Rebirth of America, this is my era

Chapter 28 Surprise!

Chapter 28 Surprise! (Please read on)
Now that I have got my first pot of gold after traveling through time, what should I do?
Ethan admitted that, apart from the saying "Thirty years in the east, thirty years in the west, don't despise the young and poor", he could no longer recall the content of the online novels he had read in his previous life. Therefore, it became a luxury to learn from the successful experiences of his fellow villagers.

However, this is not important, because after receiving the check, he already had a plan in his mind.

It was already six in the evening when Ethan Jones took forty minutes to walk home from the Atari factory.

Thomas, Linda and Evelyn were already enjoying dinner at the table.

Aunt Linda was very surprised by Ethan's appearance. She greeted him, "Hey, Ethan, you're back just in time. We just finished eating. Come wash your hands and come together." At the same time, she smiled and said, "Thomas was just talking about you here. He has been concerned about whether you will come back tonight. If you come a little earlier, you may be able to see him preaching."

Before he finished speaking, Evelyn nodded and agreed, "Yeah, yeah! Dad is just like a fly! He keeps nagging here, Ethan must come back tonight! I need that Ford tomorrow!"

"What? What? What?"

Evelyn's words made Thomas speak suddenly.

He was smiling when his wife was talking, but his face suddenly turned stern and he said, “Evelyn! You can’t talk nonsense! I was just concerned about Ethan’s safety! I was worried that something might happen to him outside! It has nothing to do with whether or not to use the car, right?”

"Yeah yeah yeah~ It's okay, I was just being nosy."

"Oh! What's your attitude? Evelyn! How can you talk to your father like that?" Thomas was a little angry.

Ethan looked very happy when seeing the two of them bickering.

He knew that the two had not really quarreled, and the so-called violent reaction was just the normal communication habit between father and daughter.

As for the pickup truck Thomas was talking about?

The Ford F-150 that Ethan drives is Thomas's treasure. As a farmer, what he does most often is to drive that thing around the fields and mountains. If Ethan is not in urgent need of it, he usually cannot borrow it.

It was precisely because Thomas loved that thing that every time Ethan drove away, he would mutter about it for a long time as if he had lost his soul. But now...

Ethan rubbed his face and sat at the dining table in a depressed mood.

"Thomas, I'm sorry."

Ethan said, "There was an accident today. You may not see your Ford for a while."

'! ! ! '

The sudden words made the three people in the family turn their heads sharply.

"What?!!!" Aunt Linda raised her voice, stood up, and walked anxiously to Ethan, "Ethan, what happened to you? Was there a car accident? When did it happen? How are you?"

Her hands flew, trying to find signs of injury on Ethan's body.

"Aren't you going to San Francisco to attend an exhibition today?" Evelyn also widened her eyes and said, "Something happened on the way? No! I didn't seem to hear the sound of a car just now!"

His bright eyes stared at Ethan, trying to get an answer from him.

"What did you say?" Thomas was even more confused. "My car had an accident?"

"Oh! My old Ford is not sturdy! Are you okay?"

As soon as he said that, he felt something was wrong and said directly: "Wait! When did you get into the car accident? Why didn't you call home? Sxxt! How many times have I told you! If you encounter something you can't solve yourself, just tell your family directly! Don't wait until after the fact to tell us!"

"What is the situation now? Have you called the police? What is the outcome? Should I look for someone?"

The sudden concern made the air around them seem to stagnate.

The anxious question made Ethan's mouth curl up.

Seeing that the atmosphere was almost created, he suddenly looked up.

"Dangdangdang!" He composed music for himself.

At the same time, he took out two checks from his pocket, waved them in the air, pushed the three thousand dollar check in front of Evelyn, stuffed the two thousand dollar check into Thomas's hand, and laughed: "Hahahaha~ You were all fooled by me~"

'? ? ? '

The sudden change stunned the three people present.

After Ethan told them what happened today, they were all speechless.

"Ethan, what you mean is that you sold the game to Atari, and you drank a glass of wine to celebrate. Since you remember not to drink and drive, you walked back. You wanted to celebrate with us, but when you saw that I was thinking about the car, you wanted to give us a surprise by scaring me?"

Thomas frowned and summarized Ethan's description.

"Yeah!" Ethan nodded vigorously, clapped his hands, and shouted: "Surprise!!!"

"You are surprised!!!" Ethan's shout earned him a slap from Linda.

"Ouch~" Ethan cried out in pain.

Linda was merciless and gave Ethan a big slap on the face. She said loudly, "Just celebrate, why scare people?"

"I thought you were in a car accident!"

Linda glared at Ethan unhappily, then clenched her fists and hit Ethan's arm a few times, shouting, "If you dare to do this again, I will beat you with the kitchen broom! I swear! I swear to God!"

"Alright, alright. Linda, stop hitting him."

Seeing his wife's angry look, Thomas quickly stopped her.

Although he also thought Ethan's joke was not very funny, he let it go when he saw his nephew who was beaten to a pulp by his wife. He put away his worry, showed his curiosity, shook the check in his hand, and joy flashed on his flushed cheeks.

"Ethan, these two thousand dollars are for us?"

Thomas' question made Ethan stretch his neck. After seeing that Linda had returned to her seat, he felt that he would no longer be threatened by the iron fist and became excited again, "Of course!"

Ethan twisted his body and said, "A little token of my appreciation. Thank you for your care."

"Hahaha~"

Thomas leaned back, rubbed his belly and laughed.

"Yeah~Yeah~Yeah~I like your thanks, and as for the gift..."

Thomas hesitated for a moment, but finally accepted it. "Leave it here with us first. I'll ask Linda to keep it for you."

At the same time, he also said: "If you put aside the shock just now, this is indeed a surprise!"

"I admit, I'm happy for you now!"

Ethan was very happy that Thomas accepted it, but when he turned his eyes to Evelyn, the girl who was looking at the check first kicked him and muttered, "Surprise?" Then, she shook the check and asked, "Why do I have one thousand more than you? Didn't we agree to split it in half?"

Evelyn's outburst made Ethan's mouth twitch, but after catching the smile on the girl's face that she was trying hard to hide, Ethan also sat down and said while enjoying his dinner: "Oh~ Evelyn~ This is a long story..."

That's right, after receiving the checks from Nolan Bushnell, the first thing Ethan wanted to do was to spend them all!
He didn't want to buy anything, he just wanted to simply give the checks to Thomas and Linda!
Just as he said, this was to thank the two for taking care of him these days!

Or perhaps, the family atmosphere of the Johnson family made him very happy.

He likes this relaxed environment and the feeling of being loved.

And willing to contribute my own strength to maintain all of this.

As for the act of making money to support the family, is it a bit oriental?
Oh!
Ethan never worried about this.

Because in his previous life, when he first set foot on American soil, he discovered that the families here were different from what the media portrayed.

Why do children, when they grow up, are thrown out by their families and left to rely on themselves for everything?
That’s bullshit!

Family first is the core value here!

There are so many things to do, such as driving a pickup truck to send children to college and helping them pay tuition and living expenses!
Even Hollywood works must be shot according to this routine!
Take "The Fast and the Furious" for example. The plot has already started to focus on space racing, but Vin Diesel still has to embrace his family after returning.

This is especially true in American TV series. The positive protagonists always have a bunch of family members who hold them back. But even so, the protagonists still have to... We are a family~
Wow, that kind of tolerance is simply saintly!
It makes people's eyelids twitch!
Therefore, after discovering that he had traveled through time, Ethan's greatest wish was to avoid falling underground.

He really couldn't imagine that he would be entangled by a bunch of bad relatives while working hard.

Now, the harmonious environment is like heaven to him!
After Ethan's narration, Thomas and the others also understood what happened to Ethan today.

After learning that six thousand was just the down payment and there would be more later.

Thomas even opened two bottles of wine, wanting to have a good drink with Ethan.

Ethan, who was also happy, would certainly not refuse such a proposal.

He gulped down several bottles of drink, and when he woke up again, it was already noon the next day.

The sunny weather made him feel relaxed and happy.

I took a shower, grabbed something to eat, and then sat in the backyard, reading a book in the sun.

It’s not that he doesn’t want entertainment, but there is not much entertainment in this era.

When a person has become accustomed to the Internet age, where one can enjoy a life without court sessions by simply opening a short video, the old-fashioned activities of this era, such as billiards, bowling, and disco, are no longer interesting.

As for working hard to make money?
This is not like playing "Ano", the market's purchasing power is limited.

An unlimited supply of creativity will only cause an industry to collapse in an instant.

Just when Ethan was wondering whether he could still go to his family's orchard to play in the few days before the game was released, he hadn't even laid down for a while when Evelyn, who was resting at home on the weekend, found him something fun.

"stand up."

Evelyn, who was wearing a floral shirt and black trousers, kicked Ethan's foot.

"What are you doing?"

Ethan moved the book away, somewhat puzzled.

"Take you somewhere."

"Where?"

"It's a fun place. Remember to bring your driver's license."

Ethan was a little confused by Evelin’s ambiguous words.

But he followed anyway.

About half an hour later, Evelyn stopped in front of a store in San Jose.

At this time, a huge logo also appeared in front of Ethan——

Big 5 Sporting Goods.