Montana is located in the western part of the United States, the whole territory is highland, high mountains and deep valleys, the average altitude is about 1000 meters, divided into east and west parts, the west accounts for 1/3 of the total area, belongs to the Rocky Mountains, dense forests. The eastern part accounts for two-thirds and is part of the great northern plain, with gently undulating land and vast expanses, sparse trees, and herds of cattle and sheep.

There are many large and small farms in the state, and there are dozens of large and small farms around the small town of Kemixing, which is close to northern Canada, and most of them are small and medium-sized farms. Early today, no less than 30 protesters gathered in the central square of Kemixing Town, which is rarely seen in the town, holding protest signs and shouting. A young man holding a Jewish child in the corner of the crowd was particularly eye-catching, with black hair and yellow skin that was clearly different from the white people around him, especially the Jewish child holding a square Chinese character in his hand, needless to say that this was a Chinese or Chinese. The demonstration lasted from 7 o'clock in the morning to about 10 o'clock, a full three hours, a group of people were hungry, seeing that the time was not early, the protest ended, and everyone took out chicken leg sandwiches and coke and sat on the side of the road casually and had lunch.

"Damn weather, it's so hot, damn Max, betrayed us, by the way, Han, do you have time in the afternoon, Mark and Tim asked us to play baseball together. Li Han took the Coke handed over by Weili, gulped half a bottle, hiccuped, and shook his head slightly.

"Not today, my Millie is still waiting for me, damn the weather, on Sunday, David organized a rugby game, I've promised, Willy, Mickey, come over sometime, there's a party in the evening." Li Han spread the roast chicken, and handed the chicken leg to the big-eyed, drooling Xiao Qi, a Jewish child, as for Xiao Li is a three-month-old golden retriever, the power was given to Li Han, the little guy is still young, and when he is the most pestering, when he has just left his mother's puppy or has been left alone at home, he will bark "woo~~woo~~". With his shoulders down, his head bowed, he stood weakly on its "turf", and even if a ball rolled over, he would not look at it. It's like "what's so fun about a ball". "Whew" sighed, trying to get himself to sleep. At such times, only the love of the owner can give it tenderness. Li Han didn't bring Xiao Li with him today, so he didn't dare to delay too much time.

"It's a pity, but this time, Mark and Tim will definitely teach Hamilton a hard lesson. Mighty clicked his lips, unceremoniously tore open the roast chicken wings, and stuffed them into his mouth. "Han, your roast chicken is really good. ”

Li Han tore off a chicken leg and handed the whole roast chicken to Weili casually. "Thank you, I was afraid that you wouldn't like it, I'll give you these, I'll go back first, and I'll teach them a hard lesson to the arrogant Hamiltoon. ”

"Han, I'll take a picture for you, and I must let this guy Hamilton know that we are a great baseball team. Mighty stood up and shouted to Li Han, who was walking away, putting on a baseball cap, holding a baseball bat in one hand and a roast chicken in the other. Mickey waved the chicken leg and said goodbye to Li Han, Mickey can't speak, but the little guy is very lively, usually likes to play baseball with Power, of course, Li Han's roast chicken, Mickey also likes it very much.

In the morning, Li Han, Weili, and Mickey were all protesting, and when it came to protesting, it was quite fresh at first, of course, now Li Han is used to it, and he doesn't demonstrate and protest at intervals, and he feels uncomfortable. It's been five years since Han Lee came to the U.S. and four years since he came to Montana. He has been working on the farm, and the farmer where Li Han worked died a year ago, and Li Han used the 120,000 US dollars he saved to buy a small farm from the farmer's son.

This relatively small farm covers 168 acres (about 1,000 acres) and has a three-bedroom, one-bath house with an area of 1,769 feet (about 160 square meters). Currently home to cattle and horses, surrounded by creeks, 3 ponds, 2 wells, and 40 acres of native forest, the farm is a hunter's paradise with 200 fully mature and economically valuable walnut trees. The house was renovated in 1988 and a second site was created, with a well and septic tank already in place at the time of purchase. The farm also has 1 workshop, 4 cowsheds and 2 stables.

Li Han was lucky, the farmer's son in New York owed a lot of debts due to the financial crisis, and he had no money to pay inheritance tax at all, so he had to transfer the farm worth $300,000 at that time to Li Han for $120,000 plus $100,000 in debt. Li Han took the opportunity to get a green card, but he just didn't expect that it was not easy to operate a small farm in the United States, and Li Han not only failed to pay off his $100,000 debt in the past three years, but the farm operation was a little difficult. Wake up early this morning, Li Han rushed to the town to join the small and medium-sized farmers protesting against the government's unequal agricultural subsidy policy, hoping to get some attention. smallholding

Saying goodbye to the power, Li Han drove the pickup truck back to the farm for more than ten minutes, the car stopped on the side of the road at will, and returned to the room to take a cold shower, it was really hot, and this summer was much hotter than before. After taking a shower, I was much more comfortable, opened the refrigerator and scooped up a glass of iced sour plum soup, sat comfortably on the sofa, and turned on the phone recording. Li Han doesn't have a mobile phone, it's not because of the money, the main mobile phone is inconvenient to carry, and there are phones left and right.

The first call was from the bank, and the $50,000 loan that Li Han applied for was not approved, but the $10,000 loan was approved, which was a big gain. A smile appeared on the corner of Li Han's mouth, and it was finally approved, 10,000 US dollars can repair the machinery, and the seed money is enough.

"Hehe, it seems that the protest still has some effect, and it is not in vain. Li Han drank the little sour plum soup left in the cup in one gulp, and the second call was Li Han's mother, who said that Li Han paid attention to his body, not to be too tired, to eat on time, always some small things, some things at home.

Since Li Han took over the farm, he went back at most once a year, and he didn't even go back during the Spring Festival last year, and two snowstorms last winter once caused heavy losses to the farm, and the cowshed and stables collapsed four.

These two sudden snowstorms not only destroyed the cowshed and stables, but also killed and injured nearly half of the chickens and ducks raised by Li Han.

Li Han sighed after listening to his mother's nagging, he left home at the age of eighteen to work hard in the United States, nearly five years, not to say that he has nothing, but there is not much to be proud of, except for fluent English and forgetting most of his hometown, as for selling the farm and returning to China, Li Han thought about it, not to mention farm debts, just think about what he would do when he returned to China with more than 100,000 US dollars, buy a house, small cities can only buy a hundred square meters, let alone big cities.

Li Han put down the cup, hesitated and dialed the phone at home. "Mom, it's me, Xiaohan, haven't you slept so late?" Li Han just hesitated, afraid of disturbing the rest of the two old men, and now it was more than twelve at night.

"In the afternoon, your sister brought the baby over, the little guy was very pestering, and he was playing with his uncle all night, he would just fall asleep, Xiaohan, there was nothing to do in the morning, your boss is not small, you have to be sensible, don't participate in any protests, I watched the news with your father, there were some protests or something, it was a mess. ”

Li Han regretted saying this to his mother, protest demonstrations are actually nothing in the United States, I don't know how many every day, especially Li Han's participation in this kind of is not dangerous at all, but he just stands with a sign for a few hours. "Mom, I know, next time you don't participate, you and Dad can rest assured. ”

"What's the use of protesting, it's a mess, maybe there are bad people making trouble, it's not good to hurt, the United States is not a family, discuss with your dad more about anything in the future, and ,,,。 Zhang Xiuying said for ten minutes, some small things, nagging, Li Han smiled, no justification, no explanation, just a strong promise. "Mom, don't worry, I'm not a child, I'll take care of myself, you can rest early, don't worry about me, it's all good, again." ”

"Your sister is next to me, you talk to her. Zhang Xiuying handed the phone to her daughter Li Mei. "Xiaohan, you're back, have you eaten?"

"Have you eaten, sister, the baby has fallen asleep?" Li Mei is four years older than Li Han, married early, has a three-and-a-half-year-old daughter, baby, little girl chubby, big eyes, very cute, because Li Han is not by the side of the two old people, Li Mei is free to take the baby home to live, with the baby is naughty, the family is lively.

Li Pinghe and Zhang Xiuying were also a lot of joy, and Li Han was very close to his little niece who didn't see much, and bought some toys from time to time and sent them back.

"Sleep, this girl is crazy, I haven't been idle for a day, pestering my dad to make her a rocking chair, but it's noisy. "Li Mei doesn't have the determination and perseverance of her younger brother, just an ordinary woman, children, husband, parents, and an unconscious brother, that's all she has.

"Sister, have you done the visa you said last time?" Li Han has a green card and can apply for his family to visit relatives in the United States.

"Your brother-in-law has already been there, and the procedure is more troublesome, and it will take at least half a month to get it. Li Mei said softly.

"It's only half a month, great, when the time comes, sister, I'll take you and my brother-in-law, the baby here to have fun." Li Han looked excited, his parents could live in the United States for a while, but Li Han had been looking forward to it for many years.

"Well, the baby is going to ride the big horse. Li Mei is very happy, the family is a teacher, only this younger brother has been making trouble since he was a child, but now he is very capable, opening a farm, how big is the thousands of acres of land, think about it, my colleague heard that he went to the United States for a vacation during the summer vacation, envious eyes, and his heart is beautiful, it is not easy to go abroad in a small county, especially the teacher's dormitory building, I don't know how much I envy my parents.

"Okay. Li Han secretly made up his mind to pay attention to the fact that before the baby came, he also borrowed a horse, so he couldn't let the child down. Hung up the phone, Li Han made up his mind to pay attention, he couldn't let his parents and sister worry about him anymore, and the farm had to take a good rest.