On a hot afternoon in Los Angeles in July, the clouds in the sky are so low that they almost stick to the skyscrapers, and the huge mirrors turn from bright to gloomy like ink, signaling a thunderstorm to come.

Chirping~

Cha!

In front of the Manolio Pizza store on Edward Street in South Los Angeles, Sean stopped the car in a sweat, locked the car neatly, wiped the sweat from his forehead with his arm, pushed the door into the store, and the sufficient air conditioning made him shiver.

A room full of cheese, onions, and wheat flour are roasted.

"Shaun!" The flower of the town shop, Sinie. Crowe put down a pizza, took the money and tips and put them in his pocket, twisted his happy little ass and walked towards Shaun, the snow that couldn't be covered by the white shirt trembled slightly, and there was a sweet smile on his face.

Sheenie looks a bit like Caroline in the hit drama "Bankruptcy Sisters", with long blonde hair, a beautiful face, and a pair of intoxicating blue eyes. She is also an actor, registered in the actors' union, and has been in Los Angeles for half a year, except for occasional auditions, she has never mixed up with a good role, so when she has no money, she will work as a guest here to earn some living expenses, which is also the daily life of countless Luo Piao.

"Hi Shea, Hi."

Sean smiled slightly, tilting his head to dodge her outstretched fingers, passing through the aroma cluster.

This is her usual way of greeting herself, seemingly affectionately sweeping her index finger across the side of her face. Each such move provoked several jealous glances, with the employees, the guests, and the owner, Manolio.

Sean is a Chinese immigrant, and his long-term work as a food delivery in the sun and rain has brought him a lean and flexible figure, with a dark complexion exposed outside his clothes, but a different kind of white under his clothes, and he looks like a panda after taking off his clothes.

If he is a panda, of course everyone loves him, but he is a Chinese, and he speaks with a strong accent, and anyone who sees it can compare their own advantages, so every time I see the shopflower "favoring" this Chinese Yankee, of course, it is all kinds of unpleasant.

Sean knew that Sheeney deliberately wanted to use this way to raise the hormone level in the store, or to practice her acting skills, or to see the jealousy in the eyes of other men, not because she really had a good impression of her.

Western girls have straightforward personalities, like is like, and will not wait for men to ask her out, and Sheeney has never hinted that Shaun can ask her out.

Girls who yearn for showbiz, it's okay to play, but Sean doesn't like to play. As for Heenie using herself as a tool to attract blame, Shaun is helpless.

"Come here, boy!" Manolio shouted.

Shaun walked over to the cash register and carefully took out a handful of signed receipts and green bills from his bag and handed them to Manolio.

The receipt is a voucher used to settle the salary, and no one is missing.

Banknotes are proof of payment by customers, and they are also not missing a penny.

"Be quiet when you enter the door!" Manolio, the obsessive shopkeeper, glared at him as he counted the bills, as if he thought he was closing the door too loudly and affecting the guests' meals.

But in fact, the restaurant is very noisy, and the people who eat pizza are not so particular, especially since there is a TV hanging in the store, which is dedicated to broadcasting various sports games, and the sound is so loud that it is scary to death, especially when it comes to scoring, the whole store is like a vegetable market.

Sean didn't care about Manolio's eyes, this Italian had never liked Chinese, and was willing to hire Sean only because the cost of his food delivery was ten percent cheaper than others.

So while Sean is the most diligent of all the delivery people, it doesn't help their relationship in the slightest, and even attracts the hostility of other delivery people - he steals other people's jobs.

Today he wanted to leave work early, and he waited for Manolio to ask for leave after counting the money, but this was going to deduct a little money, and he had to try to get Manolio to agree to make up for it with the next overtime.

"Boy, there's a list on Midley Street, hurry up!" Manolio slapped a slip in front of Sean.

Midley Street?

Sean hesitated for a moment, then quickly shook his head: "No, let's let Little Tom deliver it, it's too dangerous for me." ”

Middleley Street is surrounded by slums, and Middleley Street is one of the places where the dark skins of Los Angeles hang, and it is dangerous, especially for people of other colors, who ...... They're very, very, very xenophobic.

Sean had been robbed twice in the neighborhood, and he could earn between $1 and $3 for a takeaway, and more than $100 a day if he was lucky. But as long as someone points a knife at him, he will either pay twenty-five dollars or be stabbed and die.

The choice is simple, give money to save your life, and this method is even written in every tourist book.

Since then, Shaun has stopped delivering food there.

Not everyone will be treated like this, and little Tom will not be treated like this because of his dark skin, so he is safe. Shaun also knew that there was an unwritten rule in the store that if food was delivered to customers who were suspected to be black or to a black neighborhood, Tom would go.

"Nope! Gotta you go! Little Tom is off work! Manolio looked at him coldly, "If you don't go, I'll deduct twenty-five dollars from you!" And tomorrow you won't be using it either! ”

Twenty-five dollars again!

You also know that it is twenty-five dollars?

How much do I earn in a day?

Maybe it's because the weather is too hot and there are too few people ordering takeout, Sean's income today is only about 20 yuan, less than half of usual.

Sean gritted his teeth and glared at Manolio's chubby face, eager to slap the freshly baked pizza in his face.

Manolio stared at him blankly, knowing that Sean couldn't call a lawyer for this call, and it was only twenty-five dollars.

Shaun also knows this, this city needs money to do everything, and the premise of fairness and justice is that you have to spend money to get it, otherwise there is none.

No one spoke for him, and the people nearby who noticed the episode all had indifferent faces.

The other delivery people also turned their heads away, and they were not interested in the task.

A few steps away, Sheeny glanced at him sympathetically, her mouth seemed to move, but she didn't speak for him.

Someone has to deliver the food, it's the task, as for who goes, it's up to the boss to decide, and she doesn't want to lose her job for someone she has a slight crush on, the guests here like her and tip a lot, and Manolio is definitely not a good-natured person.

"That place is too dangerous, you shouldn't take this order!" Sean insisted on his point of view, "I don't want to give up my life!" ”

Manolio's fat face twitched, and he roared, "You don't care if you take orders or not!" The choice is yours! Send it or deduct the money! ”

Sean looked at him coldly, his fists clenching tighter and tighter.

He could punch this fat face and hit him all over the face, but not today.

……

Jingle bell ~ Jingle bell ~ ~ The ringtone of the mobile phone rings from the pocket.

Sean took out his mobile phone, his face suddenly became gentle, and he picked up the phone: "Xiaoxue, it's me." ”

"Brother, can you come back early today? I made so many delicious dishes! His sister's voice calmed Shaun quickly. Today is Xiao Xue's birthday, and the gift that Xiao En wants to give her is a deposit certificate - 5,000 yuan of study security.

There is still more than a month to go, and Xiaoxue is about to enter the School of Film and Television Media at the Los Angeles campus.

UCA is not a single school, but a well-known public university system that includes ten campuses in the California cities of Berkeley, San Francisco, Davis, San Diego, Santa Barbara, Riverside, Los Angeles, Irvine, Mosed, and Santa Cruz.

He chose to go to Los Angeles because he didn't want to go to a stranger city, where he had lived for at least five years, was familiar with the streets, and at least could find a job delivering food, earn fifty dollars a day, and have tips to take if he met generous guests.

Xiaoxue feels that she will like the media, and as an older brother, she must support her dream.

In this country, not everyone can afford to attend a four-year public college, and Sean knows that he is not smart, with an IQ test of only eighty-nine, and he can only attend a two-year community college.

The tuition fee for community colleges is only $3,000 per semester, while public universities are at least double, and for prestigious schools, it costs 12,000 a semester.

His sister Xiao Xue's grades have always been excellent, and she has been admitted to the University of California, and after negotiation with the school, she has been awarded a scholarship of 24,000 US dollars a year, and now she is short of solving the other part of the cost.

The increase is divided into three semesters per year, and each semester requires about 12,000 US dollars in tuition, so this other part, including the cost of books and living expenses, is 15,000 US dollars per year, and the distribution is 5,000 yuan per semester.

This is not a small amount of money for the brother and sister who do not have much savings and still rent a house and do not have a high income.

In college, students can apply for scholarships and bursaries, and they can also work part-time to earn some living expenses, which is not unusual, and many people do so. But if you are too poor and only care about working to earn living expenses, the time and energy you can spend on studying will inevitably be reduced, and it is difficult to say whether you can graduate in the end.

Therefore, Shaun hopes that he can have a sum of money as a guarantee, so that his sister can concentrate on studying, and with knowledge, he can have a better life and change his future life.

Shaun calculated that he would put thirty dollars into his account every day, and with today's income, he would be able to make up five thousand dollars.

But if not, then there is still fifty-five pieces missing.

Today is Xiao Xue's eighteenth birthday, a very important day, as an older brother, Xiao En doesn't want to give a birthday gift with defects.

From the day his parents died, he knew he had to take on the responsibilities of the family, even though Shaun was only a sixteen-year-old boy at the time.

When he first came to this country, he had to work hard to pass the language, study and culture barriers, and strive to live here again, but he didn't expect to be hit by a series of blows, and he even wondered if he was carrying some terrible bad luck with him.

Four years have passed, and he has finished his high school career, embarked on the path of a food delivery man, and rode his bicycle through the streets of Los Angeles, watching many people come with dreams and leave with broken hearts.

He also has a dream that one day he will stand in front of his parents with his sister's family and proudly say, "I take good care of Xiaoxue!" ”

Children with no background, no money, and no smart minds, what else can they have but hard work?!

Forrest Gump is just a thick chicken soup made by Hollywood.

……

"I stewed chicken soup and it was fresh! I also burned sweet and sour pork ribs, there were a lot of crispy bones in it, I secretly tasted a small piece, it was delicious! Xiaoxue's voice was full of joy.

"Yes!" Sean answered softly, hung up the phone, slapped his hand on the table, grabbed the list, and said coldly, "This is the last order today, I want to get my share of the money when I come back!" I won't be coming again tomorrow! ”

Look at the time, there is still an hour before the end of work, Midley Street is more than ten minutes away by car, there is a shortcut, if you are faster, you can come back safely.

Sean didn't have time to think about it, so he packed two boxes of pizzas into the incubator, got on the bike and set off quickly, he hated the city!

Manolio watched indifferently as Sean's car disappeared out of the window, he didn't care about the Chinese guy's feelings, and he didn't care if the batch of sa could receive the money.

His phone rang, and he glanced at it, and it was an address and a number.

Special businesses will use this phone.

Manolio took out a pizza box from under the cash register and walked into the kitchen, and after a while took out a box of fragrant pizzas: "Mono, send this to this address." ”

The delivery man named Mono chewed gum and slowly shook it over, looked at Manolio, and asked silently, "Hello?" ”

Manolio glared at him sternly, full of threat.

Mono closed his mouth and took the box with some cringe, he knew he was talking too much. He didn't know where the little pills were hidden, maybe it was a pizza, maybe it was in a box, but every time Manolio took out a box from under the cash register, it meant a "special" business to be done.

The Chinese didn't understand the mystery, and the food delivery was quite refreshing, and if something happened, he was a good scapegoat, and Manolio would say that he didn't know about it.