Rebirth of America, this is my era

Chapter 4 Evelyn Johnson

The sudden call made Ethan Jones' eyes light up when he remembered his own plan.

He went downstairs decisively, and when he arrived at the living room on the first floor, he saw a girl carrying a handbag and walking into the house.

The girl wore a bell-shaped hat, and her thick orange-red hair flowed out and fell over her shoulders.

He wore a white sweatshirt with ERA printed on the left sleeve and PEACE printed on the right sleeve. He wore a pair of slim-fit azure blue jeans and a pair of brown and white saddle shoes on his feet.

At first glance, it gives people a feeling of vitality.

Seeing Thomas and Linda coming towards her, the girl opened her arms and gave them a big hug.

"Dad! Linda! I missed you guys so much!"

"We missed you, too, Evelyn."

Thomas and Linda kissed the girl on the cheek, showing their affection unrestrainedly.

Linda even said, "Oh, Evelyn, you're back just in time. I've prepared dinner. I cooked Dungeness crab and clam soup tonight. Oh, and by the way, didn't you say before that there's a Liben restaurant in San Francisco that makes really good California rolls? I specifically asked someone to find out. Their California rolls don't use sashimi but processed avocados, so they taste really crispy. I tried making some today, too. Go wash your hands."

"Really?" The girl's eyes lit up. "I really love you, Linda!"

"I love you too baby."

Just as the girl was jumping and preparing to go into the restaurant, Ethan, who was standing behind Thomas and Linda, also came into her sight.

When Ethan noticed that the girl finally turned her eyes to him.

He also showed a happy smile and took the initiative to greet her, "Hi, Evelyn, good evening."

"I'm not okay, Ethan."

However, the girl immediately stopped smiling and put on a stern face.

That attitude of keeping strangers away was as if Ethan owed her millions.

"How do you talk to Ethan?" Thomas asked a little unhappy.

"He's your brother," he emphasized.

"Yeah! Yeah! Yeah!"

Thomas' words made Evelyn raise her voice and roll her eyes. "I know! Ethan is my brother! But I don't want to be the sister of such an idiot! Okay?"

Having said that, she turned around and went straight upstairs.

The sudden turning around made Thomas’ face stiffen, and Linda also wanted to ease the atmosphere: “Evelyn, it’s time to eat.”

"I won't eat anymore! I'll be so angry at him that I'll die!" Evelin said loudly.

At the same time, she stomped her feet hard.

The "bang bang bang~" sound is the whine of the wooden stairs unable to bear the weight.

This scene made Thomas very angry, and he roared, "Forget it! This meal alone won't starve you to death!"

Then, he turned his gaze to Ethan and Linda, "Let's go eat."

Ethan raised his head and glanced upstairs.

The figure that disappeared in an instant made him raise his eyebrows.

Just as Thomas said, Evelyn is his, or rather the sister of the original owner of this body, but the relationship between the two...

Well, in the memory of the original owner of the body, the relationship between them was not so rigid at the beginning.

Evelyn's full name is Evelyn Johnson. She was born in 1954. She is the daughter of Ethan Jones' uncle Thomas Johnson and his late wife. In the same year Evelyn was born, her mother died of an infection with Serratia marcescens.

Thomas was heartbroken by the death of his beloved wife. As he had no experience in raising children and was a male both physically and mentally, he asked Linda, who was working in his orchard at the time, to help take care of the children. After a few visits, the two developed feelings for each other, and Linda naturally became Evelyn's stepmother.

Because Evelyn was raised by Linda since she was a child, they have a very good relationship. In addition, Linda has fertility problems and she and Thomas have no children of their own, so she has always treated Evelyn as her own daughter. Therefore, the worries of the rich family no longer exist.

In this situation, when Ethan Jones was taken in by Linda because his parents died, Evelyn took good care of this little brother. She went to and from school with him, did homework with him, and asked her father Thomas to enroll them in the same interest classes. She accompanied Ethan to learn karate and horse riding, and went to SAT cram school together.

In Evelyn's opinion, if nothing unexpected happened, Ethan Jones would be able to go to a good university with her help, because she applied to college a year earlier than Ethan and was admitted to Stanford near her home.

But who would have known that Ethan would give up his studies after graduating from high school, believed some anti-intellectual remarks, and wanted to get into society.

This behavior made Evelyn very angry. In the following three years, she never treated Ethan well.

Ethan, who had traveled through time, actually agreed with Evelyn's approach.

There was no way. Who knew that Ethan's sister Evelyn and aunt Linda were both right?

Studying may not be the only opportunity to change your destiny, but it is indeed the simplest choice to change your life. Academic qualifications may not represent a person's ability, but it can make others know that people with academic qualifications have passed most assessments.

So, after traveling through time, Ethan tried to mend his relationship with his sister who was not blinded by the concept of happy education, but unfortunately, this process did not seem satisfactory.

He sighed and followed his uncle and aunt into the restaurant.

Because he was angry, Thomas' face was as long as a shoe horn during the meal.

As the head of the family, he didn't say anything, so Linda and Ethan didn't know how to speak either. When everyone was getting a little tired of the stagnant atmosphere, Linda finally stood up.

She put the still warm, two-pound Dungeness crab on the plate, then filled a bowl of clam soup, took a California roll, and said, "I'll go bring her something to eat." "Let me do it," Ethan suggested.

"You?" Linda was a little surprised.

Even Thomas gave him a questioning look.

"Yes, I will go."

Ethan smiled and said frankly: "In fact, we all know why Evelyn has been angry with me all these years. She thinks that my idea of ​​giving up college at that time was naive and immature. Although I still think that studying may not be suitable for me, I also have to admit that I was a little too willful when dealing with this matter. I owe her an apology, so, let me do it..."

"Oh, Ethan..."

Linda pursed her lips, tears welling up in her eyes.

"hey-hey……"

Thomas smiled and reached out to pat Ethan's butt lightly.

"Go ahead, boy, now you're like a Texas cowboy! Although I hate those idiots!"

With the support of the two, Ethan carried the food upstairs. Looking at the closed door, he held the tray in one hand and knocked on the door with the other.

After a few "dong dong dong" sounds, a brief inquiry came from inside.

"Who?"

"I."

"..."

Two seconds later, another voice came out.

"Get out of here, I don't want to see you."

The calm voice and the violent words were perfectly combined by Evelin.

After hearing the word "get out", Ethan just laughed, then leaned against the door and said, "Evelyn, I know you have been angry with me all these years, but I came here today to celebrate with you."

"I am free. I was fired by Milohua."

“Because of Nolan Bushnell.”

Ethan's words received no response.

But he was not discouraged. Instead, he continued, "You know what? They didn't actually want to compensate me at first. They used the fact that I caused huge losses to the company as an excuse to intimidate me into leaving the company on my own."

"But I held on and threatened them, so much so that they gave me 2N+1 in compensation."

At this point, Ethan paused again.

Seeing that Nei Li still had no reaction, he smiled and said, "Do you know what reason I used to scare them today? It was the content of your conversation with Thomas before."

"Do you remember that a month ago, Thomas complained to us at the dinner table that the chambers of commerce in Liben were intentionally lowering the purchase price of our navel oranges? You said at the time that this was a test by Liben, who was unwilling to accept the post-war status quo and wanted to gain freedom and sovereignty. I followed your thinking and accused them of being foreign capital that wanted to erode our industry, forcing them to take the initiative to compensate me."

"To be honest, reading can really broaden your horizons and open your mind."

"You have a valid point."

At this point, Ethan paused.

After waiting for about two or three seconds, a voice came from the room, "The door is not locked."

This fact made Ethan grin.

When he pushed open the door, everything inside appeared before him.

It was a square room of nearly two hundred feet square, with a window on each of the north and south sides.

Under the south window, there is a bed with a poster of Barbara Streisand on the headboard and a wardrobe next to it.

Under the northern window, there is a desk and a bookshelf. The bookshelf is piled with books, and on the top are many tape boxes.

At this moment, Evelin was sitting at the desk, reading a book under the light of an incandescent lamp.

Maybe Evelyn didn't want Ethan to know what she was looking at, but it could also be that she was very hungry and wanted to eat.

When she heard footsteps behind her, she closed the book in her hand and put it on the corner of the table.

This action also allowed Ethan to see the cover of the book clearly.

It was a magazine with a yellow background and a blue label.

At the top of the cover, its name is written——

Popular Electronics.

Notes: ①Barbra Streisand: Orthodox Jewish actress, winner of Tony Award, Oscar, Golden Globe Award, Grammy Award. ②Popular Electronics: Popular Electronics, a monthly magazine, published in the United States since the 1950s, a legendary book in the field of electronic engineering.

PS, I thought about it and decided to add the notes. There are also supplements in the first chapter. Because many things are too old, it is indeed difficult to read without notes. If you can't see them, just refresh them. Then the update time is 12 noon and 8 pm every day. Two updates a day.

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