Two days later in the afternoon, Su Zhen and Lux, who had returned to the ranch, took little Tingting to Kroenke's ranch to attend Kroenke's grandson's birthday party. Lux came back the day after Tingting attended the football training class. In fact, her mother Kelly had completed all the treatments a few days ago, but Lux had arranged her life after discharge, so there was another delay. After a few days, Lux actually asked Kelly to come and live with her in Wyoming. Su Zhen had no objection to this, but Kelly disagreed. The United States is not China. Americans pay special attention to private space and personal independence. Therefore, after children get married, they rarely live with their parents, but of course this is not absolute. Since Kelly was unwilling, Lax naturally couldn't force it, so after Kelly said that she thought the environment in Utah was good, Lax simply bought a small farm there for Kelly to live, but Kelly didn't say anything about it. reject. "So, Xiao Tingting has a boyfriend?" Lux asked with a smile after hearing what Su Zhen said about Xiao Tingting and Nick Kroenke. After that training session, Su Zhen Once again, I realized that I didn't care enough about my sister, so I took a good look at everything about my sister from all aspects. I learned that the person Tingting had the best relationship with at school was this little guy from the Kroenke family. They play together and are inseparable. Even the teacher often jokingly calls the two little guys boyfriend and girlfriend. "What kind of boyfriend? He's just a friend for fun." Su Zhen couldn't help but rolled his eyes and said. Although he knew that Lux was just joking, he still felt a little uncomfortable. This was like many fathers after learning that My own daughter feels similar when she is in love, even though Su Zhen is Su Ting's brother. But because of the age gap, especially since Su Zhen has been over forty in his two lifetimes, to a large extent, the relationship between him and Ting is more like a father-daughter relationship than a brother-sister relationship, but this is actually normal. , isn¡¯t there a saying in China that an elder brother is like a father? And even if the two children really date in the future. It¡¯s not a big deal. There is no such thing as puppy love in the United States. In American education, ¡°dating¡± and ¡°love¡± are two different concepts. "Dating" is when men and women start to interact and learn to get along with the opposite sex. Dating boyfriends and girlfriends may have intimate behaviors, but a very important point is: dating does not involve a commitment to marriage, and the main purpose is not for this reason. In middle school or even elementary school, many American students have boyfriends and girlfriends. Parents also encourage male and female friends to interact alone, and schools even arrange activities such as dances or "qingren" festivals to encourage male and female students to date. Americans believe that dating can help people learn how to get along with the opposite sex, how to respect, accommodate, compromise and be responsible. This is an indispensable and important link in the growth of teenagers. If a person gets married without a history of dating for three or five times, it will make people think that this person is a bit perverted. Precisely because dating is "learning to love", so. Parents are not worried at all that their children will marry this person or marry this person in the future; at the same time, breakups are also very common in dating relationships, because they are already learning to date, and it is better to break up when they are fifteen than to break up with each other at the age of fifteen. It is better to fall out of love and break up when you are twenty-five. Experiencing breakup and breakup from a young age is of great benefit to a person's personality growth and maturity. After many dates, the relationship between the two parties has entered a mature stage, which is then called "love". Only then did I start thinking about marriage. Chinese people often think that American relationships between men and women are very casual and free. In fact, most traditional Americans are very serious about love and marriage. A successful marriage is one of the symbols of success for people with successful careers. What the Chinese see as the freedom of relationships between men and women in the United States is actually their freedom to "date" and truly "fall in love." Everyone was very serious because the purpose was to see if they could get married. After dating at a young age, American men and women in love have been able to interact in a very mature way and consider all aspects of financial, emotional and future family planning issues when two people are together. Will the behavior of dating lead to side effects such as students being unmotivated to study or teenage pregnancy? Of course it will! However, because American society does not regard "dating" as an absolutely forbidden "puppy love" behavior, but prohibits it in a correct way. To boot, since elementary school, American schools have been educating students on how to deal with the psychological and physical aspects of dating. As for this, Su Zhen, as a Chinese, may feel a little awkward about this matter, but he can only accept it, after all, he is in the United States now. And he is absolutely sure that in this regard, Chinese people are quite sad. They are prohibited from dating when they are teenagers, and they fight against each other. So that when they get to college, many people don¡¯t know how to get along with the opposite sex. After four years of college, , relatives and friends are urging you in various ways, "Did your MA force you to get married?" It has become a big social problem for young people, but the key is, don't those young people want to get married??Of course not, many people will use the excuse of not meeting the right one, but in fact they don¡¯t know what is suitable for them~~~ Soon Su Zhen drove the car to the Kroenke family¡¯s ranch . American families generally attach great importance to their children's birthdays. They always try to hold a party, inviting the children's classmates, parents, and familiar relatives and friends to have a lively birthday party for their children. Holding a birthday party can It is at home, but generally because the space in the home is limited, sometimes if there are more people invited, it will become very crowded. In addition, the entertainment conditions at home are limited, the children may not have enough fun, and the parents preparing for the party will also It¡¯s very hard, so in the United States there are companies that specialize in organizing children¡¯s birthday celebrations. The company¡¯s premises have complete children¡¯s entertainment and dining facilities, and there will be hosts to host the birthday celebrations. As long as parents pay the money, all birthday preparations are done. You don¡¯t have to worry about work anymore, which saves you a lot of trouble. However, as a branch of the Walton family, one of the richest families in the United States, and also one of the most wealthy families, the Kroenke family naturally does not have the above-mentioned problems, so this time they invited almost all the little guy¡¯s classmates and parents. All members of the Walton family were also present. The Walton family is a family that attaches great importance to family relationships. The whole family holds more than three family parties every year, and the most frequent parties are held in Walton, the founding place of the famous Wal-Mart, in the town of Bentonville in northern Arkansas. In the family's old house. And whenever there are various events in the family, even if it is the birthday of a descendant like Nick, it will be an opportunity for family members to gather together. But unlike some wealthy people in China who hold birthday parties for their children and like to show off, although this party is relatively large in scale, it will not appear extravagant, and there will be no servants or the like present. Everything is almost Wal-Mart. The members of the Dayton family made the cakes, cookies and pies themselves, and the drinks were all freshly squeezed juices. The atmosphere of the whole party was also very relaxed, just like an ordinary family, but for the guests They treat everyone equally. They don't treat Su Zhen differently just because he is a super rich man. He doesn't turn the party into a place for adults to socialize. After all, the children are the protagonists of this party. The process of the party was very simple. The staple food for dinner was pizza and pie. Although it was very simple, with so many friends there, the children enjoyed the meal very much. After the meal, it was the traditional singing of Happy Birthday, blowing out the candles, and sharing the cake. After enjoying the delicious cake, it¡¯s time for the children¡¯s carnival. For this party, the Kroenke family prepared various entertainment facilities at home, including trampolines, inflatable slides, etc. After having enough fun, the children took a group photo and then it was time to say goodbye. However, after the party, Su Zhen did not leave immediately. Instead, at the invitation of Josh Kroenke, he came to a side room, where Su Zhen met several powerful figures in the Walton family and the founder of Wal-Mart. One of the founders, Helen Walton, the widow of founder Sam Walton, and his three sons. "Hello, young man, welcome to Little Nick's birthday party. This is Tingting, right? What a lovely child," the kind old woman said to Su Zhen with a smile. The old man had a car accident a few years ago and his health was greatly affected, so he rarely appeared in front of the media after that. So this was the first time Su Zhen met the old man, but the old man's three sons - Robert, the chairman of Wal-Mart , Jim, the banker who controls other businesses of the Walton family, and John Walton, the youngest son who once served as a special forces soldier, participated in the Vietnam War, and now controls the family education charity foundation, have more or less met each other at some cocktail parties they have attended before. Meet. "It's an honor, madam," Su Zhen also greeted with a smile. In fact, he was very curious as to why Walton would invite him to meet after the party. You must know that he and Walton had no business contact, so he insisted. If so, some of the products produced by his agricultural company will be sold in Wal-Mart supermarkets, but there are thousands of Wal-Mart suppliers like his ranch company around the world, so there is no need to invite him to talk alone, and There are not many products of his own agricultural company on Wal-Mart's shelves, because Wal-Mart is notoriously stingy when it comes to its suppliers, and the agricultural company takes a high-end route, so the two parties do not get along very well. I never imagined what impact this meeting would have on the business model of the United States and the world. PS: Well, I couldn¡¯t update properly the past two days because of something. Sorry, normal updates will resume today.