685. 684. Cutting Trees (3/5)

Chapter 685 684. Cutting Trees (35)

Arriving at the edge of the forest park, the old man showed the way, and they drove into the forest.

There is a small road in the forest, which can barely accommodate a car, and a billboard is erected at the intersection, which reads: Christmas tree logging area.

The old man signaled him to slow down the car: "Drive slowly, let my presbyopic eyes take a closer look, and find the most beautiful Christmas tree. You come to Christmas together this year. I can't be fooled like before."

Li Du smiled and said, "Have you been fooling around before?"

The old man shrugged and said, "Sophie didn't bring my son-in-law back to me. Of course I wanted to fool her. No, I wasn't fooling her. I was expressing a silent protest."

As he spoke, he laughed.

Li Du has a question that has been buried deep in his heart. There will only be two people here. He couldn't help asking: "James, since I came to the United States, I have suffered a lot of discrimination..."

The old man patted him on the shoulder and comforted him: "Don't worry about those idiots' opinions, they are too stupid."

Li Du said: "It's nothing, I don't care what they think. However, discrimination is real. They don't want to be friends with me, but I feel that you and your wife seem to be very nice to me? The relationship between me and Sophie is even more important. Happy to see it happen? To be honest, I'm a little flattered."

When he first came to the United States, Li Du and his Chinese classmates would receive warnings at reunions, saying that they should never be interested in white girls and black girls. Even if they are willing to accept themselves, their parents and family members will not be willing.

The Martins were just the opposite. From the first time they saw him and Sophie together, the two of them showed a positive attitude. This abnormal situation made him puzzled.

After hearing what he said, the old man smiled and said, "So that's what happened? What's so strange about it, you are a good guy, my wife and I think you are a good guy. So, Sophie likes you again, why don't we Happy to see it happen?"

Li Du smiled and said, "Thank you for your appreciation and support."

The old man waved his hand and said, "To be honest, my wife and I have made clear our attitude since Sophie was in middle school. As long as she is willing to fall in love and as long as she finds a good child, then we will support her."

"But, you know, child, the private life of our teenagers is very chaotic. In order to prevent Sophie from being hurt, we took her to church since she was a child, let her listen to the teachings of the Lord, and discipline her with God."

"In the end, Sophie is too pious a child. She obeys God's entrustment. Before she becomes an adult, she will be clean and self-respecting. She will not have too much contact with the opposite sex, and she will not even date boys!"

Speaking of this, the old man not only waved his hands, but also began to shake his head: "Can you imagine, she never dated any boy until she graduated from college. Her mother and I wondered if she didn't like men."

Li Du laughed and said, "Isn't this a bit too much?"

The old man shook his head solemnly: "No, no, no, but for a long time we were really worried that she would choose to stay with a certain girl until you appeared..."

Having said that, he patted Li Du on the shoulder again, and said, "So you know why we support you so much, right? Because we are worried that she won't fall in love with any man!"

Hearing what he said, Li Du couldn't help laughing, how pitiful the world's parents are.

Wandering around the edge of the woods for a while, the old man found a small fir tree, and he beckoned, "Come on, boy, this is the perfect Christmas tree we've been looking for."

Fir is a bit like pine, and both are perfect Christmas tree choices.

However, it is more difficult to find a fir to make a Christmas tree than a pine tree, because a fir can grow very fast, the limit can grow to 40 meters high, and one person cannot hug it.

In this way, they grow fast and can grow very large. When people find them, they often miss the height and size suitable for Christmas trees.

After finding the Christmas tree, Li Du took off the ax on his shoulder, found a cutting point and said, "James, stand back and watch me chop it up."

The old man smiled and said, "Don't worry, is it your first time to cut down a tree? Then I have to teach you some tricks."

Li Du asked: "Isn't it just to find an open space and cut it down?"

The old man said: "It's not that simple, well, it's actually very simple, but you have to let me teach you, because I have long been looking forward to one day teaching my children like my father taught me to cut Christmas trees. "

It is said that American parents have no tendency to favor sons over daughters. In fact, this statement is wrong. It can only be said that most American parents like their children very much, and this has nothing to do with gender.

But for both men and women, they all hope to have a child of the same sex as their own.

That is to say, fathers like to have sons, and mothers like to have daughters, so that they can instill some of their dreams and experiences into their children.

This is particularly evident in the Southwest of the United States, where many cowboys like to raise sons, and if they have daughters, they will raise them as sons before they grow up.

The old man took the ax and said: "It is much more difficult to cut trees with an ax than with a chainsaw. Now many people choose to use a chainsaw, but then there will be no fun and Christmas atmosphere in cutting trees."

Li Du nodded and said, "I agree, we should respect tradition."

He is respecting his future father-in-law.

This kind of words made the old man very useful, he smiled and said: "That's right, come on, when you want to cut down a tree, first of all, as you said just now, find a direction with an open space."

"After you find it, first use two axes on the front, and cut diagonally from the top and bottom. Then draw a horizontal line on the back. This horizontal line is your goal, and finally chop this horizontal line hard."

He explained it to Li Du, demonstrated it himself, and then handed the ax to Li Du.

Li Duyou Xiaochong has strengthened his body and energy, and he can be called a humanoid beast. His body contains terrifying energy.

Picking up the axe, he went up with a few bangs, and the fir tree quickly made a "cracking" sound that made teeth hurt, and was cut down directly.

The old man was dumbfounded: "You have great strength, and I'm going to teach you some tricks to exert strength."

When pulling the fir tree, Li Du once again showed his strength and explosive power, dragging the fir tree alone and walking fast.

In fact, he is not alone, Ah Miao, Ah Ao and Gan Crispy Mian are behind helping push the cedar tree, working very hard.

Bringing the Christmas tree home, Sophie made hot coffee for them, and they could go to rest. Sophie and her mother came to tidy up the tree, hanging lights and tying ribbons.

The next thing is to wait for the Christmas Eve dinner at night. In the southwestern United States, people regard the Christmas Eve dinner as the most important dinner of the year, a bit like Chinese New Year’s Eve, when the whole family gathers for a big meal.

Christmas is like the Spring Festival, which is the most important festival, but there will be no big dinners, at least not as grand as Christmas Eve.