Chapter 40: Road Trip (Ask for Recommendation Tickets!)
Time is like water, and time is like a shuttle.
In the blink of an eye, it's summer vacation.
In the United States, summer vacation is true β’ Summer vacation, June, July, August, up to three months, completely covering the entire summer.
Since he tried to persuade Juno, Owen's Eternal Spear Choir finally gathered enough of the twelve golden hairpins and officially formed a successful one, reminding everyone to practice singing during the summer vacation, Owen drove directly to New York.
The United States is a sparsely populated land, and there are very few long-distance trains or anything, and most people drive their cars directly across long highway lines to other far-flung states.
At the age of 16, Irving, like most American high school students, earned his driver's license, which is the equivalent of an ID card in a country where everyone is a driver.
It wasn't until recently that Owen was pleasantly surprised to get the first car in his life, which was given by Jack, and the car was not a good car, very cheap, thousands of dollars for a classic second-hand Ford, but this is not that Jack has an opinion about him, but that the first car that most high school students receive is a second-hand car.
Here, the car is really just a means of transportation, and you want to pretend to buy a luxury car and make money yourself!
Owen had 10 $20 cash cards and $1,800 in his bank card, $1,000 from the Math Olympiad and $1,000 from his part-time weeding job in Wisteria Lane.
Chicago is only about 1,300 kilometers away from New York, and it can be almost reached in 12 hours by car, and the fuel cost for a round trip is more than 100 US dollars, which doesn't cost so much money at all, but Owen has brought out all his possessions, and the habit he developed in his previous life, when he goes out, is to bring more money, just in case.
Listening to the music, Owen controlled the steering wheel with one hand, put the other hand on the window, walked on the deserted road, and after several hours of driving, the unchanged barren scenery made Owen unconsciously sleepy, until he was awakened by the cry of help in front of him.
"Hey, hey, hey!"
On the side of the highway, a small bus ran aground, and a small crowd of old and small people stood there, waving at Owen.
"Is there anything I can do to help you?"
Owen slammed on the brakes and asked.
If this weren't a positive universe centered on the Big Bang Theory, he wouldn't have stopped so rashly, because he didn't want to run into a scary road movie scene like the Hitchhiker.
βyesοΌyesοΌβ
A middle-aged white man hugged a little girl and stepped forward to explain: "Our car broke down, now we must rush to New York as soon as possible, my daughter Oliver is going to participate in Miss Sunshine beauty pageant, please help us, sir." β
Looking at the cute little girl who was fat, wearing glasses, with wide eyes, and looking at him curiously, Owen had a vague impression, but he couldn't remember where he had seen it, but he was already very familiar with this situation, and thought: "This is probably a European and American film and television drama that he watched in his previous life." β
βokοΌβ
Owen agreed, but glanced at the rest of the people and hesitated: "But there are too many of you, and my car can't fit the six of you." β
"This ......"
The middle-aged white man said embarrassedly: "Can you let your car tow our minibus, just wait until we get to the town, we can pay for your gas, we are a family, we said we will go to cheer Oliver together." β
βokοΌβ
Owen was still very talkative, got out of the car and hooked the minibus with a tow rope, and drove them out of the wilderness.
The middle-aged white man took the little girl and got into Owen's car to communicate with Owen, and the rest sat on the bus in the back.
"My name is Richard Hoover, and thank you for your help. β
"My name is Owen Lee. β
Owen smiled: "You're welcome, anyone in this situation will reach out to help." β
"But no. β
The little girl with glasses suddenly said, "Two cars passed by before, but they ignored us and drove straight over." β
"Alas. β
Richard sighed: "Not everyone is as kind as Owen, this time, Oliver has always dreamed of going to participate, so when our car broke down there before, and no one was willing to help us, we were really anxious, but fortunately we met you." β
"Don't worry, you'll be there on time. β
Owen comforted, glanced at the little girl from the rearview mirror again, and said with a smile: "In this world, there are still more good people, aren't they?"
"Well, Owen, you're a good person. β
Oliver nodded his head and smiled cutely.
"By the way, Owen, where are you going?"
Richard asked, "Doesn't it affect your plans, does it?"
"No, it doesn't affect. β
Owen shook his head and said, "I'm also going to New York." β
"That's good. β
Richard also had a smile on his face: "Look at you, you're still a high school student, your first road trip?"
In the United States, there are many high school students who choose to take a road trip through the east and west of the country after graduation or in the summer, one to relax, and the other to increase their knowledge.
"Sort of. β
Owen laughs, "Actually, I went from Chicago to New York to attend a book signing for a well-known neurologist. β
"Wow!"
Richard exclaimed: "Crossing more than a thousand kilometers and going specifically to a book signing, you must be an avid fan of the other party." β
"Huh. β
Owen shook his head and smiled: "No, it's just that I've heard her name, I'm very interested in the content of her book, and I want to go to the scene and ask for myself." β
"Uh......"
Richard couldn't keep up with Owen's brain circuit, so he could only shrug his shoulders with a wry smile.
"So, Oliver, do you really like this beauty contest called Miss Sunshine?"
Owen digressed.
"Hmm!"
Oliver nodded affirmatively: "I'd love to go to that place on TV, in front of everyone, singing and dancing." β
"Oh, awesome!"
"I've recently started a choir at school, and I'm going to be chasing the national races in the future, so maybe we'll all see each other on TV," Owen said, "I've recently started a choir at school, and I'm going to be chasing the national races in the future, so maybe we'll all see each other on TV." β
"Really?"
Oliver clapped his hands and smiled sweetly, "Great." β
"That's right. β
Owen casually asked, "Oliver, what song and dance are you going to perform?"
"Well~"
Oliver tilted his head, thought for a moment, and said, "I don't know what it's called, but my grandfather said I sang and danced very well." β
Richard looked at Owen's eyes and smiled awkwardly: "Oliver has been singing and dancing with her grandfather, and we don't know the specific situation." β
"Understand, understand. β
Owen smiled and said, "In the East, it is normal for grandparents to take grandchildren and reduce the burden on their children, and we regard it as a virtue. β