Zhang Chi was in a daze with a meat skewer in his hand, and his sister's voice came from behind him.

"What are you doing with such a big skewer, by the way, how much is a meat skewer like this here?" Zhang Juan asked.

Zhang Chi didn't open his mouth, and Xiao Xiao, who was held by Zhang Chi, stopped doing: "Mom, Mom, I want to drink water."

Hearing his nephew's words, Zhang Chi casually took out a bottle of mineral water from the cabinet in the refrigerator and handed it to the little nephew.

The little guy immediately reached out to take it as soon as he saw the water, but before he could receive it, he was snatched by his mother.

Zhang Juan put the iced mineral water back in the refrigerator, and at the same time said to her younger brother: "This water is too cold, how can he give him a drink from the sweat of a child who has just played with it." Drinking ice water after exercising may be life-threatening, and this knowledge is not lacking? ”

Zhang Chi said: "This water is not cold, it has always been drunk by Merica."

Zhang Chi's refrigerator has a special place to store water, and the water is not too icy, it is slightly cold, but it is far from the cold.

Originally, Zhang Chi felt that it was not good to drink this water after exercise, and he would also see a bottle of ice water after some strenuous exercise on the Internet.

But every time Merica drinks after exercising, so he is used to it, about sports people Merica is professional, he Zhang Chi just runs blindly with two legs, and his sports knowledge is far behind.

"That's not going to work either!" Zhang Juan said: "Drinking something too cold is not good for your health, just drink some tap water, you can drink the water directly here, right?" ”

Zhang Chi nodded: "Well, you can, but how much warmer can this water be than the bottle?" ”

"It's better here, you can drink tap water directly."

Zhang Chi couldn't help laughing: "Sister, this water is purified by myself, it has nothing to do with the government, and the tap water here is really not very good, don't listen to the nonsense of some big Vs in China." There are very few places where water can be drunk directly, and you often encounter tap water that can be drunk directly, because all of them are equipped with water purification devices, and household water purifiers are the standard configuration of the house here."

"Huh?!" Zhang Juan felt that this matter, well, was a bit unacceptable.

Zhang Chi shook his head, reached out and took a cup, took a glass of water, and handed it to his little nephew.

The little nephew took Gu Dong and drank it all, wiped his mouth and put the empty cup in his hand on the countertop, and ran outside as soon as he smoked it.

"Thank you, uncle?" Zhang Juan shouted at her son.

"Thank you, uncle!"

The little guy shouted yes, but the two little legs didn't mean to stop at all, and the last uncle word came over, and the person had already turned outside.

"This kid is crazy," Zhang Juan said as she looked at her son's back.

"At this time, how can the children not be crazy when they play, we were not the same when we were young, we forgot to eat dinner when we were happy, and every time my mother went to look for us, she came back with her ears pinched," Zhang Chi said with a smile.

Zhang Juan continued: "Yes, how good we were there before, but now the children are really miserable, the conditions are better than when we were children, but the pressure is greater, when we are as old as him, we can also go down to the river to fish, what can they do, either watching TV or playing with mobile phones, even if they are playing in the community, they are not comfortable, a group of adults are watching from the side, not to mention playing in the water, the adults who are close to the water start talking."

"It's that you're thinking too much".

Zhang Chi really knows a little about this, now the child is playing here, and there must be adults watching next to him, if he hurts someone else's child, it is a terrible thing, so even if it is a group of children playing together, the adults of each family have to watch from the side, not to prevent other people's children from hurting their own children, or for fear that their own children will hurt others, and parents are really heartbroken.

"I don't want to, it's too troublesome," Zhang Juan said.

After speaking, Zhang Chi asked again: "What are you doing with such a big skewer?" ”

"Roast and eat, Uncle said let's roast and play," Zhang Chi said with a smile.

Zhang Juan heard this and immediately said: "Roasting and playing, such a big skewer can't be a few catties of meat, and it's still roasting and playing, if you eat something else after you get down, put it back, don't bake it, don't do anything else if you can't eat such a big piece of meat outside, put it back, and eat it tomorrow."

Hearing his sister say this, Zhang Chi thought about it for a while and put the skewers back, the meat thing is hungry, and there is really no place to put the western barbecue outside.

"By the way, there are not many horses at home?" Zhang Juan asked.

Zhang Chi said: "Many, what's wrong?" I'm a ranch, and you ask me if there are many horses? Are you serious? ”

"I want you to teach me how to ride a horse," Zhang Juan said.

Zhang Chi smiled: "That's not easy, I'll teach you tomorrow morning."

"That's okay, I'll get up early tomorrow morning," Zhang Juan said.

Zhang Chi said again: "I didn't expect you to rush to learn to ride a horse."

Zhang Juan said happily: "Isn't there a saying now, horseback riding is an aristocratic sport!" ”

"Don't talk about it, I guess the sentence you heard came from your brother and sister in the domestic horse farm, what kind of aristocratic movement, is the horse farm want to cheat you out of your money, noble? Aren't all the herdsmen in the early plains all nobles? Zhang Chi couldn't laugh anymore.

Zhang Juan was a little unhappy: "Why do you like to raise the bar so much now!" ”

As he spoke, he reached out and grabbed his brother's ear.

"Don't dare, don't dare!" Zhang Chi hurriedly dodged.

"It's really broken, like a girl" Zhang Juan smiled and stretched out her hand to her brother's ear.

The sister and brother quarreled for a while, and then came outside.

At this moment, the sound of mahjong outside is still the same, although the sky is getting late, the sun has fallen to the west of the mountain ridge, but the people playing mahjong are still enthusiastic.

Zhang Chi and Zhang Juan went out of the house.

Zhang Juan looked at the sunset in the west, and was instantly attracted by this scenery, looking at the sunset with a stupid gaze and muttering in her mouth: "It's so beautiful!" ”

"It's beautiful, I don't know how long I haven't seen such a beautiful sunset, right?" Zhang Chi asked.

Zhang Juan nodded: "Well, I really don't remember when I saw such a sunset last time, it seems that I was still in elementary school, when I was playing with my friends, I watched it when I was in school, from school to now, every day in addition to being busy is busy, when I went to school, I was busy taking the university entrance examination, and when I went to college, I was busy looking for a good job, waiting for work, busy going to work, busy getting married, busy with children, I really haven't seen the sunset for a long time."

"Then sit down and appreciate it, don't charge money" Zhang Chi held his sister's shoulders, pressed her down, and then sat down beside his sister.

The sister and brother sat on the sofa on the terrace and enjoyed the sunset together, sitting in a row like when the elder sister led Zhang Chi when he was a child, sitting on the Dunzi of the small stone bridge at the entrance of his hometown village, eating the fruit from the tree of the stolen aunt's house, while watching the sunset.

It's just that the immature face has been replaced by the appearance of adulthood, and the innocence in the eyes has more of a baptism of life.

I watched the sunset and the lights on the terrace come on, and the sisters and brothers came back to their senses.

"It's so beautiful, the sky here is so beautiful" Zhang Juan looked at the starry sky overhead.

Although the sun had already set, there was still afterglow in the western sky, which was obviously brighter, but these afterglows did not block the starlight.

After the sun goes down, the stars shine, and the sky is like a light blue background, which is decorated with glowing gems, clusters, clusters, clusters, and clouds, and the stars shine brightly, reflecting the colorful rhyme.

A huge Milky Way is used to the starry sky, and the Cow Lang Vega that my grandfather taught when I was a child was immediately recognized, as if they were hanging high on both sides of the Milky Way as if they were more than ten years ago.

The beauty of the starry sky here is really hard to describe, and the sky is so pure that it seems that every star is as close as a foot, and it is within reach.

It's really a bit of Li Taibai's poems: the dangerous building is 100 feet high, and you can pick the stars with your hands. I dare not raise my voice for fear of the meaning of the heavenly man.

"I really envy you" Zhang Juan added: "I can live in such a place and see such scenery every day."

Zhang Chi listened and replied: "You just came, if you live for a year and a half, you are used to seeing such scenery, and you are tired of seeing it, maybe you will think of the high-rise buildings in the city again, the neon lights shining in the city at night, and the supermarkets and restaurants within walking distance." If you want to have a proper dinner here, it's only 40 minutes from here to the restaurant."

Zhang Juan was a little surprised, turned her head to look at her younger brother, and asked with a look of disbelief: "Living here, you will miss the city too?" Holding the meat and nibbling every day, what do you want in the city? ”

Zhang Chi replied: "Although the number of times is not much, I do miss the city, for example, if I don't want to cook, or I want to eat something, I will think of the convenience of the city." Here, the meat is full, but even the delicacies of the mountains and seas have enough to eat, let alone beef! ”

Speaking of this, Zhang Chi remembered the guys from Lao Xu's construction team again, so he was happy.

"What's fun?"

Zhang Chi briefly told his sister about the matter.

"You are really bloody, beef is tired of eating workers" Zhang Juan felt that her younger brother was too loser, and beef was tired of eating the workers who built houses.

Zhang Juan didn't know that his younger brother didn't have much now, just a lot of beef, and the little beef that the workers ate was just a drizzle for him! What's more, it's still a good neighbor Lao Liu's cattle.

"The meat is cheap, the meat here is cheaper than the vegetables," Zhang Chi said with a smile.

Zhang Chi is not referring to the unit price, but to eat fresh vegetables for a meal, it must be more expensive than just eating meat, at least around here.

"I'm so happy," Zhang Juan said with a smile.

"The cost of living is really low, so the pressure of life is not very great," Zhang Chi nodded and said.

It is true that the cost of living in the United States is quite low, of course, not everyone in the United States lives well, there are people on the street who ask for food, homeless, but as far as the average normal urban life of Americans is concerned, the pressure of life is not great.

After speaking, Zhang Chi sniffed his nose lightly.

Zhang Juan also sniffed: "The aroma of barbecue comes out."

"Well, but it's still a little bit of time away from being cooked, and now it's the outer layer of familiarity," Zhang Chi said with a smile.

Zhang Juan said: "Then when you wait for the inside to be eaten, isn't the outside all burnt?" ”

"When the time comes, you'll know whether you're anxious or not," Zhang Chi said.