432 Day after the holiday
Once the snowball fight starts, everything goes into chaos. Pen Fun Pavilion www.biquge.info not only Lu Li and Cole, but also Teddy, Hulk and other little guys also participated, shouting and roaring endlessly, originally still snowballing, snowball fights, but soon turned into snow, like a water fight, the snowflakes were constantly splashed at each other, no attack power at all, not so much a battle, more like a frolic.
The last two people were covered in snowflakes in their hair and clothes, and they were soaked inside and out. Cole is better, fully armed, not too exaggerated, Lu Li is simply wearing pajamas, a coat casually, and then went downstairs, and now the whole person is almost buried in the snow.
However, Lu Li didn't feel the cold, on the contrary, he was now hot all over his body, panting, out of breath, and that kind of cheerfulness and excitement were rampaging in his chest. He was sure that he still liked snow, especially after heavy snowfall, and even just listening to the creaking of his footsteps in the snow made him feel cheerful.
The war is over, Lu Li's whole person is in the shape of a "big", lying in the snow, looking at the tall sky, every breath, every pore up and down the body can feel the cold and cold breath, extremely real and appropriate to feel the softness and solidity of the snow, this feeling, as if from the soles of the feet all the way to the top of the head.
The smile on the corner of his mouth involuntarily rose, and then went up again, and the smile went from the corner of his mouth to the bottom of his eyes, and the whole person became cheerful.
"Do you need to clean the snow before you start work today?" Lu Li was a little reluctant, but he also knew that when it snowed and played in the snow, it was extremely enjoyable, but after everything was over, it was extremely troublesome to clean up and deal with it.
It's not New York, there's no dedicated cleaning team, and there's no professional snow plow, so it's not an easy task to handle such a large ranch. But Lu Li is not sure what will happen to the snow if it is not cleared.
"Yes, we need to clear a passageway. Cole replied in the affirmative, and he, like Lu Li, lay down in the snow like a child, then stretched out his hands and feet in a "big" shape, and looked back at the passage next to the beech forest, "Then...... Uh, and then I don't quite know how to deal with it either. You know, it's been years since it's snowed so much in Texas, and if it's just plain snow, it melts in a few days and flows straight into the valley and into the lake. But, such a thick snow ......"
Cole was also a little dazed, and reached out to scratch the snow, not quite sure what to do next. Sure enough, at this moment, it still takes a well-informed old cowboy to take on the heavy responsibility.
"Do you think it's more reliable for us to rent a snowplow, or to sprinkle salt on the entire ranch?" Lu Li is even more of a layman, who can only rely on the experience of snow clearing in New York to give advice, but he doesn't know whether it is suitable for the ranch.
Cole pursed the corners of his mouth, "I'll ask ...... later" Originally, he wanted to talk about Ronald, but then he remembered what happened last night, and his voice paused, "Robert." Robert should know what to do. "Robert and Liz from the Marshall Valley Ranch next door are of the same generation and should have experienced such a special season.
"Let's have another snowball fight before clearing the snow!" Lu Li said with a smile, his tone couldn't help but start to get excited again, "Call Justin, Brandon, and them over." Tony and Randy are going to regret it, and you can't see such a heavy snow in Los Angeles. ”
To be precise, Los Angeles almost never snows.
"Absolutely. Cole couldn't help but laugh, "However, I think you'd better take a shower before you have another snowball fight to avoid catching a cold." ”
"Good, good. Lu Li replied, "After taking a bath, we began to open the gifts, today is finally Christmas, and the gifts can finally be opened, right?" After speaking, Lu Li sat up, grabbed a large pile of snow with both hands again, and put it on Cole's face with a clam, and without waiting for Cole's reaction, he stood up with a grunt and strode away.
Cole closed his eyes and didn't speak, the smile on the corner of his mouth grew bigger and bigger, but with a little helplessness, and then he felt Teddy's warm tongue, licking the ice slag on his cheeks, "Teddy, Teddy, this is not delicious." Cole said helplessly, then hugged Teddy's neck, sat up again, and looked in the direction of the main house, Lu Li's figure had long since disappeared, leaving only the shaking door.
Cole couldn't help but shake his head again, rubbing Teddy's wet golden retriever, "Let's go, we have to take care of it too, otherwise we're going to get sick, which is not good news." ”
For the first time, Lu Li knew that the bathroom of the ranch owner's house was still a high-end "snow room", and when he looked out of the window, he could see the endless snow. It's a pity that the windows are too small to be like that in a mansion, lying in the bathtub, drinking champagne and looking at the view. Lu Li thought very seriously about whether he should simply re-plan and decorate.
He absolutely did not admit that it was conceived to see the snow.
After bathing, the whole body is emitting smoke, as if out of a fairyland, just after a fierce snowball fight, and then take a super hot bath, all the muscles are stretched, this feeling is really beautiful.
After changing his clothes, Lu Li couldn't wait to run downstairs, first found Bucky and Teddy at the bottom of the stairs, and a few other little guys, he had prepared gifts for them last night, and the first thing he did today was to open them for them. In fact, Lu Li originally wanted to play a prank, learn the comedy "Mr. Bean", and prepare strange gifts for pets-
For example, prepare a small bow tie for the doll, or throw the doll in the washing machine, wash it and shrink it, and then prepare a small box to use as its bed, or hide it in a Christmas stocking...... eyes, reattach the doll's eye patch back.
And so on.
But in the end, Lu Li gave up, and prepared a new cat litter for Bucky, a bone toy for Teddy, and different gifts for Hulk, Grapefruit, and Grapefruit - but, after unwrapping the gifts, they immediately got mixed up and played together. However, it's good that they're happy.
After unpacking the gifts of the little ones, it was finally Lu Li's turn.
The lights on the Christmas tree were still shining, but the reflection of the snow outside the window was so blazing that I couldn't see the brilliance of the lights. However, the gifts stacked under the tree can still easily attract attention, before sitting down to open the gifts, Lu Li first hung the puppet decoration that Lily's family got yesterday on the treetops, took a step back and looked at it, and then sat down satisfied.
"Gift time!" Cole also finished washing up and walked down, his tone involuntarily becoming brisk, "Whose secret friend are you?
In previous Christmases, although the process of opening gifts was pleasant, there were some surprises missing. Like this year, the focus is not on the value of the gift, but on speculating on the intention of the person you are giving the gift to, if it is like mud. It's no fun to choose a modest gift, and it's better to go bold and outlandish, even if the person doesn't like it, and the surprise is part of the holiday spirit.
Although there were only two people in the room at this time, Lu Li and Kele, and a group of little guys, thanks to the rules of secret exchange of gifts, the sense of anticipation could not help but boil. This surprise is surprise or joy.
Lu Li didn't wait for Cole, and directly tore open the package, which was a rectangle the size of a shoebox, wrapped in Scottish checked wrapping paper on the outside, which looked very attentive, shook for a while, and could hear the sound of clangling inside. The anticipation continues to rise irrepressibly.
After opening, the surprise was revealed.
In the shoebox is a deck of playing cards of the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, not the kind that is beautifully made, but the kind of ordinary poker made by the Yiwu small commodity market, and then there are ...... A pair of mahjong, the whole total jade-colored mahjong, stunned to fill the entire shoebox.
No wonder, no wonder when I picked up the shoebox yesterday, it felt extremely heavy, and the dull sound of the collision was unrecognizable. Lu Li couldn't have imagined that it would be mahjong and poker.
With a blank face, Lu Li raised his head and looked at Cole, and said with a smile, "Are you sure this is a gift for me?"
Whether it's poker or mahjong, it's not clear: the cowboys' entertainment methods have suddenly become rich, and Lu Li can already foresee the scene where he is teaching everyone to play mahjong, or a group of big men who pick their feet sit together and play against the landlord. That scene reminded Lu Li of the lively scene at home during the Chinese New Year every year.
"I think it's definitely Tony who gave me a gift!" Lu Li said conclusively.
"Are you sure?" Cole's voice came next, with a helpless smile in his words, and then Lu Li looked over and laughed with a snort.
At this time, Cole is holding an inflatable doll in his hand, which has not yet been inflated, and the entire plastic doll is completely flat, with red lips and white teeth and flat cheeks that look like a character from the "Memoirs of a Geisha", and there is also an inflatable cylinder next to it, the manual kind.
With such a combination, the joy exploded directly, Lu Li laughed completely, and Cole even had a collapsed smile, although he expected that pranks were inevitable, but this gift was definitely a ...... "I think that's what Tony sent." ”
Lu Li suddenly didn't know, mahjong and inflatable dolls, this is indeed like Tony's handiwork, or is it Randy?
"Alas, I would have been a little more ruthless if I had known about my gift. Inflatable dolls, this is really too fierce, I am really too kind. Lu Li looked up to the sky and sighed, and glanced at Cole with the rest of his eyes. Deep down, I already laughed. Innocent Tony.