Mixed In the United States As a Local Tyrant

  Chapter 35 Home

   After talking on the phone for a long time, it was not until Jenny returned to the apartment she shared with Cathy that she said goodbye. After hanging up the phone, he turned around and saw that his sister and brother-in-law were standing not far behind him, with smiles on their faces. An Feng was embarrassed and felt his cheeks burn. Brother-in-law is hard to say, but my sister can understand English, and I have expressed American-style love on the phone a lot just now.

  My sister came over and touched him with her arm: "Aren't you going to talk?"

   "Say what?" An Feng pretended to be confused.

   "Stop it!" My sister rolled her eyes, "You bully us because you don't understand English, how can you still lie to me? Dear, can you cover up your love for tiger oil?"

   "Haha." An Feng laughed a few times, "If I said that I was bored practicing English on the phone, and accidentally got into a drama, would you believe me?"

  Everyone shook their heads unanimously, even Xiaoyu who usually turned to him also shook his head with the adults.

  Finally, under repeated bombardment by his family, An Feng still surrendered and confessed something to satisfy their gossip. It's a pity that we couldn't meet Jenny during this trip. Even my mother complained that it should be earlier, but they didn't know that they were worried that Xiaoyu would go to school and said that they couldn't be so many days earlier!

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  The 11th long holiday has not yet arrived, An Feng first took his parents and Xiaoyu to set off. The little girl asked for leave directly from the school. Anyway, elementary school students don't have much content in class, so I will make up when I come back. Xiaoyu will show it, she has learned something in advance, and shows that she can keep up. However, my sister and brother-in-law did not set off together, and my sister still had to teach the students, so my brother-in-law could only accompany her and come back after the official holiday.

On the flight from S City to Los Angeles, An Feng bought a relatively comfortable business class ticket for his family. The flight of more than ten hours was a big test for his neck. If the first class was not full, he would not mind enjoying it. . Because Xiaoyu was worried that her uncle would not take her to play, she was very quiet along the way. When receiving the meal, she politely greeted the "flight mom"—there are quite a few flight attendants at the level of aunts in American airlines.

   This is still advanced in China.

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   Arrived at LAX airport, waited for a long time before picking up the luggage, complained about the speed of the airport, did not stop, and continued to transfer to the flight from Los Angeles to SLO. More than an hour later, when he walked out of St. Louis Airport, he saw an F150 approaching. Old John in a blue and white plaid shirt and a cowboy hat got off the car. An Feng hugged him.

   "This is the daughter of my parents and my sister." An Feng introduced.

   "Hi, everyone!" Old John greeted.

  An Feng said: "I'm sorry, they don't understand English." As soon as the words fell, Xiaoyu waved his hand and said "Hello", which made the old John laugh and wave to the little girl.

  Because long-term parking is not allowed at the gate of the airport, everyone got in the car and left.

Looking at the rolling hills along the way, a large stretch of endless vineyards, and passing through rows of low-rise cities... Dad suddenly smiled and said: "I have heard how good and developed the United States is. Come and see it for real. Why are they all like small counties in China?"

An Feng turned around and said: "Basically, it's like this. Los Angeles, which is known as the second largest city in the United States, you will feel that it is a big countryside when you walk out of the city center. Americans have different life concepts from us. The high-rise buildings in the city center are just for working Wherever there are rich people live in the suburbs.”

My father understood a little, and my mother looked at the houses along the way, pointed and said, "Look, old man, isn't this just a small foreign-style building in China? It looks like it's still made of wood, not strong." Dad took a look and hit the nail on the head Said: "If there is a strong wind, it is estimated that the roof will be blown away."

   "Dad, you are so wise!" An Feng said with a smile.

   On the contrary, Xiaoyu, who is lively and mischievous on weekdays, is very quiet. She looks a little tired, leaning against the car door and looking at the unchanging blue sky outside the window, her eyelids are clenched. After about forty minutes, the car passed through Paso Robles and drove on a flat straight road. Everyone was attracted by the neat vineyards on both sides.

October is the season when the grapes are ripe. The car passes through the sea of ​​grapes, and the beautiful scenery fills the field of vision. The wineries along the way have decorated their facades beautifully, with rows of towering green trees and a large area of ​​soft grass. Grass, pick up the camera, and just take a picture is a classic computer desktop.

  This fresh and slightly romantic atmosphere has conquered everyone.

   "It's so beautiful!" Mom said with emotion.

   "It's so beautiful." Even Xiaoyu, who was dozing off, became refreshed.

  After getting home and getting out of the car, Xiaoyu took her mother's hand, pointed to a tree and shouted: "Grandma, look there, one, two, three, four, five... so many birds!"

   "Old John, I'm sorry, would you like a glass of water?" An Feng said.

   "No, I have to ask someone to check the electrical equipment in the wine cellar." Old John smiled and refused, waved at them, changed into his Chevrolet and left.

   "Let's go!" An Feng pulled Xiaoyu, who was happily counting birds, through the garden-like yard to the house covered by vegetation.

   "What a big house!" Xiaoyu opened her mouth wide.

   "Do you like it?" An Feng picked her up, walked into the room with a smile, "Uncle will take you in to find a room, as long as you like it, it's yours, how about it?"

  Mom and Dad fell behind, looking around with strange expressions on their faces, and a word of praise from time to time. The yard and the house have been repaired three times before and after, and many plants have been transplanted, making it more lively and agile on the original basis, as if in a paradise, which makes people linger.

As soon as they entered the door, Pipi and Eggy rushed over and wanted to pounce on An Feng, so scared that Xiaoyu covered her eyes, An Feng put her down, rubbed the two dogs' heads, and said to Xiaoyu: "Don't worry, Pipi and Dandan Balls don’t bite, you touch them? They’re very smart, and they can even pick up flying saucers!”

Xiaoyu stretched out her small hand to touch Pippi's furry head. Pipi sniffed her scent, licked and licked her little hand, and Eggy also shook her head and came closer. Xiaoyu dispelled the fear in her heart and touched them and asked his uncle, "Can they really pick up flying saucers?"

An Feng found two plastic flying saucers, shook them in front of Dandan, gave it a sniff, and then threw them lightly. The flying saucers spun through the spacious hall, and Dandan chased after him reflexively. When the flying saucer disappeared in the backyard, not long after, an agile black figure ran back with the flying saucer in its mouth. Eggy put the flying saucer at An Feng's feet, wagging its tail and looked up at him with a fawning look.

   "So smart!" Xiaoyu applauded.

   "These two little black dogs are really clever." Dad also saw this scene.

An Feng squatted down with a smile and rubbed Dandan's head, then turned to them and said, "These two guys are not ordinary little black dogs, they are both bloodhounds with blood. It's a small thing to pick up flying saucers. When they grow up a bit, I want to Take them to hunt, catch hares for me, what fun do foxes have!"

Then I took Xiaoyu upstairs and downstairs for a long time, until she chose a room she was satisfied with (mainly where she could see small animals), An Feng went downstairs, and the voice of his mother who was visiting the kitchen on the first floor came Lai: "Xiaofeng, have all your ingredients been stuffed in the refrigerator?"

"Yes what's the matter?"

   "A lot of them stink, you left them for too long." Mom said.

   "It should be that Old John and the others didn't help me finish eating." An Feng went over to look, and more than half of it was missing, but there were still some that they couldn't finish.

  An Feng threw away all the smelly things, and his mother scolded him for a while, saying that he shouldn't buy so many things, and they broke up after eating them, which was a waste of money. Then I took some edible food and gave it to my dad to wash it. The two old people studied together in the kitchen, and soon made some Chinese dishes from the western kitchen, such as stir-fried beef with green peppers, fried pork ribs, etc. , the only thing missing is the fragrant rice.

  No way, he wants to eat but there is no material, and no one will make it for him. Now that my mother is here, she can feel the deliciousness of Chinese food while eating bread and ribs.

   "Good days are coming." An Feng cheered, holding a slice of bread, "I'll go look around tomorrow and buy a few bags of rice and a rice cooker."

  (end of this chapter)