Yunding Ranch

Chapter 127 Careful Preparation
The group hug lasted for quite a while, and when they let go, Lu Huaijin's bookish face was stained with two blushes, and she coughed twice to hide her embarrassment.Fortunately, Song Lingyi was always by Lu Huaijin's side, otherwise he would probably run away at this time.

Song Lingyi quietly took Lu Huaijin's hand, comforting his intense discomfort, raised his head and looked at the strange faces in front of him, some didn't know how to start... The main reason was that his English was not so fluent, facing such a The scene was naturally a little flustered.

At this moment, Fred took the initiative to step forward, showing his friendliness with a smile, "Hey, Ms. L, you are wearing the hat we gave you!" Fred deliberately slowed down his speech, his eyebrows beaming. His expression made the atmosphere more relaxed.

Song Lingyi was stunned for a while, and didn't answer for a while. Lu Li stood up and was about to rescue his mother, but Ke Er pulled Lu Li's arm, "Give them a little time." Lu Li reacted for a moment, and then he understood. come over.

Just like Li Huainan and Liu Xiaoyan, living here, daily communication is inevitable, if you don't take the first step, you will never be able to open your mouth.In fact, it was the same when Lu Li arrived in New York on the first day. Isn't that how the nickname "Fourteen" came about?However, Lu Li was still a little worried - neither Lu Huaijin nor Song Lingyi's English was good.

After a moment of hesitation, Song Lingyi came back to her senses, "Oh, oh, yes, hats!" Song Lingyi pointed to the cowboy hats on their heads, and said with a smile, "Thank you. Lu Li said, this is a gift from you Gift." Song Lingyi's English is really average, and her pronunciation is not very standard, and she struggles to say a word, but at least, she is trying, "Uh...you are, are you Fred?"

With a simple sentence, Fred jumped up, "You know me? You know me? Ms. L?"

Looking at Fred's cheerful smile, Song Lingyi's nervousness was relieved, she nodded in affirmation, "Lu Li... I mean, my son..."

"Fourteen?" Fred asked, pointing to Lu Li who was standing behind with a smile on his face.

"Fourteen!" Song Lingyi was a little surprised by Lu Li's English name. Obviously they had never communicated about this before, but she didn't rush to ask, and then said to Fred, "He mentioned you to me before, you are his colleagues in New York, right?" The words were broken and the words were very simple, but the meaning was very accurate.

"Yes, yes." Fred nodded again and again, and immediately jumped and spun around, "Ms. L knows me! She knows me!"

Song Lingyi actually had more to say. On the way from Los Angeles, Lu Li also introduced every member of the ranch to them. The photos updated in real time on Facebook, combined with the previous stories, already had a rough image in his mind. .However, Song Lingyi's language was limited, and she couldn't speak such complicated sentences—at least not in such a short time.So, this is the simplified version.

"Jessica, you are Jessica, right? The only cowgirl on the ranch, I'm sure I won't admit it." After getting encouragement from Fred, Song Lingyi gradually gained courage and greeted her proactively.

Jessica walked forward boldly and gave Song Lingyi a hug again, "Warm welcome! You know, before you came, Shisi kept mentioning you to us. We are really looking forward to your arrival."

After these words, Song Lingyi became a little confused, understood part of it, but missed part, probably understood the meaning, but not so clear.She laughed awkwardly.Before she could speak, Jessica understood, "I'm sorry, I'm sorry. I said before fourteen that my accent is very strong and I speak too fast. I will slow down a bit."

Even many Americans take time to get used to the Texas accent.

Song Lingyi nodded, she understood what she said, but she needed a moment to think about the answer.At this moment, Randy rushed over directly, "Ma'am, ma'am, do you recognize me? Me?"

Song Lingyi reflexively said, "Who?" She was still silent in her thoughts just now, when Randy suddenly ran over to interject, she really couldn't react for a while.

Randy's excited expression froze immediately, with an unconcealable disappointment. At this moment, Song Lingyi understood, but she didn't let Randy off immediately, but went further, "Who are you? Sorry, I mean, your name is what name?"

"Oh." Randy covered his cheeks in annoyance, and howled in disappointment, "Ma'am!"

Seeing Randy's sad expression, Song Lingyi laughed loudly, and then stepped forward to give Randy a hug, "Of course I know you, Randy. You are the one who talks the most, in the ranch."

Randy's disappointed expression turned into horror, and he stared blankly at Song Lingyi until the people next to him laughed, and then Randy came to his senses, took two steps back, and shouted in disbelief, "Ms. L! You How can you do this! How can you do this!" That childlike behavior made everyone laugh even more happily.

Tony standing beside said, "It seems that Fourteen's sense of humor comes from you."

After a while, everyone turned to look at Lu Huaijin.But Lu Huaijin still stood there with an expression of "I don't understand". This indifferent expression made everyone laugh even more happily.

"Cole, thank you." Seeing such a happy scene in front of him, Lu Li sincerely expressed his gratitude, "How did you know our arrival time? Then...prepared for all of this?"

"New Braunfels is a very small place, and we have friends everywhere." Cole's explanation made Lu Li laugh, "To show our warm welcome, we have prepared for two weeks. It’s not an easy thing.”

Lu Li nodded, "I know Chinese is not an easy language, and that's what I'm lucky about. I don't need to learn it."

The United States has always been complained that it has no history, no culture, and language is part of it.In Europe, language learning is a very common phenomenon, and four languages ​​are just a basic introduction, and there are countless people who can speak seven or eight languages; but in the United States, besides English, almost no one knows a second language, although in In high school, Spanish or French were required, but they were just coping.Even the Americans themselves complain about this.

Therefore, Lu Li also knows how difficult it is for Cole and others to learn a foreign language, "However, by the way, the song you sang just now is actually a New Year's greeting." Lu Li said lightly, Then he saw Cole's shocked expression, which made Lu Li chuckle.

"You parked the truck at the gate?" Lu Li remembered this.

"Yes, we carefully planned all of this, you know, from the time you entered the town to all of this." Cole's tone also revealed joy, "How about it, do you still like it?"

Balloons were piled up in every corner of the room, banners were placed on the back of the sofa, and even two bouquets of flowers were placed on the coffee table in the living room. "Ah! I actually forgot!" Cole said suddenly, "Guys, guys! Folks! We forgot about paper fireworks!"

Cole took out the cracker paper fireworks from his pocket, and then Tony, Fred and others also took out the prepared paper fireworks from their pockets, "Bang, bang, bang!" Paper fireworks, but it is obvious that the moment just now has been missed. Everyone is not unified enough, and the atmosphere is not warm enough. Instead, they are a little lazy, creating a sense of humor for nothing.

This made everyone stunned and looked at each other.Even Song Lingyi and Lu Huaijin froze in place.

Lu Li pursed his lips and nodded, with a disappointed and chilling look on his face, he said with disgust, "You guys better assure me that the party you carefully prepared is not just that."

"Haha!" Everyone laughed together, complaining to each other, "It's all you! If it wasn't for you, we wouldn't have forgotten!" "Obviously it was you, you were the first one to hug!" "We It’s not like this during the rehearsal!”…The playful voice made the whole house extremely warm.

Cole stepped forward and took the initiative to introduce himself, "Good afternoon, I'm Cole." He also deliberately slowed down his speech, and his words became much clearer, "You must be tired all the way, let Fourteen, take you upstairs, and we'll leave your luggage to us." Cole turned to look at Lu Li again, "Leave today's dinner to us, and we'll prepare a Texas-style welcome party!"

Lu Li's eyes widened, "Is there a party today?"

"Of course. How can it be called a welcome ceremony without a party?" Cole said as a matter of course, "Lily and Ronald will come over later, and then we came to contact Justin and Finley...and Chloe, of course. Tonight we'll light the bonfire again, the Texas way. I know, we're not great cooks, but we'll do our best, trust us!"

Lu Li wanted to say something else, but Cole stopped him, "Go up and rest first, and leave the rest to us."

Lu Li couldn't help laughing, "I didn't intend to stop you, and I didn't intend to increase my workload." He looked back at Lu Huaijin and Song Lingyi, "I just thought, maybe my parents want to take a look at the ranch, so that they can let us They go for a walk around the ranch, like Fred and Vivienne do on their first day. If they're not tired."

Lu Li turned his head and was about to tell his parents in Chinese, but Lu Huaijin said in English, "We're not tired, we only drove for less than three hours today."

Song Lingyi also understood, "Riding a horse, didn't Lu Li say that there are horses in the ranch? There are also farms, vineyards and lakes..." Her expression also became clear, looking at the golden sunlight outside the window, the beech wood The forest swayed slowly in the breeze, and there was a rustling sound.

A smile appeared on Cole's face, and he spread his hands, "No problem, of course no problem. I am your best guide, and then I will call Brandon, he is your best riding instructor. We will provide The best service." Cole winked at Lu Li, "Don't worry, we will be more careful."

Lu Li remembered the scene of Fred jumping into the lake back then, and couldn't help laughing, "Yeah, we have to be more careful." Lu Li decided that he should go riding with him.

(End of this chapter)