On the afternoon of the next day, Ju An took his family, Wu Ming, and Wang Fan to the old Taylor's house for a banquet. This time, Ju An drove his mother, sister, and two little guys, his father and brother-in-law, in a car.
There were also Wu Ming and Wang Fan on horseback, and the group drove slowly and leisurely to Old Taylor's ranch.
Old Taylor's ranch is about twenty miles away from Ju'an's ranch, which is not too far. It only takes about ten minutes to drive there. It took the family more than half an hour to arrive at Old Taylor's ranch.
As soon as he entered the ranch gate, Ju An found that it was much more distinctive than his own gate. Taylor's ranch gate had a thick wooden pillar on each side, giving it a sense of vicissitudes of tree bark. The two wooden pillars supported a beam, and on the beam
It says Juwushan Ranch, with a sheep's head hanging in the middle. There are four layers of thin logs on thick wooden stakes around the gate, all with brown bark, which is very distinctive.
At this time, Wang Fan came to the door of the car and said to Ju An: "Anzi, this door is much more elegant than yours, so you can just use a frame."
Ju An curled his lips and said, "Whenever I have an idea, I will definitely make the door look better than old Taylor's."
Wang Fan also came over and whispered: "You have been living in China for so many years, what kind of things have you been doing, and you haven't even done a good job in saving face."
Ignoring these two bastards who were adding insult to injury, I stepped on the accelerator and entered the ranch.
When they drove near the house, the old Taylor family was already waiting at the door. They got out of the car and exchanged greetings. Then Taylor's wife Vera asked everyone to tie the horses to the fence and followed them to feed the horses water.
This time Taylor Sr.'s daughter Carol and son-in-law Kerry were also there, as well as the Andersons and Thorntons.
Ju An introduced Wang Fan and Wu Ming, and the others helped prepare dinner, and several men gathered around to talk.
After listening to it for a while, Ju An lost all interest. It basically focused on the number of people each house would receive, how to arrange the activity routes, and whether there would be outdoor cycling or camping.
He stood up and went to see if there was anyone who could help. As soon as he walked over, Vera let him move around freely. It was so busy here that Ju An had to pick up a bottle of beer and walked to the fence to look at the people gathered together.
flock.
After watching for a while, Kerry also came over and leaned against the fence to say hello to Ju An.
"Why are you alone, Ann?" Kerry said, taking a sip of beer.
Ju An smiled and replied: "Look at the sunset and the sheep."
"You enjoy it much more than them," Kerry said with a smile, then pointed to the people discussing over there. Then he said:
"I heard that the ranch does not participate in tourism, why?"
Ju An replied: "I don't have enough manpower there, and I'm afraid of trouble. You can prepare several ranches to work together."
"Three ranches can accommodate twenty-five tourists. This ranch, Thornton's ranch and Anderson Ranch. In addition, we plan to invite two horse ranchers to teach riding when guests come, and we will also invite them to the town when camping.
A singer," Kerry said.
"You have everything you want," Ju An said with a smile.
Kerry answered with a smile: "I have done it for a while before, but the customer base could not be guaranteed, so gradually I stopped doing it. Our ranches are not specialized in tourism, but mainly in animal husbandry. They are not as good as those professional ranches.
The swimming pool has everything, just like a hotel.”
Ju An smiled and said, "Why don't I see that there are not many sheep here? Taylor said he raised quite a few and put the rest in the wild?".
Kerry replied: "This is only a small part, and there is a large part on the mountain. Two South Americans are hired to graze the cattle."
"On the mountain?" Ju An asked strangely.
Kerry pointed to a half-high hilltop in the distance: "The pasture of that rancher was eroded by weeds. He wanted to use herbicides but was afraid of leaving any hidden dangers, so he rented it to my father-in-law at a low price to graze sheep. The conditions on the mountain were too difficult.
It’s impossible to invite local people there. There is no electricity or gas. Food has to be delivered two to three times a week. We also have to control costs. Foreigners’ wages are low and they don’t need to pay various insurances.”
Ju An nodded and secretly murmured in his heart: These Americans are clamoring about unemployment and lack of security all day long, complaining about immigrants taking jobs. How could you know that there are some jobs you don’t want to do at all? You dislike the lack of money and poor conditions.
Immigrants have done it, and you are complaining that you are lazy and blame others for being too hard-working? I think of what a Republican person said in the newspaper some time ago, saying that illegal immigrants should be controlled and deported back, saying that these immigrants have robbed people of their own country.
Americans cannot find jobs that should belong to Americans, and they are shaking their heads.
After continuing to chat with Kerry for a while, Vera called for dinner. Ju An and Kerry walked to the oven, took a plate, made two lamb chops, and started chewing the bones with their hands.
, roasted well.
Ju An felt that the foreigners' steak, lamb chops and salad were all the same. For Ju An, it was still fresh after eating it twice, but it would be unappetizing if he ate it all the time.
However, Wang Fan and Wu Ming ate to their heart's content. In Wang Fan's words, drinking a lot of wine and eating meat is a great pleasure in life.
After dinner, Ju An took everyone to say goodbye to the Taylor family.
When they arrived at their own house, the three brothers calculated the total together.
Wang Fan took out a few pages of paper and handed them to Ju An. Ju An took a look and realized, damn, it's still complete. It said things tourists are required to bring, not to mention soft bags, long-sleeved clothes and shoes, as well as glasses.
You must wear a chain. Ju'an knows this to prevent your glasses from falling off while riding. It will be troublesome for you to find them on the horse. What cosmetics must be biodegradable? What food and activities are provided on the first day? What are the activities on the second day?
, basically everything is arranged properly, and there are also some shopping times. It’s a mess.
Wang Fan threw the paper back and said, "What do you think?".
Wang Fan returned: "I think it's good. The arrangements are very good. I think we can go back the day after tomorrow and organize a group as soon as possible to try the water. And I already have a goal."
Ju An said: "So fast?".
Wu Ming said: "Lao San, I already arranged a middle-level tour for a software company before I came here. I'm just waiting for him to go back and finalize it."
Ju An smiled and said, "Damn, you have great magical powers."
Wang Fan said with a smile: "Their boss used to be a comrade in arms with my dad. We are all familiar with him. I saw him calling him uncle. It makes no difference where they travel. It is better to let others earn than to let us earn."
"Okay! Okay, you can take care of it," Ju An said, "I'm leaving the day after tomorrow, and I've only been here for a few days."
"Wu Ming or I will be here in a few days. We always have someone to lead the group for the first time. If I am busy and everything goes smoothly, I will come," Wang Fan said.
"After playing for a few days, the third child is planning to get a piece of land to build a horse farm in Jiangnan City," Wu Ming said.
Ju An asked curiously: "Isn't there a racecourse in Jiangnan? What else are you doing?"
"There's nothing to talk about with you, a foodie who just wants to raise cattle. That horse farm is really high-end. I'm going back this time to find a few people to do it together. It's a higher-end place, like a bar, guest rooms, etc. If you're interested, you should also invest in it?"
"Wang Fan said.
"It's not a big problem to invest some money. I'm not interested in dealing with those relationships in China," Ju An said with a smile.
"Forget it, you should just raise your cows. I don't understand how much money you can make from raising cows." Wang Fan shook his head.
Ju An replied: "I didn't expect that I would have so much money half a year ago. I have such a big ranch, a car, and a house. No one urges me to clock in every day. I don't have to worry about working overtime on holidays. Every day is a holiday.
I am very satisfied with my life now. If there is nothing to do, why should I mess around? As the old saying goes, contentment is always happy. My Taoist state of doing nothing can be understood by you mortals."
"You...hey, you really can't make a fortune." Wang Fan nodded at Ju An.
After chatting for a while, Ju An returned to the room. Just after taking a shower, he remembered his cell phone and saw that it was Mike's phone number. This microphone was the one from the auction house.
Ju An answered the phone and said, "Hello, Mike hasn't called me for a long time."
"Hello, Ann, I was supposed to call you this afternoon. I forgot after receiving a few troublesome customers. My boss, Philips, is preparing to hold a charity auction in two days. He wants to invite you to come and participate. I don't know.
Are you free?" Mike's familiar voice came from the phone: "If you have time, I personally recommend that you come to participate. Many friends from Philips will attend, and there are also several Chinese Americans. Maybe you can chat, a party held
Charity Auction".
When Ju An heard that he was obviously here to ask for money, he was about to find a reason to refuse, when he heard Mike say: "An, you should come to participate. You can get to know many political and economic figures. It is good to make more friends. In addition,
This year, our Democratic Party is going to increase its publicity in Montana and come and experience it. There will definitely be many such scenes in the future. It doesn’t matter whether you participate in the auction or not, just go and open your eyes.”
Hearing what Mike said, Ju An thought, that's right. I'm going to experience the upper class life of American imperialism and see the sugar-coated bullets of capitalism, so he nodded and agreed.
Just as he was about to hang up the phone, he heard Mike say again: "In addition, Professor Frank wants to lend the paintings you keep here to participate in an exhibition. I hope you can agree. Of course there will be some small reward."
Ju An said: "Of course it's fine for exhibitions, but what if it's damaged?" If you borrow it and it gets damaged, who can you call? I'll sign it in big letters, and I'll take away tens of thousands of dollars if you lose a few thousand.
"Before the exhibition, you will be insured by the insurance company. The insurance company is more worried about safety issues than you are," Mike said with a smile.
"Then when will we discuss this matter, when will the auction be held?" Ju An asked.
Mike replied: "It's the night after tomorrow, but I suggest you come over the day after tomorrow. Can't you ask your old friend Mike to buy you a drink?".
Ju An had no choice but to agree. He told him that he would go to New York the day after tomorrow and call him when he arrived. After hanging up the phone, Ju An thought, there are people everywhere who care about this little money.
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