Chapter 48: Cowboy Competition (Part 2)

  At this time, Tyler had already bought the tickets and was walking towards them. Seeing that the Ji'an family of several people were staring at the money bag, he said: "What's going on, are you interested in this wallet?"

  "Me too, I just arrived, my sister is looking," said Ju An. As he spoke, he casually picked up a wallet from the stall with an engraving of a fine horse on it, its front hooves raised and its mane rolling like fierce flames: "The carving is really good, only $15."

  "These are all machine-carved," Taylor said with a smile, "the hand-carved ones cost twice as much."

  "Machine carved, still cowhide, right?"

  Taylor took a look and handed it back to Ju An, saying: "The skin is still good, you guys take a closer look, I'll go over there and take a look." He then walked towards the tour group.

  Elder sister had also made up her mind at this time, and picked out three or four more wallets. As she was taking out the money to help pay, she asked in surprise: "Elder sister, why are you buying so many wallets? Are you giving them as gifts?"

  Sister pushed him and said: "I'll go myself, I'll buy some to give to colleagues, can't come to the US with empty hands"

  "It's no wonder Europeans and Americans like Chinese tourists, they're really generous. When a Chinese person comes, it's like a whole family is coming, one wallet has to buy several things, who wouldn't like that?"

  Elder sister laughed and interrupted Ju An: "You're just too glib."

  Dad and mom also burst out laughing beside them. After buying the wallet, An easily took dad, mom, and the whole family to the ice cream stall, got each of the four kids an ice cream cone, plus a bag of potato chips for each. As for Wu Song, who was being held in Emily's arms, he mixed a pack of carrot sticks. Then five adults each had an ice cream cone in their hands. They walked towards Old Taylor's direction and merged with the main force.

  As I walked past, I saw Tyler and Sandton chatting enthusiastically with an old cowboy-looking man, seemingly running into acquaintances. Meanwhile, Anderson was following a group of young IT professionals who were still gathered around the booth looking at something.

  As they walked by with a bunch of kids, Tyler said: "An, let me introduce you to a friend."

  The old cowboy turned around and surprisingly recognized him, having even been to his ranch to buy a horse. It was the hospitable and affable Old Jerson.

  Jason also saw Ju An and immediately stretched out his big hand to shake hands with Ju An: "An, we meet again. Is old Thomas okay?"

  Taylor said strangely: "So you know each other".

  "Hello! Yes, we meet again. This is my father and mother, as well as my sister and brother-in-law. And this is my friend, and these two are my nephew and niece." After introducing everyone, he saw that his parents still didn't understand what was being said, so he had Wu Ming take them to go see the IT youth over there.

  He apologized to the crowd and explained to Jason, "My parents and sister don't speak English well, they can't understand what we're saying." Then he continued, "Old Thomas took me to Jason's ranch to buy horses, I was amazed by Old Jason's collection."

  Jeson was even happier: "Now that I'm old, I can only watch the performances from the stands, but today I brought my daughter to participate in the barrel racing competition."

  "Gu An laughed and said: 'Lily wants to participate in the barrel roll?'"

  "Jason replied, "It's my big daughter Retsy. Lili is not interested in these things. She has more interest in singing and dancing than being a great cowgirl." He said with a sigh and spread his hands."

  At this moment, a clear voice came: "Hey, Dad, what bad things are you talking about me again?" Then I saw Lily walking over with her sister Razi and another black-haired girl. Lily was wearing sneakers, suspenders and a baseball cap today. Razi and the black-haired girl were much more gorgeous, wearing bright leather jackets, white cowboy hats, and most strikingly, their clothes - Razi's top was snow-white, adorned with many white pearls, while the other black-haired girl's top was lake-blue, adorned with shiny sequins forming large floral patterns. The two girls' outfits were so stunning that they took my breath away.

  Hearing his daughter's discontented voice, Jason immediately raised both hands and said: "Nothing at all, my angel." As he spoke, he secretly winked at everyone, and everyone was amused by Old Jason.

  Then Lily introduced: "Diana, this is An. An, this is my sister's friend Diana." Then An shook hands with Diana and they both said it was nice to meet each other.

  After the introduction, Old Taylor went to chat with Jason and a group of older people at the beer stand. Leaving Gu An, Lily sisters, and Diana behind.

  At this time, several girls from a travel group walked over to Ruth and Diana and said: "Your clothes are really beautiful, can we take a photo with you?"

  Ruth and Diana smiled and took a photo with several girls, the photographer was Ju An. After the girls left, a group of young men also strongly requested to take a photo with the two women, Ruth and Diana fulfilled everyone's request with a smile.

  After taking a photo, everyone dispersed, leaving only Wu Ming lingering behind. Ji An had no choice but to introduce the horse to the three foreign girls.

  Lily smiled and asked Ju An: "Are you used to your life, old sir from the East?" After asking, she herself lightly laughed.

  "At first I thought it was okay, then I felt a bit uncomfortable, but later on I got used to it," said Ju An.

  Diana asked strangely: "Why?"

  He liked to eat beef, at first he was satisfied with eating it every day, after a while he wanted to eat Chinese food again, and later on he got used to eating Chinese food and steak alternately.

  The three girls listened with interest and burst out laughing.

  Diana asked: "Are you Chinese?"

  Wu Ming nodded and said: "Yes, I am from China. An Bi arrived a few months earlier than me." He pointed to An Bi as he spoke.

  Ruth laughed and said: "Diana has a quarter Chinese ancestry, her maternal grandfather is Chinese".

  Diana looked at him with a curious expression and said: "Did you inherit your hair from your grandfather?"

  "Diana smiled and said, 'Actually, I have half German ancestry, a quarter Chinese ancestry, and the other quarter is Scottish ancestry. When I was young, I grew up in my grandfather's house and always loved eating the Chinese dishes he made, unfortunately, he has passed away.'"

  Jū ān and Wú Míng both said: "Sorry".

  Diana smiled and said, "It's okay."

  "If you have time, you can come to my place as a guest. My parents are living with me now, and my mother's Chinese cooking is very authentic, you will like it."

  Lily immediately echoed and said: "Okay, okay, then we can go to your place in two days, I've eaten at a Chinese restaurant before, the taste is very good."

  "If you're talking about the Chinese restaurant in town, then that's a different story. Their Chinese dishes have been altered and can't be considered authentic Chinese food anymore."

  Diana also chimed in, "Right, Lily, I've only been to that restaurant once, and it was with Ruth. After eating there once, I didn't want to eat there again. It's completely different from what I used to eat at my grandfather's house when I was a kid. Ruth and I have been to San Francisco and Los Angeles several times, and the Chinese food in some restaurants there is authentic."

  Ruth also said: "I like the steamed buns with fillings made from bamboo baskets, and their braised pork, sweet and sour fish I also like to eat, it's just too much trouble to eat because of the bones."

  Jū ān and Wú Míng couldn't help but laugh when they heard Ruì Cè's complaints, knowing that Americans basically don't eat this kind of fish with bones. The fish sold in supermarkets are all boneless and mostly those big-headed fish.

  "Hey, if you come to my place as a guest, my mom's braised pork is not bad, and she's good at steaming fish. As for the bamboo-steamed buns, we don't have those because we don't have a bamboo steamer at home."

  Lily listened and said, "Then we'll go to your place in two days as guests and listen to you guys. I haven't had authentic Chinese food yet. Before, I thought the Chinese restaurant in Lewisburg was Chinese flavor, but it wasn't. In school, I often ordered takeout from them too."

  "Actually, it doesn't matter if it's authentic or not, as long as you like to eat it. My old mom just makes one type of Chinese dish, and China has eight major cuisines, with some even divided into smaller sub-cuisines. As a Chinese person, I myself haven't even tried all eight major cuisines."

  Lily was stunned: "Sounds complicated."

  "Actually, there are some Chinese dishes that I don't like to eat either. My taste is a bit heavy, I like it spicy, and I don't like eating those that are too sweet."

  "Diana said: 'Similar to my grandfather's taste, he was from a place called Shanxi Province in China'".

  Wu Ming nodded and replied: "That's almost it, Shanxi cuisine is a bit spicy."

  Just as everyone was chatting enthusiastically, Old Taylor's words interrupted them.

  Taylor estimated that it was getting late, so he clapped his hands loudly and said: "Friends, the show is about to start, let's go in." Then a large group of people walked towards the entrance.

  As they entered the performance venue, Ju An took a look around and found it to be like a small sports stadium. The four sides were all stands with about ten layers of seats surrounding the field in a circle. By the time Ju An and his group entered, there were already quite a few people inside.

  Looked around and found that most people were bringing their families to watch the performance, with many little cowboys wearing small cowboy hats leaning on the inner railing. The adults' attire was simple, similar to the locals, with cowboy pants, long-sleeved shirts, and sunglasses. The kids' outfits were very elaborate, each wearing small cowboy pants, colorful little leather jackets, white, brown, and various colored cowboy hats. Not counting the young women riding horses on stage, these little guys were the most eye-catching.