Alpine pasture

Chapter 120 Legendary Figures (Part [-])
After eating the crabs, Ju An wiped his hands and was about to pay the bill and leave when the door opened and a short Chinese old man in his 60s came in. He said loudly in Chinese as soon as he came in: "Hurry up! Call out two people and help get the vegetables down!" He spoke authentic northern dialect.

The boss hurriedly said to the old man loudly: "Old Zhao, why is it so late today, it's time to have guests right now, you just came, I've been waiting for a while."

The old man known as Lao Zhao saw the boss working beside Ju An's table, he also came over and sat down on the table. He was very imposing, patted the boss on the shoulder and said to the boss. : "Good boy, you are old Zhao Lao Zhao all day long. You are not afraid of losing your birthday. Call me Uncle Zhao, drive for a long time, and get you a glass of ice water for Uncle Zhao." Ju An who looked at the table said: " This young man was born, it was the first time I saw him."

The boss hurriedly greeted the guy to get a glass of water for Lao Zhao, and Lao Zhao drank half of the glass at once, and the boss explained to Lao Zhao, "This guy is my guest, and he came to Los Angeles to see his girlfriend."

Ju An hurriedly introduced: "My surname is Ju, where I live, you can always call me Xiaoju."

The boss smiled and said to Ju An: "Lao Zhao is a legend of Chinese descent in Los Angeles. If you have lived in Los Angeles for a long time, someone will tell you the story."

Lao Zhao glared at the boss and said to Ju An with a smile: "Don't listen to his nonsense, it's all a few years ago, who still remembers it, don't say it and make others laugh at it, my little thing is there It is worth mentioning, besides, the newspaper also reported that a beggar occupied a large villa."

Lao Zhao mentioned this, but it raised Ju An's curiosity, and asked Lao Zhao, "Uncle Zhao, why don't you tell me this legendary story, I heard the boss say this is true. want to hear."

The boss smiled and said to Ju An, "It's the fact that Lao Zhao Baibai forcibly occupied more than ten acres of land in the old beauty. It was quite a sensational news at the time. It was interviewed on TV, and Lao Zhao was also on a TV, and he was majestic." .

Ju An said with a smile, "Then I want to hear it even more. I just got a piece of land to make a pasture, and I am much more interested in land."

"I like this baby, sincere! Unlike my son, who thinks that he has lost his grown-up in farming, now I have no problem with farming alone to support myself. I can directly ask my grandfather for anything my granddaughter wants to buy. I know who is the best. Hurt her." Lao Zhao smiled heartily.

The boss urged Lao Zhao: "I said Lao Zhao, I know that you treasure your granddaughter, and Xiaoju is still waiting to hear your story, why is it wrong again".

Lao Zhao raised the cup in his hand, and the rest of the water in the cup went into Lao Zhao's stomach: "At that time, I just came here with my son, and I didn't know the place well, so I listened to whatever the bird said. I don't understand, being bored at home all day makes me suffocated."

"Lao Zhao's son came to Los Angeles to study in Los Angeles more than ten years ago, and then joined a big company, made a lot of money, and made a lot of money. Son, we Chinese know who doesn't boast filial piety," the boss explained.

Old Zhao raised his eyebrows and said, "I know that kid has filial piety, but marrying a foreign girl, she looks like a ghost, and I don't know what to say. I hurt my granddaughter a little, so I took my son and said it. That's right, and then my son took me to talk."

When the boss heard this, he laughed and followed Ju An and said, "Lao Zhao's son has been scolded by Lao Zhao more than once, usually, I just raised you like this, and now I can't raise my granddaughter this way. Well, no matter how you always come and go in front of others, it's my son, and I'm still your father."

Hearing that, Ju An also laughed.Lao Zhao glanced at the boss: "I said, boy, don't always interrupt Uncle Zhao, when there is no peace in your mouth, ask a teenage girl to deliver pizza and say what is it to exercise independence at home. I was short of those two dollars. My daughter-in-law also said that after she died, she would not leave much money for her children, and who would leave the children if they didn’t, you could still carry them in the coffin. , old man, I have been worried about the back for a few months, but now it is better to go to the restaurant as a waiter and drive home by myself."

Ju An understands a little, the old man is considered a traditional Chinese, and he is the kind who holds his grandson but not his son.

Lao Zhao took the cup in his hand and gestured, and the boss went to the side to add a glass of water, and Lao Zhao continued: "I was really bored at home when I first came here, so my son got me a bicycle, and I just Riding around and strolling around, when I reached the foot of the mountain, I saw a piece of wasteland and no one cared about it. I was so heartbroken. I cursed these American bastards. Such a good land is so bad. No one is there to serve me. I am used to farming in my hometown. I feel bad when I see the deserted land. The next day I asked my son to take me to the tool store, buy some things and seeds, and ride a bicycle every day. That place opened up wasteland."

Ju An asked strangely: "You are left alone, so you are allowed to open the land like this?".

Lao Zhao continued: "In the beginning, no one cared, and I drove a small car. After I opened it for a few months, no one cared. Finally, when I saw other people's farms were surrounded by fences, I felt that It is estimated that no one wants this land, so I became more courageous, and I opened a large area, and then I planted vegetables on the ground, and the land became bigger and bigger. Thirty acres of land, I have been growing vegetables for more than ten years, and basically most of the nearby Chinese restaurants use my vegetables."

Ju An admired the old man in front of him a little. It was really not easy to grow [-] to [-] acres of land with just his hands. Not to mention [-] to [-] acres, it took him two hours to plant in his own greenhouse. , Ju An finally began to grind samples.Then he pointed out his thumb to Lao Zhao and said, "Uncle Zhao, you are really good. This person serves [-] to [-] acres of land and relies on a hoe. It's too good."

Old Zhao proudly said to Ju An: "You young people are not good enough now. We didn't suffer any hardships at that time. We people at that time were afraid of having no land. If we had land, the whole family would eat and drink from the land. Come on, no one cares about it for more than ten years, I also learned to drive a tractor, and then I thought about moving out from my son, seeing the couple I was heartbroken, so I took the money from selling vegetables in those years and found a few A young man built a house for me, and I guarded my vegetable field alone. Who knew that once the house was built, something went wrong, and a family of foreign devils found me, saying that the land I planted belonged to their family, and then Let me pay him a large amount of rent and compensation, or I will go to court to sue me. At that time, I was a bit stupid when I saw the rent. I counted almost 100 million and it was in US dollars. Don’t say it a few years ago I have never seen 10 RMB when it grows so big.”

Ju An shook his head and said, "This foreigner is not kind. If you can sell your ten-acre land for 100 US dollars for 100 million US dollars, then there is oil in the ground. Why should you charge you [-] million US dollars in rent?"

Lao Zhao nodded and said: "I was stunned at the time. It's easy to say that you should give money for teaching this kind of land, but you can't charge so much. Originally, if he didn't say anything, let me I returned the land and I returned it, but even if you killed me with so much money, I couldn’t take it out, so I was accused in the court, received a letter from the court, I told my son about it, and then My son found a big lawyer to help me with the lawsuit. At that time, I prayed in my heart to return the land, and then return the money for selling vegetables to others in a few years. Forget it, who knows my lawyer will receive He said that these ten acres of land belonged to me and supported me in the lawsuit. In the end, the court judged and awarded these ten acres of land to me again, which made me so happy, but the ten or so acres that were opened later didn’t work. After ten years, I still paid the rent to my neighbors and the court was very reasonable. In the end, the foreign devil had no temper at all, so he really relieved his hatred.

Ju An nodded and said: "I've heard of this, if your land has been idle for more than ten years and someone is farming or living on it, then as long as it has been stained for ten years, the land belongs to the new owner. It belongs to the original owner, which is stipulated by American law to ensure the rational use of land. If you have not used this land for ten years, then it proves that you do not need this land at all, and of course it should be allocated to those who need it. In this way, the waste of resources is avoided, and resources are redistributed in disguise.”

Ju An has seen such a news that it is not from the United States. It is a beggar in the United Kingdom who built a shack in a place of more than 30 meters in the rich man's residential area, and then a nearby rich man wanted to expand the manor and gave him a million pounds. The money asked him to move away and buy this land. Who knew that the beggar was unwilling, and said to the reporter: Do you think I am the kind of person who wears a tie and sits in first class? I will not move away. My neighbor and I We get along very well.

The boss said: "After the verdict was passed, Lao Zhao immediately appeared on the Chinese TV station and became a legend. Everyone laughed and said that Lao Zhao came to the United States to grab Laomei's land."

Lao Zhao also smiled and said, "I didn't know it at the time, I originally planned to return the land, and then give people a reasonable rent, and I thought it would be unreliable to file a lawsuit with the foreign devils, so the Americans would not I was willing to sue me all the time. After I got the land, I built a small house and found a Chinese wife. Now the two of them manage the vegetable field together. They learned to drive a few years ago. I'll give them some fresh food."

Ju An said with a smile: "This old beauty is probably bullying you because you don't speak English. When you just came to the United States, she wants to bomb you with a lot of money, and in the end, it's a good idea to steal chickens."

The boss said: "After waiting for a while, another beggar said that he saw a big villa that was unoccupied, so he walked in, and then lived there for ten years without anyone caring. Finally, he applied to the court to award the house to him. He was really sentenced."

Ju An scratched his head and said, "The owner of this property is unlucky. He helps beggars pay property tax every year, and even loses the house after ten years of payment."

Listening to the old Zhao and the boss burst into laughter.

(End of this chapter)