Lisko's American life

Chapter 46: Ben's Visit

The lively Christmas has passed, the cowboys have also returned to the ranch to work, and the deserted staff dormitory has begun to live in the past.

Li Sike also began preparations for the new book.

This new book aimed at children and adolescents, and he took out a masterpiece that cannot be avoided in the literary masterpiece, The Little Prince.

The protagonist of this book is a little prince from an alien planet.The book uses a pilot as the storyteller, telling the various adventures that the little prince went through from his planet to the earth.With the childish vision of the little prince, he sees through the emptiness, blindness, foolishness and rigid dogma of adults, and uses simple and naive language to write the fate of mankind's loneliness and wandering with the wind without a foundation.At the same time, it also expresses criticism of the relationship between money and the eulogy of truth, goodness and beauty.

It talked about the little prince’s adventures on six planets. He met kings, vanity lovers, drunks, merchants, lamplighters, geographers, snakes, three-petal desert flowers, rose gardens, switchers, vendors, The fox and our narrator pilot himself.

The sales volume of this book is also one of the top five books in the book sales ranking list. Childhood is a time of yearning for miracles, pursuing warmth, and full of dreams. In contrast, adults are lifeless, powerful, and superficial."Adults should follow the example of children."So I chose a child’s perspective to see the world, using the child’s innocence, curiosity, and desire to learn more about the world to tell stories to adults, especially to those "childlike" adults, and let them borrow their children. The prince’s imagination temporarily forgets the desire that belongs to the adult world, flies back to his childhood, reflects on real life, and discovers the true meaning of life.

Now this time is the era of rapid development of the world economy. Many Hollywood works are full of drunken fans, unabashedly desire and pursuit for money. Lisko has just taken out this book at this time to warn readers. Financial crisis caused by the coming subprime mortgage crisis.

He tapped on the keyboard,

"When I was only six years old, in a book called "True Stories" describing the virgin forest, I saw a wonderful illustration of a python eating a big beast."

Li Sike flicked his fingers in the study, and he knocked out the words in his memory little by little.

And outside the ranch, his old friend Ben, the owner of the Boulder restaurant, Lisko’s loyal book fan, and the big customers of Li’s ranch are rushing to the restaurant.

"Wow, it's beautiful here. There are beautiful scenery and the scent of lavender everywhere. I feel refreshed and happy when I look at it. No wonder Li Neng Anxin lives in seclusion here." This is like a child who has never seen the world, holding his The camera keeps taking pictures. He is a photography enthusiast, and often takes beautiful pictures and hangs them in his restaurant.

The purchasing manager in his restaurant wants to come to the ranch to purchase and sign the contract for next year. He made a temporary intention and wanted to see Lisko. On Christmas, he and Lisko gave each other Christmas gifts. In American perception, this relationship is already Friends.

Therefore, when he came here today, he wanted to build a good relationship with his idol, stabilize the floating friendship, and be friends with people he admired is probably everyone's dream.

Originally named Ben Harris, the Harris family is also a dining family in Denver. He inherited the Boulder restaurant from his father and seized the opportunity to become one of the most famous restaurants in the United States. It can also be seen that his ability is still very strong.

The car quickly arrived at the gate of the ranch, and the rooster and David got the news early to greet them at the gate.

"Finally here," Ben first got out of the car and stretched his waist.

"This is the supervisor of the ranch, rooster," the purchasing manager introduced to Ben.

"Is Li at home? He doesn't know if I'm coming over today?" Ben asked the cock, he wanted to give Lisko an unexpected surprise.

"I don't know, I didn't tell him that he is still at home." The rooster replied honestly. The Boulder restaurant is a major customer of their ranch. Although it will not lose orders due to Lisko's relationship, it is still necessary to be cautious. treat.

Ben followed the rooster to Lisko's villa.

"This lake is very beautiful," Ben walked to the lake, picked up the camera and took a picture. Although there are not many pastures in the pastures in winter, it is bare everywhere. This azure blue lake is still like a gem. The desolate winter scene adds a touch of brilliance, and the artistic conception is very beautiful.

Lisko had just finished part of his work, and when he went downstairs to make himself a cup of coffee, he heard footsteps in the yard.

He opened the door, turned aside the figure leading the way in front of the rooster, and saw Ben at a glance. Although he was puzzled by Ben's sudden attack, he smiled and greeted him. "A friend is coming from afar, not to mention."

"Hey, Ben." Lisko put the coffee on the table and greeted him in the courtyard.

"Li, Jing is not pleasantly surprised?" Ben smiled happily and stepped forward to hug him.

"Quite unexpectedly, but you are very welcome to be a guest," Lisko led everyone into the room and sat down.

"Water? Or coffee?" Lisko asked them.

"Coffee bar," Ben sat down and observed the furnishings of the house.

"Good." Lisko went to the kitchen to make coffee while the rooster accompanied the guests.

"Come, taste." Lisko handed Ben the coffee.

"Lee, you are great here. The art on your wall is very artistic." Ben was very interested in Lisko's humane decoration.

"What?" Lisko got up and introduced.

"I bought this at the New York flea market. It is a street artist's work. This work is natural. Do you know how he painted it?" Lisko asked him.

"I don't know," I haven't touched this style before.

"He is a Danish artist named Hayes. In the spring, he tied a paintbrush on the branches of a weeping willow, and put a drawing board next to it. As soon as the wind blows, the weeping willow begins to paint. The painting marks are the masterpieces of nature. Are they very creative? "Although this painting has been bought for a long time, Lisko is amazed at this genius creativity every time he thinks about it.

The content of this painting is not so beautiful. The black brushes on it are all lines. People who don’t know come to see this painting. It must be a mess. Lisko collects this only because there is no one in this way of painting. I can imagine that every time I introduce to my friends, I am very satisfied when I see them in surprise.

Liske took Ben for a stroll and introduced him to his collection. Just like when he was a child, everyone will have their own treasure chest. Inside it may be a beautiful stone, a scorched branch, and some miscellaneous things. Useless treasure in my own eyes.

"This wild boar tooth is my hunting trophy, and this wolf tooth is a collection of my ranch after being attacked by wolves some time ago. This is a wolf." Lisko's tone was showing off, and his character was still He is a little childish, but it will not disgust others, only that he is more interesting and pure.