Lisko’s American Life

After visiting the Jinshanling Great Wall, Megan's impression of China has completely changed. She has changed from the backward, red and scary impression in her original impression to a big country with rich heritage, history, long culture and beautiful scenery.

Lisko also took her to watch the national flag raising in the morning. When the national anthem was played, Lisko burst into tears. Meghan, who was watching the excitement, did not understand why he, a foreigner, was so moved.

The rest of their journey started towards Zhangjiajie.

Zhangjiajie Tianzi is adjacent to Suoxi Valley in the east, Zhangjiajie in the south, and SZ County in the north. It is one of the four major scenic spots in WLY District. Here, Lisko and Megan experienced the natural beauty of the original scenery. Its landscapes and scenic spots are all created by nature, and there are no traces of artificial carvings, which is amazing. On the day of their trip, they happened to encounter the spectacle of clouds and mist. The entire Tianzi Mountain was shrouded in clouds and mist, looming, like a fairyland on earth.

The third stop went to the Yuanyang Terraced Fields in the south of Ailao Mountain in YY County, YN Province. This is a masterpiece left by the Hani people for generations. Majestic, stretching across the entire south bank of the Red River. According to local conditions, the local people reclaim large fields on gentle slopes and small fields on steep slopes. Therefore, the large terraced fields are several acres, and the small ones are only as big as a dustpan. The terraced fields are picturesque all year round, with changing colors. Megan commented after seeing the beautiful scenery, "This is like a palette that was overturned by God."

The fourth stop went to Zhangye Danxia. The landform here was developed in the pre-Jurassic Tertiary about 2 million years ago. Lisko lingered, and this place is simply the oldest miracle. Within the range of dozens of square kilometers, there are red, yellow, orange, green, white and other bright color blocks or lines everywhere, decorating the peaks and ravines into colorful and dazzling scenes. The magnificent picture, like a fairy tale world.

Later, I went to the Wonderland on Earth, Aba Huanglong in Sichuan, Detian Waterfall in Guangxi, the largest in Asia, Qiandao Lake in Zhejiang, the lake with the most islands in the world, and Pearl Beach Waterfall in Jiuzhaigou, the most beautiful, most powerful and loudest of all torrents. It is located in a piece of pure land that will never disappear, Seda Larong Temple Wuming Buddhist Academy, and the Maijishan Grottoes in Gansu Province with exquisite carving skills.

Even though he was reluctant to let go, a month passed by in a hurry. Lisko gave up his desire to return to the motherland and boarded the plane with a contented Meghan, saying goodbye to this fascinating and beautiful China.

They arrived in a hurry, but the return journey slowed down. The two played while walking, and it took twice as long to reach the pasture.

Pushing away the long-lost home, smelling the familiar smell and sunshine, Lisko also calmed down.

Putting aside some unnecessary sorrows, Lisko and Megan started to clean up the dusty home.

Mopping the floor, washing the dishes, and cleaning everything inside and out with the vacuum cleaner, it's already night after all this work.

Megan fried the steak, and the two finished their meal early and rested.

After leaving home for a month, Lisko went to inspect the ranch after breakfast in the morning. The ground was mostly white. The cold wave of the previous day had a wide range of influence, covering almost half of the United States.

Roosters and ranch staff clear snow in full swing.

"Li," Rooster was not surprised to see him, because he was the one who picked up the phone last night.

"Morning, I brought some specialties from China, you can get them at noon." Lisko greeted the cowboys.

Negro Wes drove the snow plow to clear the road in the middle of the ranch, while others hosed down the cleared road and sprinkled brown rock salt on it to prevent freezing.

Ice forms when the temperature of water reaches 0 degrees Celsius, and the same is true for ice on roads. Rock salt works by lowering the freezing point of water. When salt is added, the freezing point of water is lowered, so salt makes it harder for water to freeze. 10% saline solution freezes at minus 6 degrees Celsius, and 20 percent saline solution freezes at minus 16 degrees Celsius.

Therefore, spreading salt can effectively prevent the cleaned road from freezing again.

Lisko rolled up his sleeves and started to help.

"How is the forage stored in the pasture? Is it enough?" Lisko asked the rooster next to him.

"It has been saved very early, and this pasture can be used for next summer. Li, can I buy some pasture? You know, Bo's harvest this year is not good, and he sprained his waist when storing pasture, so the pasture's The storage is not enough, so I want to buy some to send to Bo's ranch." Rooster seriously discussed with Lisko.

"No, there's no need for that, rooster, you don't need to tell me these things. You are the head of the ranch. Our ranch is enough and there is a surplus. It's okay to give some to Bo. How is Bo's body now?" Lisko was concerned. asked about Bo's injury.

"He is old, and the doctor said that his body is very fragile. Last time we took him to the hospital for an examination, he had a tumor in his brain, but fortunately, it was benign. I have already made an appointment with the doctor for surgery next week. I hope his operation will go well. The rooster's expression was a little gloomy. For him, his father, who had been admonishing him since he was a child, suddenly fell ill. This feeling seemed to be the collapse of his support all along.

"I'll go to see him in the afternoon, why don't you stay in the hospital and wait for the operation?" Lisko asked a little bit. Bo has always been his neighbor, and he has had decades of friendship with his father. He took care of him a lot when he was a child. Like my own uncle.

"You know Bo's character, he won't listen to our advice, but recently Colt and I have both gone home, and we are also helping to take care of things in the ranch, so he is much more relaxed now."

Bo is a stubborn old cowboy. They are hardworking and honest, but they also have a rough and stubborn side. No one can dissuade him from his determined ideas.

"Is the money enough?" Lisko knew that these people never thought about tomorrow, and they would quickly spend all the money they had.

"The salary you gave me is enough. I saved a sum of money to buy a good car, so I have enough money in my hand."

Lisko patted the rooster on the shoulder, empathizing with his sadness.

After lunch, Lisko distributed Chinese knots, fans, and facial masks to the cowboys, and went to Bojia Ranch with a worried expression.

"Bo," Lisko stood at the door and shouted. He has always called Bo's name directly since he was a child. This is very common in the United States. It is normal for grandchildren or sons to call their father and grandfather directly. They don't care Some people still like these things.

Bo walked out of the house, looking much older than the last time he saw him, Lisko realized at this time that the omnipotent uncle next door in his childhood was really old.

He supported his waist and opened the door for Lisko.

"I went on a trip to China, and I heard that you are not feeling well just after I came back. Are you feeling better recently?" Lisko hurried over to hold his arm, and took him back to the room.