Chapter 1556 I am good at socializing
In a bar in Sugar Land, Xiao Peng and Bruch were drinking beer and playing billiards.
"Boss, can we stop playing?" Bruch took out twenty dollars and put them on the table.
Xiao Peng took the money and put it in his pocket: "Why not play? Let me win some money from you!"
Bruch said helplessly, "You're so boring! Do you care about this money? You can win the world championship with your billiards skills, right? I'm just standing here with the cue."
Xiao Peng said after hearing this, "Can you blame me? Who would have thought Sugarland was so boring? I thought we'd finally gotten rid of them and could have some fun, but I didn't expect there wasn't even a nightclub here. Let's play billiards. We just ate so much, standing for a while will help digest it, right?"
Texas, aside from a few major cities, is mostly rural. Why does everyone here have a car? Life is practically impossible without one; even the supermarket requires a drive of over ten miles! And these towns and villages are practically devoid of entertainment. Listening to music, playing pool, drinking a couple of beers, and watching a football game together are the only entertainment options here. And the TVs here are still old-fashioned tube TVs...
Xiao Peng was really full just now.
When we clashed with the Texas police last night, some onlookers shouted, "If you don't eat barbecue in Texas, you're acting suspiciously." When Xiao Peng arrived in Sugar Land, he felt this statement firsthand.
The BBQ here is really awesome!
The barbecue restaurant they went to was a century-old shop, and the barbecue oven they used was still the traditional barbecue oven of that time: a circular oven made of stones and mud, with a diameter of about three meters and a height of about one and a half meters, with a layer of iron mesh inside; a hole was opened in the circle and firewood was stuffed under the iron mesh. Several iron racks supported a "dome" above the circular arena, which was actually a flue. Sausages and other things were hung on this "dome", and barbecued steaks, pork chops, sausages and the like were placed on the iron mesh.
This barbecue method looks extremely primitive, but it tastes really different: the ribs are crispy on the outside and tender on the inside, topped with their own special sauce...
No wonder Jike didn’t eat skewers when he came to their place for a meal last night. The Texas barbecue is definitely not inferior to the skewers in Daxia, and it tastes more delicious!
Texas barbecue is all about big. For example, the famous "Big Texan" barbecue chain offers a challenge: if you can finish a two-kilogram steak within an hour, you get a free steak. The century-old restaurant they visited was similarly sculpted, with steaks weighing at least one kilogram each!
Xiao Peng and Bruch were completely overwhelmed by the food, so full they were too lazy to move. There were no entertainment venues to be found, so they could only relax by playing billiards in this bar.
"Hey, buddy, are you a professional player?" someone shouted to Xiao Peng.
The two of them playing billiards here attracted the attention of the people around them. It was not surprising that they were curious. After all, although Xiao Peng was very bad at positioning the cue ball, he could still score as long as the ball had a goal-scoring line.
Xiao Peng shook his head: "Of course I'm not a professional player!"
"Hey, man, you hit the ball really well!" someone shouted from the side.
Xiao Peng smiled and said, "Thank you!"
In fact, Texas is a relatively mild place for racial discrimination: there are many Mexican residents here, and not knowing Spanish is more troublesome here than not knowing English. There are also Asians, blacks, and whites here, and there is even a large Hindu temple in Houston.
It's true that Texas has a tough character, and gun control is quite lax, like the Texas woman Xiao Peng saw carrying a gun while shopping in the supermarket yesterday. But in reality, the safety here is quite good: after all, everyone knows that others have guns, so it's generally better to avoid causing trouble.
For example, on November 5, 2017, a shooting occurred in Sutherland Springs, Wilson County, Texas, where a 26-year-old gunman stormed a church and unleashed a massacre, killing 26 and injuring 25. The gunman was killed by an armed passerby. On December 29, 2019, a gunman killed worshippers at a church near Fort Worth, Texas. On August 3, 2019, a shooting at a Walmart in Parsippa, Texas, killed 20 and injured 26. The gunman was also killed by an armed civilian. On June 12, 2021, a mass shooting occurred in downtown Austin, the capital of Texas. One of the suspects was also apprehended by an armed civilian.
Why do people here carry guns when they go out? They are always ready to pull out their guns and fight criminals!
But no matter how they carry guns when they go out, the fact is that most Texans are still very friendly and welcoming.
A Texan nearby took out twenty dollars and placed it on the lamp stand on the pool table. He said to Xiao Peng, "Brother, I want to play a game with you. How about it?"
"Of course!" Before Xiao Peng could answer, Bruch had already handed him the club and gestured to him. He finally knew what it felt like for Kasin to play games with Xiao Peng! This was simply torture.
Xiao Peng didn't care about it. Just change the opponent. It was a simple one-shot clear, and he got $20.
"Beautiful lady!" Xiao Peng took out the twenty dollars he had won and shouted to the girl at the bar, "Give me a few beers! I'm treating this guy!"
He was just playing with Bruch for fun and didn't care about the money at all.
The guy who was playing billiards with Xiao Peng was quite happy after hearing this. He patted Xiao Peng on the shoulder and said, "You're a good person! Losing to you is not something I'm angry about."
Xiao Peng smiled and said, "Of course, I am a very sociable person."
"I see! My name is Charles!" Charles introduced himself, took a bottle of beer from the bar and handed it to Xiao Peng. He then picked up another bottle and said to Xiao Peng, "Then I'll buy you a beer too."
The two men clinked the bottles together and took a big gulp.
Someone nearby shouted, "Hey, Charles, this is too shameful for you. You were bribed for twenty dollars? And by a yellow guy?"
Xiao Peng frowned and turned around to see a tall and thin man. Seeing Xiao Peng looking at him, he said directly: "Hey, yellow man, why are you looking at me? I'm allergic to yellow people!"
Xiao Peng walked up to the tall, thin man, took out the twenty dollars he had won from Bruch, and stuffed it into his breast pocket: "I'll buy you a beer, but I have a small request: drink it where I can't see you."
Charles was amused: "Hey, you really are the most sociable person I have ever met!"
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