Chapter 54 Building Roads
Li Cheng was quite stunned by the dazzling array of local products and living animals, and moved all these things into the warehouse, where there were wooden pens for raising poultry, and where piglets, geese, and earth dogs were temporarily raised.
And then moved these things, the eastern cowboy head old Peake who had just returned from grazing was actually a bare-bones commander, and the Sidewinder cavalry in the west only heard Noah's, if Noah had not controlled this Sidewinder cavalry, the west would not have entered the orbit so quickly, which was something that old Peake could not do, after all, there were Eskimos who still had some emotions for whites, and they had expelled and killed Eskimos, and in the long course of history, Indians, Eskimos, Greenlanders, etc. have fought with colonists.
It's okay to coexist peacefully, but it's obviously not wise to listen to old Pique's words in a short period of time, and because Li Cheng is from China, this rattlesnake cavalry still has a sense of identity with Li Cheng's skin color.
And Li Cheng also won the title of "Grizzly Bear Warrior", which proved his courage even more and was qualified to lead them.
"Hey! Hello! Old Peake bolted up the haughty Ianosquat horse and greeted Li Cheng's family warmly.
"Hello." Li Zhiwu said generously and appropriately in English, after all, they used to live in the city, and English greetings were often heard, and when they came, several of them also deliberately learned basic English knowledge, asking for directions, greetings, taxis, prices, and the like.
Using the pronunciation of Chinese words to mark English words, Li Zhiwu and Li Daoguo are learning all the way, so as not to be smeared in Canada.
And wrote the address of the grizzly bear ranch that Li Cheng sent on the Internet, and also arrived in Canada from his hometown in Shonan in Chinese English, flying at an altitude of 30,000 feet for more than ten hours, Li Cheng was also very curious about how his parents talked in English.
Li Cheng, who was standing beside him, introduced his relatives, and Old Peake was very happy to stretch out his hand and shake hands with them one by one, and then said: "Cheng, your family has come from afar, why don't you say it in advance, I can call some friends over and have a big party together, this is something worth celebrating." ”
"I'm sorry, old Peake, my family is here at this time, and I'm pleasantly surprised, and they don't like to be too busy, they don't speak English very well, they are very fluent."
"I understand." When Li Cheng and Lao Pique were communicating, Li Zhiwu and Li Daodao's uncle and nephew also communicated with Lao Pique in improvised Chinese English, which made him anxious and struggling to understand what the two said. Chinese and English are very different in order, so when speaking English, the subject-verb-object in English will always be mistaken, and the words of the two are relatively poor and cannot accurately express the meaning.
Li Cheng hurriedly came over to play the round and said in English: "nozuonuodie! ”
"Ah Cheng, what do you mean?" Li Zhiwu and the second monk were puzzled, there is such a sentence structure in English? Don't you know that he speaks this kind of English?
"It's nothing, I told old Peake that you are very tired, and I want to rest well and let him go back first."
"We're not tired, we still want to communicate English with pure white people!" Li Daodao seems to have some interest in English, and plans to import some livestock back in Canada, if he is fluent in English, it is also good to carry out some international business, not to mention that there are relatives in Canada, and the development of the farm in his hometown into a Canadian footstep with the development of animal husbandry will definitely be able to temporarily settle in the country.
Li Cheng smiled bitterly and said: "The English you speak is completely Chinese-style English, with the spoken language of the American countryside, how do you say foreigners can understand it?" Don't bother him, old Peake still has work to do, if you want to learn, every morning at 9 o'clock, I will go to the western ranch to teach Eskimo children, and there are professional teachers to guide me. ”
Canada is British English, and the current domestic education is American English, there is a slight difference in pronunciation, to communicate in Canada, fluent English is essential, of course, the second most popular language is French, but many people have no foundation, it is difficult to learn French from scratch, and Alberta seems to have a higher English penetration rate.
The so-called living to learn all the time, Li Zhiwu intends to learn English, in fact, he also intends to have the opportunity to live in Canada for a long time, after all, if the two old guys don't know English, then Li Cheng will get married and have children in the future, and if he comes to take care of the children, he will even have to bring a translator when he goes out to buy anything?
The sense of saving is the deep-rooted thinking of the older generation, after deciding to come to Canada, Li Zhiwu immediately found out Li Cheng's high school English tapes and textbooks, he is also an intellectual, a regular high school graduate, in that era is a relatively literate person, the ability to accept is relatively strong, now after the retirement of public institutions, or idle people, so to the hometown to farm, pick up this language is to take grandchildren in the future to make plans.
"Okay, but most of this ranch is divided into west and east?" Li Daodao asked curiously.
Li Cheng smiled mysteriously, did not speak, and walked out of the villa with Old Peake, only to hear him scratch his head, with a helpless expression, and said: "Cheng, your family is really studious, but what do you mean by 'nozuonodie' just now?" ”
"Haha, that's American slang, and I'm not easy to translate the specific meaning...... "If it is translated into Chinese, it means that if you don't die, you won't die, but what about translated into English?" Li Cheng thinks that this sentence can better express the meaning of this sentence.
Chinese English, which is included in American slang, has laid the cornerstone of Chinese language influence on English, but it is only in an open and inclusive country like the United States, where the influence of Chinese Americans has gradually increased, and the language has tended to accept Chinese English.
After sending off Old Pique, Li Cheng returned to the villa, his mother and sister-in-law were busy cooking a meal of Shonan home cooking, and the rest of the people sat in the hall watching the Chinese channel of Canadian television.
It is not to be incomprehensible, everyone is pulling homely, of course, the attention is focused on Li Cheng's body, Li Daguo's son and daughter may be bored, look east and west, and afraid of breaking something, Li Cheng saw it, and said: "Xiaoli, Xiaoguang, there is a computer upstairs, it is a Chinese system, you go up and play, when you finish eating, rest for a while, I will take you to ride a horse!" ”
"Horseback riding? Great, I've only ridden a buffalo at home...... "Xiaoguang is 14 years old, in the rebellious and shy stage, but he is very interested in many things, especially the things that the manly husband does, such as horseback riding, which has been longed for for a long time, in comparison, Xiaoli is not so interested, and the 6-year-old girl still prefers dolls and the like, or the house wine?
Following her brother, she went upstairs with a "da-da-da", Xiaoli, who was wearing a princess dress, fiddling with the corners of her skirt, which was really cute.
The children went upstairs to play games, the grandmother in the hall seemed to be tired, closed her eyes, lay on the sofa for a while and fell asleep, Li Cheng said quietly: "Dad, brother, let's go upstairs to the study to chat, so as not to wake up grandma, she may be tired, Mom, you take care of grandma, I will go upstairs with Dad and them to discuss some things." ”
"Good column!"
After Li Cheng and others went upstairs, Li Zhiwu talked about the construction of his hometown, and he said: "Ah Cheng, I discussed with your uncle and them, and planned to pay for the construction of a cement road, you also know that the road in your hometown has not been good, and now that we have money, it is time to give back to the villagers." ”
"I agree, this is a good thing for the benefit of the neighbors, don't worry about the money, but I have now increased the investment in the ranch and want to keep some working capital." Li Cheng thought about it and said, there are still more than two million Canadian dollars left, that is, more than 10 million soft sister coins, and it should cost a lot of money to build the road, right?
"You don't have to worry about this, you still have a lot of money left, it's enough to invest one million soft sister coins, this is planned by me and your uncle, and the name of the funder will also be written on you." The reason why Li Zhiwu discussed this with Li Cheng was nothing more than to hang his name and ask for his opinion.
Li Cheng shook his head and said, "I didn't have the money to build the road, what are you doing with my name, but also my father's and your uncle's." ”
"Why didn't you pay? Or where else would I have a million to build roads! ”
"Alright then, you're up to the question." Maybe Li Cheng's father thinks that Li Cheng doesn't go home all the year round and settles in Canada, if he doesn't do something for the villagers, he will be chewed by others, Li Zhiwu is thinking about Li Cheng! It's good that when he returns to his hometown, the villagers will give him a good look.