Chapter 17: Friends Arrive

"Big tyrant, the good car is driving here, and HΓ€agen-Dazs is also eating." Wang Ye walked out of the airport with a smile and saw Wei Da sitting in a big red ** Dodge Ram's pickup truck, he laughed and walked over with open hands.

"Go, go, go, refuse to hug, shake hands is pretty much it." Wei Da smiled and pushed Wang Ye, these jokes are naturally indispensable among good friends, "Do you want to take a break now and take you to dinner, otherwise it will take three or four hours to drive to my ranch." ”

"It's okay, although the plane meal is very average, but overall it is barely enough. Go to your ranch, I want to see it. "Wang Ye is not polite, this time it is naturally the best to come and get together with friends, of course, I also want to see the ranch at this time." There are so many of our classmates, it is estimated that except for a few rich second generations, you are the best to mix, and those rich second generations may not be as chic as you are now. ”

"Alright, we'll buy something to eat on the way later. It's your first time in the U.S., so let's take you on an American-inspired road trip! "Although I haven't seen each other for a long time, there is no strangeness between me and Wang Ye at all, and the two of them are basically the best partners in the four years of college.

Many people say that high school friendship is the most genuine, but Wei Da doesn't think so; Although some friends in high school are still occasionally in touch now, it's just that many high school friends are not necessarily together in college many times, and the relationship is also lighter, and the time gap is relatively far, so it is naturally not so deep now. And there must be a few friends in college who have been in touch, because this is when everyone moves from ignorance and naivety to maturity, and even helps each other at a certain moment.

"Damn, you're scaring people, aren't you?" Wang Ye opened the car door, but was startled; "You came out to pick up someone, and there were five dogs on the car, this is a wolf dog, right?"

"A few of them are still sticky to me, and I can't let them go two days after I got them, so I take them with me. It's okay, they're all puppies, and they're usually quite interesting. "The reason why Wei Da took these little ones with them is indeed because they are very clingy to Wei Da now, and also because these puppies are too skinny, and if they stay at home, they will definitely cause damage.

"Why do you want to raise so many dogs, just raise one or two, your five puppies are suitable for growing up and annoying you." Wang Ye doesn't seem to have much enthusiasm for pet dogs, although the five unique dogs are still very lively and cute.

"It's good to figure it out, this is obviously a shepherd dog, my idle egg hurts, right, raise five pet dogs, I'm full!" Wei Da said angrily, "You don't know how miserable life is here, the cattle and sheep on my ranch are just cubs, and now I have to drive an hour to the town if I want to buy some food." Wei Da is also spitting out his bitter water, the current ranch is basically really poor and white, and now it is indeed a little troublesome.

"You see, life in the United States is in dire straits, we usually eat green and organic food, cheap and can be delivered to the door. I see that you are also going to engage in the vegetable basket project here, you are all local tyrants with land and cattle and sheep, it is so difficult to eat, and other people have to live even harder! Wang Ye joked with a smile, "How big is your ranch, I read some reports that it is difficult to run a ranch, especially the weather here in Texas is not very good." ”

"The ranch still depends on the land, and the weather here in Texas is basically good. My ranch is more than 1,300 acres, and it is also a loss because the previous rancher did not manage it well, so it is relatively cheap to take it down. It's not difficult to run a ranch, and as long as you're lucky enough not to suffer natural disasters, you won't lose any money. Wei Da smiled, now he really feels very good, although he doesn't have much money in the bank now, but basically there is no shortage of money, and life is still very nourishing.

With the windows open, hot dogs, drinks and the like are indispensable, plus rhythmic rock, along Interstate 20, it's a great road trip; The powerful pickup truck is still very chic, and on such an empty road, looking at some pastures and wastelands that appear on the side of the road from time to time, Weida also feels very good.

"Lao Mei's side is really good, there are basically no toll booths along the way. MD, if it weren't for the fact that there were too many toll booths, I would have wanted to go on a road trip. You may not know that the world's highway toll stations are basically concentrated in China. Wang Ye said with some complaints, but this is also the truth, there are too many high-speed toll stations in China, basically it can be said that there will be a toll station every time you go to a territory, which is more timely than anything else, "XX welcomes you" is actually unrealistic, "XX toll station" is actually more clear than the map to let people know where they are.

"It's not that there are no toll booths, it's just that there are fewer of them. Moreover, the source of funds for the maintenance of highways in the United States is basically the tax of the federal government, and the taxes you pay when you buy a car actually have these taxes. "Wei Da doesn't think that everything is good on Lao Mei's side, but to be honest, those toll booths in China are indeed too dense.

"That's not bad, your car must be a lot cheaper than in China, domestic cars are more expensive, the key is that the tax is too high." Wang Ye patted Wei Da's car, and he still felt very good about this car; Men often like cars, Wang Ye is not unable to afford a car, but the maintenance after buying a car is not cheap at all.

"It's really a lot cheaper, the top match is about 400,000, and the domestic tax is still a little higher." Wei Da and Wang Ye also chatted constantly along the way, they haven't seen each other for a long time, so naturally they have a lot of topics; From family and country events to current affairs, from scandals and gossip to the revelations of some small secrets, in short, there is definitely no shortage of topics.

"It seems that being a rancher is really not easy, it's one thing for the weather to be too hot here, the key is that it's too vast and sparsely populated here, and if you come out to buy something, you have to run for a long time." Bumpy on the dirt road along the way, Wang Ye now knows that Weida's pasture is indeed relatively off-track. "Do you have a gun, too? Play with me, I haven't touched a gun until now! ”

"Guns? I don't really have a gun. Wei Da was stunned, he really hadn't thought about such a thing as a gun before, because he felt completely unnecessary; But now that Wang Ye mentioned this, Wei Da felt that his careful thinking was also moved.

"Really? If I had a green card, I would have bought a gun first, and this thing was still very attractive. Wang Ye was a little regretful, if Wei Da had a gun, he would definitely want to touch the real gun to satisfy his hunger.

"Next time, next time I will definitely buy a gun, now I really don't have a clue, I'm a novice myself, and I can't teach you to play guns." Wei Da is a little regretful, men love cars and guns can basically be said to be common, just like normal men like women, "By the way, when you get to the ranch, I will teach you at least, my ranch still has three horses that are relatively idle, and when the time comes, let you, the big turtle, ride a horse." ”

"Well, at least it definitely feels different at the ranch, it's not like riding a horse in some scenic spots in China or sitting on the horse to take a photo." Wang Ye is also a little moved, although it is a pity that he does not have a gun, but it must be quite attractive to be able to ride a horse. "I'll be able to play here for about two days, and I guess I'll be able to learn how to ride a horse by then, and I'll be able to learn those cowboys by then."

"I hope you still have the heart to ride a horse by then, when I first learned to ride a horse, I almost turned over all the internal organs, and the grinding of this side of the thigh is also very painful, if you don't wear leather trousers, the skin is estimated to fall off a layer." Wei Da was not scaring Wang Ye, when he first rode a horse, it did make people feel very uncomfortable; However, although Wei Da is not a master of equestrianism, he can easily control it, and now he naturally does not need to worry about the discomfort, let alone wear thick leather trousers.

If you want to learn these powerful and interesting techniques, then it also takes effort and sweat, Wei Da now feels very good, he is also becoming a good rancher through his own efforts, and now he can easily ride a horse in his own pasture.