The calf returned to its original position, and Zhang Chi also controlled the reins, waiting for the cows to move in a suitable position with the herd, so as to better observe the movements of the restless elements in the herd.
"Want a bite?"
Charles came to Zhang Chi's side and shook the wine bottle in his hand at Zhang Chi.
Zhang Chi waved his hand: "Thank you, no need."
Charles took back the jug, unscrewed the lid and took out a wrinkled disposable plastic cup from his pocket, poured some wine from the jug, raised his head and drank it all.
ha!
Charles let out a sigh of relief, and then said to Zhang Chi: "It's such a cold day without a sip of wine, and your body won't be able to warm up."
Zhang Chi smiled and said: "I'm already hot enough now."
During the process of driving the cattle, the people and horses hardly stopped for a moment. Now the heat on Zhang Chi's body just offset the cold air. It couldn't be called comfortable, but it was not cold at all.
Charles looked at Zhang Chi and said: "There are not many young people like you now."
Zhang Chi joked: "Really? But everyone who has met me says that about me."
"Haha!" Charles laughed and said, "It's even more rare to be humorous."
Over the years, Charles has met many young people like Zhang Chi, but the impression these young people have on him is not very good. Charles feels that the new generation in the United States is lazy and pretentious, unwilling to do work, has a lot of opinions, and has no ability.
If you can't work hard and still want to live a good life like this, there's a hole in your brain.
If nothing else, let’s just talk about the current profession of cowboys. Very few young people are joining in it. Firstly, they think it makes little money, and secondly, they think the work is tiring. They would rather take a paper cup to the streets than work.
It’s nothing like when they were young, they were willing to do any hard work and believed that as long as they worked hard, good times would come.
Through these two days of observation, Charles felt that Zhang Chi, a young man, was not afraid of hardship and did not complain about being tired. His legs were obviously worn out, but he still did not complain and was still unwilling to do less work.
This reminded him of how hard he had worked so hard when he was young. From a cowboy to a farmer, luck seemed to have never left his hard work, allowing him to drill an oil well on the farm.
"Haha" Zhang Chi also laughed.
"Is the injury on your leg okay?" Charles asked.
Zhang Chi smiled and said: "It's okay, just a minor injury."
For Zhang Chi, this is really a trivial matter. He is out to make a living. His uncle's experience tells him that people like himself who do not have rich parents and are unwilling to work hard will not have a good life.
"Want to learn how to falcon?"
Suddenly, Charles asked this question.
Zhang Chi was stunned when he heard this, and thought to himself: Why did the old man suddenly mention this matter?
But Zhang Chi was really moved. How could a man not like these birds of prey? So Zhang Chi nodded: "I think it's quite interesting."
Charles said: "Actually, falcon training is quite simple. I started training the eaglets, which were just a little bit older. I bought the newly hatched eaglets and fed them myself."
As he spoke, Charles looked at the eagle standing on the scaffold in front of his saddle. At this moment, the eagle's head had been buckled with a leather hood, and there were a few leather tassels on the top of the hood. It was as quiet as a squatting bird.
As quiet as a chicken on a branch.
Charles continued: "This is my sixth eagle. The previous ones have changed hands. I have raised golden eagles, falcons, gray eagles, and even vultures. This Hasas eagle is
The best I’ve ever raised”.
"Have you raised so many kinds?" Zhang Chi asked curiously.
Charles said: "There are many varieties. Some people like big eagles, such as golden eagles, and some like small ones, such as peregrine falcons. The golden eagle I raised had a wingspan of 2.4 meters, but every time I set it out,
I’m too tired, and my arms can’t bear it now that I’m getting older.”
Zhang Chi smiled when he heard this.
Next, Charles and Zhang Chi talked a lot about eagle species.
Now Zhang Chi felt that his knowledge reserve was a little wider. He really didn't know that there were many kinds of eagles. He had known two kinds of eagles, hawks and falcons before. Who knew the old man told him that there were also
What a buzzard.
The large number of names made Zhang Chi's head grow bigger for a while.
"If you want to try it, I recommend this breed to get started. It has strong learning ability and is easy to train," Charles said.
Zhang Chi said: "I'm just curious, but I haven't made up my mind to train eagles yet."
Charles shrugged indifferently and said to Zhang Chi: "This life is very short, and there are many things that you have to try. Otherwise, it would be a waste of time for you to come to this world. Young people should keep trying.
New things, find some small hobbies. I heard that you are quite good at raising cattle, and it seems that you are not too short of money. Trust me, do everything you want to do while you are young, because you never know when bad luck will happen.
It will fall on your head".
Zhang Chi nodded and thought to himself: This old man still has a lot on his mind.
Many people Zhang Chi has met now actually don't know what they want to do. All they see is three meals a day, and they have no ideals. Even if they have ambitions, they have been flattened by life.
But Charles gave him a different feeling. The old man enjoyed life. Even if it was such a hard job as driving cattle, he could always find time to feed hawks and martens. No matter how tired he was, there would always be a smile on his face. It seemed that for him every day
Enjoy life every moment.
At this time, a calf left the team. Charles urged his horse to rush over, drove the calf back to the team, and then turned to Zhang Chi's side.
"If you have to die, please pay attention to me." Charles said to Zhang Chi: "We can keep in touch on the Internet in the future."
Zhang Chi has all the social media in the United States, but he rarely uses them, because Zhang Chi almost never went to school in the United States, so he has no American friends who grew up, unlike his second brother Zhang Wu, who is male and female.
A lot.
After paying attention to Charles, the old man and the young man continued to chat about the eagle.
After talking like this, Zhang Chi discovered that the old man really had many hobbies, including skiing, surfing, paragliding, etc. The old man did it all.
He looks like an old playboy.
The conversation with Charles became very lively, and time seemed to pass a little faster.
By evening, it was already close to tonight’s campsite.
Zhang Chi and Charles chatted animatedly.
At this moment, a snowshoe rabbit jumped out of the open space leading to the mountain. This thing was really brave. When he saw a group of cows and cowboys, he didn't run away. He stood on the snow and poked his head around.
looking over here.
Zhang Chi saw it, and Charles naturally saw it too.
I saw Charles took off the cover on the eagle's head, put the eagle on his arm, and gently lifted it up.
The moment the eagle took off its condom, it spotted the snowshoe hare twenty or thirty meters away.
The moment Charles raised his arms, he spread his wings and flew towards the snow hare.
Zhang Chi was waiting to see the eagle catch the rabbit. Who knew that when the eagle rushed over, the snow rabbit started running very fast.
The rabbit ran on the snow, and the eagle chased it in the air, and swooped towards the rabbit like a sharp arrow.
Just when Zhang Chi thought he had caught the rabbit, just when the eagle's claws were stretched out to grab the rabbit's back, the rabbit suddenly turned ninety degrees, and then the eagle rushed into the snowdrift, and a standard dog came
Chew shit.
Immediately afterwards, the rabbit got rid of the eagle so easily, and disappeared after a few hops.
Zhang Chi opened his mouth slightly now. He felt lonely after waiting for a long time. Is it so hard for an eagle to catch a rabbit?
The eagle, which was stuck in the snow, was a little confused. It shook the snow off its body, spread its wings and called twice, then flapped its wings and flew towards Charles.
It fell back onto Charles's arm, and was then placed back on the scaffolding in front of the saddle.
"Bad luck," said Charles.
Zhang Chi nodded, but said in his heart: You eagle is too useless.
At this time, Charles explained to Zhang Chi. Only then did Zhang Chi realize that the success rate of eagles catching rabbits was not as high as he thought. In fact, many times they ended in failure. The kind of eagle catching rabbits seen on TV
Rabbits, that's because the ones that were released were successful, and the ones that failed were cut off.
This somewhat subverted Zhang Chi's cognition. He thought that an eagle catching a rabbit would be as easy as pinching a soybean with three fingers. Only then did he realize that it was not the case. The success rate of eagle hunting was not as high as he imagined.
Charles took back the eagle, but two small dots appeared in the sky. The two eagles kept circling at low altitude and cried, the sound was so sharp that it hurt the eardrums.
The eagle raised by Charles hunted, making the eagle couple in the sky think that their territory was invaded by other eagles, so they always looked for opportunities to fight the intruders.
Obviously, the idea of the eagle couple was in vain. No matter how they cried in the sky, the eagle standing on the saddle remained unmoved.
When the sun set, everyone arrived at the last camp on time. Tomorrow night, everyone will arrive at Nell's ranch, and the transition will officially end.
Everyone gathered up the cattle and started working. Even Zhang Chi was considered a veteran, so soon a bonfire was lit. Those who should cook cooked, and those who should collect firewood gathered firewood.
At this time, Charles let out his marten and let the two little ones wander around the camp. After eating, the two little guys were full of energy and kept playing and playing around, making the camp more crowded.
A bit angry.
Dinner is still roast beef, vegetable soup, fried eggs and bacon.
After filling his stomach, Zhang Chi sat next to the fire and fed shredded meat to the mink. He did not dare to feed the eagle because he saw Charles wearing special leather gloves when feeding the eagle. When he stretched out his hand, a
If you're not careful, you may end up with a bone. It's safer to feed the mink.
The next step is to go to bed, get up the next day, have breakfast and continue driving the cattle.
At noon, there was still Chinese hot pot. In the evening, the cattle drove into Nell's pasture, and Zhang Chi's first transition trip was officially over.