Rural life in America

Chapter 55
Zhang Hao was driving the car, and was also urging his father, "Dad, you really need to get your driver's license quickly. Otherwise, if you want to go out in the future, you will have to rely on me to send you. You can't go to the city on a horse."

Zhang Jianye said angrily, "You think I don't want to, I can drive a car, but I just can't pass the exam, I don't know English. Don't be afraid of being stopped by the sheriff or the police. You can buy me a car and I can drive it right away. "

Well, there is really not much to do about this matter; driving in the United States with a Chinese driver's license, because the laws of each state are different, and the usage is also different.Although it can be used in principle, it just needs to be translated into English, and in many cases it is only temporary.

The so-called international driver's license is generally a lie.

My dad doesn't know English, so simple oral English is enough. He must know less English than some junior high school students in China, even if he lives in an English-speaking country.

"In two days, I will take my mother to take the driver's license test, and then I will buy a car for my mother. Our family's current pickup truck is not enough, and we can't go out and always drive a pickup truck."

Hearing Zhang Hao's words, Zhang Jianye nodded approvingly; pickup truck culture is very popular in the United States, but in Zhang Jianye's view, there is still a small difference between pickup trucks and family cars.

Although you don't have a driver's license, it doesn't mean you don't know how to drive. Zhang Jianye asked curiously, "What kind of car do you want to buy? Your mother usually drives, and I also drive it. You drive it when you go out. If you don't need money If so, buy a slightly better car."

Zhang Hao chuckled, his parents have always been the type of thrifty housekeeping; it's just that they have gradually adapted to some of the current life in the past half a year, and they are still very confident in their youngest son's ability to make money of.

"Buy an SUV, how about a Cadillac? A classic American car is considered a national car in the United States. Otherwise, I would buy a BMW X5 or X6. If I didn't intend to drive it for my mother, I really want to buy a Hummer. "

The father and son are discussing about buying a car while going for big purchases. The whole family lives on the ranch now. Even if there are some seasonal vegetables in the vegetable garden, even the chickens raised can be slaughtered, but they still need big purchases in the market.

It goes without saying that the environment of living in a ranch is good, but sometimes life is a little inconvenient.

I bought a lot of food and wanted to have an authentic family barbecue; Zhang Hao’s brother and sister-in-law are very unfamiliar with these, because they don’t have such conditions in China, even if it’s not new to eat a skewer Things, but how can it compare to doing barbecue by yourself.

As soon as I parked the car, I saw that my brother had already lifted the grill out; this is a coolie, and the grill at home is not light, but Greg came to help.

"Boss, you should give me some extra brisket, that's what I'm good at. Believe me, it's going to be very Texas. I lived in Texas for a while when I was young."

Zhang Hao handed the bag to Greg and said, "Old man, I know that there are many styles of Texas barbecue. Now it's your turn to show it. I hope you won't let me down! The quality of the beef is very good, and the meat sauce is excellent, you can't let me down!"

Greg is high-spirited. An excellent cowboy can't just herd cows, ride horses or hunt. Barbecue is also a basic skill.Especially for the 'head of the family', it is a 'tradition' for men to occupy the grill.

Xixi and Youyou came out, and the two little girls walked towards the door staggeringly with some corn in their arms.

Xixi shouted childishly, "Greg pa, I want to eat corn."

Greg immediately smiled, squatted down and pinched Xixi's small face and said, "Of order, my little sweetheart!"

Xixi said again, "Be familiar!"

Greg understands what Xixi means. Xixi likes to eat corn, everyone knows this; it's just that Xixi likes to eat the older type of roasted corn.

Greg and Xixi have a good relationship because Greg really likes kids.

Like many families in the United States, Greg's children did not live with him when they grew up. Even if he wanted to get closer to the children, he basically went to his son's house as a 'guest'.

Xixi's name for Greg is 'Greg pa', which is very characteristic of Xixi's naming, and it is also very interesting.

Greg is of course a name, and the Americans call grandpa a slang term and a little more colloquially 'Grandpa'.

Yoyo doesn't know much English, she knows very little English, basically at the level of saying hello; who made Yoyo only four years old, who made Yoyo live in China, where there is not much English atmosphere.

Zhang Hao is free because he has nothing to do; Greg is teaching Zhang Jianye and Zhang Lei two barbecues, and they are now occupying the grill.As for the two little girls, Xixi and Youyou, they were always busy chasing the white lion and white tiger, and teasing Huahua.

Zhang Hao, who had nothing to do, didn't feel aggrieved by his "heroes have no use for his abilities", and he even enjoyed such leisure.

Collapsed on the sofa, dragged out the notebook; looked at the mailbox, studied the upcoming schedule, checked attractions, hotels, etc., all of which had to be prepared in advance.Playing on the ranch is very interesting, but my brother and sister-in-law brought Yoyo to the ranch. They can’t stay in the ranch all the time. I want to take them to see some big cities in the United States.

Yu Xiu is not surprised that her son often collapses on the sofa as if he was cramp. This little son is really lazy as long as he is at home. Just let him go on the sofa.

Although my mother and sister-in-law didn't do barbecue, they simply fried a few side dishes and prepared dinner plates; my father and brother were learning to barbecue and had already started to try it themselves.

As for the two little princesses, Xixi and Yoyo, they were happily eating beef and corn, and their little faces were already greasy.

Zhang Hao is very familiar with these things, and the family members also walk by the sofa one by one, and sometimes they even think that Zhang Hao's legs are stretched too long and give him a little kick.

It's very ordinary, but it's also very warm. There's no need for a family to create such a lively scene. It's good to be simple and natural, and it's true to be plain.

The caring little padded jacket ran over, handed the half-eaten corn to his father, and then ran away; Zhang Hao didn't care at all, he put the pillow on his neck, gnawed the corn with one hand, and slid and touched it with the other. plate.

"Mom, let's go to Los Angeles tomorrow. Take the two little ones to the amusement park, go to Disneyland, and Yoyo hasn't been there yet. If you really want to play there, you can play for several days, and then go to Griffin by the way. Let’s take a look at the Park. Take a quick look at everything, including Hollywood and Universal Studios. It’s not good if you don’t go to the Walk of Fame in Los Angeles to take a few photos.”

A big plate of barbecue was brought to the younger son, Yu Xiu didn't pay much attention to this arrangement; she didn't care where to play, as long as the children were happy. "You discuss it with your brother and your sister-in-law. I don't know if it's fun."

Zhang Hao muttered while eating the beef, "Oh, I see. We just went to play for two days, and then went directly to horse racing to make money. This year's Breeders' Cup is in California, so we don't have to travel around."

After checking the attractions and booking the hotel, Zhang Hao also devoted himself to the family barbecue meeting.

He is the main force, and he has a big appetite; even though his parents complained about being a dick, even though he was complained by his elder brother that he could eat but didn't know how to eat, it didn't matter; anyway, Zhang Hao was very happy to eat, eating meat and drinking heavily, like this Chic days are really good.

The family went straight to Los Angeles, and before leaving, they also explained many things to Greg. Zhang Hao would not be able to go home for a few days;

Xixi has been to Disney before, but why would she feel bored here; Yoyo looks more excited, it’s the same thing when she comes to Disney for the first time, because she is a little older than Xixi, so the games she can play are naturally more than Xixi’s. Shiodo, of course happy!
Watching the children playing, brothers Zhang Hao and Zhang Lei were sitting on chairs by the side of the road, resting and chatting.

"Brother, how much money did you prepare to come here, you give me the money, we want to place a bet."

Although Zhang Lei had been hearing that his brother made a lot of money from horse racing, he did know that his brother made his fortune from these horse races, but this time he was still a little nervous.

"Twenty thousand dollars, that's all I can get out, and I have to pay the mortgage."

Zhang Hao laughed, and said confidently: "When you go back, if you don't turn ten times over, you will be your brother and I will not live up to it. It is no problem to earn ten times. How about I lend you some more and earn a little more? See if there is a chance to buy a house in Dashanghai."

Zhang Lei said angrily: "It's not cheap to buy a house over there, and 500 million is not enough to buy a good house. You are really too big, you let me earn hundreds of thousands of dollars, and you earn another Millions, the organizing committee is in no hurry!"

Zhang Haocai is not worried. He is more or less prepared for these things, and he knows it well: "The Breeders' Cup has more than ten races in two days, and the highest prize money for a single game can exceed 500 million US dollars. This is a big competition, a horse breeder's cup. After the cup, the total amount of bets here can exceed [-] million US dollars, and we can get hundreds of thousands or millions of small things, which is a drop in the bucket.”

The Breeders' Cup is coming, and the time to make a fortune is coming. Zhang Hao can breathe a sigh of relief; this sum must be earned, and Zhang Hao is about to start to develop in great strides!

(End of this chapter)