Chapter 63: Back to the Ranch
On the road, except for Gonzalez driving in front, Shi Lei and Laura sat in the back to accompany their families, and kept introducing the beautiful scenery on both sides of the road along the way.
Arriving in downtown Santa Barbara, at the request of my mother, the family came down to visit the farmer's market that was bustling with activity.
"The four seasons here are like spring, the sun is very abundant, the vegetables and fruits are all green and organic products, all of which are basically grown by the multimillionaire farmers themselves, and the quality is not to say, and the vegetables and fruits that have no pesticide harvest in China are definitely not the same taste."
For the vegetables and fruits here, Shi Lei has always been very respectful, and he has brought some to his family to taste when he goes home these times, but this thing is too heavy, and the volume is large, so it is really not easy to carry, so he doesn't take much every time.
"Grandma, I want to eat fruits, red, green, yellow, I want all kinds of colors, it looks so beautiful." Guoguo is also very curious about all kinds of fruits, and as her name suggests, she has always loved fruits.
My mother used her skills as a chef to choose a lot of good quality vegetables and bought a variety of fruits for her niece.
Carrying large bags of things, the family got into the car again and rushed to the ranch. Soon they came to the main house of the ranch.
As soon as the family got out of the car, they were shocked by Shi Lei's main room. Although I have seen this house in photos and videos, my senses are definitely different when I see it with my own eyes.
How big is a 6-bedroom house in China, Shi Lei's house is relatively speaking, it should be considered a small area in the 6-bedroom house on Midi's side, nearly 1,000 square meters. Generally, 6-bedroom mansions are more than 2,000 square meters.
And the house that Shi Lei originally lived in China was the top floor of a 200-square-meter five-bedroom high-rise high-rise with a set of 200 square meters of small high-rise buildings, which is very good in the circle of friends of his parents.
In this way, I have envied many relatives and friends, but compared with Shi Lei's current house, it is like a small matchbox, and each room is several times smaller.
"Wow, my uncle's house is so big, and it looks so beautiful." Guoguo expressed the hearts of his family in one word.
After everyone came back to their senses, Shi Lei introduced the house to everyone in detail, and led everyone to carefully look at the layout of each room, focusing on the entertainment room, screening room, meditation room and the beautiful backyard.
"Well, this yard is good, it's quite smelly. The Zen room is also good, and you should enjoy it if you drink tea. β
"Dad, look, there are a lot of koi fish under the lotus flowers in this pond, they are not small, and the colors are also very bright, and they look very beautiful."
Not surprisingly, my father and brother-in-law were amazed by the meditation room and the Japanese garden, and the small lotus pond with a few large koi fish made my father linger.
"The kitchen at home is very good, the place is big enough, the things are complete, and it is very beautiful." Mom loved the big open kitchen.
"I also think the Zen room is fun. Uncle, what's that stuff up there? It looks like it's fun. β
Guoguo is very curious about the Zen room, because there are a lot of Shi Lei's tools for practicing martial arts, which is very interesting in Guoguo's opinion.
Shi Lei had to patiently introduce the role of those appliances to Guoguo, and some Guoguo who understood it immediately lost interest in them.
"I still like the upstairs room the most, there are so many fluffy little toys in it, and I like those the most."
In the end, Guoguo's room was chosen in a room upstairs that Laura decorated very pink and suitable for a little girl, and it was obvious that this room was more to her liking.
The family chose their own room, put their things away, and gathered in the living room, excitedly discussing how to play this time, and of course, discussing some details of the house.
At dinner time, Shi Lei was kicked out of the kitchen again, and he and his father were watching TV in the living room while waiting for the meal to start, because my mother and sister were very eager to try it when they saw the huge kitchen of Shi Lei's house before, and of course they want to feel it now.
By the way,Shi Lei's big TV is obviously a smart network TV,With Shi Lei's efforts,You can already connect to the network to watch various domestic programs,Thanks to the general network conditions of the Midi Highway,Even watching high-definition programs is very smoothγ
"What do you want to watch? You can also receive all channels in Japan. "Shi Lei is still very proud of this, we also have the potential of technical nerds.
"The domestic flip over and over those things, is there a Chinese channel here? If so, let's see what they put here. "My dad and brother-in-law are more curious about the show here.
There are actually a lot of Chinese channels on Midi's side, including several local Chinese channels in California, most of which are founded by the Chinese themselves, and the program resources are also very rich.
Moreover, it may be for the purpose of promoting Chinese culture, the selected programs are very artistic and representative, acrobatics, cross talk, sketches and other classic programs are not lacking, and it is still very exciting to watch.
"Well, are these shows still good here, they're all classics.
It's not like the messy things that are messy in China now, it's either bullshit or bullshit, and it's annoying to watch. "In the eyes of a strict person like Dad, many programs simply don't know what to say.
In the laughter of the family, time passed quickly, and Shi Lei and they once again appreciated the exquisite cooking skills of his mother and sister.
The same ingredients are more delicious than those made by Shi Lei in their hands, and the taste is much better than the dishes they ate in China, which is of course due to the fact that the ingredients are much better.
After the family was full of wine and food, they chatted for a while, and then went to rest early. This time, everyone had to get jet lag.
The next morning, Shi Lei and Laura got up as usual, and the family members got up at different times due to the chaotic biological clock, the energetic Guoguo was the earliest, and the parents got up the latest.
Breakfast was prepared by Shi Lei, milk from the ranch, cheese and the like, and a variety of self-made cookies and other snacks, and finally a few fried poached eggs and a pot of vegetable and fruit salad, a Western-style breakfast is considered to be alive.
For this kind of breakfast, the family is also very well accustomed. Because my dad loves sweets very much, although his figure is still very standard, in fact, he often buys all kinds of snacks and bread as everyone's breakfast, so everyone has no resistance to Western-style breakfast.
Moreover, the quality of Shi Lei's milk and various dairy products here is definitely not comparable to those dirty cows in captivity in China, and the taste is so good.
"Uncle's milk here is so delicious, and the biscuits are delicious. I'm so full. After Guoguo finished speaking, he patted his already full belly and praised it decently.
Guoguo did drink a large glass of milk than usual this time, and ate a lot more dim sum. The rest of the adults are pretty much the same.
After breakfast, Guoguo yelled to see the big dog, and the family followed Guoguo to the door of the main house.
When Guoguo came back yesterday afternoon, he saw the big white bear dog Bai Xue who stayed in front of the door of the main house.
When Shi Lei and the others came back, the cougar hairball happened to go out to inspect the boundaries of the ranch, so it didn't cause greater surprise to the family.
Today, though, Furball and the four dogs stayed in front of the main house and had just finished their breakfast.
Although Dad and they already knew about the storage of hairballs, they were inevitably very nervous when they saw such a big cat lying in front of the room.
And Guoguo didn't have any worries at all, walked straight to the hairball, and then kneaded the hairball, which was called nervousness for parents to see.
Fortunately, although Maoqiu's expression was a little impatient, he was very cooperative and lay there very cooperatively, letting Guoguo do whatever he wanted. Seeing the hairball's table, my sister and they were relieved.
Then, the family members who couldn't hold back their curiosity also stepped forward to interact with the hairball, and of course, the sister and brother-in-law also took out their smartphones to take a lot of photos with the hairball, and went back to make friends envious and jealous.
After playing with the show-stealing furball for a long time, the family noticed that they were four powerful dogs. As a man's father and brother-in-law, he undoubtedly likes dogs, especially this kind of big dog with a sense of strength, so he is also very enthusiastic to tease a few dogs.
According to Shi Lei's plan, the family will stay in the ranch today, on the one hand, they are still a little tired, and on the other hand, it is also to let the family better familiarize themselves with the environment of the ranch and understand what Shi Lei's usual living conditions on the ranch are like.
After calling Eva the macaw back and getting close to the family, we all walked towards the stables together. Eva stood very majestically on the back of the largest Di Ting.
As for the hairball, Eva originally wanted to stand on it, but out of feline nature, the hairball pulled Eva off with one paw and almost stuffed it into her mouth, but fortunately, Shi Lei stopped the hairball's movement in time, but since then, Eva has generally stayed away from the hairball.
Shi Lei led his family and pets to the stable. The Shetland ponies were released to keep them close to their families.
"Uncle, I'm going to ride a pony." Guoguo finished speaking resolutely, and looked at Shi Lei expectantly, so that Shi Lei couldn't say anything to refuse.
"Okay, okay." Shi Lei agreed repeatedly, "Wait a minute, just wait a minute, my uncle has made you a small saddle, wait for my uncle to bring it to you." β
After Shi Lei finished speaking, he immediately ran back to the main room and took out a small saddle that could be adjusted customized for Guoguo, and put it on the back of Guoguo's favorite Shetlan pony, of course, this custom saddle can also be placed on the back of the divine beast, providing more choices for Guoguo.
Dad, they were also a little eager to try, so Shi Lei took out a few spare saddles from the pasture and put them on a few docile ranch horses.
It's not that Shi Lei is reluctant to let his family ride those racing horses, it's just that as racing horses, they are somewhat arrogant, and it is difficult for family members who don't know how to ride to control them.
When you're just starting to practice riding, it's better to start with a docile pasture horse.
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