Chapter 593: A Magical Way of Life
"That's right, that's probably what it means, but I just moved, and I didn't plan to go to those lawyers again, and it wasn't easy for me to make money, so I didn't have that much spare money to send to them." The middle-aged man felt that what Erin said was quite in line with his own experience.
"Then your daughter-in-law is looking for it after being here?" Hong Tao happened to see the eldest sister come out from behind and asked the middle-aged man in a low voice.
"Hey, hey, I'm a black household, where to find a daughter-in-law, this is my daughter-in-law in China." The middle-aged man asked Hong Tao to be amused.
"She came from Mexico too?" Hong Tao felt a little incredible, even if Mexico and the United States border, this border is not so easy to run, this couple is so lucky!
"What else are you running, sign up for a tour group from China, call me at the place, and I picked her up directly from the hotel." The middle-aged man despised Hong Tao's IQ a little.
"Hey! I forgot about this stubble! And then you opened this little shop? Hong Tao was not satisfied, and continued to ask.
"I saved some money when I left the construction team, the owner of the construction team is not bad, he found me this small face, our husband and wife rented, the front is a storefront, the back is a house, very small, the bathroom is public, my daughter-in-law and her brother look at the store, I go to eat Lao Mei's relief, this small shop can't feed so many people, and now her little brother is here again, no, even where I live is gone." The middle-aged man complained with the strength of the wine.
"You're going to eat relief? How to eat? Hong Tao found another thing he didn't understand, and hurriedly filled the middle-aged man with another glass.
"Hey, hey, I'm not afraid to let you know my secret, in fact, it's not a secret, I'm a person, I can endure hardships if I can endure hardships, and I am indeed lazy when I say that I am a little lazy, if it wasn't for the sake of making a lot of money. I won't lose so much by trading stocks. After a few years in New York, I found an easy way to make money, since you invited me to drink, I will give you a chatter, I don't think you are the master of the money, so listen to a story. The middle-aged man deliberately lowered his voice, as if to avoid Erin, but what he said could be heard almost in the kitchen.
"Don't worry, my daughter-in-law will never pass you around, and I will return to China in a few days. It won't spoil your good deeds, so let's just chat. Hong Tao hurriedly reassured and eliminated the last bit of vigilance of the other party.
"I'm spending zero now, and I'm still making $2,000 a month, can you believe it?" The middle-aged man's tongue was a little bigger, and he asked Hong Tao with his eyes beaded.
"I don't believe ......" Hong Tao glanced at Erin, she also frowned and didn't speak, it seems that she can't figure out what the man is talking about.
"You see, the clothes I wore were received from community volunteers. Lao Mei's wealthy families have the habit of donating clothes and things, so I go to those communities when I have nothing to do, and I get them back when I meet someone who distributes clothes, not only I have enough to wear. My daughter-in-law and my brother-in-law are enough to wear, all of them are 8 percent new clothes, and they are also cleaned and disinfected when they are haired. Not in the way at all. The middle-aged man pointed to the clothes on his body, and sure enough, he couldn't see anything shabby, they were very clean and neat.
"If I'm lucky. If I run a few more neighborhoods and have rich clothes, I will sell them to new arrivals here, and I will earn a few hundred dollars a month without a piece for 3 or 5 yuan. In addition to clothes, when the supermarket here is about to close, it will give out free bread that is about to expire, and I will also go to collect it, one for each person, and I will take it back and sell it to the black households here, and it will earn hundreds of yuan a month. The middle-aged man snapped his fingers and gave Hong Tao a calculation of his financial resources.
"And where do you live? Sleeping on the subway every day? Hong Tao made the middle-aged man a little confused, he could neither believe it nor say no, after all, this is not a city he is familiar with.
"I rarely sleep on the subway, and the church here offers free accommodation, bathing, laundry, and even internet access. This kind of place can only live for one night, every morning to line up to get the number, I have nothing to do anyway, I will go to the queue early, and then catch up with the good weather, I will sell the number to those who have not received the number, and then go to the subway station to help those performers shout and shout, collect money or something, and earn 100 yuan a month. In order to make Hong Tao believe what he said, the middle-aged man deliberately shouted a few words in English, don't say it, the New York accent is correct and round, and when he returns to China to pretend to be an English teacher, he has to be special.
"And where do you usually stay? You can't just wander the streets all the time, can you? Hong Tao also wanted to find out something unreasonable.
"Hey, this is a layman, this place is different from our country, if you want to be lazy, there are places everywhere, such as the library, the library here is basically free, warm in winter and cool in summer, you look at my shape, no one can say that I am a homeless person, I have a book in my hand, I look at the same as all scholars, everyone respects it, I read books in the library almost every day, I read everything, and now I am learning Spanish on my own, I don't think I have to read fewer books than those professors." The middle-aged man turned around and picked up the book he had taken when he came in from the table in the back and handed it to Hong Tao.
"Holy! You can understand this! "Hong Tao looked at the name of this book, the roots of his hair stood up, this Nima is too thunderous, "General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money", the pioneering work of the famous British economist John Maynard Keynes, this book created an economic school, Hong Tao did not dare to read it, because he could not understand it, most of the words in it are professional terms, and he spent more time looking up the dictionary than reading a book, but now he is in the hands of a Chinese smuggler with only a high degree of Chinese.
"Just makeshift and kill time." The middle-aged man waved his hand very casually, seeing that he had already seen the meaning.
"That'...... What about seeing a doctor? Hong Tao was almost impressed by this bull, and finally remembered an inevitable question after thinking about it.
"Hey, public hospitals don't charge, but people only accept emergency treatment, but this can't help us, when I went to work, I often took sick leave, pretended to be sick, and I was good at it, and the doctor was stunned, saying that he fainted and fainted, and his face was pale and he had to sweat on his head." The middle-aged man can be regarded as talking about a technique that he is good at, and as he speaks, he is about to stand up and plan to give Hong Tao a live performance.
"Hey...... Ay...... I believed, I believed! Hong Tao hurriedly held him down, and now according to Hong Tao's estimates, the middle-aged man has already drunk well, and if he has more, he will be drunk, and if he has less, he will not drink happily, just right!
"Let me tell you this, from toothbrushes and toothpaste to changing underwear, I get them for free, as long as you pay attention, there are free trials everywhere. You asked me about this cigarette just now, right? Do you believe it, my cigarette is also for nothing, although it doesn't look good, you taste it, it tastes absolutely good. The middle-aged man took out a cannon from his pocket and insisted on asking Hong Tao to light it, but Hong Tao couldn't shirk too much, so he could only pinch his nose and endure it.
"Well, it tastes really good, it's not choking at all, and it's quite strong!" Hong Tao first took a small sip, and the result was very unexpected, although this handmade cigarette does not look good, but the tobacco inside tastes very good.
"Do you know where I got this tobacco?" The middle-aged man asked triumphantly shaking his head.
"The sample ......" Hong Tao replied without confidence, he had never seen anyone try tobacco, but it was possible to have a whole box of cigarettes.
"Hahaha, let your daughter-in-law take you around Central Park tomorrow and you'll understand, but I can't tell you that you picked it in that park, I tried it for two years to find out where the tobacco tastes best." The middle-aged man slapped his thigh with a smile, and then said a place name to Hong Tao very mysteriously.
At this point, Hong Tao has figured out this man's secret, and he can't think of anything else to ask, and it's not early, the kitchen is all cleaned up, and the eldest sister is okay and probes out to see, probably urging Hong Tao. Hong Tao couldn't be too ignorant, so he quickly settled all the accounts, and then said goodbye to the two of them, walked out of the alley, walked north along Chinatown, and walked towards Erin's apartment.
"Growing tobacco in Central Park?" Hong Tao pondered what the man said just now as he walked, and finally let him find a place that was not quite reasonable.
"I really don't know, and I don't know what tobacco looks like, but everything is grown there, and there are many small parks, so you don't want to go there to pick tobacco too, do you?!" Erin knows Hong Tao's character, this person is sometimes like a child, he has to do something immediately when he thinks of it, and he can't sleep if he doesn't do it.
"I don't know what tobacco looks like, I'm just curious, do you think what he says is reliable?" Hong Tao was a little unsure with his own experience, so he could only ask Erin, after all, she was the landlord here.
"You're really persistent, I'll take you to see it tomorrow, you haven't been there anyway, just go shopping." Erin knows a lot about Hong Tao's problem of breaking the casserole and asking the truth, and she has no objection to this curiosity.
"Can that eldest sister's husband really live on all kinds of free items? Still making money? Hong Tao is still a little entangled, this Nima doesn't do anything for a month, and he can make money and live without any expenses, he can't imagine what it's like.
"He's right, but not everyone can adapt to that kind of life, so why don't you try it tomorrow?" You see how long you can hold on. Erin gave Hong Tao a suggestion.
"I'll go with me, I'm not familiar with this place, I can't even find the church and the community, I need you to lead the way." Hong Tao didn't fall for this evil. (To be continued......)
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