Lisko’s American Life

Lisko settled down in the small town hotel, and he has a lot to do next. Some time ago, both Locke and his boyfriend resigned, because they agreed to get married in Massachusetts, because the state capital passed the revision of the state the year before last. The government law became the first state in the United States to allow same-sex marriage.

The rooster has no choice but to stop others from pursuing happiness.

After Bo's accident this time, the rooster must be preparing to take over his family's ranch according to the will. Colt has his own ranch and tavern, and Lisko's own ranch doesn't know who to take over.

And the number of cowboys is not enough, at least two more people are needed, but the cowboys are easy to recruit, because the welfare of Li's Ranch is famous, and many people want to come and work.

Lisko took out his black suit from the clothes at the bottom of the box, touched it, his face was full of sighs.

Since his father passed away, he bought this suit, thinking that he might not use it for a long time, but he didn't expect to use it again in just two years.

A white shirt, a black suit, and black leather shoes. Lisko also wore a black hat.

The overall shape is full of seriousness and mourning, with a small white yellow flower pinned to the chest. Yellow and white are the colors of mourning in the United States.

Colt was arranged to go to the newspaper to register the obituary. In the United States, the obituary in the newspaper is a means of profit for many newspapers. When many people who subscribe to the newspaper get the newspaper, the first thing they see is not the front page headlines. , but the obituary column, because there may be people you know in there, and you have to decide whether to go to the memorial service or not.

The form of obituary generally has its own format, and the obituary editor of the newspaper office is also a good profession. The content is generally the life and achievements of the protagonist, his contribution to society and his children.

Bo lived on his father's ranch in his early years. After graduating from school, he joined the army and went to the Vietnam battlefield. After retiring from the army, he took over his own ranch. It has been in operation until now. He has two sons, Bo and Colt, and a daughter in the early years. However, when he was just one year old, he died due to illness. This matter is taboo in their family, and almost no one mentions it.

Funerals in the United States are generally divided into three steps. The first is paying homage. On the day before the burial, everyone pays homage to the remains of the deceased to express their condolences and thoughts, while visitors comfort their relatives.

The second step is to hold a memorial service at the time of burial. The pastor will read the eulogy, usually in a church, and relatives and friends will come to the stage to share memories with the deceased, and children’s choirs will sing hymns. Of course, this is the form of Christians. I don't believe in religion, so the singing part is omitted.

In the end, Bo will be buried in their family cemetery. The ancestors of their family are buried on the southeast, west and east sides of this place. The north side is the place where suicide and sinful people are buried in the Bible, so it is vacant.

The entire funeral was solemn and quiet. There was no crying. Everyone mourned and missed in silence, and there was no banquet.

The surrounding area of ​​the cemetery is full of water pines, with luxuriant branches and leaves, standing upright around the tombstone.

The entire funeral cost a lot of money, but Bo bought all the insurances before his death, including life insurance. They reimbursed all the funeral expenses. In the United States, people will buy this insurance after they are 60 years old. It is very popular, probably Because people want to leave wealth instead of debt to their descendants.

Lisko worked hard for three days, filling Bo's cemetery with soil and covering it with turf before it was considered complete.

"Rooster, Colt, let's sit together."

Lisko called out to the two who were about to leave after the ceremony.

I drove to the place where Lisko lived now, the only room in the hotel with a parlor in the small town.

Because there are pastures near Garrison, this kind of hotel is still a bit of a business. In the United States, most of them like to take time out for self-driving trips every year. There are really wolves sleeping in the wild and camping here. All the small hotels on the roadside Has never been eliminated.

Lisko took out the glasses and poured some whiskey for the three of them, because the next thing to talk about was a strategy that would be implemented for a long time in the future, so it would be better to drink some wine to ease the atmosphere.

"Rooster, are you going to take over Beau's ranch?"

Lisko handed wine glasses to both of them.

"Yes, I'm sorry." Rooster's expression was full of remorse. He thought he could work in Lisko's ranch for a long time, but he didn't expect that his family's ranch could not be abandoned in an unexpected situation. This is his ancestral business.

"It's okay," Lisko waved his hand and didn't care, because he knew that he couldn't complain about this matter.

"So I'm going to find a new butler?" Lisko had a headache. It's not easy to find a ranch manager. You need to find someone you trust and whose character is guaranteed.

"Li." The rooster drank the wine in his glass in one gulp, calmed down, and said what he kept in his heart.

"I always thought you and Garrison didn't fit in. You're a rancher. You should try to do it yourself."

"Huh?" Lisko didn't expect the rooster to suggest this to himself.

"You can try to let David manage it, and then manage the finances. At the same time, try to let yourself understand the flow and situation of the ranch. You didn't care much before, so it's not good." After the rooster said the suggestion, he said Looking at Lisko, he was worried that Lisko would be angry because of this, after all, there was a hint of responsibility in his tone.

"Yeah," Colt interjected, "you're descended from cowboys, but you don't seem to like ranches."

Lisko frowned. Before, he was thinking of professional things to be done professionally, but he didn't expect to lose his duty. It may be that his own thinking has not changed.

"Okay, yes. Next, I will take over the ranch, and David will manage the ranch." Lisko felt that their suggestion was very pertinent. As a rancher, he couldn't be indifferent.

And he is still a little eager to try. Isn't life exciting only if you are good at trying different things?

"Rooster, you are going to apply for an agent of the Animal Husbandry Association." Lisko figured out something.

In the United States, the Livestock Association is an organization dedicated to serving ranchers. They investigate all abnormal deaths of cattle and sheep.

The fight between ranchers is not so obvious. If anyone wants to make trouble, the loss may be all the cattle on this ranch, and it will cost millions of dollars at a time. Therefore, the state has set up a special animal husbandry association. The cowboys in each ranch are in charge.

They will investigate the abnormal deaths of cattle and sheep, find the murderer, and have the right to hand over to the public security department.

It is also a department with relatively large authority in the state.