Alpine pasture

Chapter 184 Marcos' Collection Room

Driving the car to follow the song of U2 in the CD, humming softly, shaking his head from time to time, facing the warm sun in the morning, Ju An went to pick up Dina to come to her ranch for two days, and the Teddy in the car was also there There was a fight in the back seat. As for the three little wolves, Ju An planned to keep them in the space and send them back to the woods when they grew up to save trouble.This guy is still somewhat hostile to himself, and even people like him who have an affinity for animals close to 100% can stretch their mouths. If they release it and bite others, it will be troublesome.

He drove the car in a happy mood and put the unhappiness of yesterday behind his head, shaking his head and quickly arrived at Dinah's farm, just stopped the car in the yard, and saw Dinah walking out of the house: " Arrived so early today!".

"Anyway, there's nothing to do, so I'll come and pick you up early." Ju An opened the car door, jumped out of the car, and said to Dinah with a smile.

Dinah went to the back door and opened the car door. Teddy and his gang were already waiting at the door with their heads stretched out. They hugged the little guys to the ground and said, "Come in quickly, Dad just finished it. The deer head specimen was brought back, and by the way, I also brought back your deer skin from the last time, just so you went to have a look.”

When Ju An heard Dinah say this, she scratched her head: "If you don't mention it, I really forgot that I still have deerskins that I haven't taken. Okay, I'll go take a look."After saying that, he walked up the steps and pushed the door into the house. When he entered the door, he saw that Marcos was not in the house.

Turning his head to Dinah, he said, "Where is Marcos?".

At this time, Marcos heard Ju An's voice saying loudly: "Come to my workshop!".

Ju An was stunned when she heard it, and Dina, who was behind her, gently pushed Ju An, and then pointed to a door seat, indicating that Ju An was Marcos' workshop.

Ju An walked towards the door and waited to open the door, good guy!In addition to a desk, it was crowded with all kinds of things. There were more than a dozen shotguns on the shelf next to it. Ju An looked at it, many of the guns were engraved with patterns, and there was another one. Only close to two meters long, they are basically old antique guns, and each shot is expensive.

Marcos was sitting on the chair behind the desk with the deer's head on it. When he saw Ju An coming in, he stood up and greeted him: "Just right! Come and have a look, I just picked this guy up today. Come back, your deerskins are outside on the sofa."Then he motioned for Ju An to sit on a chair opposite.

Ju An followed the direction of Marcos' hand, and saw a chair decorated with a small snow-white fox. On the chair was a complete bear skin. The bear's head seemed to be still intact. The fox took it down, and Ju An sat on the chair, and found that it felt soft on the bear skin, far less majestic than he thought.

Marcus came over with the deer head, put him on a small table in the middle of the chair and sat down on another chair: "Look at how good old Rick's craft is!".After speaking, he pointed to the deer head on the table.

Old Rick was the owner of a decoration shop in the town. Ju An's first deerskin was also processed there. It was traditionally hand-made, and the leather produced had no peculiar smell at all. It was introduced by Thomas at that time, saying that it was Even people from a few nearby cities who have hunted good hides will send them over for him to handle. The decades of craftsmanship are very trustworthy.

Ju An picked up the deer's head and looked at it carefully. The whole eyes and deer hair looked very beautiful, just like alive. The deer head is naturally deflected to the right. If it is hung on the wall and you see it when you push the door open, it will be like a deer looking at you. Even if you hold it in your hand and look carefully, you will not be able to see anything.

"It's really good craftsmanship!" Ju An exclaimed while watching.Laomei has preserved these traditional crafts very well, such as saddle making. Although most of them have been impacted by mechanical saddles, good handmade saddles are still the first choice for people with a little money. The small feeling of living in Montana, it seems that famous brands are meaningless to these slightly older people. The slightly older farmers and ranchers here have assets of more than one million, and they are not there. A few, no wonder Montana has the nickname of the continent of wealth. There are too many rich people. Although they don't have a lot of spare money, it is not a problem for them to afford a famous brand.But they do like something traditional.They don't emphasize high-tech. In their opinion, the more purely handmade things are, the better, so many traditional craftsmanship have been preserved. Even here, you often see cars that have been driven for decades on the road. running.

Hearing Ju An's words, Marcos smiled and said, "Look at this guy's horns, it's really beautiful. By the way, have you seen that grass again, and are there any deer that big".

"I saw one yesterday, but unfortunately this guy is too clever. He hid in the bushes from behind. When I went around, he had already run away without a shadow. You are a big deer with about a dozen forks." Ju An He held the deer head in his hand.

"Is everything okay at the ranch now?" Marcos asked casually with a smile.

Ju An nodded and put the deer head in his hand on the table: "Everything is fine, just yesterday a professor from the horse training center was interested in the pasture in my pasture, and the training center wanted to use our pasture instead of alfalfa grass. Feed the horses in their center".

"If it is decided, then the price must be negotiated. Don't be embarrassed to bid because you have horses in their center. Business matters are one thing, don't mix them up. You Chinese people are sometimes too emotional, often I would rather lose some of my own face and care about it, this is not good, people here will only think you are stupid." Marcos pointed to the ground, indicating that this is the place of the United States.

Ju An nodded after hearing this: "I see, I charged them five times the price yesterday!".

Marcos was stunned when he heard it, and then said with a smile: "I'm worried for nothing, they also accept this price?".

"Yes, I feed the cattle all the pastures now, and I told them that there is not a lot of pasture provided, and I will look at it later," Ju An said.

Marcos listened and nodded: "In business matters, talk to your lawyer more, even if you don't understand something, you should ask a lawyer."Seeing Ju An nodded, Marcos continued: "Come and see my spotted hyena specimen! And the head of the antelope hunted in Africa!".After speaking, he pointed to the specimen placed on the side of the desk.

Ju An saw that the spotted hyena was like a living creature, squatting beside the desk, baring its teeth, with a smile on its face, very funny, but its neat white teeth were shining with white light, and Ju An walked away. I went over and looked at this African dick, and then I touched the fur on his body. It was very rough, and the clumps were not smooth. No wonder no one wanted this fur. should die.

Looking at this grinning guy with a funny expression on his face, Ju An thought of the spotted hyena that fans affectionately call the second brother in the forum.This guy has long front legs and short back legs, his body leans back a bit, and his ears are big and round. It is said that this guy is best at stealing peach kung fu from monkeys. Bite it out, then wait for the prey to die, even a weaker rhino can be killed by a spotted hyena relying on a monkey to steal peach kung fu.The second-highest person in the food chain on the African savannah, except for the male lion, which is naturally fearful, not even the lioness.

Followed behind Marcos and listened carefully to the introduction of each of his collections, and listened to him telling stories one by one. Every prey here was hunted by Marcos himself, a brown bear, a black bear, large and small. Dozens of deer, and then a few antelopes in Africa, wildebeest, listen to him for an hour, and you can see from Marcos' smug look why the Americans on these western farms love hunting so much , They regard hunting as an outdoor sport. No wonder many gun stores in the United States are called outdoor stores.

Marcos introduced his collection eloquently, and Ju An listened with relish. At this time, Dinah knocked on the door, then pushed in and said to the two with a smile, "Dad, Ann, come out for lunch. ".

Hearing Dinah's words, Marcos looked at the table below and said to Ju An, "I'm sorry, Ann, didn't you feel bored after listening to me for so long?".

"I don't think so, I think it's very interesting. I like hunting myself. It's really nice to hear your stories." Ju An said with a smile.

Marcos motioned for Ju An to follow him to the restaurant, and said, "In the past, my three daughters were willing to listen to me when they were young, but when they are older, no one wants to listen. Today I'm a little long-winded."

Ju An laughed in her heart: Which girl would like to listen to your eloquent talk about killing animals with blood, and then think about it again, no wonder Dinah said that Marcos always wanted a son, this old man did grow up with his daughter There is not much common language, and it is inevitable that I feel lonely in my heart.

It seems that this foreigner's patriarchal concept also exists in the United States, especially in these old western cowboys, it seems that a son is watching his son grow up slowly, teaching him to hunt and play baseball. Another great joy in life, obviously daughters can't fully satisfy them at this point. Take Dinah as an example. When she was a child, she could play football or something. When she got older, she liked beautiful clothes. Obviously I just don't like the sport of rolling around in the mud.

Thinking of this, I don't know why I suddenly remembered the story of the Greek ship king Onassis. After the death of the only son of the heir, this old guy was in unbearable grief. He was immersed in the grief of losing his son all day, as if he followed his son a year later. gone, and then all the property was left to the daughter.It turns out that some foreigners also have the concept of preference for sons and daughters.

(End of this chapter)