Alpine pasture

Chapter 33 Mike's Invitation

In the afternoon of the next day, Ju An took his family, Wu Ming and Wang Fan to the old Taylor's house for a dinner. This time, Ju An drove his mother, sister and two little guys, father and brother-in-law, There were also Wu Ming and Wang Fan riding horses, and the group drove slowly and leisurely to Old Taylor's pasture.

Old Taylor's ranch is about 20 miles away from Ju'an's ranch. It's not too far away. It takes about ten minutes to drive there. It took the family half an hour to get to Old Taylor's ranch.

As soon as he entered the gate of the ranch, Ju An realized that it was much more distinctive than his own gate. Tyler's ranch gate had two thick wooden pillars on each side, with a bark feeling of vicissitudes. Two wooden pillars supported a beam. It says Giant House Mountain Ranch, with a sheep's head hanging in the middle.Four layers of thin logs are driven by thick wooden stakes around the gate, all with brown bark, which is very distinctive.

At this time, Wang Fan approached the door of the car and said to Ju An, "An Zi, the door is much more important than you, so you have a frame."

Ju An pouted and said, "When I have an idea, I will definitely make the door look better than old Taylor."

Wang Fan also leaned over and whispered, "You have been messing around in China for so many years, what kind of shit are you doing, and you haven't done a good job in your face skills."

Ignoring the two downtrodden bastards, put on the gas pedal and entered the ranch.

When they got to the house, the old Taylor family was already waiting at the door. They got out of the car and greeted each other. Taylor's wife Vera greeted everyone to tie the horse to the fence, and followed Zhang Luo to feed the horse water. This time old Taylor's daughter Carol and son-in-law Kerry were also there, and of course Anderson and Thornton.

Ju An introduced Wang Fan and Wu Ming, and the rest of the people helped arrange dinner, and the men started to chat.

After listening to it for a while, Ju An lost interest. It was basically the number of people received by each family, how to arrange the activity route, whether to engage in wild riding or not, and the details of camping.

I stood up and went to see if anyone could help.As soon as he walked over, Vera let him move freely. He was busy here, so Ju An had to pick up a bottle of beer and walked to the fence to watch the flock of sheep.

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 his beer.

Ju An replied with a smile: "Look at the sunset and the sheep."

"You'll enjoy it more than they do," Kerry said with a smile, then pointed to the few people who were discussing over there.Then he said:

"I heard that the ranch is not involved in tourism, why".

Ju An replied: "I have a shortage of manpower, and I am also afraid of trouble, so prepare a few ranches to work together."

"Three ranches can accommodate 25 tourists. This ranch, Sandton's ranch, and Anderson's ranch. In addition, when the guests come, we will invite two horsemen to teach riding skills. When camping, we will invite a singer in the town. said Kerry.

"What you think is quite complete," Ju An said with a smile.

Kerry replied with a smile: "I did it for a while before, but the source of customers could not be guaranteed, and gradually it stopped. Our pastures are not specialized in tourism, but mainly animal husbandry, which is no better than those professional pastures. The swimming pool has everything, just like a hotel.”

Ju An smiled: "Why don't I think there are not many sheep here. Taylor said he raised a lot of sheep, and the rest are kept in the wild?".

Kerry replied: "There is only a small part here, and a large part is in the mountains, and two South Americans are hired to herd."

"On the mountain?" Ju An asked strangely.

Kerry pointed to a half-height hill in the distance: "The rancher's pasture was eroded by weeds, and he wanted to use herbicides, but he was afraid of leaving behind any hidden dangers, so he rented it to my father-in-law at a low price to herd sheep. The conditions on the mountain were too difficult. There is no way to invite local people, there is no electricity, no gas, you have to deliver food two or three times a week, and you have to control costs, foreigners’ wages are low, and you don’t need to pay all kinds of insurance.”

Ju An nodded, and secretly slandered in her heart: These Americans are clamoring for unemployment and lack of security all day long, complaining that immigrants have robbed them of their jobs. How do you know that you don’t want to do some jobs at all, and you dislike low money and poor conditions. Immigrants do it, and you shout, you are lazy and blame others for being too diligent?Thinking of what a Republican person said in the newspaper some time ago, to control illegal immigrants and send them back, saying that these immigrants robbed the jobs that should belong to the Americans, so that the Americans could not find jobs, and shook their heads. .

After chatting with Kerry for a while, Vera called for dinner, and Ju An and Kerry walked to the oven, grabbed a plate, got two lamb chops, and nibbled them directly with the bones in their hands. , well baked.

Ju An thinks that the three foreigners are actually the same as the steak, lamb chops and Sarah. For Ju An, eating it twice is still fresh, and eating it for a long time makes it unappetizing.

Wang Fan and Wu Ming enjoyed their meals.In Wang Fan's words, drinking and eating meat in a big bowl is one of life's great joys.

After dinner, Ju An took everyone to say goodbye, the Taylor family.

When they got to their own house, the three brothers made up the total together.

Wang Fan took out a few pages and handed them to Ju An. Ju An took a look, and it was full. It said that tourists were required to bring things, soft bags, long-sleeved clothes and shoes, not to mention glasses. You must wear a chain, this Ju An knows, to prevent the glasses from falling off when riding a horse, it will be troublesome for you to find it on the horseback, what cosmetics must be degradable, what to eat on the first day, what activities, and what to do on the second day , The basic arrangement is appropriate, and what shopping time is in a mess.

He threw the paper back to Wang Fan and said, "What do you think?".

Wang Fan returned: "I think it's good, the arrangement is full, I think we will go back the day after tomorrow and organize a group as soon as possible to test the water, and I already have a goal."

Ju An said, "So soon?".

Wu Ming interfaced: "The third child, he had already settled a middle-level tour of a software company before he came, and he was waiting for him to go back and finalize it."

Ju An said with a smile: "Damn, you are so powerful."

Wang Fan said with a smile: "their boss used to be comrades with my dad, and everyone is familiar with them. I saw him calling him uncle. It's different where they travel. It's better to let others earn than let us earn."

"Okay! Okay, you see it's done." Ju An said, "I'll be leaving the day after tomorrow. It's only been a few days."

"I or Wu Ming will be here in a few days. For the first time, we always have someone to lead the group. If I'm busy, I'll come too," Wang Fan said.

"After playing for a few days, the third child is going to get a lot of land to build a horse farm, just in Jiangnan City," Wu Ming said.

Ju An asked curiously, "Isn't there a horse farm in Jiangnan? What are you doing?"

"There's nothing to talk about with you, a foodie who only wants to raise cattle. That horse farm has a fart class. This time, brother, I'll go back and find a few people to do it together. The class is higher, the bar room or something. If you are interested, you can also invest in it? "Wang Fan said.

"Investing some money is not a big problem, I'm not interested in going to China to manage those relationships," Ju An said with a smile.

"Forget it, you'd better raise your cattle, I don't understand, how much money can you make raising cattle?" Wang Fan shook his head.

Ju An replied, "I didn't think 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 check in every day. I don't have to worry about working overtime during holidays. Every day is a holiday. I am very satisfied with my life now, I have nothing to mess with, the old saying is good, contentment is always happy, how can you mortals understand the realm of my Taoist inaction."

"You...hey, you really can't make a fortune." Wang Fan nodded Ju An.

After chatting for a while, Ju An returned to the room. Just after taking a shower, he remembered the phone, and when he saw that it was Mike's phone, this Mike was the Mike from the auction house.

Ju An answered the phone and said, "Hello, Mike has not been on the phone for a long time."

"Hello, Ann, I should have called you in the afternoon. I received a few troublesome customers. I forgot. My boss, Philips, is preparing for a charity auction in two days. I want to invite you to participate. I don't know about you. Are you free?" Mike's familiar voice came from the phone: "If you have time, I personally suggest you come to attend. Many Philips friends will attend, and there are also a few Chinese people. Maybe you can chat. Charity Auction".

As soon as Ju An heard this, it was obvious that he was here to ask for money. He just wanted to find a reason to refuse, and then heard Mike say: "An, you should come to participate, get to know many political and economic figures, it is good to make more friends, and in addition This year, our Democratic Party is going to increase its propaganda efforts in Montana, to see and see, and there will definitely be many such scenes in the future.

Hearing what Mike said, Ju An thought, that's right, my buddy is going to experience the upper-class life of U.S. imperialism, and seeing the sugar-coated cannonballs of capitalism, he nodded and agreed.

Just as he was about to hang up the phone, he heard Mike say, "In addition, Professor Frank wants to lend the paintings you keep here to participate in an exhibition, and I hope you can agree, of course with some small payment."

Ju An said: "Of course the exhibition can be done, but what if it is damaged?"If you borrow it and break it, who will you go to, buddy? I will sign it in large letters, and I will lose several thousand and bring me ten thousand.

"Before the exhibition, you will be insured by the insurance company. The insurance company is more worried than you about safety issues," Mike said with a smile.

"Then we will discuss this matter, when will the auction be held?" Ju An asked.

Mike replied: "The day after tomorrow, but I suggest you come over the day after tomorrow, can't you ask your old friend Mike to invite you for a drink?".

Ju An had to agree.Tell him that he will go to New York the day after tomorrow, call him, and hang up. Ju An thinks that if there is a little money, everyone will be thinking about it.

(End of this chapter)