Alpine pasture

Chapter 65 The Farm Guest ([-])

After shopping, Ju An took Wang Fan to drive behind the car of Lu Guangyuan and his wife, and went to their farm as a guest. After driving for more than 20 minutes from Great Falls, they arrived at their farm, which is still very close to the city. After leaving the city, there are such small family farms on the roadside, and the houses are much denser than that in Ju'an. It is estimated that the area of ​​the farm is not large, about one or two hundred acres.

Entering the gate of the farm of Lu Guangyuan and his wife, they saw seven or eight greenhouses neatly arranged on both sides of the entrance. At the end of the road is a small two-story wooden building, which is not much different from the common houses here. The round barn, the steel pipe fences around the barn, raised some sheep and cattle in it.

At the door of the house, Ju An and Wang Fan just got out of the car, and just as they walked to the door with Lu Guangyuan, an old Chinese man was greeted in the house. Said: "Welcome! Welcome" with a crisp and loud voice from the northerners.

Lu Guangyuan immediately introduced: "This is my father."

Ju An hurriedly held the old man's hand and said, "Thank you old man, don't come out to greet him, we juniors can just go in by themselves."Wang Fan also shook the old man's hand and said, "Yes, it's time for us to see you."

He took Ju An and Wang Fan to the sofa in the living room and sat down, watching Chang Dongna make a pot of tea for everyone.

Ju'an has a lot of houses. Although people's houses are not as big as Ju'an's, they still have a strong Chinese style. There are several paintings and calligraphy on one wall, as well as bright red Chinese knots. On the other wall, there are harmonious The old beauty is almost covered with photos, basically the photos of three boys, from childhood to adulthood. The door of the house is also pasted with the golden word Dafu on a bright red background. There are also several large blue and white porcelain vases on the table, close to the door. In the place of the window, there is also a shelf with a parrot with gorgeous feathers on it.

Wang Fan looked at the old man and said, "Your old body is strong, and your complexion looks good."

"It's been five years since I've been here." The old man stretched out a palm, shook it in front of Ju An and Wang Fan, and said with a hearty smile, "I came here from China, and I don't have half of my acquaintances, if it wasn't for every day Feed a horse, raise a bird, and help with some work, I'm afraid this old bone will be thrown here."

Ju An said with a smile: "Isn't there some Chinese here? Are there no old people who can chat?".

Lu Guangyuan replied with a smile: "There are a few old people from China here, most of whom come from the southern coast. My dad basically doesn't understand what they say. Playing mahjong together, as you know, can't be done here. My dad thought it was boring, and he lost interest after seeing him a few times. If he hadn’t been able to raise a bird, get a flower, or something, if it wasn’t too troublesome to go back, he might have thought about going back to China. ".

This guy who plays mahjong knows that in the United States you play mahjong no one cares about you. If you come for money, it is not a joke if you are caught. You really have to get a lawsuit. Who do you play in? Even more unlucky, you can't escape if you are fined and jailed. Your crime is of the nature of opening a casino without permission. It is definitely not a domestic arrest for two days, and a fine of two small money can be compared. Besides, where can Chinese people play mahjong? For the money, at least get a little luck and have fun.

Ju An said with a smile: "My parents came here some time ago, and they went back because no one chatted here."

The old man then said a little lonely: "I originally went back two years ago, but now I don't want to go back, I'm afraid of trouble."

Wang Fan and Ju An looked at Lu Guangyuan in confusion, Lu Guangyuan said with a smile: "At that time, our family was poor among relatives, and relatives were reluctant to communicate with them. After I graduated from high school, I didn't have a job, and then I followed others We were the first group to run the Sino-Russian trade. After earning some money, everyone came and went more slowly. Later, when we came back to China, some relatives thought that you were rich, so we thought about this and that. Yes, some want to send their children to the United States to study and let us take care of them. I don’t agree. If something happens to the children here, how should we explain them? Some relatives will say strange things. My dad is a little angry, except for my mother’s funeral not going back."

Ju'an is understandable. If it weren't for the poor conditions at home, who would take risks and go to the Soviet Union to do business in the last few years of the disintegration of the Soviet Union?Ju An himself has encountered this kind of promotion of Mien and Dou Miqiu. It was when Ju An was in junior high school. A distant cousin came to his father's house. Ju An's father found him a job and did it. For a while, I couldn’t bear to go back and tell my family that work was tiring and hard, that Ju An’s father didn’t bother to help, and the angry father Ju An didn’t have a good meal for a few days, so he accompanied Smiley to find you a job, and in the end there was nothing left. a complaint.

The old man continued: "I made a decision in my heart, apart from going back and burying my wife with my wife, and not going back at other times, but my heart has settled down. When my grandson was young, he watched his grandson busy every day, and now he has several grandsons. When I’m all grown up and I’m not around, I don’t have anything to do with flowers, or raising birds and so on.”

Ju An said with a smile: "Then next time my parents come over, you will stay at my house for a few days, and it will be lively and lively."

The old man was very happy when he heard it, and replied with a smile: "That's good, that's good, your accent is not too southern, maybe everyone's food tastes the same, listen to your little guy, it is the capital of one bite. cavity".Said and pointed to Wang Fan.

Wang Fan said with a smile: "I grew up in the capital, and the taste of this meal is really similar."

Lu Guangyuan said with a smile: "That's really a fellow countryman, but we are from the suburbs, not the capital city."

Ju An looked at the photos on the wall and said to the old man, "These are your grandchildren, they are all full of energy."

Lu Guangyuan said with a smile: "The eldest is currently in college, and the second and third are in high school. They won't come to eat at noon. Usually, the three of us eat at noon."

Mentioning grandson, the old man's eyes immediately narrowed into a line of laughter: "The eldest grandson is not bad, what m and t say that the one who went to the United States is a first-class university in the United States."

Ju An said: "MIT? It's a first-class university, not only in the United States, but also in the world as a first-class university of science and technology." MIT is the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, one of the best polytechnics in the world. People on earth know that it is difficult to get in.

Wang Fan also praised: "MIT is really amazing."

The old man immediately followed and said, "Yes! Yes! That's the MIT."There was a look of smugness on his face, much more smug than Ju An Wang Fan complimented his body just now.

Lu Guangyuan said, "The eldest has good grades, and the second and third are also good. Entering a university in Laomei depends not only on grades, but also other sports, whatever, and even what kind of volunteer work you have done."This Ju An does know that in college, Ju An once studied TOEFL with his girlfriend for a period of time. He knows that more than half of the top students in the US college entrance examination are rejected by Harvard and other prestigious schools every year. American colleges and universities are admitted based on SAT scores and students' usual scores. , Once this line is crossed, the results are of little significance.At the same time, the student's race, family education, brokerage situation, etc. will also be considered. Therefore, in the United States, it often happens that children with first-class grades go to second-class universities, and children with second-class grades go to first-class universities.

He said to Lu Guangyuan, "When I first came here, it was really not easy to send a child to school."

Wang Fan asked, "Is it not accepted by schools who can't speak English?".

Lu Guangyuan explained: "It's not, as long as you live in this area, regardless of whether you have American citizenship or a green card, the school will accept it, that is, the teacher will often write to you, or ask you to talk about your child's situation, and from time to time To talk to you, we have three more children going to school at the same time, then you will know."

Wang Fan said with a smile: "That's not bad. There are more opportunities for communication, and the child's situation is better understood."

Lu Guangyuan said with a smile: "In the beginning, our husband and wife were just learning English, and we were still in class, and our children were also in class. In the end, English was not good enough for our children at that time, and there were a lot of jokes, but being a teacher in the United States is really good. It's not easy, the salary is not too high, and in winter, many schools will hold a donation meeting. After a certain amount is donated, the teacher will dive into the water. Here in winter, it is minus ten or twenty degrees. First, the principal starts with , jumping one by one, and you will be able to see it in winter, when the lake is full of students from various schools."

Ju An said with a smile, "Lao Mei also has a donation show."

Lu Guangyuan replied: "Last year, my youngest son's teacher told them, don't donate too much, the weather is too cold, but these children are bad, the children donate all their own money, what is it for others? Children, help parents to wash cars, do housework and so on. At first, we were not used to it. We asked children to do some housework and then paid them. Later, we found that it was good, so we adopted it. Every time the children donated three, four, five or six. I just want to watch the teacher jumping into the water in winter, every year, parents and students watch it together, it’s lively.”

Wang Fan and Ju An had never heard of this, Wang Fan nodded happily and said, "That's really fun, I'll take a look when I have time this year."

Lu Guangyuan followed the suggestion: "Actually, Halloween and Christmas are more interesting. If you like shopping, many shops at Easter are half-price or even lower. You can sell whatever you like. At that time, it is more expensive to buy famous brands. It’s cost-effective, and my wife often buys some famous domestic brands of children’s clothes to send to her younger nephews and grandchildren during the Easter discount.

(End of this chapter)