The children in the back scattered, Hong Tao went to tease the 3 children on the sofa opposite, the result was the same, these 3 Indian children were closer to Hong Tao, willing to contact Hong Tao, in fact, this is not surprising, although in the eyes of adults The difference between Indians and Asians is obvious, but in the eyes of children, I am afraid that they can only remember black hair, black eyes and not so many angular faces.

Since it was already afternoon when we arrived at the Big Bear Ranch, there was no hunting scheduled for the day, so we first rearranged the equipment on the car, tied it up firmly, and then sat in front of the fireplace to drink nonsense, or take a stroll around the ranch, but the snow outside was getting heavier and heavier, and it was white everywhere, and there was nothing to visit.

In an afternoon of chatting, Hong Tao finally straightened out the ins and outs of this family. Mr. Ignatius was a true son-in-law, he was of Irish descent and met his current wife when he was a soldier, and this ranch belonged to the old Indian, who was the father of Little Flower Cow, that is, Ignatius's father-in-law, who was said to have been a branch of a very ancient Indian tribe, but now he is the only one left, and he has no son, only one daughter.

And the private hunting ground that Harrison said is a large mountain forest around this ranch, and Harrison can't tell how big it is, this is not a private person at all, but belongs to the land of Algonquin Provincial Park in Ontario, but in 1992, in order to protect the Indians living in its own territory, the Canadian government divided this area into an Indian reservation area, and handed it over to Xiaohuaniu's father's family to manage, which is roughly equivalent to the nature of our domestic contracting, but basically there is no need to pay contract fees.

Because it is an Indian reservation, it is not allowed to enter the local Canadians for logging, fishing and hunting without the consent of the local administrator, and it is part of the provincial park, so although it is not too far from Toronto, the wildlife here is not comparable to other hunting grounds, not incomparable, but too much.

In recent years, Xiaohuaniu's father has been old, so he handed over the management of the pasture and the reserve to his son-in-law, a son-in-law and half a son, not to mention that this son-in-law is also very capable, not only to keep the ranch in order, but also to give their family 2 sons, 2 daughters and 11 grandchildren, grandchildren, and grandchildren, which can be regarded as spreading branches and leaves, and recovering this endangered family.

Mr. Ignatius and Harrison served in an Army Air Corps, and it is said that the two belonged to the same crew, and had a very close relationship, and when he retired, he did not go to be a civil aviation pilot like Harrison, but ran back to his father-in-law's house, and devoted himself to the ranch, and also opened this inn called Big Bear Territory, which was the nickname of his father-in-law, and in the Indian tribe, only people with status or battle heroes could receive this title.

Although the Great Bear Territory is called a hotel, but the main business is not to provide accommodation, but to provide hunting services, which is also Ignatius himself came up with, and it is very good, not only in the Canadian domestic hunting circle is famous, and the reputation is far away in the United States and Europe, every year when the hunting season comes, it will be difficult to find a room here, and they only accept those more high-end customers here, the price is generally about 8000-20000 Canadian dollars, which only includes all the hunting expenses of 2 people.

But Hong Tao they don't have to worry, the best season for hunting every year is early summer, that is, in April and May, and it is also autumn again, and most people will not play this extreme sport in the snowstorm in winter. And in terms of fees, they will not charge according to the reception of customers, except for the necessary food and lodging, ammunition, prey tag fees, they will not charge additional service fees, guide fees, slaughter fees, etc.

You must know that here in Canada, the most expensive thing is not food and drink, nor ammunition, let alone animals, but people, here is a high salary and high welfare system, personnel salaries are very high, hiring a standard hunting guide plus hunting instructor qualifications, basically accounting for a small half of the total cost.

Ordinary people will not play, the second class will play, listen to Mr. Ignatius's eldest son Austin said, today there is another hunting customer, they are the same as Hong Tao, also from Chinese mainland, if the transfer from Vancouver is not delayed, it is expected to arrive at Huntsville Airport at 4 p.m., when Austin needs to drive them to the ranch, it is estimated that it is just in time for dinner.

Hong Tao can't be said to be uncurious about the people who come to Canada to hunt deliberately, but his curiosity is not so serious. As China's economy takes off, more and more Chinese people are beginning to go abroad to get in touch with new things in the world, and this phenomenon will become more and more common, and it is indeed not surprising. However, at this time in 2003, there should not be many people who can go abroad to hunt, Hong Tao is also a little curious, what is the situation of these people, nouveau riche? Local tyrants? Or a corrupt official?

Throughout the afternoon, Hong Tao became the child king in the big bear territory, in fact, Hong Tao doesn't like children very much, but he doesn't hate children either. Faced with these 6 children of different ages and appearances, Hong Tao didn't have any talent to show his hand, so he repeated his old tricks and continued to build a snowman!

To say that Europeans and Americans are relaxed about children's education, sometimes it can even be said to be rough, in this kind of snowy winter wilderness, the two mothers of 6 children did not have the slightest consciousness of taking care of their children, so they let their children follow Hong Tao and Erin, the two child kings, to play crazy in the snow, from building snowmen to snowball fights, love cold or cold, love to freeze or not, deserve it!

Austen's white wife even grabbed a snowball from the kitchen windowsill and attacked the child closest to her.

The scale of this snowman far exceeds the snowman in the yard of Zhou Xiaoli's house and the old Gale's house, this is a ranch, all kinds of ladder tools are available, when moving the ladder from the barn, Hong Tao also saw a forklift, it just so happened that the snowman's head was worried about how to settle on the body more than 2 meters high, this is no problem, several children ran into the house together, dragged Ignatius out, forced the old man to drive the forklift, and installed the big snowball.

Less than 6 o'clock in the evening, Austin picked up the customers from the airport bar hunting, at this time Hong Tao was making up the snowman with the children, there was no ink here, and he couldn't make the classic shape of the giant panda, so he had to hang the snowman's head and body with colored lanterns, ready to shine at night, when Austin's car drove to the front of the house, Hong Tao stopped what he was doing, stood on the ladder and looked at the window a few meters away, he was still curious, except for people like himself, who would fly half the world in this weather, How addictive it must be to travel so far to hunt!

The first to open the door was of course Austin, who opened the trunk, took out a large suitcase from inside, and walked into the room grinning. Then the car door near Hong Tao opened, and a cloud of plush stuff came out of it, Hong Tao finally saw through the snowflakes, this is a woman, wearing a fur coat, wrapped tightly from head to toe, her face can not be seen clearly from Hong Tao's angle, but she can be seen that she is wearing a skirt and high heels.

"It's really frost-resistant!" Due to the wind and snow, the visibility is relatively low, Hong Tao can't see the thickness of the stockings, but no matter how thick the stockings, they are also stockings, and now there are almost minus 20 degrees outside, and he is not very warm wearing cashmere thermal underwear and double cold-proof clothing.

At the same time that the woman in stockings came out, the door on the other side of the car also opened, this time a plush black shadow came out, and there was a fur hat like a mountain carving on the head, don't ask, this is a man, dressed in black fur, looking at the figure is also good, at least there is no big belly, and it looks like he is about 50 years old from a distance.

The most common thing to get out of the car is normal, a pair of hiking shoes, a pair of jeans, an orange winter suit, a woolen ski hat, is a girl, or a young woman, anyway, not very old, in her 20s, melon seed face, long hair, big eyes, high nose bridge, is a beauty.

PS: Scheduled to be released on March 1st, I hope you will give more support to the author!