Alpine pasture

Chapter 380 Reading Calligraphy

Ju An understands after listening to it. Many rich people buy houses in the United States and send their children to study in the United States. In the past, studying abroad was in universities, but now primary and secondary schools are expected to become the main force: "The neighborhood of this community is about to become the main force. The school district is good, it's better to send kids here."What Ju An was talking about was nonsense, not to mention the seaside villas on Ju An’s side, that is, he came all the way from the city, and the neighborhoods around here are all villas hidden among green pines and cypresses, and the school district is of course second to none.

After hearing this, Xia Que shook her head regretfully and said, "It's a pity that the villa with the beach was not bought, and it was taken one step ahead by others."

Ju An was stunned for a moment: "Are you talking about the house over there?"After he finished speaking, he pointed to his villa and asked.

"Yeah, I heard that it's a one-time payment," Xia Que replied with a glance in the direction of Ju An's finger.

Ju An said with a smile, "I bought it."

Xia Que smiled and shook his head and said, "What do I say, brother, is the ranch in the United States easy to make money? I have learned about the ranch in Australia. It is certain to make money, but the profit is not so high, right? Is there any other in China? business or something."It seems that Xia Que does not believe that Ju An rely on the ranch to give out so much money at one time.

"My main business is ranching now, and domestic investment is just getting started. What are my brothers doing in the country?" Ju An asked.

He took a cigarette and said, "I used to work on molds, but now I also do something else, real estate stocks, etc. In the past two years, finance has been relatively hot, but I have put my energy on this, but after playing for more than a year, I feel this thing. It’s better to be an industry, plus it’s better to be a Hong Kong company than a private company,” Xia Que explained.

After thinking about it for a while, he asked: "Is the American ranch really so profitable? It seems that I am going to buy a ranch or run a farm."

This Ju An didn't dare to make a promise: "If you have a loss in business, you will make a profit, and some dry ranches can't work in the end."

"I understand this. Now I'm thinking about expanding my business. When I come to the United States, I want to see if Detroit's real estate is going to be successful, and I want to see if there are any good wines in California, and get an agent to sell it to China. Now China The wine market in China is getting better and better, I originally wanted to buy a vineyard, but I heard from some friends that there are more people vying for this price now, so I plan to hire an agent to explore the way first,” Xia Que said with a smile.

After listening to it, Ju An said with a smile: "I do have a winery, but there are already agents in China. If you are interested, you can come to the winery's new product launch in early October. The manager will almost always be there."The winery's new wine conference will always invite some people from other wineries to join in. Basically, everyone communicates with each other. Maybe there will be opportunities for cooperation next time. Human feelings are also indispensable here in the United States, and relationships are equally important in business. .

"Then I must come and have a look when the time comes." Xia Que said to Ju An with a smile, then took out a business card from her pocket and handed it to Ju An: "This is my business card."

Ju An took it with both hands, smiled at Xia Que and said, "I don't have any business cards, so I'll write you my phone number."Then he touched his pocket, smiled embarrassedly and said, "I don't have a pen on my body."

"Use mine." Xia Que took out a pen from her pocket and handed it to Ju An. Seeing that there was no place for paper on Ju An's body, she took out a business card and asked Ju An to write her own. phone number written on the business card.

After seeing Ju An finished writing, he smiled and said, "I'm not used to coming here. The neighbors in the neighborhood are all dressed in casual clothes. I'm the only one wearing leather shoes, trousers and shirts. Many people look at me along the way."

Ju An said with a smile: "If it's not a serious occasion or going to a high-end restaurant, I usually don't wear trousers, I just wear it casually and comfortably. I knew you didn't come when I saw you just now. Been here a few times."

"This is the first time I've come to the United States. I used to go to Hong Kong to learn Cantonese, but now I'm going to learn English. I wouldn't say hello unless I looked at you as Chinese," Xia Que said with a smile. .Before he could finish speaking, he heard a voice in the distance: "Lao Xia, look at the child, and then shout down to play for a while, don't be bored and play games in the room".

When Ju An turned her head, she saw a not-too-beautiful woman in her 30s standing at the door of a house not far away, with an oval face and an intellectual and dignified temperament.

"I'm chatting with a friend I just met." Then he turned to Ju An and said, "Come and sit at our house, after all, it's a neighbor."

Ju An still wanted to resign, but Xia Que finally said a few more words, Ju An had to follow into the house, and Xia Que introduced at the door: "This is my love, Mu Xinyi, Xinyi is a friend I just met, He lives in the house over there."After he finished speaking, he pointed to Ju'an's villa.

After listening to it, Mu Xinyi smiled and said: "I didn't buy that house and I disappointed Lao Xia for a long time, saying that I was slow to start."Then the topic changed and he said to Xia Que, "You should also change into a T-shirt or something. You are dressed like a salesman selling vacuum cleaners."

Ju An smiled and said to Mu Xinyi, "I'm sorry for disturbing you."

She took Ju An into the house, sat down on the sofa, Xia Que apologized when she arrived, and went upstairs to change clothes.Ju An looked up at the decorations in the house, the simple and warm style, and the matching of furniture was quite elegant. There were also several vertical calligraphy works hanging on the wall. Ju An saw that, stood up and walked over to look carefully. Now, Ju An, who is a mad grass, can't tell whether it is good or not, but these block letters are written neatly in the font of the Song Dynasty, which makes people look very comfortable. nostalgic.

Mu Xinyi came over with coffee and saw Ju An was looking at the writing on the wall and said with a smile, "I'm laughing."

Listening to Mu Xinyi's words, Ju An noticed the last inscription, which read Xia Que Mu Xinyi, and after a closer look, he found that the font was hard, soft and Chibi nostalgic. Renheshu's: "I don't know much about calligraphy, but I just looked at this character and looked very comfortable, so I got up and looked at it more."After speaking, he went back to the sofa and sat down.

Just after finishing speaking, Xia Que had already changed and walked downstairs with a teenage white child in his hand.When he arrived at Ju An, he said to Ju An, "This is my son, his name is Xia Yu."

The quiet Xia Yu looked at Ju An and called out, "Hello, uncle."

"I don't have any preparations for this. I didn't bring any gifts. Uncle will make it up for you tomorrow." Ju An smiled a little embarrassed.Hearing Ju An's words, he was naturally more polite.

"I have two children. I just went back to Montana today. If only I could meet earlier," Ju An said to Xia Que and Mu Xinyi, looking at the quiet Xia Yu.

Xia Que heard it and said, "Next time, we will go back in two days."

"Aren't you sending your children to school here now?" Ju An asked.

Mu Xinyi shook her head and said, "Wait until he's in high school, and he'll be sent here. Now he's studying Chinese, don't even know Chinese culture in the United States after a few years, and he's too young now."

Ju An listened and nodded, but thought of a question and said, "Yes, it's okay for my two children to speak Chinese now, but when it comes to writing, I guess they won't be able to write anything."Thinking of this, I wondered if I should hire a Chinese teacher for the children or something. Don’t raise an illiterate one at home. That would be bad. Many children of the first generation of Chinese immigrants who just came to the United States are not very good at Chinese. On the contrary, the descendants of those who immigrated before liberation paid more attention to Chinese. If you see an Asian immigrant performance in New York, a blond-looking child can speak Chinese fluently and write Chinese characters. Don’t be surprised. Many second- and third-generation immigrants pay attention to Chinese traditional culture.

As for those who have been in the United States for more than ten years in Chinese, I can’t say it well. According to a friend who immigrated to France I met in China before, this kind of person is just pretending to be b. He has been in France for almost 16 years. I haven't forgotten the local dialect, so how could I not even speak Chinese well.

This Ju An has experience. When encountering something unexpected, what Ju An pops out of his mouth without going through his head is Chinese. Where is English, what is mother tongue, have you forgotten it is called mother tongue in the past ten years? Pretend to be anything, Chinese mixed with a few English words shows that you are literate.

Thinking of this, I became a little depressed, and complained: "Unfortunately, it is really not easy to find a Chinese teacher in Montana."There are two teachers who teach Chinese in this remote rural area, and they are probably similar to the English teacher Ju An met in junior high school when he was a child.

For example, good morning teacher! It reads like a dog catches a cat and kicks a kick. I have to say that the English of Ju'an Junior High School is taught by the school's political teacher, and the school has insufficient English teachers. The political teacher only taught Ju An for one semester, and later became a real English teacher.

"If I have time in the future, I can teach the children Chinese. You can actually do this. You should be able to write Chinese, right?" Mu Xinyi looked at Ju An and asked.

As soon as Ju An heard this, he immediately shook his head and said, "I'd better forget it."Let these three skin monkeys sit down honestly, and they have to teach Chinese. Just go out and settle yourself up. I would rather ask for personal safety than take this mission. This is simply a fire pit, or in other words, hell. Doors are fine too.

After chatting with the family, Ju An got up and said goodbye. When he returned home and lay on the bed, he began to think about the Chinese education of the three children. What kind of teacher should I hire, whether to learn calligraphy or not? Or learn how to write with a pen.Thinking of the characters on the walls of Xia Que's house is a little unwilling, and I want my children to learn more calligraphy to cultivate their sentiments, but I am afraid that I will force the children too hard and make them hate Chinese. , and then gradually fell asleep.

(End of this chapter)