Rebirth in America

In a small port in Texas, the sea breeze carries the smell of fish across the dirty pier. A group of seagulls circled around the pier, refusing to fly far away.

The dock workers were busy moving the goods from the ship, up and down in twos and threes.

During work, workers chatted about news, gossip, etc. intentionally or unintentionally.

"Hey! Did you hear that Alex is going to have a concert in Houston?"

"Alex? Which Alex!"

"No way, you don't even know this news? It's Alex Carpenter! His tour has already come to Texas, and it is said that many people are going to listen to him sing."

"Oh, that Alex you are talking about! I know this, hasn't he been touring for more than a month, and he just came to Houston now!"

The Carpenter brothers have long been a household name in the United States, especially after the release of "The Sound of Music", Alex's name has already spread throughout the world. The 16-year-old director broke the box office record of "Gone with the Wind" with one movie. It looks like a story from a legendary novel.

Many people are paying close attention to Alex's first tour, and his fans want to rush to the scene to cheer and cheer. These longshoremen were no exception, and they were also considered Carpenter fans.

"I heard that concert tickets are very expensive. Cheap ones cost dozens of dollars, and expensive ones cost hundreds of dollars!"

"No matter how expensive it is, there are still people watching it. After all, this is his first tour. I don't know when the next time will be."

"Huh? How come I didn't know you were a Carpenter fan?"

"I've been a fan of their brothers for a long time. You know the 'Easter egg' in the last movie. It was discovered by a girl from the house next door to me. Port Arthur was very lively at that time!"

"Yes, yes! I also saw that Easter egg. It was very touching! I cried when I saw it. The Baroness is so pitiful!"

It has been more than a year since the last sensational "Easter Egg Incident". At that time, Port Arthur really became a popular place name in the news. Many Americans know that there is a Port Arthur in Texas. As for the girl Janis who discovered the "hidden easter egg", she was quickly forgotten by people.

Janis has grown up another year. She is 15 years old this year. She still looks so ugly and the clothes she wears are still so old-fashioned. Looking from behind, people would definitely mistake her for a boy. If they saw her from the front, many people would wonder how someone could be so ugly.

When someone talks about Giannis' appearance, they will say this: "It's as if God took a nap when making her and ended up with a featureless and inferior product."

When she discovered the "Easter Egg", she became "that girl" in everyone's mouth! Many reporters came to interview her and asked her how she found the "Easter egg" hidden in the movie!

She originally thought that God had finally begun to favor her, a poor person, and her life would no longer be ordinary from now on. But I didn't expect that after the news passed, people would still look at her with the same eyes as before. I feel that she is still so ugly and no one wants to get along with her or play with her.

Janis had just gained hope for his future life, but unfortunately, he lost it before he could grasp it. The emotions of depression, despair, inferiority, and self-pity once again enveloped her. If the music she liked hadn't existed in this world, she might not have been able to survive.

Whenever she feels depressed and desperate, she will run back to listen to music, draw and write poetry! She especially enjoyed listening to the songs of the Carpenter Brothers, who now had a younger sister and became the Carpenters.

"Oh, how I wish she was their sister!"

Janis sometimes envies Karen. She is so unfair to God. Why is Karen so smart, cute and beautiful, and has two such outstanding brothers?

"Even if I can't be their sister, then let me be their friend! Do you think so, A Chou!"

Janis has no friends because she is too ugly. Her words were addressed to an ugly native dog next to her.

Growing up, no child wanted to play with her. Even the children she plays with are people who want to play tricks on her. After being teased a lot, she would be able to quickly distinguish between those who really wanted to be nice to her and those who wanted to prank her.

Ugly is a dog, a dog she picked up.

This dog was still a puppy when it was picked up. It was a rainy day when she was walking alone in the rain when she discovered this dog. It was crawling hard in the rain like a moving mop.

"Dog! What's wrong with you, dog?"

Janis knelt down and touched the dog's head with his hand. He soon discovered that the dog's leg was injured, so it couldn't stand up.

"Dog, are you being bullied? Who is so cruel!"

"Woof woof woof!"

The puppy shouted feebly, as if it might die at any moment.

She found that the dog was very ugly, just like her. Maybe it was because of this that he was abandoned by his master and was injured. She picked up the dog and took it home.

At first, the family was reluctant to raise such an ugly native dog. They felt that it was hard for them to have enough to eat, so how could they possibly care about an ugly puppy. The dog was also injured and he didn't know when he would die.

"No, no! Mom and Dad, I will raise it! I will make money to raise it!"

The little girl, who was only 10 years old at the time, cried as if she had been abandoned. It was really heartbreaking to hear and see.

In the end, her parents couldn't resist and allowed the ugly native dog to stay. He has been raised like this for four or five years, and now he is still an ugly dog ​​when he grows up.

Janis named the dog "A Chou"! She treats the dog very well, very well.

Every time she had something to eat, she would always give A Chou a portion. But even so, A Chou still didn't have enough to eat. Fortunately, he knew how to run out and find something to eat. He eats whatever he sees, A Chou has never been picky about food.

In five years, the ugly girl grew into an ugly girl, and the ugly puppy grew into an ugly dog.

In the past five years, Janis has experienced many things, such as falling in love with listening to music, painting, writing poetry, etc. There are also things like shaving your head, dressing up as a boy and trying to blend in with other boys, or liking the songs of the Carpenter Brothers, discovering mysterious easter eggs in their movies, etc.

In the eyes of others, Janis not only became ugly, but also became very strange, with a somewhat extreme personality, and people did not like to be with her even more.

With A Chou by her side, those who didn't like her stayed further away from her. That's fine, no one will bully her for being ugly anymore.

A Chou is very fierce. Anyone who dares to bully Janis will bark at that person. If he is not afraid of this, A Chou will bite. He really knows how to bite people, and he almost got into trouble once. Fortunately, the other person was okay and it was a false alarm.

She had been paying attention to the news about Alex's tour this time.

Janis has been saving money, and she also wants to go to the concert to see what Alex looks like and listen to Alex's songs.

Now she works three jobs and works from morning till morning every day, just to save enough money to go to the concert. This is her biggest goal in life, she must go to Alex's concert!

Perhaps because he liked the same person's music, Janis found a partner. It's not correct to say they are partners. In fact, they just work in the same place and they don't know each other very well.

Janis and Jenny worked as a salesperson in the same store, and Jenny came to work later than her.

Jenny is a beautiful blond girl, fifteen years old like Janis. They only met because of work. At the beginning, Jenny didn't know much about work, so she asked Janis about this and that.

After chatting several times, they realized that everyone liked Carpenter's songs. This brought the two people closer, after all, they had a common topic.

"Na na na! I think the song "An Angel" sung by Alex is better than "Mother Said" sung by Richard. What do you think!"

Jenny is a girl who talks a lot. Whenever she is free, she will talk about which one is more handsome, Alex or Richard, which one sings better, and which one writes more beautiful songs.

Janis also likes Richard, but she likes Alex more. Whenever there was an argument, she would always take Alex's side. She feels that every song by Alex is unexpected and very nice.

Jenny is different. She likes Richard more than Alex. In her words, Richard looks so cute and lovable, so of course Richard is better!

Of the two of them, one is ugly, one is beautiful, one is wearing old clothes, and the other is wearing fashionable clothes. But they came together because of the same topic and became good friends who talked about everything.

But the time for this kind of good friend is limited to working hours. Once after work, Jenny will stay far away from Janis. She always has appointments and people are always chasing her. Jenny spends much more money on food, drink and fun every day than Janis.

"Hey, Janis, why don't you use the money you earn from working to buy nice clothes? You are too frugal!"

Jenny would ask this sometimes. In her opinion, girls should dress beautifully. Only in this way will the value of women be reflected and men will pursue her. If you make so much money but don't spend any of it, you'd be really sorry for yourself.

"I still have to save money to go to Alex's concert, so I can't spend money randomly!"

"Ah? You also want to go to the concert. Travel expenses and tickets are very expensive! You can't do it without $200, right?"

It is true that the ticket price for Alex's concert is not affordable for ordinary people. If you add in travel expenses, accommodation fees and other miscellaneous expenses, $200 is not enough for Giannis to go to the concert.