Chapter 35: Vacation, Hunting (6)

Back at the ranch, Mark told everyone that they would gather at the gate after half an hour, and those who wanted to go to the town should pay attention to the meeting time, and those who didn't want to go out could stay in the ranch and walk around at will.

Li Yigang's father and son were in good condition at this time, probably because they had been fed the space pill by Pei Pei, and they had also added spiritual spring water to their usual eating and drinking at home, so the father and son did not feel tired at all, and each went back to the room to take a shower and change into clean clothes. Half an hour later, with his grandchildren who were rolling noisily and were about to follow, he drove behind old George's car and drove towards the town not far from the ranch.

On the way, the elder George told everyone about the next trip through the walkie-talkie. First of all, he took the big guy to the handmade leather shop of the craftsman Old John, who he said, where the deer head could be made into a specimen, and the deer skin could be made into a variety of leather goods of his choice. Then, take the big guy to the town's gun shop.

In about ten minutes, everyone's cars drove into the town.

At this time, Beaumont Town, it was the annual hunting festival, following the old George's car, the car passed by the town square, and saw a big tent erected in the center of the square, Pei Pei and Xiao Zhi looked curiously at the crowd coming in and out of the tent door, and asked, "Daddy, what are you doing there?" ”

Li Chenghua was also very curious, and picked up the walkie-talkie to ask Old George. Old George introduced to everyone that this is a performance venue built by the cowboys in the town, and when the serious trip is over, you can take everyone to see the cowboys' performances.

The children cheered loudly when they heard that they could watch the cowboy performance.

Old John's handicraft shop, not far from the town square, led by George Sr., a group of people walked into this small store. After handing over the deer head and deer skin to Old John, paying the processing fee, and agreeing to get the goods three days later, Li Chenghua and his son took the children to pick out gifts for the family in Old John's handicraft shop.

Li Chenghua took a fancy to a carved cowhide backpack, which was carved with a wild wolf that was arching its back in an attacking shape, looking very beautiful, so he asked Old John about the price, but he didn't expect the price to be extremely cheap, only 20 US dollars. Curious, he asked Old John, "Why is it so cheap?" It can't be made of artificial leather, right? Can pure cowhide sell for this cheaper? ”

When Old George heard this, he walked over, took the carved cowhide backpack in Li Chenghua's hand, and said: "This is Texas, and there are many large and small pastures with cattle and sheep, and it is very common to buy cowhide products here at a price of 20 US dollars." The cowhide, sheepskin, and deerskin products sold in the store must be genuine leather. Old John's shop has been open here for decades, and you can rest assured that he has something in his shop. The backpack you fancy is a machine carving, and the backpack of the hand-carved is more than twice as expensive. ”

After saying that, old George looked around, went to the wall and took off a pair of saddles hanging on it, and then pointed to the mane of a horse carved on the saddle and said, "A carver like this is carved by hand." ”

Li Chenghua studied it carefully and found that every mane on the horse carved on the saddle was distinct, the horse's eyes were blazing, the god was very good, and the whole pattern was lifelike, and it was hand-carved by a skilled master at a glance.

Mark curiously walked over to take a look, thought it was good, asked the price, and the matching water reins were only $85, and immediately took out his wallet and asked to wrap it.

After picking and choosing from old John's shop, and buying some leather knick-knacks, they left the shop, got into the car, and followed old George to the door of a gun shop.

As soon as he entered the gun shop, Li Yigang enthusiastically bought a rifle that he had been thinking about, showed his driver's license to the clerk, and soon, the gun license was in hand, which was much faster and easier than Li Chenghua's gun license in Los Angeles.

Mark explained to Li Chenghua that Texas is the most widespread state of guns in the United States. In Texas, everyone is a "thug" with a gun.

As he spoke, Mark also gossiped about a former news with Li Chenghua: "There was a Democratic president who came to power and fired at the Texas gun law, saying that it was to curb the proliferation of guns in Texas, but how could the gun-wielding "thugs" in Texas let this bill pass lightly! As soon as they heard that they were going to change Texas' gun laws, these gun-wielding "thugs" took to the streets to march, strike, and boycott! What's even more interesting is that the Texas governors, state legislators, and police chiefs everywhere all pretended to be deaf and dumb about the situation, and the price of Wall Street beef futures continued to skyrocket, and later, the hapless president had to compromise, and the outcome of the bill to change the Texas gun law was finally over. ”

After listening to the gossip news that Mark said, Li Chenghua asked curiously: "Just rely on a group of people to go on strike and march, even if this group of people are armed with guns, they can send troops!" The president just compromised? Your president of the United States is useless enough! ”

Hearing Li Chenghua's question, Mark patted Watson on the shoulder and smiled: "Watson, you still don't know much about the national conditions of the United States!" It is not so much that the president compromises with the people, but that the president compromises with the chaebol group! ”

Seeing Li Chenghua's even more puzzled expression, Mark stopped selling it, pointed to a handful of ups45 on the counter and said: "To put it bluntly, the politics of the United States are chaebol politics, whether it is the Democratic Party or the Republican Party, there are all chaebol groups behind it. If that bill is passed by the legislature, it will not be the ordinary people of Texas who will be affected the most, but the gunsmiths, such as the manufacturer of this gun, Hankel Le Kouch! Military-industrial chaebols of Hanckler Coch's size abound in the United States. These arms manufacturers also feed countless retailers and processors. The military industry is also one of the pillar industries in the United States. Therefore, although these gunsmiths are in competition with each other in terms of sales, when it comes to the issue of controlling firearms, they are definitely working together to fight for the parliament, and I want to know that this group of arms plutocrats will never allow this type of bill to be passed by the parliament. Watson, now you understand why the president compromised. ”

Li Chenghua nodded after listening, and muttered to himself in his heart, doing business in Lao Mei is really not good without a political relationship.

Out of the gun shop, everyone walked all the way to the center of the square. Passing by a stall selling ice cream, Li Yigang bought an ice cream for each of the two little guys, plus a bag of potato chips for each person, and under the leadership of old George, a group of people entered the big shed in the center of the square and watched a very distinctive cowboy performance.

When the performance was over, and when he came out of the shed, it was already dark, and George Sr. made a phone call back to the ranch and told everyone that his wife, Julie, had prepared dinner and was waiting for the big guys to go back to dinner. The group also felt hungry and drove back to the pasture.