071 Change of house
"Our big star is back!" After seeing her nephew come home, her aunt, who was cooking dinner at home, cheered.
On the evening of July 1, Bill returned to New York after summer camp, and the landing airport was JFK in Queens, which is JFK, that is, Kennedy International Airport, and his uncle drove him to pick him up.
Bill, who put down his duffel bag, hugged his family members one by one and made a close salute.
"I'm tired all the way, and I can't stop doing those projects that the coach asks for six days......"
Speaking to his enthusiastic family, Bill described his experience.
"I'm tired enough, I've been driving back and forth for more than four hours, and I've never driven this far before." The uncle slowly rocked his old waist to the sofa and sat down.
Dinner was mainly pasta, but the toppings were much richer, and they were prepared before Bill and his uncle arrived home, just waiting for the two of them to come back and eat together.
"I'm curious what summer camp has given you." After finishing the dinner table, Dorothy asked the old brother who was ready to eat.
"Two verbal offers, and two envelopes of money."
Bill briefly summarized the takeaways from the trip.
UCLA's summer camp is not much different from Stanford's, and even the timing of travel expenses and verbal offers is the same, also on the evening of the second day.
What Mr. Ferrari did not expect was that UCLA's travel expenses were also $2,000, and the scholarship offered by the verbal offer was also about $15,000.
It seems that the college teams have their own value measurement system, and the price at which a high school student of Bill's magnitude can sell is certain.
The uncle who shook over from the sofa was pleasantly surprised, "And money?" How much did they give you? ”
"$2,000 for each university, and if it's for my travel expenses, it's equivalent to reimbursement for the expenses on the road."
Bill replied.
"Four thousand dollars? We now have four thousand dollars? The uncle's excitement was transmitted from his words to the family at the table.
My aunt reminded angrily, "What do you want?" This is the nutrition money that the coaches gave to Bill to make him replenish his body. ”
Although she, like her husband, had never seen so much cash, she understood that the money belonged to her nephew and could only be spent on his nephew's business.
The uncle didn't pay attention to his wife's reminder, "Four thousand dollars, how many days will it take to spend it." ”
He fantasized about a life of getting rich overnight.
Once seated, the family prayed before the meal and then began to eat.
During the meal, there were fewer words, and Bill took advantage of the fact that the family was there to take the initiative to bring up a topic.
"Uncle, aunt, and sister, are we going to change houses, the older ones. Neo, you don't want to be woken up by me every weekend, do you? ”
The aunt didn't answer, but smiled and said to Dorothy, "Your brother has become stupid, what house can you buy for four thousand dollars?" ”
"Why do you want to change houses? Is it uncomfortable to live here? "The uncle thought that the nephew had gone out to live in a hotel for a few days and didn't want to live in this small room at home.
"That's right, we're going to have a college banquet for Dorothy soon." Bill pondered his vocabulary and began to convince his family, "We obviously don't have enough space here, and guests don't even have sofas when they come, which is rude, so you can't let them stand!" So I guess we're not going to change to a big house with a garden in the front and a swimming pool in the back. This is a large space, and it is enough to hold a banquet. ”
"How can we afford to change houses? Dad and brother don't have much money and can't help much. "My aunt did not object to the change of house, but only said that there was a lack of funds.
Dorothy expressed her opposition in another way, "There will be two college students soon, and I think our family is still saving money, and the cost of changing houses is too large, and it will seriously affect the quality of life of the family in a few years or even more than ten years." Brother, forget it! ”
She felt that changing houses would make the family's already poor conditions even worse.
Neo firmly supported his brother, "I think it's time to change to a big house, it doesn't matter if my sleep is affected or not, the important thing is to make my sister's banquet a little more beautiful." Otherwise, our Conte family is so poor that they can't even ...... this kind of thing."
The uncle didn't speak, and waited until the whole family looked at it before he said, "Actually, I support Bill, but the family really has no money, so I can't go to the bank for a loan, right?" In our case, we can't borrow much. Even in our community, the price of a big house is over 10,000 yuan, and the two of us can earn it at least two or three years without eating or drinking. ”
To sum up, the three who opposed it all felt that the funds were insufficient, and changing houses would affect their normal lives.
After understanding this, Bill threw out a killer idea: "You also know, I have been operating futures for the past year, and I have worked diligently and made a lot of money in a year, and I can come up with 12,000 dollars for the matter of changing houses, plus these 4,000 dollars, and we will go to the bank to borrow some money, which is almost enough." ”
Memories can be blurry, and although Bill only started pretending to be learning futures in front of his family in January this year, it was enough to disturb their memories, so Bill said that after operating futures for a year, no one spoke out against it.
Improving the lives of family members is a must, and it is also important to increase loans while changing houses, Bill will only have a student loan next year, and there will be no big consumption and large loans this year, and the tax season from January to April next year will be very uncomfortable.
My aunt was a little hesitant, "Let's discuss it with our family before making a decision!" ”
The family in her mouth is larger, and the group of people who are looking at her grandfather and second uncle will be pulled over to discuss this matter.
The uncle didn't speak, and Dorothy continued to persuade the elder brother: "Keep some money as a backup fund, brother!" Changing houses has too much impact. ”
Bill understands that he still has to convince his uncle that his security work is a bit low-end, which is very despised, and that changing to a big house and holding a beautiful college banquet at the same time makes the uncle very face-saving, and has a little dignity in front of neighbors, relatives, and colleagues.
"Uncle, think of the neighbors and relatives who look down on you on weekdays, say that you can't manage your son well, don't work well, and so on, you can shut up this group of people by having a party in a big house with a swimming pool. Put Dorothy's offer in front of them, I'm afraid your male colleagues will be jealous in the future and won't be able to sleep, female colleagues look at our big house and Dorothy's excellence, and when they go home, they pout their butts and rub them against the edge of the bed, regretting why they didn't recognize Masico Conte as a ...... earlier"
Before she could finish speaking, Dorothy stood up and patted her brother across the table, "Don't talk nonsense, adults can't make jokes." ”
Uncle Boss remained silent, but Bill knew he was moved, so he continued to persuade him.
"Think about the second uncle, although they earn a little more than us, they don't have any money in hand, so it's useless to ask them to discuss. And the second uncle is the kind of person who is very stubborn, if he knew that we would change houses, he would definitely run to raise money. How can he get the money? It's nothing more than going to a gang to borrow usury, but if you can't pay it back in a short time, it's tantamount to harming them. ”
My aunt was persuaded, "Then let's not tell them about it first, just buy it, and then ask them to come to the new home to celebrate." ”
The cash flow of low-income immigrants has always been fragile, and my aunt does not want her brother's family to go bankrupt.
"Bill has a point, tomorrow is Wednesday, we have to go to work, you and your sister go and ask if there are any big houses for sale in our community."
Uncle finally agreed.
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