As they walked along the road, Li Du realized that the Amish were not like what he had imagined. They were just a small group of people gathered together, like an ethnic minority gathering together to light a fire.
The Amish did not live in enclosed areas; they did not even live in clusters. There were no villages or communities. They were all individual households, and many of their houses were scattered.
As the motorcycle continued to drive, Li Du noticed that there were still Amish homes as they neared Flagstaff. They were scattered among the houses of other Americans, living together.
As for how to distinguish between the houses of the Amish and Americans, it was easy. There were cars in front of the Americans' houses, and there were electric wires running into the houses.
The Amish were different. Their house had a big barn in the back, and a small black carriage parked in the backyard or front yard.
However, regardless of whether it was an ordinary American or an Amish, regardless of whether it was a main road or a small road, the doorway of a house was paved with asphalt.
Some of the Amish houses were built right next to the shopping center. Li Du was impressed by how the Amish were not affected by the bright lights of the city.
Back at Hannah's building, Li Du got out of the car and said, "I always thought they lived in isolated mountains. Turns out they live together with ordinary people."
Hans said, "Of course, the Amish chose to live in traditional farming areas, which are rich and vast plains." "Of course," Hans said, "the Amish were the ones who moved into the settlement later on.
After lunch, he immediately went to settle the lease of the clearing in the forest.
After a series of paperwork, the three of them drove to the clearing in the evening. They dumped the furniture and garbage they had brought from Carpenter Town on the clearing.
Hans brought a grill. There was a small fridge in the Iron Knight that was filled with wine, meat, and vegetables. At night, they had barbecued meat.
Li Du was looking forward to this kind of life. It was like camping. They stayed on a piece of barbecued land, with charcoal burning in the grill. Everyone drank, joked, and ate barbecued meat.
Looking up at the sky, the noise and pressure of the city seemed to vanish in an instant. There was only the relaxing feeling of returning to nature.
Unfortunately, it was just wishful thinking. The real situation was not like this.
As night fell, Hans took out a wire from the car and turned on a light.
The light quickly attracted a large number of mosquitoes, and the three of them became mosquito food. In a short while, Li Du had killed more than ten mosquitoes.
Hans said helplessly, "F * ck, we can't stay here anymore. Let's go back and eat."
Godzilla sat down like an old monk. He did not care about the mosquitoes that had crawled onto his body and sucked his blood. He kept flipping the roasted meat.
Li Du could not stand it either. He looked at the things that had been unloaded and said, "Just leave? Could it have been stolen? "
Godzilla said casually, "You guys go, I'll stay."
Hans laughed and said, "Why should I stay? Feed the mosquitoes? Don't worry, our neighbors are the peace-loving, moralistic Amish. They won't steal. "
Li Du wasn't worried about the Amish, but he didn't have to worry about other people either. This piece of barren land was quite secluded, and there were many mosquitoes, snakes, and rats at night. No one would notice this place.
They went back to the garden for barbecue and beer. On the third day, they would deal with the things they had brought back from Carpenter Town.
However, Li Du was worried that his things would be stolen, so he decided to clean up the wasteland first.
Godzilla made a few signs and hung them outside the barbed wire fence. On them were the words: "Private Territory, No Trespassing. Trespassing without permission is at your own risk."
It was only one sentence, but it was enough. In America, this was not an empty word. If someone trespassed on private territory, the owner had the right to shoot and kill them!
After hanging up the signs, Li Du said, "Let's find some free time to build a house here. In the future, when we have more things, Godzilla, you can stay here."
The burly Mexican man nodded happily. "Okay."
Li Du said, "Although we can't transport electricity, we can get you a diesel generator. When the time comes, we can get two big freezers to store meat and wine."
Godzilla was grinning from ear to ear. As he was a driver, he rarely had the chance to drink. If he could stay here, he would not have to worry about meat or fish. He could eat as much as he wanted.
After cleaning up, they went back. On the way, they saw an Amish family packing up their things in the yard. There was a piece of paper on the tree next to them that said: "Old Goods Disposal."
Li Du asked Godzilla to stop the car. He was interested in both the old goods market and the Amish. Combining the two, he definitely could not let go of this opportunity to learn more about them.
After getting out of the car, he walked into the yard and asked, "Hi, Ma 'am, do you want to get rid of all these things?"
In the yard, a middle-aged woman in a long black dress was busy. There were many daily necessities on the lawn, almost all of them handmade.
After hearing his words, the woman nodded but did not speak.
Li Du squatted down and picked up a ceramic jar. He looked at it and asked, "Did you also handmake this?"
The woman shook her head and finally said, "No, this was left behind by my grandfather."
Hearing this, Li Du's interest was piqued. Could it be that he had found an antique?
With that, he immediately released the little bug to study the ceramic jar.
However, when the little bug came out, it was not interested in the jar at all. It flew directly to a bird's skeleton in front of it. Its speed was very fast. Obviously, this thing was very tempting to it.
This skeleton was very big. It was about three feet tall, with thick bones and a huge beak. Li Du recalled the little bug to prevent it from destroying the specimen, and then carefully studied it.
He was not an avian expert, so he could not see anything from the skeleton.
Therefore, he released the little bug again. He wanted to use the little bug's ability to turn back time to see the real body of the specimen.
However, after he used this ability, the first image that appeared was the specimen placed in a box.
Li Du saw a bird's skeleton without a doubt. So why couldn't the little bug see its real body? Why was the first image that it saw that it had become a specimen?
A series of questions appeared in his mind. Li Du was very concerned about the little bug's questions, so he immediately decided to buy this specimen.
He recalled the little bug and pointed at the skeleton. "Ma 'am, how much is this?"
The woman looked as if she had seen a ghost and said, "No, it's not for sale."
Li Du was disappointed. "Not for sale? Didn't you say that you were going to get rid of them? "
The woman thought for a while and said, "Yes, but I'm not going to sell it for money. I'm going to get rid of it. If you have something that I need, I'm willing to exchange it with you."
Li Du suddenly understood. She wanted to barter!
He was not familiar with this industry. It was the first time he had encountered this, so he quickly called Hans.
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