Chapter 42 The First Wave of Tourists

  In the following days, it was non-stop tractor driving and grass cutting, and everyone's pace of life suddenly accelerated a lot. Even basic fishing activities were cancelled. When the second pasture was cut, the grass from the first pasture could be rolled up, turning the grass into large cylindrical bales over three meters in diameter. It was quite simple, and when it was done, you could see a field of green grass with large rolls of hay lying on the ground at intervals, arranged neatly like chess pieces on a board, which was very beautiful to look at.

  Just as he was busy with these things, Ju An received a call from Wang Fan and Wu Ming. The first batch of guests had been confirmed and would arrive in a few days. They had already informed Old Taylor, but Wang Fan and Wu Ming wanted to stay at Ju An's place, so they asked him to pick them up at the airport.

  Early in the morning, Ju An got up and finished his work, then waited for Taylor's call to pick up guests together. It wasn't until around 8:30 that Old Taylor's call came. Driving a GMC, Ju An went out and met up with Taylor on the highway, where he was stunned by something Taylor had done.

  Wow, a big pickup truck, towing a very eye-catching trailer, the trailer is filled with rows of seats, decorated with ribbons. I got on and sat down, the seat was quite comfortable, and all around were large glass windows, even the roof was made of large pieces of glass, perfect for sightseeing! And surprisingly, there was even a small fridge on top, which was fully stocked with drinks, including juice and cola.

  "Hey! This trailer is something else, it's so cool that I'm tempted to get one myself!"

  Old Taylor smiled and said: "When we were doing ranch tours before, we bought them together. I sorted them out two days ago and they still look good."

  "Wow, this is great, absolutely fantastic!"

  "Sandton stuck his head out of the driver's room and said, 'Anderson and I were caught by this old guy, repaired for two days, and it was good that Old Taylor usually maintained it, so it wasn't bad. After reorganizing, it restored its original style.'"

  Living on a ranch, you have to be handy, like fixing machinery, delivering animals, treating simple cattle and sheep diseases, of course driving, and don't even mention the tractor. Old Taylor has his own small warehouse, where he stores machine parts, and whenever he's free, he goes back to tinker with them. For these old ranchers, Gus is a complete novice, and it's no exaggeration to say that he's just along for the ride.

  Old Taylor said: "Let's go pick up the first batch of Chinese guests, let's get going!" He opened the car door and jumped into the passenger seat of the big pickup truck.

  Ju An also got into his own car and followed behind Sandton's car, heading in the direction of the airport.

  When the three people arrived at the airport, parked their car and walked to the exit, they just heard the broadcast that the plane from San Francisco was landing. After waiting for a few minutes, they saw a group of excited people coming out of the exit, led by Wang Fan and Wu Ming, followed by two young girls who were probably the two college students they had hired.

  Two guys came out and saw several people at Ju An, excitedly rushing towards Ju An waving their hands.

  Jū ān and Tàilè, Sāngdùn welcomed them one by one, hugging each other. Only then did Jū ān look at the people behind, most of whom were young people in their twenties, with only two looking nearly forty from their appearance. Thinking about it, it made sense - after all, they were all software developers, a world dominated by young people.

  Then, Ju An invited everyone to leave the airport. When they arrived at the parking lot, Wang Fan was unwilling to get in Ju An's car. He casually threw his luggage into Ju An's car and slipped onto the bus, saying he wanted to experience it.

  With Taylor and Sandton's help, a large group of people put away their luggage and boarded the sightseeing bus with great enthusiasm.

  Wu Ming followed closely behind Pikachu's car, and indeed got on the safe side.

  "Didn't you say last time that Wang Fan might not come, but this time he still managed to sneak in?"

  Wu Ming smiled and said, "With his temper, it's strange if he doesn't rush to the fun place. After returning home for a short time, he has already set up a horse racing field in Sifang Mountain, do you know?"

  "I know, I used to live nearby when I was in the country, that's a military area."

  "Wu Ming shook his head and said: "The military district is not fake, it used to be a sanatorium, now basically no one lives there, Wang Fan found a connection and rented it out for 2 million yuan per year, renting it for 40 years."

  "That place has a pretty good environment"

  Wu Ming smiled and said: "Wang Fan and others are preparing to set up a high-end restaurant, plus a horse racing field and a golf course."

  "This kid has big ambitions," Ju An said with a smile.

  Wu Ming replied: "He came this time to invite some horse breeding experts, and then bring back a dozen or so horses, saying something about Quarter Horses, Arabian horses, Lusitano horses, and other things. He has started to get many things ready over there."

  "Uh-huh! Let's talk about it tonight."

  Look at the people in the trailer in front, basically everyone is holding a camera and taking pictures everywhere. It's enough to take two photos on this road, there's not much difference, why keep taking non-stop.

  At this time, the taillights of the trailer in front lit up, and Ju An followed suit and stopped. He stuck his head out of the window to take a look, and it turned out that a herd of American bison was crossing the road. Ju An had seen them several times before, and these big guys weren't afraid of people at all. When they crossed the road, they were swaying back and forth. If you're unlucky enough to encounter a large group, they can block you for ten minutes.

  Looking inside the trailer, a group of people squeezed to the front of the trailer, looking at and pointing at the bison taking small steps, happily taking photos.

  When they arrived at the Taylor Ranch, they were divided into three waves. Several ladies and the two little girls brought by Wang Fan stayed at the Taylor Ranch, while the gentlemen and two couples were assigned to the Sandton and Anderson ranches. In the morning, they would gather together for activities. Actually, if you connect the main buildings of the three ranches, it's roughly an equilateral triangle. Standing in front of one house, you can basically see the other two houses.

  Jū an also entered Tyler's prepared house and took a look. The conditions were not bad, two people shared a room with a bathroom, Tyler's house was a small all-wooden building, so the rooms were basically in their original wood color. On the walls hung large and small picture frames, inside which were old cowboy paintings. It wasn't until Tyler introduced them that they learned these were photos of cowboy images collected by Tyler's father from old movies, each one over 50 years old and now quite valuable.

  Against the backdrop of these old paintings, the whole room has a strong American Western rural flavor. A group of girls who watched were very satisfied with their living environment.

  Then they followed the car to another place arranged by Sandton and Anderson, with different decoration styles, but the environment was impeccable. For example, the house prepared by Sandton was all black walnut inside, with a white roof, matching the large floral bedspread on the bed. In addition to the rooms in the house, Anderson also set up two tents, which were different from those seen in China, these were cone-shaped, large at the bottom and pointed at the top, very interesting. Anderson introduced that this type of tent was commonly used by Indians before. Several young men fought for the tent, finally had to cut it with scissors.

  After everyone had settled their luggage, taken a bath, and changed into high-top shoes under the supervision of the old cowboys, they put on cowboy pants and got in the car to go to Old Taylor's house for lunch.

  When they arrived at Old Taylor's house, they found that the yard had already been set up with two long tables covered with white tablecloths. A large roasting pan was filled with beef and mutton. Next to it was a table with two large wooden barrels of beer.

  A lively welcome banquet, a group of old men ate with relish, exclaiming in satisfaction. Since many were software players, their English wasn't bad at all, and when spoken slowly, they could basically understand. One of them, a guy who loved Western food, praised while eating, saying that the steaks made by those foreign restaurants back home weren't authentic.

  Juwon thought of going back to eat, but Wang Fan couldn't forget the roasted steak at Old Taylor's house, so he had to follow suit and mix for a while.

  In the afternoon, Old Taylor had arranged for everyone to adjust their jet lag and take a rest. However, a group of elderly Chinese people didn't feel sleepy at all. Accompanied by some Americans, they went on a tour of Taylor's ranch instead. A large group of people walked around taking photos while Taylor cooperated by bringing out several lambs for everyone to hold and take pictures with.

  When everyone saw the divine beasts enclosed in the fence, their interest immediately rose by five percentage points, and they rushed over to take photos with the clay horses. The clay horses of the Taylor family were much more docile than those of the Ju'an family. Just thinking about how Ju'an had tried to touch one before and almost got sprayed with water made him chuckle. Now these few clay horses were so calm, slowly chewing on grass, and occasionally raising their heads to glance at the cameras clicking away all around them. Ju'an suddenly felt that even if it was Oscar walking the red carpet, this kind of demeanor would be at least Brad Pitt-level charisma.

  It was getting late, so I said goodbye to Old Taylor and his group, and took Wang Fan and Wu Ming back home.

  On the way, Ju An asked Wang Fan what he thought of their arrangement.

  Wang Fan thought for a moment and said: "Accommodation and other things are not a problem, after all, they have done it before. When I was in the country, I mentioned to them that this time we should not go on a wild horseback ride. Except for us two and the two little girls we brought, every one who can ride a horse, within eight days, what can you learn? Just let them take riding lessons every morning, then experience milking cows, cutting grass, herding cattle, grazing sheep and so on, that's enough. Then we discussed it and roughly settled on it, no problem."