Chapter 904: A Fork in the Road of Life

Like a little chicken, Li Jie grabbed Sam by the collar of his back and dragged him away from between the two girls. Mindy shouted at Li Jie: "Remember to return him later. We are still rehearsing for the cosplay at the New York Comic Con. He plays an important role in Voldemort!"

Li Jie waved his hand and said, "Understood, I will return your important props in a while." Li Jie could see that for Mindy, Sam's role as an important prop and tool was greater than that of a friend of the opposite sex.

Now that "Voldemort" is being dragged away by the Nightcrawler, "Harry Potter" and "Hermione Granger" cannot join forces to defeat Voldemort with magic for the time being.

So "Harry" and "Hermione" could only decide to go back to their room and have afternoon tea. The small British dessert that Sam just bought from London not long ago is paired with a cup of hazelnut-flavored milk tea. This kind of afternoon tea is great.

Well, by the way, you can also spell the Lego Ninjago Movie SET, the Shark Pepper Robot of the Great Devil in Kathmandu. So Mindy held Laura's hand, greeted Li Jie, and prepared to leave.

Instead, Laura kindly said to Sam: "Come over for dessert later. I'll leave you almond biscuits (macarons)."

Mindy secretly whispered to Laura: "Huh? Are you serious?" Laura nodded lightly, and also replied in a whisper: "Yes, neither of us like marzipan Eat. It’s too sweet, and I can’t give it to my dad or your dad. Too much sugar is easy to eat, and elderly people need to control the sugar in their diet.”

"The hacker is even worse. He is already a fat man, eating too many macaroons will cause diabetes. Spiderman is not around, and nightcrawlers don't have a sweet tooth. It's a waste to throw away those macaroons (macarons) Well, that's a few bucks for a slice of pie! Let Sam get rid of them."

Laura said with a serious expression on her small face. It doesn't feel like using Sam as a food waste disposal machine at all. And Mindy also nodded and praised Laura with a thumbs up: "What a frugal girl~."

The two girls went back to the room arm in arm. Only Sam, who was being dragged away by Li Jie, was still giggling, this kid's snot was bubbling.

Hey, young man. Li Jie really couldn't bear to drive Sam out of his fantasy world. After all, everyone has a secondary school period, and it is obvious that Xin Xing is now in this period full of fantasy.

There is no difference between him and those 24K pure X threads who see a beautiful girl smiling at him and think whether the other party likes me or has a crush on me. This is not conducive to the physical and mental development of young people!

Li Jie dragged Sam into a private room and closed the door. Pressed him on the seat, and threw a pack of napkins on his face and said: "Wipe your snot, you see how good you are!"

Hearing what Li Jie said, Sam immediately tidied up his appearance. He wasn't a handsome guy in the first place, and if he was still sloppy, he would have no chance of winning the girl's favor. Sam thought so.

And Li Jie didn't have too much nonsense about this boyish Sam who is always young. He just stood there and watched Sam tidy himself up and asked directly: "What do you think about your future, Sam?" .”

"What? I'm sorry, sir. What are you talking about?" Sam was a little overwhelmed by Li Jie's sudden question.

Because Nightcrawler speaks like the headmaster of his school. This year Sam is in a time period for entering higher education. The worry-free town in Arizona, where he lives, is a small place with a population of less than 10,000 people, and it is a veritable American countryside.

There are elementary, middle and high schools in the town. But as far as the school Sam is studying at present, if he continues to attend the local high school, it will definitely be useless to go to university in the future. Unless he can pay the exorbitant full tuition to go to a second-rate or even third-rate university.

So Sam's current principal brought all the children in Sam's group to talk to him. If you don’t plan to go to university in the future, then you can go to high school with peace of mind at school. Anyway, the tuition fees of public schools are basically free. The only thing to pay is a small amount for lunch.

If you want to go to university, and want to go to a better university, then you have to find a way to transfer to a good high school near a big city, which requires a lot of money. The local principal is a good person. He said that he can help the students to contact him in the education system, and most of them can transfer schools.

If you don't miss college or high school, there is a very good technical school in a nearby city. The tuition fee is much more expensive than the average high school. But being able to learn a good technology and come out to find a job is much better than a high school student who knows nothing. Work hard to at least be a middle-class blue-collar worker.

So although Sam is only fifteen years old, in fact, his life has already had the first bifurcation of choice. After three carefree years at the local high school, I went out to find a low-paying job as a waitress at a pizza place.

Or work hard and strive to get into a good university. In order to obtain a decent and high-paying job after graduating from college.

Either go to a technical school for a few years, and then become a skilled worker with a stable salary.

The three bifurcations of life have been placed in front of Sam. He was actually a little overwhelmed, and Sam's mother didn't push Sam to choose either. She just told Sam, "You're fifteen, and you're going to be sixteen in a year. At sixteen, you can get your driver's license. In a way, you're almost an adult. You need to make your own choice." ,what do you like?"

"Going to college is good, it will enrich your mind, and you will be decent in the future. Going to a local high school is also good, you will live a simple life without so much pressure. Finding a simple job at a gas station can support a family People. It’s also great if you choose to be a skilled worker, at least you don’t have to worry about losing your job as much.”

Sam's mother made the problem very clear and straightforward. There are advantages and disadvantages to any choice. The key is whether you want the benefits so much, and whether you can bear the disadvantages of those choices in your later life?

"I can't choose your life path for you. I can only tell you that every choice has its advantages and disadvantages. It doesn't mean that a certain choice must be correct. The final choice is in your hands." Sam mother said so.

That's why when Li Jie asked Sam how to choose the future, he was a little stunned. It seems that suddenly it has become the time to face my principal and ask about my future choice.

Sam said nonchalantly: "Me." He shook his head: "I don't know."

"Ha!" Li Jie really wanted to punch this boy on the head. A boy who doesn't even know how to think about his own future is now inexplicably addicted to "beauty" and cannot extricate himself.

"I'm not very good at studying, and my grades are only at the middle level. I'm afraid it will be difficult for me to go to a first-class university. The tuition fees of technical schools are too expensive. If we only rely on my mother's income, we may not be able to afford the tuition fees for several years. The bank They may not be willing to provide us with loans. But I don’t want to be limited to simple jobs at gas stations or fast food restaurants in the future.” Sam didn’t know how to choose.

"But now it seems that the only way in front of me is to spend these three years in high school and find a simple job in the future. I don't know what to do." Sam was a little depressed.

Li Jie shook his head helplessly: "Are you planning to waste your father's inheritance like this?"

"Except for this helmet, he didn't leave anything behind. Not a dime!" Sam said that his father's tone was still not particularly good. Even if the stories my father told were true, he was indeed a superhero, but now he is gone.

And left nothing really useful. The burden of the family is on his mother, and Sam has to deliver newspapers every morning to earn some pocket money. And every time he runs errands for Mindy, Mindy will always generously leave the extra change (sometimes seven or eight dollars, sometimes more than ten dollars) to Sam, and never ask him for it.

That made life a little easier for Sam. A dozen dollars is not a small amount of money to him! That's enough to buy several liters of milk plus two cartons of eggs and some fruit.

Heroic deeds are inspiring, but in the end heroic deeds are not to be eaten. So my father may have been a hero before, but this does not change the fact that Sam's family is relatively poor. Especially after he disappeared, the family's financial difficulties became more and more difficult.

The day of paying the bills every month is the most difficult time for a family. Sam tried countless times to use his ability to get some money back. For him now, it's easy. But he has never done so. Maybe it's because of my mother's teaching since I was a child, or my father's heroic stories.

Sam would rather earn a little money at odd jobs delivering newspapers every morning than get a lot of money all at once by any illegal means. People always have a bit of backbone and moral code of conduct when they live.

"My father may have left a lot of help for others, but he didn't help us. We have to worry about the bank bill every month." Sam said here is somewhat aggrieved.

Li Jie pointed to the Nova helmet that Sam put aside and said, "But you still chose to wear this helmet, didn't you? You chose to inherit your father's abilities. Do you want to become a real hero?"

"I want to!" Sam said almost without any hesitation, but he added quickly, "But I also want to make my family life better. I have a mother and a sister, and I need to support them. Maybe next year I Wouldn't wear the helmet again, wouldn't come here again. I was sixteen then, and I could get some better-paying jobs. But those jobs would probably eat up all my time."

Li Jie rubbed his chin for a while and said, "Okay, Sam. You are an older child now. I think maybe your father left you with more than just a helmet, actually I have a message to tell You are about the Nova Corps, I found them!"

Sam's eyes widened in disbelief.