Lisko’s American Life

"What about the roosters? How about at the Livestock Society?"

Lisko looked at the recovered Colt, turned around and asked the cock.

The rooster represented the three ranches in the Livestock Association, and it could be regarded as his own eyeliner placed in the association. Although Lisko's favor is still useful in the political circle, after all, the county magistrate is not as good as the current one.

"Lez has no opponents now. I heard that he plans to apply for state assembly." The rooster flicked twice into the handicraft ashtray on the table, and replied lightly.

"Less is fine, I guess he wants to ask me for help." Lisko also pondered for a while. With the current qualifications of Less, there are only two ways to successfully become a member of parliament. One is to join a political party, but it is not good method, because a newcomer will not be allowed to take this position in a political party.

Another way is to rely on external forces and use middle people without political parties to gain power.

For Les, Lisko still has a good impression. He is a rancher and can speak on behalf of all local ranchers, so that next time there is any proposal in the state, everyone will be prepared, instead of the above one. Head, you can increase the agricultural tax casually.

If you want to oppose a political opinion in the United States, you can’t overthrow it with a gathering of ranchers and cowboys. At least you must have your own voice platform.

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

After reading the newspapers for a while, Lisko understood that it is really unreasonable to try to make the politicians above pity the ranchers below because of various natural disasters or irresistible factors. .

They don't care about your harvest, even if you lost tens of thousands of dollars a year after working hard for a year, should they discuss whether to increase taxes or increase, otherwise, why are the ranchers near Garrison going bankrupt more and more? more.

After working hard for a year, I finally calculated the cost and the various taxes to be paid, and finally looked through it. This year is another year of losses. If I can't support it, I can only sell the ranch.

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

"Hey, want to have some fun?"

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 have been done, Lisko looked at the Great Wall set up, knew what they wanted to play, and looked at the crowd in surprise.

"Come on. Play mahjong."

Li Ke glanced at Zhang Li who was already in the position, and 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 has just arrived in the United States, saw the old lady calling everyone to play mahjong, one can imagine her surprise.

Speaking of which, in the United States, more and more Americans like to play mahjong, the most famous of which 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 liked to play it. In the United States, not only the Mahjong Association, but also the Confucius Institute included mahjong in the official curriculum of the college. Even Britain and France were also affected by this trend. Mahjong leagues have been established.

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

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

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

Golly is also very interested, she can also play this game, and played with her colleagues several times when she was in the pet hospital.

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

Seeing that Zhang Li was still on the sidelines and didn't understand the situation, she felt as if she was still in the countryside of China, being greeted by someone to join hands, and she felt a sense of dislocation in time and space.

"Let me come, I will play." Lisko did his part, he observed for a while, and the mahjong they used was no different from the one popular in China, and it also had the words "southeast, northwest wind" printed on it.

Speaking of it, the mahjong that has been spread in the United States has not changed much. This has also made many Americans recognize the four characters of southeast, north and west. They are all universal. After playing a few rounds, most Americans are familiar with the rules and play smoothly.

Colt and Rooster also took a can of beer and were going to watch Liskoe play. They had never played it before and planned to learn it.

Mahjong is popular in the United States, most of which are in elderly centers or family gatherings of some families, because it is a group game, and four people can play together. Many people think that sitting together as a family and playing mahjong can deepen the Affection between family members.

Li Ke also tidied up quickly, and Zhang Li also woke up from the shock. With a suppressed smile on her lips, she also began to tidy up the mahjong in front of her. She made up her mind to send a message later to tell her relatives Friends, playing mahjong is so popular in the United States, I really can't believe it.

After Li Sko sorted it out, he waited for other people's actions. Mahjong was brought over by Maggie, and she became addicted to it after playing a few times in Chicago. Sure enough, no matter what country the old lady is from, 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. After coming back for so long, she has never had a chance to play this game, but she was so anxious that she finally picked a good time today. .

In American mahjong, rows of rules are printed on each piece of mahjong cloth, because their sesame-sized brains cannot remember such a complicated sequence.

Of course, there are also adaptations of American mahjong, where they turn the wind from southeast to northwest into New York, Mexico, San Francisco, Canada. The red middle, blue hair, and white board have become a red, blue and white mesh pattern, the "cheese" has become the stars on the American flag, the "stripes" are red stripes, the "ten thousand sons" are US dollars, and the flower cards have become Drinks, cars, airplanes and other patterns.

It is estimated that the object of Maggie learning mahjong is a Chinese, and what she is going to play is the domestic Sichuan mahjong method.

Li Ke watched Maggie play the sieve skillfully, and then took the cards. This is the same way of playing as the Chinese, and Zhang Li looked stunned. He was very happy,

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

"Huh!" Zhang Li yelled out in Chinese, and then revealed all his cards.