Alpine pasture

Chapter 62 Birthday Party
It took two days for the domestic tour group to arrive. When the tour group arrived at Taylor's ranch, the little girl from the tour guide called and asked Ju An to go and get Wu Ming's things back.

Ju An went over and saw that the good guy had a whole suitcase. Seeing that the little girl had to carry such a big box of things for herself in addition to her own big suitcase of clothes, she said to the little girl, "Wu Ming actually gave me this. It's too much trouble for you to bring so many things, thank you."

The little girl said with a smile: "It's okay, our President Wu said that we don't know which ones suit your appetite, so everything he can think of, as well as things to look for in Jiangnan, have been found for you, according to your request. , it's all dozens of dollars, and President Wu asked you to buckle up, and President Wang still has some things to ask you."

Ju An said with a smile: "The three or four of you are still the boss, and Wu Ming doesn't dislike the trouble."

"This month we have recruited a few more people. Now the company is not the three of us. Now there are eight people. I am also an old employee." The little girl said happily.

Ju An said in surprise: "Are you hiring again? The business is not bad."

"Yeah, everyone in the first tour group had a great time, and the members of the group who went back were very satisfied with the board and lodging. The boss' company that Mr. Wang knew has organized a second group to come here. Now The individual tourists have also organized a group, and they are getting visas, and Mr. Wang even gave us a red envelope." The little girl laughed, with a small dimple on the corner of her mouth.

Ju An smiled and teased the little girl: "Then you two are considered veterans."

"This is my business card, let me show you." The little girl took out a card from her pocket and handed it to Ju An.

Ju An took the business card and looked at it. It said, Xia Xiaolan, business manager. The entire business card was designed in a simple and elegant way in Chinese and English.

"You've all been promoted," Ju An said jokingly.

Xia Xiaolan said happily: "Only the two of us are managers, and the new employee is a business assistant."

After chatting with the little girl for a while, Ju An carried the box, put it in the car, and drove back to his ranch.

He took the box home, opened it, and saw that there were quite a few things, such as small items from Jiangnan, such as Da Fu, Zisha pots, etc. Among them, there were three or four masks from Peking Opera, and a few more. Chinese paintings, calligraphy and other things, and other silk scarves with dragons and phoenixes printed on them.

I rummaged through the contents of the box several times, but I still haven't decided what to give. As Dinah's birthday present, Ju An looked at the silk scarves, Facebook, Da Fu and the like are all suitable for girls. Yes, scratched his head, finally closed his eyes and pointed casually, opened his eyes and saw that it happened to be a red Peking Opera mask, so it was you.

On the day of the party, when Ju An was busy with the work at hand, he drove into the town with a Peking Opera mask, and had to choose a greeting card. When he came out of the store, Ju An's head was slapped in a circle. There are so many cards, for parents, friends, birthdays, and the kind of housewarming in China, etc., ordinary, electronic, and all kinds of folded and pulled out, anyway, no matter what you want Unexpectedly, the businessman of Laomei thought that they have all of them. Once they entered, it was like a sea of ​​greeting cards. After swimming in the sea of ​​greeting cards for a long time, their heads were as big as an ox. Finally, with the help of the waiter, they chose an ordinary greeting card. Its uncle cost Ju'an three dollars, of course, the merchant's price is [-].Then, under the introduction of the waiter, I paid the money, then went to the service desk, helped to pack the Facebook, packed it, and gave a beautiful handbag. Of course, there is no free lunch in the world, and these are all paid for Shiny ocean.

After changing his clothes, he actually replaced his checkered shirt with a white shirt, his jeans with casual dark trousers, and put on black leather shoes.Ju An only set off from the ranch at about [-]:[-] in the evening. This is what Nancy reminded, saying that if you don't know how many people are invited by the host, it's better to arrive later, more than half an hour later. Now, tell Ju An this is called fashionablylate in English.

According to the route provided by Dinah, Ju An drove for nearly four or ten minutes before arriving at the intersection of Dinah's farm. From Lily, Ju An learned that Dinah's farm mainly grows pasture and produces green storage Feed for sheep and cattle pastures.

At the intersection of the farm, I saw a big white sign with the name of Dinah's farm on it, and a small arrow indicating the direction. Follow the small arrow and drive for a few minutes, and a white gate opens. Appearing in front of him and looking at the name on the gate, Ju An knew that he had arrived at the place.After driving for a short distance, a dozen or so buildings, large and small, appeared in front of Ju An's eyes.

Under the guidance of an aunt, Ju An parked the car in an open space beside the house. Four or five cars had already parked on it, carrying gift bags. As soon as Ju An got out of the car, she heard the aunt who was leading the way smiling and saying : "You are Ann, I'm Dinah's mother Melina. I heard Dinah say that you are the first Chinese friend she met. I hope you have a good night tonight."

When Ju An heard this, he quickly said, "Thank you."

Melina pointed to a small white wooden building and said, "The party is being held there. Some friends have already come, you can go in."

After entering the house, Ju An discovered that the interior was very well laid out, the walls were painted blue, and there were a lot of balloons hanging all around. There were already seven or eight people in the venue, in groups of two or three. They were chatting and saw Ju An coming in. Everyone glanced at them and continued chatting. Dinah saw Ju An coming in and warmly greeted her: "Ann, welcome to my birthday party."

Ju An handed the bag in her hand to Dinah and said, "Dinah, happy birthday".

Dinah said thank you, opened the gift, saw a Peking Opera mask, and when it came with a back panel that could be hung on the wall, she happily said, "Thank you, I really like it, I'm on TV. I have seen it, a kind of opera in China at this time."

As soon as Ju An listened to the opera, he explained: "It's a Chinese drama. From the oil paint on his face, we can tell whether the protagonist is good or bad. I don't know the specifics. I rarely watch operas myself." An spread his hands and said.

Dinah smiled and said, "Like many of our young people don't like an opera?".

"It's probably about the same," Ju An nodded.

Dinah led Ju An into the house, introduced two people to Ju An, then walked away, took care of the rest of the guests, and chatted with the two people she had just met before she saw Lily and Rui. Qian walked in with a handsome young man, Dinah, Lily, and Reese hugged each other. After Dinah received the gift, Ju An apologized to the two people she had just met and walked over. .

Lily saw it, and Ju An came over, greeted Ju An enthusiastically, and then introduced: "This is Tom, my sister's boyfriend, Tom, this is Ann, I mentioned to you."

After shaking hands with Tom, everyone went to the table, picked up the drinks, walked aside, chatted, and chatted for a while, Tom took Reese to say sorry, and went to say hello to others.

Lily said to Ju An, "First time to a birthday party?".

"How do you know?" Ju An said strangely.

Lily glanced at Ju An, and said with a smile, "Looking at you looking a little uncomfortable, in fact, attending a party is to be a little bit more fun, to meet more friends, in fact, it is very simple to communicate with people, you walk over and say hello, Then we started chatting, what is the weather, what do you like, ball games, etc. You have to know that you are not the only one who is eager to communicate with others, everyone is like this, and thinking about this in your heart will relax a lot. No, you can have a drink, and then remember to find a simpler person to start. Every party will have someone alone in the corner with a wine glass and watch, in fact, they have the same things in mind as you, so you can go over and chat with him , the first time you may feel very uncomfortable and abrupt, but after a few times, you will get used to it, so that you can improve your level of dealing with strangers.”

Ju An looked at Lily, who was eloquent and tireless in teaching others, and burst out laughing: "Thank you, I understand, why are you here alone, don't you have a boyfriend?"

Lily said: "I'm single now, and I'm not going to find a boyfriend in the near future. I'll go to college in the East in a while, and I don't have time."

Ju An said strangely: "Go to university?".

Lily said proudly: "I have already transferred from a community college to a state university this year. You know, many state colleges now do not allow community college transfers. The competition is fierce, and I did it."

Ju An immediately raised the wine glass in his hand: "Lily is amazing!".After speaking, I touched the wine glass in Lily's hand.At this time, the dinner on the long table had been set, and Dinah greeted everyone to sit down, and then started to eat dinner. At the table, everyone was chatting more enthusiastically, and everyone thought it was interesting, such as who came out during the election. Ugly, Ju An just listened with her ears.

After dinner, it was time for Ju An to eat the birthday cake. The two-tier chocolate cake was placed on the table, and then candles were lit. Everyone started singing the birthday song together. Ju An just wanted to open his mouth to sing, wishing Happy birthday to you, who knows that this song is not sung by foreigners at all, Ju An had to scold, your uncle, after listening to other people singing the birthday song, they made a cake, and then it was time to dance, a group of young foreigners He started to twist his body.

After a few twists with Lily, Ju An found a place to sit down and took a bottle of Coke to drink. After a while, Dinah came over and said, "Ann, why don't you dance?"

Ju An replied: "I'm not very good at dancing, I prefer to be quiet."

Dinah said: "It just so happens that I don't like to be noisy, so let's go out and talk."

After walking outside the house with Dinah, Ju An suddenly felt much more relaxed, and said to Dinah, "Why do so many people like parties?"

Then I listened to Dinah talk about why young people are keen on parties. In Dinah's words, some people like to be lively, and some people like to meet the opposite sex at parties, and then use small wine to do other things, such as hugging beautiful women. There are also people who go to parties to expand their social circles.

After a while, Ju An said goodbye and left the party, and Dinah thanked Ju An again for the gift.

(End of this chapter)