All-in-one Sign

Minnesota is a state in the northern part of the federal Union. It is connected to the Maple Leaf Country to the north, Iowa to the south, across the Mississippi River from Wisconsin, and to the east is Lake Superior. Due to its unique environmental advantages - there are 1,500 large and small lakes in the state, it is known as the State of Thousand Lakes. Such developed and convenient water resources are comparable to the two lakes areas in China, making it rich in products. America’s great granary.

Of course, to basketball fans, Minnesota is best known for nothing else but the Timberwolves.

Hendry spent a long time inspecting various states in the United States, and finally recommended Minnesota to Xu Ang. Naturally, he had his reasons.

“Compared to other states, Minnesota values ​​health and education, and many immigrants here settled in Minnesota for this reason.”

On the way, Hengdeli introduced Xu Ang.

"Boss, when you arrive, you will find that the streets in Minnesota are much cleaner and tidier than those in other states. This is the result of the local emphasis on hygiene."

"This state attaches great importance to education. There are many good universities in Minnesota. Their educational and social resources are also among the best in the United States. If your sister wants to go to school in the United States in the future, Minnesota is a good choice."

Although Hendry is an American national, he is only a second-generation immigrant. He can understand China through his parents and elders, instead of being processed by the media with obviously colored glasses like the vast majority of Americans. information that has led to a profound misunderstanding of China.

Whenever Chinese families have children, their choice of environment is first and foremost related to educational factors.

As long as a place is associated with high-quality educational resources, it can attract qualified Chinese parents.

It can be said that from this point alone, Hendry's recommendation aroused the interest of Xu Ang's family.

The reason why I am talking about the family and not Xu Ang himself is that naturally Xu Ang will not believe one side of the story. He will understand through other channels and corroborate Hendry's words. Only when the two are consistent can he gain his trust.

But Xu Ang is so cautious, but Fang Shuying is not.

As soon as she heard Hendry say that Minnesota has rich educational resources and many good universities, she immediately asked.

Originally it was Xu Ang who played the leading role, but who would have thought that Fang Shuying would steal the show.

Hendry was secretly happy about this.

He would understand more or less the temperament of his boss if he had more contact with him. According to Hengdeli's observation, Xu Ang was a more casual and tolerant boss. He was not harsh with his subordinates, let alone picky about them.

He has made requirements, and as long as the person doing the work meets the requirements, he will not cause trouble for you.

Compared with many wealthy Americans who Hendry has served, Xu Ang is simply an angel.

Hendry thought to himself: As long as Fang Shuying can nod, the matter will be settled. The boss will not contradict his mother because of a small farm.

A small farm?

Yes, even a small farm only covers an area of ​​200,000 hectares.

Well, Hendry admitted, he was bragging.

A farm of two hundred thousand hectares is not a small farm, but a large farm.

"The reason why it is said to be small is that the two hundred thousand hectares are not the land area that can be cultivated, but include a lake within the farm and the mountains on the edge of the farm. The two areas alone account for 10% of the total farm area. More than half, even if the remaining land is fertile, its value will be reduced a lot after having these two oil bottles. "

Hendry explained.

Xu Ang understood: "The actual cultivated area of ​​the farm is only tens of thousands of hectares, but taxes and other expenses that need to be paid are calculated as 200,000 hectares. That's what it means."

Hendry nodded: "That's right."

After the conversation between the two, Xu Ang had not yet expressed his intention, so Fang Shuying quit.

"Isn't this bullying? According to this calculation, I won't lose money when I buy that farm?"

"It's not a loss, it's just that you can't make a lot of money, and it's relatively cheap."

Hengdeli quickly explained that he did not want Fang Shuying to misunderstand that he wanted to trick Xu Ang.

"After all, Minnesota has fertile soil and there is no shortage of water, so the harvest cannot be bad."

"That can't be like this. We won't do things that are obviously a loss."

At this point, Fang Shuying wanted to leave directly. She had no interest in buying property and land in a foreign country, and when she encountered this situation where tens of thousands of hectares of land were charged a tax of 200,000 hectares, she didn't want to continue. If Xu Ang hadn't winked at Tang Lu and Yang Xiaomi and persuaded the two girls to stop her, she might have turned around and returned to Los Angeles on the spot.

"Mom, you don't understand Hendry yet? He is not a person who doesn't know the importance of things. I believe he has his own reasons for recommending this farm to me. Anyway, I'm here. I'll go to the place first and then make a decision."

After the two girls persuaded Fang Shuying, Xu Ang spoke.

"Then... let's go and have a look."

Originally, according to Fang Shuying's wishes, she was too lazy to look at such a deceptive farm, but then she saw Xiaoxiao and Xiao Qingzi yawning, their little heads moving little by little, and they were obviously dozing off. Thinking that her daughter would be tired from running back and forth, Fang Shuying changed her mind.

Let’s go take a look first, just think of it as a place to rest for your daughter. If you really like it, then negotiate with the seller on the price.

In business, isn't it all about demanding high prices and paying back the money on arrival?

If the buyer doesn't bargain, does this deserve to be called a business?

Indeed, as Xu Ang said, there was indeed a reason why Hendry recommended this farm to him.

When seeing the farmer, Xu

Angdu was stunned for a moment.

The seller was not a blond Westerner as he thought, but a pure Chinese.

Don't ask Xu Ang why he could tell at a glance that the other person was Chinese, just ask about the other person's clothes.

"Old man, are you Miao people?"

That's right, they are the Miao people. Those special ethnic costumes are rarely worn by people who are not from their own ethnic group. If the other party is a young man, Xu Ang needs to observe and observe to prevent calling the wrong young people who are pursuing novelty and causing unnecessary disputes. However, if the other party is an old couple over eighty years old, the chance of making a mistake is extremely small. .

"Yes, we are from the Miao ethnic group."

The old couple was very happy to see Xu Ang and the others from China. They enthusiastically invited Xu Ang and the others to sit in the house and introduce their experiences.

"We came here with my father when we were still at war. You don't know, those foreign devils are bad, and they are very jealous. They said they brought us to the United States to work and make a living, but we didn't find out until we got here. Let us go into the mines and do illegal work.”

"You don't know, at that time, mining was going on everywhere in this place, and it took many years. The carts of iron ore took a lot of transportation."

"Boss Gui'er was also evil. He made us do heavy work and didn't give us enough to eat. He treated us like prisoners. At that time, our people were tortured to death every day. There was no hope for that day."

"Fortunately, we survived until the iron mines here were mined. The black-hearted boss ran away when he saw that Kuang Ming was gone, and he didn't care about our life or death. Originally, we wanted to go home, but the Americans refused. They picked us up, so they should kill us Send it back and tell me whether this is true."

"The Americans are unreasonable at all. They said that if we wanted to go back, we had to pay for the boat tickets. You said that we had just come out of the kilns at that time, and our clothes and pants were all cloth, and they asked us for money. How can we get it? Huh, we don’t have any money, but we have a few pieces of rotten tendons.”

"We have no choice but to stay here. I didn't expect that staying here would be a good thing."

Most people have a common problem when they get older, that is, they like to nag.

Maybe it was because I saw the kindness of the people in my hometown, or maybe it was because I had been holding back my inner thoughts for many years and needed to talk about it, so I finally took the opportunity, and the two old people talked a lot about each other.

If they weren't really old and had to take a breath after talking for a while, Xu Ang wouldn't be able to get in the middle of the conversation.

When the two old men stopped to drink water, Xu Ang answered: "You two suffered hardships in the United States when you were young, but you two are also powerful. You built such a big business with your bare hands, a farm of two hundred thousand hectares. Not everyone can do it. Even in the past, such a large amount of land was considered a big landowner, let alone in a foreign country. "

Giving a thumbs up to the two elderly people, Xu Ang praised: "You two elders are like this."

"The young man didn't expect to be so talkative at such a young age."

Wear it a thousand times, but flattery never wears it.

Even though they knew that what Xu Ang said was a compliment and might not necessarily be taken seriously, the old couple smiled happily.

What they were most proud of in their lives was this farm, and Xu Ang scratched their itch when he talked about it.

"You said this farm, hey, you may not believe it, but we can only get this farm by mistake."

"Young man, let me tell you, this farm didn't belong to us at the beginning. When we first started, our clothes were almost too rotten to wear, and we didn't have any money. The Americans didn't send us home, and they almost killed us. They are trapped here alive. Those damn Americans are evil-minded. I remember that many of my compatriots who survived the hardships died like this."

"As for us, thanks to my old man, he learned farming from the Han people down the mountain. At that time, with the help of the local Chinese Association, many fellow villagers found jobs, washing dishes and the like in restaurants, and we Under the leadership of my old man, we found a piece of land and borrowed seeds from the Chamber of Commerce to cultivate it. "

"This kind of thing means more than twenty years."

"Originally, our life was good. Twenty years of farming also gave us savings. We hired people, bought machines, and reclaimed the nearby land. Unexpectedly, a disaster-stricken brother-in-law came to us. They said the land belongs to them and they want to drive us away."

Xu Ang thought that the old man was probably pretending a little.

What does it mean that all the nearby land has been cultivated?

It is obviously the tens of thousands of hectares of fertile land that can be cultivated on the farm.

Having said that, in the beginning, even the seeds had to be borrowed, and his hard work was used to obtain tens of thousands of hectares of fertile land, which is enough to show the hard work and willingness of the old man and his family to endure hardship.

It seems that all Chinese people are like this. As long as they can see hope, they will burst out with amazing energy, unlike those lazy people in the West who are too lazy to move even if they have a dollar in their pockets.

Anyway, if you have no money, go to protests and marches, and ask the government to issue relief funds.

Some people think that Western developed countries have good welfare and can live a prosperous life without having to work. They are so envious that they use all means to become Western citizens. However, what future does such a country have?

As far as the eye can see, there are always lazy people. Even if such a country is ahead for a while, it will not take many years for others to catch up and be kicked down by latecomers.

"You're still talking about it." The old woman rolled her eyes at her husband and exposed him mercilessly, "At that time, the kneeling Japanese in the United States said he wanted to drive us away. You were frightened by your obedient look, right? If it hadn't been for me With him, we were driven away at that time. How could we wait until Lao Chen heard the news and rushed over, telling us not to be vain and that he would help us with the lawsuit. "

Xu Ang complimented him at the right time: "What happened next? Did you win the lawsuit?"

This is tantamount to nonsense. If the old couple lost, the farm would not be theirs and the owner would have changed long ago.

The old man who was betrayed by his wife tried to defend himself: "Don't talk nonsense, I'm not afraid of him, I'm worried about hurting you. Young man, you don't know, that brother-in-law still had a gun in his hand at that time, so I had to Think about your family. Anyway, the land is here and we don’t have any legs, so we don’t have to worry about it running away. It’s okay to avoid danger first.”

Xu Ang said: "This is true. A good man will not suffer the immediate consequences. Having said that, the United States does not ban guns, so it is indeed not as safe as China."

As he spoke, Xu Ang said in a joking tone: "Freedom is hard and fast every day. Although they were shot to death, lost their relatives, and lost their lives, they were free."

"Hahaha……"

The two old men laughed after hearing this.

"Yes, yes, that's it, well said."

Hendry on the side almost died of embarrassment, "Don't be like this, I'm an American, you have to consider my feelings no matter what."

Although what you said is correct, very realistic and very American, can we be more tactful?

"Later, we won the lawsuit, which I didn't even expect. Do you think why?"

Without waiting for Xu Ang to answer, the old man revealed the answer himself: "I only found out after listening to Lao Chen. It turns out that Lao Mi has a law, which says that if you don't take care of your own land, other people will only be able to take care of it." After farming for a certain period of time, the land will be automatically transferred to the other party's name. The disaster brother-in-law went to serve as a soldier, was injured in the war in Korea, and was captured alive. It was originally his, but he didn't take care of it for so many years. According to the laws of the United States, the land became ours. "

The old man bared his sparse teeth and asked Xu Ang: "Young man, do you think the laws in the United States are weird? Isn't this a relief? If they were willing to send us home and not do such immoral things, we wouldn't Getting such a big piece of land in his house is a matter of karma and destiny."

Xu Ang looked at Hengdeli. If he wanted to talk about Lao Mi's law, he would be right to ask Hengdeli.

The latter nodded and signaled to Xu Ang: Yes, the United States has this law.

"Oh, that's really weird."