Little Life on An American Ranch

.. , Little Life on an American Ranch

After delineating the security company, Jian Heng has almost nothing to do here. During the day, he gives lessons to the students, after dinner in the evening, he rides a horse for a lap, and then goes to the gym to exercise his muscles. The small days are so leisurely. with.

As time passed day by day, the stomachs of Barley and Wheat gradually swelled up. Although they were physically inconvenient, the two women still insisted on exercising every day, and from time to time they gave lectures to the female students. Knowing whether it's because they often drink space water or something, the movements of the two women are not affected too much by the bulging belly, and sometimes Jian Heng wonders if their stomachs are made of silicone.

Jian Heng didn't go to class today, and drove to the airport alone to wait for the flight from Los Angeles. It seemed that the Chinese New Year was about to come, and the whole family also rushed here. Because of the barley and wheat, this year's Spring Festival Everyone still lives in the ranch, and when the child is born next year, they will return to China for the Spring Festival.

Hearing the announcement that the plane was about to land on the radio, Jian Heng couldn't help cursing secretly.

Also scolded was Old Jim who came to pick up people. The old man brought a group of people here, and seven or eight cars waited for almost an hour. I don’t know what happened to this broken airport today. There was a problem with the air conditioner. A little bit of warmth, think about what it feels like to stand in the air of minus 20 degrees for more than an hour, it is almost like a popsicle.

"coming?"

"Here we come!" Jian Heng nodded.

Hearing what Jian Heng said, Old Jim immediately shouted to the group of people behind him: "Get ready, show the things!"

Jian Heng was curious, when he suddenly saw two young men behind him open the package under their feet, and the two quickly unfolded the contents of the package.

"Hey!"

Jian Heng couldn't help being amused when he saw it, because what the two young men unfolded was a red banner, which was written all in Chinese: Warmly welcome Chinese tourists to visit Montana!

As soon as this guy was exhibited, Jian Heng immediately felt as if he had returned to the country, especially with a sense of intimacy.

Just when Jane thought it was the end, he suddenly saw a few cowboys carrying musical instruments. Among them, Jian Heng knew a guitar, a drum set, a bass, and two musical instruments that Jian Heng didn’t know what they were. Yes, there are six or seven pieces anyway.

"What is this for?" Jian Heng turned to Old Jim and asked.

Now old Jim is a staff member of the town's tourism association,

Specially responsible for the affairs of Chinese tourists who come to the town, including pick-up, drop-off, and handling of some problems. Now, whether it is a shop owner or a rancher or farmer in the town, they all take care of the Chinese tourists. placed in a high position.

"To make tourists feel close, we have adopted some Chinese elements of welcome, what do you think?" Old Jim said showing off, with a pair of blue eyes showing a look of complimenting me while talking.

"Not bad!" Jian Heng said.

"Jin, come here if you are free. Let's discuss the activities of the Chinese New Year. Do you know that during the week of the Spring Festival, more than a thousand tourists will come to our town!"

"So many?" Jian Heng was quite surprised.

"If we can accommodate it, more tourists will come. Now the travel agency is urging us to increase the number of beds, and their demand is very strong," Old Jim said.

More than a thousand tourists are not a big deal for any scenic spot in China, but for a small town in the countryside of Montana, it is a big deal. The first thing is the problem of beds. At this time, the University of Montana It is not possible to put up a bed in any place to live in. At this time, there is no heating, and one or two people may sleep to death one night. Even if you want to build more, this is not the season. Build a house in such a cold day? Firstly, it was not suitable, and secondly, the quality of the house was difficult to guarantee due to the weather.

People in the small town now have a feeling that making money is a bit crazy. If it was before, everyone's life is quite leisurely. Like this time, almost every day is in the bar, with old friends Bragging, and then going home to add some fodder to the cows, almost filled up the day. This year is different. Everyone feels busier in winter than during the busy farming season. Every family is greeting tourists.

Tourists not only bring consumption, but also employment. In the past, there was not much work for cowboys, and many ranches would lay off people. This year is different. As long as you can ride a horse, you will be hired. The whole town only needs you If you want to work, you are not afraid of not being able to find someone. It not only attracts idle people in the town, but also attracts some unemployed cowboys nearby to come to seek jobs.

"My suggestion is not to expand the scale blindly. If you expand the scale blindly, it will inevitably reduce the experience of tourists. For example, some guests now feel that when they are learning how to ride a horse, the coach is a little perfunctory, and there are cases where they ask for high tips. "Jian Heng said.

Old Jim replied: "We have also noticed that we have already asked to withdraw from the reception sequence after the two complaints. The money is so easy to earn, some people must have indifferent thoughts, thinking that even if there is no you, I will still be here." If someone else comes, we will not condone this kind of thing happening, and the association plans to carry out some service training in the past two days to standardize and unify some things... ".

Jian Heng nodded his head as he listened, and he had to say that Old Jim was much more careful in handling things than Jian Heng, and this so-called association was really not a shelf, because it had tourist resources, so those ranches had to be obedient and obedient. Receiving tourists, the association has always attached great importance to the quality of tourism, because they believe that only by serving tourists well will tourists be willing to spend more money in the town.

"By the way, I heard that the Rockywood horses in your ranch are going to be sold?"

"What?" Jian Heng didn't understand what the old man said about the Rockywood horse for a while, but after thinking about it in his mind, he guessed a bit: "Does the nice horse you mentioned refer to the mixed-color horse in my ranch? "

"Yes, it has been reported in the newspaper that the horse breed association officially named this kind of horse as Lokiwood horse, and some people in our town are now proposing to change it to Rockywood town, don't you know?" Old Jim asked. Curious eyes looked at Jian Heng.

Jian Heng didn't take it seriously either: "I really didn't get any news!"

Jian Heng sometimes thinks that this group of beautiful people is really interesting. Now that the town is getting bigger, he thinks of a name. If it is not good, it must be called Rockywood Town.

With a few words of Rockywood in his mouth, Jian Heng suddenly remembered, and immediately scolded: "This shameless Wu Yong!"

Rocky Wood, the first two Rockies must be the Rocky Mountains, and the last two Woods are what the hell. Jian Heng thought it turned out to be the surname in Wu Yong's English name.

After complaining for a few words, Jian Heng put this matter behind him. He didn't care much about it at first. At most, he would find time to stab Wu Yong in the future. Secondly, someone has already walked out of the passage, that is to say The old lady and the others are about to come out soon.

Thinking of this, Jian Heng opened his eyes wide, tiptoed slightly, and looked towards the crowd.

"hurry up!"

Seeing that everyone was coming out, Old Jim immediately urged the band to play quickly.

When the music played, Jian Heng immediately had the urge to caress his forehead. These guys were actually singing the folk song "Jasmine".

Suppressing the feeling of not knowing what it was, Jian Heng saw his mother holding his younger sister Ning Ning in one hand and dragging a big box in the other. Behind Sun Xiuying were Jian An'an and Xiao An.

Jian Zhenhua didn't come because he couldn't let go of the racecourse, and brother-in-law Yang Bin didn't come because the unit hadn't had a holiday yet, like Sun Xiuying and Jian An'an, one was unemployed, the other was a teacher, one was on leave all year and the other happened to be on holiday in China. It was winter vacation, so the two of them came first with their children. As for Yang Bin and Jian Zhenhua, they would come together two days before the Chinese New Year.

He walked up to his mother, took the box in her hand, and brought the box in his sister's hand over. Just as he was about to open his mouth to ask how the trip was going, he heard a thank you in his ears.

Jian Heng turned his head and saw some domestic tourists putting money in front of the band, and these shameless American musicians forgot that they were here to welcome people, not to sing at the airport , and said thank you vigorously.

"Hey, there are beggars at the airport now!"

Sun Xiuying's words caused several black lines to appear on Jian Heng's forehead.

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