Sitting in the car, Chang Xi couldn't help but ask, "Brother, do you really want me to work in the pharmacy?" ”

"Hmm." Chang Kuan said while driving: "This is not only what I mean, but also what my parents mean." Xiaoxi, you didn't come to the United States to enjoy happiness, but to study and increase your knowledge. According to my agreement with Ling Xiao, you will come to work for two days on weekends every week, and the salary will be calculated at $8 per hour, if you work eight hours a day, it will be $64, and in a month, it will be $512, and I will privately subsidize you with another $500, which is your living expenses for a month. ”

"A thousand dollars!" Chang Xi couldn't help but exclaim, when she was in China, it was not easy to have a thousand yuan of pocket money every month, a thousand dollars, converted into RMB, at least more than 6,000, this money was enough for her to buy a lot of cosmetics and snacks.

"Don't think about it!" When stopping at a traffic light intersection, Chang Kuan turned around and pinched his sister's nose and said, "1,000 dollars is only enough for your basic living in Los Angeles at most, and if you want to live a better life, you have to earn this money yourself." Ling Xiao is willing to give you a salary of 8 US dollars per hour, which is already very face-saving for me, you are a little girl who has just come to the United States, where can you find such a good job, and when you work, people are also responsible for your three meals a day, and you can live in the guest room at home, you don't know how many times better your life is than when I first came to the United States. ”

Hearing her brother say this, Chang Xi couldn't help but fall silent, although she looked a little uninhibited, she was still very conservative in her bones, and she was also a very smart girl, otherwise she would not have passed the TOEFL test, just come to USC.

Chang Kuan has worked hard for her, working in Ling's Pharmacy, money is only one aspect, so that she can integrate into American life faster, which is the most important thing. When she first came to the United States, it was impossible for her to adapt to the local life at once, and she would encounter difficulties in all aspects of food and travel.

Ling's Pharmacy is very close to USC, and it is less than half an hour away by bicycle, and it is even faster to drive. If Chang Xi is not used to eating at school or living in school, she can go to Ling's Pharmacy at any time to eat, judging from Gan Jing's attitude towards her along the way, she knows that the other party will not refuse.

"Thank you, brother!" Chang Xi said thank you faintly, she rested her head on her brother's shoulder, and was as quiet as she was a few years ago.

Chang Kuan gently patted his sister's hand and said in a low voice: "Ling Xiao and I have a good relationship, you can treat him as an elder brother, Gan Jing is a good person, and now he is studying for a doctorate, you can ask her for advice on many things, after all, you are all girls, and there are some things that are inconvenient for me." ”

"Brother, I want to go to your place to have a look," Chang Xi suddenly raised his head and glanced at his brother, pursing his lips tightly.

"Okay." Chang Kuan shrugged his shoulders indifferently, turned the steering wheel, and drove in a northwest direction.

When he arrived at his brother's residence and saw this steel-decorated basement, Chang Xi breathed a sigh of relief, but immediately chased after him and asked, "Brother, why don't you let me live with you." ”

The whole basement is very large, more than 100 square meters, which is the result of connecting several basements, and the interior of the house has been carefully renovated, with blue-gray walls, bright lights, and a decorative effect of steel, strong rust, and exquisite factories, which makes it easy to calm down.

"I'm a little inconvenient here." Chang Kuan looked at his sister and admonished in a deep voice: "Xiaoxi, you should come here as little as possible in the future, the security in this area is not very good, you are a girl's family, and it is easy to have accidents." ”

"Okay." Although he knew that his brother was hiding something, with his familiarity with him, Chang Xi knew that he would not confide the truth to her no matter what.

After spending the morning in the basement, Chang Kuan took his sister to Los Angeles to familiarize himself with the environment, and it was not until night fell that he sent his sister back after having a long dinner outside.

Chang Xi, who watched his brother leave, turned around and returned to the pharmacy, returned to his heartless state, and pulled Gan Jing to laugh.

After a few days, Chang Xi went to USC to go through the admission procedures, and after arranging accommodation, he left with confidence.

may be because he just came to Los Angeles, two days after the start of school, Chang Xi suddenly fell ill, and it was not a serious illness, but because of the unaccustomed water and soil, the environment was a little unadaptable, and the weather became cold, so he accidentally caught a cold.

Chang Kuan hurriedly took the person to Ling Xiao's pharmacy for two days, and then gave it to Hao Lisuo. Originally, Chang Xi planned to spend all the money his brother gave him first, and then come to work in the pharmacy here in Ling Xiao, but this illness made this girl sober up.

These days in USC, although there are no Chinese students, Chang Xi is really not in a circle with them, even if someone deliberately approaches him and her, the picture is also her beauty, Chang Xi is not stupid, but the unfamiliar environment makes her feel faintly anxious, so she didn't pay attention to getting herself cold.

After figuring things out, Chang Xi went to work at Ling Xiao's pharmacy on the first weekend after he recovered from his illness.

In fact, there is not much Chang Xi needs to do here, she can help Gan Jing distinguish and carry the medicinal materials, and then Gan Jing helps take care of the store when he goes to school, that's all, after two days, Chang Xi feels that the money is really easy to earn.

With Chang Xi helping to take care of the pharmacy, Ling Xiao's mind was more focused on his own affairs.

In the middle of the night, Ling Xiao, who had finished his evening class, rushed to the playground of a middle school in Monterey Park at night.

It had been a while since Qin Ming arrived at the playground, and seeing that Ling Xiao had not yet appeared, he stood alone under the tree and smoked a cigarette while thinking about things.

"You're not afraid of being shot in the dark." A voice suddenly sounded behind Qin Ming, and he turned around sharply and looked at the person who came.

Naturally it was Ling Xiao who appeared behind him, Qin Ming stared at Ling Xiao straight for a long time, and then shook his head helplessly, and said: "I haven't seen you for a while, your cultivation has really grown, and I haven't even found out when you appeared." Ling Xiao, it's a shame that you don't go to be a killer! ”

"How do you know I haven't been a killer." Ling Xiao looked at Qin Ming with a smile, and all of a sudden Qin Ming's neck felt a little cold.

"Don't joke with me." Qin Ming smiled a little stiffly, he hadn't seen him for a while, and this guy had become a lot stranger.

"How are you doing, the road is still calm." Ling Xiao looked Qin Ming up and down, since the last time they met, this guy had lost a lot of weight.

"Calm the ghost!" Qin Ming threw the cigarette butt to the ground and stepped on it fiercely, then he said angrily: "I can see it now, the last time the Japanese exchanged fire with us, Zhang Xiaotian and Jie Zhixuan, the two bastards, had a tacit understanding and did not kill each other, don't look at the economic losses of both sides, but there are not many casualties in the hands." What a hell! ”

Cursing fiercely, Qin Ming continued: "In the last fight, except for the Nissin Society and the Four Seas Gang, the other gangs were all fighting with the Japanese, and there were heavy casualties, even the Los Angeles branch of the Zhigong Hall was also raided by a group of people, and suffered a lot of damage. But afterwards, Zhang Xiaotian's old guy began to stretch out his hand to his own people, and many damaged gangs' territory and manpower were encroached upon. For a period of time, the Four Seas Gang has secured the position of the second Chinese gang in Los Angeles, and no one can shake it. It's the same situation on the side of the Nissin Society, and I really doubt that these two old guys have already colluded. ”

"Collusion is unlikely." Ling Xiao shook his head lightly, and said calmly: "At most, there is some tacit understanding, did we Shandong people suffer less from the scourge of the little Japanese a few decades ago, Zhang Xiaotian and his grandfather died at the hands of the Japanese, and many of the older generations of the Four Seas Gang are in a similar situation." Zhang Xiaotian really dared to collude with Zhixuan, and those old guys in the gang couldn't spare him first. ”

"What you said may be right, but seeing the current situation, and Zhang Xiaotian's bastard becoming more and more proud day by day, Lao Tzu feels uncomfortable every day." Qin Ming scolded fiercely, and stomped on the cigarette butt on the ground.

"Then you're pestering other people's daughters all the time." Ling Xiao glanced at Qin Ming angrily, and then said in a deep voice: "Look at it, sooner or later, the Nissin Society and the Four Seas Gang will have a fight to the death." Otherwise, the two major forces of the Zhigong Court and the Hand Peace Association will not be the first to agree. ”

(End of chapter)