After buying the things, Ju An took Wang Fan and drove behind Lu Guangyuan and his wife's car to visit their farm. They drove out of Great Falls and arrived at their farm in more than 20 minutes. It was still very close to the city.
Yes, after leaving the city, there are small family farms on the roadside, and the houses are much denser than in Ju'an. The farm area is estimated to be small, about one or two hundred acres.
After entering the farm gate of Lu Guangyuan and his wife, they saw seven or eight greenhouses neatly arranged on both sides of the entrance. At the end of the road was a small two-story wooden building. It was not much different from the common houses here. Next to the house was
There is a round barn with a circle of steel pipe fences next to it. There are some sheep and cattle inside.
When they arrived at the door of the house, Ju An and Wang Fan just got out of the car and followed Lu Guangyuan to the door. An old Chinese man came out of the house. The old man looked very happy when he saw Ju An and Wang Fan. He stretched out his hand and laughed loudly.
He said: "Welcome! Welcome" with a crisp and loud voice from the north.
Lu Guangyuan immediately introduced: "This is my father."
Ju An quickly shook the old man's hand and said, "Thank you, old man. Please don't come out to greet us. We juniors can just go in by ourselves." Wang Fan also shook the old man's hand and said, "Yes, it's our turn to go see him."
you".
He took Ju An and Wang Fan to the sofa in the living room and sat down, watching Chang Dongna make a pot of tea for everyone.
Ju An then took a look at the house. Although the house was not as big as Ju An's, it still had a strong Chinese style. There were several calligraphy and paintings hanging on one wall, as well as red Chinese knots. On the other wall, there were and
The old American house is almost full of photos, mostly photos of the three boys, from childhood to adulthood. The door of the house is also pasted with bright red and gold Chinese characters "Fu". There are also several large blue and white porcelain vases on the table.
There is also a shelf hanging by the window, with a parrot with bright feathers on it.
Wang Fan looked at the old man and said: "Your old body has strong bones and your complexion looks very good."
"I have been here for five years." The old man stretched out a palm, waved it in front of Ju An and Wang Fan, and said with a hearty smile: "I don't have even a single acquaintance in this place from China. If it weren't for every day,
Feed a horse, raise a bird, and help with some work, I'm afraid these old bones will be lost here."
Ju An smiled and said: "Aren't there some Chinese people here? Are there no old people to talk to?"
Lu Guangyuan smiled and replied: "There are a few old people from China here, basically from the southern coast. My dad can't understand basically what they say. They are playing mahjong together. You know, you can't do that here."
My dad thought they were just boring, and he lost interest after seeing them a few times. If he hadn't been able to raise a bird, make flowers, etc., and if it wasn't too troublesome to go back, he might have thought of returning to China.
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Ju An, who plays mahjong, knows that in the United States, people don’t care about you when you play mahjong. If you get paid, it’s not a joke to get caught. If you really want to face a lawsuit, whose house did you play the game?
It's even more unlucky. You can't escape even if you're fined and imprisoned. Your crime is about running a casino privately. It's definitely not comparable to being arrested and detained for two days in China, and being fined two small coins for no pain. Besides, there's no way Chinese people can play mahjong.
For money, at least get a small bonus for entertainment.
Ju An said with a smile: "My parents also came here some time ago, and they went back because they felt no one was chatting here."
The old man then said a little lonely: "I originally went back two years ago, but now I don't want to go back for fear of trouble."
Wang Fan and Ju An looked at Lu Guangyuan with some confusion. Lu Guangyuan said with a smile: "Back then, our family was considered poor among relatives, and none of our relatives wanted to interact with each other. After I graduated from high school, I didn't have a job, so I followed others.
We were among the first batch to run the Sino-Russian trade. After we made some money, we gradually came and went more and more. Later, when we got here, when we returned to China, some relatives thought that you were rich, and they just thought about this and that.
Yes, some people want to send their children to the United States to study and let us take care of them. I don't agree. If anything happens to the children here, how will we explain it? Some relatives will make strange remarks. My father is a little angry. Except for my mother's birthday,
I won’t go back again.”
Ju An's situation is understandable. If it weren't for the poor conditions at home, in the last few years of the Soviet Union's disintegration, who would have risked his life and carried a handbag on his shoulder to go to the Soviet Union to do business? It's not easy to deal with this old man. Ju An himself has encountered this.
This kind of thing about favors and feuds happened when Ju An was in junior high school. A distant cousin came to his father's place. Ju An's father found him a job. After working for a while, he couldn't stand it and ran back.
You told your family that the work was tiring and hard, and that Ju An's dad didn't try to help. He was so angry that he hadn't eaten well for a few days, so he found a job for you with a smile on his face. In the end, he was just complaining.
The old man continued: "I made the decision in my heart not to go back again except to go back and be buried with my wife, but I have made up my mind. When my grandson was young, he watched his grandson busy every day. Now several grandsons
Now that I'm grown up, and I'm not around anymore, I just have nothing to do with raising flowers, raising birds, etc. I feel quite at ease."
Ju An said with a smile: "Then next time my parents come over, you can come and stay at my house for a few days and it will be lively."
The old man was very happy when he heard this, and replied with a smile: "That's good, that's good. Your accent isn't too southern. Maybe everyone has similar tastes in food. From what you said, I can taste the capital in one bite."
"Qiang". He pointed at Wang Fan.
Wang Fan said with a smile: "I grew up in the capital, and the taste of food here is really not much different."
Lu Guangyuan said with a smile: "That really counts as fellow villagers, but we are from the suburbs, not from the capital city."
Ju An looked at the photos on the wall and said to the old man: "These are your grandchildren. They are all full of energy."
Lu Guangyuan said with a smile: "The eldest brother is currently studying in college away from home, and the second and third children are in high school. They won't come to eat at noon. Usually the three of us eat at noon."
When the old man mentioned his grandson, his eyes immediately narrowed with laughter: "My grandson is pretty good. The university he went to in the United States is said to be a top-notch university in the United States."
Ju An said: "MIT? That is really a first-class university. Not only in the United States, it is a first-class science and engineering university in the world." MIT is the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, one of the best institutes of technology in the world. Everyone on earth knows that it is difficult to get into
.
Wang Fan also praised: "MIT is really amazing."
The old man immediately followed and said: "Yes! Yes! That's the Mit". There was a look of pride on his face, which was much more proud than when Wang Fan of Ju'an praised him for his good health.
Lu Guangyuan said: "The eldest brother has very good grades, and the second and third sons are also good. When entering a university in the United States, it is not only based on grades, but also on other sports, everything, and even what kind of volunteer work you have done." This Ju An
I do know that, because in college, Ju An once studied TOEFL with his girlfriend for a period of time. He knew that every year, more than half of the top scorers in the American college entrance examination are rejected by prestigious schools such as Harvard. The admission to American colleges and universities depends on the SAT scores and the students' usual grades. Once this happens,
After this line is passed, grades do not mean much. At the same time, students’ race, family education, brokerage status, etc. will also be taken into consideration. Therefore, in the United States, children with first-class grades often go to second-rate universities, and children with second-class grades go to
Things about top universities.
He followed Lu Guangyuan and said: "When I first came here, it was really not easy to send a child to school."
Wang Fan asked: "The school won't accept students who don't speak English?"
Lu Guangyuan explained: "That's not it. As long as you live in this area, no matter whether you have American citizenship or a green card, the school will accept you. The teacher will often write you letters or ask you to talk about your children's situation, and from time to time
I want to talk to you. We have three children going to school at the same time, so you will know."
Wang Fan smiled and said: "That's not bad. There are more opportunities for communication, and the child's situation can be understood more clearly."
Lu Guangyuan said with a smile: "At the beginning, my husband and I had just learned English and were still taking classes, and our children were also taking classes. In the end, my children were not good at English at that time, and we made a lot of jokes. But being a teacher in the United States is really awesome.
It’s not easy, the salary is not too high, and in the winter, many schools will hold donation meetings. After a certain amount is donated, the teachers will dive. The temperature here in winter is minus ten or twenty degrees. Let’s start with the principal.
, jump one by one, and you will be able to see it in winter, when the lakeside is full of students from various schools."
Ju An smiled and said: "Old Americans also do donation shows."
Lu Guangyuan replied: "Last year, my youngest son's teacher told them not to donate too much because it was too cold, but these children are doing something bad. All the children donate is their own money. Why are they looking after others?
Children, help parents wash cars, do housework and so on. At first, we were not used to it. We asked children to do housework and then paid them. Later, we found that it was good, so we adopted it. Every time, the children donated three, four, five or six yuan.
I just want to watch the teacher jump into the water in the middle of winter. Parents and students go to see it every year. It’s so lively.”
Neither Wang Fan nor Ju An had heard of this. Wang Fan nodded happily and said, "That's really fun. I'll come and take a look when I have time this year."
Lu Guangyuan followed up with the suggestion: "Actually, Halloween and Christmas are more interesting. If you like shopping, many stores on Easter are half price or even lower. You can buy whatever you like then. It's cheaper to buy famous brands at that time."
It’s a good deal. My wife often takes advantage of the Easter discounts to buy some well-known domestic children’s clothes and send them to her nephews. The children like them very much and they are much cheaper than in China.”
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