Rebirth of America: The American Drama System

Time is like water, years are like a shuttle.

In a blink of an eye, summer vacation has arrived.

In the United States, summer vacation is a real summer vacation. It lasts for three months in June, July and August, completely covering the entire summer.

After a lot of effort in persuading Juno, Owen's Eternal Gun Choir finally raised enough money to officially form. After reminding everyone to practice singing during the summer vacation, Owen drove directly to New York.

The United States is a sparsely populated country, and there are very few long-distance trains. Most people just drive cars directly and cross long highways to reach other distant states.

When Irving was 16 years old, like most American high school students, he obtained a driver's license. In a country where everyone is a driver, a driver's license is equivalent to an ID card.

It wasn't until recently that Irving was surprised to get his first car in his life. It was given by Jack. The car was not a good car at all. It was very cheap, a classic second-hand Ford costing several thousand dollars. However, this was not because Jack had any objections to him. But the first car most high school students receive is a used car.

Here, the car is really just a means of transportation. If you want to show off, buy a luxury car and make money by yourself!

Owen carried 10 20-dollar bills in cash, and there was 1,800 US dollars in his bank card, of which 1,000 US dollars came from the Math Olympiad prize money, and the other 1,000 US dollars was earned from his part-time job as a weeder on Wisteria Lane.

Chicago is only about 1,300 kilometers away from New York. You can get there by car in about 12 hours. A round trip costs more than 100 US dollars in gas. It’s not that much money at all. But Irving brought all his property with him, a habit he developed in his previous life. , when you go out, you need to bring more money, just in case.

Listening to the music, Owen controlled the steering wheel with one hand and rested his hand on the window, walking on the deserted road. After driving for several hours, the unchanging desolate scenery made Owen unconsciously sleepy, until he heard the call for help in front of him. Wake up with a start.

"Hi! Hi! Hi!"

Next to the highway, a small bus was stranded, and a group of people, old and young, stood there, waving to Owen.

"Is there anything I can do for you?"

Owen stepped on the brakes and asked with his head.

If this wasn't a positive universe centered on The Big Bang Theory, he would never have parked the car so rashly, because he didn't want to encounter a scary road movie scene like the hitchhiker.

"Yes! yes!"

A middle-aged white man hugged a little girl and stepped forward to explain: "Our car broke down and we must rush to New York as soon as possible. My daughter Olive is going to participate in the Little Miss Sunshine beauty pageant. Please help us, sir." "

Looking at the cute little girl who was plump, wearing glasses, with big eyes, looking at him curiously, Owen had a vague impression, but he couldn't remember where he had seen it before. However, he was already very familiar with this situation, and he felt that I thought: "This is probably another European and American film and television drama that I watched in my previous life."

"ok!"

Owen agreed immediately, but glanced at the others and said hesitantly: "But there are too many of you. My car can't fit six of you."

"this……"

The middle-aged white man said sheepishly: "Can you let your car tow our minibus until we get to the town? We can pay for your gas. We are a family and we agreed to go together to refuel Oliver." "

"ok!"

Owen was still very talkative. He got out of the car and hooked the minibus with the tow rope and drove them out of the wilderness.

The middle-aged white man took the little girl into Owen's car and communicated with Owen, while the others sat on the bus behind.

"My name is Richard Hoover, thank you for your help."

"My name is Owen Lee."

Owen smiled and said: "You're welcome, anyone in this situation will lend a hand to help."

"But no."

The little girl wearing glasses suddenly said: "Two cars passed by before, but they ignored us and drove straight past us."

"well."

Richard sighed: "Not everyone is as kind as Owen. This competition is what Oliver has dreamed of participating in, so when our car broke down there before and no one was willing to help us, we really I was so anxious, so lucky I met you."

"Don't worry, you will definitely arrive on time."

Owen comforted her, looked at the little girl in the rearview mirror, and said with a smile: "There are more good people in this world, right?"

"Well, Owen, you are a good person."

Oliver nodded repeatedly and showed a cute smile.

"By the way, Owen, where are you going?"

Richard asked: "It won't affect your plan, right?"

"It doesn't affect it."

Owen shook his head and said, "I also went to New York."

"That's good."

A smile also appeared on Richard's face: "Looking at you, you are still a high school student, your first road trip?"

In the United States, many high school students choose to take a road trip across the country after graduation or during the summer vacation to relax and expand their knowledge. Of course, there are also many high school students who stay in small towns all their lives. He didn’t even visit his own state.

"So be it."

Irving laughed: "Actually, I went from Chicago to New York to attend a book signing by a famous neuroscientist."

"Wow!"

Richard exclaimed: "Traveling more than a thousand kilometers to attend a book signing, you must be a fan of the other party."

"hehe."

Owen shook his head and smiled: "No, it's just that I've heard of her name and am very interested in the contents of her book. I want to go and inquire about it myself."

"Well……"

Richard couldn't keep up with Owen's thoughts, so he could only shrug with a wry smile.

"So, Oliver, do you like this beauty pageant called 'Little Miss Sunshine'?"

Owen changed the topic.

"Um!"

Oliver nodded affirmatively: "I really want to go to the place shown on TV, sing and dance in front of everyone."

"Oh, that's great!"

Owen said while driving: "I recently formed a choir at school and will pursue the national competition in the future. Maybe we can all see each other on TV."

"Really?"

Oliver clapped his hands and smiled sweetly: "That's great."

"correct."

Owen asked casually: "Oliver, what song and dance are you going to perform?"

"Yeah~"

Oliver tilted his head, thought for a while, and said, "I don't know what it's called, but my grandpa said I can sing and dance very well."

Richard looked over when he saw Owen's eyes and smiled awkwardly: "Oliver has been singing and dancing with her grandfather, and we don't know the specific situation."

"Understood, understood."

Owen nodded and said with a smile: "In the East, it is normal for grandparents to take care of their grandchildren to lighten the burden on their children. We regard it as a virtue."