Organic Farm Author: Farmer is flying

Chapter 105: The Law of Happiness

After taking the photos, they continued on their way, and it took them nearly an hour, and at about nine o'clock in the morning, they arrived at Steve's farm.

The Steve family greeted them at the farm, and as soon as little George saw Tagawa, he exclaimed excitedly, "Mr. Catcher is here, welcome Mr. Catcher! ”

Steve and Tagawa hugged each other and said exaggeratedly, "Oh, Tian, George has been waiting for your arrival and is a little distant from me, my father. ”

Tian Chuan introduced Xu Jingyi and Xiaohui to Steve's family respectively, and Jenny looked at Xu Jingyi and said, "Tian, your girlfriend is so beautiful, I am a little jealous of her." He turned his head to look at Xiaohui and said, "What a cute little girl, but she is a little shy, she must be more generous and cheerful in order to better attract boys." ”

Xiaohui and Xu Jingyi are a little entangled in the titles between Hetian Chuan, friends, girlfriends, sisters, and friends' children...... , in short, it's not suitable, and then it depends on what others call it. Now when facing Steve's family, the question is raised again, and the two just laugh and don't explain anything.

Looking at the expressions of the two women, Steve seemed to understand a little, and whispered to Tian Chuan: "Tian, they won't all be your girlfriends, right? ”

Tian Chuan didn't want to dwell on this issue, and said to Steve: "Steve, take us in and take a rest, Xiaohui is a little motion sick." ”

"Okay," said Steve, "it was my negligence to have the guest stand in the doorway and speak. With that, he led a few people towards the house.

As soon as they reached the door of the house, a big fluffy dog rushed out of the house, sniffing around the three of them, and the two women screamed loudly. Seeing that the dog was huge and had a gray and white coat like a wolf, Tian Chuan remembered some memories of his previous life, and comforted the two women: "Don't be afraid, this is a husky, it is very friendly to people, and it will not bite people casually." As he spoke, he put the two girls behind him and reached out to stroke the head and back of the big dog, and the big dog gradually quieted down.

Jenny shouted from behind, "Seven, come here, don't scare the guests." The big dog obediently walked up to her and shook his broom-like tail vigorously.

Jenny said to Tagawa, "This is Seven, an Alaskan Malamute. This dog is very kind to people and generally does not attack strangers, so it is a very safe kind of dog. ”

Tian Chuan asked curiously, "Jenny, isn't this a husky?"

Jenny smiled: "The husky is a Siberian Husky, somewhat similar to this Alaskan dog, with a similar coat color, and they are distant relatives. But huskies are smaller in size and have shorter fur, with the most obvious difference being the ears. You see, the ears of the Alaskan dog are spread apart to the sides and grow on either side of the head. And the husky's ears grow on the top of the head, the distance is very close, almost parallel and vertical, it looks very weird and unforgettable. Both types of dogs are friendly to people. ”

Tagawa nodded in understanding, and reached out to tease Seven to stand upright. Xu Jingyi likes animals very much, and after eliminating her fear, she quickly got acquainted with Seven and started playing in the living room, and soon Anne joined in, and she gradually became familiar with Xu Jingyi. Xiao Hui never dared to approach Seven, holding Tagawa's hand and staring at it vigilantly.

Tian Chuan asked and found out that Xiaohui was bitten by a dog when he was a child, and once he was bitten by a snake, he was afraid of the well rope for ten years, and he was afraid when he saw a dog.

Tagawa couldn't help it, so he asked Steve to take him on a tour of the farm: "Steve, take us to visit your farm." The last time I came was winter, and I didn't see anything, but this time I'm going to take a good look. ”

Steve took the three of them and drove into his SUV and headed inside the farm.

Steve's farm is located in a very good location on the plains of the Chicago River Basin, with plenty of annual rainfall but not too much, no irrigation, no need to worry about flooding, and just enough natural precipitation to keep crops growing. Now the corn and soybeans are growing luxuriantly, completely covering the ridges, and the whole farm is green and vibrant.

"There's no work on the farm this season, unless there's a pest that needs to be sprayed," says Steve. It's a blessing to be a farmer like me in the United States. ”

Tagawa asked, "Such a farm is expensive, isn't it?"

"The farms here are pretty much the most expensive in the whole of the country, and only some of California's great vineyards are more expensive than here," Steve said. I have over 200 acres on this farm, and it's worth about $4 million. Several times more expensive than the farms in Montana. ”

Tagawa said: "The peasants in the United States are a wealthy class, which is completely different from our country. In China, the peasant is almost synonymous with poverty and toil. ”

Steve was surprised and asked, "How is this happening?

"No, it's because there is too little arable land per capita in our country, and in my hometown, the average farmer has only about one acre of land, and there is no use of large machinery, and the total output of the land is too small. The peasants worked hard, but they could not get back enough income, so life was very hard. Now that many farmers have shifted their main energies from the land to the factories, they can already be called workers. ”

Like last time, the last stop of the tour is the woods on the high hill. The apple trees are already hung with green fruits, and there is a scene of abundant harvest. He is really extensive management here, after pruning and fertilizing in the spring, he will not do more management, unless there is a pest and disease that needs to be treated, nothing else, just waiting for the autumn harvest.

The pine forest is dense. Although the pine tree is an evergreen tree in all seasons, the pine forest at this time is a rich emerald green unlike the dark green in winter, and the trees are hung with large turquoise pine towers, which are green and neat, as if carved from jade. The forest is filled with the fragrance of pine trees, and it is full of life. Birds chirp in the woods, and squirrels can be seen scurrying around the trees from time to time.

The last thing I came to was the oak forest, which was very clean, probably cleared. Huge canopies are connected to each other, forming a dense shade. The temperature in the forest is significantly cooler than outside, and in such a midsummer season, walking into this oak forest makes you feel refreshed both physically and mentally. A little further down from the edge of the woods is where the cabin is located.

Steve opens the door to the cabin and invites them in.

The front and interior of the chalet are cleaned and the roof has just been repaired. "If you stay overnight on the farm and stay in a cabin for the night, it's going to be a novelty," says Steve. We could have a campfire in front of the cabin in the evening, and I asked my baseball teammates to come over. ”

Tian Chuan was a little tempted and looked back at Xiaohui and Xu Jingyi. Before Tian Chuan could speak, Xu Jingyi had already spoken: "Okay, okay, let's stay, how romantic, the cabin in the woods!" When I looked at Xiaohui again, I saw little stars shining in her eyes, and she looked yearning, and she didn't mean to object at all. Tian Chuan shook his head helplessly and said to Steve: "Okay, looking at the two of them, even if I oppose it, it won't have an effect." ”

Steve immediately took out his phone and called his teammates on the baseball team one by one: "Hey, man, that awesome catcher I told you about is here, I'm going to have a campfire barbecue tonight, come over early in the afternoon." ”

After a phone call, the guests for the evening had been invited, and Steve took Tagawa back to the house, and lunch was almost ready. Today, Jenny prepared completely American food, grilled chicken, steak, mashed potatoes, vegetable salad, boiled beans, served with bread and freshly squeezed juices and vegetable juices.

Tagawa doesn't have high requirements for food, and he can eat everything. Xiaohui is in the period of physical development, as long as there is meat, she can eat happily and has no opinion. But Xu Jingyi usually eats relatively light, the American-style roast chicken is a little greasy, and the steak is not too accustomed to eating, only picking some vegetables to eat, barely mixing it up. Seeing that Xu Jingyi didn't eat well, Jenny took out a plate of cookies for her, which she baked herself, sprinkled with raisins and preserved apples, which tasted surprisingly good. Xu Jingyi was very surprised, holding the plate and eating it in small bites. Tagawa wanted to take one and taste it, and she jumped away in a few steps, like a child guarding snacks.

But to be honest, Tagawa is not interested in this lunch, and Americans eat too roughly, whether it is in the remote countryside or in the bustling city. Fried chicken, burgers, and fries are necessities, and if you also have mashed potatoes and a vegetable salad, it's perfect. Let Tian Chuan not know how to sympathize with them.

After the meal, Tagawa and the Steve family chatted casually about the lifestyle of the two countries. In the process of chatting, a sentence from Zhuangzi suddenly jumped into Tian Chuan's mind: "Zi Fei Fish, the joy of knowing fish?" Each nation has its own rules of happiness. American fried chicken burgers, French foie gras caviar, Korean kimchi, Japanese sashimi, and even Indians' ubiquitous curry sauce.

The afternoon sun shines through the windows and reflects off the floor, brightening the room. A lazy feeling lingered over everyone, and the youngest Anne dozed off first, and was sent back to her room by Jenny for a nap. Megumi was also a little sleepy, but she didn't want to sleep, so she stood up and said that she wanted to watch Tagawa play baseball.

As soon as George heard about playing baseball, he immediately refreshed himself and ran to his room to get his equipment. Steve wanted to play later, so he had to get up and walk to the driving range with everyone. As he walked, he said to George: "Warm up slowly, Uncle Paul will come over later, don't run out of strength by then." When he heard that Uncle Paul was coming, the little one was even more happy, and ran to the pitch with a cheer.