Houston is the fourth largest city in the United States, after New York, Los Angeles and Chicago, with a population of approximately two million.
The town of Ellot has a population of only 1,372 people.
This is not the smallest town in the United States. There are many small towns in the United States with a population of only a few hundred or even a few people.
Zhou Qiao and the others drove all the way to the vicinity of Ellot, and found many places along the way that were particularly desolate, perhaps because it was late autumn.
They did not enter a sparse town with only about twenty houses, but drove directly from a trail on the edge of the town to the countryside where Grandma Loya lived.
There are only five households in that rural area, about seven kilometers away from the town, and the houses all seem to have a long history.
Seeing a fat man in police uniform wiping a gun in front of a house, Loya couldn't help but stop the car.
"What? Do you know him?" Zhou Qiao asked.
Loya nodded and said, "This is my former playmate, Garnett Hughes, a very naive and stupid guy. Unexpectedly, he also became a policeman."
"Your playmate?" Zhou Qiao was surprised.
Luo Ya said: "Don't get me wrong, nothing happened between me and him. I stayed at my grandma's house after junior high school and studied in high school here..."
Zhou Qiao was stunned and felt something was wrong, because Luo Ya's tone was low, and he had never heard Luo Ya mention her parents. After becoming a police inspector, when he wanted to return home in glory, the first thing he thought of was his grandmother, not his grandmother. parents!
He wanted to ask, but this was not the time because Luo Ya had already gotten off the car!
Zhou Qiao also got out of the car, intending to find a suitable opportunity to take good care of Luo Ya's life experience. Don't just talk about it every time. It's not good to be too immersive. Lack of emotional communication.
After Luo Ya got out of the car, she waved to the fat man and shouted: "Garnett~"
Garnett Hughes heard someone shouting, looked up, and was stunned for a moment before he recognized Loya. He quickly threw the gun away, ran over happily, and shouted loudly: "Loya, it's you! Haha, it’s you! You’re actually back!”
He was out of breath running, Zhou Qiao thought to himself, with such a bearlike appearance, if he encountered a gangster, would he be able to catch up with him? I guess I can only shoot on the spot!
"Haha, it's me. I'm back! Are you a policeman in a small town?" Loya looked at Garnett and asked with a laugh.
Garnett shrugged, spread his hands and said, "Yes! I returned to my hometown after graduating from the police academy!"
"Congratulations! It's not bad to be a policeman in your hometown!" Luo Ya said with a bit of envy.
She had also thought about living such an ordinary life. Among other things, this kind of small town was vast and sparsely populated, almost everyone knew each other, and there probably weren't too many security incidents.
"It's okay. But I'm the only policeman in this whole town! Haha! I'm so lonely!" Garnett laughed.
Luo Ya said: "As long as you get a salary, it's fine!"
Garnett noticed Zhou Qiao following him and asked, "Who is this..."
Luo Ya immediately introduced: "This is my boyfriend, Zhou Qiao!"
"Ah~, it turns out you like this type!" Garnett was very surprised, because he also pursued Luo Ya in high school, but Luo Ya ignored him at all. Only then did he realize that Luo Ya liked this type. A weak scholar, not a fat guy like him!
Luo Ya smiled and said, "Zhou Qiao is a doctor!"
"Oh, hello, Dr. Zhou, nice to meet you!" Garnett came up and hugged Zhou Qiao.
Zhou Qiao also patted him on the back, he was really considerate, but it felt like he was all fat. In terms of physical strength, he was probably not as good as Ariel. If he fought with Luo Ya, he probably wouldn't be able to sustain a single move.
"Nice to meet you too, Officer Hughes!" Zhou Qiao said.
Garnett Hughes let go of Zhou Qiao and quickly waved his hand: "Don't call me that, I'm just a small town police officer, haha!"
"You are so humble. It is quite amazing to maintain law and order in a town!"
After a few polite words, Luo Ya took Zhou Qiao into the car and continued driving to her grandma's house.
Garnett waved to Loya and the others. He walked back to pick up the gun. When he saw the geese in the yard laying many more eggs, he went over and packed seven or eight eggs, planning to carry them over later and give them to Loya.
Because although Grandma Luo Ya also raised chickens and ducks, she did not raise geese.
Garnett went into his cellar again and selected a barrel of home-brewed wine. The oak barrel was a five-gallon barrel, about 18.92 liters. I also plan to carry it together later.
Because Grandma Luo Ya lives alone, the old man doesn't like drinking, and there is no good wine to entertain Luo Ya and Zhou Qiao at home.
It's rare for his former playmate to come home, and Garnett is really happy!
"After so many years, the scenery is still the same as before, but grandma is getting old!" Luo Ya parked the car in front of her grandma's house, got out of the car, and saw her grandma working in the vegetable garden on the side of the house from a distance, hunched over and working.
Zhou Qiao was stunned for a moment and thought to herself, who said old American ladies don’t like to grow vegetables? Luo Ya’s grandmother is very good at growing vegetables!
He remembered reading Grimm's Fairy Tales before and often saw descriptions of old ladies picking lettuce.
As you get older, wouldn’t it be nice to grow some fruits and vegetables near your home?
In fact, with rising prices and economic recession, many people in the United States still like to grow some vegetables. How expensive are vegetables and fruits!
"Grandma~"
At this moment, Loya was not the violent queen, police inspector, or King Kong Barbie, but transformed into a cute little girl, waving her arms, jumping and running towards her grandmother!
Zhou Qiao stopped running and walked slowly over, leaving this warm moment to the grandmother and granddaughter who had not seen each other for who knows how many years.
"Luoya?...Oh God!" Luoya's grandmother turned around and couldn't believe it when she saw this scene.
She threw the vegetables she had just picked on the ground and rubbed her eyes hard. It wasn't until Luo Ya gently held her thin body in her arms and felt the hot body temperature and heartbeat that Grandma Luo Ya believed that her own The eldest granddaughter is really back!
"It'll be good to come back, it'll be good to come back...Thank you for remembering grandma..." Luo Ya's grandma was in tears, crying and laughing at the same time.
Luo Ya also cried and laughed.
The injuries on her body have long since healed. It has to be said that the +3 traceless attribute and healing attribute that Zhou Qiao redeemed are simply abnormal. Now Luo Ya has almost no scars on her body.
The bandages and tapes on the newly healed area were removed after getting off the plane. There are no scars, no wounds, just new skin that is whiter, smoother and smoother than other places.
Zhou Qiao looked at Grandma Luo Ya's vegetable garden and saw that there were onions, spinach, potatoes, peppers, and a small cornfield.
Behind the house, near the chicken shed, there is a lush grapefruit tree, which is in its fruiting season. It is covered with huge red grapefruits one after another, like rubies, shining in the sunlight. , people can’t help but want to pick one and taste its wonderful taste!
(End of chapter)
