Chapter 38 [Preparing for the Festival]
From that day on, the Bison Tribe Treasury spends more than $300,000 a day to pay the wages of the tribesmen involved in the road construction. When the first alpine pasture was completed www.biquge.info all the thorn grass seeds were planted in the black chernozem, and after two days, the thorn grass began to germinate and grow green plants, and the growth rate was very fast, one day at a time.
Coupled with the moisture of the two spring rains, the growth of thorn grass is very gratifying, and it is completely in the direction envisioned by Lefou. Since April 26th, the entire bison tribe has entered a tense state of festival, and all the alpine pastures have raised Limuzan beef cattle. After careful selection, 100 healthy cows are selected.
Then the first steps of the drive are grazing on the edge of the small lake, and these pregnant cows are the main performers of the calf birth festival. 100 lucky tribal people will be lucky enough to receive healthy calves from these 100 pregnant cows by lottery.
Of course, the calves born by the cow are both bulls and cows, and the family that gets the bull will only get a profit from the sale of the cow. The lucky family will receive a stable income for more than ten years, because the winning cow will breed a healthy calf every year. The calf, male or female, is the private property of the common people.
The cow will be sold to the tribe's agriculture department for a reasonable price, and then the breeding work will be carried out, and if a bull is born, then the bull will grow up and all the cash proceeds from the slaughter will go to the owner of the cow. If it is a healthy cow, it can be used for more than ten years to produce ten healthy calves.
It is conceivable that those born as cows are rewards, and how much income can be brought to the owner's family, so the annual calf lottery is one of the most popular entertainments. The families who won the cows celebrated happily, and the families who won the bulls could only complain about their bad luck, but they could also get an income of $20,000, which was a good small fortune.
After the selection of the cows that are about to give birth, the staff of the Ministry of Commerce, under the leadership of the Minister of Commerce, will purchase the ingredients and drinks needed for the festival. This year was the coronation of Loafer as a chief, raising the bar to $100 per meal. $100 is a lot, and even a healthy man can't eat $100 in a meal.
What's more, more than 1/3 of the population of the entire tribe is the elderly and children, so it is generally not possible to use so much money, and the quality of the food purchased must of course keep up. What's more, this year, Lefu personally ordered the addition of several seafood dishes, precious salmon, cod, oysters, and even more than half a catty of lobster. It will be added to the recipe and distributed to every ordinary tribesman according to the head.
In addition to the food, there is only alcohol left, although Lefu is very generous to everyone to set it down, a bottle of ordinary California red wine to accompany the table wine every day. But not everyone loves to drink red wine, and there are many people who can't drink alcohol among the elderly and children. So save money on food and drinks and buy some high-end gifts, such as TVs, refrigerators, washing machines, vacuum cleaners and other household appliances.
There are also books, stationery, and even motorcycles, which serve as prizes for the raffle, which are distributed free of charge to those lucky ordinary people. Basically, everyone will get their own surprise, of course, what kind of gift you receive depends on your luck.
If you're lucky enough to draw a Yamaha motorcycle worth more than $1,000, and if you're unlucky enough to draw a pencil worth fifty cents, it's your own fate. Of course, in addition to eating and drinking, Lefu also personally formulated some entertainment programs, which are all programs that are beneficial to physical and mental health. The coverage is very wide, from eighty-year-old grandmothers to one-year-old babies can participate in their respective projects, and the fun is very strong, not caring about winning or losing, only caring about having fun.
The calf birth festival is a major festival that begins at the beginning of the four major festivals, which is very grand, and has the meaning of celebrating the increase in income from cattle and sheep production in spring. Therefore, the entire bison tribe will be busy in the first few days, as a hospitable Indian, of course, such a major festival of his tribe will not snub the staff of Longteng Company. So as early as April 28, Prime Minister Eric found Long Aotian, the president of Longteng Company.
The two sides agreed that on April 30, the day of the birth of the calf, all the construction personnel of Longteng Company would have a day off and participate in the festival celebration activities with the ordinary people of the tribe. All the food and beverage expenses of the staff of Longteng Company are borne by the Bison Tribe.
The bison tribe was so generous that Long Aotian felt very embarrassed, and urgently called China that night to deliver a batch of small gifts with Chinese characteristics. Intended to be distributed to the tribal people on the day of the calf's birth festival, these small gifts are not of high value but all have traditional Chinese characteristics.
For example, some white porcelain dolls, Chinese paper-cut paintings, folding fans, tiger head hats and slippers worn by children, and other small items are large in number. Although it doesn't cost much money, it's still a heart, and it's also a good gift, and it's not a good idea to give it to the ordinary people of the bison tribe to enhance their feelings.
At this point, it seems that Long Aotian is very good at being a person, which also explains why Lefu and Long Aotian have become good friends, both parties are very particular, not bad, and very compatible.
The whole tribe is busy with the calf's birth festival, including the chief Lefou, and Lefou's responsibility is very great. It is necessary for Lefoux to personally go to the Kenta tribe to bring his wife, who is also the hostess of the bison tribe, to the celebration of the calf's birth festival, the first major festival of the year.
This is a promise promised by Lefu himself, of course, it must be completed perfectly, otherwise how to explain it to his wife. So on the 29th, a team of more than ten bodyguards escorted Lefu and drove hundreds of kilometers to the gathering place of the Kenta tribe. Of course, as mentioned last time, the U.S. government recognizes no more than 500 reservations, but there are less than 400 reservations, and on average, there will be only one reservation for two Indian tribes.
And these reservations are large and small, some have good environments, and some have bad environments, and unfortunately there are no reservations for the Kenta tribe of more than 50,000 people. The Kenta tribe is very scattered, and it can be said that members of the Kentucky tribe can be found in any city in the continental United States, and the main settlement of the Kenta tribe is in the small city of Afton in the middle of the Rocky Mountains.
It's not a big town, but half of the people you live in are members of the Kenta tribe, so it's a town with the Indian Kenta tribe as the main inhabitants. The Indians had a very difficult life in the United States, but it was only for the common people, and the chiefs of the Kenta tribe, such as the old man Lefou, were quite wealthy.
And there is a farm of more than 50,000 acres as the personal property of the tribal chief, and it is this 50,000-acre farm where Lefu came to pick up his wife today. The two sides met and greeted and then began to give gifts, although Lefu is not very old, but the bison tribe is rich and has its own reservation.
Therefore, the position of the bison tribe in the Indian tribal alliance is at the top of the existence. There are few people, but the power of discourse is high, and the status is much higher than that of the Kenta tribal chieftain. Since he is an old man, he doesn't dare to show off his power in front of this sixteen-year-old son-in-law, and the two sides meet very harmoniously.