Chapter 147: Even More Exciting

  Got it! This is a good deed to promote Chinese culture. Jerry asked curiously, "How did your teacher know you're from China?"

  Standing on the chair, staring at the hot pot, Little Jerry said while scooping up meat: "I taught everyone two sentences of Chinese during class, and then the teacher asked me, so I told him." He scooped up some meat, dipped it in the garlic sauce, and quickly stuffed it into his mouth. His little mouth was bulging with food.

  Taylor saw it and seriously said to Little Jerry: "Don't get up! Eat on the chair, really no manners". Little Jerry listened and sat down on the chair saying: "The meat is all at the bottom, I can't scoop it up".

  Little Emily said on the side: "Brother is impolite and a bad boy!"

  Juw An was about to say something, but Old Taylor waved his hand and said: "Children must learn to understand the rules, they can't be spoiled just because they're children. They need to learn these things from a young age." Juw An heard this and had no choice but to swallow the words that were on the tip of her tongue.

  After eating for a while, they found that the meat was flying fast. Jerry had to go and dig two more big plates of mutton, which slowed down a bit. Another plate of mutton went into their bellies, and the two little guys' tummies were bulging. Jerry stood up, put down his chopsticks and said: "I'm full." Then Little Emily also put down her spoon and patted her little tummy, saying: "I'm full too." The two kids then looked at Tyler, who nodded, and the two children went off to play with Teddy and the others.

  There are only three people left on the table, Ju An, Diana and Tyler. Tyler followed Ju An and said: "An, thank you very much this year, our ranch has a lot more income, actually I want to ask you, if you don't go back for Christmas, come to my place to celebrate".

  He declined Tyler's kindness with a smile: "No need to be so polite, Tyler. At Christmas, everyone here is on holiday and I really can't leave. If I do, there will only be Thomas left at home. Besides, those South American cowboys will all go back during Christmas, and there will be even fewer people."

  Diana looked at Ju An and said: "Then there won't be many people, do you want me to come over and help you for those few days?"

  He shook his head, scooped out the frozen tofu from the pot and dipped it in sauce before sending it into his mouth. "No need for that, the cows here are easy to herd, just gather them together and it's done, doesn't take much effort," Ju An replied.

  Taylor said after listening: "Then I will come over to help out for a few days".

  "Really no need, besides your ranch is also very busy."

  "Alright, I've only got a few hundred head of cattle back there now, they're all in the stockade. When the time comes, I'll come over and lend a hand. We're all neighbors and friends around here, we do things the traditional way. It's just cowboy courtesy." Taylor said with a smile.

  After hearing Tyler's words, Ju An could only nod in agreement.

  After finishing the hot pot at noon, Tyler left with two little guys. Ju An and Diana saw them off to the door. Jerry and Emily said to Ju An: "Thank you, An!"

  After saying goodbye to Tyler, and watching Tyler's old pickup drive out of the yard, Ju An and Diana returned to the house. The two of them tidied up a bit, just thinking about sitting on the couch to watch TV, but who knew the couch was already full? Wu Song and Jin Jiao brothers each occupied a single sofa. Wu Song was shrinking his head, while the cool Jin Jiao brothers were helping each other to groom their feathers. On the long sofa, Teddy was lying on his back with his four legs in the air, revealing his round little belly. Hans and Jin Bao also each occupied a seat. Little brain was dozing off, nodding off bit by bit.

  Teddy was pushed to one side, and Jin Bao also moved over a bit. This finally freed up two spots, where Gu An hugged Diana, put his feet on the coffee table, turned on the TV to watch sports, while Diana held Hans and Jin Bao in her arms, putting them on her lap. The two little guys were full and not making any trouble, yawning slightly, quietly dozing off, and soon fell asleep on Diana's lap.

  Teddy watched Hans enter the treasure, someone was holding him, feeling a bit unwilling, and also climbed onto Ju An's leg, being pressed down by Ju An. Good guy, you're not a girl with 40 or 50 kilograms, brother's leg can't take it. In the end, he only let him rest his head on his lap, after a while, he changed from lying prone to lying flat, with round and shiny small eyes, without any sleepiness. Ju An hugged Diana with one hand and stroked Teddy's head with the other, gently pinching the soft and round little ears, leisurely watching the sports program.

  After a while, Ju An also started to feel drowsy. Diana saw it and poked him, saying: "It's just a little more, you're already sleepy, no wonder Lily said you're an old man from the east".

  Opened his eyes, kissed Diana's cheek and said: "Lily is slandering me, next time let my lawyer go find her, I'm not sleepy, the heating in the house is too strong, or we can go to bed together?"

  Diana laughed and said, "You go lie down with Teddy, I'm not interested." Teddy heard someone call his name and immediately flipped over, staring at the two people. Diana saw his expression and covered her mouth to laugh. Ju An pressed Teddy's head: "What are you making a fuss about? Go to sleep quickly." Little Eyes looked around and saw that Wu Song and Hans brothers were all asleep. As for the Golden Eagle brothers, they really didn't have much interest in playing, spending their days wandering around or preening their feathers. For Teddy, they weren't good playmates, so he lay down again.

  "Hey Jerry, I'm going to introduce Chinese culture, but I don't know what to say. Do you have any suggestions?" with a worried look on her face.

  "What's the big deal, it's just a bunch of kids, introduce some scenic spots or giant pandas that kids love, add some nice pictures, like the face painting I got for my birthday last time. Just give them a general idea, don't need to be too detailed, not like you're teaching a class, just 10-15 minutes, and they'll ask questions anyway." Diana couldn't help but laugh at Ju An's serious expression.

  After hearing this, Ju An felt relieved: "Now that you've said that, I can rest assured." She let out a sigh of relief.

  "You've never spoken on stage before, what did you say?" Diana asked.

  He shifted uncomfortably and replied, "I've only ever spoken to a maximum of ten people at once; more than that, and I'm really scared when facing dozens of little heads."

  "A few dozen little heads?" Diana covered her mouth and laughed: "If there are twelve or thirteen kids in Jerry's class, it's already a lot, how can the teacher educate dozens of kids?"

  "Each class has just over 10 students?"

  "Usually there are only seven or eight students." Diana gave Ju An a white eye. Patting her chest, Ju An made a reassuring gesture: "If there are only seven or eight little devils, I can still handle them."

  Following that, Diana's white eyes got worse. After a while, Ju An fell asleep again. Diana had to say to Ju An, "Don't sleep! Get up! Didn't you say you have a shooting range? Let's go try it out." As soon as Ju An heard Diana say this, he came back to life, pushed Teddy's head aside, stood up, and walked towards the gun cabinet.

  Diana also gently put the two big cat brothers on her legs onto the sofa, and then came to the gun cabinet. As soon as the door was opened, Ju An asked: "Which one should I take?"

  Diana took a glance and said: "It's just a rifle, what's the point of buying M4 and AK74?"

  "What's the point of being useless? If a bad guy comes, I'll just give him a shot."

  "You've been watching too many TV dramas, where are there so many bad people?" Diana teased back: "What can be robbed here, cows or sheep, who doesn't have them? Besides, even if you stole something, how would you sell it? You'd run away in a hurry and not get far before being chased by the police."

  Living a comfortable life, I thought about it, this guy is also, who doesn't have cattle and sheep at home? Moreover, every household here has guns, going in to rob things? The cost is too high.

  Two men took their rifles and a small box of bullets, heading out the door. Teddy looked like he was going to leave too, so he hummed and followed along. The snow on the ground was very thick, making it inconvenient to ride horses, so the two men went to the warehouse and pulled out an all-terrain vehicle. Looking at Teddy following behind them, Ju An picked him up and put him in the back seat, taking him along to the shooting range.

  Jū ān shook off the snow on the target, and when he saw Jū ān shaking something, Teddy thought it was a game, so he slid down from the oil tank with excitement, puffed out his big butt, and started biting the target. While biting, he hummed, but every time Jū ān tried to correct him, Teddy pushed him away. Annoyed, Jū ān slapped Teddy's little head: "You're scared of a fox, but you have the guts to deal with a dead thing? Hurry up and go back, or I'll use you as a target, and tonight we'll eat bear paws."

  Dragging the reluctant Teddy, they walked back. Diana had already put on her goggles and pulled down the gun bolt. She said to Ju An, "Let's have a contest, twenty bullets, whoever hits the center the most wins, let's make it interesting."

  Looking at Diana who was eager to try, Ju An smiled and said: "Of course we need some excitement, so let's make a bet. If I lose, you get to kiss me once, if you lose, I get to kiss you once. We'll play twenty rounds, that way we'll kiss twenty times in total."

  Diana was taken aback: "What kind of joke is this? I said dollars, twenty dollars!"

  "No! No! That's how we Chinese couples make bets, it's more exciting this way!" Ju An said with a shake of his head, and then revealed a sly smile like a little fox stealing a chicken.

  Diana shook her head, looking at Gu An with a smug expression, and said with a puzzled face: "I didn't find any excitement in it. You wanted to kiss me, I don't think I ever refused you, did I? When I wanted to kiss you, you never refused me either. Don't Chinese couples usually not kiss that much or something? That's really weird."

  This time, however, made Ju An speechless. He thought to himself, "Damn, how could I have forgotten this?" Although Diana had Chinese blood, she was raised in the US, so it was impossible for her to have that shy and reserved feeling of a mainland Chinese girl. With a sigh, he said, "Forget it, don't bother trying anymore. Let's just do what you said. Suddenly, I think twenty dollars is more exciting!"