"Hahahaha!" Cheerful laughter rang out like fireworks, around the campfire, and young men and women diagonally opposite each other were fighting fiercely with flaming sticks imitating lightsabers from "Star Wars". Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

"Are you sure you're not hungry?" A mocking voice interrupted Lu Li's observation, turned around, and then saw Edward sitting diagonally across from Lu Li, with the sunny smile of a big boy on his face, "I saw that you have been staring at that sheep skeleton, I can only assume that you are so hungry and panicked now, even the bones are not spared." ”

Lu Li was sitting not far from the bonfire at this time, and there were more than a dozen people around him, and everyone didn't mind Lu Li, a stranger, sitting around in a bustling circle, chatting, so lively.

Hearing Edward's ridicule, Lu Li lifted the plate in his hand, and there were still three or four pieces of lamb meat that had not been eaten on it - the one that Lily had sent to him just now, the small hill-like pieces of meat could be solved to this extent, Lu Li had done his best, "I was just thinking, if I threw the whole skeleton into a cauldron, boiled it for a day and a night, and then used this soup to make soup and thicken, it would be extremely delicious." ”

The south of China likes to drink soup, and what Lu Li really thinks about in his mind is mutton soup; But he also knows that soup is rarely eaten here in the United States, not even thick soup, but it is not unusual if it is made in soup, as in French cuisine. Lu Li did think so just now, such a completely free-range fresh lamb, the bone marrow must be very rich and mellow, and after boiling the soup, it will be twice the result with half the effort.

"Wow, it seems that this city visitor is actually a master of food?" Edward looked surprised.

Lu Li spread his hands calmly, "I think you forgot, I'm Chinese." "No one can deny the deliciousness of Chinese/Chinese cuisine, and as one of the three major cuisines in the world, there are countless people in the United States who are passionate about Chinese/Chinese cuisine. In the past few years, when Lu Li made new friends, they were most curious about two questions: one was "do you know kung fu", and the other was "do you know Chinese/Chinese cuisine".

Xiao Nizi, who was sitting next to Lu Li, whistled directly, "It seems that we can already start looking forward to the next party at Beech Ranch now." "This little girl named Annie is still in high school this year, she just met Lu Li, and she put forward 100,000 whys, and she has countless curiosities about China/China.

"You mean, I'm alone in charge of everyone's dinner?" Lu Li's eyes widened, revealing a frightened expression, "God, I am a Chinese, but not a Chinese/Chinese giant. ”

"Just like Yao/Ming?" Annie's rhetorical question made Lu Li stunned - this cold humor, he really didn't know how to answer. Seeing Lu Li's misty-faced expression, everyone else laughed.

"Smack." Lu Li came to his senses, raised his right hand and slapped it towards his arm, but he missed it, raised his head and looked around, and saw no trace of other mosquitoes, "Is it my delusion?" I just saw mosquitoes! "It's only March, and it's far from the time when mosquitoes are active.

"That's a little mosquito we have here." Anne explained, and then she looked at the other girl friends around her, and they all said in unison, "Fighters among mosquitoes." Then everyone burst into laughter.

Lu Li smiled dumbly, "I thought it wasn't the season for mosquitoes to be active. ”

"The food is here, and they naturally don't miss the party." Anne winked at Lu Li, with a playful look flashing in her eyes, "It's not just mosquitoes, but snakes, lizards, and bears...... It's time to wake up from hibernation. "Originally, Anne wanted to scare the strangers - men from the city are more or less afraid of things in the wild.

But he didn't expect Lu Li's eyes to widen, and he asked curiously, "So, you want to add dinner tonight?" ”

A rhetorical question made Anne choke directly, and several people around her burst into laughter, causing Anne to grind her teeth viciously. However, before Anne could attack again, the sound of the guitar in the wind caused everyone to divert their attention, and then Edward, who was sitting diagonally opposite, held the guitar and gently plucked the strings.

Lu Li looked at Edward and said, "So, the campfire and the guitar, this is a fixed match?" That's how you hooked/hooked up with girls in high school, right? Everyone else laughed, and Anne and her friends whispered, not knowing what they were talking about, but laughing.

Edward smiled at Lu Li, the confrontation between his fingertips and the strings did not stop, his body swayed gently to the melody, humming in a low voice, the familiar notes made the surrounding noise temporarily shut out, the unfamiliar faces softened under the campfire, and the thoughtfulness between his eyebrows made the night breeze that was raging in the air much softer. Perhaps, they don't know each other, but that doesn't stop them from sitting together and enjoying the night.

"Mom, take off my badge because I won't need it anymore." Edward began to sing, and unlike the boyish countenance, his voice was full of vicissitudes, as if he had experienced thousands of years of wind and rain in the vast desert, and had exhausted the endless bitterness and sorrow.

Lu Li couldn't help but show a surprised look, originally thought that this was just a small entertainment for the bonfire, but Edward's rustic singing without any fancy skills was really amazing, a song from Bob Dylan's "Knocking-on-heaven's door", eloquent, beautiful and moving.

"I'm falling into darkness, too dark to see." Edward retracted his hippie smile and focused on playing and singing, a smile in the firelight outlining the bard's chic and uninhibited, "I feel like I'm knocking on heaven's door." ”

Then Lu Li saw that the other people around him were beating the rhythm in their own way, some people nodded their heads, some people hit their knees, and some people stepped on the sand and gravel with their riding boots, and the clear and translucent guitar strings were accompanied by the crackling sound of the campfire.

"Knock, knock, knock on heaven's door." Everyone joined Edward's ranks and sang together, even Anne and others in the rebellious period, everyone's singing was not harmonious, and some even went out of tune, but no one cared, everyone raised the beer glass in their hands, and began to swing their hands to the melody, completely relaxed and enjoying the joy and happiness brought by the music.

Such a scene was really too unfamiliar to Lu Li, he was a little overwhelmed, looked left and right, and then saw similar smiles on everyone's faces, which made the corners of Lu Li's mouth involuntarily rise, carefully raised his hands, and waved with everyone, "Knock, knock, knock on the door of heaven......" Before realizing it, Lu Li softly joined everyone in singing.

The butterfly wings in the chest fly lightly in the wind, and the simple and simple joy is playfully jumping, dancing and flying.

There was a melodious harmonica sound in his ears, Lu Li's pupils couldn't help but widen, turned his head, and then saw Justin sitting in the corner, he held a harmonica in his hand, blowing intently, the poignant harmonica melody was like a wandering wind fluttering gently, and his mind could not help but depict the scene of green mountains and green waters, the scorching sun like fire, and the gentle breeze, as if under the sky, only he was alone, carrying his bags and wandering in the lonely smoke of the desert. The lonely back was so small and yet so magnificent, and suddenly his eyes moistened.

Lu Li himself didn't expect that all the emotions came too suddenly and too turbulently, and he didn't have time to tell what was going on, so that he was a little embarrassed, and quickly raised his head and looked at the sky above his head.

There are too many stars in the sky to count, the bright night sky seems to be within reach, you only need to stretch out your hand to pick off the stars, the hot temperature that is cold to the bones makes people yearn for and make people timid; Edward's whispered voice came to his ears, "Woo ......" was just a simple onomatopoeia, swaying with the ebb and flow of the melody, poetic accents flying up and down between tense hearts, and everyone else sang along, harmonious and melodious. In an instant, Lu Li had the illusion that the stars in the entire sky would be pouring down like a waterfall in the next moment, and the grandeur of the proximity made his heart stop beating in an instant.

Raising the beer in his hand, he took a big sip, the cold alcohol slid down his hot throat, boiling and tumbling in his chest, "Oh, Mommy put my gun on the ground......" Edward's voice shuttled through the cold wind, gently rising, and then slowly ended, the aftermath lingered, and everyone immediately applauded.

Lu Li also lowered his face again, passed through the layers of firelight, looked at the unfamiliar faces around him, but there was an indescribable warmth in his heart. He also whistled, applauded, and joined everyone in the heckling, "Wonderful! Wonderful! ”

Lu Li raised his voice and asked, "Hey, Edward, I didn't expect you to be such a good singer, I thought that only those sissies had such a singing voice." This playful mockery made everyone laugh, and in just one afternoon, Lu Li began to get used to the unique humor of cowboys.

Edward raised two middle fingers in response, which made everyone laugh even more.

"Edward once dreamed of being a singer, and he also participated in 'American Idol.'" Anne sat next to her restlessly and began to break the news, and the others followed suit, but Edward was anxious and shouted, "Annie! Anne spread her hands, "Don't worry, we know you still like women." ”

Looking at Edward's helpless expression, everyone was overjoyed and gloated.