Chapter 291: During the Pumpkin Competition

Li Han prepared the car, put away all the little pumpkins, and returned to the living room. "Sister, are you ready? It's getting late." "Okay, look pretty." "Haha, sister, why have you become a little pumpkin figure?" Li Han looked at the two minion dolls with a smile, Wearing a pumpkin hat, clothes in the shape of a pumpkin, and pumpkin shoes, he really became a little pumpkin man.

Li Mei smiled. "It was in the gift yesterday. I didn't expect it. It's really good." The old lady didn't see Dudu and the baby pouting like Lao Gao at all. . "Dudu and baby are so beautiful today." "Dad, is it true?" "Of course, Dudu and baby sister are the most beautiful." "But, but the hat is so heavy." Dudu touched the pumpkin The cap pursed its mouth.

"It'll be fine if you wear it for a while." Li Han smiled and rubbed the pumpkin hat. It felt pretty good, and the fabric was pretty good. "Let's go, my mother called just now, and I'm almost in the town now." "Uncle Willy just said that the town is very lively and there are many children." Li Han said this, and the two little guys' thoughts drifted. Going up the town, yelling to hurry up, Li Han and Li Mei smiled, and waved to the little guy while running. "Sister, Mom and Aunt Xu just called. The car can't get out. Let's eat in the town at noon." Zhang Xiuying went to buy vegetables early in the morning. She didn't expect that there would be so many people at the Pumpkin Festival.

"Dad, aunt, hurry up, Dudu is already seated." Dudu and the baby climbed into the car and obediently fastened their seat belts, waiting for Dad to drive. "Got it, sit down, we're going to drive." "Yeah." The car left the small farm, and the closer it got to the town, the more cars there were. "Hurry up, Dad."

Traffic jams are rare, I didn't expect so many people at the Pumpkin Festival this year, economic crisis, drought, pests, rats. Small town residents can be said to have withstood a huge test. Although everything is not over now, the economic crisis is still shrouded. But the town needs a hearty festival too much to dispel the dark clouds that have shrouded the town for many days. The Pumpkin Festival is not only a small October festival, but also the beginning of the season, kicking off the three-month festival in the town. There are not many old ladies who come out very often, and the grandfathers all came here in their beloved classic cars.

The tractor is attached to the cart. Various decorated carriages, many pumpkin carts turned out to be old-fashioned wooden carts, large and small pumpkins were piled up in the gray and white wooden boards, and the owner's wife and children sat in the pumpkin circle.

Dudu and Baobao were very anxious at the beginning, urging Li Han to hurry up, but after a while, they gave all kinds of old horse farms outside. Pumpkin carvings are captivating. Walking along the way, giant pumpkins are placed on the side of the road near the center of the town, decorated with small pumpkins and chrysanthemums, and rows of small pumpkins are spread on both sides of the road, displaying various patterns. "It's really interesting." The old lady took out her camera and kept taking pictures of the roadside scenery. It was so interesting.

Dudu and Baobao took out the Polaroid. Take pictures of the giant pumpkins carved into various designs. "Little Han, stop for a moment, what a beautiful painting, it turns out to be a dragon and a phoenix." Li Mei exclaimed in surprise, and Li Han slowed down a little. "Mom, flower." Li Mei here just took a picture of the big painted pumpkin in the shape of a dragon and a phoenix, and the baby pointed to a huge pumpkin carved into a flower about 1.5 meters by the side of the road, and shouted cheeringly.

Various carved pumpkins along the way.

It is surprising that there are many Chinese elements, and Li Mei exclaims from time to time. "Little Han, what's going on here?" There was a row of blue and white paintings, Li Han smiled. "Sister, you forgot. This year's Pumpkin Festival, there are many tourists from China."

Chris Manor received more than 100 Chinese tourists this time. Don’t underestimate these 100 people. Maybe one person spends 10,000 to 20,000 U.S. dollars. People in small towns are more sensible. Especially due to the impact of the economic crisis, they may be very frugal. These people carved such pumpkins with Chinese elements to attract Chinese tourists. With Li Han's explanation, Li Mei understood. "This is treating the Chinese as fat sheep."

"I can't help it, Laomei is very poor now." Li Han said with a smile, the car seemed to be unable to reach the central square of the town, so Li Han found a parking lot. "Doo, come down, baby." "But it hasn't arrived yet."

The two little guys were unwilling to come down, Li Han was a little helpless. "The car can't get in, good boy, get off quickly." Li Han took a lot of trouble and finally persuaded the two stubborn little guys to get out of the car. There were too many pumpkin carts, but fortunately Li Han was ready to push the cart.

"It's so lively."

There are pumpkins on both sides of the road. On the road, adults and children are chatting and laughing towards the central square of the town. There is a huge team. The children in the team are led, carried, hugged, and pushed by baby carriages. , big or small, all dressed up, all beautiful and radiant. Some parents also put on makeup. The most striking thing is the various and strange makeup styles. There are little princesses, little knights, little cowboys and other characters, there are fang-cracked, skull-shaped, headless devils, and animals such as kittens, dogs, chickens, rabbits, and foxes. Most people dress up as small animals, almost becoming an animal parade. There are also those who ingeniously dress up as appliances with chimneys that can be switched on and off. Dudu and baby pumpkin costumes seem to be quite popular. The old lady’s camera has never stopped, and she keeps shooting, especially for cute little guys, little loli, Little Madam, so cute.

"dad."

Dudu smiled and waved a little pumpkin head in his hand, seeing it suddenly, Li Han was startled. "Hee hee." "Where did it come from?" "A little sister gave it to Dudu." "Really?" "Yeah."

The little grimace is painted on the small pumpkin, the pumpkin is still sticking to the corn silk, and the corn stalks are dyed green. Li Hanshun pointed to a few women and a few teenage girls by the side of the road, holding a lot in their hands, and there were donation boxes beside them. "Dudu, help Dad to donate twenty dollars to my sister." Roadside donations are very hard, especially during the economic crisis, and Dudu then his father handed over twenty dollars and ran to the sister who gave Dudu the little devil. "Sister, donate money."

"Thank you, little sister." The girl didn't accept it, Dudu blinked her eyes. "Sister." "Please accept it, you have worked hard." Li Han said with a smile. "Thank you sir, I wish you a good time."

Walking into Li Han, I found that the girls were only eleven or twelve. They not only gave away little ghost heads, raised donations, but also performed music performances, although they were not very good. "Dudu, let's go." "Sister, goodbye."

Dudu waved the little devil's head in his hand, and Li Han pushed the pumpkin cart and followed Dudu. "Slow down." "Yeah." Dudu said. But the running did not slow down at all, and there were all kinds of little devils along the way.

There are a lot of people gathered in the central square of the town. I have to say that the publicity of Chris Manor is really good. There are at least 30% tourists in the central square. The central square is completely decorated with pumpkins, I can't believe it, just finished the pumpkin boat race. These pumpkins were moved to this side of the town. "Dad, baby sister and aunt are missing." After Dudu took the photo, he remembered that aunt and baby sister were gone. "It's okay, dad and aunt have made an appointment, wait here."

This year's Pumpkin Festival was even more lively than the previous ones. Li Han didn't ask yesterday, otherwise he wouldn't be surprised. This year, the pumpkin festival held by the three small towns together, together with the depreciation of the dollar and the promotion of Chris Manor, has greatly increased the number of tourists.

The Pumpkin Festival is not only about pumpkins, but also some souvenir sheds. Not far from Li Han, there is a stall selling riding boots. Riding boots are almost as common as daily necessities in the western United States. They are worn by cowboys and ordinary residents. They are made of cowhide. . Ostrich skin, crocodile skin, snake skin, etc., have been embossed and colored. The boots are tied with high soles and thin, and the heels are solid, which not only feels good on the feet. Also very beautiful. A pair of high-quality western boots can be worn for 20 or 30 years without deformation, and the general price ranges from 180 US dollars to 500 US dollars.

Li Han thought that his elder sister would go back to China in a few days, and the riding boots here looked good, so he would bring them back for his brother-in-law and dad to wear in winter. "Look at me, sir, these are fine crocodile riding boots." "What's a crocodile, uncle."

Dudu followed his father and lay on his back, showing his little head. The bearded uncle looks scary. "What is a crocodile?" The bearded man was taken aback, but couldn't explain it for a long time. Li Han smiled and said sorry, but the bearded man didn't know. Liar, Dudu looked suspicious, and glanced at the bearded uncle with small eyes. The bearded man was very depressed. This little guy, Li Han chose two pairs of boots and said with a smile. "These two pairs are good, keep them for me, I'll come back and get them when I go back."

The bearded man nodded and tucked his hand into a corner. "Dad, Dudu also wants crocodile boots." Although Dudu didn't know what crocodile boots were, they sounded very powerful. "Okay, Dudu wants too, choose yourself."

"Han." Li Mei took the baby by the hand, looked around, and saw Li Han and Dudu father and daughter beside the boot stand, squatting with their buttocks pouted, picking out boots. "Sister, the riding boots here are pretty good." "Are they genuine leather?"

Li Mei didn't like the boots on the small stall. Although the bearded man couldn't understand, Li Mei could still understand the expression on his face. "Miss Beauty, Black Cam never lies." "Sister, I just saw it here, it's genuine leather."

Don't listen to the honesty of Americans, in fact there are many liars, honesty is mostly for the rich or good people, poverty breeds evil, the truth remains unchanged through the ages, regardless of race and country. "Really?" The old lady became interested.

Although there are not many small stalls in Kamu, there are many kinds of skins such as crocodile, cowhide, buckskin and snake skin, and all of them are handmade. "Sir, you can try it. Cam can fix it for you for free." Li Han was taken aback, and said to Li Mei with some joy. "Sister, this is a shoemaker. We can choose a pair of good riding boots, and Cam can trim the most suitable and comfortable style according to our foot shape." "Really? Isn't it easy to order?"

"That's right, and it's not expensive."

Not to mention Li Han, Li Mei, Dudu and Baobao each chose a pair. When Jennifer and Lingna came to find them, Cam was repairing Dudu's shoes. "Miss Beauty, your feet are a gift from God."

Dudu's foot shape is perfect, it's the first time Cam saw such enviable little feet, Dudu giggled, the fat and white feet formed small waves one by one. "Dudu, don't be naughty." "Han, what are you doing?"

Ling Na asked with a smile, sitting on a small stool Dudu turned her head and smiled big at Ling Na and Jennifer. "Mom, Aunt Lingna, Dudu will buy boots again, and the bearded uncle will help Dudu make boots."

Li Han stood up and explained with a smile. Jennifer and Lingna had a happy time.