Hanging up the phone, Lu Li's mood flew like never before, as if he could touch the white clouds with a slight stretch of his hand. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

He must thank Liz, doesn't he? The gift of the ranch gave him the right to choose and the possibility to change the future, although running the ranch is still difficult, but at least it is a start. It would be nice if my parents could settle down on the ranch and retire early to enjoy their leisure life.

Mother would have loved Teddy when she saw it.

This is the first thought in Lu Li's mind, in fact, Song Lingyi likes small animals, but because of Lu Li's psychological shadow, there have never been small animals at home. After Lu Li went abroad to study, he also persuaded Song Lingyi to let her keep a pet at home, but Song Lingyi still refused. In the final analysis, it's actually for Lu Li's sake.

Now at the pasture, my mother can let go of her hands and feet to get along with the animals, "I wonder if my mother will like to ride horses?" Lu Li couldn't wait to start planning, what to do first and then after taking his parents to the ranch......

"Fourteen!" A voice came from behind him, interrupting Lu Li's train of thought, looking up, and then he saw Alice's lively figure running from the direction of the teaching building, "Why are you sitting here?" Don't you want to go to work today? ”

"Well, if you want to relax and relax today, sit here." Lu Li replied with a smile.

Alice sat cross-legged directly beside Lu Li, her long golden hair falling down like a waterfall, and her slender curly eyelashes were like butterfly wings, "You just went to see the professor too?" "Alice and Lu Li are both seniors, and now they are both worried about what will happen after graduation, but the professors of the two are not the same.

"After almost an hour, God, I didn't think at once that I was running out of English." Lu Li's words made Alice laugh, "What about you?" How is the progress of the paper? ”

"Alas......" Alice let out a long sigh and her shoulders drooped exaggeratedly, "I was patronizing and playing during spring break, and the thesis matter was completely left behind. I was scolded by the professor just now, but he kicked me out in fifteen minutes and asked me to submit a new proposal report next week. Alice wailed in frustration, "Can I not graduate?" ”

"When I was young, I always wanted to grow up, but when I grew up, I wanted to turn back time." Lu Li's words made Alice nod her head in agreement, "You say, when we are old, will we miss the present?" So those people always say, youth is only once, don't miss it easily? ”

What is youth, Lu Li felt that this was a difficult thing to define, and it was not until recently that he gradually understood.

Perhaps, youth has nothing to do with age, it has to do with mentality, and that period of recklessness, recklessness, uninhibitedness, throwing away the consequences, and rampage is called youth. Because of the passage of time and the increase of age, the burden on everyone's body began to increase, not only the financial pressure, not only the burden of the family, but also the increase of health worries and bonds, the more and more they thought about each decision, the more they looked ahead, and the more they were constrained.

As a result, life began to replace youth, gradually losing its color and becoming bleak.

Therefore, Lu Li plans to give it a go, take over Yundian Ranch, and really wanton it and grab the tail of youth. Otherwise, wouldn't you have disappointed Liz's kindness, Mom?

"You mean, spring break should be fun?" Alice winked playfully, a hint of cunning in her turquoise eyes.

Lu Li snapped his fingers, "Correct solution!" ”

"Haha." Alice's silver bell-like laughter rippled in the sun, "What about you?" How's your spring break going? What mysterious activity was carried out? ”

"I'm going on an adventure in Texas." Lu Li told the truth.

Alice showed a surprised expression, "Spring break to Texas?" Jesus Christ, this is probably the most boring spring break in history, right? At this time, there was nothing in Texas, the barren land was like the Gobi, and the cold wind was gusting, and I was shivering with cold. If I had to choose, I'd rather go fishing in Alaska. ”

"Haha." Lu Li was amused by Alice's colorful words, "But it won't be so crowded that you have to queue for half an hour to go to the toilet." I'm sure a lot of people have solved it right in the ocean of Miami. ”

Alice spread her hands and looked sincere, "I can't refute it. The two of them couldn't help but laugh at the same time again. So, what exactly is the holiday in Texas? Did you experience the life of a cowboy? ”

"That's true." Lu Li's answer made Alice look up and down curiously, and Lu Li was a little uncomfortable, "What's wrong?" Is there anything strange about it? ”

"No, I'm just painting you in cowboy boots." Alice's words made Lu Li clap his hands and laugh. The cowboys' insistence on boots is unshakable, but in fact, in the big cities, cowboy boots are more like part of the Halloween suit, which is also one of New York's mockery projects for Texas.

Lu Li spread out his hands, "You always have to follow the local customs." I think a cowboy like Clint Eastwood is really handsome, isn't it? The American films "Red Dead Redemption", "Twilight Double" and "The Golden Three" are classic Westerns in which Clint portrays the immortal tough-guy cowboy.

"But the problem is, not anyone can be Clint." Alice's answer made Lu Li feel weak for a while, and he smiled dumbly, "Are you questioning my masculinity?" ”

Hearing this, Alice couldn't help but look at Lu Li in front of her carefully, the pair of black eyes like soaked grapes had a touch of light that could not be ignored, the straight and sparse eyebrows became shining, and her cheeks suddenly became slightly hot, she laughed twice in a panic, hiding her embarrassment, shook her head and denied it, and then changed the topic, "What next?" What's next for you? Stay on campus and continue to prepare for your dissertation? Last time I heard that your internship at the Observer was going very well. ”

Alice's change of topic was really a bit blunt, but Lu Li didn't debunk it, and replied, "I'm going there tomorrow, and I won't know the follow-up results until we meet." He wanted to continue writing for the New York Observer as a freelance journalist, but it was not an easy task, firstly because he was a recent graduate and secondly he did not have a work visa. However, you always have to try it before you know if it works.

Alice secretly breathed a sigh of relief in her heart, and mentioned another thing again, which was also her main purpose for finding Lu Li today, "If you are not busy for a while, in fact, my friends have a part-time opportunity, I don't know if you are interested." ”

In school, people generally don't get into their private lives. However, Lu Li's unremitting part-time work during college is known to ordinary friends, this is not a secret, and there is nothing to make a fuss about, many college students have persevered in this way.

"Part-time?" Lu Li was a little surprised.

Alice straightened up and explained, "Here's the thing, we have a few friends who are learning Chinese at different levels. We all agree that learning Chinese is becoming more and more important nowadays, especially for journalism departments. I thought, what could be more authentic than learning Chinese from Chinese/Chinese people? ”

Lu Li tilted his head slightly, and said with a smile, "I'm not sure about this. In fact, Chinese/Chinese people do not understand the grammatical framework of Chinese so thoroughly, because this is a habit that goes deep into the bone marrow, and some grammatical knowledge we tend to think "that's it, no why", when teaching the language, it will become an obstacle. This is also the origin of the major of Chinese as a foreign language.

"However, are you also learning Chinese?" Lu Li asked curiously that he had known Alice for almost a year - the two had met in a big class last year, but had never heard that Alice was learning Chinese.

Alice smiled shyly, but confidently said, "Hello, thank you, my name is ...... Alice. "It's all in Chinese, and the overall is quite fluent.

"Wow, looks like you've really worked hard." Lu Li gave a thumbs up, judging from the pronunciation, Alice did try, because the tone is very difficult for foreigners, and she actually deliberately corrected it.

"I'm still at the basics." Although Alice had a little pride, she still said objectively, "But I think Chinese is really interesting and I want to continue learning, so I ask you, do you have time next?" ”

Lu Li thought about it seriously, "I will go to Texas to visit friends for a while in the next period of time. After all, his relationship with Alice is still not as close as that of Fred, so he is still a little more conservative, "There may be no way to stay in New York to teach you classes." ”

"Oh." Alice sighed in disappointment.

"However, if you don't mind, we can communicate by email, or video chat, and do some simple conversation practice, and that's fine." Lu Li continued, "Of course, if you are willing to visit me in Texas together, I will also welcome you with raised hands. ”

Lu Li remembered Cole's talk about developing ranch tourism, he was a journalism student and didn't know much about the tourism industry. But he knows that the tourism project is actually simply to make customers happy, he can invite some friends to come over, and then put forward some opinions, and integrate an overview of the tourism project, so that the direction will be much clearer.

"Texas?" Alice's smile resurfaced, "I've heard that it's going to be the Stampede soon, and it's the biggest event of the year in Texas. Between the words, Alice was a little eager to try, but she still didn't get too impulsive, "I'll go back and ask those friends when the time comes." In the next period of time, we will probably have to be busy with the graduation thesis. ”

"You know my number." Lu Li made a gesture of making a phone call and sent out an invitation.