Yunding Ranch

Chapter 67 House Blueprint
Glancing back at the embarrassed Finley, Justin broke the brief silence, "He was joking." Even though they had only met each other three times, Justin knew that Lu Li was not a mean guy.

Sure enough, Lu Li spread out his hands, with a helpless expression on his face, "You know that the most important thing for humor is to have someone cooperate. If you don't cooperate, forget it, but you still expose me? No, no." The shaking of his head made people Can't help laughing.

Finley was stunned for a moment, then burst out laughing, and the whole room brightened up in an instant.

"Don't be fooled by him, he hasn't graduated from college this year." Justin continued to complain.

Finley looked at Lu Li in surprise, "I thought you were in high school." Now, it was Justin's turn to petrify, Finley explained, "I just said 'old guy' to mean that your language, your The demeanor, your mannerisms, it doesn't look like... a tourist or a student."

Lu Li gave Justin a look, then looked at Finley, showing a polite smile, "My major is journalism, so, you know." It's not just a liberal arts major, but also a liberal arts student who needs to constantly deal with people .

"I thought reporters were a bunch of boring guys." Finley chuckled, full of curiosity about Lu Li.

"You said to buy guns just now?" Justin interrupted rudely. Lu Li smiled at Finley, then turned to look at Justin, "Your current visa does not allow you to buy guns for the time being. If you need If you are guarding the ranch, don't worry, Cole has a gun; if you want to hunt, you can only wait, before you get the official identification, you can come here to practice."

"Cole has a gun?" This was what surprised Lu Li the most. During the time they got together in the past, Cole didn't look like a person who could hold a gun at all.

Justin shrugged, "Welcome to Texas."

One sentence tells the truth.Living in Texas, it is not a joke to draw a gun when there is a disagreement. In fact, Texas has the highest gun penetration rate in the United States, and many people own at least two or more guns.In California, HSD states, there may be one gun in a family, but in Texas, the situation is very different.

"Huh, otherwise, why do you think I want to buy a gun?" Justin couldn't help being stunned by Lu Li's response. Was he being turned against the general?

Finley stood by, biting his lip, the only way to keep himself from laughing.

In the end, Lu Li still couldn't buy a gun, but today's shooting was very enjoyable, and the excitement of live ammunition was really unforgettable.Justin escorted Lu Li to the parking lot, "When you get back, it's best to take a hot bath, especially the shoulders. They felt fine just now, but there will still be some muscle reactions afterward."

Lu Li thought of the Desert Eagle, the recoil was really beyond imagination, not just anyone could control it, even a sniper rifle, the recoil of each shot was clearly displayed on his shoulder, "I see. By the way, Have you ever considered that a shooting range can accommodate groups?"

"Group tourists? What do you mean?" Justin showed a puzzled expression.

"After the Yundian Ranch is on track, I may receive some family tourists, not a tourist attraction type, but a resort type." Lu Li explained briefly, "There will be some experience programs at that time, I just think that if Shooting could be added, that would be interesting. However, it's only in the conception stage now..."

"No problem." Justin simply nodded in agreement.

So straightforward, but Lu Li choked, he paused, and added, "I'm still thinking about it for the time being, and the ranch is just getting started. I'll discuss what ideas I have in the future."

"No problem." Justin was still acting vigorously, which seemed to make Lu Li worry too much. Lu Li couldn't help laughing, nodded, and said simply, "That's it!"

After finishing speaking, Lu Li opened the car door, and Justin looked at the new car, "It's a nice car. Have you finally changed your car?"

"Haha, I just bought it today, and I've been here for a test drive." Lu Li said with a smile, and said hello to Justin, "The ranch will be cleaned up some other day, and we'll have a party. I'll send you a message."

Justin made a salute to pack up, expressing his understanding, and then Lu Li started the engine and walked away.

Back at the ranch, everyone came out to watch, curious about Lu Li's new car, and complained one after another.

"Fourteen, your car is too eye-catching, you need to put some mud on it, otherwise when you are running on Austin Street, the punks will stare at you."

"I actually drive a Raptor. I can see that the ranch is doing well. I demand a salary increase, and I strongly demand it!"

"I finally got rid of the sissy, but this time I was upgraded to a macho. Isn't the leaping speed too fast? Or, I will lend you my old broken car for a while, and I will give this one to help you." Warm up warm up."

"I'll be driving this when I go shopping for grain tomorrow!"

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Faced with everyone's chattering complaints, Lu Li couldn't stand it any longer. In the end, he simply threw the keys to Cole, left the car to them, and went back to the house by himself.

Teddy greeted him in no time, and enthusiastically circled around Lu Li. Bucky still couldn't see him. He looked at the squirrel in the temporary nest outside the window from a distance. It seemed to be sleeping, but under the bright sunlight, he could see the Seeing the slightly trembling eyelids, Lu Li couldn't help but smile—could squirrels still pretend to be asleep?
Sitting down at the restaurant table, Teddy lay down at Lu Li's feet.

Lu Li turned on the computer and began to check the email.A few days ago, he sent the opening report of the dissertation, and the professor's reply email finally arrived today. The professor thinks that there is no problem with the overall idea, and Lu Li can start to write formally. List of reference papers.

After a cursory glance, forty articles, fortunately, not too many.This made Lu Li heave a sigh of relief.

After deleting promotional emails and spam emails, Lu Li unexpectedly found that the email he had been waiting for had finally arrived.Lu Li has always wanted to re-plan the layout of the ranch. It is not a major renovation, but a more reasonable use of space. He also considered that if he will entertain tourist groups in the future, he will inevitably need more accommodation space, so the main house also needs to be re-adjusted.

So, Lu Li sent an email to a recent graduate of the Architecture Department of Harvard University. When Lu Li went to Boston for a trip, he lived in the apartment of the other party as a sofa guest. The two became friends, and there has been a relationship ever since. mail correspondence.This time, Lu Li not only gave the other party a chance to submit a project as a friend, but also as a business.

The other party also attached great importance to it, and this email is the first submission.

"Dear Fourteen,

This is the first draft of the design. Due to the limited understanding of the space and environment of the ranch, there are still many deficiencies in the design. You can refer to it and give your comments.It is best to take some photos of the ranch, which will be of great help to me in modifying the design plan.Finally, the sunshine in Texas makes me envious, and it's been raining for two weeks in Boston, and I'm about to get moldy.

Vivian. "

Yes, that friend is a girl, the same age as Lu Li.

Lu Li downloaded the attachment and opened it.At first glance, Lu Li felt dazzled and couldn't understand it at all. The so-called design drawings had countless lines on them. Without professional guidance, he couldn't even tell the difference between up, down, left, and right.It took Lu Li a long time to identify the south, east, north, and west. Only then did he find a sense of space.

Vivienne's design changes are much bigger than expected. The main house is the center, and the house where Cole and the others live in the back has been retained, but the warehouse has been expanded, and large haystacks are piled up next to it, leaving a strip in the middle. The running path can lead to the beech forest next to it; the main house itself will be extended to the south, expanded by about one-third, and then the garden and vegetable field in front of the door will be doubled directly, and the green area will be greatly increased. An artificial pond was also introduced—or a swimming pool. Lu Li is not sure, but he can feel that the design of the main house has become more modern while maintaining the natural style, and it is more closely integrated with the pasture. It is no longer a simple country cottage.

Going south from the main house is an open space, which was originally the entrance to the ranch, but Vivienne boldly moved the entrance closer to the lake, and then re-planned the open space.

The first thing that catches the eye is a large beech forest, extending from the beech forest next to it, the green shade becomes thicker and wider, and then across the beech forest, you can see a modern villa.

It is said to be a villa, but it is actually a two-story cottage like the main house. The overall design is simpler than the main house. There is no vegetable field or artificial pond, but a garden has been added. It seems that the planting is... lavender ?

The large expanses of purple, the first thing that came to Lu Li's mind was lavender.That's not a bad idea.

However, this design drawing is a large-scale design drawing, and the interior decoration design has not been considered yet. As Vivienne said, this is the first draft of the design.Nevertheless, it can be seen that Vivienne's design concept makes full use of the space, takes the natural environment of the ranch into consideration, and replans the living area of ​​the ranch while avoiding damage to the environment as much as possible.

It has to be said that the eyes of professionals are indeed different. Lu Li is a little curious about what it will look like if Vivienne can complete the design.

So, Lu Li replied an email.

"Dear Vivian,
I have gone through the first draft, and although I can't distinguish the direction at all, and I don't know what the colors represent, I really like the overall concept.If you want, welcome to come to the ranch as a guest, inspect and experience it yourself, and then complete the design.This time, let me be your sofa master.

In addition, you can ride horses, fish and trim wool here.

fourteen. "

(End of this chapter)