Zhang Chi is satisfied with other people's praise. Of course, if others scold him, he may get angry. This is how he can withstand praise, but cannot withstand criticism.
After everyone finished eating, they rested for more than half an hour and then continued working.
In the evening, after the sun went down, Aunt Lu prepared dinner and called the workers to eat. The dinner was still a hard dish - beef stew.
Zhang Chi's family did not continue to eat beef. Instead, they killed an old goose and cooked a goose stewed with potatoes in return for Lao Xu's last meal.
Zhang Chi and Melika drank a little wine with Lao Xu.
After dinner, another half an hour later, the lights on the construction site were turned on, and the workers continued working until about ten o'clock in the evening, when they stopped working.
The place where everyone lives is also simple. Any place where people can sleep is their temporary bed in the carriage or in the car.
After sleeping until six o'clock in the morning, these workers got up again.
With this method, the foundation of the stable was laid two days later. The workers began to fix the pillars with timber, then installed the horizontal braces and then the beams. Soon the wooden frame of the stable was built.
Now that the location of the house has been almost moved, the next step is to move the house. There is a special operation vehicle for moving the house, like a large flatbed truck.
The hoarding under the current house was removed, and the large flatbed truck was extended under the house. A dozen hydraulic jacks under the flatbed truck used force to lift the house up.
Originally, Lao Xu planned to use two pickup trucks to pull the house away, but Zhang Chi's new tractor came in handy. This guy can carry the strength of two pickup trucks.
However, you can't move the house too fast, because it is a house after all, not a piece of iron. If you jump and run, you won't shake the house apart.
So the speed of the tractor is very slow, that is, the speed of 5 axioms.
However, the distance between the two sides is not far, and there is no need to get on the road. They are both inside the ranch, so it took about three or four hours to move the house where Zhang Chi lives to its new location.
The large flatbed truck was placed in position, and several workers connected the bottom to the newly made support columns, and then slowly used the Panasonic hydraulic jack. The entire house's shifting work was officially completed.
The relocation work is completed, but the house cannot be used temporarily because the various water pipes have not been connected, especially the sewage pipes.
Zhang Chi and his wife are living in the house, but the toilet and other things cannot be used for the time being.
Fortunately, Lao Xu is an old construction team member and has prepared all these. In the past two days, Zhang Chi and his wife had to use the public toilet outside.
Melika wasn't used to it, so she simply flew directly to Los Angeles to purchase the ranch.
As soon as Melika flew to Los Angeles, Zhang Chi was like a sheep that had been let loose. He hung out with the workers all day long and did not even cook. He helped with various odd jobs and asked the carpenters and bricklayers at the same time.
Learn the craft.
Zhang Chi didn't complain, nor did he complain of being tired. He actually worked energetically on the construction site every day.
When Lao Xu came back from running to other construction sites, he couldn't help but be a little dumbfounded when he saw Zhang Chi and the workers carrying a wooden beam about forty centimeters square.
"You let him do this job?"
Lao Xu shouted loudly to the workers.
When Zhang Chi saw Lao Xu like this, he smiled and said: "It's okay, what I do is quite interesting."
What he said made Lao Xu confused for a moment, so he opened his mouth and joked: "Are you asking me to give you a salary?"
"That's not necessary!"
Zhang Chi and everyone lowered the wooden beams together.
When he came to Lao Xu's side, Zhang Chi smiled, dusted himself off, and said, "I think it's quite interesting. It's okay to be idle anyway."
Lao Xu said: "It's interesting? If you don't find it interesting if you do this business, well, don't do it next time, otherwise I will be embarrassed and won't give you a salary."
Lao Xu didn't want Zhang Chi to work around blindly, because there was a certain degree of danger in this construction site. Zhang Chi, a novice, seemed to think that this thing was just building blocks, but only real workers knew that if you are not careful with this thing,
If something goes wrong, it's your luck to break any bones.
If you just mess around without any experience, you will be harming both others and yourself.
It's just that Zhang Chi is Party A after all, and the boss is the one who pays. Lao Xu really can't keep a straight face and scold Zhang Chi, but in his heart, he wants to scold the foreman here later and put this person away.
I was injured, what will happen to my money?
"Who are these two?"
Zhang Chi found that behind Lao Xu were two young people, in their twenties.
"Oh, this is new to work."
After Lao Xu finished speaking, he shouted to the busy workers: "Lao Yan, Lao Yan, come here, they are new here, give them some work, they have no skills now, help carry materials,
Carrying cement and so on."
Zhang Chi saw that the two were newcomers, so he stopped asking any more questions.
Lao Xu didn't want Zhang Chi to stay here, so he pulled Zhang Chi to the car.
"I brought you something."
Lao Xu reached out and opened the car door.
Zhang Chi stretched his head and saw that it was a long box.
Curious, he asked: "What is this?"
Lao Xu said: "Just open it and take a look."
Zhang Chi bent down and pulled the box from the back seat. When he opened the box, he discovered that the box contained a crossbow.
Crossbows are very common in the western United States. Some people just like to use this relatively primitive thing for hunting. However, most of the crossbows here are modern metal products, and some are very new materials, such as carbon fiber.
Category.
However, the crossbow that Lao Xu gave to Zhang Chi was not of modern style. The main body was entirely made of wood. Zhang Chi originally thought it had imitation wood grain, but when he touched it with his hand, he discovered that it was made of wood.
The parts of the crossbow were all dismantled, but looking at the feeling of the crossbow, Zhang Chi felt that this thing was quite lethal.
Guan Jian's Dongnu looks like it has been used frequently, and it has a sense of age. Of course, it won't be very old, it just has a worn-out feeling.
"Where did you get it?" Zhang Chi was a little curious.
Lao Xu said: "I got it from a friend. I played with it and didn't feel like it, so I gave it to you."
"Not too happy?"
Zhang Chi was a little curious.
Lao Xu assembled the crossbow and signaled Zhang Chi to give it a try.
Zhang Chi reached out and pulled, and then he realized why Lao Xu meant when he said it was not very good. This crossbow is very powerful. It is difficult for an adult to pull it open comfortably with his hands. The most labor-saving thing is his feet.
Step on the crossbow and hang up the string with both hands.
This thing is too primitive and much more labor-intensive than modern crossbows. Nowadays, crossbows have force-reducing devices, and an adult can easily cock them. And with the blessing of modern design, the lethality is not reduced but increased.
"Isn't this thing a bit tasteless?"
Zhang Chi tried it and found that this thing was heavy and difficult to use. The weight of the entire crossbow was almost ten kilograms. He held this thing in his hand to aim, and it worked again and again. If it took a long time, he would probably lift his arms.
Can't get up.
Lao Xu smiled and said: "If it's useful, I'll give it to you?"
"If it doesn't work for you, what can I do with it?" Zhang Chi was a little strange, thinking that if you think it's not easy to use, I think it's easy to use?
"Who asked you to use it? When your house is decorated, this thing can be hung on the wall as a decoration. Old Americans like to get a deer head or something at home. When the time comes, you can also decorate it like this and put this crossbow to
Doesn't it look particularly interesting when hung on the wall? If you hang a modern crossbow on it, won't your family laugh at you?"
As Lao Xu spoke and gestured, Zhang Chi felt that there seemed to be some truth to it.
"Listening to what you said, it seems quite reasonable," Zhang Chi said with a smile.
Lao Xu said: "That's not true. Just put it away. Although this thing looks bulky, it can still be considered an antique."
"Antique, from the Qing Dynasty?" Zhang Chi asked.
"Is it your turn from the former Qing Dynasty? The original owner of the items from almost fifty or sixty years ago was still a pretty good hunter. You know Americans, any celebrity items can be sold for some money," said Lao Xu.
This Zhang Chi really knows that there are many people in the fan circle who collect things used by celebrities and singers, such as Jackson's glasses, Elvis Presley's cars and so on.
"valuable?"
Zhang Chi looked at the crossbow in his hand and asked.
Lao Xu said: "It's not worth much. This crossbow on the market now only costs one or two hundred dollars."
"One or two hundred dollars is not money. You should take this thing back," Zhang Chi said.
"You can only sell it for one or two hundred dollars if you meet someone who knows the stuff," Lao Xu said angrily.
Zhang Chi then retracted the crossbow.
"Anyway, take it," Lao Xu said.
Lao Xu also came by this thing. He didn't take it seriously. In fact, this thing is not very valuable. It just has a sense of originality and is a good decoration at home. If you really use it, now
How could anyone like a crossbow like this?
Now that the two people have finished talking about the crossbow, the next step is to get down to business. Zhang Chi’s house cannot be fully used now. The main reason is that the cowboy dormitory needs to be built. The new cowboy dormitory is located together with the old house. Several dormitories
It shares a sewage tank with this house. It's impossible for Zhang Chi to use it first. Then he can connect the sewage pipe from the cowboy dormitory.
How to prevent leakage and odor?
Zhang Chi hoped that this work would go faster, otherwise he would have to go to the toilet outside while sleeping all day long, and it would be inconvenient to take a shower.
Lao Xu agreed, but he didn't know if it could be done quickly. He had to ask about this. Sometimes you want to save trouble when doing a project, but in the end you can't save anything, and it will be troublesome for the owner's family in the future.
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Lao Xu is experienced in dealing with Party A. You deal with the matter, and then explain it to him if it doesn't work out. If you exaggerate the consequences, Party A will generally give in.
"Your wife hasn't come back yet, why aren't you worried after being away for several days?" Lao Xu found out that Melika hadn't come back, so he joked.
Zhang Chi said: "We have to chat every day, so there is nothing to worry about."