Chapter 97: Thanksgiving (II) The two chapters are one
Not long after, Pepe took a fancy to a wood carving ornament, this ornament is carved with four wolves, the wolf king is carved into the shape of the head to the sky, the mouth is open to the sky, revealing the fangs, as if roaring, the fangs and the hair on the wolf's body are carved lifelike, especially the eyes of the wolf king, the carving is vivid, with majesty in the eyes, the more you look at it, the more it looks like the pet Weilang who has been subdued by Pepe in the space.
This ornament is not only the lifelike carving of the wolf king, the overall concept of the ornament also fully reflects the aura of the carver, the high protruding part of the wolf king's back is carved into a crooked neck tree by the carver, the wolf king's feet are also stepping on a protruding rock, the edge of the rock is also entrenched with three wolves, the whole chassis is not flat, each irregular bulge is carved into large and small gravel and vegetation by the carver with great aura, the whole carving piece is integrated with the wide chassis, This is no longer just an ordinary ornament, it is simply a work of art.
The county lord's mother relies on the golden finger divine sense, and has always liked to do something to take advantage of when buying and selling items, but for such a work of art, the county lord lady thinks that it is not too expensive, especially after she heard about the origin of Thanksgiving, she is very sympathetic to these poor Indians in her bones.
Think about it, the indigenous Indians, who were the original masters of the American continent, kindly saved a group of Europeans on the ship "Mayflower" more than 300 years ago, but did not usher in the due reward, but instead lured wolves into the house, and for hundreds of years they were almost wiped out by these white-eyed white people who migrated from Europe like white-eyed wolves. Today, the descendants of this group of European white-eyed wolves have formed the United States of America, and the original invaders have become the new owners of this rich land in the Americas, and the native Indians, who are the original masters, have not only become second-class citizens of this land. In addition to being discriminated against, these Indians are being driven away again and again by the descendants of white-eyed wolves, and the so-called Indian reserves are nothing more than the depths of the uninhabited mountains that Americans simply can't look at.
Therefore, the county lord didn't plan to bargain at all when she saw the object she liked, so she reached out and picked up the wood carving ornament. It's heavy enough. She weighed it and handed it to the Indian boy on the side, "Mr. Bull, I like this ornament too." How much? β
Mr. Fierce Bull, a young Indian warrior, took the ornament, looked at it, and quoted the price: "This ornament was also carved by an elder of our tribe, and the elder came out to confess." The price cannot be less than 1,500 dollars. β
This Indian boy named Fierce Bull is full of honesty, and there is no business like him. I told the bottom price in my heart.
Pepe nodded to the fierce bull, pointed to the wood carving ornament and said, "Okay, just pick me up at the price you said, I want it!" β
The bull holds a carved wooden ornament. A smile of surprise appeared on her face, "Thank you for your generosity, beautiful lady. Wait a minute, I'll wrap it up for you. "Finished. The young man didn't care about the oil-paper bag with the bone bow and arrow at his feet, and rushed to the tent with the carved wooden ornaments in his arms.
Pepe looked at the back of the fierce bull, smiled and shook his head, there are so many customers shopping in front of this carpet, crowded with people, fortunately they are the ones who run into them, in case they meet the customers who love to take advantage, take advantage of the bull to walk away when the bull walks away, where to find someone after the bull comes back?
Pepe motioned to Fu Ya to pick up the oiled paper bag on the ground, and continued to squat on the ground to pick it up.
A few minutes later, the Indian boy came out of the tent, this time he took out a big burlap bag, walked up to Pepe and Fu Ya, touched the back of his head and smiled at the two of them, and said: "Two beautiful ladies, considering that you have other items to buy, I have brought a burlap bag over, this cloth bag is big and strong enough, you can choose slowly." If that's not enough, I'll go get another burlap bag. β
Get! This Indian boy estimated that he finally ran into a big buyer like the county lord's mother, and even took out the hemp cloth bag, hoping that this broad lady could make a big purchase and go back with a few more sacks.
Pepe and Fu Ya glanced at each other, and the two of them couldn't help laughing.
Fu Ya, as a caring big girl, under the guidance of the boss's eyes, put the oil-paper bag containing the bone bow and arrow in her hand into the hemp bag in the hand of the fierce bull, and then said a few words of thanks to the Indian warrior gentleman.
Since everyone has taken out such a big sack, Pepe and Fu Ya have also let go of their hands and feet to buy big.
He bought a handmade wooden cane for the old man, a beautiful wooden jewelry box for the old lady that was also hand-carved, and then Pepe bought gifts for his father and mother and two younger brothers.
Picking and choosing in front of the stall, he finally chose a small bone ornament for his father, and a bone comb for his mother, and saw more than a dozen strings of wolf tooth necklaces and bracelets placed in the corner, Pepe felt that his younger brother Ash should like it very much, so he stepped forward and picked up one of the strings from the wolf tooth bracelet.
Looking at the remaining wolf tooth necklaces and bracelets, she thought for a moment, Ash likes to show off to his friends, maybe the stupid big Jimmy will like it too, and the youngest brother Xiaohao, maybe he will also want a string? Well, it's better to buy a few more strings, and when the time comes, you will save a few small ones to fight for the wolf tooth bracelet.
Pepe asked Mr. Warrior on the side, and learned that a string of wolf tooth necklaces was only fifty dollars, and a string of wolf teeth bracelets was even cheaper, only thirty dollars.
So, Pepe started counting the heads with his fingers: Ash, Xiaohao, the stupid big Jimmy, well, Jimmy's brother Charles can also send one, by the way, and his best friend Lilian may like it too. Well, Brother Yinuo is very hard, let's give him a bracelet too, in addition to Fu Ya and Joey, if you buy a gift for Joey, you can't leave out the other people in the villa, and you have to prepare a small gift for each of them. Ah-yes, and Reese who came home for the holidays, and this girl would have jumped to her feet if she had forgotten about her when she came back and saw that everyone else had gifts.
In this way, it would take at least twenty to be enough to allocate, and Pepe picked up all the wolf tooth necklaces and bracelets on the carpet and counted them. There are only four wolf tooth necklaces, and there are a little more wolf tooth bracelets, but only six, which is still half the number.
So, she turned her head to the Indian boy who had been standing on the side and asked, "I want all these necklaces or bracelets made of wolf teeth on the carpet, but if you give them away, there are at least ten missing, and are there many necklaces or bracelets made of wolf teeth?" β
The Indian boy thought bitterly for a moment. A moment later. He put the hemp bag in his hand on the ground, took out a wolf tooth necklace with colorful feathers from his neck, and reluctantly stroked the largest wolf tooth at the bottom of the necklace. He handed the necklace to Pepe and said, "This is the last one, it's the trophy of my first wolf hunt, give it to you." β
Pepe looked at the reluctance on the Indian warrior's face. With a sigh, he reached out and pushed. Pushing the necklace of the fierce bull back, Zhengse said: "This is your beloved thing, and I bought it back to give it away, in comparison." This necklace means more to you, and I definitely won't ask for it. I don't necessarily have to buy wolf tooth products, or not. You can recommend other materials for necklaces and bracelets. β
Mr. Warrior's eyes lit up when he heard this. After hanging the wolf tooth necklace back around his neck, he walked to the other end of the carpet, bent down and picked up a large string of beads on the carpet there, walked back again, handed it to Pepe, and said: "These necklaces and bracelets are strung by the old people of our tribe with bison horn and bison bones, and the price of these necklaces and bracelets is much cheaper than wolf teeth, the necklace is only thirty dollars a string, and the bracelet is only fifteen dollars a string. Do you like it or not? If you buy more, I can give you a cheaper! β
Pepe took over the large string of beads, which were honestly quite beautiful, with a small horn at the bottom of the necklace, and the whole necklace was made of jade-white cow bones polished into an oval shape, with colorful feathers and small wooden beads painted in bright colors, which was very Indian.
Horn bracelets are also almost made of a variety of colorful wooden beads and jade white cow bones with small horns, some bracelets are strung with small colored feathers, and some bracelets are not paired with colored feathers.
The necklaces and bracelets were cheap and Indian, so Pepe picked 10 necklaces and bracelets from each and handed them to the bull next to him to wrap them up and put them in a hemp bag.
In the end, Pepe spent more than ten minutes, and finally stopped after selecting a few ornaments with great characteristics of carving among the dazzling variety of items.
She handed over all the selected items to the fierce bull on the side, the fierce bull squatted in front of the hemp bag and began to calculate the price in the same way, Pepe looked around, and found that Fu Ya also held large and small items in her hand at this time, she walked behind Fu Ya funny, patted Fu Ya on the shoulder, Fu Ya turned around.
"Have you chosen, I'm going to check out, do you want to go together?" Pepe asked Fu Ya with a smile.
Fu Ya nodded, got up with the belongings in her arms, and followed Pepe back to Mr. Warrior and the hemp bag.
"Mr. Fierce Bull, help me calculate the price of these items and calculate them separately." Fu Ya put the items in her arms at the feet of the fierce bull.
The county lord's mother wanted to help Fu Ya settle the bill together, but when she heard Fu Ya say this, she suddenly remembered the allusion that the old man often nagged about Shengmien fighting Mi Hat.
Although Pepe used his divine sense to give a spiritual hint to many people, it was only for someone to inquire about Pepe's own situation, the situation of Xiaoquanshan, and the scientific research achievements of technology companies, only when they encountered the above situation, these people's minds would reflect the relevant hint ban, once they wanted to confide out the relevant information, the ban in their minds would make the other party involuntarily comatose.
The so-called implicit ban does not turn those who have been hinted at into their own slaves, who still have their own independent thoughts and concepts.
Therefore, when Pepe thought of the allusion of Shengmien fighting rice hatred that had been repeatedly instilled by the old capitalist Mr. Li since she was a child, and remembered that she also prepared a gift for Fu Ya in the sack of items, since Fu Ya chose the objects herself, then she should settle the bill by herself.
So, after calculating the value of Pepe's sack of items, Mr. Warrior went on to calculate the price of the pile of items that Fu Ya had brought.
In the end, the total price of Pepe's sack of items was $6,420, while Fu Ya bought all the knick-knacks, and the price was less than a fraction of the total price of Pepe's sack, a total of only $260.
After calculating all the prices, Mr. Warrior said "Wait a minute" to Pepe and Fu Ya. Turning around and entering the tent, after a while, he came out again with a small burlap bag with a capacity of about three liters, and helped Fu Ya put the pile of items she had picked on the ground into the small burlap bag.
Then the big Indian warrior took two burlap bags in his hands and led the way to the grocery store not far away.
In front of the credit card machine in the grocery store, Pepe and Fu Ya swiped their cards separately after settling the bill. Mr. Warrior placed two burlap bags in front of the heels of the two ladies. A happy smile appeared on his honest face, "Two ladies, thank you for your patronage. These things are still heavier, are you coming by car or horseback, do you need my help? β
Fu Ya bent down and lifted the largest burlap bag, good fellow. It's really not light at all, it's almost thirty pounds. He carried his own small burlap bag again. After weighing the weight, it weighed almost ten pounds.
- Dizzy! How can these two delicate ladies carry it all the way!
So, Fu Ya said to Pei Peijian: "I don't know if the float parade is over yet, and it's useless to call Joey." Why don't I call Thomson now, he has the keys to Joey's pickup truck, and tell him to go back to Joey's pickup truck in Center Square and wait for us? β
Tell the truth. Pepe is not at all afraid of the weight of this sack, but considering his own ladylike image. She decided to ask the Indian warrior to help carry the two burlap bags to the central square.
So, she smiled at Mr. Warrior, "Mr. Bull, can you please help carry these things to the central square, we definitely can't carry these things, I want to lock these things in the back of the car parked there." β
Mr. Warrior nodded, turned to the grocery store owner, and said, "Mr. Lem, please hand over the six thousand six hundred and eighty dollars in cash that you just swiped to our chief in a moment, and I will now help the two ladies get their things back to their cars." β
After seeing the grocery store owner make an OK gesture, Mr. Warrior lifted his hands and gently picked up the two burlap bags, and took the lead out of the grocery store.
"Mr. Bull, please waitβ" Pepe hurriedly called out to him.
Mr. Warrior turned to Pepe in confusion.
Pepe didn't bother to explain, so he walked out of the grocery store and shouted to Little Topp, who was playing with the Indian children not far away, "Toppβcome here!" We're leaving! β
Little Topp looked up in Pepe's direction, and then whispered a few words to an Indian kid next to him, and then ran over obediently.
Pepe took little Top's dirty little hand, nodded to Mr. Warrior, and said, "Alright, Mr. Bull, let's go." β
All the way through the crowded crowd, Fu Ya walked at the end, called Thomson as she walked, and after the phone was dialed, Fu Ya explained the situation in a few words, asking Thomson to rush back to Joey's car in the center square now and wait for them to come back.
After hanging up the phone and walking for about ten minutes, the group returned to the booth of Little Topp's father, Mr. Flo, and after handing Little Topp to Mr. Flo, Pepe couldn't bother to say hello, and pointed to the big warrior and the burlap bag he was carrying in both hands, and after explaining a few words, the three of them shuttled through the crowd and walked towards the central square.
Back in front of Joey's pickup truck in the central square, Thomson hadn't come back yet, and the big warrior gently put the two burlap bags on the ground, nodded at Pepe and Fu Ya, and said, "Two ladies, do you need me to accompany you and wait for your friends to come back?" β
Troublesome people walked for nearly twenty minutes carrying forty pounds of things from afar, and the county lord's mother, who has always claimed to be cheeky, felt embarrassed, how could she be cheeky enough to ask people to accompany and wait for someone.
The county lord hurriedly shook her hand and said: "No, no, thank you so much, Mr. Fierce Bull, there are so many customers in front of your stall, you definitely need to go back to help quickly, we have notified our friends, we should be here soon"
Before he could finish speaking, Thomson's voice was heard in the distance: "Miss Pellβ"
Pepe looked up and saw that Thomson and another cowboy named Bill were walking this way, Pepe quickly waved to them, and the two ran over from a distance, "Mr. Bull, look, my friends are coming." Anyway. I still want to say thank you, thank you so much. β
Mr. Warrior reached out and touched the back of his head, and an embarrassed smile appeared on his honest face: "Madam, it should be that we thank you, fortunately, you have bought so many handmade products from our stall, so that we have such a large income before the winter comes, and we can also stock up on more winter food." β
said. The Indian warrior dropped the hand that was touching the back of his head. The tone became brisk, "With this income, we can buy more flour." This winter, there will be no need to face a cold and hungry winter as in previous years, and children and the elderly will be able to eat enough in this winter. β
With that, Mr. Warrior put his hands on his chest. He made a bent ceremonial gesture towards Pepe, "May the light of the sun god always shine on you." Generous lady! β
After completing the movement, Mr. Warrior straightened up, waved at Pepe, and then turned and strode in the direction of the tent
Looking at the back of this simple Indian warrior walking farther and farther away, Pepe couldn't help but feel a sadness while sympathizing. Alasβfor her. She only spent the money of a dress or a bag for a few gadgets for toys and gifts, but for these Indians who lived in the bitter cold, the money could help them buy food for the winter. So that the old people and children of the tribe will not starve and freeze.
-- If you have the chance, you still have to help these poor and simple Indians! The county lord muttered secretly in her heart.
Shook his head. Leaving these thoughts behind, Pepe beckoned to Thomson and Bill and put the two burlap bags into the back of the pickup truck and locked them.
After that, the float parade ended, Pepe and Fu Ya met Joey and the other cowboys, the big guys had lunch at a barbecue restaurant in the town, and in the afternoon they visited a series of traditional activities held in the town, such as the ox cart race and the hula hoop race, etc., at five o'clock in the afternoon, everyone gathered in the central square, and drove back to Xiaoquan Villa.
For dinner that night, Lorna and Elena teamed up to make a sumptuous turkey feast, and the big guys drank beer and ate the turkey feast, and spent the year's Thanksgiving night lively.
The next day, according to the tradition of previous years, Pepe gave the cowboys of the mountain cottage a holiday, and the big guys drove their cars with great interest, and a large group of people who invited friends and horses marched towards Bozeman City together.
It's an annual Thanksgiving shopping day, and the big wooden housewives call each other to the city of Bozeman and sweep through all the discount stores on their glass windows.
Instead of driving his Ford pickup truck, Joey sat in the back seat of Pepe's red Wrangler with his wife, Rhona, who had another assignment today, to go to the agricultural machinery sales company in Bozeman and buy a crawler tractor for both moulding and ploughing.
In the morning, the big guys first got together to sweep the discount shops on the street, and after lunch, they went to the racecourse together to watch a horse race. After the horse race, the gentlemen drove all the ladies to the Wal-Mart supermarket in the center of the city, and then some of the men accompanied their wives to the supermarket, while some of the men left with their shoulders hooked and left, leaving on the pretext that only men could participate in the next activities, while Joey and a few other cowboys drove Pepe and the others to the supermarket and then drove to the agricultural machinery sales company.
After more than two hours of browsing the supermarket, the ladies finally finished the big purchase with satisfaction.
The housewives who had finished the big purchase took out their mobile phones and called their respective husbands, and Rona also took out her mobile phone to call her husband Joey, who had also purchased a tractor at this time, and was driving the newly bought tractor to the direction of the supermarket.
So, after saying goodbye to the big guys with their husbands, the housewives who were accompanied by their husbands said goodbye to the big guys, got in the car and drove with their husbands in the direction of Damu Town. Housewives without their husbands carry shopping bags and wait for their husbands to pick them up at the entrance of the supermarket.
At this time, the sunset over Bozeman City had floated, and after Pepe, Fu Yarona and others waited at the door of Wal-Mart for about ten minutes, Joey drove a big tractor all the way roaring over, followed by Pepe's red wrangler, and on the driver's seat of the red wrangler was Joey's cousin Danny.
After putting the large bags of shopping bags into the back compartment of the red wrangler, the tired people got into the car, and Pepe waved his hand, "Let's go, go home-" The big tractor and the red wrangler roared all the way to Xiaoquan Villa. (To be continued)
ps:ps: This chapter is a thick chapter of more than 6,000 words, and the next step will be to end the copy map of Koizumi Villa in two or three chapters and move to Silicon Valley. One of the male lead candidates will also show his face, and the big guy in the province forgot about him.