Lisco's American Life

"Where's the rooster? How about at the Livestock Association?"

Lisko looked at Colt who had recovered, turned around and asked Rooster.

The rooster represents their three ranches in the Livestock Association, and can be regarded as his own spy in the association. Although Lisko's favors are of some use in politics, after all, the county magistrate is not as good as the current manager.

"Les has no opponents now. I heard that he plans to apply for state assembly." Rooster flicked twice into the handicraft ashtray on the table and replied calmly.

"Les is okay, I guess he wants to ask me for help." Lisko also thought about it. With Les's current qualifications, there are only two ways to successfully become a member of the parliament. One is to join a political party, but it is not a good idea.

Method, because a political party will not let a new person take this position.

Another way is to use external forces to gain power through middlemen without political parties.

Lisko still has a very good impression of Les. He is a rancher and can speak on behalf of all local ranchers, so that next time there are any proposals in the state, everyone will be prepared, instead of just taking a shot from above.

You can add agricultural taxes casually.

If you want to oppose a political opinion in the United States, it cannot be overthrown by ranchers and cowboys gathering in a parade. At the very least, you must have your own platform to speak out.

If Les has the opportunity to join the state assembly, it would be a good help. If he really has an idea, Lisko would not mind contacting his connections to help him.

Lisko read the newspapers for a while and finally understood that it was really unreasonable to try to get the politicians above to pity the ranchers below because of the loss of income caused by various natural disasters or force majeure factors.

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They don't care about your harvest, even if you work hard for a year and end up losing tens of thousands of dollars a year. Should they discuss raising taxes or raising them? Otherwise, why are the ranchers near Garrison becoming more and more bankrupt?

The more.

After a year of hard work, I finally calculated the costs and various taxes to be paid. I finally looked at it and found that this year was another year of losses. If I couldn't bear it, I had to sell the ranch.

The three of them finished smoking a cigar in the reception room and chatted for a while, until they were finally interrupted by Maggie's shout.

"Hey, do you want to play something interesting?"

Maggie was at the door, smiling and greeting the three people inside.

Lisko put out the cigarette butt in his hand and walked out.

The preparations outside had been completed. Lisko looked at the Great Wall that had been laid out and knew what they wanted to play. He looked at everyone in surprise.

"Come and play mahjong."

Li Ke glanced at Zhang Li, who had already taken a position. Her eyes were full of disbelief.

That's right, the game Maggie wants to play is our Chinese national quintessence, Mahjong.

Zhang Li, a Chinese who had just arrived in the United States, was surprised when she saw the old lady inviting everyone to play mahjong.

Speaking of which, in the United States, more and more Americans like to play mahjong, and the most famous one is the famous NBA star Olney.

After this national quintessence was introduced to the United States at the end of the 20th century, many people like to play it. In the United States, not only does the Mahjong Association exist, but the Confucius Institute has also included mahjong in its official curriculum. Even Britain and France have also caught on to this trend.

They all established a mahjong alliance.

Lisko had heard of it before, but he had never seen anyone do it. Today was the first time that Maggie liked it.

"Come on, this is a Chinese board game. I learned it from others at the RV base when I was traveling in Chicago. It's very interesting."

Maggie was very enthusiastic and prepared the cards in front of her with ease.

Goli is also very interested. She can also play this. When she was at the pet hospital, she played with her colleagues several times.

Catherine really didn't know how to do it, but she moved a stool with great interest and sat next to Goli to watch.

Seeing Zhang Li still not understanding the situation, she felt as if she was still in the countryside of China, being asked to hold hands, and she felt astonished that time and space were confused.

"I'll do it, I'll play." Lisko did it without hesitation. He observed that the mahjong they used was no different from the one spread in China, and it also had the words "south, east, northwest, wind" printed on it.

Speaking of which, the mahjong spread in the United States has not changed much. This has also made many Americans recognize the four characters of southeast, northwest, and the rest are patterns. There are not many Chinese characters that need to be known in mahjong, and the Arabic numerals are different for all countries.

They are all universal. After playing a few games, most Americans will become familiar with the rules and play smoothly.

Colt and Rooster also took a can of beer and prepared to watch Lisko play. They had never played before and planned to learn from it.

Mahjong is popular in the United States, mostly in senior centers or family gatherings of some families, because it is a group game that can be played by four people together. Many people think that sitting together as a family and playing mahjong can deepen their understanding of the game.

The feelings between family members.

Li Ke also quickly arranged it, and Zhang Li also woke up from the shock. She suppressed a smile and began to arrange the mahjong in front of her. She made up her mind that she would send a message to her relatives later.

My friend, I really can’t believe that playing mahjong is so popular in the United States.

After Lisko sorted it out, he waited for other people's actions. Mahjong was brought here by Maggie. She got addicted to it after playing it a few times in Chicago. Sure enough, no matter what country the old lady is, there is no way to escape from mahjong.

charm.

When leaving Chicago, Maggie bought a pair from a nearby Chinese mall and put it in her suitcase. She had never had a chance to play with it after coming back for so long, but she was so anxious that she finally picked a good time today.

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American mahjong has rows of rules printed on each piece of mahjong cloth, because people with brains the size of sesame seeds cannot remember such a complicated arrangement.

Of course, there are also adapted American mahjong. They changed the southeast and northwest winds into New York, Mexico, San Francisco, and Canada. The red middle, green hair, and white boards turned into a red, blue, and white mesh pattern, and the "tube" became the United States.

The stars on the national flag, the "strips" are red stripes, the "wanzi" are U.S. dollars, and the flower cards are turned into images of drinks, cars, airplanes, etc.

It is estimated that Maggie learned mahjong from a Chinese person, and she planned to play the domestic Sichuan mahjong method.

Li Sko watched Maggie skillfully play the sieve and then take the cards. This was the same way as the Chinese, and Zhang Li looked stunned. He was very happy.

"Bang." Lisko picked up the tube played by Goli, and then played out the ten thousand cards in his hand.

"What a fool." Zhang Li shouted in Chinese, and then showed all his cards.