After signing a thick agreement, it is still initialed and is waiting for the respective legal advisors to go over it before it is officially signed.
Zhang Chi did not expect that this process would be so cumbersome. He thought that after discussion, everyone could solve it with a stroke of a pen. Who knew that just signing would have to be done several times.
Professor Haydn saw that everything was almost settled, so he said to Zhang Chi: "Then take us to see where we will live in the future?"
"no problem!"
Zhang Chi looked at his wife as he spoke, and when he saw Melika nodded, he stood up with a smile.
After Haydn and others smiled and chatted with Melika for a while, they all stood up and followed Zhang Chi out of the house.
When he arrived at the door, Zhang Chi turned around and asked, "Do you want to go by car, ride a four-wheel motorcycle, or ride a horse?"
Zhang Chi just mentioned the matter of riding a horse, but he didn't expect that these scientific people would actually agree to it.
Professor Isaac opened his mouth and said: "Ride a horse, I haven't ridden a horse for a long time."
"Then let's ride horses. Didn't you just say that walking on horseback is more convenient and takes less time. It's just right for everyone to ride horses," Professor Haydn also said.
Zhang Chi now felt that he had shot himself in the foot. No matter how old a cowboy was, Zhang Chi would not find it strange, but you two half-year-old men who are engaged in science are riding a horse? What if you are going to break yourself?
"I think it would be more interesting to drive a four-wheel motorcycle," Zhang Chi said with a smile.
Isaac immediately saw Zhang Chi's worry and said with that old face: "We can all ride horses, and your riding skills may not be better than ours. Don't worry, you won't be found even if you fall to death."
on the head".
How could Zhang Chi believe this? The last time I saw the news, a young man said the same thing when he was dismantling a TV. The master who helped dismantle it told him from the beginning that there would be problems with the TV. When he dismantled it, there was indeed a problem, but the young man
If he quits again, he will have to let the master pay half of the cost.
Zhang Chi felt that he should not be so naive. If Isaac turned out to be a bastard who broke his promise, Zhang Chi would still have to spend time struggling with him, which was not worth it.
"We can sign a liability exemption agreement." Seeing that Zhang Chi still didn't agree, Isaac simply said he agreed to sign the agreement.
Upon hearing that there was an agreement to sign, Zhang Chi nodded immediately.
This kind of agreement is very common. This is the west, and there are many tourist ranches. When riding horses on the ranch, there must be an agreement. It’s just that different riding skills have different agreements. If tourists think that their riding skills are already very good,
If it is high, they can sign a liability exemption agreement. In this case, the ranch will usually let the horseman roam freely.
This kind of agreement must be signed, at least the tourist ranch near Amber is like this. Otherwise, as long as one person is in danger, all the money your family has earned in a lifetime will have to be spit out. American lives are precious, especially here.
If something goes wrong and a guest loses his life, that's not a big trouble.
It's okay to say friends, but Zhang Chi, these scientists, really have no idea about their riding skills. As for scientists, they are honest and trustworthy people, and Zhang Chi can't be stupid enough to believe them.
If you look at what Edison is, you will know that the group of scientists is the same as the group of aunties selling tea eggs on the roadside. They are all human beings, with good and bad qualities. Some of them have pus on their soles and sores on their heads.
Agreements are easy to find. Zhang Chi called and asked for one, and soon someone he knew from a rancher passed the agreement over.
After everyone signed, Zhang Chi felt relieved.
Now that everyone had signed the agreement, Zhang Chi took everyone to the stables and asked them to choose their own horses.
The horses in Zhangchi Ranch are all trained pasture horses, most of which are docile geldings, and some mares. As for the male horses, there are only two or three. They are not reserved for breeding, but have not yet reached the age of gelding.
when.
There were enough horses for everyone to choose from. When everyone picked up a horse, Zhang Chi took them into the stable to pick out saddles.
There are almost eight or nine saddles in the stable now, all made by Cannon and Brian. They are universal saddles, which can be used by ordinary people. As for the large and small ones, you can only make do with them.
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After all, Zhang Chi Ranch only sells saddles for adults. Cowboys rarely have big fat bodies. Zhang Chi and Melika are not fat, so the saddles used in the ranch are all normal sizes.
Of course, many cowboys, especially old-school cowboys like Cannon, make their own saddles or custom-made saddles. When working for long periods of time, naturally the saddle that fits them best is the most comfortable.
From selecting saddles, Zhang Chi discovered that these people were really not novices. The novices here refer to the kind of people who can ride a horse and run, and feel like they are masters.
Everyone picked their saddles and prepared their horses, and Zhang Chi got on the horse's back with everyone.
Zhang Chi, Mayton, and Isaac took the lead, followed by several students. Like hunting wolves, the group left the pasture and came to the horse trail.
The horse trail at this time cannot be said to be the most beautiful time of the year, but the scenery is still quite good with green trees, small bridges and flowing water.
The bridleway is entirely made of mud. This kind of mud is different from ordinary mud. It is the kind that can be squeezed out from between the toes when you step on it with bare feet. The mud on the bridleway here is the kind of sandy mud that is too large to hold water.
, so it’s less likely to get on the horses’ hooves on rainy days.
In addition to this kind of sand and mud, there are some stones paving the ground. It's not like our ancient bluestones. Here, there are large and small stones paved together. I don't know if they have been polished naturally all year round or if they were polished before.
Yes, these stone roads are quite smooth now.
Horse trails are usually maintained, but they are not maintained every day. The labor is huge, and the hours are usually not fixed. For example, when the leaves are falling, the maintenance will be more frequent, and the maintenance workers will blow the fallen leaves out of the road.
Now the horse track looks like it has not been taken care of for a month. The road is full of leaves and small dead branches. When the horses' hooves step on it, the sound of broken branches can be heard from time to time.
Haydn and his party undoubtedly knew that the scenery of the horse trail was good, so they were not in a hurry and started to enjoy the scenery along the way.
We walked out from the gate of Zhang Chi's ranch and got on the horse trail. There was a tree-lined trail for almost a mile. After this section, there was a stone road. From time to time, we had to pass a small stone bridge. There is no such thing as a stone arch bridge here in the United States, and this
There is no need to build a stone arch bridge if there is a stream on both sides.
Usually, a few large stone slabs are placed on the stream, and mounds of earth are set up on both sides. If the river channel is relatively wide, a beam is added in the middle, so that it goes straight up and down. There is no fence on the bridge deck, just a bare stone slab.
At this time, the sound of the horse's hoof stepping on it is usually light and crisp, clicking, a bit like the sound of a drum hammer falling on the drum surface.
But it was a bit boring at this time, because it had not been cleaned for a while, and many leaves fell on the stone road.
"This horse road has not been taken care of for a long time," Haydn said to Zhang Chi while looking at the road.
Zhang Chi said: "Everyone is busy now, how can anyone come to clean the horse track?"
Nowadays, every family in the small town is considered a family. As long as the family can breathe, they can't wait to go into the mountains to find cattle. Zhang Chi's two harvests have already excited everyone in the small town.
The Americans, who were somewhat adventurous to begin with, couldn't bear the excitement, and rushed into the forest screaming one by one.
Not to mention maintaining the horse track, if Kimberly was a little greedy, all the bars in the town would be closed.
Just like that, Kimberly also followed her into the mountains for a walk. She felt that she was really out of luck, so she came back.
"You are all busy looking for cattle, but these people are not as lucky as you," Isaac said.
Zhang Chi smiled and said: "Maybe."
Isaac said: "I don't mean to laugh at you. In fact, luck is the most useful thing in life, and the same is true for scientific research. Some people have worked hard all their lives without making anything famous, but some people are good at school.
It’s not that great, but even if you have luck, you will get results, so even 100% hard work is not as good as a flash of luck.”
Zhang Chi wanted to scratch his head and thought: Does this have anything to do with me? You don't have to give me the chicken soup of luck and hard work. There are a few young people working in schools behind me. How good can you give them?
I was originally planning to quarrel with Isaac, but when I realized that he was here to work for me as free labor, I decided not to quarrel with him.
The group of people walked forward, and after walking for almost half a mile, they found two people carrying two leaf blowers on their backs, approaching along the horse path.
The job of the two is very simple, which is to blow the fallen leaves and branches on the horse path to both sides. As for what to do with the two sides, it must be left to nature. What should rot will rot, and finally return to dust, enriching the earth.
It was impossible to sweep it up and transport it away, because there was no time and the town didn't have that much money to do so. It was a big expense to hire two people to blow the leaves to the roadside.
Originally, this job was done by young people in small towns, and sometimes teenagers who wanted to make some extra money, but today there were new faces, and Zhang Chi didn't recognize them all as outsiders.
As they passed each other, Zhang Chi greeted the two of them and said hello.
When they arrived at the west pasture, these scientific people surprised Zhang Chi again.
Zhang Chi thought that these people had to take a look at the cattle first. Who knew that as soon as they entered the pasture, these people asked which buildings were used by them, and they began to divide the places.
Zhang Chi was listening nearby. He didn't want to get involved in this matter anyway. It was their own business to decide how to divide it. They just had to work hard for themselves from now on.
Then a scene occurred that stunned Zhang Chi. Isaac, the coffin-faced man, actually moved into the house where Nell originally lived.
Not to mention, there was a young female student who lived with Isaac. She looked ordinary, but she was really young, and it was obvious from a glance that the two had had a negative relationship.
Zhang Chi thought: It turns out that the professor's search for female students originated from American universities.
Alas! Grandsons of American academic circles like Isaac have led the beasts in the country astray!
"how?"
When Isaac saw Zhang Chi's constipated look, he couldn't guess what he was thinking, so he opened his mouth and asked.
"nothing!"
Zhang Chi can't say that you are old and shameless. At such an old age, are you still good? Don't delay this girl.
Isaac said: "Can't you enjoy life if you do science?"
"No, no, I wish I could enjoy it like this when I'm your age." Zhang Chi thinks Isaac is a good person, doing science while doing it...
Well, Zhang Chi glanced at the female student next to Isaac and thought: Well, it’s also science!
Isaac was referring to the house, but Zhang Chi was eyeing the female student next to the professor.
I don’t know if the two of them are in a chicken-and-duck relationship.