The daily life on the ranch is a bit pleasant and monotonous. Of course, this is Ju An's view of the three Thomases. As the only idle guy in the ranch, life is still interesting.
He gets up at seven o'clock every morning. It was originally six o'clock, but Ju An decided to change it to seven o'clock.
The first thing after getting up in the morning is to go straight to the greenhouse, get a cucumber or two tomatoes for breakfast, and pull out a carrot for each of Beangrass and Snowflake.
When Thomas and the others feed carrots, they cut them into small pieces and put them in their hands. Basically, four or five carrots from the remaining bunches are enough. Moreover, the carrots in the greenhouse are as thick as duck eggs, which are larger than ordinary carrots.
Nearly doubled. I put the carrot in the pool and swung it twice to remove the mud, then I held it in my hand and walked to the stable.
After giving Bean Grass and Snowflake a carrot each, they began to clean the stables, remove the horse manure, and then brush the two guys' fur.
A few times before, Nancy and Wynn tried to let the two guys out, Doucao, but they couldn't get out of the cubicle alive and well. When Ju An arrived, each guy got a carrot before they came out.
Every time Old Thomas sees these two guys, he shakes his head and says they are two foodies.
By the time they were saddled, it was already past eight o'clock for one person and two horses to be saddled. Then it was time to trot around on bean grass or snowflakes. As for which horse was saddled, it all depended on which one was closer to the saddle rack. The other one
The horse carried Ju'an's folding chair and fishing rod.
Ju An's fishing time is from nine to eleven every day, except for Wednesdays. On Wednesdays, Ju An goes to the shooting range of the gun shop in the city to practice shooting for a day. When he goes back, he brings some purchases that Thomas gave him.
Goods, entertainment and shopping.
Usually in the afternoon, they help drive the cattle. They say they are driving the cattle. In fact, most of the residents are competing with the calves and practicing tying the calves. There are only a dozen calves in the herd, and they are tied one by one.
Basically, every calf has been abused several times, so much so that when the calf sees bean grass or snowflakes approaching, it will definitely stop hanging around outside the herd and sneak directly into the middle of the herd.
I spent several afternoons in Ju'an just looking at the cows and sighing, saying that these guys are so smart.
Fortunately, it didn't take long for the rest of the cattle to be delivered by the cattle broker Mike. This Mike is not Mike from the auction house. There are too many foreigners who call him Mike. If you want to shout "Mike" on the streets of New York, it is estimated that less than half of the people around you will.
Look at you.
However, there are only seventy or eighty calves sent. The newly delivered calves are not so smart and like to play wildly outside the herd. Of course, the fate of the calves causing trouble will be very miserable. A rope harness
Come here, a big guy with four hooves, stop immediately and tighten the rope (the other end of the noose is tied to the head of the Western saddle)
Then the two-legged guy will immediately jump off the big guy, put you directly on the ground, and then tie up your three hooves. If you are unlucky, you may be tied up twice in an afternoon. If the calf can say dirty words
I guess Ju An was fucked dozens of times every day.
After Ju An's interest in roping and carving the calf had subsided, Wynn was quite satisfied. In Wynn's words, An's calf roping skills were getting better and better, and it was easier for us to drive the cattle.
There are now no more stupid calves running around. Now the activity centers of these guys are unified in the center of the herd. After saying this, old Thomas and Nancy burst into laughter.
I don’t know if it’s because the pasture is highly nutritious or something else, but the IQ of the cattle has improved a lot, especially the calves. Even if the pasture herd expands to more than 10,000 cattle in the future, the calves of the herd will only be mixed with the cattle.
In the middle of the group, it is estimated that when these dozens of calves grow up and give birth to calves, they will tell their calves: Those with four legs and long necks are not good things, and those with two legs on top are too scary.
, if you want to run around outside, they will tie your feet up, and they can tie you up several times in an afternoon.
Of course, Wynn and the others who were driving the cattle were very happy. Later, when his friends came to the ranch for vacation, Ju An wanted to perform a calf roping, but it took a lot of effort to separate the calf from the herd. Of course, this is all for later.
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I opened the curtains in the bedroom. The sun had not yet risen from the horizon and it was already bright. I stretched, took off my pajamas, put on my slippers and walked into the bathroom to start my day.
Fishing was not possible this morning. I received a call from my senior brother Liu Chao a few days ago, saying that he would come over today and that Ju An’s small investment plan was settled. Today Liu Chao and his sister-in-law happened to come over for a few days.
I made breakfast step by step, took care of the bean grass and snowflakes, and then threw it into the horses that were grazing. I watched the two guys having fun before leaving.
When I got inside, I looked at the wall clock and saw that it was almost half past eight. I changed out of my high-top riding boots with spurs for low-cut boots, and picked up a dark cowboy hat hanging on the coat rack.
Then he went out and picked up a grass stem and put it in his mouth.
Driving the car, holding the steering wheel with one hand and leaning on the window with the other arm, I hummed along with "Days Goby" coming from the radio.
"drivin' way too fast
‘causedaysgoby
wethinkabouttomorrow,thenitslipsaway
theinterstate’sjammedwithgunnerslikeme
we‘dbetterstartlivin‘
butsomewhereintheracewerun
"Humming and shaking his head.
There were a few deer crossing the road on the road. I have to say that these deer were really bold. They didn't care about the cars on the road and just wandered across the road. You dragged the whole family with you, which really hurt Ju An.
Speaker several times.
The twenty-minute journey was delayed several times, and it was already 9:20 when we arrived at the airport.
After listening to the car, Ju An walked into the airport calmly carrying a big sign that read Liu Chao in Chinese and English.
Although it is said to be an airport, it is actually similar to the bus station in my hometown. It is far inferior to domestic airports. There are so many people there. There are only a few people at the airport here, and you can see them all at a glance.
Some foreigners looked at Ju An curiously, with smiles on their faces.
Ju An found a nook and cranny to put down the sign. It was so embarrassing.
I casually found a chair and sat down, and looked at my watch. Well, the plane was almost here.
After waiting for about ten minutes, a sweet female voice came from the loudspeaker: "The flight from San Francisco has arrived." Ju An walked towards the exit.
It didn't take long before I saw Liu Chao holding two small bags in each hand and a large travel bag on his back. Next to him was a woman wearing jeans, a white T-shirt, and big sunglasses on her face.
"Hey, senior brother, here" Ju An happily shook his hand.
Liu Chao also saw Ju An at this time. He had too many things in his hands, so he had no choice but to nod towards Ju An.
He walked over and took a bag from his senior brother: "Why are there so many things?"
"This is your sister-in-law, her Chinese name is Zhao Nan, her English name is Angela." Liu Chao introduced: "I brought you some things in the bag, as well as two bottles of Moutai from China. Let us have a good drink today.
"And the notebook you mentioned last time, I also brought you one. A colleague happened to return to China, so I asked him to bring one for you. It is made in China by Lenovo and has a Chinese system."
Ju An quickly stretched out his hand: "Hello, sister-in-law, my name is Ju An."
Zhao Nan shook hands and said, "Liu Chaochang mentioned you and also talked about some things you did in college. He found it very interesting."
"Very interesting?" Ju An looked at Liu Chao strangely.
"Your sister-in-law grew up with foreign ink, and her education is different from ours. Even our major in computer science and Marxist philosophy can't figure out the credits. Everything feels new." Liu Chao shrugged: "It's okay.
, Chinese has not fallen behind, and now many Chinese cannot even speak Chinese clearly.”
Ju An knows that many Chinese immigrants now no longer live in Chinatown. Many Chinese immigrants who immigrated after the reform and opening up are technical talents like Liu Chao. For example, my senior brother lives in a community on the outskirts of San Francisco.
The annual income of senior white-collar workers is about 300,000 US dollars, which is much higher than the American middle-class standard of 50,000 US dollars.
From this aspect, the new generation of Chinese Americans has begun to gradually integrate into American society.
Carrying the bag, Liu Chao took out the sign from the corner and walked out of the airport.
"You kid, you are carrying a big sign, why didn't you put it up? Otherwise I would have seen it," Liu Chao said jokingly.
"Damn, stop talking. As soon as I entered the airport carrying such a sign, I felt that those foreigners looked at me like a fool." Ju An drove the car depressed.
"This crappy little airport only has a few flights every day. Of course you look like an idiot for using such a big sign. I said you haven't been to this airport before," Liu Chao said with a smile.
"I came to see the ranch at the time and didn't pay much attention. Besides, wouldn't having a big brand name make you and my sister-in-law think I'm more grand? It's my first time meeting my sister-in-law, which gave me a good impression," Ju An said depressedly.
"Small airports like this in the west basically use small planes. There are not flights from San Francisco every day. Usually you just pick up someone you don't know, so you just need to write it down on a piece of paper. No one has such a big brand." Zhao Nan also followed
smiled.
As we walked and talked like this, gradually Ju An and Zhao Nan became familiar with each other, and they had more topics to talk about.
"Look, the snow-capped mountains in the distance are so beautiful," Zhao Nan pointed at Juwu Mountain outside the car and shouted.
Liu Chao looked at it and said, "Don't worry, we will stay here for a few days. Let's take a look." Then he turned to Ju An and said, "By the way, there are all the ingredients for cooking. Your sister-in-law can speak Chinese normally."
, the Chinese food is so authentic that when you get home, your sister-in-law will show you her skills."
He patted the steering wheel and said, "We have all the ingredients. It's hard for me to cook by myself. Usually I just mess around. Now it's better. In the afternoon, we'll go catch some fish and cook them for dinner in the evening."
When he heard that there were fish to catch, Liu Chao became excited: "It's been a long time since I've fished before. You also have a fish pond here, which is nice. The entertainment facilities are quite complete."
"There is a big pond in the middle of the pasture. I have seen it before. The fish are quite small. I have been fishing every morning for a while now, and I usually release them." He looked at Liu Chao with a smile and said.
"It's so beautiful here," Zhao Nan said while lying on the window.
The car has already got off the small road, which is slightly narrower and has a double road. There are wooden fences on both sides of the road, and inside the fence are their respective pastures.
You will find a house only after a long distance. Looking around, the entire horizon is green, like a green blanket, sometimes studded with groups of cattle and sheep, grazing leisurely on the grass. The grass in the distance
It seems to be connected with the blue sky, so harmonious and so vivid. When you look around here, there are no tall buildings that can block your sight.
In the dark green forest in the distance, there are clusters of red fir trees dotted with dense trees.
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