Chapter 3: Freaks without tacit understanding
At McCready's garage, Tony Leon lifted the hood of a pickup truck, and then instructed his boss in the driver's seat to slam the accelerator hard so he could observe the engine.
However, Anderson, the owner of the auto repair shop and the number one car repair technician, did not step on the gas pedal as usual.
Tony looked up, looked at Anderson in the driver's seat, and asked puzzledly, "I thought we could tacitly agree to participate in the TV show "Co-op Huge Adventure". ”
"Boy, the guy who really has a tacit understanding with you, is at the gate." Anderson bit down on a sandwich and smiled at Tony.
Tony turned around and saw his brother, Tommy Hawk, standing at the doorway of the garage.
"He's the only freak in Hawke's family who doesn't have a tacit understanding." Tony withdrew his gaze and said to Anderson as he ripped off the gloves on his hand:
"I'll be back soon, Anderson."
"Of course, my good boy, you just have to make sure to fix this car today." Anderson nodded.
"I will." Tony threw his gloves on the engine and turned to walk over to Tommy Hawk, looking at Tommy as he went, using mean words:
"Look, why is it that our future American rocket expert, professor, scientist, and other bullshit position holder, Mr. Tommy Hawke, is here?"
"I need you to lend me a car." Tommy took a cigarette out of his pocket, handed one to Tony, and said straight to the point.
Tony was stunned for a moment, staring at Tommy for a few seconds before taking the cigarette and holding it in his mouth, "Wow, I guess you don't need a car to go to school." ”
"I need to make some money to make sure I don't get so exploited by you and my dad that I go to sleep on the street, don't I?" Tommy himself took a cigarette to his mouth and took out a lighter to light it.
Tony clapped his hands and smiled, "Hey, bro, you've finally figured it out?" High school SayGoodBye, who should have been like that shit a long time ago! Want a long-term job? I have a good recommendation, by the way, you should move back in the evening, let's have a party to celebrate your dropout of school, let ......"
"I didn't drop out of school, I just took a day off and asked you to lend me a car with good gas, if you can, lend me two hundred yuan by the way, it doesn't matter if you don't, I can go and borrow money from Rubi in the Italian community, but first of all a car." Tommy Hawk puffs out smoke and says to Tony.
Tony looked left and right, then looked down at the cigarette: "Boy, are you crazy?" Going to talk to Ruby, those guys? Two hundred? You know that guy has a lot of interest, right? ”
"I need a little bit of principal, and if it goes well, I might be able to get it back before dinner." Tommy shrugged at Tony.
Tony asked with a serious face, "What business?" Tommy, what's the business? ”
"Small business, small business for students." Tommy also opened his mouth in a serious way.
"I advanced my salary to Anderson yesterday because I was released on bail, and I can't talk to him anymore about getting money, but ...... There is no problem with the car, there is no problem with the money, you wait for me. Tony finished biting on his cigarette and speaking to Tommy, then turned and walked towards Anderson.
The two talked for a moment, and soon Tony got into an orange Chevrolet family five-door sedan in the garage and slowly drove to the door, Tony lowered the window and tilted his head at Tommy:
"Get in the car, brother, let's go get the money."
Tommy Hawk sat in the co-pilot: "I'll go to Ruby to borrow money, it's no different from you going, he knows me." ”
"But I'm your brother, boy, and you can only take the money from me, and I'll go to Ruby to borrow it to save him from you." Tony held the steering wheel and looked intently ahead, "I'm your brother." ”
Warwick is a small city with a population of 80,000 people, 78% of whom are Irish, 12% Italian, 5% British, 3% Black, and the remaining 2%.
With a population of only 80,000, it has two major gangs, the Charleston gang of Irish origin and the New England Mafia of Italian origin.
As for the gangs of that are making waves in other cities in the United States? In Rhode Island, look more like gentlemen than whites, because in this land, whites can hit people to death and seek a not guilty plea, but if dare to defecate in the open, they will immediately face being attacked by a group of white neighbors, and then the city government will force the family to move out of the city.
The poor who live in Warwick make up 3 percent of the population, and who are trained by 95 percent of the total population of whites, are more like the city's loyal and industrious slaves than their ancestors who landed in Rhode Island and were trafficked across the United States.
Italians are mainly concentrated in the Italian residential areas of South Warwick, and Ruby, as Tommy speaks, is a peripheral member of the New England mafia.
However, whether it is the Irish gang or the mafia, it is insignificant to most people in Warwick, many people may never have anything to do with them in their lifetime, and these gangs have long since stopped collecting protection money and extortion as their main business, and have turned to illegal casinos, smuggling, gambling, opening bars, loan sharks and so on.
Ruby is a warm young Italian, at least on the surface, who runs a handmade leather goods shop, and many Italians borrow money from him when they have no money, as long as they repay the loan on time.
"Ruby." Tony pushed open the door of the leather goods store and greeted Ruby, who was wearing a leather apron and handmade belts.
Ruby glanced up at the two Tony Tommy brothers who entered the door: "Tony, Tommy, long time no see." ”
"Oh...... I'm in trouble, so ......," Tony began.
"Come on, Tony, get straight to the point, for everyone's sake, everyone who comes to see me is in trouble, just tell me how much you need." Ruby looked up to interrupt Tony's words, smiled and continued to lower his head, measuring the length of the belt with a ruler.
Tony exhaled, "Two hundred, I need two hundred." ”
“OK。” Ruby put down the ruler in his hand, turned and walked to the safe in the corner, took out ten twenty-denomination bills from it, then locked the safe, walked back and handed it to Tony.
Tony reached out to take it, but Ruby didn't let go, but looked at Tony with a smile: "Tony, how long will it take?" ”
"Tonight...... Before your leather goods store closes? Tony looked at Tommy uncertainly, then said.
"You need to pay me back two hundred and twenty yuan, I don't like short-term borrowing from guests, so the interest should be higher." Ruby looked at Tony: "Is it a deal?" ”
"Deal." Tony nodded, and Ruby let go of his hand and let the two hundred pieces be taken by Tony.
After getting the money, the two walked towards the outside of the store, and Ruby continued to lower his head and measure the belt, and said busily: "I have to go home for dinner at seven o'clock in the evening, so if you don't see me here, you will have to pay two hundred and forty-two yuan when you plan to send the arrears to my house." ”
When he walked out of the leather shop, Tony handed the money to Tommy Hawke, who put it in his pocket: "I'll pay it off by tonight." ”
"Well, now you can go about your student's small business." Tony took out his cigarette and lit it, took a puff, and smiled at Tommy.