Glancing back at an embarrassed Finley, Justin broke the brief silence with a loud voice, "He's joking." "Although we have only met three times, Justin knows that Lu Li is not a bitter guy.www.biquge.info

Sure enough, Lu Li spread out his hands with a helpless expression, "You know that the most important thing in humor is that someone cooperates, and if you don't cooperate, forget it, you still poke me? "That shaking of the head makes people laugh.

Finley was stunned, then burst out laughing, and the room brightened up in an instant.

"Don't let him fool you, he hasn't graduated from college this year. Justin continued to complain.

Finley looked at Lu Li in surprise, "I thought you were in high school. Now, it was Justin's turn to petrify, Finley explained, "and what I meant by 'old fellow' was that your language, your demeanor, your habits, nothing looked like ...... Tourists or students. ”

Lu Li gave Justin a look, then looked at Finley and smiled politely, "My major is journalism, so, you know." "It's not just a liberal arts major, it's a liberal arts student who needs to constantly interact with people.

"I thought journalists were boring guys. Finley smiled, full of curiosity about Lu Li.

"You just said you bought guns?" Justin interrupted rudely, Lu Li smiled at Finley and gestured, then turned his head to look at Justin, "With your current visa, you can't buy guns for the time being." If you need to guard the ranch, don't worry, Cole has a gun, and if you want to hunt, you can just wait, and you can come here to practice before you get your official identification. ”

"Cole has a gun?" This is what Lu Li was most surprised about, in the past time together, Cole didn't look like a person who could hold a gun at all.

Justin shrugged, "Welcome to Texas." ”

The truth is revealed in one sentence. Living in Texas and pulling out a gun at the slightest disagreement is no joke, in fact, Texas has the highest gun penetration rate in the United States, and many people have at least two or more guns. In California, HSD, a family may have a gun, but in Texas, it's a very different story.

"Huh, otherwise why do you think I want to buy a gun?" Lu Li's response made Justin stunned, this is a counter-general?

Finley stood next to him, biting his lip so that he could avoid laughing out loud.

In the end, Lu Li still couldn't buy and rob, but today's shooting was very enjoyable, and the excitement of real guns and live ammunition was really unforgettable. Justin escorted Lu Li to the parking lot, "After going back, it's best to take a hot shower, especially the shoulder part, it feels okay just now, but the muscles will still have some reactions after that." ”

Lu Li thought of the Desert Eagle, the recoil is indeed beyond imagination, not just anyone can control it, even if it is a sniper rifle, the recoil of each shot is clearly displayed on the shoulder, "I see." By the way, have you ever thought that the shooting range can accommodate groups of tourists?"

"What do you mean?" said Justin, puzzled.

"Once the ranch is on track, I can host some families, not tourist-like, but resort-like. Lu Li explained simply, "There will be some experience projects at that time, I just think that if you can join shooting, it should be quite interesting." However, this is only at the ideation stage......"

"No problem. Justin simply nodded in agreement.

It was so neat and neat, but Lu Li choked, he paused, and added, "I'm still thinking about it for the time being, and the ranch is just starting now, and what specific ideas there are after that, I'll discuss it when the time comes." ”

"No problem. Justin still looked resolute, which seemed that Lu Li was too worried, Lu Li couldn't help laughing, nodded, and said simply, "That's it!"

After speaking, Lu Li opened the car door, and Justin looked at the new car, "Good car." You've finally changed your ride?"

"Haha, I just started today, test the car, and came all the way. Lu Li said with a smile and said hello to Justin, "Another day, the ranch will be cleaned up, a party will be held, and a message will be sent to you." ”

Justin made a salute to show that he understood, and then Lu Li started the engine and walked away.

Back at the ranch, everyone came out to watch, curious about the new car that landed away, and complained one by one.

"Fourteen, your car is too eye-catching, you need to get some mud on it, or the thugs will target you when you run down the streets of Austin. “

"I actually drove a raptor, I know that the ranch is doing well, I ask for a wage increase, I strongly demand!"

"Finally got rid of the sissy, but this time it was upgraded to a macho man, is the leap speed too fast? Or, my old broken car will lend you to drive for a while, and this one will be handed over to me to help you warm up. “

"I'll drive this one tomorrow when I go to buy grain!"

……

In the face of everyone's chatter, Lu Li was really a little overwhelmed, and finally simply threw the key to Cole, left the car for them to toss, and returned to the house himself.

Teddy greeted him as soon as he slipped away, enthusiastically circling Lu Li, Bucky was still out of sight, and looked at the squirrel in the makeshift nest outside the window from a distance, as if he was sleeping, but the slightly trembling eyelids could be seen under the bright sun, which made Lu Li wonder - could the squirrel still pretend to be asleep?

Sitting down at the dining room table, Teddy lay down at Lu Li's feet.

Lu Li turned on the computer and started to confirm the email. A few days ago, he sent the thesis proposal report, and the professor's reply email finally arrived today, and the professor thought that there was no problem with the overall idea, and Lu Li could start to enter the formal writing, and then attached a list of reference papers he recommended at the end of the article.

After a rough glance, forty articles, okay, not much. This made Lu Li breathe a sigh of relief.

After deleting the promotional emails and spam emails, Lu Li unexpectedly found that the email he had been waiting for finally came. Lu Li has always wanted to re-plan the layout of the ranch, not a major renovation, but a more reasonable use of space, and also considering that if you entertain tourist groups in the future, you will inevitably need more accommodation space, so the main house here also needs to be readjusted.

So, Lu Li sent an email to a recent graduate of Harvard University's Department of Architecture, Lu Li had lived in the other party's apartment as a sofa guest when he traveled to Boston, and the two became friends, and there has been an email exchange since then. This time, Lu Li not only as a friend, but also as a businessman, giving the other party a chance to submit a project.

The other party also attached great importance to it, and this email was delivered for the first time.

"Dear XIV,

This is the first draft of the design, due to the limited understanding of the space and environment of the ranch, there are still many deficiencies in the design, you can refer to it, and then give comments. It's a good idea to take some photos of the ranch, which will be a big help to me in revising the design. Finally, the Texas sunshine made me die of envy, and it had been raining in Boston for two weeks in a row, and I was about to get moldy.

Vivien. “

Yes, that little friend is a girl, the same age as Lu Li.

Lu Li downloaded the attachment and opened it. At first glance, Lu Li only felt dazzled, and he couldn't understand it at all, the so-called design drawing, there were countless lines on it, there was no professional guidance, and even the upper and lower left and right could not be distinguished. It took Lu Li a while to identify the southeast, northwest, and northwest, and only then did he find a sense of space.

Vivien's design changes were much larger than expected, centering on the main house, and the house where Cole lived in the back was retained, but the warehouse was expanded, and the side was filled with large haystacks, leaving a running path in the middle to lead to the beech grove next to it, and the main house itself would extend a little further to the south, about a third of the way out, and then the garden and vegetable patch in front of the door were directly doubled, the green area was greatly increased, and an artificial pond was even introduced next to it. Or the swimming pool, Lu Li is not sure, but you can feel that the design of the main house has become more modern while maintaining the natural style, and the integration with the ranch is also more close, no longer a simple country cottage.

Further south of the main house was a clearing that had been the entrance to the ranch, but Vivien had the audacity to move the entrance closer to the lake and replan the clearing.

The first thing that catches your eye is a large beech forest, which extends from the next beech forest, and the greenery becomes more dense and wide, and then across the beech forest, you can see a modern villa.

It is said to be a villa, but it is actually a two-story cottage like the main house, and the overall design is more concise than the main house, with no vegetable patches and artificial ponds, but a garden has been added, and it looks like it is planted with ...... Lavender?

The large patches of purple, the first thing that came to Lu Li's mind was lavender. That's a good idea.

However, this design is the design of the whole big picture, and the interior decoration design has not been considered for the time being, as Vivian said, this is the first draft of the design. Nevertheless, Vivien's design philosophy is to make the most of the space, take into account the natural environment of the ranch, and replan the living areas of the ranch in a way that minimizes environmental damage.

I have to say that the vision of professionals is indeed different, and Lu Li is a little curious about what it would be like if Vivian could complete the design.

So, Lu Li replied to an email.

"Dear Vivien,

I've gone through the first draft, and while I can't tell the direction or what the colors mean, I like the overall concept. If you'd like, come and visit the ranch, see it for yourself, and then complete the design. This time, I'll be your couch master.

Horseback riding, fishing and wool trimming are also available.

Fourteen. ”