Chapter 1: Coming to America
In the spring of 1992, in a rented house in Chinatown, San Francisco, California, USA, Liu Shuqing was raising a baby at home with a big belly.
Nine months pregnant, the little guy in this belly has tossed himself; But thinking of what happened last night, Liu Shuqing is still a little scared, she has always been very careful after pregnancy, although the child in her belly is noisy, but there is no big problem, and just last night, her stomach doesn't know what's going on, and the pain is very bad, if it weren't for the kind neighbor who sent him to the hospital, I'm afraid the consequences are unimaginable!
Liu Shuqing came to the United States with her husband, to put it nicely, it's called a husband and a wife, if it's ugly, it's called elopement!
Liu Shuqing's husband Luo Qingchuan is a famous college student, in China in the 90s, college students at this time were not as everywhere as in later generations, but there were not a few.
College students in the 90s can always find a satisfying job when they go out of school, but Luo Qingchuan is not good at working at home, so he has to run to other capitalist countries!
After graduating from college in 1990, Luo Qingchuan married his female college classmate Liu Shuqing.
The combination of these two made the surrounding classmates dumbfounded, the reason is very simple, it is outrageous, in the words of the old society, it is not the right door!
Luo Qingchuan's family has three generations of poor peasants, and they are so poor that they can't open the pot, and the cost of going to college is still scraped together by the villagers.
If you want to say that this Liu Shuqing is compared with Luo Qingchuan, it is simply a heaven and an underground, and you can't get together if you break the sky, Liu Shuqing's father is the vice chairman of the CPPCC in the city, and he is absolutely rooted in that era. To use the current words, that is the second generation of iron-beaten officials!
However, Shijie is so big that there are no surprises. Liu Shuqing, who was already very smart, fell in love with this stupid rural guy Luo Qingchuan, and he did not hesitate to fall out with his family and follow him to the United States with all his heart!
Liu Shuqing and his father initially thought that Luo Qingchuan was a student of a prestigious university, and he should have some skills, after all, he was already in the CPPCC for the elderly, and it was impossible to go further in his career, and it was not bad for his daughter to entrust such a person!
Although Luo Qingchuan's family is a little poor, he is down-to-earth and not arrogant or impatient, so Old Man Liu is quite satisfied with this so-called door-to-door son-in-law.
At the beginning of 1992, when he and Liu Shuqing were married for almost two years, Luo Qingchuan paid off the debt he owed for school, and he moved the idea of going to the United States to work hard!
So he found a suitable opportunity and tactfully proposed this idea to Mr. Liu and his wife. Who knows, Old Man Liu was furious on the spot, even threw out the teacup, and scolded Luo Qingchuan for a while, claiming that he was an activist of capitalism, and he was going to wear a high hat and hang his neck on the spot!
This can't be blamed on Mr. Liu, who was originally very sensitive during that period, plus he had fought for socialism all his life, and when he was old, he was still late in life, and there was a foreign son-in-law in the family, isn't this a joke!
Old Man Liu blew his beard angrily and glared, and after a while, he drove Luo Qingchuan out of the house!
Not long afterward, in early 1992, the supreme leader made his famous speech on his southern tour, and for a time, earth-shaking changes took place in the land of China, and people from all over the country who went to the sea to do business sprung up like mushrooms after a rain, and the momentum of reform and opening up was also unstoppable.
After telling Liu Shuqing that he planned to go to the United States alone, he was immediately resolutely opposed by his wife, and the reason for Liu Shuqing's opposition was very simple, he could go, but he couldn't leave himself!
At this time, Liu Shuqing was pregnant, and she was about to give birth in a few months, in Luo Qingchuan's opinion, it was obviously not a wise choice to bring his wife at this time, but Liu Shuqing was also a dead eye, and she had to go to the United States with Luo Qingchuan.
In Liu Shuqing's view, once Luo Qingchuan goes to the United States, under the erosion of capitalism, it is inevitable that he will not have flowery intestines. After all, Liu Shuqing is also a famous college student, so he naturally knows how desirable the United States was at that time, if he let him go to the United States alone, maybe he will hook up with a female foreign devil, and it will be too late for him to regret it!
Luo Qingchuan said that Liu Shuqing just didn't accept the offer, and he was determined to fight him to the death! In fact, Liu Shuqing's longing for the United States in his heart is no less than Luo Qingchuan's, but he has always pressed it in his heart and didn't say anything!
Old Man Liu naturally didn't know about this matter, and the couple maintained a high degree of tacit understanding in this matter, and no one mentioned it!
In February 1992, Luo Qingchuan and his wife Liu Shuqing boarded a cruise to the United States, but because his wife was pregnant and could not take a plane, the two changed their plans to go to the United States.
When they arrived in the United States, the two who had no place to settle chose to temporarily rent a small house in Chinatown, and Liu Shuqing, who was pregnant, began her life in the United States, and Luo Qingchuan got in touch with her college classmates in the United States, and also started her American dream!
The Spring Festival of 1992 is approaching, and the retired old man Liu has not seen his daughter and son-in-law for a long time, and he is inevitably a little anxious, after all, his daughter is pregnant, although his eldest son has given birth to a granddaughter, but in the hearts of the older generation, grandsons and granddaughters are still different after all, and the idea of patriarchy has been deeply rooted in the heart of Old Man Liu!
After several inquiries, Mr. Liu didn't get any news of his daughter and son-in-law, and as a last resort, Mr. Liu found the leader of Luo Qingchuan's unit.
Not long after Mr. Liu retired, he could still say two words in the city, and after learning that the old leader personally inquired, the superiors of Luo Qingchuan's original unit naturally did not dare to slack off, and explained what happened during this period to Mr. Liu clearly.
It's okay not to ask, after learning the news that Luo Qingchuan had resigned and his wife had gone to the United States, Old Man Liu lifted people's tables on the spot, his angry old face was red, and he almost went into shock!
Mr. Liu used all his connections to contact his daughter and son-in-law, but the friends who were familiar with the two of them didn't know that they had gone to the United States, let alone contact information!
The old man who lost the news of his daughter seemed to be ten years old overnight, his hair was originally black and bright, and his hair was a lot whiter, Liu Shuqing was his youngest daughter, and she was also his heart, and he didn't dare to tell his old woman about it, after all, he was old, and he couldn't afford to toss!
Although Liu Shuqing's mother chattered every day, wondering why her daughter and son-in-law didn't come to see them for so long, Old Man Liu had to find excuses to be perfunctory in the face of this situation, and how long could he hide it!
The house rented by Luo Qingchuan and his wife, Liu Shuqing, is located in San Francisco's Chinatown, where about 80,000 overseas Chinese live. What is written and listened to is in Chinese, and the buildings you see are all in the traditional style of your own country, just like a little China, and the couple who just came here seem to think that they have come to Guangzhou!
And here, Liu Shuqing found that there are still many people from Chongqing, who speak the local dialect mixed with broken English, which makes the couple almost can't believe their ears.
Fortunately, the local Chinese are very friendly to this young couple who have just come to the United States, and take special care of this young couple in life, which makes the two feel overwhelmed, and they are even more moved by the care of their neighbors to almost tears.
However, Luo Qingchuan made detailed plans for his future life before coming to the United States, and the couple had a lot of savings, in fact, the main reason was that Liu Shuqing had a private small treasury, and her life in the United States was smooth, and the child in her belly was fine.
Time flies quickly, in a blink of an eye, the couple has been in the United States for more than three months, Liu Shuqing has gradually adapted to life here, in fact, there is nothing to adapt to in Chinatown, speaking Chinese, watching Chinese TV, reading Chinese newspapers, and there is almost no difference from China, but foreign devils are no longer a rare thing, and they can be seen everywhere.
On May 19, 1992, Liu Shuqing, a pregnant woman with a big belly, was about to give birth, and Luo Qingchuan, as a husband, sent his wife to the Countess of Chester Hospital in San Francisco early through the relationship of an American friend.
Regarding the birth of the child, Luo Qingchuan was obviously more nervous than his wife, provoking Mike Daniel Hahadaxiao who was standing aside: "Luo, how do I feel like I want to have a child!" ”
Luo Qingchuan's mind was suddenly full of black lines: "Daniel, this is my son!" After speaking, he glared at the young white American fiercely, "You Americans don't understand!"
Daniel spread his hands and said, "Luo, aren't your family about to become us Americans?" After speaking, he looked even more helpless, "What do you call Americans, Luo, this is not like what you said!"
"Mike, although my family is about to become an American citizen, I am first and foremost Chinese, and my son and wife are also Chinese, but then you can call me Jack!" Luo Qingchuan looked at the first American he had befriended, and said righteously!
"Jack, Jack Lowe?" Daniel looked at the talented Chinese friend in front of him, and seemed to have gotten a satisfactory answer, but then his words changed: "However, I think the name Nick is more suitable for you, Luo, what do you think?" ”
"Alright! It seems that you don't think Sharon Stone has been stripped completely enough, and you seem to be fantasizing about a wonderful date with Catherine! Luo Qingchuan said angrily!
"Oh my God! Luo, didn't you say you wouldn't go to see the movie? To be honest, I don't like that, I just wish I met my Catherine! ”
Daniel's words were a little helpless, this handsome white guy in his twenties doesn't have a girlfriend yet, after Luo Qingchuan's observation, he seems to be still a virgin, which is a miracle in the United States, provided that Daniel doesn't have the potential to become gay!
Thinking of this, Luo Qingchuan couldn't help but shudder, looking at Daniel's eyes a little strange, this guy can't really be?
Daniel felt that something was wrong with Luo Qingchuan's gaze, and he immediately reacted vigilantly: "Nick, what do you mean by this, I already told you that I don't have that hobby!" Well, Daniel seems to have put the name Nick on Luo Qingchuan's head!
After a while, the sound of Luo Qingchuan and Daniel beating and scolding came from the quiet hospital corridor, and Liu Shuqing, who was lying on the hospital bed, rolled her eyes and closed her eyes a little helplessly, obviously unable to stand these two people.
Well, it seems that the young couple who eloped from China to the United States seem to have integrated into American society, and the two should be able to live well in the United States in the future, and they can finally rest assured.
On May 24, 1992, on a bright morning, Liu Shuqing, who was ten months pregnant, finally gave birth to the lifeblood of his old Luo family for Luo Qingchuan, which made her husband very happy, and screamed excitedly, and the result was that the couple's American friend Daniel's newly bought shirt was torn, uh, the reason is very simple, because this is a boy with a handle!
Note: Nick is a police detective in San Francisco, while Catherine is a novelist. She tells Nick that she often sleeps with all kinds of different types of men in order to write the characters in her novels! The character is from the 1992 American film "Instinct".