Christmas and New Year
On the airplane.
"I'll go with you."
As soon as she said that, everyone turned to look at her.
"I mean, thank you, but we only need one spot."
The girl, who had single eyelids and looked older than her age, calmly said, "My mother has an emergency and must take a plane. It's okay for me. One person from each family can contribute; that's fairer."
"No."
Adam smiled and refused, "Since it's already like this, my sister Teddy and I will sit in the next class. It's a holiday, it's better to separate one family than two."
"Thank you very much."
The girl nodded. "My name is Cristina Yang."
"Adam Duncan".
Adam nodded in response, exchanged a few words with his parents, and then, with his second sister Teddy by his side, disembarked from the plane under the guidance of the flight attendants.
Cristina watched Adam's retreating figure in silence.
She is an intelligent and proud person whose future goal is to become a top surgeon, just like her stepfather.
Top surgeons all share common traits: a strong competitive spirit and extreme self-confidence. These are the most fundamental psychological qualities for controlling a patient's life or death.
Today's experience deeply affected her. She had originally planned to apply to Stanford Medical School, but now she feels she needs to work even harder.
As for seeking redress, she never even considered it.
It's important to know that in the United States, tens of thousands of passengers are refused boarding and asked to disembark by airlines every year. This is a common occurrence, and no one feels it's a lack of freedom and democracy, just as everyone assumes that the wealthy can do whatever they want.
The major United States. airlines have almost monopolized the aviation market.
In individual regions, only one airline holds the dominant market share.
You have the freedom to offend them, and they have the freedom to refuse to give you a ride.
You can't do anything to them, but they can prevent you from boarding a plane.
In this country without high-speed rail, airplanes are the only means of rapid travel.
With a monopolistic industry, a monopolistic market, support from national laws, and massive capital, you simply have no way to compete.
Being as rational as she is, she would never do something so pointless.
Adam and Teddy arrived at the front desk and received complimentary tickets, but upon checking the availability of plane tickets, they found that the earliest available flight was Queen of Heaven.
"What to do?"
Teddy looked worried.
Let's rent a car.
Adam had anticipated this and directly gave the final answer.
The car rental industry in the United States is well-developed, and renting a car is very convenient.
Of course, you can also take a long-distance bus, but there are all sorts of people on the bus, and some even bring poultry on board. The experience of a long ride is definitely not pleasant.
Adam's stamina was so great that he simply rented a car and drove it himself.
The journey was uneventful, and we finally arrived at Grandma's house before Christmas Eve.
My parents' side.
A few hours later.
The plane then landed in Palm Springs.
"Wife, remember one thing."
As soon as they exited the airport, Bob, the father, stopped everyone and solemnly said, "Whatever you do, don't let me and your mother be alone together."
"I heard you."
Before Amy could answer, a woman's voice came from behind.
Bob, the father Bob, looking awkwardly at his mother-in-law and father-in-law who had come to pick them up.
"There's no room in the car. You're so fat, you should take a taxi yourself."
Grandma immediately retaliated.
After a brief exchange of pleasantries...
Grandpa and Grandma picked up Mom, Amy, Charlie, and Gabe and left first, leaving Dad Bob all alone there hailing a taxi.
This Christmas is going to be very, very, very long!
Bob, the father, sighed and took a taxi to follow them.
The entire Christmas season was warm and lively.
The grandmother disapproved of her son-in-law in every way and blamed Bob for everything.
For example, before her mother Amy arrived, she called her grandmother and asked her to pack away all the fragile items, but her grandmother didn't take it seriously at all and even brought out her favorite antiques.
Under her father Bob's horrified gaze, Charlie the Great Demon wandered around, grabbing this and sweeping that, but fortunately Bob rescued her from the Great Demon's clutches in time.
But when his grandmother saw Bob holding her antique reindeer crystal ornament, she immediately gave him a scolding.
The culprit, Charlie the Great Demon, even chimed in, "Daddy's a big bad guy~"
Bob, the father, had nowhere to vent his anger but could only endure it with a bitter smile.
In contrast, the third brother Gabe, was much happier.
He originally had no intention of coming to his grandmother's house, and his plan to secretly bring a game console was ruined, making him even more listless.
But who would have thought that his grandfather, whom he considered an old-fashioned relic, actually owned a game console, and it was the latest model at that. However, his grandfather was wasting it by using it to play golf.
Come on, what's so fun about golf?
So he took out the game disc he was carrying and opened the door to a new world for his grandfather.
Newbies are often very addicted to games.
Grandpa was addicted to video games, seemingly oblivious to the passage of time, and wouldn't let him play at all. This led him to finally say what his parents usually said to him when they scolded him, "Playing video games is bad! I'm worried about your health..."
Good heavens, is that one of his lines?!
Teddy happily put on his swimsuit and went to the pool next door to swim and sunbathe.
Compared to the fair skin that East Country women pursue, United States women prefer a so-called healthy tan, and this preference extends to both United States women United States men.
This has led to the development of more time-saving and convenient sunbathing and direct spraying techniques.
For example, in Final Destination, the two girls who were courting death were burned alive in the bathhouse while sunbathing.
For example, in the original timeline, Monica did the paint spraying.
Ross wanted to try it out too, but even the esteemed Dr. Geller couldn't figure out how to use the nozzle.
They spray it on both sides for even coloring.
He went all out, spraying his entire face with paint. After his teeth were frighteningly white, his face was doubled in color, almost making him look like an African American.
Adam went outside for a stroll first, and then went back to his room to write.
Compared to the New Year in my previous life, where the whole family and friends would visit each other, gather together, and eat, drink, and have fun, the Western Christmas is really not that interesting.
Most of the time, he still does his own thing.
It offers ample freedom and personalization, with only the Christmas dinner and gift-opening being relatively more formal.
This is actually quite normal, because Christmas in the United States is not the birthday of Jesus at all. The reason it has become popular all over the world is entirely due to the powerful marketing of United States Fat Otaku Happy Water.
It will be similar to the upcoming Double Eleven shopping festival in East Country.
To boost sales, the Fat Otaku Happy Water) chose Christmas originating from Europe, and redesigned Santa Claus, using the new Santa Claus in its advertising to continuously reinforce the concept.
Countless businesses started to follow suit because the concept of Christmas was great: Santa Claus delivers gifts to children, but who actually delivers the gifts?
It's all because parents spend money to buy things!
The result of this shopping spree is obvious to everyone: a global frenzy!
In this atmosphere, even someone as rational and disdainful as Sheldon had to go to the gift shop and buy a bunch of gifts in return for Penny's kindness.
With the United States ' strong influence, Christmas has continued to grow and spread throughout the world.
Most uninformed people genuinely believe that Christmas is Jesus' birthday and the oldest and most important holiday in Western history. Little do they know that it's simply a clever addition to the list of Fat Otaku Happy Water that they use to mock and ridicule themselves.
After Christmas, Adam returned to New York.
The new semester is about to begin.
Adam spent New Year's New Year's Day with Monica and the others.
A traditional skill: throwing parties in an apartment.
As the New Year's bells rang, everyone looked towards Times Square and counted down in unison.
10, 9, 8...
"Happy New Year!"
The crowd shouted in unison.
Then it's time for the traditional skill again: find a partner to prove yourself.
Previously, Monica and Phoebe had both indirectly inquired Adam had a partner, suggesting that if not, they could make do to avoid him being alone and facing discrimination.
Adam naturally declined, and instead approached Caroline.
Although Caroline has been behaving strangely lately, she doesn't belong to any of the three major social circles, so she's a relatively suitable candidate as she can move forward or backward at will.
Monica, Phoebe, and Chandler couldn't stand the embarrassment and anxiety, so they all went back to their exes. Joey was always looking for casual sex partners, while Ross could only watch pitifully...