This is all gossip, and it is still a little far away from Zhang Chi's life.
"I will send it back to you in the evening."
Zhang Chi helped Cannon hang the trailer hook on his pickup truck. Once the connection line was connected, he tried the lights and other things and there were no problems. Then he said to Burris who was also helping next to him.
Burris said: "You can deliver it tomorrow. Oh, by the way, George, are you free next weekend?"
Zhang Chi was a little surprised. Burris asked what this meant, but he still replied: "It should be fine. Do you need help with something?"
Burris smiled and replied: "No, I'm planning to hold a small party. There are only a few old guys. If you have time, you might as well come over and have fun."
Zhang Chi did not expect that Burris would extend an invitation to him.
What Burris said about the old guys having fun is actually a small gathering of ranchers. Everyone chatting and drinking together is a common social activity here, but the participants are all ranchers and farmers.
, generally speaking, no cowboys participate.
"Okay, I will definitely go when I have time."
Hearing Burris's invitation, Zhang Chi felt quite happy. The fact that someone sent such an invitation proved that they had begun to accept him.
It can be said that Zhang Chi grew up in Folsom. Although he has never participated in such a party, he also knows that this kind of party is not a simple party, but a way for everyone to communicate with each other.
Zhang Chi is not prepared to bury his head in life. This method is already outdated and old Chinese people no longer do this. How can Zhang Chi just work on the ranch?
"That's it." Burris understood that Zhang Chi had accepted his invitation.
After hooking up the trailer, Cannon drove and Zhang Chi sat in the passenger seat. The two left Burris' ranch together and ran towards the small town of Merck.
There was nothing much to mention along the way. I met four or five cars. When we passed each other, we said hello. Although we didn’t know each other, it’s always nice to see someone on the road in the west.
Exciting things.
In addition to people, there are animals. There are really many of them. In addition to the common deer and bison, this time Zhang Chi also encountered a female bear with her cubs.
The mother and son were obviously not afraid of cars. They walked across the road slowly and leisurely, without paying any attention to Zhang Chi's large pickup truck.
I stopped the car and waited for the bear mother and son to cross the road. Before they had driven a few hundred meters, another group of coyotes appeared on the road. These guys were making a lot of noise.
These things are not pleasant. Here you can shoot them at will without applying for a hunting license.
Because there are so many of them, although these guys do not threaten human life, there have not been many reports of them attacking humans in the United States throughout the year.
However, people in the United States believe that they may pose a threat to their children and livestock, so a large number of coyotes are killed throughout the United States throughout the year.
The business power of this thing is also tenacious. Even if they are hunting, these guys have expanded their territory by 40%. Not only do they have no intention of extermination, but their team is also growing continuously.
"Hey, get out of here!"
These guys didn't even wink at all, their bellies were bulging, and they just started playing on the road without treating themselves as outsiders at all.
Cannon parked the car for almost five minutes. He couldn't bear it anymore. He stuck out his head and roared at the coyotes, then honked his horn to tell them to get lost.
The sharp car horn suddenly sounded, startling the group of coyotes, and then they trotted into the nearby woods.
The car continued to move forward.
The next road was much smoother, and we only occasionally encountered a hare, or a fox or something.
Arriving at the ranch successfully, Zhang Chi contacted the conservation organization. He was originally thinking that they would come over or something, but unexpectedly, they just said, "You can go in and trap yourself." Then Zhang Chi was sent away.
In that case, let’s go in!
The two opened the gate of the ranch and drove the car inside.
He brought the noose and everything with him when he arrived near the horses. Zhang Chi stopped the car, and Cannon took the noose out of the trunk and walked towards the horses, holding it in his hand.
The horses that were originally gathered together immediately became nervous when they saw the stranger approaching, and everyone looked at Cannon who was walking towards them.
When Cannon was about ten meters closer to them, the horses began to move, and the fast-running horses immediately moved away from Cannon.
However, there are two horses that cannot run fast. Not only do they not run fast, they also walk with a limp.
Seeing this, Cannon threw out his lasso, and the lasso drew a complete arc in the air, and landed accurately on the neck of the last horse.
Without any struggle, the horse stopped.
Cannon slowly approached the horse while retracting the rope, mumbling in his mouth as he approached.
"easy! boy! easy, boy!"
I don’t know whether Cannon’s comforting had an effect or because the horse itself couldn’t run, so Cannon quickly came to the horse’s side.
"Boss!"
Upon hearing Cannon's greeting, Zhang Chi led Xiao ran to his side.
"Is there something wrong with this horse?" Zhang Chi asked.
Cannon said: "It's not a big problem, it's just that the horse's hoofs haven't been repaired for a long time."
Zhang Chi also saw at this moment that the horse's hooves began to curl forward. It seemed that the last time the horse's hooves were repaired was at least a year ago, otherwise the horse's hooves would not have grown like this.
"It's not a problem. I'll just have to find a farrier to come and fix it tomorrow."
If you save money on buying a horse, you won't be able to save money on it. Zhang Chi knows that as long as there is no problem with the horse and it is not a sick horse or a plague horse, he can accept it.
Hearing what Zhang Chi said, Cannon pulled the horse towards the trailer.
The horse was very honest and obediently followed Kan Min into the trailer. When he closed the back door of the trailer, the horse even snorted.
The big horses are easy to catch, and it doesn’t matter how big the problem is with Fei, Zhang, Chi, and Cannon. After all, these horses have been trained before and are not as unruly as wild horses. The most important thing is that these horses are either geldings or geldings.
Female horses are not as violent as male horses.
All six big horses were locked in the trailer, and Zhang Chi wanted to catch the few ponies.
Originally, Zhang Chi thought the ponies were difficult to catch, but reality gave Zhang Chi a loud slap in the face. Several ponies were able to run one after another.
Zhang Chi and Cannon haven't brought their horses yet, and Chi Yanshan is still at their ranch. As for the big horses now, there's no way to saddle them, because the horses' hooves are not normal and need to be repaired.
After being nailed again, at least for now, I can't ride them, let alone ride them on a pony.
"How about we come back tomorrow?"
After a few attempts, the captured pony was jumping and kicking. Cannon couldn't get close at all. Zhang Chi was completely unable to help. He couldn't even shake off the lasso. How could he help?
Cannon went to harness the grumpy horse.
Although the ponies were small, it would be very painful if they were kicked by one of their hooves. Without a horse, Cannon did not dare to get close to them with a lasso.
It's strange to say that all the horses have long toenails, but the ponies are all fine. I don't know if they run too much or someone repairs them. Anyway, these ponies are so beautiful.
Call it a happy ending.
"forget it!"
Looking at these little ponies, Zhang Chi thought about it carefully and felt that these things are actually of little use. Even if they are used for children to ride in the future, they are still a bit big, and it is not suitable for adults to ride them. They are too short.
If it was easy to catch him, he wouldn't care about this, but now that each one of them was like a gun, Zhang Chi decided to give up.
"Let's go back. We don't want these little ponies anymore," Zhang Chi said.
It doesn't matter to Cannon. Raising big horses in the pasture can make you work, but raising ponies is just for fun. If you have the fodder to feed these ponies, you might as well just sell the straw bales and make some money back.
With several big horses, Zhang Chi and Cannon left the ranch and closed the gate again. Zhang Chi and the two returned to the ranch with the captured horses.
When we got to the pasture and put down the horses, it was already dark.
Zhang Chi drove the trailer to Burris. Of course, he couldn't return it empty-handed. Instead, he brought Burris a bottle of domestic liquor.
Sending red wine is so common. To Americans, red wine is just like us. Sending a bottle of Chinese wine is like visiting someone’s house as a guest. It’s like sending a foreign sparkling wine. Even though it costs money.
There aren't many, but people find it novel.
When I got home, Cannon had already started cooking. Everyone here knew about the burritos and Mexican burritos, and Cannon was good at it. The burritos he made were similar to those sold on the street.
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After dinner, Cannon began to work again, while Zhang Chi sat under the porch, holding a bottle of beer in his hand, sipping the wine while admiring the night view of his ranch.
Almost half an hour later, Cannon came back riding Chiyan Mountain.
Zhang Chi brought Cannon a bottle of beer, and the two sat under the porch.
Cannon was drinking beer and talking to Zhang Chi about what else the ranch needed.
"We need to make a brand. Now that the cattle have grown up, the remaining cattle must be branded. Now the brand at home is not good. The iron conductivity is not good enough. The branding is not clear and the cattle are suffering. This thing has to be customized. And there are
There must be a pen. You can fence this thing by yourself. Just buy some materials and bring it back when you have time. The land for the cowshed must be hardened if possible. Otherwise, in the winter, the cows will step on it and poop and urinate.
That’s not okay, unhygienic cows can easily get sick…”.
As soon as Cannon sat down, he spoke about a dozen eloquently, and each one of them turned into a word in front of Zhang Chi's eyes.
--money!
"We can wait until the cows are sold to harden the cowshed. We really don't have any money now. If you ask me, I would like to build another cowshed. As for the other things, there are no big problems. You make a list and I will buy whatever you need."
Zhang Chi said directly.
Zhang Chi had no experience in raising cattle, but Cannon was considered an expert, so Zhang Chi would accept any suggestion he thought was reasonable.
In addition to hardening the floor of the cowshed, the rest of the money spent is not much. The pens used to build the pens are just wood. The total cost of this thing is probably not as expensive as a customized brand.
"Okay, if there's nothing else, I'll go to bed first." Cannon didn't think about chatting with the boss. He had to go to bed early because he had a lot of work on his hands tomorrow.
Zhang Chi didn't know what kind of work he was going to do, but as an old cowboy, Cannon saw plenty of work.
With the help of Cannon, an old cowboy, and the missing cattle and free horses, Zhang Chi's ranch developed towards a normal ranch.