Neo doesn't have a say in money, he usually goes to the neighbor's house to earn the little money that is handed over to his aunt or sister, so when his brother and sister talk about money, he doesn't say a word in the back row.

Dorothy didn't speak, thinking that she couldn't refute her brother, but she felt sorry for the ten dollars.

After a long silence, she said, "We shouldn't come out for this meal, we make noodles at home, and we can eat for 60 dollars for several weeks." ”

Bill Yile, "With your handsome and handsome brother, the rich days in the future will be like Louis XVI, and there is no end in sight." ”

Later, when Bill makes a lot of money, Dorothy may change this mentality.

"What does Louis XVI mean? Is it a code? The girl didn't understand what her brother meant, so she asked.

"It's literal, you can't see the end at a glance." Bill responded.

Dorothy thought for a long time before she understood what her brother meant.

……

After turning left and right for more than an hour, they finally arrived at their destination, a second-hand store called "Hoffmann von".

This is not a Chinese community, so the owner or founder of the store should be of German descent.

After parking his car in the open space on both sides of the street, Bill and his younger siblings entered the store in a menacing manner.

Because of the vast and sparsely populated area, most areas in the United States do not charge parking fees, except for big cities such as New York, and in this era, only the Manhattan area of downtown New York is charged, and other areas, as long as they do not park near fire hydrants, there is no worry.

After a few casual glances after entering the store, Bill knew that he was not wrong, the entire second-hand store covers a huge area, comparable to a shopping mall, according to the weak electrical area, strong electrical area, clothing area, sneaker equipment area, furniture area, books and newspapers area and other categories.

If it weren't for the fact that all the merchandise was piled up on large separate boxes, Bill would have had the feeling of visiting a supermarket.

After telling Dorothy and Neo to pick a gift for his uncle and aunt, he went straight to the sneaker equipment area, he still has to go to class tomorrow, and he is so tired today, it is only right to hurry up and go back to rest after buying it.

Then it was time to pan for gold in the, and when Bill picked out the helmet, he didn't feel it, so he casually picked a pair of large helmets with a comfortable size, and when he picked out second-hand shoes, his filter on this second-hand store was shattered.

According to the advice of his teammates, he went to the pile of football boots to pick out the right one for himself, and before he got closer, a pungent smell came over, like fermented rotten fruit wrapped in, mixed with the smell of rotten wood, much more lethal than any stinky tofu or the like.

Mr. Ferrari pinched his nose and rummaged for a long time before finding a pair of sneakers that fit him.

After putting it on and trying it out and finding that he didn't squeeze his feet, Bill hurried away from the area, it was so terrifying that he was afraid that if he stayed any longer, he would eat a dinner of a few dozen dollars tonight.

After that, it is a careful selection of various protective gear, fortunately, they are all put together, the most important anti-collision liner and hard shoulder armor Bill has taken a fancy to the two good, the brand goods Douglas, and the rest of the elbow pads, shin guards, hip pads, etc., I bought second-hand goods suitable for the body type.

Of course, Bill didn't forget to buy gym shorts and a t-shirt, as well as a set of tracksuits to wear in a change of clothes.

Although Bill only picks what he needs, he can't take it for a while, but fortunately there is no one in the second-hand store, and his younger brother Neo sees his brother from a distance holding a bunch of things and pushes a shopping cart from the door of the store, which makes Bill less in a hurry.

Dorothy only picked out gifts for her uncle and aunt, and gave her a thick suit of pure wool, which was best worn in autumn and winter.

She deliberately chose a low-saturation brown model, pure black, navy blue, etc., which were too vivid for Italian immigrants of her uncle's age.

My aunt's gift was a pair of black women's leather shoes that looked very new, and a bottle of civilian perfume that had been used once or twice after opening.

Bill nodded, Dorothy put her heart into picking gifts, with their relationship with their uncle, they naturally don't need to give first-hand things to fill their heads, and it is more practical to send new second-hand goods.

"Let's pick up some more clothes and shoes for you and Neo! By the way, I also bought a small gift for Anthony. ”

Bill knew that his sister was reluctant to spend money, so he didn't pick out clothes for himself, but he had more than 800 yuan on him, and this set of second-hand football protectors was over for three or four hundred dollars, and there was still a lot left, so he should change two new clothes for his younger siblings.

"I won't ......"

Dorothy thought that she would see a lot of money running out tonight, so she decided not to mention buying clothes for herself, but her brother pushed her towards the clothing area, and Neo was very thoughtful to push the shopping cart in the back to follow her brother and sister.

After a while, Dorothy complained about her brother's extravagance, two jumpers, a pair of light blue jeans, a knitted cardigan and a matching white shirt were added to the cart, and Neo was given a gray baseball jersey and black sports pants, and a hooded cardigan sweatshirt.

As for Anthony, Bill picked him a gray wide-brimmed hat, suit, black coat, red scarf, and wide-brimmed hat, which can be said to be the standard outfit of the Italian-American gang boss.

Mr. Ferrari is sure that his cousin will like this big man's hat.

As the clerk counted the goods and pounded the money on the calculator, Dorothy's complaints reached their peak, but Bill filtered selectively.

Including the excise tax, it was a total of five hundred and sixty-four dollars and eight cents, and Bill paid it off in cash on the spot.

Consumption tax in the United States is generally paid by the customer, and the tax rate is multiplied by the selling price at the time of payment, and the store staff is paid along with the purchase price. The excise tax rate varies from state to state, and there is an option to mail the goods to the mail, so that the excise tax is paid at the tax rate of the place where the goods are received, and the Bill family can't get out of New York, so they leave with the goods on the spot.

It's just that what he didn't expect was that rugby protective gear was a sporting good, and it was actually a federal consumption tax, and the tax rate of 11 percent was still distressing, and the rest of the clothes were also charged a comprehensive consumption tax of more than 7.0 percent.

The 7.5 percent comprehensive consumption tax rate is divided into two parts, 3.5 percent of the state consumption tax rate, and the rest is the local consumption tax rate.

On the way back, Dorothy also chattered all the way, saying that her brother didn't know how to save money, that the family had no money, and that her aunt and uncle were also working hard.

It wasn't until she got home, when Dorothy went upstairs to change into her newly bought jeans and a white shirt and knitted cardigan, that she stopped lashing out at her brother's big hands.

"My sister looks much more stylish." Neo's children didn't care about new clothes, so they didn't change them tonight.

Bill looked at it, and it did look a little like a student, without the lifelessness of her old gray and black clothes.

"Tut-tut, who said I was spending lavishly?"

Mr. Ferrari pouted a few words before getting ready to take a shower and go to bed.

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