The Days of Opening a Restaurant on an Abnormal Earth

When Niu Ben learned that he could join the first orchestra, he was very excited, and when he heard the teacher said that the students of the first team could go to New York for an exchange performance, Niu Ben fell into ecstasy.

In particular, there will be several opportunities to perform in this exchange meeting. At the last moment, the students of No. 7 Middle School will go to the New York City Hall to give a music performance, and the local TV station in New York will broadcast it. Although it is a performance with other American high school orchestras, it is still a very rare opportunity.

Not to mention this opportunity for a teenager, many adults who make music may not have the opportunity to be on such a big stage in their lifetime.

It can be said that everything is good in this matter, the only bad point is that the cost is too expensive!

Although most of the costs are borne by the schools of both parties, students still have to pay for their own basic air tickets. The airline booked by the school is not a particularly cheap low-cost airline, but a ticket of a large state-owned airline with a relatively large scale for safety reasons.

The price of a round-trip ticket between China and the United States is 15,000. In addition to the air ticket money, students do not need to consider the basic food and accommodation expenses for the rest of the month in the United States.

Is it expensive to go to the United States to study and exchange for a month at this price? It is not expensive in terms of the current cost of education.

Because every year in Huaihai City, many educational institutions hold various summer camps and winter camps in the United States under various names. Often the quotation for a half-month summer camp is as high as 50,000 or even 100,000.

Moreover, these so-called summer camps are often very boring. When you go to the United States, you just take your children to see free museums. The so-called exchanges with universities are just taking your children to the campus of an Ivy League school.

Maybe the auditorium of a certain university was rented, and foreigners from unknown places were invited to give the children a few random lessons. I don't even know if the person attending the class is a professor or lecturer from an Ivy League school.

And this kind of summer camp is extremely popular in Huaihai City every year. Because of the famous Chinese saying: Don't let children lose at the starting line. I don't know whether these children have been running all their lives, or when the starting gun will go off.

In short, parents are always willing to spend this kind of money to do these things. These summer camps and winter camps for parallel imports are so popular that they are even in short supply.

Now the Seventh Middle School is doing a student exchange activity with real teaching significance, led by professional teachers, the students can not only broaden their horizons but also have more exchanges with the outside world.

Moreover, performing big scenes outside is very helpful for cultivating children's courage and courage. Compared with those summer camps for parallel imports, this exchange meeting is undoubtedly more valuable. Not to mention that as long as 15,000 air tickets are enough.

But the story is divided into two parts, 15,000 is really not a big deal for children from relatively superior families in Huaihai City. Maybe it's just a month or half a month or even just a few days' wages for the parents alone.

But 15,000 is a lot of money for Niu Ben's family. Niu Xiaoli's monthly salary plus subsidies is just over 6,000 yuan. To provide for her and Niu Ben's daily expenses, even if it is left and right, in Huaihai City, if the family is not shabby to the point of embarrassment, the monthly expenditure will be at least 3,000 yuan. This is already a minimal overhead.

Fortunately, Niu Xiaoli's ex-husband left behind a set of sub-units in the 1990s. Although it is only a small house of more than 60 square meters, it is at least a shelter from the wind and rain. Otherwise, if you want to rent a house, Niu Xiaoli will spend all of her salary.

Even if you spend 3,000 yuan and save 3,000 yuan every month, you will have to save 15,000 yuan for five months to have it. And spending only three thousand a month is ideal, because there will always be some unexpected expenses.

For example, a friend gets married, or an elderly relative dies, or some other human expenses. So if Niu Xiaoli really wanted to save 15,000 yuan, it would take at least half a year.

Niu Ben is a very smart child. He has long known that his mother works very hard and it is not easy to make money. Fifteen thousand yuan! How dare he ask his mother for it? !

But Niu Ben knew that as long as he said this, Niu Xiaoli would withdraw 15,000 yuan from the bank and hand it over to the school without hesitation.

But how could he bear it? The Nizi coat worn by mother Niu Xiaoli was bought by her father when he was still alive. Niu Xiaoli would not spend money on thick winter clothes unless they were worn out.

According to her words: "It's all down jackets, just keep warm. Why do you want to be fancy?"

But Niu Ben knew that in the final analysis, Niu Xiaoli was reluctant. A passable down jacket (real down) costs five or six hundred at the cheapest. The slightly better ones cost thousands. Niu Xiaoli was really reluctant.

But Niu Xiaoli is very generous to her son Niu Ben. Huaihai City is a very realistic city. You have to wear tattered clothes and go to the stationery store to buy things, and the stores always look at people with their nostrils.

Although Niu Ben is still young, he understands that Niu Xiaoli is not easy. He sighed, his mood had dropped from the excitement at the beginning to the bottom.

And Huang Zeying, who has been paying attention to Niu Ben, also saw the change in Niu Ben's expression. This young man is also a fine person. He instantly understood why Niu Ben's face became ugly.

Yes! This fat man must have no money to go to the United States! Hahaha! From the things Niu Ben usually uses, it can be seen that his family's conditions are very average, and the school often assigns some online homework. Other students use branded computers, such as Dell, Apple, and Sony. No matter how bad it is Lenovo and Shenzhou.

Only Niu Ben used a netbook of unknown brand, estimated to cost more than a thousand yuan. His family must not be able to afford so much money to send Niu Ben abroad.

Huang Zeying, who was still jealous of Niu Ben's selection to the first team, and was lucky enough to catch up with the school's exchange performance, is not in a good mood now.

So what if you choose? So what if you play the saxophone well? So what if you study well? ha! Without money, you are nothing!

After the afternoon rehearsal, Niu Ben was not even in the mood to greet Chen Yao. He found the teacher in charge and said, "Teacher, I may not be able to go to New York."

The teacher frowned: "Why, Niu Ben. This is a good opportunity to learn and communicate. Even if you want to participate in this kind of activity next time, you may not have such an opportunity."

"15,000 yuan is a big burden for my family, and I don't think my study at school is necessarily worse than going to New York to do exchanges." Niu Ben said, although there was a little bit of reluctance on his face. , but there is also a kind of confidence in the eyes.

The teacher pondered for a while, and finally patted Niu Ben's head and said: "Go back and discuss with your mother. This opportunity is really rare." The teacher is still optimistic about Niu Ben.

With a heavy heart, Niu Ben nodded to the teacher and left the gymnasium where he rehearsed. Chen Yao chased up from behind: "Niu Ben, I called you several times before, why did you ignore me?"

Niu Ben glanced at Chen Yao, he was still a little depressed: "Oh, I'm sorry. I didn't hear clearly just now."

Chen Yao did not pursue the matter that Niu Ben ignored her just now, but enviously said to Niu Ben: "Niu Ben, you are really lucky this time. You can go to New York for exchange and study, and you can also perform on the big stage! "

"I won't go." Niu Ben walked quickly towards the school gate.

And Chen Yao followed Niu Ben's pace and asked: "Why! Such a good opportunity, I can't go even if I want to. If my parents know that I can have such an opportunity to communicate and learn, they will be happy."

Although Chen Yao's family conditions are not as good as Huang Zeying's, they are not bad. At the very least, my mother drives a Volvo S90 to pick her up from school every day.

And if Niu Ben encounters Niu Xiaoli working overtime, he will ride a shared bicycle home by himself, and if Niu Xiaoli doesn't work overtime, he will just ride a battery car to pick him up.

Niu Ben was not in a good mood, but he was almost at the school gate. He rubbed his chubby face to make his face less stiff.

Because Niu Xiaoli doesn't work overtime today, she will come to pick him up from school. He didn't want Niu Xiaoli to look at her with a sullen face, otherwise she would definitely think that she was being bullied at school.

Niu Ben walked through the school gate and said to Chen Yao who was walking side by side with him: "Don't ask, don't tell. If you see my mother later, don't talk about going to New York."

Chen Yao tilted her head: "Why?! This is a good thing!"

"Because he can't afford to go!" Huang Zeying's voice sounded from behind Niu Ben and the two of them. Seeing Niu Ben looking for his teacher just now, Huang Zeying guessed that Niu Ben must not be able to afford to go to New York. At that time, he felt so relieved. It's like drinking a bottle of iced Coke during the dog days.

But this kind of good mood didn't last long. When he walked out of the rehearsal field and saw Chen Yao chasing Niu Ben and asking questions, Huang Zeying got a little angry when he looked very happy talking with Niu Ben.

So he followed the two of them all the time. When he heard Chen Yao ask why Niu Ben didn't go to New York, he couldn't help but said, "Because he can't afford to go!"

Although Huang Zeying was very upset with Niu Ben, when he walked to Chen Yao from behind, he looked at Niu Ben with a calm expression.

He said in a reasonable tone: "It costs 15,000 yuan to go to New York. Every time his mother picks him up, he rides a battery car. Is there money for him to go to New York?"

"Look at the computers he uses. His mother bought them from miscellaneous brands. I've never heard of treasure or anything. It only sells for 1,200 yuan on Jingdong. Is this a laptop? Even Shenzhou Not willing to buy it for Niu Ben, but his mother is willing to give Niu Ben 15,000 to go to New York? Don't be kidding." Huang Zeying sneered.

Niu Ben looked at Huang Zeying angrily: "You don't need to take care of my family's affairs!"

Huang Zeying snorted disdainfully: "Hmph~! Who cares about your family's mess, I'm afraid that the monitor will get too close to you, and you'll take advantage of the monitor to eat and drink. Ask the monitor for chocolates, by the way, go to Burger King, you are also going to ask the monitor to pay for it!" Huang Zeying eavesdropped on Niu Ben's conversation with Chen Yao in the afternoon.

He said lightly: "The class monitor took you to Burger King, I'm afraid your mother didn't treat you so well. Is she willing to take you to Burger King to eat? Have you ever eaten burgers when you grow up?"

Niu Ben, who was originally calm, became angry when he heard this, and an irrepressible anger rose. He strode forward as if grabbing Huang Zeying by the neck and fighting him.

And Huang Zeying is waiting, fighting? Forget it, Niu Ben is tall and heavy, so he can't win. Just let him beat him up, and he didn't resist, just treated him as the victim and was beaten a little bit, and then asked his father to come forward and drive him away. It wasn't a day or two since I hated him, Huang Zeying was planning to go all out and get Niu Ben expelled from school with a minor injury.

Dad generally seldom abuses his power, but how can dad turn a blind eye when he is hurt by others? Always do something! Thinking of this, Huang Zeying must say that this child is really a genius.

When Chen Yao saw that something was wrong, she immediately stood between the two boys. She said loudly: "Niu Ben, Niu Ben! Don't fight! You will be marked down by the teacher!" Niu Ben fired.

Niu Ben yelled: "Chen Yao, get out of the way. If I don't hit this Huang today, I won't be considered a man! I'll tell you that Huang, if you dare to speak ill of my mother, I will fight you one-on-one! How dare you kneel down and call me grandpa!"

Huang Zeying snorted coldly with that half-dead look: "Hmph~!"

Chen Yao dragged Niu Ben stubbornly: "Niu Ben! Don't fight, you will be in trouble!" But how can a little girl hold a strong boy.

Just when Niu Ben was about to break free from Chen Yao's shackles and almost hit Huang Zeying, a hand behind him pulled Niu Ben back hard.

Niu Xiaoli breathed heavily and looked at her son, her face was slightly struggling, and her eyes were a little red.

Niu Ben stopped when he saw Niu Xiaoli, and said loudly, "Mom."