Seeing his girlfriend's depressed expression, Zhang Lisheng smiled dumbly, stroked Tina's soft golden hair and said: "Tina, my only pursuit after becoming a 'witch' is to get 'great magical powers' and enjoy 'great freedom', so all the hardships and dangers I have suffered, all the killing battles I have experienced are 'happy' rather than painful, you don't need to look at ordinary men with the same eyes..."

"Baby, we have cultural and gender barriers, and all those things that I don't understand can't comfort me. ”

"Yes, then I'll put it in the simplest words," the young man shrugged, "I'm an extraordinary man, I don't care what other men would think if they had a girlfriend like you, I just know that in my heart you are the most qualified lover in this world." ”

"Oh baby, this is the sweetest affirmation I've ever heard in my life, I love you..." The girl's disappointment was swept away, and she hugged Zhang Lisheng and shouted happily.

The two hugged and kissed for a while, and suddenly Zhang Lisheng's phone call broke the sweetness.

"It's Charlie, I haven't contacted him since I came back, it seems that he must have called me regularly every day. The young man hurriedly took out his mobile phone and looked at it, shrugged helplessly at Tina, answered the phone, and Charlie's surprised voice came from the receiver, "Boss, I finally got in touch with you." ”

"Yes, and your call came at the right time..."Zhang Lisheng said in a strange tone, leaning his spine on the back of the driver's seat, "Charlie, I think the reason why you have been in a hurry to contact me must be because of 'Noah's plan', in fact, I also want to contact you." The matter of planning 'Sea Shrimp B1 Island' to become a fifty-one state of the Federation will be put on hold for the time being. ”

"It's the boss, now that the Congress has been arguing because of the immigration arrangements of the 'Noah's World Realm', I really can't care about anything in the recent period. Charlie was visibly relieved and said: "Another important thing is that our LS Group appeared in the first batch of companies invited by the federal government to participate in the 'Noah's plan'.

They will provide an interest-free five-year loan of 2 billion meters to build an ecological slaughterhouse of one million people on the first batch of 24 oases of immigrants in the 'Noah's Realm'. ”

"The level of a million-person city," Hearing this, Zhang Lisheng calculated sensitively: "Twenty-four one million is twenty-four million, how many people is there in the country, and will the first batch move one-tenth?"

"Of course, it is impossible to boss, even if we can find more than 20 million citizens of the United States who are willing to immigrate to the 'Noah's world'. Nor can the federal treasury afford this level of urban construction costs. What the government is doing now is simply trying to put some relatively inexpensive infrastructure in place all at once. ”

"Then I understand.

OK Charlie, since the federal government has invited LS, let's do it, you get a few professionals to calculate how long it will take to finish, and then call me. ”

"Already counted the boss. The overall project will take about a year. However, the first two oases close to Earth can be built in about four months. ”

"Okay, when the time comes, I'll go to the 'Noah's World Realm' and set the slaughterhouse in action. Zhang Lisheng said casually: "I remember that four months is just the time for the slaughter of fast-producing beef cattle, and it is really a very creative idea to build a pasture in the oasis to raise livestock and then slaughter them on the spot, and I hope that the federal government can make its wish come true." ”

"Oh. Cattle don't have bosses, and I guess the people who immigrated to the 'Noah's realm' will have to rely on drought-tolerant lambs or camels from the Middle East if they want to eat meat.

Okay, don't bother you, please apologize to your girlfriend for me, and see you again. Charlie said and hung up the phone with a grin.

"What a clever old fox. Zhang Lisheng threw his phone aside, put on his clothes one by one, and smiled at Tina and said, "Let's go to the hot spring bath now, and then watch a movie, okay?"

The girl replied sweetly: "Of course, I only have one request, I don't go to the restaurant at night, when we are hungry, we can eat burgers and hot dogs like ordinary couples?"

Of course, the young man readily agreed to this request, and in this way, the two first visited a well-known man-made hot spring club in Manhattan, "New York Prismatic Lake", which is said to be completely based on the mineral content of the hot springs in Yellowstone Park.

At the end of the movie, they bought a bunch of burgers, hot dogs, Coke, and juice in the theater lobby, and finally Zhang Lisheng sent Tina back to the fence gate of the only quiet idyllic villa on the 'Upper West Side', kissed Tina goodbye, and watched the girl disappear into the dark courtyard in a golf cart, ending the one-night date perfectly.

At this time, the sky began to rain coldly, and the time was close to the early morning, and the young man came back to the RV and thought about it, and found the nearest hotel to stay, and the next morning, after breakfast, he hurried back to his home in Brooklyn.

The only half-twins in the Laven family, Jill and Harry, are the only ones in the family who are related to Zhang Lisheng, and when they go to college, Lily is often the only one left in the house.

Hearing the sound of the door opening, Lili, who was busy grinding meat in the open kitchen, looked up and saw her son, who she hadn't seen for a long time, striding into the door, happily hugging the young man, kissing his cheek and saying excitedly, "Baby, you're back." ”

"I'm back Mom," Zhang Lisheng replied eagerly, "You said on the phone that you had something important to talk to me about, what was it?"

"Don't worry, baby, you sit down first and I'll tell you slowly. Lili took Zhang Lisheng's hand and walked to the chair at the kitchen table, pressed his shoulders and sat down, turned around and continued to be busy just now, "It's such a baby, do you remember that I wrote a book about the education of children in new immigrant families?"

"Of course, the last time I advised you to do some charity to kill your boredom, you talked about writing a book on this, and I plan to help you publish it when you're done, and give it to immigrant families for free. ”

"Oh baby, thank you, thank you for having such a heart, but that book has now been published," Lili said with a happy smile on her son's face when she heard her son remember her own affairs so clearly, "It is precisely because of the publication of this book that I received an invitation." ”

"What invitation?"

"An invitation to the position of principal of a public elementary school. ”

"Are you going to change jobs, Mom," Zhang Lisheng's heart returned to his stomach when he heard this, although he didn't show an expression of nonchalance, his tone had become a little careless, "The chief student advisor of the middle school and the principal of the elementary school, oh, these are really two inseparable positions, I think, well, this kind of thing is as you wish..."

"Baby, that elementary school is built on an oasis in the 'Noah's World'. Lily cut off her son's words and kneading the dough and said.

Zhang Lisheng said in surprise: "Mom, are you saying that a public elementary school built in the 'otherworldly realm' invited you to be the principal, this is really, too strange." ”

"What's so strange about this, baby, I am an educator who has made great achievements in the education of new immigrant children, and the oasis of 'Noah's World Realm' must be inhabited by immigrant families, isn't it normal for the government to give me such an invitation. ”

The young man paused for a moment, and after thinking about it carefully, he felt that things seemed to be logical, and opened his mouth and said: "But can you adapt to the 'Noah's World Realm' now Mom, it's a desert environment, and you have already, already..."

After saying two 'already' in a row, Zhang Lisheng suddenly thought that although he was twenty-one years old, his mother's age was not yet thirty-seven years old, and he could even be reluctantly called a 'young man' at such an age in modern society, so he could only change his words and say: "What about Uncle Laven, what should he do if you go to the 'otherworldly world'?"

"With your Uncle Raven's qualifications, you can apply to be a town sheriff in the oasis of the 'Noah's World', I talked to him, and he is willing to do so. ”

Zhang Lisheng's opposition to his mother's appointment in the 'otherworldly realm' was actually completely subconsciously out of instinct, and after there was no reason to oppose it, he re-examined this issue, and suddenly thought that the 'Noah's world' was completely different from those 'otherworldly realms' he had experienced, although the environment was difficult, it was relatively safe, and he really didn't need to oppose his mother's appointment there.

What's more, even if he objected, his mother would definitely not be obedient, so he shrugged his shoulders and said, "Oh, in that case, as I just said, choose your mother according to your heart...

Actually, I think you've already made your choice. ”

"I have chosen my baby, and the work at Lobic Middle School is no longer challenging for me, but the oasis of 'Noah's World Realm' is a new beginning.

When I was a child, I wanted to be an educator like Meryl who could inspire students to live their lives, and I thought it was an opportunity..."

"If you think that going to the 'Noah's World Realm' is an opportunity to realize your ideals, then seize it. Zhang Lisheng encouraged his mother at this time.

"But baby, if I leave New York, I'm afraid I'll have a lot less chance of meeting you," Lily said with some sadness, "not only you, but also Stephen, Lardy, Ruili, Michelle, Jill, and Harry may not see each other once in a year." ”

"Then keep this house, I will send someone to take care of it, and you will return to New York every year during school holidays, Christmas, and New Year's. ”

"Oh baby, that's a good note, I didn't expect that. Lili was stunned and said in surprise.

"I couldn't have imagined it, but yesterday someone taught me to look at things differently and learn to turn my brain. Zhang Lisheng said jokingly. (To be continued......)

PS: One more dedication