"I told you this morning that my adoptive parents were Chinese, so I know Chinese and need to earn money to support myself. I want to go to Chinatown to see if I can find a job teaching Chinese English. However, it would take at least four to five hours to walk to Chinatown, ask around, and then walk back to the orphanage.
If I don't make it for dinner at the orphanage, I'll starve for the whole night.
Buddy, although we've only known each other for a day, I'm also a friend who keeps his mouth shut, right?”
" I see." The word " friend " probably moved Frank. After hesitating for a few seconds, he reached into his pocket and took out a few coins and a one-dollar bill.
Then he looked at William carefully and asked,"When are you going to pay me back?" Also, remember to give me interest."
William didn't care how much interest he could get from borrowing a dollar, but he pretended to be unhappy and muttered," Are you crazy to make money? You want interest on a dollar?"”
The interest on bank deposits and loans were very high these days. According to William's memory, the interest on loans could be as high as 15% per year.
Frank smiled seriously and said," One dollar in the bank is nine cents a year. So, friends are friends, but why can't I take your interest?"
" Okay, okay, I'll give you five cents a month." William stretched out his hand and placed it in front of Frank, but the guy only gave him a 50 and a 25-cent coin.
It should be 25 cents to go to Chinatown by car, 50 for a round trip. I even left you 25 cents for a loaf of bread."
“fk,you”。
William pointed his middle finger at him and cursed. However, after taking a few steps, he turned around and said,"I'm not like you. Although I'm poor, I keep my word. I'll pay you 75 cents a month, plus 5 cents in interest."
Frank looked at William who was leaving quickly. He suddenly felt that he had gone too far. Moreover, he was worried that William would snitch on him and expose him for pretending to be a teacher. However, after a day, nothing happened to him. Although he was forced to borrow 75 cents, William's words made it difficult for Frank to think that he was being extorted. And even if they wanted to extort money, no one would see a dollar bill and only take two coins, right?
Feeling that he was about to lose a friend he had just known for a day, Frank quickly chased after him and muttered beside William like a little brother,
" I'm just joking, William. If you need it, I'll lend you all my pocket money."
William was happy. He didn't have money, but now he had the hope of earning money. He didn't need to cheat Frank. Instead, he should show his backbone and ambition so that he could leave a deep impression in the heart of a young man like Frank who had no friends.
In the future, in the relationship between the two of them, he would naturally occupy a dominant position.
" Don't worry, Frank, I'm not angry with you. After all, you lending me money is the greatest help," William stopped and said to Frank seriously," And you're right, 75 cents is enough for me." I don't want to blackmail you, so I don't need to borrow more money. When I find a job and get my first salary, I'll treat you to Burger King."
" You said it." Frank immediately nodded happily. Then, he secretly glanced at William's expression. Seeing that there was already a smile on William's face and he wanted to earn some money, he hesitated for a moment and asked in a low voice," Then, then can I go to Chinatown with you?"”
William was stunned." Work with me to earn some pocket money?”
"That's right, that's right," Frank said with a gloomy expression."You've already guessed it. My family is indeed having some financial problems, and I just moved to this neighborhood. You're my only friend. It's meaningless to go home so early."
" Tomorrow." William didn't want to take Frank's son to Chinatown in front of his mother. He had just known her for a day. William looked at the blue second-hand car on the street.
"You've just transferred here, and you're going out with me on the first day. Your parents will definitely think that I'm leading you astray. Besides, you don't speak Chinese. I'll go to Chinatown first to familiarize myself with the situation."
It was not easy for Chinese people to live in China these days, so it was easy to form special groups. These black groups did not care about ordinary people entering Chinatown, but they were likely to target the hollow boss Frank, who was wearing a private school and a famous school uniform.
"Di, di, di."
A series of horns sounded. Frank looked at his mother who was waving at him and could only say goodbye to William unhappily. He, who had never suffered before, suddenly felt that he was like a child compared to William, who was not yet an adult and had to think about making money.
William smiled and waved at Frank, who was in the car. He watched the blue car leave before getting on a bus.
After a 30-minute traffic jam, the car arrived at Duban Street. He got out of the car and asked for directions. After walking for a while, he saw an archway with green tiles. Just as he was about to enter the archway, he was stopped by a few Chinese people in black exercise clothes.
"Who are you looking for?" she asked in English.”
"No entry?" William was stunned. He suddenly saw that none of the people who passed by the archway were foreigners. William cursed in his heart and said in pure Mandarin,"Don't be nervous. My adoptive parents are Chinese. They came here to find a job."
Hearing William speak Mandarin more accurately than most of them, the young Chinese relaxed and complained,
"Since you are a child raised by the Chinese, you are considered half of our family. You can go in.
"But not everyone has a job these days, and you still want to come to Chinatown to snatch a job? Be careful of being beaten up."
" I..." William scratched his head in frustration and asked tentatively," I plan to be an English teacher for the newly migrated Chinese. This is not considered stealing other people's jobs, right?”
" Don't think about it," the young man in the lead said with a smile." You're considered half of our family, but rich Chinese won't find a little kid like you to teach them. Poor Chinese don't need to spend money to hire a teacher to teach them.
As long as they were willing to learn, there would be people around them who were willing to talk in English for free. It would be no problem for them to spend a year or two conversing in ordinary English. As for the children who are eager to go to school, we have our own schools and teachers."
William suddenly remembered that the situation of the Chinese in America was worse than decades ago. They instinctively guarded against people they didn't know. Even if they wanted to hire a teacher, they would find a Chinese teacher to teach.
However, if William did not find a job in the next few days, he would not go hungry for the time being. However, he would not even have the money to eat a burger or coke, let alone the quality of his life.
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