【Chapter 755】 Different Styles (Happy Dragon Boat Festival!)
Because of the fatigue of his parents, Xiao Feng did not hold a barbecue meeting on this day and feasted the cowboys of the ranch for dinner, but decided to put this event three days later.
That night, Aunt Maria made a Chinese and Western dinner for Xiao Feng's family, which won everyone's recognition, which also reassured Aunt Maria a lot.
Xue Lihua privately pulled Xiao Feng over to ask, after all, there were cooks and gardeners at home, how could it make him feel that his family had become an evil capitalist.
"Mom, don't worry!" Xiao Feng knew his mother's concerns, and was a little unaccustomed to it, so he put his arm around her shoulders and said, "Aunt Maria and Uncle Andrew have worked in the 'Maple Leaf Castle' all their lives, and they have no children or daughters, so we can't dismiss them." Besides, there are more and more properties at home, so you can enjoy it with peace of mind, don't worry too much!"
If you talk about servants and the like, the Xiao family has existed for a long time in the past three hundred years, and even before the founding of the People's Republic of China, there were housekeepers, but they gradually changed with the changes of the times.
The entire 'Maple Leaf Castle' has more than 30 rooms, and now in addition to the cook, gardener, driver and cleaner, there are also two additional security personnel, and there are more and more people serving the Xiao family.
At the beginning, Xiao Feng was still a little uncomfortable, but now he is used to it!
This is not the inhumane exploitation system of the old society, but the employment relationship under the modern economic market, where domestic service workers provide various services to the Xiao family, and the Xiao family gives adequate remuneration and personal respect.
After becoming super-rich for several years, Xiao Feng finally gradually adapted to this lifestyle, perhaps this is part of the life of a rich man.
"That's too!" As soon as she heard about the Maria couple, Xue Lihua's sympathy immediately popped up, and she smiled and praised her son's actions.
But even so, Xue Lihua will not treat Maria as a 'subordinate' in her heart, and she still has to help when she should help in the kitchen, otherwise it will be boring to be idle all day.
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Montana in July is the most comfortable season of the year, the temperature here at night is about 15 degrees Celsius, the cool climate and fresh air, so that Xiao Jinyang and Xue Lihua did not recognize the slightest problem with the bed, and slept until dawn.
When he got up in the morning, Xiao Jinyang saw several North American larks singing on the maple tree in front of the window, and the two squirrels were not afraid of people jumping on the windowsill at all, and they didn't know what they were communicating.
Xue Lihua dismantled a bag of saltwater peanuts brought from China, grabbed a handful and put it on the windowsill, the two squirrels were startled, but they didn't run far, they seemed to feel that Xue Lihua and Xiao Jinyang were not threatened, and jumped back and began to eat peanuts.
Xiao Jinyang and the two looked at the cute squirrels and smiled at each other, it seems that life in the 'Dream Ranch' is also quite fun.
After going downstairs, Xue Lihua was busy cleaning up the two children with Xu Mengyao, and Xiao Jinyang couldn't sit still, so he followed Xiao Feng to the stable, ready to go out for a walk.
Without the drag of the two little radish heads, Xiao Jinyang and his son could ride their horses on the pasture today, until the horses were slightly sweaty, and the father and son walked back slowly with laughter.
In the past few years, Xiao Feng and his father have not had many opportunities to be alone, on the one hand, Xiao Jinyang is not good at expressing emotions, and on the other hand, Xiao Feng is quite self-righteous and does his own thing.
Now that he has become a father, Xiao Feng understands the depth of his father's love, and although he doesn't know what to say with his father, it is also a beautiful feeling for the father and son to ride side by side quietly.
The rising sun shone on the golden sun, and Xiao Feng suddenly noticed that his father's temples already had a few gray hairs, and then he realized that his father was gradually aging.
Xiao Feng wanted to let his parents quit and live in the 'Dream Ranch', but he didn't know how to speak, after all, they had always loved their job so much.
In addition, Xiao Feng was also very worried that they would suddenly retreat, and their bodies would collapse if they had nothing to do, so they were still hesitating.
Xiao Feng has read many reports that after some elderly people retire, they are not suitable for retirement life at all, and they can't stand it for a few years. Xiao Feng naturally doesn't want his parents to have any accidents, as long as they are happy and healthy!
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After breakfast, Xiao Feng decided to take his parents to Palm Town for a spin, after all, if you want to integrate into the life of the United States, you can't always be bored in the 'Dream Ranch'.
When the family went out, one F150 was a bit insufficient, and Xu Mengyao also drove another one, because it was not far away, Xiao Feng did not let the security personnel accompany him.
At this time, Xiao Feng had the intention of buying another GMC, after all, the price of the car here in the United States is cheaper, and you can get the top model within 150,000 US dollars, which requires at least 1.6 million RMB in China.
The Palm Town is less than 20 miles from Dream Ranch and is lined with lush street trees and snow-capped Rocky Mountains in the distance.
"The environment in the United States is good, but there are too few people!" drove ten kilometers from the ranch, and there were no cars along the way, and there were few farm houses along the way.
Compared with the densely populated situation of China, the western part of the United States is indeed quite barren, and the vast land and sparse population are no longer enough to describe the situation here.
"The population of the entire Helena is not enough to be more than the 'Ginkgo New District', but the area under its jurisdiction is at least close to that of Yaozhou City!" Xiao Feng said with a smile as he drove: "The farms and pastures within 20 miles here can be called neighbors!"
When he first came here, Xiao Feng was a little uncomfortable with this sparsely populated situation, but now he is used to it.
Americans do not like to visit homes as much as the Chinese, and they tend to hold various banquets and send duì invitations to relatives and friends. In this way, social needs are met and everyone has enough personal space!
This time, Xiao Feng decided to hold a grand pie at the 'Dream Ranch', in addition to introducing his parents to the employees of the ranch, and also in front of the ranchers in Palm Town.
Old Bob had already helped Xiao Feng start to send invitations to some nearby ranchers, and three days later, Pi Duì was Xiao Feng's first contact with his American counterparts.
For the farmers and ranchers of Palm Town, Xiao Feng, a super-rich man from China, naturally has enough mystery, after all, he has hundreds of millions of dollars in the first sale, and he has built Montana's first fully automatic irrigation super ranch!
During this period of time, the 'Dream Ranch' can be said to have been in constant action, but Xiao Feng rarely appeared in public, which invisibly increased everyone's curiosity.
Therefore, this time, the 'Dream Ranch' was held, which attracted the attention of many farmers and ranchers, and everyone wanted to take a look at the 'Dream Ranch' to see what the fully automatic irrigation grassland that cost 600 million US dollars to transform was like.
When driving on the roads of rural Montana, you have to be attentive at all times, not because of the high traffic, but because of the fact that one or two animals pop up on the road every now and then.
On the way from the 'Dream Ranch' to the palm town, Xiao Feng stopped a total of four times, all because the white-tailed deer and bison were swaggering across the road, and Xiao Feng didn't dare to ram them.
In fact, driving on this highway at night will kill a white-tailed deer passing by, which is also a very frustrating thing for many car owners.
Looking at those North American bison wandering on the road as if no one was around, Xiao Jinyang could only sigh that the awareness of environmental protection and animal protection in the United States was deeply rooted in the hearts of the people!
In China, despite the overwhelming publicity of environmental protection, people have maintained an unbearable desire for the emergence of various wild animals due to awareness and economic reasons.
After coming to the United States, Xiao Jinyang found that there are still certain differences between the two countries, and this difference is not in the economy, but in terms of concept and consciousness.
However, Xiao Jinyang is not a national leader, nor is he a savior, he can't control so much, the only thing he can do is follow the local traditions, that's all!
Hearing from his son, the 'Dream Ranch' is connected to the ranch in Montana, where tens of thousands of wild horses live, and occasionally crosses the line to run into the ranch, Xiao Jinyang is very interested in going to see it.
It has only been a day since he came to the United States, but what he saw and heard made Xiao Jinyang quite surprised, it is not like some films, television and literary works depicted 'sacred' or 'demonized', but closer to people's daily life.
Perhaps, it has something to do with Montana traditions?
It's the countryside with its stubborn traditions, not the glitz and glamour of New York!
When the car is close to the palm town, there are more and more houses along the way, which are different from the reinforced concrete buildings in China, and the American houses are more wooden villas, which look very different in style. Almost every household has a small garden, and this living environment alone is far better than the pigeon-cage-like houses in the Chinese city.
Xiao Jinyang had read a book before, but he didn't remember the title, but there was a sentence in it that impressed him deeply - 'Having a small lawn for children to play happily is a complete home!'.
Although this sentence seems a bit biased, in Xiao Jinyang's view, it is always a good thing to let children get in touch with soil and nature from an early age.
For example, Xiao Feng, who has lived in the countryside since he was a child, has made him experience many hardships and let him know how to be grateful, so that after he became rich, he did not lose his way.
The palm town is not big, and looking down on the small high slope in the suburbs, the scale is not even as large as Ginkgo Village, but this is the first American town that Xiao Jinyang and Xue Lihua have come into contact with, which also makes them very interested.
Here and Huaxia, has a completely different style!R1152