The Best Small Farm Chapter 145

   Chapter 145 On the Bug Paradise

   "Han, can you wait a moment, I have something to discuss with you." Cynthia was panting and chased out. Li Han stopped and was a little puzzled, what did Cynthia have to do with herself. "Mom, get in the car first, I'll come back after talking to Cynthia." Li Han opened the car door, and Zhang Xiuying waved her hand. "Isn't it, baby and Dudu, tell me well, I'll go to the supermarket in front to buy some beef."

  Li Han followed Cynthia to a bench not far away and sat down. "Cynthia, what's the matter, are Dudu and the baby being naughty?" "No, Han, Dudu and the baby are the best students. That's right, the kindergarten plans to have an outdoor observation class this week, but the kindergarten lawn has just been trimmed. , There are too few lawn bugs, I heard Dudu say that you have a lot of lawn bugs, can you borrow it for a day?"

   "No problem, just talk to Dudu." Li Han said with a smile, thinking it was a big deal. "Thank you, Han, you are such a generous gentleman." Cynthia said very happily. The outdoor observation class and insect class that had been planned two days ago were postponed for a few days.

   "You're too polite, tomorrow? I'll prepare some snacks for you." Li Han didn't care much about these, and it was still lively with a few more little guys. "Thank you so much. If you have time tomorrow, we will go over without disturbing your work."

   "It's okay, it's just one day, it's fine." Li Han and Cynthia said yes, got up and left, and Cynthia took Li Han out of the school gate. "Cynthia, you have something to do. I'll go back first, call me before you come tomorrow, and I'll make arrangements."

   "Okay, Han, thank you again for your generosity." Cynthia is a good teacher. Li Han went out of school and went to the supermarket along the road to help his mother buy beef and some daily necessities. It was rare to come out once.

  Li Han went shopping with his mother and bought some clothes. Autumn is here and the weather is getting colder. I added some clothes. The price is not expensive, which is very good. "Mom, why don't you let Dad come over? I've quit my job at school, and I don't need that much money at home."

"You don't know your father's temper. He usually speaks very kindly, but it involves a matter of principle. Whoever persuades it is useless. Wait two more years and your father will retire. Let's talk about it." The mother's clothes were folded and put away. , passing by a second-hand store.

  Li Han paused and said to his mother. "Some of Dudu and Baobao's clothes are quite new. They can't be worn when they're too small. I'll bring them over to donate to the store tomorrow. Maybe there are people in need." Li Han said, the owner of this second-hand store, Li Han is very familiar with it. A middle-aged woman, fat, not tall, Latina, very kind, Li Han used to come here often to buy some cheap items, and often met some kind-hearted residents who donated clothes, Li Han got a lot of free clothes at that time . Some things are nice, useless, and cheaper than new ones.

"That's okay. There are no children in the family smaller than Dudu and Baobao. Xiaohan, tell your mother the truth. Is Jennifer Dudu's mother? I see it." The mother stared at Li Han, this matter, Li Han really didn't know what to say. "Mom, don't worry about this, I'll take care of it."

   Zhang Xiuying sighed and said. "Forget it, let's make up your own mind, you can't help my mother." Li Han laughed and cried, he couldn't explain it clearly.

   "Oh, Han, it's been a long time, are you okay?" Heaney bought vegetables and opened the store door.

"Not bad, Heaney, how are you doing here? This is my mother, who just came to the United States and is learning English." Li Han followed Heaney into the store, and Zhang Xiuying followed him and looked at the small store, there were a lot of things, clothes, shoes , All kinds of daily necessities, foreign pans, everything should be there, grocery stores are, yes, densely packed. Heaney greeted Zhang Xiuying and said with a smile, offering a 20% discount to his mother.

   The price is marked on it, most of which are three or four dollars. Li Han chose some tools. The price is relatively new, only less than one-third of the price. "Jenny, I have some children's clothes at home. They are smaller. I will wash them and send them to you tomorrow."

   "Thank you, Han, you are such a kind person." The Heaney tool was packed in a box and handed to Li Han. "I hope I can help those in need, Heaney, I'll go first." "Goodbye Han, goodbye Han's mother."

   Zhang Xiuying was amused, and she could still understand simple English. "Xiao Han, are all the items in the store donated by the residents of the town?" "Some are, and some are sold to Heaney. The price is very cheap. You don't need it at home. You can throw it away. Most people wash it and send it over. Maybe someone needs it. ."

  Second-hand stores are quite common in the United States. It is not a shame to visit second-hand stores, as well as discount stores and various cheap stores. "The people here are really environmentally friendly. It's much better than throwing it away in China." "It's a pity to throw away what can be used. Maybe it can still be used if you give it to others."

  Li Han beef and a big shopping bag were put in the car, opened the car door, waited for the mother to fasten the seat belt, and drove the car back to the farm. Dudu and the baby were not there at noon. There are only two mothers in the family, they fried two side dishes and stewed a pot of beef.

   On the other side, Dudu and the baby are having a big meal with Jennifer, snails and lobsters, Dudu loves them, and Jennifer likes snails and lobsters very much. "Eat more pandora." Jennifer didn't forget another little guest when she took care of Dudu.

  The two little guys like Jennifer here recently, big lobster, snails, and meat, pudding and ice cream cake. Jennifer intends to teach Dudu and Baobao western food etiquette. The two little guys finished their lunch in a proper manner and went to help their aunt clean up the dishes. Jennifer stopped the two little guys. "Dudu, baby, come here, sit down here, leave it to Ira here." "Oh." Dudu and the baby looked back and followed Jennifer to the living room.

  Jennifer took out the new contract and read it to Dudu, Dudu blinked her big eyes, nodded her head from time to time, and the baby's mouth was deflated, and the baby couldn't understand what Aunt Jennifer said. On Li Han's side, he is busy harvesting walnuts. He is going to knock them down in the next few days. He checked some walnut machines in the garage. The walnut machines are very simple machines, with automatic induction frequency conversion generators, picking rods, wire releasers, and picking rods. Four to eight meters.

  It can be freely adjusted and stretched, and it is made of special material tube; the top is a mechanical head, made of beef tendon pieces, which can rotate 360 ​​degrees to shoot down pecans. Li Han is the teacher playing a walnut machine. He hangs it on a tractor and pulls it out. After overhauling, the mechanical head is somewhat rusted. It is a decades-old thing, no matter how well cared for it, there will always be some mistakes. After checking it, many places had to be repaired. Li Han called Kaidi.

   After a while, Caddy arrived in the maintenance car. "Han, this guy is really old enough. Fortunately, there are some scrap parts. It took me a lot of time to find them." Kaidi handed the parts to Li Han and took the tools. "The walnut forest is so big, it's a waste to buy new machines, Kady, please."

   There are several kinds of walnut machines. Li Han can't repair them, so he can only find professional maintenance workers. Kaidi tools are much more advanced than Li Han tools. After a while, the whole walnut machine can be disassembled. Li Han cleaned the parts and Kaidi checked them. After more than two hours of work, he replaced new parts, oiled them, and started up. "Yes, Kady, thank you very much." Li Han's bill was settled, and Kady answered the phone. "Han, Yuri's walnut machine also needs to be repaired, I'll go first."

  Li Han sent Kady away from the farm, returned home, drove the walnut machine to the walnut forest on the hillside, and started the machine. After working hard for half of the afternoon, my mother was amazed when she saw the tsk tsk, and it was the first time she saw a machine hitting walnuts. "The United States is really capable. It uses machines for everything. I heard people say that carrots are pulled by machines."

  Li Han stopped his machine and picked up some walnuts to have a look. "The United States is a big place. The family grows thousands of acres of land. There is no machinery. How can I get busy here? This is an old antique from decades ago, a new type of walnut machine, and dozens of acres of walnuts have been harvested in one afternoon."

  The walnuts are loaded by the machine, and they are peeled first when they are pulled back. It is easy to peel them. Once the machine is turned on, it is even easier to dry them. The dryer is so busy at night that I almost forgot about the beer hut. After hurriedly taking a shower, changing clothes, and rushing to the beer hut, there were several guests in front of the door. "I'm so sorry. I've been picking up walnuts today, but I've been busy and forgot. I'll invite everyone to a drink." Li Han said to the three waiting in front of the door.

   Several people were very happy, Li Han gave a cup of morning dew, and the three ordered another cup of orchid, and sat in a corner talking and chatting. Li Han started to be busy with his oak beer mugs hanging. There were a lot of people at night, most of them were tourists from Chris Manor. There were not many people in the town, and the price of beer was so expensive that he could buy more than ten glasses of ordinary beer.

   "Jennifer, Lingna, good evening." Li Han waved to Dudu, who ran over happily. "Dad." "Don't make trouble, go back quickly." Li Han tapped Dudu's little head, and Jennifer frowned.

   "Well, goodbye mom." Dudu said goodbye to Jennifer and left the beer hut obediently. Li Han stipulated that Dudu and the baby could not enter the beer hut. "Han, I don't think you should beat Dudu at will."

"Oh, thank you, Jennifer, I know what I'm going to do. I want a glass of Youlan." Li Han asked while pouring water for Lingna. Li Han always felt that Jennifer was going to take his Dudu away. Especially recently, Jennifer has more and more opinions on Li Han, especially the education of Dudu.

   Several times of unpleasantness, Jennifer snorted. "A cup of orchids." Li Han turned around and left after saying that, and came to sit down at the usual seat. "Han, Jennifer is actually a nice person. Maybe you can talk about it. Jennifer really likes pandora."

   "I know, thank you, Lingna, do you want a glass of juice?" Li Han squeezed some watermelon juice. The taste of watermelon grown in the space is better than ordinary watermelon. "Thank you, I'll just drink water, I'll go first."

  Lina paid the money and walked to Jennifer's side with the orchid and sat down. "Jennifer, it's just a way for Han to show closeness, doesn't pandora like it very much?" "Lingna, I know, it's really strange." Jennifer shook her head in confusion. It's a strange feeling that Han has an instinctive repulsion, and it's been getting stronger and stronger recently.

  Li Han thinks about it, Jennifer and Dudu are getting closer and closer. I don't know if it's a good thing or a bad thing. I didn't want to argue with Jennifer, but Jennifer's tone always makes herself feel angry.

   (end of this chapter)

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