Zhang Chi stood under the porch of the house, looking through a layer of rain curtain at the workers working not far away.
It's raining heavily, and the weather forecast is really inaccurate. Originally, it was said to be light rain. It was originally said to be a day, but now the light rain has turned into moderate rain, the light rain has turned into moderate rain, the medium rain has turned into light rain, and it has been raining like this for almost three days.
, not to mention anything else, the small river next to the town was overflowing.
Zhang Chi also thought about catching some fish by the river, but he didn't catch any fish, and his pond was flooded. The pond that Zhang Chi dug is now completely connected with the small river in the pasture.
It is not clear which is the river and which is the pond.
After looking at the rain for a while and then at the busy workers over there, Zhang Chi turned around and returned to the house.
At this time, Melika was sitting in a rocking chair, lying down and reading a book. What she was reading was not a casual book, but a professional book on economics. Zhang Chi had a heart to bow down to his wife's spirit of seeking knowledge.
He really didn't understand why anyone could enjoy reading this kind of calligraphy.
Lao Zhang couldn't do it. He would feel sleepy when he read professional books, but he wouldn't feel sleepy if he looked at some picture albums, whether they were of people, animals, or scenery, he didn't feel sleepy, but when he saw
He has difficulty with large-scale characters, both in Chinese and English.
"Why are you spinning around? Can't you just sit down for a while? If it's going to rain, what can you do with it? You can't just stop spinning it."
Melika's eyes did not leave the book, while she flipped through the book blankly, she said to Zhang Chi.
"Aren't I anxious?" Zhang Chi said.
The cows in the gourd are squealing and thinking of coming out. This guy is really delaying things.
"Why are you anxious? If the cow in the mountains belongs to you, then it must belong to you. Others can't take it away if they have gone there. If it doesn't belong to you, you may not find it by the roadside, just like Nell
It's like a family," Melika said.
Melika felt that her husband at this moment was like a monkey without a butt, unable to do anything. Why is it so fun in the mountains? It makes you miss him so much.
Nell's family was a little unhappy during this time. There were cattle on their family's route. They didn't notice it when they passed by on the first day. However, as soon as they passed, it was almost less than twenty minutes later.
When several other people passed by, they discovered a herd of cattle. They were not big, more than a hundred cattle.
The family stood helplessly on the top of the hill, looking down at others taking away the cow that almost belonged to them.
Although there are only more than a hundred cows, each person can get tens of thousands of yuan if they are divided among the heads. This is a real income earned for free.
This made Nell's family regretful. The family wandered in the mountains for a few days in vain, and finally came back in the rain. When they came back, two people in the family fell ill.
Zhang Chi didn't go to visit a doctor or anything like that. As long as he's not hospitalized, most people don't need to go there. Those who go to visit are very close friends or relatives, so that's fine.
Besides, I have a cold, and others are afraid of catching it.
Cannon heard the news from a bar.
There is really nothing going on in the pasture now. If it hadn't rained, we could still harvest some forage. But with such heavy rain now, what should we do if the forage is harvested? The grass is covered with rainwater and must not be dried? Instead of doing this, it is better to just wait.
Harvest when the weather is nice.
The ranch was fine, so Cannon took the newlyweds to sit in a bar when they had free time, and then heard the news about Nell's family.
There is nothing to laugh at their family, firstly because taking risks is brave for these people, even if there is no gain, they are worthy of respect, and they will not feel bad because others fail.
In addition, many people are also thinking about whether they should go to the mountains to find cattle. After all, these are money.
As a business society in the United States, everything spreads quickly.
Now the price of this new breed of black cattle has been slowly rising. The live price has reached about four yuan per pound. With the general appearance of the black cattle, a big bull now costs several thousand dollars.
If it is a bull in good condition, the price will be higher.
Zhang Chi really didn't expect that the price of the cattle would rise much faster than when he sold the cattle last year.
Originally, the good neighbor spent money to buy Lao Xu's cattle, and many people thought it was a bit expensive. But now no one says that the good neighbor bought the cattle too expensive, because now he can make at least as much profit from the cattle he bought as long as he is willing to sell them.
a 50% profit.
The price of cattle has risen again, but there are fewer people selling cattle. The batch of cattle Zhang Chi met when he came back from the city last time was held in his hands and watched.
Zhang Chi didn't say anything to Melika, but sat down next to her and began to think about going up the mountain.
Everything is almost ready, we just need to go up the mountain after the weather clears.
Everything was prepared. In addition to food and drink, there were also three long guns, three rifles and two pistols to be precise. They were taken along for self-defense on the road.
If you can't find the cattle, you probably won't need them. But if you want to find the cattle, you must have the means to protect your income. There are very few crimes here and the public security is relatively good. But in the mountains, no one wants to take it.
Take your own life to test the conscience of others.
If you insist on doing this, we Chinese have a saying: How can there not be a few lonely ghosts buried on the mountain?
Don't believe in the qualities of foreigners. Our ancestors relied on robbery to make their fortunes, and farming is not good. No matter how naive you are, you are asking for more blessings.
Anyway, Zhang Chi would not be so naive.
Both Cannon and Bryan suggested bringing a gun. Cannon did not have a gun, but the ranch had guns. For security reasons, Cannon was also allowed to have a gun.
So each of the three of them carried a rifle, which was a long gun, and Zhang Chi and Bryan also had two pistols.
This is the defensive strength of the team.
In addition to these, there are also things to eat and drink, mainly canned food, all kinds of canned food. We Chinese rarely eat canned food when we have something to do. We think this food is not very delicious, or we don’t have this habit, but for Americans
Said, canned food is actually a very common thing in life. When they have nothing to do, they will use canned food as an ingredient for cooking.
In addition to canned food, there are also some dry goods that don’t take up space, such as beef jerky and the like.
We have food and of course drink. We don’t bring much water, but we have a small water purifier that can filter out seven or eight liters of water in an hour, which is enough for three people to drink and cook in the wild.
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In addition to the above, these are sleeping tools. Needless to say, very few Americans, especially cowboys, do not have these things, so everyone can prepare their own.
As for where to graze cattle, Zhang Chi had to think carefully. There were too many people entering the mountains now, so he felt that he needed to find a place with few people and not far from his home pasture.
He didn't want to drive a herd of cattle over the mountains, there was no need.
When Melika saw Zhang Chi ignoring her, she raised her head and put down the book in his hand. When she saw Zhang Chi's eyes were a little distracted, she knew he was thinking about something.
"What's the matter?"
Melika reached out and pushed Zhang Chi.
Zhang Chi came back to his senses, smiled at Melika and said, "I'm wondering how difficult it will be tonight!"
After hearing this, Melika laughed and said, "Then I'll watch your performance."
The American girl, at least Melika, didn't show any shyness when it came to talking about this matter. Sometimes she would make Zhang Chi blush when she joked about it.
"Okay, I'll go to the pond and take a look. I don't know how many fish have escaped," Zhang Chi said with a smile.
After hearing this, Melika smiled and said: "Be careful of people from the environmental department looking for you."
"Without me, the pond would be gone, and they wouldn't have done their job properly." Zhang Chi curled his lips.
Now Zhang Chi's pond is leaking, but the damage caused by Asian carp in the United States was not caused by Zhang Chi. It was the Americans who first caused it. These fish masters were brought in from Asia to purify the water quality. It turned out that the grass
No cure, the fish was rotten.
Melika smiled, leaned her head on the sofa and closed her eyes.
Seeing Melika's appearance, Zhang Chi was really worried. Melika was not like this before. She could be energetic even working seventeen or eight hours a day. Now she has nothing to do every day, but she feels sleepy from time to time.
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However, Zhang Chi did not say anything, but kept this matter in his heart and planned to find a time to call his cousin, that is, Brother Dawen.
Melika fell asleep quickly now, and her breathing became even after a while.
Zhang Chi put on his raincoat and rubber shoes, then rode up Chiyan Mountain toward the pond.
When we got to the pond, we looked up and saw a herd of cows hiding in the woods not far away.
At this time, if you take a quick look, you can see the status of the cows in the herd. It is normal for the cows with low status to stand outside and get wet in the rain. The cows with high status hide under the big trees and hardly get any rain.
At this time, the woods connecting the pasture are like big umbrellas, providing opportunities for the cattle to take shelter from the rain.
It doesn't make much difference to Zhang Chi which cow is exposed to the rain and which one is not. Colds and other things don't seem to be easy for this herd of cows, so as long as they don't see the cows going crazy, it doesn't matter to this herd of cows.
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Zhang Chi noticed the cows because Scar Butt was standing outside, alone, no, a cow standing in the rain, looking like a concave figure.
Following Scar's gaze, Zhang Chi didn't notice anything, and the small forest over there didn't seem like a place where he could hide anything.
After taking one look at Scar Fart, Zhang Chi turned his attention to the pond again.
When they discovered that there was no water in the pond, Zhang Chi and Lao Xu set up a circle of nets around the pond to catch fish.
Zhang Chi didn't know whether it was stopped or not, but at this moment he looked at the water and seemed to realize that there didn't seem to be many fewer fish.
There are a lot of fish in the pond, which is a gratifying thing. However, if the rain continues like this, the pond will be gone, and it will be difficult to keep the fish.