Chapter 4 The Future(1/2)
Before four o'clock, the brother and brother returned to the governor's residence in the city. The house was empty and looked a little deserted.
At this time, mother Nina should be driving to pick up Robert and the other three. Aunt Susan might have gone out to buy groceries.
Even without the original owner's memory, Evan can guarantee that every guess will be accurate after a month of observation.
"Virginia."
Evan called on his sister who was about to go upstairs and threw her schoolbag over. Virginia hurriedly caught it.
“Thanks!”
Virginia laughed and scolded, "One day, you will become the incarnation of Beria."
Evan smiled and lay down on the sofa in the living room, bored.
In this era, entertainment was poor. Whether it was TV sets or movies, the TV screen was not as big as a flat panel in later generations. The three major TV networks were just newborn babies and were learning to walk.
As for video games and the Internet? Let's go to bed.
If you want to relax, you can only make do with listening to the music played on a vinyl record player.
Evan put his hands behind his head as a pillow, lying in a more comfortable position, looking at the ceiling, thinking about it.
He thought of Audrey, fate brought the goddess to him, should he act?
He thought of his spiritual motherland that would be in the shadow of war for several years. He could do nothing if he wanted to do anything.
He thought of the conversation with Virginia at lunch, and she aimed at writers and was working hard for it. With a brain that was leading the world for at least fifty years, he could almost do whatever he wanted, but which one was what he really wanted to do?
Is it a scientist who won the Nobel Prize?
Or will you become a copycat and get the Nobel?
Well... no, these are not difficult!
Ah! It's so annoying...
Troubled Evan couldn't help but do sit-ups on the sofa to divert his attention.
"Evan, what's wrong with you?"
Virginia, who had already gone downstairs, saw the abnormal Evan and cared for him.
Evan stopped, sat upright, and said with a look of blame on you, "Virginia, it's all because you consulted me for your life plan at noon, and now I'm very worried about it."
When he heard that the reason was this, Virginia sat down on Evan's sofa, took a cushion and hugged it in his arms, and said with a smile: "Evan, you listened to my confession at noon, why don't you tell me your troubles too?"
"Speaking of this, Evan, you never said what you want to do in the future? Should you inherit your father's business and become a politician, or should you leave your parents' arms like a bird, choose your own career and live your own life?"
Virginia looked at her younger brother with interest, but saw Evan anxiously, as if he was hesitating to choose which one to choose, and it seemed that no choice would be good. Virginia thought about it, and suddenly her face changed and she asked, "Evan, can you, like Colin, want to join the army?"
Joining the army? How is it possible.
I even feel depressed in college military training. How can I see entering a place like a military camp?
Evan quickly shook his head and denied: "Virginia, you're thinking too much."
"That's good!" Virginia, who was frightened by herself, patted her chest and said relaxedly: "Evan, you can do whatever you want, just don't join the army. There is enough people who care about Colin every day."
"Oh, I understand." Evan looked at Virginia who was scared and moved. He suddenly felt that it seemed good to have such a sister who cared about her family.
Seeing that Evan didn't mean to express his worries, Virginia stopped forcing her. She happened to see the record player next to the living room at the corner of her eyes, and said, "By the way, Evan, go and see the record player. It seems that something is wrong. You didn't brag about how to repair it. Now the opportunity is here, go quickly!"
Virginia said, as her younger brother, Evan naturally had to be obedient. After scratching her hair, she got up and walked towards the record player. While walking, she asked, "When did it break? Why don't I know?"
Virginia replied: "It was last night. Everyone said she told you in the morning, but everyone seemed to have forgotten."
"Is that right? What's wrong with it?" Evan asked, putting a plate of film, putting the stylus in the starting position, turning the switch, and the record automatically began to rotate, and a sound came from the huge brass speaker of the record player. Before Virginia could speak out, Evan knew what the problem was when he heard the sound.
The originally beautiful songs are now like ghosts.
It may be because there is a problem with the needle or the internal circuit.
Evan made the preliminary diagnosis and turned to Virginia and said, "Get the tool."
Soon, Evan got the tool and started to get started, dismantle and detect.
Virginia didn't bother him, and watched quietly.
During this period, Nina took the three Roberts home. When Robert saw that Evan was repairing the record player, he also liked to dismantle the machine. Dora and Dorothy were not interested, so they went to the piano room to practice the piano as soon as they got home.
"Evan, I think something is wrong with this place."
Robert interrupted from time to time and pointed his fingers. Evan, who was so annoyed, threw his eyes over, "Either come or shut up."
Robert had to shut up his mouth.
An hour later, the record player re-issues the correct and beautiful melody.
Hearing the song, Dora and Dorothy ran out of the piano room and gave praise to Evan who was wiping his sweat: "Brother Evan, you are so great."
Although he was not convinced, Robert, who realized that he was indeed not skilled, also praised him and said, "You are awesome."
Virginia said half-jokingly and half-praise: "Evan, with your skills, you don't have to worry about what to do in the future. At least, you won't starve to death."
Evan was stunned when he heard this.
Using craftsmanship seems to be good.
With future life experience, I am not only valuable in literary and artistic works and scientific discoveries, but also innumerable inventions that can improve life and make people increasingly more convenient and lazy.
I'll be an inventor!
It can be regarded as a regaining the hobby of the previous life.
However, in my last life, I spent money on antique appliances all over the world, but now I just need to do it myself.
The next few decades were the era of electronic technology, with many varieties, and electrical appliances involving all aspects of life were released one by one and popularized at an extremely fast speed.
Japan, which was almost at the end of the world during World War II, was able to quickly rise again and become the second in the capitalist world. If it weren't for the insidious beauty's father's financial situation, this island country wouldn't have known how arrogant this island country would be.
Thinking of this, Evan unconsciously gritted his teeth and prepared to step on a few steps by then.
Consoling his attention, Evan, who came back to his senses, slapped Virginia's shoulder heavily, said thank you, and, under the surprise gaze of Virginia and others, went upstairs and returned to his room, took out his notebook and wrote and painted. Evan was fully focused and almost forgot about the passage of time. It was not until Virginia knocked on the door that she found that it was pitch black outside the window.
Carefully hid the notebook, Evan walked out of the room. Virginia saw the smile on his lips and looked excited. She couldn't help but ask in a low voice: "What are you doing in the room? I called you several times, but I don't know if I'm giving you a response. Are you... writing a love letter to Audrey?"
Evan touched his forehead and smiled bitterly, gave his sister a blank look, and said, "Virginia, I don't! I just thought about what to do in the future."
"Really? Didn't lie to me?"
"Believe it or not!"
"I don't believe it!"
Upon hearing this, Evan stopped on the stairs, looked back at his sister, smiling and said threateningly: "Virginia, what do you think you want to be in the future at noon?"
Virginia suddenly stopped, restrained her gossip and said with a smile: "Okay, I believe you, go quickly, Nina is calling people again."
However, Virginia couldn't help asking on the way, "You said just now that you thought about what you were going to do in the future?"
Evan did not hide it: "Yes, I want to be an inventor."
Virginia didn't agree.
After a while, Virginia and Evan walked into the restaurant one after another.
Under the dark yellow chandeliers, the restaurant is filled with the atmosphere of home.
Dora, Dorothy and Robert have already sat down, Aunt Susan and Nina are sharing meals for everyone.
Evan found that the position belonging to his father was empty, and asked casually while sitting, "Governor is still busy?"
The answer to him was Nina, who knew Earl's whereabouts best: "Mr. Governor will discuss matters with several members of parliament tonight, so he can't have dinner with us. He called back and asked me to apologize to the children on his behalf."
"Evan, you'll forgive him, right?"
Evan smiled and said, "Of course, we all know that the Governor is a busy man and apologizes almost every week. Others don't know, but I'm used to it anyway."
After Evan finished speaking, Robert raised his knife and fork and echoed: "So too!"
Dora said, "I will forgive my father, as long as he brings me a gift when he comes back."
Dorothy added: "Not for you, but for us!"
Among the five siblings, Virginia was the only one who spoke without saying anything.
After the meal was finished, Nina sat in her seat and laughed at her, "I will tell you about your attitude, and now shut your mouth, and then let us thank the Lord for your gift."
The routine prayer before the meal ended and everyone started eating.
There are no special rules on the Warren's dining table, everyone is eating and chatting.
Of course, Nina has specially taught her not to speak when she hasn't swallowed the food in her mouth.
There is no fixed number of topics to talk about in the family, so you can say whatever you think of.
Dora and Dorothy show off that they exchanged classes at school again today, but no one noticed that Robert was worried about whether his voice change period would affect his acting performance.
Virginia shook a beautiful transfer student from Evan's class, making Evan roll his eyes.
Everyone talked and laughed, but no one cared about Mr. Governor.
Among these people, Evan probably knows that Mr. Governor will be in a very busy state for a long time.
To be continued...