In the morning, Zhang Chi woke up from bed, put on his clothes and sat on the edge of the bed. He pressed his hands on the edge of the bed and let himself be idle for a while. He didn't think about anything, so he just sat there.
After waking up, Zhang Chi washed his cotton slippers and stretched out his hand to open the door.
As soon as the door opened, a gust of cold wind rushed into the room. Zhang Chi, who was standing at the door, couldn't help but tremble and tightened his collar. Only then did Zhang Chi realize that there were small snowflakes floating in the sky.
Snowing at this time is not common in my hometown, but it is common here. Sometimes even in mid-April or early May, if God is unhappy, he will give you one to let you take off your fresh clothes.
Put the long johns back on again.
The riding boots step on the snow, the soft feeling coming from the snow, the sound of squeaking snow, and the cold air entering the lungs make people feel refreshed. They just climbed out of bed, carrying the snow with them.
Any laziness disappears in an instant.
Walked all the way towards the bullpen where the light was.
When they arrived at the bullpen, Cannon was already busy working and had already cleared the quarter area.
"BOSS"
Seeing Zhang Chi coming in, Cannon stopped what he was doing and smiled.
He is really happy at this moment, because he got the work visa, which means that he can take his wife back from his hometown, and his several underage children can also stay with him.
For Cannon, these are all given by his boss Zhang Chi. The only thing he can do is to do his job well and work hard to do it well.
"Just take a rest and do these tasks slowly," Zhang Chi said.
Zhang Chi understood what Cannon was thinking. If Cannon hadn't worked so hard, he wouldn't have spent so much money to get him a work visa.
But working hard is all about working hard, and it won’t work if you oversell.
A trickle of water always flows, and one must have foresight. If Cannon continues to work like this, if something goes wrong with his body, it will not be a loss if he only works for Zhang Chi for three to five years. He is in good health, and he will work for Zhang Chi Ranch for another fifty years.
This is what Zhang Chi wants.
"It's not much work. There are only a few cows here on the ranch now," Cannon said with a smile.
Zhang Chi walked into the cowshed and reached out to pat the cows next to him. The remaining cows were all very strong. Under Cannon's care, none of them could see their ribs.
"How many of them have babies?" Zhang Chi asked.
"I checked last week that 95% of them were there, and even those that were not there have been made up for. By almost autumn, the first batch of calves from our ranch will be born."
Cannon laughed when he thought about it, a genuine laugh.
Ever since he started working illegally in the United States, his life now is the most comfortable he has ever had. His boss helped him apply for a work visa, and he is also generous. Now that the prospects of the ranch are getting better and better, he is naturally happy.
He believes that if the boss makes money and the ranch makes money, his life will get better and better.
"By the way, can I pick up your wife and children after I get my work permit?" Zhang Chi asked.
Cannon nodded: "Yeah, sure."
"When do you plan to take over?" Zhang Chi asked.
Cannon said: "I'm planning on getting the calf in the fall, but I don't have much time now. When the calf comes down, my wife can come over and help take care of it. She is idle at home anyway, and she doesn't pay much for the work in the pasture.
It's okay to hand over something.
BOSS, let’s buy more cattle today. The pasture is so good that it’s not suitable to raise cattle like last year. We can increase the number to 1,500. Of course, this is my suggestion.”
Listen! Cannon is indeed a good comrade. Not only did he do it himself, but he also asked his wife to come over and help him! He really used up all his strength to sell his wife.
Zhang Chi felt that his money was well spent.
Hearing Cannon talk about raising cattle, Zhang Chi thought of the little girl Melika again. When he thought of her, Zhang Chi felt bad.
As long as the girl is beautiful, why should she have a good head? If she doesn't let herself take advantage of it at all, it's really useless!
"Let's take a look. I guess the price of cattle will not be low in the spring," Zhang Chi said.
Cannon also nodded.
Last year's epidemic increased the price of cattle, but from another perspective, the pastures that slaughtered the sick cattle would definitely buy cattle, otherwise wouldn't the pastures be empty?
With such a big epidemic and so many affected ranches, it would be strange if the price of cattle does not rise. I am so happy when selling cattle, but I guess I will be more worried when buying cattle this spring.
"It's snowing outside, and I don't know when the people transporting the grass will come." Zhang Chi suddenly changed the topic.
Cannon smiled and said: "Don't worry, the price of forage is so high now, they will definitely come on time, let alone snow, they will come on time even if there is money to be made by throwing iron balls."
Hahaha!
Zhang Chi laughed after hearing this.
"Oh, by the way, what's going on with our neighbors now?" Zhang Chi asked again.
Cannon naturally knew who the neighbors Zhang Chi was talking about. Anyway, it was definitely not the Liao Ser family next door. If it wasn't the Liao Ser family, it would be the one to the west.
"There's not much movement," Cannon said. "You can hardly see their family coming out."
"Have you not bought the cow yet?" Zhang Chi asked.
Waiting for the family to buy the cow, Zhang Chi felt that the flowers he had been waiting for had faded, and the gourd beside him was already thirsty. Why didn't he buy the cow and let him 'borrow' it?
Cannon smiled and said: "Although this guy is evil-minded, he is not stupid. How can he buy cattle when the price is so high? But, BOSS, his ranch is not small."
"What the hell, you have money!" Zhang Chi said with a smile.
The Lion Ranch was largely divided, and Zhang Chi’s area was just leftovers at best. I used to be quite satisfied with it, but now I’m a little dissatisfied.
"When we make money, we buy it," Cannon said.
"A good idea," Zhang Chi said with a smile, "but it's not very realistic."
It's unrealistic to say it, but Zhang Chi's heart may not be full of bad things.
The only thing holding Zhang Chi back was his pocket, so although he knew that his good neighbor had been making money in China, he had not paid his fair share of taxes in the United States. Zhang Chi still did not report it to the tax bureau.
he.
The two worked together for a while, cleaning up the old shed. By this time, the sky was already bright, but because of the snow, the sky was still gray and the visibility was not too high.
Cannon did not let the cows out. Cannon took care of the cows that had calves more carefully. Now they let them out for more than two hours at night. They waited for the temperature outside to get a little warmer before they could put them out.
The cows are let out.
There were several breeding bulls, but Cannon drove them out of the barn before Zhang Chi could enter the barn.
The bulls at this time will not be of much value until next winter, so the treatment has dropped all the way from the breeding period to the normal level. The oats, eggs, nutrients, etc. during the breeding period have long been gone.
Zhang Chi didn't worry about these matters and left all the powers to Cannon.
After leaving the cowshed, Zhang Chi went directly to the stable, put on Chi Yanshan and rode him around the pasture. He hadn't seen his owner for a long time. Chi Yanshan was very excited, waiting for Zhang Chi to give him away.
When I returned to the stable, I refused to go in and kept snoring.
Zhang Chi reached out and patted the bridge of Chiyanshan's nose, then stroked the new Liuhai on its forehead, and then let it move on its own.
Chiyanshan wanted to follow Zhang Chi, but he was a little afraid of the cold. The warm stables and the ice and snow outside dampened Chiyanshan's enthusiasm for meeting his master.
The sheep and pigs in the stable were all quite good-looking. If it hadn't been for the cold weather and he really didn't want to reach out, Zhang Chi would have wanted to kill the sheep and have a mutton hot pot.
At around nine o'clock, the forage harvesters arrived, accompanied by several large trucks.
It took several hours to load the truck one after another, and it was not until evening that most of the forage in the warehouse was sold.
Benefiting from the sharp increase in the price of forage at this moment, Zhang Chi's income from selling forage has also increased. The ranch has more than 200,000 yuan in cash on its books, which makes Zhang Chi's waist become stronger.
After working hard all day, Zhang Chi didn't want to do anything else except sleep.
After sleeping until dawn, the snow outside stopped, and Father Sun's old face became shy again. Although there was still no heat, it made people feel refreshed.
At around three o'clock in the afternoon, Zhang Chi rode Chi Yanshan to the bar in the town.
Opening the door, all the cowboy ranchers in the bar greeted Zhang Chi.
"George, I haven't seen you for a long time."
"I'm going back to see my parents and celebrate the Chinese New Year." Zhang Chi responded to everyone's enthusiasm with a smile and sat down in his usual seat.
Kimberly brought Zhang Chi a bottle of beer and a basket of snacks without Zhang Chi's words, just like everyone else here.
I took a sip of beer and listened to the cowboys talk about the latest happenings these days.
"Hey, hey!"
At this time, a young cowboy ran in and shouted to the people in the bar as soon as he entered the door: "I heard that the Mason Racecourse is going bankrupt."
The whole bar suddenly became quiet.
The bankruptcy of Mason Racecourse is nothing new for the town of Amber, because before that, the income of Mason Racecourse had not been very good.
The main reason is none other than that old Mason is really a very sharp person.
If a person gets upset, it is easy for him to go all the way to the dark side.
Mason is such a person. He feels that his outstanding mares will surely breed the most outstanding racehorses. Not to mention winning the Triple Crown, he must win at least a few G1s.
It's a pity that today's speed horse racing is generally a game for the rich. In the past, a racecourse could become famous with just one horse.
But now, almost all the best horses are in the hands of the rich. It is really difficult for a horse trained by an ordinary racecourse to win the G1 prize money.
Zhang Chi felt sad for Mason, but he had no choice. Bankruptcy is common in the United States. If you go bankrupt today, he will go bankrupt tomorrow. Otherwise, there would be no ranches changing hands or farms being sold, and it would all be due to poor management.
I don’t have much interaction with Mason, so I’m sad that I can only do it a little bit, just to fit in with the small atmosphere in the bar.
After two sips of wine, this little sadness was gone.