Rebirth 79: I opened a bank in the United States

Grandpa Carter's home is located in a small town called Grapewise in Texas. Or a small town would be more reasonable, because the population of Grapewise at this time was not even 40,000. It was the third largest town in Texas.

The city of Dallas is only 33 kilometers away, and its geographical location in Texas is very close to Mississippi to the east.

Of course, this closeness is only a concept relative to most Texas cities. As the second largest city in the United States, in terms of absolute distance, even if you cross the border between Mississippi and Texas, you can reach it by car alone.

Grapevine, north of Cedar Mountain, also takes at least five to six hours.

After such a long time, Carter felt that it was enough for him to adjust his emotions. There was no need to remind himself in such a hurry, but thinking about it, Jenny and the others had not returned to their hometown in Texas for more than three years.

Being overly nervous is understandable...

"Okay, I believe you can balance family and work. By the way, Carter, let's go to Dallas to buy some winter clothes for my grandparents. I thought about it on the way. I haven't gone back to visit them in several years. I should listen.

Yours, buy some gifts to express your feelings."

"Clothes...can you still remember what sizes your grandparents wore?"

"How can you not remember this? The old man is not a child, and his figure has been fixed. If you follow my instructions and buy it, you will not go wrong! On the other hand, Lester, I don't know how tall that little guy is. Before, he..."

Time flew by while chatting about family affairs. After turning into Dallas to buy gifts, when Carter and his party arrived at his grandfather's house outside the small town of Grapevine, Carter only saw that the house was very similar to the Exxon house.

A lot of people poured out of the hut...

"Hahaha, Carter! You have grown up!"

"Uncle Victor, Uncle Oni, long time no see!"

As soon as he got out of the car, Carter was blocked by two middle-aged old cannons. "Bang Bang" punched Carter on the shoulder. It was a slightly vulgar action, but it expressed the most cordial greetings from these old Texas cannons.

"It's been a long time indeed. Although you are far away now, you still have to come back and see us from time to time. We are a family. Work is important, but family is also an indispensable part of our lives."

After hugging Carter and hitting him twice on the back, Victor let Carter go while talking:

"Go and meet your grandpa and grandma, they miss you very much."

"My little Carter has grown into Big Carter. Come, let grandma see!"

In front of the simple family affection, there is no difference between Americans and Chinese. Seeing her long-awaited grandson, the old lady's spirits were lifted a lot. She walked forward in three or two steps, grabbed Carter's hand, and gently

He stroked it gently, while looking up and down with his eyes, and kept saying hello.

Grandpa, on the other hand, stood aside and quietly watched the scene of the family reunion in front of him, grinning widely...

"You haven't had time to eat at noon, right? Are you hungry now? Grandma bought cookies, dark chocolate, corn flakes, and twizzlers. I saw many young people in the town like to eat this. I think you should like it.

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Being dragged into the house by the old lady, Carter looked at the old white lady who was busy rummaging through boxes and cabinets in front of him, and his mind was blurry. It looked like... so similar! In Carter's eyes, the figure of the old white lady was gradually becoming different from that of her previous life.

Grandma fuses...

Every time I returned to my hometown, my grandma’s first words were to ask me if I was hungry, and then she would take out a lot of snacks as if to offer treasures. There was eight-treasure porridge that was already covered with dust in the outer packaging, and it was packed in a simple plastic bag.

The fried rice rolls are also a little crispy, and Carter doesn't know what ingredients they are made of...

The old people do not understand the tastes of young people, but they are always trying their best to satisfy the young people... This simple thought is shared by the whole world...

"Come on, Anna, Melis, you guys can eat too... Oh, Anna is a big girl now, and Melis has become more beautiful! Okay, it's really good... Carter, come on, try this. Grandma is getting older.

, your grandpa and I can’t eat these, they are all prepared for you.”

Holding several boxes on her arms, the old lady smiled so hard that her eyes narrowed to slits. Carter, who had just recovered, took the candy from the old lady and held it in his mouth awkwardly.

This snack called twizzlers will have a high rate of appearance in American TV series in the future. It looks like a Chinese spicy stick, a red stick, but it is actually a kind of candy. Early twizzlers were black licorice candies, and later the licorice ingredient was removed.

Later, various fruit flavors were launched, and the color changed from black to red.

You can say that this stuff tastes bad, but it's not that bad. Tasting the faint strawberry aroma in his mouth, Carter couldn't comment like this without conscience. But if you want to say it tastes good, that's over-hyping it. It's like chewing

The taste of the plastic stick can only make Carter chew the betel nut in his current life...

After a while, after the gifts were distributed to everyone, a funny scene occurred. Along with two middle-aged men, Victor and Oni, more than a dozen people from the Black family, large and small, sat around, almost everyone

Everyone was chewing and talking while holding a twizzlers in their mouths. The scene was like a group of primary school students holding spicy sticks in their mouths and discussing whether to play with blocks or tops at night. The style of the painting is extremely nonsense!

"Carter, last time I heard Jenny call and say that you could recommend Levin to become a police officer in Douglas. Is this true?"

After chatting for a while, Victor brought up the business. When he heard about his future job, Levin, who was teasing the youngest child of the Black family, eight-year-old Lester, immediately perked up his ears and eyes.

Looking at Carter passionately...

In such an environment of increasingly depressed economy, police work is comparable to a golden job. Although its upper limit is not high, its lower limit is also high! The income is not worse than the average middle class, and it is more stable than the average middle class.

There are no very professional skills required. Even though it is a bit life-threatening...but are the Texas cowboys afraid of danger?

If they were really afraid of the danger, they wouldn't have the time to compete with the buffalo every day... Carter's second uncle, Ony Black, now has a missing front tooth and is constantly fighting. Who gave this to him? It's simply unnecessary.

More words...

"Yes, I have two recommendations at the police station. One I plan to give to Bradley, Jenny is his aunt, and the other I plan to give to Levin. I just don't know if Levin is willing to go to Douglas with me.

?”

Carter smiled slightly and threw the twisty candy, which had begun to fade after chewing it for a while, into the trash can. He really couldn't get used to it... For the sake of the old lady, he just chewed it for a while...

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"Just leaving home, I'm worried that Levine won't be able to adapt to life in Douglas."

"No, no, Georgia isn't far from Texas. They're both in the south. There's nothing I'm not used to. Even if I'm really not used to it, I can still come back during the holidays..."

Without waiting for his father to speak, Levin immediately patted his chest to express his concern for himself when he heard Carter's words. At the same time, he rolled up his sleeves and showed Carter the tendon meat he had produced from competing with cows.

"Look at my physique, I am a good material for being a police officer! Moreover, my marksmanship is also very good. I guarantee that I will live up to your recommendation!"