It was around 7 o'clock in the morning when Irving woke up the next day. After stretching, Irving got up to wash up and prepare to do some exercise.
Half an hour later, Irving was sitting in the dining room at home drinking milk and cereal and called the Mexican who was responsible for mowing the lawn at his home. In the United States, Mexicans are basically engaged in blue-collar jobs, like the lawn mower in the Zilin Road community.
The work is basically contracted by a few Mexicans.
Irving scolded the Mexican unceremoniously on the phone. Since he received the money, he had to complete the work, otherwise he would be no different from a robber. If Irving reported the situation to the HOA, the HOA might directly cancel their stay in Purple.
There are no job opportunities in Lindau, so those Mexicans are still afraid of being complained.
After receiving a call from Irving, the Mexican said that he would go over and take care of the lawn in front and back of the house in the afternoon, so Irving gave up.
After breakfast, Owen decided to go for a walk. It had been a long time since he had strolled on the grass in the community, and there was also a lake in the community where he could go for a walk.
After Owen finished dressing, he went out and went out the back door to get closer to the lake.
As soon as he went out, he saw Old Donald chatting with a man standing not far away. The two were obviously walking their dogs, holding dog leashes in their hands. Not far from them, two dogs were running and playing on the grass.
"pudding……"
Owen recognized at a glance that the larger bitch was Old Donald's Pudding, and he was playing French bulldog with the two dogs playing rough and tumble on the grass.
When he heard Owen calling his name, Bit looked up and saw that it was Owen. He ran over and rubbed against Owen's feet.
"Okay, okay, I didn't bring anything delicious today..."
Owen rubbed Pudding's head affectionately. He was very familiar with Old Donald's dog. Owen used to feed it delicious food. When he saw Pudding running over, the French bulldog also followed him. The dog was not interested at all.
Although this was the first time I met Owen, I guess he saw his little friend walking by and followed him.
"Oh, haha, it seems that my relationship with dogs is pretty good..."
Owen also rubbed Fa Dou's little head, and the guy actually lay down at Owen's feet, happily enjoying Owen tickling him.
"Hahaha, what's your name..."
Seeing this scene, the two people chatting in the distance also laughed.
Owen waited on Mr. Dog for a few moments and then walked over.
Old Donald smiled and said: "Hi, Owen, I haven't seen you for a long time. This is the first time I've seen you since your mother moved away..."
"Yes, I went to Washington to work for a while, but it's over there. I'm coming back to stay for a while this time..."
"Washington, the climate over there is not as good as California. By the way, Owen, you probably haven't seen our new neighbor yet..."
Old Donald is obviously a Californian and stubbornly believes that California is the best. At this time, a stocky man next to him stretched out his hand: "Hello, I am Anderson, you can call me Fat Dragon, I am new here..."
"Hello, nice to meet you. Are you from Houston?"
Irving also shook hands with the other party.
"Yes."
"It seems that my accent is very strong..."
"He bought McCall's house..."
Old Donald added on the side.
"oh?"
Seeing the look on Owen's face, Fei Long felt a little strange: "What's wrong? Is there something wrong?"
"No, no, no, I just saw those things, and I thought the person who bought his house was a Chinese family..."
Owen pointed at the vegetables grown in Fei Long's backyard. He couldn't see clearly last night in the dark light, so he only noticed that they were vegetables. Now that he saw them clearly, he realized that the vegetables grown in Fei Long's backyard were basically loofah, winter melon, mustard greens and so on.
There are four types of Shanghai Green. Except for winter melon, the other three types are growing very well.
"Hahaha, Owen, you guessed it right, Fei Long's wife is a Chinese, and she planted all these..."
Old Donald added with a smile beside him, and Owen looked like he suddenly understood.
"These dishes are really well prepared..."
He didn't have anything in common with his new neighbor Owen, so he just praised each other's food.
Fei Long scratched his head honestly. This guy was a strong man, but his face looked gentle.
"My spouse takes care of it. They Chinese people like to grow vegetables in the yard..."
"You will be blessed to have a Chinese immigrant wife. Chinese people are generally very good at cooking. You know, going out to eat Chinese food is very expensive now, but you can eat it every day..."
Owen made a joke. As for why he knew that his wife was an immigrant, of course, the local Chinese people had long lost the habit of growing vegetables. Those who retained this habit were usually immigrants from China.
"what is that?"
At this time, Old Donald asked, pointing to the winter melon in the vegetable garden. Obviously he had never seen this thing. In fact, most Americans did not know winter melon, and this thing was not on their diet at all.
Fei Long couldn't explain clearly after talking for a long time. Owen simply explained for him: "This is a special kind of melon that can grow very big. In China, its name is winter melon, but I don't know how to call it here..."
"Is this delicious?"
Old Donald was obviously very curious about this thing.
"Of course, it tastes pretty good. It can be made into soup or stir-fry."
"Oh, I remembered, your family often eats Chinese food, no wonder you know these..."
Old Donald patted his head and Owen smiled. His family was famous throughout the Zilin Road community for their love of Chinese food. They had Chinese food days every week and invited many neighbors to come to his house to taste it.
There are no Chinese immigrants in the Zilin Road community. Before the Feilong family moved here, the Owen family were the only ones in the community who knew how to cook Chinese food.
"Look at all those squirrels causing trouble..."
Owen pointed to the only two winter melons in the vegetable patch. One was quite big, and there was another underage one. However, the underage one had been peeled open, revealing the white and tender flesh inside.
, you don’t need to guess to know that this kind of immoral thing must be done by squirrels. Squirrels are simply a scourge here.
"Sammy, Sammy~~"
A female voice came from the room, and the French bulldog who was playing with Bit immediately ran back following the sound. It seemed that this little black French bulldog was named Sammy.
The back door of Feilong's house opened, and a Chinese woman came out. She nodded politely when she saw Owen and the others.
Fei Long immediately said: "Dear, come, let me introduce you. This is Owen, our neighbor next to us. This is my wife Ruth, but she likes to be called Rose..."
"Hello, Ms. Rose, I am Steve Irwin, I live next door to you, nice to meet you..."
Owen greeted Feilong's wife politely. After the two met, Owen immediately praised the vegetable garden. He was quite excited to meet the Chinese people.
The two had a chat, which was quite speculative. Rose was surprised. She didn't expect that Owen knew so much about China and was very knowledgeable about all aspects of China. Especially when it came to the north, he even knew more than he, a Chinese, did.
Of course Owen knows more. He was a northerner before his rebirth. Of course, he knows the north better than Rose, a Cantonese.
Rose regarded Owen as a China expert, and the two had a very good chat.
After waiting for a while, two half-year-old children, a boy and a girl, came out of the house. The two children looked like standard Chinese people. Only then did Owen realize that these two children were the children of Rose and her ex-husband, but Rose
After marrying Feilong, Feilong regarded them as his own children and brought them to the United States together.