Yunding Ranch

Chapter 414 Day Significance
"Are you sure this is enough?" Lawrence looked at the pile of firewood on the ground. He couldn't remember how much firewood he needed for a week in winter when he was still studying.Without realizing it, he raised his hand and wiped the sweat from his forehead. A gust of cold wind blew, and all the pores on his body opened up. The comfort made his muscles tremble slightly, and he couldn't help but slap him twice. chills.

The comfort and joy after exercising gently vibrated in the chest cavity.Lawrence thought he would be very repulsive. He spent most of his life escaping from such a life, such a boring formula, eager to find a different meaning; but today, unexpectedly, he did not repel it.It's not that I like it, nor do I miss it, it's just that I don't repel it.

"I'm not sure. But I'm sure, you need to rest." Lu Li's answer was sarcasm, which made Lawrence chuckle, his voice gurgling in his chest, the understatement was full of confidence The smiling face made the most effective response to Lu Li's words.

Cole ignored these two people, looked around, but couldn't find the trailer, "I don't know where they left the trailer last time, let's just carry it in, there aren't many anyway." Cole said without hesitation, directly Bending down, he began to pile the firewood into his chest.

Immediately afterwards, Lu Li and Lawrence also bent down and picked up the firewood.

"Are you sure you want to use such a primitive method?" A playful voice came from behind, without turning around, one could hear countless colors in the ups and downs of the tone, as if a kaleidoscope had been opened, as if all expressions were Hidden in the voice, "The reason why we are different from orangutans is that we can make tools and use tools."

Lu Li stood up straight, raised his head and saw another McCartney.He didn't wear formal clothes today, just the simplest T-shirt with jeans and a baseball jacket, but it was not the style of Texas, but the sunshine style of the West Coast.

At this time, McCartney still looked lazy, with his hands supported on a trailer, looking boneless, he would never stand if he could sit, and he would never sit if he could lie down.It was exactly the same as the first impression just now, with his shoulders leaning directly against the wall, in a completely relaxed posture.

Lawrence walked over with firewood in his arms, "It seems that you haven't changed much."

Not to be outdone, the other party replied, "I thought you had changed."

Lu Li and Cole had exchanged glances several times in just one hour. The McCartney brothers really... did not play their cards according to common sense, and then Lu Li said, "I thought, the only relationship between us and the orangutan The difference is that some have completed evolution, while others have not.”

This meaningful sentence made Lawrence's eyebrows slightly raised, and it could be seen that he was in a very happy mood.The other McCartney even cast his eyes on Lu Li, "You should have heard a saying that people with strong mouths don't have much strength, and they all have no confidence."

This attack was sharper than Lawrence's lawyer.

Cole turned his head to look at Lu Li, full of anticipation, he was still thinking about how Lu Li would respond.However, unexpectedly, Lu Li didn't speak, but just looked at the other party with a smile on his face. It didn't look like he was stuck, but he didn't look like he was about to fight back.

"Fourteen?" Cole said slightly nervously.

But Lu Li still didn't feel nervous at all, he put his hands behind his back with ease, and met the opponent's gaze with burning eyes.Then, he turned his head to look at Cole, and said with a smile, "Let's move all the firewood into the trailer, and go faster."

"Haha." For the first time, Lawrence laughed loudly for the first time, laughing almost out of composure, looking at the other McCartney in front of him, gloating in his eyes.But such a presumptuous smile quickly subsided, and he regained his usual calmness and shook his head slightly.

That McCartney cast a helpless glance at Lu Li, then stared at Lawrence with wide eyes, "You're making yourself look like a fool."

Lawrence didn't speak, just shrugged slightly like Lu Li, then walked towards Lu Li and Cole, "Let's move the firewood into the cart."

Looking at Lu Li and Lawrence, and then looking at McCartney, Cole seemed to gradually understand: just now he said that anyone who speaks loudly has no confidence, and it turned out that the most talkative here is himself.Both Lu Li and Lawrence remained silent and did not refute.

Now Cole understands that McCartney is out of breath, and he can't help but want to laugh.At first I thought it was too impolite, but after holding it back, I still couldn't hold it back, the smile on the corner of my mouth rose greatly, and I even let out a "puchi" laugh.

Lawrence walked over with the firewood in his arms, "Joel, to be honest, how long has it been since you met such a well-matched opponent?"

"Joel?" Lu Li asked aloud, so the name of the other McCartney is Joel.Now, I finally got to know each other.

Joel stood where he was, with a helpless smile on his face, looking at Lawrence, and then at Lu Li, with an arrogant expression, as if he didn't intend to continue the conversation at all.

It was Lawrence who turned his head and nodded in affirmation, "Yes, this is Joel McCartney. He used to be on the school's debate team. He boasted that he had a sharp tongue that almost no one could compete with. Exception. It's really rare to see him deflate once."

Joel finally couldn't hold it back, "What does it mean to be deflated? It's just a stuck. Lawrence, you are still the same as before. You don't have much ambition, and you start to get carried away with a little victory. I thought you would be different after you became a lawyer. .”

Lawrence turned his head, without flinching at all, and said calmly, "Small victory." Grasping this word, Joel immediately rolled his eyes, and then Lawrence continued, "You have not changed much from back then, and you will not admit defeat. ...I thought that you have been tortured all these years as a fund manager, and all your vigor has been worn out, especially in 08."

Seeing that the conversation between Lawrence and Joel was endless, Lu Li walked over with firewood in his arms, "I don't think you two have changed. To some extent, this is a good thing; to some extent, it is a bad thing." .” A pun with a meaning, successfully shutting up both of them.

Everyone fell silent, quickly piled all the firewood into the cart, and then the three of them exchanged glances, Lu Li took the lead, followed by Lawrence, Cole was a little slower, and the footsteps landed on the Looking behind, Joel realized that Lu Li and Lawrence had left, and then looked at Cole puzzled.

Cole hastily quickened his pace, followed them and left the warehouse, leaving only Joel standing there alone.

"What's the matter with you? Am I in charge of this car alone? I can't push it!" Joel gradually reacted at this time, and the voice of complaint gradually turned into a protest, "Hey, you three, how can you Well, I'm a fund manager, I haven't exercised in years, I have no strength, I can't push alone! Hey, I'm serious, you can't do this. Lawrence, Lawrence! And those two I don't know the name of the guy, believe it or not, I just went back to the house? I mean it!"

After shouting for a long time, Joel didn't get any response. He strode out of the warehouse and looked in the direction of the main house. After seeing nothing, the three people actually went back!

"Lawrence McCartney! You know me, I'll do what I say!" Joel yelled as hard as he could.

The three of them had already sat down on the sofa in the hall. Cole was a little restless, and he looked at Lawrence.Without speaking, Lawrence replied directly, "Don't worry, he's just bluffing." After a pause, he added, "It's been like this since childhood."

"Fourteen, fourteen, how many minutes did you say the dumplings will be cooked?" Ronald ran out quickly.

Lu Li stood up, "Why don't I do it?" Ronald waved his hands again and again, Lu Li could only say, "After the water boils, add cold water, repeat this three times."

Ronald froze for a moment, as if he didn't quite understand.This is also one of the differences between Chinese cuisine and Western cuisine. China is used to making decisions by itself, and each chef has his own decision; but the West stipulates the time and grams of food, which is rigid.

Lu Li took the initiative to step forward, ready to help in the kitchen himself, but Ronald quickly raised his hand to stop him, "No, no." Then he walked quickly to the kitchen, yelling at Lily.

Lawrence looked at Lu Li in surprise, "They can make their own Chinese food now?"

"Yes. In fact, Chinese food is not as difficult as I imagined..." Lu Li had just started talking, and Ronald ran back excitedly again, this time with two glasses of eggnog in his hand, and handed them to Lu Li and Cole, "Come on, come on, I made this myself today. I tasted it, and it tastes good."

Lawrence turned his eyes around the three people in front of him for a while, but found that no one was going to pay attention to him at all, "What about mine?" After holding back, Lawrence finally couldn't hold back and said.

"I thought you were a guest." The smile on Ronald's face disappeared immediately, and he said viciously.Not the host, but the guest.

Lawrence couldn't help but froze, "Hey, it's not fair."

Ronald didn't care at all, he waved his hand as if to repel flies, and then said to Lu Li with a smile, "I'll go and see the dumplings." The appearance of that old urchin really made people laugh.

Looking at such an ordinary fragment of life in front of him, Lawrence was suddenly stunned.

This is Christmas Eve, this is home, this is where he was born, grew up, and left, and this is where he returns, rests, and relaxes. The feeling of Christmas runs in his blood like never before.This faint warmth made him feel at ease.Inexplicably, the tight shoulder line relaxed.

"Jesus Christ, you bastards, I can't believe it, I can't believe it! You actually let me push all the firewood back alone? Do you have any conscience!" You don't need to look up to know , Joel is back, as if 20 years ago.

(End of this chapter)