Little Life on An American Ranch

  Chapter 384 Get together (1)

  Jian Heng is quite satisfied with the current working conditions of the ranch, but Jian Heng is a little dissatisfied with the current building environment of the ranch.

In Jian Heng's eyes, how can such a building have the nerve to charge more money from the students? Take things with Chinese cultural factors.

Of course, considering the economic conditions, it is impossible to transform it into the Forbidden City, and it is not necessary to completely follow the strict Ming and Qing styles, but it must have a very obvious Chinese style, so that it can be controlled with your own Chinese body fat. Together, it will be better to fool these foreigners and big customers to come and give money in the future.

I can't just think about it myself. I have to trouble He Ye for this matter, and ask him to help recruit a master of ancient architecture in China, as well as architects with some level to take charge of this project. I plan to use it for practice first. The project was the oversized house of the O'Brien family.

   As for the O'Brien family's ranch, Jian Heng has already decided to take it. Although the bank has not yet given time to sell it, this matter itself is already a certainty, so there is nothing to say!

Thinking that the prices of the pastures here have stabilized a bit these days, Jian Heng felt that it was time for the four-eyed black to come back and look around. I would like to remind the rich and small who want to buy land here that they must have a strong one. heart.

  In short, the small days are just like this day after day. Seeing that it is coming to February in the Gregorian calendar, that is, the Chinese New Year is coming soon, and the ranch is lively again.

  Flew directly to Los Angeles, Jian Heng picked up his brother-in-law's family, then transferred to Kalispell, and returned to the ranch.

   "This place is so desolate".

Jian Anan got out of the car, and said to her mother who was standing next to the car: "I thought this place is much more developed than ours, who knows that I didn't meet a few people along the way, saying that the city is better than our small county. It's a lot worse...".

Sun Xiuying said: "It's really not as convenient as our small county town. If you want to go to the supermarket to buy something, you have to drive for 30 to 40 minutes, and it takes an hour to go back and forth. I have been to the supermarket once before I know why these Americans buy it. Just buy a week’s worth of food and store it in the refrigerator, you say, can it be fresh when waiting to eat, fortunately we have a greenhouse at home... ".

  As soon as Sun Xiuying and Jian Anan's mother and daughter met, they immediately began to talk about homework. The two of them walked towards the house arm in arm as if no one else existed.

  Jian Heng said to his brother-in-law Yang Bin: "Brother-in-law, don't be so busy, take Xiaoan into the house and go to rest. I will just come with your little luggage."

   "It's okay, it's the first time to go abroad in this way, I'm very excited."

Yang Bin is not like Jian Anan who only sees superficial phenomena. He is very interested in the life here in Montana because it fits his imagination. Some wild animals come, and the wild animals are not afraid of people, and they can still look at you from time to time, which he never thought of in China.

  After getting off the plane, Yang Bin was like a curious baby, looking around happily.

As for Yang Xiaoan in the car, he is sleeping like a little pig. The bumpy road is not easy for a child of only a few years old, especially when he heard that he was coming to his uncle’s house in the United States and was traveling from Shanghai to Los Angeles. The plane has been in a state of excitement.

   When we got to the ranch, the kid finally couldn't hold on anymore and fell asleep in the car.

   "Xiaoheng, bring Xiaoan to me." Jian Anan stood at the door at this moment, chatting with her mother for a while, and then remembered that her son who was still sleeping in the car had come.

   It was just a sentence, and Jian Anan turned around and talked to Sun Xiuying again: "How about barley and wheat? Is it easy to get along with? Have you had any conflicts with them here?"

  Aunt Jian Anan remembered about barley and wheat, so she asked her mother. She was a little worried that the relationship between mother and barley and wheat was not good.

  Of course, if it’s really bad, Jian An’an would most likely think it was the fault of Barley and Wheat. On this point, Jian An’an, as a Chinese daughter, would have absolutely no problem playing queue work, and it is impossible for her to make mistakes.

Sun Xiuying said with a smile: "I really want to quarrel, but I rely on gestures to speak, and sometimes the two of them are a little noisy in Chinese, I will tell you first, if sometimes you think what they say is not pleasant , and don't take it to heart. In your brother's words, they speak American Chinese. For example, in the eyes of Americans, the word dog is not very derogatory when used on people, but we Chinese listen to it. It's uncomfortable...".

  While chatting, the two walked arm in arm and went from room to room, while Jian Heng carried Xiao An into Ningning's small room.

   "Are we going to live in this room?" Jian Anan asked curiously when she saw her younger brother carrying her son into a room.

  Sun Xiuying said: "No, you live in the room next to us. This room belongs to Ning Ning and Xiao An. Aunt and nephew live together so that we can have a playmate!"

   "This kid has been talking about the little lion and bear here for a long time. By the way, it won't hurt the child, right?" Jian Anan was a little worried.

  Sun Xiuying said: "Don't worry, Ningning has been here for so long, and she doesn't even have a scratch on her body. These domesticated animals are all good!"

   "By the way, where is Ningning?" Jian Anan just remembered that her little sister hasn't shown her face yet.

  Sun Xiuying is used to not being able to see the little girl early in the morning, except for three meals a day. Now the little girl is crazy outside all day and doesn't want to go home at all. At first Sun Xiuying took care of her, but finally she found out that she was fine and let her go.

   "Where's your sister, go get her back, didn't you tell her, my sister's family came today, and went out again and went crazy, what a crazy girl."

   Seeing Jian Heng coming out, Sun Xiuying immediately arrested Jian Heng, a strong man.

   "Okay, then I'll call her, and I'm probably riding a deer over the herd again." Jian Heng replied with a smile.

Jian Heng hadn't moved his feet yet, but Barley and Wheat had already entered the door. He saw a young woman in her thirties standing next to Sun Xiuying, and there was a faint shadow of Jian Heng between her eyebrows, so she left immediately. come over.

   "Sister, hello!"

   "Hello, barley and wheat!" Jian Anan was amused when she heard it, because the Chinese of the two sisters still had a little accent from their hometown.

  Jian Anan didn't know that 80% of Damaimai's Chinese was learned from Ningning. Although it sounds fine, she must have a slight Shihua County accent.

"Nice to meet you, my name is Jian An'an." Jian Anan also introduced herself in English, but what she said in English was funnier than Barley and Wheat's Chinese. She thought her words were correct, but she didn't know His own English sounded like a standard Asian accent.

  The conversation between the Chinese elder sister-in-law and the two American sister-in-laws was doomed to be short of words. One side was bad at Chinese, and the other side was bad at English. After talking for a few words, Damai and Wheat turned their heads and went out with Jian Heng.

   "My mother is coming in the afternoon, we are going to pick her up." Damai said to Jian Heng as soon as he went out.

  Jian Heng heard this and blinked his eyes: "Then shall I go with you?"

  Although he was prepared in his heart, Jian Heng was a little surprised when Damaimai's mother suddenly said that she would arrive in the afternoon.

  Mait shook his head and said: "It's better not to, you can stay at home with your sister's family, besides, my mother didn't bring much luggage."

   "Can you do it?" Jian Heng thought for a while and insisted: "Forget it, I'd better go with you!"

  Although Americans don’t pay much attention to these things, Jian Heng decided to adopt an attitude, taking the respect that a Chinese son-in-law treats his mother-in-law. Anyway, seeing each other sooner or later is a matter of trembling, so Jian Heng decided to face the difficulties.

   "You have no problem here?" Damai asked.

   "What's wrong with me!" Jian Heng said with a smile.

   "Okay then, let's go after dinner," said Damai.

   "What time is the flight?" Jian Heng asked.

  Balley said: "My mother drove here!"

"What?" Jian Heng was really stunned. He didn't expect the old lady to drive here by herself, but after thinking about it for a while, he didn't think it was strange. Old people in their 70s can drive around in the United States. Not to mention McAvoyve Kate, who is in her fifties.

  (end of this chapter)