Augsg Ranch is located on the east side of the Snow Mountain Ranch, which wraps the Snow Mountain Ranch in a semi-circular shape. To the west, it is also connected to the Flathead National Forest, which is a very well-located ranch.

It has a total area of more than 54,800 acres, and if you can't imagine how big it is, you will probably know how vast it is when converted to 332,650 acres, which is equivalent to the total land of a small town.

If it is bought, the Snow Mountain Ranch will become a behemoth of nearly 80,000 acres, and just thinking about it makes Xiao Han Xuan's heart move. And his father is now distracted at dinner, and his condition has lasted since the afternoon.

A piece of braised pork fell on the table several times, Han Xuan's mother couldn't stand it, and slapped her chopsticks on the table: "Look at your bear, you can buy it if you want, can the ground fly?"

Picking up the meat and putting it in his mouth, Han's father muttered while eating: "What do you know, old Augsig bid $17 million, all of which are top-notch ranches, and it's not even where it goes, it's good to have $1 million less, I don't want to take advantage of him." ”

"Then why don't you buy it?" asked Guo's mother.

Han Qianshan almost choked on the meat, and rolled his eyes when he looked at his wife: "What about the money? Augsig didn't agree to sell the ranch separately, if you want money, I agreed to come down at that time, and it was your turn." ”

"Several nearby farmers can't afford it, so they just want our dad..."

"Don't, the man's affairs will be solved by himself, and besides, this ranch has already cost my father-in-law a lot of money. ”

Han Qianshan said, scratching his head and eating with his head bored, so he simply didn't think about it.

In the nineties, the dollar was still very valuable, not as much as it was in the future, and $17 million was already a large amount, more than six times the purchasing power of later generations.

A penny is hard to beat a hero, seeing his father lying under the eaves, sighing at the sunset, Han Xuan was a little speechless.

But he can understand his father's thoughts, he is in his thirties, how can he have the face to ask his parents for money, just like he once was...

Forget it, when I didn't say it.

In addition to the houses under construction, the family has about six million dollars, all of which have been earned from the ranch in the past ten years.

The quality of other people's beef and mutton is not as good as that in the snowy mountain pasture, and they will live every year, otherwise how could old Augsge be willing to sell the pasture.

In 1950, there were about 5.65 million ranches in the United States, and now less than half of them are left through land acquisitions.

"Why don't you get a bank loan? Han Xuan lay down beside his father, hugged the fat man next to the chair in his arms, turned his head and asked.

Han Qianshan looked at his son and said: "Our family's ranch is only more than 20,000 acres, even if it is worth 9 million, the bank will only lend 80% of the maximum amount, this is not still lacking, not to mention that we must leave some money for emergency use." ”

touched his son's head, continued to be sympathetic to the sunset, and after a while, even the sun gave face, and quietly hid in the mountains.

Seeing that the father got up and walked in the direction of the cattle pen, Xiao Han Xuan thought for a while, got up and walked towards the house, his son was embarrassed to borrow, he didn't say that his grandson was embarrassed.

Guo's mother was on the phone, and was startled when she saw someone coming, and when she saw that her son was coming, she continued to say into the microphone: "Well, more than 50,000 acres." ”

Han Xuan stood beside him, and vaguely heard the old man's voice coming: "Okay, it's borrowed, how can I have such a stupid son-in-law, are good things easy to come across? ”

Guo's mother said angrily: "Dad~ Don't talk about him like that." ”

"Okay, okay, don't talk about that idiot, the eldest grandson is back, let me talk to him. The old man's tone was helpless.

"Grandpa, I'm here, I hear you say bad things about my father. Han Xuan took the phone, turned his head to look at his mother, and grinned, sure enough, the mother and son saw the same thing.

The world's population is increasing, gold stocks are depreciating, only the price of these pastures with permanent land ownership has been rising, although Han Xuan said that he was not short of money to spend in both lifetimes, he couldn't watch them run away with long legs.

After chatting with my grandfather for a while, I agreed to have time to visit him, and then I put down the phone, and my mother grabbed his ear and threatened: "Tell your father that you said that you leaked your mouth, otherwise my mother will make you kneel on the washboard!"

Han Xuan's eyes widened and he nodded quickly.

I sighed in my heart what a kind mother, I can't bear to hurt my father's glass heart, but I pity my little knee, I really don't know where she learned this trick, it's hard to use it all over the world

Jumping out of the door, going to the cattle pen to find Daddy, halfway met McDull helping the shepherd pudding they were driving the alpacas, the mouth could not make a dog bark, Enang Enang donkey barking did not have the slightest deterrent power, the grass and mud horses still what to do, so angry that McDull hit his head on their legs, which had some effect.

The alpacas all bowed their heads, oh boss, I'm sorry, you're too short to see!

Pudding is eight years old this year, and he is already middle-aged in his dog-age career, but he is in good spirits, with short hair and shiny oil, and he is squatting in front of the boy and shaking his tail at this time, Han Xuan hugged his head and praised it a few times, and then ran out to continue working.

It's true that dogs are cute like this, but it's a little more like a donkey... It's weird.

After waiting for a long time, seeing that McDull was still unconscious, the corner of the boy's eyes jumped, and he grabbed his big ears and lifted his legs forward.

Han's father was cleaning the cattle pen with Old John, chatting about their respective sons, Old John was full of embarrassment, and sighed that he didn't know how Little John was doing in Seattle.

Two years ago, my son left the ranch to go out and wandered, and he never came back since, only letters every two months kept in touch with each other.

This is a very common thing in the United States, but Han Qianshan couldn't understand this emotion, and suddenly shuddered when he thought that his son might leave him in the future.

Just when he saw his son coming, Han's father grinned, stretched out his hand and twisted the boy's face to show his love, and now that the relationship is closer, he will not forget Lao Tzu.

And Xiao Han Xuan couldn't cry or laugh: "It's okay if you're in a bad mood, dad, you just rub cow dung on your son's face!"

Father Han's face turned red, and Old John immediately burst into laughter.

"Dad, my grandfather just called. Han Xuan wiped his face with paper, threw it on the ground in disgust, and said in his mouth.

Father Han pricked up his ears and saw that his son stopped talking for a long time, so he had to say, "Then what?"

"Then I said that my grandfather said that he wanted to buy the Augsg Ranch, and that he had lent you the money. ”

The boy raised his head and saw the expression on his father's face and knew that there was a play, and sure enough, when he sent him up the steps, Father Han sat down, and was very refreshing: "Well, it's a loan from Dad." ”

After thinking about it, he continued to ask, "How much did you borrow?" The beef has been selling well recently, and I will return it to your grandfather when it is sold in the autumn." ”

"10 million like. ”

"Well... I will definitely return it next year!"

Old John didn't know Han Qianshan's tangled heart, and said excitedly: "Boss, are you going to buy Augsg Ranch?!"

"Really, that's great!"

Han Xuan was only a little over a meter tall, not as tall as the bullpen railing, so he naturally couldn't see the side, but he was startled when he heard the sound at this moment, and he stood on tiptoe to find that it was Martinez, the light was too dim, and he saw big white teeth floating in the air.

"Haha I'm not sure, I'll call Augsg tomorrow, well, it's better to ask him first in the evening. ”

After Han's father finished speaking, he dropped the cow chop, walked out of the fence and walked out, and the voice came from afar: "Son, go home quickly!"

Old John smiled and shook his head, and went on with his work.

Quiet and quiet days are easy to raise people with simple hearts.

Although Han's father is in his thirties, he still looks similar to when he just graduated from college.

has not experienced social washing, and there is no pressure in life, so he can be as free and easy as this.

Han Xuan also laughed, took McDull to say goodbye to Uncle John and Martinez, and slowly returned along the grassy path, the bells jingling.

When he got home, his father was sitting in a rocking chair, holding a small purple sand pot in his right hand, and when he saw his son looking at him, he smiled mysteriously, as if he was waiting for him to ask.

Xiao Han Xuan's eyes looked at the eaves at forty-five degrees, and said very cooperatively: "Uncle Angus agreed?"

The father nodded, looking calm, as if the person in the afternoon was not him. Looking through the window, the mother was giving her son a thumbs up, turning around and continuing to wipe the dishes.

The moon hid in the clouds, and only the cabin was brightly lit.

Under the eaves, the father and son whispered, and words like carnival and first love seemed to come from the wind.

Han's father's face turned red, and he turned his head to find that his wife didn't pay attention to this, so he reached out and knocked on his son's head.

Soon the lights dimmed under the eaves, and the sleeping people waited quietly for the arrival of tomorrow.