After running out of luck, Zhang Chi took a sip of beer while turning his head and looking around.
Kimberly saw Zhang Chi's appearance and asked, "Looking for someone?"
Zhang Chi smiled and said, "See if Cannon is here."
It feels like I haven’t seen him for a while, and Zhang Chi misses this enthusiastic old Latin American cowboy.
Before Kimberly said anything, a young cowboy next to her said, "Cannon is leaving."
Zhang Chi was very surprised when he heard this and asked: "You want to leave? Where are you going?"
The young cowboy replied: "Go to work on another ranch, about dozens of miles away from here."
Kimberly saw that Zhang Chi was a little confused, so she smiled and said: "What happens often is that when the ranch is not busy, there are fewer cowboys needed. Naturally, these working cowboys have to go out to find other jobs."
After saying this, Zhang Chi understood. Generally speaking, many of the cowboys here are seasonal workers, that is, they go to the ranch to help when they are busy, and when the ranch does not need the manpower, they will go out to find other jobs to earn money.
For example, some cowboys on large ranches work on the ranch all their lives, not to mention all year round. If the ranch is very large, with an area of tens of thousands of acres, then some cowboys on the ranch may even work on the ranch for generations, and these cowboys are also known as
Considered a member of the ranch family.
Naturally, small ranches do not have such conditions. Generally speaking, the number of cowboys hired long-term is about one. When they are really busy, they will hire these seasonal cowboys.
Cannon looks like a seasonal cowboy.
It’s not surprising. People like Cannon are probably working illegally. That is to say, they don’t have a work visa in the United States, and they are not white. How can there be a rancher willing to hire him to become a regular cowboy on a ranch?
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"oh!"
Zhang Chi said oh and stopped talking.
How can he afford to hire Cannon now? The money he has in his pocket can support his family's small pasture until the cattle are sold in the fall.
If, like other ranches, the price of beef drops in autumn, then Zhang Chi will have no other option but to sell the ranch.
Now that he has the gourd in hand, Zhang Chi is not afraid. With the experience of scarring, there is no problem for Zhang Chi to raise the cattle. In autumn, if he sells some of the calves he has raised, then his pasture will be considered as well.
It is officially operational.
While thinking about it in his mind, Zhang Chi suddenly heard someone saying hello to him behind him.
Turning around, he saw Cannon standing behind Zhang Chi with a smile on his face. Seeing Zhang Chi turn around, he came to the empty seat next to Zhang Chi and sat down.
"Whatever you want to drink, I'll buy it," Zhang Chi said to Cannon.
Cannon looked tired now, thanked Zhang Chi, and then said to Kimberly: "A glass of whiskey."
After speaking, he pointed at Zhang Chi and said, "Charge it to his account."
Kimberly smiled, took out a cup and started pouring wine. After pouring the wine, she placed a small mat on the bar. Finally, she put the wine glass on the mat and pushed it in front of Cannon.
Cannon took a sip of wine.
The cowboy next to him who just spoke said: "Just now George asked you why you didn't come."
"Do you have a problem with me?" Cannon put down the wine glass in his hand.
Zhang Chi smiled and said: "Nothing's wrong, I just feel like I haven't seen you for a few days."
"I'm going to work in a new pasture soon. I estimate I won't be able to come back until next year, but I don't know for sure, who knows," Cannon said.
For Cannon, he has become accustomed to his current life. He is working here in the United States and has visited countless ranches so far. If he doesn't survive for a while, he will have to go back to his hometown to see his wife and family.
child.
"Then are you free tomorrow? Last time I asked you to try my Chinese food, and it happened to be that you were busy. Is it okay now?" Zhang Chi said.
Thinking of the last time Cannon helped him, Zhang Chi decided to invite him again.
Cannon said: "If it's tomorrow night, I will definitely arrive. I will leave here for a new pasture the day after tomorrow morning."
"So urgent?" Zhang Chi didn't expect that he would leave the day after tomorrow.
Cannon said: "The work over there is more urgent, I will leave after I get the money."
Hearing what Cannon said, Zhang Chi nodded: "Then tomorrow night, it will still be seven o'clock."
"No problem. By the way, why did you come to the bar today?" Cannon was curious, because he had never seen Zhang Chi come to the bar, and even heard about it only once.
Zhang Chi said: "I would like to ask where I can buy good and cheap fodder."
After listening to this, Cannon took a sip of wine and said with a smile: "It's not cheap or cheap. It's usually the same price. It's not like buying calves at different prices. Almost all the fodder here comes from the east. On the market
The price is whatever it is, but in this season, the price of fodder is a little lower."
What Cannon said about the east refers to several states on the east coast, such as Kentucky. The natural conditions there are good, and they are all in the great plains. The grass grows naturally, and there are many people who specialize in growing forage.
's pasture.
For example, the winter fodder here almost all comes from the eastern states. There are only a few companies that sell forage, and the prices are similar. Of course, if you buy more, you will naturally get a small discount, but it is not possible.
No matter how much the discount is, especially for a ranch as big as Zhang Chi, it is not considered a big customer in front of others.
"Oh, that's okay." Zhang Chi nodded, indicating that he understood.
Cannon wanted to say something more to Zhang Chi, but at this moment his cell phone rang. He went outside to answer the call. He came back two minutes later, grabbed the wine on the bar and took a sip.
"Thank you for the wine, I have to go back to the ranch now."
After speaking, he grinned at Zhang Chi, turned around and left.
Waiting for Cannon to leave, Kimberly said to Zhang Chi: "He is a good cowboy."
Zhang Chi only knew that Cannon was enthusiastic, but he didn't know if he was a good cowboy, but when he heard Kimberly's comments, he couldn't help but nodded.
Zhang Chi understood what Kimberly meant. She probably thought that if she wanted to hire someone, Cannon would be a good candidate.
But how dare Zhang Chi hire anyone now? If he really hired Cannon, he didn't know if he would be able to survive until the autumn when he sells cattle.
There is no way, he has too many things to consider now, and he has to build two cowsheds before winter, otherwise it will be like what Lao Xu said, when it snows heavily, the next day when he opens the door, he sees that the cows have frozen to death.
Zhang Chi wanted to cry, but he couldn't do it in a good tone.
Although with Hulu's help, Zhang Chi's plan is quite good, but you can't live according to the best plan, you have to leave some margin for yourself.
Kimberly actually really thought Cannon was a good cowboy. If he were white or had a work permit, many ranches would be vying to hire him.
Generally speaking, most Latinos have enthusiastic personalities, but they are a little less good at work. There is no way. It may be a problem of ethnic habits. The crime rate among Latinos has always been quite high. When many Latinos talk about singing and dancing, it is really...
The whole body is full of energy, but when it comes to talking about work or something, it breaks down.
The Latinos mentioned here do not include Lao Mo. Lao Mo is also quite diligent in his work. Overall, this group of Latin Americans is two Indian levels behind Lao Mo.
But Cannon is a special case. He can do any ranch work and is quite diligent.
Since I don’t have a work visa, I can only fight guerrillas from ranch to ranch.
The work visa is actually not difficult to obtain. The only requirement is to spend money, and ranchers who want Cannon to work will have to spend a lot of money.
But if you spend this money to directly hire three or four cowboys, the economic value is more than two cannons, and the rancher is not a philanthropist, so how can you engage in such a loss-making business?
Besides, there are plenty of hard-working cowboys for them, so why spend a lot of money on a Latino.
Zhang Chi never thought about getting a work visa for Cannon. He helped Cannon lead a horse once, but he got a work visa for him? Isn’t that a bad idea?
When I asked about the grass, Zhang Chi mainly wanted to spread the news that he wanted to buy grass. How much and what price he wanted to buy was secondary.
Zhang Chi sipped his beer and listened to the gossip of the cowboys next to him.
These cowboys speak very rough, and many of them have to include a harmonious word in every sentence. In the words of Zhang Chi's hometown, if a sentence is not accompanied by a lower body, it seems that the words are not said at all.
What can cowboys talk about? Generally speaking, men either talk about politics or women, and cowboys are about the same, but most of them are not positive comments. To put it bluntly, they just drink a little horse urine, catch Wall Street, and
The guys in D.C. cursed.
In the eyes of the cowboys, those people in D.C. are not human beings, they are just a bunch of pigs.
I originally planned to drink this bottle of beer and leave, but who knew that Zhang Chi heard some interesting news.
Kimberly was curious after hearing this.
“Developing real estate here?”
Kimberly asked the cowboy who just came in.
"It turns out that the developer is planning to develop a community near the Lion Ranch, and each family will bring about ten acres of land, or simply build a house..." the cowboy said.
"Jill, that's bullshit. Who would buy a house here?"
The cowboy sitting not far away said loudly.
"Isn't it bad for your brain to buy a house here?"
Cowboys soon echoed the sentiment.
The news makes most people think it is impossible, because the living conditions in Amber are not convenient, and it is not close to a big city.
Folsom is not a big city. If you want to buy a house and live there exclusively, Folsom is a few grades better than Amber. At least there are movie theaters, supermarkets, etc. Amber Town has something to offer. Come on.
Station? Or a small store?
There are no supporting living facilities in the first place. If a house is built here, a ghost will come to buy it.
You expect these cowboys to buy a house? Then you are really thinking too much. Many cowboys in their thirties still live on ranches. As for getting married?
You are almost unable to support yourself, and you still want to support your wife and children? How dare you think so!
"Do you think they built a house and sold it to you?"
The cowboy who brought the news snarled at the two cowboys at the table: "I heard that rich people are planning to build a ski resort over there in Weimar."
Zhang Chi sounded a little confused and felt that he could not understand the thinking of these Americans.
Build a ski resort over there and build a community here? What the hell are you thinking about?
Thinking about it, it doesn't seem to have much to do with him. The land someone buys and someone builds a house on has nothing to do with him.