Yunding Ranch

Chapter 34 Friendship Proposal
After hanging up the phone, Lu Li's mood soared like never before, as if he could touch the white clouds with just a little stretch of his hand.

He has to thank Liz, doesn't he?The gift of the ranch gave him the right to choose and the possibility to change the future. Although it is still difficult to run the ranch, at least it is a start.It would be great if parents could also settle down on the ranch, retire early, and enjoy their leisure life.

Mother will definitely like it very much when she sees Teddy.

This was the first thought in Lu Li's mind. In fact, Song Lingyi likes small animals, but because of Lu Li's psychological shadow, the family has never raised small animals.After Lu Li went abroad to study, he even persuaded Song Lingyi to let her keep a pet at home, but Song Lingyi still refused.In the final analysis, it was actually for Lu Li's sake.

Now at the ranch, mother can let go of her hands and feet and get along with the animals. "I wonder if mom likes to ride a horse?" Lu Li couldn't wait to start planning. After taking his parents to the ranch, what will he do first, and what will he do next...

"Fourteen!" A voice came from behind, interrupting Lu Li's train of thought. He looked up and saw Alice's lively figure running from the direction of the teaching building, "Why are you sitting here? Don't you want to work?"

"Well, I want to relax today, so I'll sit here." Lu Li replied with a smile.

Alice sat cross-legged next to Lu Li, her long golden hair fell down like a waterfall, her slender and curly eyelashes were like butterfly wings, "You just went to see the professor?" Alice and Lu Li were both In their senior year, they are both worried about things after graduation, but their professors are not the same.

"I've been here for nearly an hour. God, it's not the first time I feel that my English is not enough anymore." Lu Li's words made Alice chuckle, "What about you? How is the progress of the thesis?"

"Alas..." Alice sighed a long time, her shoulders drooping exaggeratedly, "I was busy playing during the spring break, and I completely forgot about the thesis. I was severely scolded by the professor just now, but within 15 minutes I rushed out and asked me to submit a proposal report next week." Alice wailed depressingly, "Can I not graduate?"

"When I was young, I always wanted to grow up, but when I grow up, I want to turn back time." Lu Li's words made Alice nod her head in agreement, "Do you think we will miss the present when we are old? So Those people always say, youth is only once, don't miss it easily?"

What exactly is youth, Lu Li finds it difficult to define, and it was not until recently that he gradually understood.

Maybe, youth has nothing to do with age, it has something to do with mentality, that period of reckless, reckless, unrestrained, abandoning consequences, rampant years is called youth.Because time goes by and age increases, the burden on everyone begins to increase, not only economic pressure, not only family burden, but also health worries and entanglements increase, the more you think about it before each decision , becoming more and more hesitant, more and more restrained.

As a result, life began to replace youth, gradually lost its color, and became bleak.

Therefore, Lu Li decided to give it a go, take over the Yundian Ranch, really wanton for a while, and grab the tail of youth.Otherwise, wouldn't it be a disappointment to Liz's good intentions, Mom?
"You mean, spring break should be fun?" Alice blinked playfully, with a hint of cunning in her green eyes.

Lu Li snapped his fingers, "Correct answer!"

"Haha." Alice's cheerful laughter like silver bells rippled in the sunlight, "What about you? How was your spring break? What mysterious activities did you do?"

"I went to Texas for an adventure." Lu Li said honestly.

Alice showed a surprised expression, "Go to Texas for spring break? Jesus Christ, this is probably the most boring spring break in history, right? At this time, there is nothing in Texas, it is barren like the Gobi, and it is still windy , shivering from the cold. If I had to choose, I'd rather go fishing in Alaska."

"Haha." Lu Li was amused by Alice's vivid words, "But it's not so crowded that you have to wait in line for half an hour to go to the toilet. I believe that many people just settle in the ocean in Miami."

Alice spread her hands with a sincere expression, "I have no way to refute." The two couldn't help laughing at the same time again. "So, what's a vacation in Texas really like? A taste of the cowboy life?"

"Indeed." Lu Li's answer made Alice look up and down curiously, making Lu Li feel a little uncomfortable, "What's wrong? Is there anything strange?"

"No, I'm just drawing your appearance in cowboy boots." Alice's words made Lu Li clap his hands and burst out laughing.Cowboys' insistence on boots is unshakable, but in the big cities, cowboy boots are more like part of a Halloween outfit, and it's one of New York's mockery of Texas.

Lu Li spread his hands, "You always have to do as the Romans do. I think a cowboy like Clint Eastwood is really handsome, isn't he?" The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly are classic Westerns in which Clint created the immortal image of the tough cowboy.

"But the problem is, not just anyone can be Clint." Alice's answer made Lu Li weak, and he couldn't help but laugh, "Are you questioning my masculinity?"

Hearing these words, Alice couldn't help but carefully looked at Lu Li in front of her. Those black eyes, like grapes soaked in water, had a radiance that couldn't be ignored, and those handsome and sparse brows became radiant. When she woke up, her cheeks suddenly became slightly hot. She laughed a few times in a panic to cover up her embarrassment. After shaking her head and denying it, she changed the subject, "Then what's next? What are your plans next?" ?Stay on campus and continue working on your dissertation? Last time I heard, your internship at the 'Observer' was going really well."

Alice's change of subject was really a bit blunt, but Lu Li didn't expose it, and replied, "I'm going there tomorrow, and I'll know the follow-up results after we meet." He wants to continue writing for " New York Observer, but it is not an easy task, firstly he is a fresh graduate, secondly he does not have a work visa.However, you always have to try it before you know if it works.

Alice secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and brought up another matter, which was also the main purpose of her looking for Lu Li today, "If you are not busy for a while, my friends actually have a part-time job opportunity. I don't know if you interested in."

In school, everyone generally does not inquire about personal privacy.However, ordinary friends know that Lu Li persisted in working part-time while he was in college.

"Part-time job?" Lu Li was a little surprised.

Alice straightened her body and explained, "The thing is, we have several friends who are learning Chinese at different levels. We all think that learning Chinese is becoming more and more important now, especially for those in the journalism department. I thought, what could be more authentic than learning Chinese from Chinese people?"

Lu Li tilted his head slightly, and said with a smile, "I'm not sure about this." In fact, Chinese people don't have a thorough understanding of the grammatical framework of Chinese, because this is a deep-rooted habit, and some grammatical knowledge we tend to People who think "that's how it is, there is no reason" will become obstacles when teaching language.This is also the origin of the major of Chinese as a foreign language.

"But, are you also learning Chinese?" Lu Li asked curiously. He had known Alice for almost a year—the two met in a big class last year, but they had never heard that Alice was studying Chinese. Chinese thing.

Alice showed a shy smile, but she still said confidently, "Hi, thank you, my name is...Alice." All are in Chinese, and the overall is fairly fluent.

"Wow, it seems that you have really worked hard." Lu Li gave a thumbs up. Judging from the pronunciation, Alice has indeed worked hard, because the intonation is always difficult for foreigners, and she actually deliberately corrected it. .

"I'm still at the basic level." Although Alice was a little proud, she still said objectively, "But I think Chinese is really interesting, and I want to continue learning, so I ask you, do you have time next time?" ?"

Lu Li thought about it seriously, "I'm going to visit friends in Texas for a while." After all, his relationship with Alice has not reached Fred's level, so he is a bit conservative, "Maybe there is no way to stay New York has lessons for you."

"Oh." Alice sighed in disappointment.

"However, if you don't mind, we can exchange emails, or have a video conversation, and do some simple dialogue exercises, which is no problem." Lu Li continued, "Of course, you are willing to go to Texas to visit me together If so, I welcome it with my hands up."

Lu Li remembered Cole's story about developing ranch tourism. He is a student of the journalism department and has little understanding of the tourism industry.But he knows that tourism projects are simply to make customers happy. He can invite some friends to visit, and then put forward some opinions and integrate a general overview of tourism projects. In this way, the direction will be much clearer.

"Texas?" Alice's smile appeared again, "I heard that the cowboy convention will be held soon, and that is the biggest event in Texas every year." Between the words, Alice was eager to try, but she still Not too impulsive, "I'll go back and ask those friends at that time. In the next period of time, we probably have to be busy with our graduation thesis."

"You know my phone number." Lu Li gestured for a phone call, sending out an invitation.

(End of this chapter)