts are really not suitable for the domestic situation, treat people with trust and sincerity, and may be used by others to be deceived by others, and sincerely help people may be blackmailed...... Forget it, let's not talk about it, Xia Xin, thank you for your guidance, I am very satisfied with you, and Anyang will be handed over to you in the future. Han Zhiyan quickly ended the topic.

Xia Xinran showed six teeth and replied with a smile: "Thank you for trusting, I will do all this, because ...... The pay is very good. ”

An Yang couldn't help asking, "How much does my brother pay you?" ”

"This, about the remuneration, that's personal privacy, I won't tell you", Xia Xinran smiled heartily.

Han Zhiyan introduced while cleaning up the dishes: "I don't know how An Feng arranged it, but I heard that Yangyang, you are taking the normal channel and need to live in the house of your adoptive father and adoptive mother, your brother came here like this, and now with Xia Xinran's help, you are much better than your brother at that time......"

As soon as she saw Han Zhiyan get up to clean up, Xia Xinran immediately came over to help, while An Yang sat unconsciously in place, being glared at by Xia Xinran, and her crooked mouth guided her for a long time, An Yang just looked at her changing expression curiously, and still sat there without feeling. Until Xia Xinran couldn't bear it anymore and roared: "Anyang, come and help."

An Yang suddenly woke up, and in a panic, he broke a plate when he got up, he smiled apologetically, and clumsily prepared to serve other plates. Han Zhiyan wanted to stop it, but suddenly remembered Xia Xinran's words, and after hesitating, she let go completely.

Qu Jin originally sat still, but when she saw An Yang making a move, she stood up embarrassedly and helped everyone clean up the scraps......

With the joint efforts of everyone, the house was cleaned up in the blink of an eye, and Han Zhiyan greeted everyone with a smile: "Qu Jin, go back to the house and rest." Yangyang, you lead Xinran to your room, let her take a look at your course, and arrange some extracurricular reading materials for you by the way. ”

A few people smiled and said a few words, then they went back to their rooms, and when the room was quiet again, Han Zhiyan sat on the sofa and made herself a cup of tea, but she really didn't have the mood to enjoy it, she felt that her heart couldn't calm down, and she always felt flustered.

This room was too big, and in the empty room, there were faint whispers from An Yang and Xia Xinran, but it was this whisper that made Han Zhiyan feel even more lonely. She couldn't help but reach out and grab the phone and start dialing An Feng's number.

There was a long-lasting busy tone on the phone, and Han Zhiyan waited for a while to call again, but it was still a busy tone.

At this moment, what is An Feng doing?

Han Zhiyan held the teacup blankly, walked to the garden, walked to the barn, she climbed onto the hood of the Humvee, holding the teacup just in a daze. Suddenly thinking of the furniture sent back by An Feng, those furniture were unopened, and now the villa is short of furniture and layout, why don't you unpack the furniture and see where it can be placed?

Thinking like this, Han Zhiyan was lazy and didn't want to move, her thoughts were racing, her mind was making up for the war-torn scene in Iraq, and there was a heart-wrenching pain in her heart.

But why worry about it, why miss it? Who is An Feng himself?

In a trance, I returned to the time when An Feng took the plane for the first time and the two sides met. At that time, An Feng was really small, his height reached his waist, cute, very cute and smart, and of course, very smart...... In the memory, Han Zhiyan's hand was straining, and he suddenly heard a pop in his ear, and he shook his buttocks, and when he looked down, the hood seemed to be a little cracked.

Han Zhiyan grinned silently, and she slid down the hood with her teacup. Putting the teacup aside, he was about to turn around and restore the hood, when he suddenly felt that something was wrong, what was revealed in the gap was not metal, but paper, and the shape and color of the paper...... Extremely close to the US dollar bills.

Han Zhiyan stood in place and thought about it, she tentatively stretched out her hand, ready to open the gap a little wider, or open the hood crisply......