Well, the big deal is that I will give you all the money from the sale, excluding the cost.
When the garden party was about to end at three o'clock, Ms. An came to their booth, and when she saw this small house, a smile appeared on the corner of her mouth.
"It's really beautiful."
"Thank you, Ms. An!" Lin Yifei immediately showed the appearance of a good student.
Ms. An stretched out her hand and opened the door of the log cabin. Unexpectedly, Schubert's "Winter Journey" was played inside, which surprised everyone a little. Lin Yifei was also stunned, when did Chris convert it into a music box
"It's really exquisite! I really want to put it in my bedroom. My husband will think it's great when he sees it." Ms. An is newly married.
"Ah... really?" Lin Yifei looked at Chris's colder look, and suddenly felt that he shouldn't just sell it like this.
"I offer fifty dollars, can I take it away, Lin?" Ms. An asked, which also made KK completely give up.
Lin Yifei was overjoyed, and looked at Chris, "How is it? I sold it."
"Up to you." Chris stood up and left.
But Miss An's fifty dollars had completely attracted Lin Yifei's attention, he wrapped up the log cabin attentively and delivered it to Miss An, in case she would change her decision.
He went to the candy store outside the school to exchange for fifty dollars, intending to give the money to Chris the next day. After all, if it weren't for his secret modification of the cabin, he wouldn't have sold it for such a good price.
It's just that when Lin Yifei called to stop Chris in the corridor after school the next day, the other party turned his face and his eyes were cold. Lin Yifei wondered if the other party thought he had pocketed fifty dollars, and quickly handed over forty-five dollars, "Here, this is the money we earned, I didn't contribute much, so I'm sorry to take too much..."
"Do you think it's only worth fifty dollars?" Chris said coldly, then turned away ignoring Lin Yifei.
"Ah..." Do you think I sold it cheap? Then why didn't you say it earlier
Chris's attitude made Lin Yifei feel as if a stone was blocked in his heart, he couldn't get up and down, it was extremely uncomfortable.
For the next few days, the two of them never went to practice fencing together again. Every day after school, Chris turned around and put his bag on his shoulder, and left on his bicycle. And every morning before five o'clock, Lin Yifei would quietly get up and go downstairs to wait for Chris to send the newspaper past. It's just that as soon as Chris passed their door, he rode very fast, while Lin Yifei could only gallop behind, chasing hard.
After finally catching up, Lin Yifei reached out to reach Chris's rear frame, but both of them fell down, and the wheels of the bicycle whirled and spun, Lin Yifei got up in a panic and wanted to pull Chris who fell beside him.
"It doesn't matter if you want it or not!" Lin Yifei was thrown away by Chris before touching his shoulder.
"Do not touch me!"
Chris's attitude made Lin Yifei go crazy, "What the hell is going on with you! Just tell me if you have any complaints! Aren't we friends!"
Who knew that the other party got up, stuffed the newspapers scattered on the ground back into the bag on the rear frame, and said very forcefully, "We are not friends."
Looking at the back of the other party riding away on a bicycle, Lin Yifei's heart throbbed with pain.
We are not friends.
Lin Yifei pursed his lips and walked back home.
Mother Lin was making breakfast, and she couldn't help being surprised when she saw her son coming back from the door, "Xiao Fei! Where did you go so early in the morning?"
Lin Yifei didn't speak, went to brush his teeth and wash his face, and sat at the table stupidly.
Damn, I can't handle a twelve-year-old as an adult! depressed!
"Xiao Fei, what's wrong with you?" Mother Lin brought a bowl of egg noodles in front of him.
Lin Yifei was so depressed, of course he had to find a chance to speak out. So he told the whole story of himself and Chris at the garden party.
"Do you want me to give him all the fifty dollars?" Lin Yifei looked pitiful, even the snot almost fell into the egg noodles.
Mother Lin burst into laughter with a burst of laughter.
"My foolish son, you think everyone is like you, and all you care about is that little pocket money! Your classmate may just want to share that log cabin with you. How can he think that the log cabin you made together is like that? Is it sold?"
"Ah?" Lin Yifei was stunned, "He actually doesn't want me to sell it? Doesn't he think I don't give him enough money?"
Mother Lin shook her head, "No matter how long we live here, we are all foreigners. Your father and I can only be with Chinese people. But you are different, Xiaofei...you are still young and have the ability to integrate into this society. So you must cherish those who accept you and treat you as friends."
"I know mom, I will find a way to reconcile with him." Lin Yifei was even more sad in his heart. Does he still not understand Chris? It would be impossible to reconcile with him.
In the days that followed, the two continued to maintain a cold war.
Even KK and Mi Gao were speechless, seeing Lin Yifei listless, KK contributed all his lunch milk, Mi Gao knew that Lin Yifei liked to eat meat, so he gave Lin Yifei all the beef in the curry rice.
The weekend finally arrived, and Lin Yifei took the bus for a long time to an old sporting goods store in the Bronx.
The shopkeeper was an old man in his fifties wearing reading glasses, "Oh, Chinese kid, you are here!"
"Hello, Mr. Parker, I'm here to buy the things I told you about last time." Lin Yifei took out more than seventy dollars from his pocket for a long time.
Mr. Parker nodded, "The money is only enough to buy one person."
"That can't be helped, who knows that fencing protective gear and sabers are so expensive... Even second-hand ones are also very expensive..." Lin Yifei scratched his head, in fact, Mr. Parker had already considered it very cheap. Last month, Lin Yifei and his family went to another Chinese home as a guest. When passing by this sporting goods store, he ran in very excitedly, and saw that there were old fencing protective gear and sabers for sale. It turned out that Mr. Parker's grandson and granddaughter are very fond of fencing, but when they grow up a bit, the size of the protective gear is not suitable. It would be a pity to just throw it away, so they put it in the store to see if anyone is willing to buy it. Lin Yifei was really overjoyed at that time, there were actually two sets, both of which were second-hand. Although Mr. Parker saw that Lin Yifei liked it so much, he gave a favor and said that he would sell it to Lin Yifei for $150. At that time, Lin Yifei was really I feel like I've earned it. You must know that a set of protective gear and a saber cost at least six or seven hundred dollars, even if it is a second-hand one, it is difficult to get such a cheap price, and Mr. Parker seems to like Lin Yifei very much, and said that these two sets of fencing suits will be saved for him. He can save enough money to get it later.
"What's the matter?" Mr. Parker asked him with a smile while wrapping up the fencing protective gear, "I was still thinking that if you didn't buy them earlier, they won't fit when you grow taller."
"Hehe..." Lin Yifei smiled embarrassedly, "I had a fight with my good friend, and I wanted to buy two sets as a surprise for him, but now I have to buy one set first to see if it can restore our friendship."
Mr. Parker smiled inscrutably, "Do you know that in every game, there must be an opponent, and only a well-matched opponent can present a wonderful game."
"Yes." Lin Yifei lowered his head, and suddenly remembered Kevin Phil's lonely expression after attending the funeral. "Standing alone at the top is very lonely."
Mr. Parker put the wrapped things in front of Lin Yifei, besides the two packages, there were also two sword barrels.
"Huh, Mr. Parker? You seem to have given me two swords?"
"Yes, these two sets of protective gear and these two sabers need someone to use them to show their value. Remember that if one of you becomes the world champion one day, you must come and see me." Mr. Parker kindly smile.
"Thank you! Thank you so much!" Lin Yifei was so happy that he was about to fly off the roof.
He hurried back to Queens excitedly and arrived at the door of Chris's house. But when he rang the doorbell, he became nervous again, and when he was still hesitating whether to leave his things at the door and run away, the door opened, and it was Mrs. Lynn.
"Huh? It's you, Lin?" Mrs. Lin En laughed. Lin Yifei was the only child who came to the house, and even saved himself and Chris, so she liked him very much.
"This... this... Just give it to Chris for me... I'm leaving!" After finishing speaking, Lin Yifei ran away desperately, leaving Mrs. Lynn staring blankly at the things in her hands.
A few seconds later Mrs. Lynn brought the things back into the room.
"Chris, Lin came here just now, handed these things to me and ran away. Did you have a fight? I think Lin hasn't come to play with you for a long time." Mrs. Lin really hoped that Lin Yifei could She has always been friends with Chris, and she is well aware of Chris' temper, and how difficult it is for someone to be friends with him.
Chris didn't speak, just sat at the desk and flipped through the textbooks, completely ignoring the things Mrs. Lynn put on the bed.
Mrs. Lynn sighed, but looked at the long sword barrel with some curiosity, so she opened it, "Huh... this seems to be used for fencing? This should be very expensive..."
Chris turned his head abruptly, reached out and opened another package, which turned out to be a set of fencing protective gear and a small note.
I know it's wrong for me to sell the cabin we made together. I'm just trying to scrape together enough money to buy fencing armor.
I want to practice fencing with you.
Holding the note tightly, Chris ran out of the house quickly.
Mrs. Lynn showed a smile, "Remember to reconcile with Lin!"
When Lin Yifei returned to his home, it was already past four in the afternoon. Mama Lin should be working late in the restaurant today. There was originally a Chinese student serving as a waiter, but she was about to take the exam and asked Mama Lin to work for her for two nights, and the wages would be returned to Mama Lin. Of course there is no reason not to agree.
The table was covered with two plates, which were prepared by Lin's mother long ago, and there was a small note telling Lin Yifei that there was rice in the refrigerator, and that when he was hungry, he could just steam it in the pot.