Chapter 968 The school sweetheart’s first love who took a check and went abroad (7)
Okay! Let’s go up then.
But he didn't get the increase because she provided all kinds of wild vegetables for the family table, but because the unit price of the wool she sheared was a few dollars higher than what old George had sheared.
The extra money earned should be returned to her through salary.
Therefore, when her salary was paid this month, Xu Yin found that the envelope containing the money was bulging in her hand than before.
Mrs. Hunter blinked at her, and she counted.
When I returned to my small single room, I opened the envelope and saw the salary slip attached to the banknotes. Sure enough, my salary had increased.
Xu Yin arched her eyebrows and smiled, her initial intuition was correct - the Hunter family is friendly and cute.
Mrs. Hunter not only asked her husband to increase Xu Yin's salary, but also asked the cook to prepare honey water for Xu Yin every day and fill a kettle for her to take with her to drink.
There is a farmer in Cooktown who keeps bees in the mountains. The nectar he collects is all natural and tastes much better than the honey of later generations.
Xu Yin planned to wait for the gourmet party to be held in the town, go to the farmer to buy some, stock up on a few cans, and save them for later drinking.
On this day, she put on the bamboo basket for picking wild vegetables and carried her satchel, carrying honey water, goat's milk cakes, and cheese cakes as usual, preparing to drive the sheep to graze. The postman in the town delivered a letter.
Mrs. Hunter opened it and looked at it for a few times, then smiled and called to her:
"Sean, this is from Oliva. He and Lucas have been prospecting for gold in the West Bay for a month. Recently I heard that a world-class bungee jumping center has been built in Kawarau Canyon and will open at the end of the month. I am worried that no one will dare to jump.
The official actually issued a reward of 10,000 New Zealand dollars - bungee jumpers can receive this reward as long as they bungee jump on the opening day and do a few stretches during the bungee jump. He and Lucas both plan to sign up."
After reading the content of the letter, Mrs. Hunter exclaimed: "These two children are so courageous! I feel scared just listening to the description in his letter. It seems that bungee jumping is something only young people dare to do. Sean, what do you think?
Do you want to go see them bungee jumping? Take a tour of the canyon by the way, the Kawarau Gorge is quite beautiful in summer. If you want to go, I’ll ask Hunter to book a ticket for you when he goes to town.”
When Xu Yin heard this, she was eager to try:
Watching two strong guys bungee jumping?
What’s there to see!
Either you don’t go, or you go and dance by yourself.
Ten thousand New Zealand dollars!
But, if she leaves, who will take care of the sheep?
"You can go if you want. Then there is old George. At this time in previous years, he was the one who herded the sheep." Mrs. Hunter laughed heartily. "After you came, he became much more relaxed. Let him herd the sheep for a few days."
, can you still be unhappy?"
Old George: "..."
It's not the little old man who has the final say whether you're happy or not.
However, Mrs. Hunter's words are true. If Sean hadn't been recruited at the beginning, he would definitely not be as relaxed as he is now.
Therefore, old George agreed readily: "Go, go! Take advantage of the good summer weather and go to the canyon for a few days. The sheep will be with me! When you didn't come, these were all my jobs. I'm not bragging.
, Old man, I have herded more sheep than you have eaten, and you are actually worried that I can’t handle these hoof-sticking guys?”
Xu Yin was delighted: "Thank you! I will bring you specialties from the south."
"Speaking of southern specialties, if it's convenient, you can bring me some tobacco leaves."
Xu Yin agreed immediately.
Since arriving here, the farthest place she has been is Christchurch. The thought of traveling far away and seeing scenery that is different from this place makes her a little excited.
Even though Comrade Xiaojin and I had visited New Zealand before when we traveled around the world and stayed in many famous tourist towns, it was still 1988 and it was completely different.
Mrs. Hunter was very considerate. Although Sean was very strong and could easily lift a two to three hundred kilogram sheep with one hand, and he could knock down several burly men by himself, but she was a girl after all, Cook.
It takes more than nine hours by car to get from Queenstown to Queenstown, so it is inevitable for a person to be lonely.
So, she helped Xu Yin make an appointment with two companions——
One is Willai, the youngest son of the mayor's family, who is two years younger than Xu Yin, but is as tall as his father at 1.8 meters. He is a lively and cheerful young man;
There is also William Sr.'s eldest granddaughter Ila, who is the same age as Willie. She usually lives in Christchurch with her parents and comes to the ranch during the summer vacation.
Both of them want to go bungee jumping.
In the past, I only heard that adventurers would use an elastic rope to jump from a high altitude. Such a dangerous challenge now has a platform in the South Island where you can experience it for money.
They would never dare to let them jump by themselves, but they would like to see how others jump.
The mayor and old William also supported this.
When they were young, they went out to experience at the age of fourteen or fifteen. Today's children, who have not left the city at the age of sixteen or seventeen, are like flowers in the greenhouse. It is time for them to go out to broaden their horizons and gain insights.
After the agreement was made, Mr. Hunter bought three long-distance bus tickets to Queenstown in the south when he went to town to send letters.
The distance between Cooktown and Queenstown is 400 kilometers. Because the road conditions in some sections are not very good, it takes more than nine hours to drive, which means that we start in the morning and arrive in the evening.
She said that riding a motorcycle is much more convenient than taking a car.
But Mrs. Hunter had already arranged an appointment for her, so she didn’t refuse.
The three of them set off together.
Mrs. Hunter stuffed a lot of food into Xu Yin's schoolbag.
The long-distance bus will stop at Kelin Town to refuel and rest. After all, the driver also needs to eat.
But the food at the gas station was relatively expensive, and Mrs. Hunter was worried that she would not be willing to buy it, so she asked the cook to bake some sheep's milk cakes, cheese crisps, and milk-flavored steamed buns that Xu Yin helped improve.
The drinker filled two kettles for her: one with honey water and one with dandelion tea.
There were also several apples stuffed into it.
Mrs. Hunter firmly believed in the proverb "an apple a day keeps the doctor away" and planted apple trees in front of her house.
Now is the apple harvest season. These days, the ranch workers can get one every day. Xu Yin sometimes gets two. Mrs. Hunter always says that she is too thin and needs to take more supplements.
It was the same this time when I came out. If the schoolbag didn't have so much space, I would have wanted to stuff more for her.
Wei Lai has a lively personality. As soon as he got in the car, before he could sit firmly on his buttocks, he opened his schoolbag and showed Xu Yin the food his mother had prepared for him since she got up early:
"There are three salmon roe cheese rolls baked in total, one for each of us at lunch. If that's not enough, there are also ham slices sandwiched with oatmeal bread."
Xu Yin has tasted local ham. It is not as fragrant as Jinhua ham, but it has its own unique flavor. It is usually eaten raw, cut into thin slices, and eaten with lettuce, guacamole and other side dishes on sliced bread. It still tastes quite good.
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However, this is because the mayor's family has relatively good conditions, and most people only change their tastes during festivals.
Ila also carried a heavy bag of food, including mutton jerky, goat milk cake, ginger yogurt cake, and a lot of fruit.
In each person's schoolbag, food alone takes up most of the space.
Fortunately, summer clothes are relatively thin, otherwise they would not be able to fit in.
The three of them looked at each other and couldn't help laughing.
It feels like a primary school student going on a spring outing.