Yunding Ranch

Chapter 415
Joel yelled and pushed the door open, muttering in a babbling voice, and then drooped his shoulders, as if his whole body was run over by a bulldozer just now, and now he couldn't even move a single finger, and fell heavily directly on the ground He fell on the sofa, face down, motionless, it looked like a sack of potatoes had been smashed down, the complaining voice gradually disappeared, and finally there was no sound at all, as if he had passed out.

If it is an outsider, this trick still works.But for Lawrence, he couldn't be more familiar with it.

The age difference between Lawrence and Joel is only one year. Joel is one year older. The two grew up together. Lawrence has seen this trick countless times. Leave it to him to do it.

At the beginning, he foolishly sued his parents, but Joel's acting skills are really good-Lawrence deeply believes that Joel can win a place in Hollywood, and staying in Silicon Valley instead of Hollywood is really a waste of talent.The end of the complaint is always the same. The parents were tricked by Joel and instead came to blame him for not working.

Later, Lawrence learned how to behave. Once, he pretended to go out to work, but in fact he secretly hid outside the house. He waited for Joel to relax his vigilance and start eating potato chips and watching TV. The mother yelled over, punished her by completing all the housework, asked her to shut up, hid outside the house and observed for a while, and then suddenly yelled, "Mom!" Immediately afterwards, they witnessed Joel pretending to be dead again. The whole process.

After that, Lawrence was born again.

Looking at Joel who was pretending to be dead again, Lawrence felt absurd, as if time had never passed, and they still stayed in this small mountain village and did not leave.

But at this moment, Lawrence saw Lu Li and Cole standing up and walking towards the door.In New York style, he would have kept his mouth shut and kept his mouth shut, not to mention they weren't friends; but reflexively, Lawrence yelled, "Hey! "

He couldn't remember their names.

Lu Li and Cole just looked back at Lawrence, but they continued walking without stopping.Lawrence swallowed the following words, because he found that they didn't look at Joel, but walked straight over, with a brisk look on their cheeks and brows, showing no reluctance at all.This means - they didn't pass because Joel was "ill", but they were ready to help.

Sure enough, two people walked to the door, picked up the firewood, and then re-entered and piled it next to the fireplace.Through the two people talking and laughing, you can see the colorful Christmas tree behind, and the creamy yellow halo dyes the sky outside the window that has not completely darkened.

Lawrence remembered what his father said just now: he is the guest, but they are not.

With a helpless sneer, Lawrence stood up.He knew that he didn't have to do this; he also knew that he was not suitable for being soft-hearted; he also knew that Joel would definitely laugh at him secretly.But at this moment, he just wanted to do this, and he simply felt that this was the most suitable way.

Joel turned his head secretly. He originally planned to howl a few times, because he knew that Lawrence would definitely not be fooled, but he didn't expect that Lawrence and the other two guys had no reluctance and started to get busy directly. Instead, he seemed like Like a clown, lying here.

If he was like this when he was a child, he would be complacent; but if he is still like this when he grows up, he will feel uncomfortable.

Joel sprawled out morosely on the couch, whining, "Hey you guys, Jesus Christ, are you trying to pretend to be Jesus? It's Christmas, so everyone's getting virtuous? You guys are It doesn't work, I know, you must be waiting for me to feel guilty and ashamed, then stand up and do my own work. Tell you, this method doesn't work, I've seen it too much, you better come up with a better way. "

As he talked, Joel gradually felt boring, because it was like a one-man show.He is nearly 40 years old, but he is like a seven-year-old child muttering and complaining, which is really...

Joel raised his hands suddenly, and said helplessly, "Okay, you won." Originally, he thought that he would see three people standing by, standing by, waiting to see his jokes, and he had even made it expression, but he didn't expect that he saw three people moving the firewood to the fireplace in an orderly manner.

Well, now he is really a joke.

"God, Lawrence McCartney! I knew that I shouldn't be back this year." Joel complained depressingly, but his movements still didn't stop. He stood up and walked over to help, and said with a speechless face, "This It’s not a Hollywood movie, what the heck. Lawrence, aren’t you a lawyer? Aren’t you a New Yorker? You’re supposed to be sitting around in a suit and shirt, and keep writing papers.”

"If you don't want to, you can continue to sit in the hall." Lawrence teased, and Joel muttered a few words in a low voice, but he couldn't hear anything clearly, as if he was complaining about the two strangers.

With the busyness of the four people, firewood was piled up next to the fireplace in an instant, but before they sat down, Lily's voice came from the kitchen, "Fourteen, Cole, can you come over and help? Put the knife and fork on the table."

"Here we come." Cole responded with a loud voice, followed by Lu Li. Joel just sat down and looked at the two of them speechlessly, "Can you stop? Don't work so hard? I'm coming back here , I just want to have a good rest, don’t I even have the right to vacation? If I knew I would have gone to Mexico City and the Caribbean, the sea, the beach, the sun, this is a vacation.”

Lawrence also stood up immediately, and Joulton was speechless, "I said, why do the two of them look like hosts, but we look like guests? What's going on?"

Lawrence shrugged, "Maybe it's because that's the truth." Then he also walked over, and saw Ronald holding a plate in his hand, with wine glasses neatly placed on it. Lawrence reached out to help, but Ronald Nader said angrily, "Don't you still have work to do? Aren't those jobs related to the lives of some people? You should continue to work. I don't want blood on my hands."

Lawrence reflexively wanted to refute, but when he reached his mouth, he couldn't help but pause for a moment, and then said, "I thought your hands were already covered with blood. I saw you deal with that bird this morning. Lamb." There was a hint of ridicule and sarcasm in that voice, which made Ronald stunned, and for a moment he didn't know how to refute.

At this moment of stupefaction, Lawrence took the plate from Ronald and walked towards the restaurant. Ronald finally came to his senses and was so angry that he said, "I don't know, when did you become a vegetarian? Why don't you tell your mother in advance? Don't eat tonight's big meal!"

Ronald's voice came from behind, but Lawrence didn't care. He shook his head helplessly, then walked into the dining room and began to set the table.He is really familiar with this job, and he was responsible for it when he was a child; while Joel was responsible for serving dishes in the kitchen.

Ronald stood where he was, his chest heaving violently like a bellows, and then he saw Joel standing up and walking over, his eyes widened, "What's the matter with you? Didn't you want to make a phone call?" ? Isn’t there a meeting? Is it tens of millions of dollars per second? Then you just stay in Silicon Valley and don’t come back, and we didn’t ask you to come back!”

"Are you sure?" Joel retorted grumblingly, and if his mother hadn't called him and emphasized that they hadn't been back for Christmas in four years, he wouldn't have come back.But seeing that Ronald was about to get angry again, Joel quickly raised his hands and made a gesture of surrender, "You should learn to control your temper, you know, after all, you are no longer young."

"Joel-McCartney!" Ronald's anger surged up, but Joel raised his hands with a smile on his face, indicating that he had no offensive power, and retreated all the way to the kitchen, greasy shouted, "Mother, is there anything I can do for you?"

Lu Li left the kitchen with a plate in his hand, which contained knives and forks, plates and soup bowls, and smiled at Ronald, "Are you sure you don't need my help? How many times have the dumplings been put in cold water just now?" gone?"

A word immediately caught Ronald, "Ah, my dumpling, dumpling!" His temper disappeared without a trace, and he ran all the way to the kitchen, "Lily, Lily, is the water boiling? "

With the help of four people, the table was quickly set, and then all the dishes were put on the table. Finally, Ronald came in with a huge turkey in both hands. Ronald paused slightly, and then Lawrence stepped forward hesitantly, reaching out to try to take it.

Ronald was stunned, Joel was also stunned, and even Lawrence was not sure.In the end Ronald straightened his spine on purpose, shook his head, and said firmly, "I'm not old enough to need help yet." But his voice was no longer irritable and rough as before. He cleared his throat with a full momentum He fell down and muttered, "In a few years, in a few years."

Joel's funny voice sounded next to him, "In a few years, we will be 40 years old, isn't it too old?"

Lily laughed loudly, "You realize now that you are old? Judging from your actions, I think you are younger than Fourteen." This made everyone laugh.

Ronald placed the turkey at the end of the dining table, showing a big smile, "Very well, everyone is here, we can prepare the meal. Let's pray first."

Looking at the candles lit on the dining table and the turkey glowing with golden oil, Lu Li finally had a real feeling: this is Christmas Eve, this is Christmas, the time to bid farewell to the old and welcome the new, as if they were watching it in China. The Spring Festival Gala is the same.The important thing is no longer the party, but the ceremony in memory.

(End of this chapter)