The young couple had a sweet time together, and then Melika walked out of the bathtub. She was a person who couldn't rest. When she went out, she would naturally do things, or else she would study. In short, this was Melika's life.
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Zhang Chi, on the other hand, climbed out of the bathtub, put on dry clothes, and dazed for a while, then went into his study and continued to daze for a while.
When it was almost eleven o'clock, Zhang Chi went downstairs.
Zhang Chi just came downstairs and saw Melika and Mo Zhi eating fruit in the living room.
"Get some?!"
Zhang Chi waved his hand towards his wife: "No, I have to collect the fish."
"Collecting fish? What kind of fish?" Melika asked.
Zhang Chi said: "I'm going to catch a carp. How about we eat braised carp?"
"Very good" Merica nodded.
So Zhang Chi picked up the poncho, put on waterproof rubber shoes and put on his feet, stood at the door, put on the poncho and walked into the rain.
When I came to the tool warehouse, I found Cannon and Brian cutting cowhide in the tool library. A large piece of cowhide turned into strips of cowhide in their hands.
The cowhide is not very good. A whole piece of high-quality cowhide should be about the same color and soft to the touch. But the piece in the hands of the two people is obviously not the same. The color of the cowhide has changed too much. Not only is it big, but also the upper part of the leather is
There are also holes, like those made by bullets.
It doesn't look like it if you look closely, because a bullet with such a big hole cannot be used to kill cows. This thing can kill an elephant with one shot, let alone a cow.
"Where did you get the cowhide and buy it?" Zhang Chi asked casually.
Of course, you have to buy it, otherwise someone else would give the two cowhide as a gift. The cowhide is not valuable, but the craftsmanship of kneading it is worth a lot of money.
Thinking of this, Zhang Chi was surprised again, who would take the time to knead this kind of cowhide.
"I bought it a week ago. The Svenson family over there had a charity sale. No one wanted the cowhide, and it only cost a few dollars, so I bought it back. I can't do anything else, but I can make a whip or make a knife.
A sheath or something is still okay..." Cannon and Zhang Chi explained.
Upon hearing this, Zhang Chi understood that Cannon had picked up a bargain again.
After saving money along the way, Cannon's ability to pick up bargains far surpassed Zhang Chi's. Although Zhang Chi's life was tight before, he was not too frugal.
But Cannon is different. He came to the United States to earn money, and with the money he earns, he has to support his wife and children back home. If he eats more here, his family at home will lose one. This is how hard an adult man works. Ordinary people
They all come from the mouth.
Although Zhang Chi's current salary, plus quarterly and monthly bonuses from time to time, is much higher than before, it is almost equal to the salary of an ordinary worker.
Don't think that a worker's salary is not much. In the United States, many women are housewives and do not go out to work, so a worker has to support the whole family, so the salary is not low.
Cannon's biggest income today is not his salary, but the last time he followed Zhang Chi into the mountains to pick up cattle. Although Zhang Chi picked up the cattle, Cannon and Bryan who went with him still received a considerable bonus.
This is how Zhang Chi works. He never thinks about getting money from his people. He also understands that if you want to gain their loyalty, you have to treat them well. Otherwise, why would they help you wholeheartedly?
Whether it's Cannon or Brian, everyone can make money by following him. They want to support their family in Hukou and live a good life. As Zhang Chi, as the BOSS, he must have this ability and give hope to his subordinates before they will.
Work hard sincerely.
Otherwise, why do you think Cannon and Brian work so hard on the ranch?
It’s not that feelings are unimportant, but the burden of life is more important to an adult.
"Don't keep buying these bargains. Look, this leather has been there for a long time and there are bugs on it."
Zhang Chi reached out and touched it, turned over the leather and looked at it, and found that there were obvious traces of insect bites in some places.
Leather is still meat after all. Although it has been processed, if it is left for a long time, it will inevitably be targeted by some small bugs. For example, this piece of leather is clearly targeted by a lot of bugs.
Brian smiled and said at this time: "BOSS, Cannon went to see the land yesterday. He is planning to buy a house."
Zhang Chi became excited when he heard this: "Are you going to buy a house?"
Cannon smiled and nodded: "I'm going to buy a piece of land to build a house in a small town. It doesn't need to be big, just a house with an office is enough."
The office house that Cannon mentioned refers to the house where Zhang Chi originally lived. Isn't it now converted into an office?
The most used thing is the coffee machine inside.
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"Which piece of land have you chosen?"
Zhang Chi asked.
Although Zhang Chi cannot say that he is familiar with Amber Town by heart, he generally knows what is right and what is right.
"I really like a piece of land, but I don't have enough money on hand right now to afford such a big piece of land, so I'm thinking of buying it with Brian," Cannon said.
Zhang Chi asked, and after hearing what Cannon said, he knew where the land was and who the owner was who was selling it.
The land is directly adjacent to the town's small gas station, with an area of less than two acres. If compared to domestic land, it would be about seven or eight acres.
Do you think it's small? Real domestic houses, even many villas, don't cover seven or eight acres. Let's put it this way, converted into square meters, it's about more than 4,000 square meters. Do you still think this land is small?
But this land is very cheap, because there is no way to grow crops or grass on this land. It can only be used to build houses, so the land is particularly cheap.
You may also ask, why no one buys such cheap land.
This is the west, and in the Rocky Mountains, there are too many places like this to count. There are only so many people in this small town. Who doesn’t have a place to live? And who doesn’t have a few pieces of land?
Apart from the ranch changing hands, no new people have moved here. Not only have they not moved here, young people from the town have also fled to the city. Therefore, the land used only for building houses cannot be sold at a high price.
The price is indeed not high, but Cannon still doesn't want to buy a whole piece of land, so he wants to buy Brian and his family half, or Cannon buys a big piece and Brian buys a small piece.
Brian, an old bachelor, is a little hesitant now, because he has no children, not even a wife. What does he need a house for? Now he feels that it is quite good at the ranch. He has food and drink, and the living conditions are also good.
That's good, there's no need to build a house or anything.
It was difficult for Zhang Chi to interrupt, because if Brian were to buy this house, if Brian no longer wanted to work here and wanted to move out, it would be difficult to sell the house.
There is only one house, and it is really difficult to sell it without a farm and pasture. You can't let someone take it over and earn money by doing odd jobs nearby.
As for the cowboys?
Forget it, let's not mention them. Most casual workers choose to buy a house on the edge of the city, not a small town like this.
Americans also know that life in cities is convenient, otherwise why would many young people from small American towns run to big cities? Just like us, big cities are lively and have good conditions.
"That's okay, you can discuss it slowly," Zhang Chi said with a smile.
"What are you going to do?" Brian asked when he saw Zhang Chi starting the four-wheel motorcycle.
Zhang Chi said: "I put the cage in the pond this morning. Now I'm going to see if I caught any fish."
Brian stopped talking now and concentrated on working with Cannon.
Zhang Chi drove his four-wheel motorcycle into the rain again.
When he arrived at the pond, he took out the cage. As soon as the cage was released, Zhang Chi felt the weight of the cage.
Zhang Chi was happy when he pulled the cage in front of him. There were two fish in the cage. One fish was only half alive, and the other fish was quite fierce. It was a black fish.
As soon as he saw this snakeheaded fish, Zhang Chi's mouth was filled with salivation. He thought that instead of braised in braise today, he would just have a boiled fish. Well, I would add some fat intestines then, so it would be good to just have a fish with fat intestines.
I just don’t know if I still have the pickled radish that Aunt Phil gave me last time.
The black fish in the cage probably didn't know that, because he was greedy and lost his life.
Even if Heiyu felt this way, Zhang Chi wouldn't care.
As for why there are snakeheaded fish in the pond, the reason is very simple. It’s because Zhang Chi likes to eat. If he likes to eat, it’s natural to have them. People like grass carp that can’t handle snakeheaded fish, Zhang Chi doesn’t like to eat that much.
After taking out the cage, Zhang Chi threw half of the fish back into the pond. Whether it was eaten by the fish or turned into mud was not Zhang Chi's concern.
After pouring the black fish into the small bucket, Zhang Chi tidied the cage and threw it back into the pond.
Carrying the black fish, Zhang Chi happily prepared to go back to cook.
Unexpectedly, when Zhang Chi was about to park his four-wheel motorcycle back to the tool room, he passed by the door of his house and found a luxury car parked at the door.
Zhang Chi was so familiar with this car that he was deeply impressed by it after seeing it once. The owner of the car was none other than Jennifer, Melika's cousin.
"Well, why is this guy here again?"
Seeing this Zhang Chi gave me a headache. It wasn't that I was disgusted, but that I thought this woman was a good person.
But when people came, Zhang Chi couldn't say he was going to chase them away, so he put the motorcycle in the tool room, carried the keg and returned to the house, where he saw two sisters, Jennifer and Melika, sitting in the living room chatting.
By this time, Mo Zhi had long since disappeared. It was obvious that Melika didn't like this cousin very much, so Mo Zhi naturally couldn't get close to Jennifer.
Seeing Zhang Chi come in, Jennifer smiled at Zhang Chi.
"Zhang Chi, are you back?"
"Well, hello, how did you get here with such heavy rain?" Zhang Chi smiled, but in fact he didn't take her seriously.
"I got my sister a gift for her birthday," Jennifer said.
Zhang Chi was confused when he heard this, because Melika's birthday is October 16th, and his is the 17th, which is still several months away.
Jennifer said nonsense again: "According to Chinese tradition, there are two birthdays, one in the Chinese calendar and one in the Gregorian calendar. Melika's Chinese calendar birthday is coming soon...".
Zhang Chi was immediately dumbfounded. He knew that Jennifer meant the lunar calendar, but how could I, a Chinese, not know that there is a difference of more than three months between the lunar calendar and the solar calendar.
Is it possible that everything I have known since childhood is a fake lunar calendar?!
Zhang Chi thought in his mind: Forget it, this woman talks a lot about cheating, if you want to bother her, then you have nothing to worry about.
"What gift are you planning to give?" Zhang Chi asked casually.