Kailina spread her hands and said: "Look, you are completely deceiving yourself, it is normal for men to like women, even if they like many women, it is also a very normal thing, but the relationship is different, although I don't approve of cheating after getting married, but I am not against having more girlfriends before getting married, as I once said - you haven't tried, how do you know who is the best fit?"

Niu Xiaoqiang shook his head: "You just said that the concept of Chinese is different from that of Americans, and we are not very able to accept this kind of behavior." ”

Karina shrugged: "In that case, then you can make your own decision, can you put this issue aside for a while and teach me how to cook?" I think Chinese food is delicious, and I want to learn this technique." ”

Niu Xiaoqiang agreed and walked into the kitchen with Kailina.

Karina has never cooked since she was a child, so she looks very rusty. Niu Xiaoqiang was patient and began to teach from choosing and cutting vegetables. I was busy until half past twelve at noon, and I barely made three dishes.

These three dishes are all made by Karina, and the taste can be imagined. During the meal, Kailina apologized vigorously: "I'm sorry, my skills are still very poor, the fried dishes are really unpalatable, please bear with me." ”

Niu Xiaoqiang didn't mind much: "It's okay, everything has a process, you have just started to learn to cook, it's normal that it's not delicious, and when you master the skills, it will change." ”

Karina nodded firmly: "Well, I think so too, you have to continue to teach me until you teach me, so that we can take turns cooking and sharing the housework in the future." ”

Niu Xiaoqiang nodded and didn't speak, after lunch, Kailina had to wash the dishes. Niu Xiaoqiang couldn't refuse, so he had to be a guide on the side. As a result, before the dishes were cleaned, the phone in the living room rang.

Niu Xiaoqiang said hello, walked into the living room and connected the phone, and Watson's voice came from the other end: "Is it Xiaoqiang?"

"It's me, Professor, that you're looking for me?"

"Well, are you free now, can you come to the school? I have a problem with programming and want to ask you to come and help. ”

"Okay, I'll go to school now. ”

After hanging up the phone, Niu Xiaoqiang walked into the kitchen and explained the situation to Karina. Karina waved her hand: "You go and get busy, I can do it alone." ”

"Okay, then I'll get over now. ”

Niu Xiaoqiang was just about to turn around and leave, when Karina suddenly said, "Aren't you going to buy a car?"

Niu Xiaoqiang was slightly stunned: "Buy a car?"

"Yes, you will definitely be very busy in the future, and if you have a car, you can save a lot of travel time, otherwise it will be very delayed to always stop a taxi, and it will be even worse if you can't get a taxi. ”

In Niu Xiaoqiang's eyes, cars are very expensive items, and he doesn't have much money and no driver's license, so he doesn't think about buying a car. After listening to Karina's words at this moment, Niu Xiaoqiang began to look at this issue officially.

He thought for a moment and said, "The car is a bit expensive, I don't have the money to buy it for the time being, and I don't have a driver's license, so even if I want to buy it, I will have to wait until I get my driver's license." ”

Karina explained: "You can buy a used car for the time being, you can buy a new car when you have money, used cars are very cheap, as long as less than 3,000 dollars you can buy a very good model, as for the driver's license, this is easier for you, as long as you submit an application, it must be easy to pass the test, it will not take more than half a month." ”

Niu Xiaoqiang looked a little surprised: "You can buy a very good second-hand car for less than 3,000 US dollars? Is this true?"

Karina nodded very seriously: "Of course it's true, cars are not very expensive in the United States, even if it is a new car, you can buy it for eight thousand dollars, of course, this is just a relatively ordinary model, if it is a high-end model, it will cost twenty or thirty thousand dollars." ”

Niu Xiaoqiang still has more than 10,000 US dollars in his hand, and he can't help but be moved when he hears this: "Are you familiar with the second-hand car market?"

Karina smiled slightly: "My car was bought in the second-hand car market, and it only cost a total of 3,800 dollars to complete all the formalities." ”

The car that Karina had an accident with was made by General Motors, and it was in very good condition, and it definitely looked like it was 80% new. It's a pity that the engine has been scrapped after the collision, and there is no value for repair, and the insurance company paid her a sum of money and directly scrapped the car.

Niu Xiaoqiang couldn't help but ask: "There is a question that I have always been curious about, why didn't you have money to buy a new car when your annual salary was so high before? Later, your credit card was stopped by your mother, and you even had a problem with your life, where did you spend all the money you earned?"

Karina's annual salary is tens of thousands of dollars, even if she only works for a year, the salary is very considerable, but after her car accident, her life immediately fell into embarrassment, which is very incomprehensible to Niu Xiaoqiang.

Karina smiled: "Americans do not have the habit of saving, on the contrary, they are used to spending in advance, although my salary is very high, but I used to borrow money from the bank when I was studying, and the money I earned was basically used to repay the loan." ”

Niu Xiaoqiang was curious: "Why did you take out a loan when you were studying?"

"Loans to pay tuition, American university tuition fees are very high, at the beginning I didn't get a scholarship, I had to take out a loan to pay tuition, and then I got a scholarship, so I stopped taking out loans, and these loans need to be repaid. ”

Niu Xiaoqiang then understood, he smiled and nodded: "The United States is indeed very different from China, if it is in China, the tuition must be paid by the parents, but the United States is different, even if the parents are very rich, they will let their children take out loans to raise tuition fees, which seems a bit incredible in China." ”

He said this: "I will consider buying a car, to be honest, it is really inconvenient to not have a car in the United States." ”

There are not so many buses in the United States, and residents live relatively scattered, relying mainly on private cars. Especially those who live in the suburbs, which are often twenty or thirty kilometers away from the city center, it is difficult to move without their own car. It's okay to call a taxi, but the cost is a bit expensive, and it's not much for a short distance, and if it's a long distance, it's not cost-effective.

"You're busy first, I'm leaving. ”

"Well, stay safe on the road. ”

Niu Xiaoqiang nodded with a smile, put on his backpack and left the house. He didn't stop the taxi and prepared to walk over.

It took less than twenty minutes for Niu Xiaoqiang to walk to the school.