Rebirth 79: I opened a bank in the United States

When Carter drove the Mustang into Georgia, the time had quietly reached the end of August. In the afternoon of August 24, Carter drove Melis back to Douglas.

Compared with the obscurity before departure, Carter's return this time has made the small town of Douglas seem a lot more lively. Carter's trip around the United States, after being spread from person to person in the past two months, is now well known in Douglas.

"Hey, Carter! You're back?! You're not fascinated by the prosperity of the big city, are you?"

"Welcome home, Carter!"

“Is New York fun?”

Questions like these never stopped from the time Carter entered the city until he returned home. He happily dealt with the neighbors who were full of curiosity. Carter didn't even bother to take a shower after returning home. He said hello to Jenny,

After saying "I'm back", he went straight to the second floor and threw himself on the bed.

On the other hand, Melis was extremely excited to see her mother. She showed Jenny one by one what she had gained from her trip like a treasure. Where did she buy this dress? How much did it cost? The chirping sounds kept coming.

Going up to the second floor, Carter was so angry that he could only turn on the air conditioner and cover his head with the quilt.

"Carter, get up. Dinner is almost ready. Anna is here too. Get up quickly and go to bed after dinner."

"Well...here he comes!"

In a daze, Carter was woken up. He turned his head numbly and looked out the window, as if he wanted to use the sunlight to judge the time at the moment, but the summer sunlight obviously did not have much effect, and it was still bright outside the house.

"Anna, how did you and Jenny spend your vacation?"

After briefly going to the bathroom to wash his face, Carter walked down, looked at Anna who was both familiar and unfamiliar, and greeted with a smile.

Anna has graduated. Carter originally asked her if she wanted to go out with him as a graduation trip, but in order to accompany her boyfriend, Anna refused. There were not many opportunities to get along with each other, and from now on it will only get worse.

The less.

"It's not bad. Qiaoyi and I have both found jobs, working as cashiers in the supermarket in our city center, and he works as a warehouse manager. Also, thank you for the gift you brought me, but you seem to have forgotten Qiaoyi

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"You are not married yet. If you want me to bring him a gift, he must first become my brother-in-law."

Carter rolled his eyes. The love brain and the science man are really the same weird species. You can't listen to what they say. Not to mention that they are not brothers-in-law. Even so, Carter doesn't want to take him. He has an impression of the guy named Joey.

Not very good.

Let’s not talk about the grievances he had when he was little Black. Just look at the job he is looking for now... You can’t say he didn’t find it, but there is really no difference between a job in a supermarket and a job in a supermarket or convenience store in the United States.

There are usually two types of employees, one is an elderly aunt, and the other is a young student working part-time. Almost no ambitious young people would take a job in a supermarket as a full-time job.

But there’s no need to say this, I’m already a little dissatisfied when I don’t see Jenny:

"Carter is right. You are still in a relationship. How can you ask your brother to give him gifts during a relationship? I have never seen him give anything to Carter or Mellie."

"Mom! We just left school and don't have much money. How could Qiao forget you when he makes money?!"

As soon as Anna heard that my mother was not satisfied with her boyfriend, Anna didn't care about looking for Carter, so she quickly went over to him, acting coquettishly and helping to serve the dishes.

Carter was surprised when he first saw the scene in front of him, but now he is used to it. At first, influenced by the public intellectuals in the future, Carter always thought that American families were very independent, and no one would let a child out to be independent when he turned 18.

Ah, don't care, or don't care about the parents at all after the daughter gets married...

Now after actual contact, I realize that this is all nonsense. It is true that in the United States, families are much more independent than in China, but they are by no means inseparable. Especially before the daughter is married, the man does not move around frequently, so

Do you want to kidnap someone else’s daughter easily? You want to peach!

In terms of educating children, it is actually similar to China. The so-called independence at 18 years old is just a different result caused by different cultural and social scopes. For example, in the United States, as long as it is not full-time employment, it is not considered to be employing child labor.

It is not illegal to find a 14-year-old child to work part-time for you. In addition, schools in the United States end early and basic prices are not high, so American children who are idle and have no money in their pockets start to think about it.

Already.

Going to supermarkets, convenience stores and other places to work part-time jobs to earn pocket money has become the norm in American society. And because of differences in laws and culture, American children start working part-time jobs earlier than in China, which makes them seem very young.

Independence. In fact, don’t many children in China also work part-time during college? It’s just that before college, they can’t and don’t have time to do part-time work.

The so-called independence at the age of 18 means independence with pocket money. When it comes to major expenses such as tuition and rent, you still have to rely on family help. Of course, except for special cases like Carter...

"Hmph, then I'll just wait and see what he does. He has no sincerity at all and just wants to deceive my daughter from the Black family. She's so beautiful!"

Jenny snorted arrogantly, even though she knew that to Anna, her mother's objection was of little significance. She would still do what she had to do if she was sure of it.

After the noisy but warm dinner, Carter had no idea of ​​going out. After chatting with a few women at home, he went back to the bedroom early and continued to catch up on his sleep.

After dawn the next day, facing the rising sun, Carter drove Anna to the supermarket for work first, and then to the bank. After two months of absence, Carter really missed his wooden chair with a sponge cushion.

"Carter, you're here. I heard you were back yesterday. Did you enjoy your trip?"

Goodman, who was well prepared, stood at the gate of the bank. When he saw Douglas's only Mustang approaching, he quickly went to greet it.

"Not bad. I found a few valuable targets. I'll give you the list later and you can help me keep an eye on it. By the way, how has the bank been doing in the past two months? Is it still stable?"

Carter walked towards the stairs in a familiar way, Carter said as he walked.

"It's generally stable, but the probability of bad debts has increased. Exxon in the south of the city borrowed US$3,000 two years ago and it expired three days ago, but the money has not been recovered yet. Mullins in the west of the city also has

A loan of US$2,000 is due next week, and it looks like there will be problems."

"Exxon...is he the one who runs a farm? $3,000 shouldn't be so difficult, right? I remember he has a lot of tractors and so on. Can you just sell a few of them and get the money back?"

Pushing open the office door, Carter felt a little bad. Carter had foreseen the increase in the bad debt rate. It was foreseeable, but it was still unpleasant that his money had been hacked.

"I think so too. I even went to see him personally. It's strange to say that there is a tractor company called Vickers. I don't know what's going on recently. Brand-new tractors are selling faster than second-hand ones.

Exxon also wants to sell a few tractors to pay off the debt, but no one wants them now... He would rather use the tractors directly to pay off the debt, but this thing... Carter, what's wrong with you? Why do you look so strange?

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