Lisco's American Life

It was approaching Christmas, and Bo's body was slowly recovering, and the doctor had approved him to be discharged from the hospital and go home to recuperate.

At the invitation of Maggie and Beau, Lisko decided to spend this Christmas with their family.

After lunch, Maggie started to prepare turkey and polenta, as well as some tree trunk cakes. This is Garrison's custom, absorbing some characteristics of France and England, because the United States is a multi-ethnic country, and there are many differences in local customs.

Very big.

Lisko, Colt and Rooster were sent to cut down the Christmas tree. These tasks were supposed to be Bo's job because he was the supporter of the family, but now that he is in poor health, only the three juniors can handle it.

Colt is always full of energy. He walks in front, filming everything on DV, and explaining while filming. He is making material for the video on the website, and is ready to share his Christmas with his fans.

"We are on the way to cut down the Christmas tree. In our Garrison, when a man cuts down a Christmas tree, it means that you are already the head of a family. We have my fish-lipped brother Rooster with us. Come and say hello."

Colt turned the camera on the cock.

"Hello everyone," Rooster responded calmly. This is his character, a serious brother who is easy to be fooled and doesn't speak a word. Everyone likes to see him get angry after being pranked by Colt.

Colt's character is that of a naughty younger brother who is full of energy every day.

"And our good friend, the great writer Lisko." Colt also introduced him seriously, "I have always said that I know him. We are brothers who grew up together. You still don't believe it."

"Hello everyone," Lisko also greeted with a smile.

Colt went to take pictures of the surrounding scenery again, while Lisko was discussing the work in the ranch with the rooster.

"Have arrangements been made for overtime staff at the ranch?"

"It's arranged. Wes is single and his parents are gone, so I arranged for him to work overtime, but I promised to give him double pay this week."

"That should be the case," Lisko had no objection to this. Christmas is like the Chinese New Year. This is a time for family reunions. If you let people guard the pasture alone at this time, you must be showing something.

"How much is the current balance on the ranch account?"

Rooster knew Lisko very well, and he already understood Lisko's meaning when he asked, "The income from lavender plus the vegetable slaughter and beef cattle production during this period, except for the brewing equipment to be purchased next year and the lavender harvesting expenses, I also plan to

Next year we will bring in some sheep, plus the calves that need to be purchased, and we still have US$500,000 available, so no capital injection is needed.”

Apart from the cowboy wages and some necessary expenses, the ranch still has a balance, which surprised Lisko, because the ranch has not been easy to do in the past few years, and he is ready to continue to subsidize the ranch.

The ranches have suffered a lot of losses this year. First, beef cattle prices have dropped and state taxes have increased. In recent years, many ranchers have found themselves losing tens of thousands of dollars a year due to their busy work.

This shows that Rooster is doing very well, and Lisko doesn't have any say in his plans for next year. After all, he is a layman.

"Give the ranchers $100,000 as bonuses, the cowboys $10,000 each, and the vegetable farmers $8,000 each."

At present, the main planting areas of the ranch are lavender and vegetables, rye and beef cattle. The rye and vegetables are taken care of by the cowboys' wives. There are currently five cowboys and three women on the ranch, except for Weiss and Rooster, who are single.

This way, there will be more than thirty thousand dollars left.

"The rest is your bonus. Everyone has worked hard this year. Except for our ranch, which is profitable, everyone else in the town is losing money."

Rooster doesn't have any objections. Americans are very straightforward.

"Actually, our main profit is still due to you."

Rooster explained to Lisko what he hadn't noticed.

"The restaurant opened by your book fan is called Bolt's. After you met him last time, the purchasing manager of their restaurant came to our ranch to inspect. They were very satisfied, so we signed a contract. Most of our vegetables and beef

They all bought it.”

Lisko remembered that he and Megan went on a trip together at that time.

"There is also Dr. Ruben from the hospital. When he was doing his rounds, he learned that you had a ranch, so he ordered the hospital to purchase ingredients from us. Our share for next year has already been reserved."

Lisko felt a little weird, and he owed such a huge favor without realizing it. Fortunately, he thought of the two of them for their help this time, so he prepared a Christmas gift early and mailed it to him. It was a handicraft fan bought in China, and it also came with

I wrote my own handwritten greeting card.

"After Colt took over Maggie's bar, the rye beer brewed by our ranch has a place to sell it, and Bolt's Restaurant also promised that they will come to inspect again when the wine comes out." Rooster is full of confidence in the ranch work next year.

Man, although the order was given out of Liske's face, to him, it was not an embarrassing thing. Society is a society of favors.

The Christmas tree was in the woods where the calf died last time. Lisko and the others chose a straight fir tree, picked up the ax, and chopped it down in two or three strokes.

Cutting down trees is a very simple thing for Rooster. He has done it all the time since he was a child. He even participated in Denver's lumberjack competition, although he didn't even make it to the semifinals.

Colt and Lisko were responsible for cutting off some of the extra branches with machetes, and soon a Christmas tree was completed.

The three of them carried the tree. When they got home, Maggie had almost cooked the dinner. Beau was sitting on the sofa watching TV, with gauze still wrapped around his head. Although he had rested for a while, his wound had not fully grown yet.

Okay, the stitches will still be removed for a while.

Lisko put all the equipment into the tool room, took out some accessories and started decorating it.

These ornaments were bought a long time ago. These Christmas decorations are usually used for many years. They are only used on this day every year and are put away after the holidays.

Green plush balls and red streamers decorated the house with joy, and Colt even bought a Santa Claus costume.

Lisko wrote his name on the prepared gifts and placed them under the Christmas tree.

"Hey, Beau."

After finishing the work and waiting for dinner, Lisko sat down and chatted with Bo.

Beau is watching the game, and football is his favorite. Although the NBA is very popular now, football is the most watched sport in the United States.

Christmas is the Christmas game arranged by the league for each team. The excitement is more intense than every game in the past. Many players also know that this is the easiest time to become famous, so everyone works hard to perform.

However, Lisko has never been interested in this game. He still likes to watch basketball and even booked Denver Nuggets game tickets for the whole year.