Little Life on An American Ranch

"Let's go, are you all right by yourself?"

After sending Jian Heng to the gate of the ranch, Remington stuck his head out of the car window and tapped on the door, and stopped Jian Heng to ask a question.

Jian Heng waved his hand at him: "It's okay! You're back!"

"Why don't you go to the town for a drink or two. No one has lived in this house for several months, and it's not like New York here. It's very cold at night." Remington thought for a while and said again.

Jian Heng smiled and said nothing, but waved at him again, signaling him to go back early.

Hearing the sound of the car starting behind him, Jian Heng raised his hand and opened the door of the ranch. After entering the door, he bolted the gate again, and then walked into the ranch.

The building of the ranch is very simple. It is a wooden bungalow of about 200 square meters. The bungalow is more than 200 meters away from a cattle house. All the animals live in it at night in winter. Next to the cattle house is a grass house, which stores the pasture for the pasture. , what is left is a small stable, a few rows of simple workers' rooms, and nothing else.

The ranch that has not been taken care of for several months now looks more dilapidated than when Jian Heng left. Several fences are obviously about to be broken. From time to time, one or two mice can be seen jumping in front of Jian Heng, swaggering It seems that they are the masters here. What is even more distressing is that looking around, the originally neat alfalfa is now growing in a mess. Nasty weeds, this thing is the worst headache for ranches.

After walking inside for about ten minutes, Jian Heng came to the door of the ranch's house. He reached out and touched under the mat in front of the door, and found that the original key was still there, so he picked it up and opened the door.

As soon as the door was pushed open, a musty smell came directly to the nose, Jian Heng slapped it, and quickly stepped into the room and opened all the windows that could be opened.

The windows were all open, Jian Heng went straight to the place where the old man used to store wine, opened the cabinet and looked up, there was still some wine in it, so he took out a bottle at random, but when he stretched out his hand, he found the wine that the old man had kept in the cabinet. The bottle of Old Ballantine is still there. Although the wine is not expensive, the old man's bottle is quite old, and he is not willing to sell it after hearing that someone offered a thousand dollars.

Seeing this wine, Jian Heng thought for a while and put the wine back in his hand, and took it out directly.

After opening the wine, he touched an empty glass, blew on the ashes in it twice, poured himself a glass, took the bottle and sat on the broken chair under the porch at the door, and began to drink by himself.

At this time, it happened to be in the evening, and the sun in the sky was shining red and hung on the ridge not far away. From time to time, a gust of wind blew by and could still feel a little chill.

Just like this, Jian Heng leaned his body, crossed his legs, and emptied his head in a particularly comfortable posture, watching the sun sinking from the ridge little by little, watching the green in his eyes being splashed into gold by the setting sun, and then slowly Turned dark red, high mountains, bright lakes, pines, cypresses! Even when the sun sets, the sky is as blue as a wash, as pure as a lake.

The scenery of the Rocky Mountains has always been beautiful!

But Jian Heng understands that if he is really prepared to take over the ranch and become a real rancher, then such a scenery can be seen every day, but it is estimated that he will never have the heart to see such a scenery.

If it was someone else, Jian Heng didn't even want to take the car money and go back to the country directly, no one wants to go with this thing. But Anders is different. If there is no old man, he may not be sure on the road in the wilderness that night. As long as it is night, he is likely to be swallowed by bears and wolves. Besides, without Anders, Jian Heng will not get it easily. American nationality.

Let's put it this way, the old man is kind to Jian Heng, and he is also a life-saving grace!

So Jian Heng is hesitant, it's not that Jian Heng doesn't want to repay the favor, it's going to take him a lifetime, living with cow dung every day!

When it's getting dark,

Suddenly, two beams of light came from far away.

Jian Heng watched the lights getting closer and closer. After seeing the car clearly, Jian Heng knew who was coming.

It was Remington's father, old Kyle. Old Kyle's surname is Walsh. Their family's ranch is just south of here. It has more than 4,000 acres and they raise a lot of things, including cattle, sheep, and some alpacas. Their life is just ordinary.

The old-fashioned pickup truck driven by the old man looks a bit like the old Jiefang. The front of the car is sticking out. This car is at least 30 to 40 years old. The old man has repaired it again and again. It was enough to buy two new Toyota Tundras, but the old man refused to change them.

The old man got out of the car, and slapped his backhand to close the door, but before closing it, he had to push it again to close the door.

"I heard from Remington that you're coming back to the ranch, I'll come over and have a look."

The old man closed the car door, took the old baseball cap on his head, scratched his gray hair, and sat directly on the broken chair opposite Jian Heng.

Jian Heng went into the room and brought him an empty glass and poured him a glass.

Kyle picked up the wine bottle, turned it around in his hand, looked at it for a while and put it back on the armrest of the porch, picked up the glass and took a sip, then took a breath: "Good wine, I always wanted to drink it but the old guy couldn't bear it. !"

"Finally, we agreed!" Jian Heng raised his glass at him.

The older generation of ranchers generally talk very little. Anders is like this, and so is Kyle. For them, if there is no need to talk, it is better to work more.

Of course, there are times when they talk too much. One is when they are arguing with others, or pointing guns at others. The president of the party becomes a sissy and a son of a bitch.

Kyle didn't speak, and Jian Heng didn't know what he said for a while, so the two just drank like this.

After half a bottle of wine, old Kyle said: "Anders has always planned to let you run the ranch in his heart. He has mentioned to me more than once that Mary and Cruise will not run the ranch. They took over the ranch. Just turn it into money and live their clownish days in LA!"

"I never thought about this!" Jian Heng shook his head.

This is too difficult for people who have received Chinese education since they were young. How could the old man have a daughter who could give a ranch worth tens of millions to an outsider like himself.

"Anders has been thinking about it!" After speaking, old Kyle glanced at Jian Heng, then touched the wine bottle and poured himself a sip.

"Seeing your enthusiasm for working on the ranch at that time, I know why the United States is getting worse and worse than China. You and Anders can take care of such a large ranch here. Once you leave, Anders Hired two people who thought it would be easy without you. And look at those two bastards in my family! Our ranch is half the size of this ranch, and Colt and Remington can't do it well. This Helping the mother son of a bitch democrats to educate american kids to be slobs who don't want to do anything except lie in bed and poke their fingers at their phones like idiots...." Kyle After two glasses of wine, I started to vomit.

Jian Heng didn't want to tell the old man apart, and he couldn't tell the difference. Before he came to the United States, Jian Heng didn't know how to do it, but if he stayed at the lumberyard for a few months, he didn't work or was lazy? It's either a whip or no food, and if you don't work hard, you will really die!

Besides, these old guys have become believers in the Republican Party under the influence of their parents since they were young. In their eyes, the Democrats are the ruffians in the city, little girls. For them, all the Democrats are doing bad things, and the United States is ruined by them.

"Okay, don't drink too much," Jian Heng advised.

Kyle poured himself another glass and shook his head: "It's okay, this little thing about alcohol! Let me tell you, after what happened to Mary, Anders was heartbroken, and his body will not work!"

The old friend of decades left, and he was dying, the old man was very sad.

After finishing speaking, the old man drank the wine in his hand: "In the hospital, he made a will in front of me and the lawyer. After the ranch was sold, the bank paid back the money, and the beneficiary of the remaining money is you, but see According to the news, your financial situation changed a lot, so he changed his will and gave you full rights to inherit, do you understand what he means?"

Jian Heng nodded. He understood the old man's feelings for the ranch too well. For him, he would rather lose his head than sell the ranch. The ranch was his whole world.

The old man took another sip of wine, stood up after gulping it down, picked up the hat and put it on his head, without looking at Jian Heng, he said softly: "When the old Anders was pushed into the operating room, the last sentence Just ask me, do you have a way to save the ranch? I didn't answer, and he never came out after he went in!"

After speaking, he walked to the side of the car. He drank heavily and drank a lot. The old man opened the car door, raised his foot or two but failed to put his foot in the car.

Finally got his feet on the ground, the old man didn't look back, and said without thinking: "This ranch exists, and Anders is a part of its history. Without the ranch, he is meaningless!"

After finishing speaking, the old man got into the car like this, and then drove away like this, leaving Jian Heng alone standing under the porch in a daze.

Jian Heng believes what Old Kyle said, and Anders' plan must be true. Although these old guys are stubborn and rude, they will not lie about such things. Although the clothes on the old guys are dirty, their hearts are ten thousand times cleaner than the politicians on TV.

Taking over the ranch, all the original plans have come to nothing. The beautiful girls and gyms in the small towns in China are gone, not only without these, but also with a debt! I have to live a life that I don't want to live!

But Anders has a grace here! Still a lifesaver!

Dilemma!