Lisco's American Life

Lisko stayed in a hotel in the town. He had a lot to do next. Locke and his boyfriend both resigned some time ago because they agreed to go to Massachusetts to get married because the state passed the state amendment the year before.

Government law became the first state in the United States to allow same-sex marriage.

The rooster has no choice but to stop others from pursuing happiness.

After Bo's accident, Rooster must be preparing to take over his family's ranch according to his will. Colt has his own ranch and tavern, and Lisko doesn't know who to take over his own ranch.

Moreover, the number of cowboys is not enough, and at least two more cowboys are needed. However, cowboys are easy to recruit, because the welfare of Lee's ranch is famously good, and many people want to work here.

Lisko dug out his black suit from the clothes at the bottom of the suitcase. He touched it with sighs on his face.

He bought this outfit after his father passed away, thinking that he might not need it for a long time, but he didn't expect to use it again in just two years.

Wearing a white shirt, a black suit, and black leather shoes, Lisko also wore a black hat.

The overall shape is full of solemnity and mourning, with a small white yellow flower pinned to the chest. Yellow and white are the colors of mourning in the United States.

Colt was arranged to go to the newspaper to register Beau's obituary. In the United States, obituaries in newspapers are a major source of profit for many newspapers. When many people who subscribe to a newspaper get the newspaper, the first thing they see is not the headline.

, but the obituary column, because there may be people you know in it, and you have to decide whether to attend the memorial service.

Obituaries generally have their own format, and being an obituary editor in a newspaper is also a good profession. The content is usually the life and achievements of the protagonist, his contribution to society and his children.

Beau lived on his father's ranch in his early years. After graduating from school, he joined the army and served in the Vietnam War. After retiring, he took over his family's ranch and runs it to this day. He has two sons, Beau and Colt, and a daughter in his early years.

However, he died of illness just after he turned one year old. This matter was taboo in their family and almost no one mentioned it.

Funerals in the United States are generally divided into three steps. The first is to pay respects. On the day before the burial, everyone pays homage to the deceased's body and expresses condolences and thoughts. At the same time, visitors comfort and cheer up the relatives.

The second step is to hold a memorial service during the burial. The pastor will read the eulogy, usually in a church, and relatives and friends will come on stage to share memories of the deceased, and a children's choir will sing hymns. Of course, this is a Christian form.

I don’t believe in religion, so I skipped the singing part.

Finally, Bo was to be buried in their family cemetery. The ancestors of their family were buried on the south, east and west sides. The north side was the place where suicides and guilty people were buried in the Bible, so it was vacant.

The entire funeral was solemn and quiet, there was no crying, everyone mourned and missed in silence, and there was no banquet.

The cemetery is surrounded by Japanese pine trees, with lush branches and leaves standing upright around the tombstones.

The entire funeral cost a lot of money, but Bo had bought all the insurance during his lifetime, including life insurance. They reimbursed all funeral expenses. In the United States, people who are over 60 years old will buy this insurance. It is very popular, probably.

Because people want to leave wealth instead of debt to their descendants.

Lisko worked hard for three days, filling Bo's grave with soil and covering it with turf before it was completely finished.

"Cock, Colt, let's sit down together."

Lisko called to the two people who were about to leave after the ceremony.

I drove to the place where Lisko lives now, which is the only hotel with a living room in the town.

Because Garrison is surrounded by pastures, this kind of hotel still has some business. Most people in the United States like to take time out to go on self-driving trips every year. There will really be wolves when sleeping and camping in the wild here, and all the small hotels on the roadside also do so.

It has never been eliminated.

Lisko took out a cup and poured some whiskey for the three of them. Because what we were going to talk about was a strategy that would be implemented for a long time, it was better to drink some wine to relax the atmosphere.

"Rooster, are you going to take over Beau's ranch?"

Lisko handed the wine glasses to both of them.

"Yes, I'm sorry." Rooster's expression showed remorse. He thought he could work at Lisko's ranch for a long time, but he didn't expect that in emergencies, his family's ranch could not be abandoned. It was his ancestral property.

"It's okay," Lisko waved his hand and didn't care, because he knew that he couldn't complain about this matter.

"So I have to find a new steward?" Lisko had a headache. Ranch managers are not that easy to find. You have to find someone you trust and whose character is guaranteed.

"Li." Rooster drank the wine in his glass in one gulp, calmed down and said what he had been holding deep in his heart.

"I've always felt that you and Garrison were out of tune. You're a rancher and you should try to do it yourself."

"Huh?" Lisko didn't expect Rooster to suggest this to him.

"You can try to let David manage it, and then take care of the finances, and at the same time try to let yourself understand the flow and situation of the ranch. You didn't care much about it before, so this is not good." After the rooster's suggestion,

Looking at Lisko, he was worried that Lisko would be angry because of this, after all, there was a hint of responsibility in his tone.

"Yes," Colt also joined in, "You are a descendant of cowboys, but you don't seem to like ranching."

Lisko frowned. He used to think of professional things to be done by professionals, but he didn't expect that he had lost his duty. Maybe it was because his own thinking had not changed.

"Okay, that's fine. I will take over the ranch and David will manage it." Lisko felt that their suggestions were pertinent. As a rancher, he couldn't be indifferent.

And he is still a little eager to try. Isn’t life just about being good at trying different things to be exciting?

"Rooster, you are going to apply to be an agent of the Animal Husbandry Association." Lisko thought about something.

In the United States, the Livestock Industry Association is an organization dedicated to serving ranchers. They investigate all abnormal deaths of cattle and sheep.

The fights between ranchers are not so obvious. If anyone wants to cause harm, the loss may be to all the cattle on the ranch, which can cost millions of dollars at a time. Therefore, the state has set up a livestock industry association, usually composed of

Cowboys in various ranches are in charge.

They will investigate the abnormal death of cattle and sheep, find the murderer, and have the right to hand it over to the security department.

It is also a department with relatively broad authority in the state.