Old George brought Cheng Hao to Gibbs, on the one hand, he wanted Gibbs to teach Cheng Hao, and on the other hand, he wanted Cheng Hao to compete with Gibbs' boxers.
An excellent boxer must have enough actual combat training.
As a result, Cheng Hao taught the children to go...
But old George still remembered the business. He called Cheng Hao back and asked Cheng Hao to compete with those boxers.
This kind of competition is different from the competition in the ring. Generally, everyone will not try their best.
Cheng Hao will not enter a special state at this time. He fights with others with a relaxed expression. He made an old mistake in the middle, and even pointed out his opponent after the game.
Fortunately, the boxers here have a good temper, and no one was angry. Gibbs was even very happy and regarded Cheng Hao as a bosom friend.
Gibbs is about sixty or seventy years old, he speaks with a heavy accent, he is always smiling, and he has a good temper, which is completely different from old George.
Cheng Hao and the others stayed with him until eleven o'clock in the evening before leaving.
When he left, old George's mood was not as good as when he came.
"George, are you and Gibbs good friends?" Cheng Hao asked. Old George was actually not very old, just in his early fifties, at least fifteen years younger than Gibbs, and one of them was white and the other was black, so it was not easy to be friends.
"Yes, we are friends." Old George said: "He is a very good person and never looked down on black people. If it weren't for him, I wouldn't have had the opportunity to study... My father used to work in his house."
Cheng Hao didn't expect such a paragraph.
Decades ago in the United States, racial discrimination was really serious, and there were very, very few blacks who could receive education... Well, even now, there are actually not many blacks who receive higher education.
Many blacks live in poor neighborhoods, and the quality of education in poor neighborhoods is so poor that, for many, their fate is sealed at birth.
Back at the hotel, Old George noticed that Cheng Hao bought a lot of clothes for Claude.
"Did you spend all the two hundred dollars on him?" Old George frowned as he watched Claude move the clothes into the room.
"He doesn't have many clothes..." Cheng Hao smiled.
"You know the kindness!" Old George glared at Cheng Hao, and slammed the door of his and Claude's room.
Cheng Hao was shut out, and he returned to his room with some helplessness.
There was heating in the room, and it was quite hot. As soon as Cheng Hao entered, he began to take off his clothes, took out the money he had hidden in his pocket, and counted it.
Of the five thousand dollars I put in this morning, there are now only two thousand and two dollars left.
Cheng Hao didn't feel distressed at all before, but now he feels distressed and embarrassed.
They are a family, and the money is the common property, and Lin Yuxun suggested the bet... It seems that it is not good for him to give away so much money directly
More importantly... Cheng Hao once again found that his hands were a little loose.
They really bought a lot of things today, and the remaining five hundred dollars after placing a bet is only one hundred dollars... Cheng Hao gave all the money to Lin Yuxun: "Yuxun, I think I'm This person is not suitable for managing money, you should keep the money, and you can send me pocket money in the future."
Lin Yuxun wanted to refuse, but after thinking about it, he agreed: "Okay."
The money is in his hands, so it's impossible for Cheng Hao to leave him and leave, right
Danny was already sleepy and fell asleep on the way back. Cheng Hao gave the money to Lin Yuxun, took a shower, and fell asleep on the bed.
Lin Yuxun was the last one to sleep, lying next to Danny—he is well now, so there is no reason not to sleep with Danny.
Lin Yuxun lay beside Danny and kissed Danny on the cheek.
He has always liked this younger brother very much. Without this younger brother, he would have no relatives, and he would lose his bond with this world.
But he didn't know how to get close to his younger brother before, but now he knows... After knowing it, he doesn't know why, but he wants to get close to Cheng Hao more than his younger brother.
The next day, old George took Cheng Hao and others back.
They didn't go home for two days, and they were quite happy when they went back. What made them even more happy was that their residence hadn't been burglarized.
In such a chaotic poor community, it is a great thing to be happy when the residents are not at home!
They need to thank Mr. Dampier, who is not easy to mess with.
Cheng Hao's life has returned to the past.
Both he and Lin Yuxun would get up at six o'clock, wash up in ten minutes, and then Cheng Hao ate a piece of bread to start training, while Lin Yuxun started to read.
At 7:30, Lin Yuxun will make breakfast, and the three of them will have something to eat around 8:00, and then Cheng Hao will continue training for a while, take a shower, and then go to Old George.
Lin Yuxun taught Danny how to read.
It is not easy to teach a person like Danny who cannot hear the sound to read. Fortunately, they have picture books. Danny can understand some of the sentences above by looking at the pictures in the picture books.
In addition, Cheng Hao and Lin Yuxun also thought of another way to make Danny learn to read, that is, to accompany Danny to do something, and then write it down with a pen.
For example, if you take Danny to wash the clothes, you can write some similar sentences such as "Danny washed the clothes" and "Danny and Tony washed the clothes together".
Danny can also learn a lot from such a sentence.
Even Lin Yuxun, after doing this a lot, his written expression ability also improved.
When Danny learned calligraphy for an hour, Lin Yuxun stopped teaching him and continued to study by himself. While he was studying, Danny was reading and painting beside him.
For another child of Danny's age, he would definitely not be able to be so well-behaved, but Danny used to live with Lin Yuxun, and there was no one to accompany him. From dawn to dusk, he was basically alone locked in the house.
He has long been used to being quiet, and for him, Lin Yuxun was already very happy to be with him.
At noon, they will eat a little, and then Lin Yuxun will teach Danny for another hour, and then they will read and study.
Danny spends most of his time drawing, and when he fills up a piece of paper, he uses that drawing to origami.
Lin Yuxun is different, he has been reading, very seriously.
He usually reads the book briefly first, and then reads it carefully, taking notes while reading.
He seldom read books before, and he read very slowly at first, but slowly, the speed picked up.
Lin Yuxun didn't think he was very smart before, but now he is always praised by Cheng Hao. He also thinks that he should be smart, and he should be able to quickly understand the meaning of the book, and he will pay more and more attention when reading it. In this way, he learned things faster and faster, and more and more convinced him that he was smart.
Of course, when he couldn't understand the contents of the book, he would be very anxious and even couldn't eat, but every day at dinner, when Cheng Hao came back and talked to them, he felt full of strength all over his body. .
Every day at 5:30 in the afternoon, Lin Yuxun would start cooking dinner, and after Cheng Hao had eaten, it would be the happiest time of his day—Cheng Hao would accompany him and Danny for at least two hours.
For example, today, Cheng Hao brought them a few milk candies from old George, and after they had a good meal, he asked them what they did today.
"Yuxun, you are really amazing. I can't understand these books, but you can learn them!"
"Many people spend a lot of money to go to school, but they don't learn as well as you. Why is my family, Yu Xun, so smart?"
"I'm dizzy looking at these formulas, but you can recite them all! You will definitely be able to go to a good university in the future."
"Yuxun, I will rely on you in the future! You know that boxing is the food of youth. When I get older, I will definitely not be able to box."
Cheng Hao is always generous with compliments, but he said that boxing is a youth meal, but his words are false.
If he can box well, even if he becomes a boxing coach in the future, he won't be hungry.
But Lin Yuxun kept this sentence in his heart. He looked at Cheng Hao and nodded seriously.
He must make more money in the future so that Cheng Hao can do whatever he wants.
Of course, Cheng Hao doesn't just praise, he will also help Lin Yuxun consider practical questions: "It's not easy for you to learn these things by yourself... Can the teachers in your school help you answer your questions?" ?”
The school Cheng Hao mentioned was the school they often went to for food.
In the United States, it is not that there are no good public schools. For example, those schools in communities where all working-class people live are particularly well managed.
Moreover, the parents in this kind of good community also value the school, and even pay for the school...the public schools there are actually quite good.
But the schools in the slums are really just decorations. The students don't like to go to class, and the teachers don't care about the students.
Here, it is common for teachers to drink directly in class.
"Teachers can't help me." Lin Yuxun said, when he lived with his father before, the teachers and schools there were better, but here...
"If you have any questions, just ask Shi Wenzheng." Cheng Hao said.
Lin Yuxun nodded: "I wrote a letter during the day today and will post it tomorrow."
"Okay." Cheng Hao replied, and went to talk to Danny again.
Cheng Hao and Lin Yuxun didn't forget Shi Wenzheng, and Shi Wenzheng didn't forget them either. He wrote a letter during the day.
Shi Wenzheng was very embarrassed when he was suddenly stuffed with more than 2,000 dollars, and even felt that he looked a bit like he was deliberately cheating money...
Therefore, he wanted to contact these two people as soon as possible. In addition, he also packed up the "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" he brought back from China and prepared to send it to Cheng Hao and Lin Yuxun.
After Shi Wenzheng wrote the letter, he was about to mail it. On the way, he met his classmate.
"Have you written to your Chinese classmates again?" Shi Wenzheng's white classmates asked him.
Shi Wenzheng said: "No, it's writing letters to two friends I just met."
"Your friend? Which university is it from?" the man asked, leaning over to Shi Wenzheng to look at the address while asking.
When Shi Wenzheng first came, people in the school didn't like him very much, and thought he was a bit strange, but after getting along with him for a long time, after seeing his hard work, many people took the initiative to befriend him.
"They didn't go to college." Shi Wenzheng said.
Shi Wenzheng's classmate had already seen the address clearly at this time, and after seeing it clearly, he was taken aback: "Are they from Brooklyn?! Or...God!"
Shi Wenzheng asked curiously, "What's wrong?"
Shi Wenzheng's classmate took a look at Shi Wenzheng: "It's a slum."
Shi Wenzheng was stunned.
Shi Wenzheng is not particularly familiar with the situation in the United States, at least he has never seen a slum with his own eyes, but he also knows that rich people will never live in a slum.
In fact, he noticed at that time that although those children bought a lot of clothes, they were all cheap clothes, and the people who were with them were also black.
There are rich people in Hong Kong, but there are also poor people, and there are even people who have to go abroad to work.
Shi Wenzheng felt a little uncomfortable.
And when Shi Wenzheng started communicating with Lin Yuxun...
Lin Yuxun's previous life was at the bottom. No matter how hard he struggled, he couldn't get rid of the despair that followed him everywhere, let alone the time and opportunity to think about what kind of life he wanted.
Until Cheng Hao appeared and gave him a hand.
Now he has a warm house to live in, no longer has to go hungry, and he can study hard... Lin Yuxun began to think about what he wanted and what he wanted to do.
Except for things related to Cheng Hao, he is very sober at other times.
His cautious life since he was a child also made him good at observing others.
If it weren't for this, he wouldn't be able to grow up so well.
He knows that although Shi Wenzheng is not like Cheng Hao, he is simply a sun, but they are very similar in essence... He knows what kind of self he can show to make Shi Wenzheng pay more attention to him.
When Lin Yuxun wrote the letter, he mentioned the fact that the two had no father and no mother, and also mentioned that because his elder brother could punch, they had no worries about food and clothing.
He didn't deliberately sell miserably.
But these days, everyone knows that except for a very small number of boxers because of their hobby, most of them do it because they have no other way to go.
Therefore, most of the boxers are poor people.
Lin Yuxun wanted Shi Wenzheng's sympathy.
Shi Wenzheng was the only educated person they knew who could help them outside of boxing.
Lin Yuxun has made up his mind to hold on to him and try to get to know more people through him.
He doesn't want Cheng Hao to worry about his study, Cheng Hao is already busy enough.
He can handle it all by himself.
Cheng Hao has always said that he is very smart, isn't he
If Cheng Hao wants to become the most powerful boxer, he must also stand out, and he must become a rich man.
Lin Yuxun looked at himself in the mirror, encouraged himself silently, and saw strong ambition in his eyes.
But soon, he stopped looking in the mirror, and he was going to make supper for Cheng Hao.