After sleeping until the sun was about to set, Zhang Chi got up energetically.
After washing up, I stood in front of my house and looked at my pasture with my hands on my hips, feeling indescribably comfortable in my heart.
"My place is...well, what do you want to do?"
Zhang Chi was about to sigh when he suddenly spotted a sneaky guy approaching him from the corner of his eye.
Take a closer look, who is it if it’s not a big spin head?
This guy seems to have a problem and wants to get addicted to Zhang Chi. As long as Zhang Chi doesn't pay attention, he might get what he wants today.
Seeing that Zhang Chi had noticed him, he lowered his head and pretended to be kind, and walked away with a twist.
"Sooner or later, I'll use you to drain the pot." Zhang Chi felt that this cow was a bit unethical. If it hadn't been a cow, he would have beaten its teeth and sacrificed it long ago.
The poetry that was originally full of poetry was suddenly wiped out by Da Xuan's head. Zhang Chi could not wait to go up and kick Da Xuan's head in the butt.
But he was a bit lazy and didn't want to get up and chase a cow now, so he had to curse at Daxuan's head. Angrily, he picked up the small piece of mud on the ground and threw it at it a few times.
When he missed the hit, Zhang Chi clapped his hands, scolded Da Xuan Tou a few more times, and then walked towards the stable.
When he arrived at the stable, Zhang Chi saw three little dogs, as well as Bai Lao and Shi Ren. In addition to these, there was also the little calf that was mixed in the stable. Of course, the calf was there.
Of course the cows are there too.
"Drinking free milk again?"
Shiren and Bai Lao, who came over, transformed into monsters one by one. They hummed and crawled up Zhang Chi's legs, and all the milk foam at the corners of their mouths was smeared on Zhang Chi's trouser legs.
Zhang Chi didn't mind either, because it wasn't the first time these two guys had done this. It was easier to wash the milk, but it would be difficult to wash the pants if the oil from the food was smeared on them.
The good thing about living on a ranch is that the clothes are stain-resistant, and even if they are a little dirty, it's not easy to tell.
After playing with Shiren and Bai Lao for a while, and carrying three puppies for a while, Zhang Chi came to the compartment in Chiyan Mountain.
When he stretched his head and took a look, he found that Chi Yanshan was not in the compartment, so he left the stable again and came to the nearby place where the horses were kept. Usually the horses were kept here when they were not in the fence.
When I arrived at the place, I took a look, and sure enough, I found that Chi Yanshan was grazing with a group of horses. There are quite a few horses in the house now. In addition to the cowboys riding them, there are also about a dozen unrided horses. Most of the horses now
They are all originally from Nell's family, and their training level is average, but they are adequate for ranch riding. If you say that a cowboy can't ride a horse, that would be a joke.
call out!
Zhang Chi whistled, which immediately attracted the attention of the horses. These horses were not afraid of people and saw Zhang Chi in the direction of the sound, so most of the horses continued to lower their heads and eat grass.
Chiyanshan ran up to Zhang Chi.
Zhang Chi reached out and touched Chiyanshan, said a few words to Chiyanshan, and then took Chiyanshan back to the stable.
After arriving at the stable, Zhang Chi did not immediately prepare a saddle for Chiyanshan. He first fed Chiyanshan a few carrots and then two raw eggs.
I brushed the hair of Chiyanshan, used a massage glove to beat the hair off Chiyanshan, and wiped away the dust at the same time.
After struggling for more than half an hour, Zhang Chi was satisfied with preparing the saddle for Chiyan Mountain.
Generally speaking, as long as Zhang Chi is at home, he will not do anything about this kind of thing, because this is the most direct communication between himself and his mount.
Horses also have feelings, and they also need a certain amount of communication with their owners. If you don't feed them, don't feed them, and just ride them out, then the horse definitely doesn't have deep feelings for you.
No matter how much money you spend on a horse, the horse will only recognize the person who usually takes care of it.
Horses, as social animals, also have emotional needs. This is what Zhang Chi learned after learning horse riding from Cannon, so whenever possible, Zhang Chi will take care of Chiyan Mountain himself.
Zhang Chi rode up the Red Flame Mountain, and Shi Ren and the other little guys followed him for a while and then stopped because they were not willing to stray too far from the stables at the moment.
Zhang Chi was not paying attention to them at this time, riding Chi Yanshan along the horse track and galloping towards the new pasture.
Arriving at the new pasture, Zhang Chi found that the cowboys were still working, and from time to time there were cows caught in the stalls, making mooing sounds because of the coldness of the dry ice.
"BOSS!"
Xavier saw Zhang Chi and said hello with a smile.
Zhang Chi dismounted, chatted with everyone for a while, and then came to Cannon's side: "How many have been branded now?"
"Almost a thousand have been branded," Cannon said.
"The progress is quite fast." Zhang Chi heard that he had sold a thousand heads in one day. This progress is quite good.
Cannon said: "It's just branding, there's no marking or anything, it's just a simple mark written on the cow. Also, I've notified people from the government, and they will come over tomorrow to count and take samples, so we took the opportunity to
Each cow has a number written on it...".
Cannon reported the day's work to Zhang Chi.
When Zhang Chi entered the door, he saw numbers written on some cows. They were written with special paint and would not fade for at least a month, so this thing could also temporarily replace ear tags.
Zhang Chi's attention was not here, but asked: "Have you counted the number? How many cows did we drive back this time?"
Cannon said: "There are almost 4,000 cattle in total, more than 3,800."
"so much?"
Zhang Chi was stunned for a moment.
Soon Zhang Chi remembered his little movements in the early hours of this morning, and realized that he was shivering a little bit badly.
"Then the pasture can't digest it now," Zhang Chi said.
"Now this ranch has a maximum of 1,500 cows. If we convert them all to our ranch, they can almost accommodate it, but we are not in a hurry. I think the remaining cattle will be transported to the Colorado ranch."
Go there, or sell it locally?" Cannon said.
Cannon didn't expect that there weren't many cows when he was driving this time, but when he came back, he counted almost four thousand cows. What the heck, these four thousand cows support a medium-sized ranch.
However, having more cattle is a good thing for cowboys like Cannon, because Zhang Chi's income is high, and the cowboys' lives will naturally be easier.
"Wait for me to discuss it with Melika."
Zhang Chi couldn't make a decision for a while, because it involved cattle breeding and so on. Melika was good at things like playing with patents, but Zhang Chi was really bad. She had no culture, and she always did bad things than the educated Meili.
There are different levels of cards.
"Then you should hurry up, these cows won't last long," Cannon said with a smile.
Zhang Chi also became happy after hearing this: "Don't worry, we will come up with a plan tonight, and we won't end up like last time, where the pasture was flooded with cow dung."
Zhang Chi remembered what happened last time. Because he didn't handle the cow in time, he was messed up by cow dung.
Cannon and Zhang Chi had fun for a while, and Zhang Chi rolled up his sleeves to help.
It wasn't until the sun went down that we stopped working.
The cowboys and Zhang Chi went back to eat together. Of course, everyone had their own meal.
Back in the house, Zhang Chi asked Melika to discuss how to deal with the cow problem. When he went from downstairs to upstairs, he found no sign of Melika. Now Zhang Chi felt a little strange.
"Merika! Melika!"
Zhang Chi called his wife.
"I'm here!"
Zhang Chi followed the sound and came to the storage room. The new house has a special storage room, but Zhang Chi rarely comes to this place, and neither does Melika. It is now empty and there is nothing.
The two dogs and three dogs that come the most are probably the two dogs, and Mo Zhi also comes often. When someone comes over, Mo Zhi will hide here immediately.
"what are you doing?"
Zhang Chi was quite curious, so he asked and then said: "I want to discuss something with you."
"I also have something to ask you." Melica squatted on the ground and still didn't stand up.
"Did you tell me in advance, why are you looking at these stones if you have nothing to do?" Zhang Chi came to Melika's side and found that Melika was looking at the stones he had sent back.
"Where did you get this stone?" Melika asked.
"That's a coincidence, I..." Zhang Chi explained the matter, and then said: "I thought there might be some good jade in it, so I got it back and thought I'd have nothing to do with it."
Zhang Chi didn't lie. He just felt that there might be good jade among these stones. As for the lack of good jade, it didn't affect his mood. He had cleared up such a bully.
"Who told you this is jade?" Melika looked at Zhang Chi with joy.
"This is called azurite. It is a kind of Fushan stone. The one exposed is already a bit gem-like. There needs to be a gem-like stone among this pile of stones. As long as it is the size of a peanut, it can be worth our pasture."
Melika said.
With that said, Melika handed the phone to Zhang Chi and asked him to see what the gem-turned-emerald stone looked like.
"So expensive?" Zhang Chi felt a little dumbfounded: "It does look like jade."
When Zhang Chi realized that there was some yellow-green stuff floating in the green middle of the photo, how could it not look like jade?
"Similar, but different, this is much more valuable than jade," Melika said.
"How did I not hear it being said".
"Aventurine has not been marketed because the quantity of gem-quality stones is too small. Where was the stone found? Let's apply for mining," said Melika.
"Opening a mine?" Zhang Chi was a little confused.
"You're kidding, how is it possible to open a mine in this mountain now?" Melika smiled and shook her head.
When Zhang Chi heard this, he breathed a sigh of relief: "I mean, it will be good if we manage the ranch well. What kind of mine are we opening?"
When it comes to mining, things are troublesome. If you want to mine here in the United States, you have to rent land, and it is seasonal. In addition to coal mines and oil mines, some gem mines are generally divided into time periods. In short, it is not easy to operate.
It's troublesome, but the cost is high.
Zhang Chi doesn't want to go into some kind of mine, and he doesn't have a plug-in for that thing. How can he find the mine based on his own ability?
"Are you afraid of the cost of mining?" Melika asked casually when she saw Zhang Chi's appearance.
Zhang Chi nodded and said: "That's natural. We haven't finished filling the holes in the ranch yet. It's not good to open the mine. In a few years, the ranch will be exhausted. You can open it if you want."