Needless to say, the gates of general pastures have many designs. Even the simple ones will have two logs with an arch or something on top, and something written on them is pasture.
Now the gate of Zhangchi Ranch is extremely simple. It is just a wooden fence half a person's height. The gate is just a round wooden frame with two arm-thickness. The middle of the frame is not a wooden beam, but a few wires are randomly wrapped around it to prevent large-scale
wild animals run in.
"arrive!"
Zhang Chi got out of the car and said to the uncle's family behind him.
After saying that, he walked over and stretched out his hand to pull the door open. Yes, it was a pull. The two simple doors didn't even have a shaft. To open the door, you had to rely on the strength of your arms.
After driving his car in and waiting for his uncle to drive into the pasture, Zhang Chi closed the gate again.
When we entered the pasture, there were still big trees, towering trees with so many branches and leaves that almost no sunlight could pass through.
After about a hundred meters, everyone's vision suddenly opened up, and a green and vibrant valley jumped into everyone's sight.
The valley is located between two mountain ridges, which are mountain ridges. The two mountain ridges surround the pasture into a willow leaf shape.
There is green grass as far as the eye can see on the pasture. Among the green grass, there are clusters of small woods. These small woods are not towering pines and cypresses. Most of them are deciduous trees with different colors. Even the green ones can be distinguished.
Different shades.
At the beginning of spring, the snow on the mountains began to melt. The snow water merged into two small rivers on the pasture, flowing down the mountains, and then gathered into a river, like a Y-shape, shining a little under the sun.
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Spring has just begun, the grass has grown up, and some wildflowers have also bloomed. The purple wildflowers are like purple clouds set on the greenery. Even if you don't get to the side, you can smell the fragrance of flowers in your nose.
"Oh, this place is really nice!"
The mother-in-law got out of the car and talked to Zhang Chi when she saw the ranch: "I didn't expect you to be really discerning. This ranch is worth buying."
The uncle has seen the world and knows that pastures like this are covered with wild flowers. To the outsider, it looks good. It is a truly irrigated pasture. Even if the pasture is in bloom, it is full of grass. It is impossible to say that there is only one here.
It's one piece over there, let alone colorful.
"Does this whole place belong to you?" Zhang Youliang asked.
Zhang Chi said: "No, the west side belongs to someone else, and the southeast corner belongs to another ranch. Did you see the fence over there? From there to there, the middle strip is mine, just like a willow leaf."
There are two ranches that are neighbors to Zhang Chi. One is separated from the original large ranch, and the other is originally there. The dividing line is the two mountain roads and the path that leads in.
"What kind of place is this? It's so out of the way! It's worse than a bird not laying eggs."
Zhang Wu saw that this was not a pasture, it was just a wasteland.
As a native here, many of his classmates have ranches. Zhang Wu naturally knows what kind of ranch is good and what kind of ranch is bad. The ranch bought by his cousin is, to be honest, the government
It's like a grassland, but it's actually a wasteland that no one takes care of.
Zhang Chi did not take it seriously and opened his mouth and said: "If it is good, it won't be my turn. Besides, if this piece of land had everything, the bank would not separate it separately. Although the conditions are worse now,
But it will be fine just waiting to raise cattle.”
Zhang Wu curled his lips after hearing this, and opened his mouth to hit his cousin again, but when he saw his mother glaring at him, he swallowed the rest of his words.
"You need to take a good rest," Zhang Youliang said.
Although he works in a restaurant, one of the few friends he has made is one who owns a ranch. Not to mention the buildings, the grass in his ranch is all of the same kind. According to his understanding, such a ranch needs
Sorting it out is no small project.
Not all grasses are suitable for feeding cattle. Feeding cattle in this era does not simply mean letting the cattle eat grass every day. Good pastures nowadays include alfalfa, ryegrass, barley grass, etc.
They were all specially cultivated, but the land my nephew bought was completely weeds.
"I'm going to take it slow, and while the weather is getting warmer, I want to take care of the cow issue in the past few days, and then I'm going to build a small house. My house is going to be built there."
As he spoke, Zhang Chi pointed at the small mound opposite. This mound was backed by a mountain and the terrain was high. No matter how much snow on the mountain melted, it would be impossible to flood it and build a house on it.
From Zhang Chi's perspective, I think it's the perfect fit.
Zhang Youliang said to his nephew: "Let's go and have a look."
If there was an uncle, everyone got in the car again and drove towards the mound where Zhang Chi planned to build a house.
When he arrived at the place, Zhang Chi unloaded the trailer he was dragging and put it securely. This would be his residence from now on, at least until the house is built.
Zhang Youliang looked around, feeling worried about his nephew. Based on his experience, he felt that it was impossible to make money in such a ranch without investing three to four hundred thousand.
Even if we save more and more, we can't save money on replanting the entire pasture with high-nutrient pasture.
Not to mention the various irrigation facilities, if you want to invest a million dollars in this thing, you can spend it all. For a ranch like this, this step is still far away.
"Do you have any plans for cattle? What kind of cattle do you want to raise?" Zhang Youliang asked.
There are many breeds of cattle here in the United States, and some ranches just raise cross-breed cattle, regardless of the breed.
Now Zhang Chi really wants to choose a good breed of cattle, but the money in his pocket probably won't allow it, so his first step is to raise cheap cross-breed cattle. Zhang Chi doesn't know what kind of cattle they are called, but it looks like it anyway.
The cattle in my hometown have yellowish fur and white spots on their bodies. They are used for both milk and meat.
Generally speaking, this kind of cattle is not too big. When it reaches 800 pounds, it can be sold to fattening pastures in about a year. This is also the operation method of general cattle ranches.
There is a whole industrial chain here, and the ranch is just one link in this chain.
"I haven't decided yet. I think we should raise cheaper cattle first. To be honest, my money is not enough to buy a few cattle that are too expensive," Zhang Chi said.
"Well, this idea is quite reliable."
Zhang Wudao: "If you raise ordinary cattle, when will you be able to make money? Don't artificially add feed and veterinary fees for a year, which will drive you bankrupt! Ouch, Mom, you hit me again
do what?"
Zhang Wu covered the back of his head.
The aunt said angrily: "Your brother's ranch hasn't opened yet. You talk about bankruptcy and don't make money. You haven't been beaten, haven't you?"
Zhang Chi smiled and said: "Mother, it's okay, I don't care about this."
The aunt said: "Some things can be said, and some things cannot be said. People in their early thirties still don't understand these things?"
Zhang Wu muttered: "If he wasn't my brother, I wouldn't say anything."
"If you are short of money, just tell us." Zhang Youliang doesn't think highly of his nephew now, but he doesn't vent his anger. Young people don't have many difficulties. Sometimes setbacks are good for young people.
Far better than being successful all the time.
"Um!"
Zhang Chi nodded.
Zhang Chi himself was confident that it would be easy to raise a cow with a gourd in hand, but he couldn't show it.
The aunt doesn't care what kind of cattle she raises, she cares about how her nephew lives here.
"Will you live here in the future? How will you live without electricity and water?" asked the aunt.
Zhang Chi said: "Hold on, I brought a gas tank here. I rely on it for food and other things. I just get water directly from the mountain. Use a water purifier to filter it. Hold on for a while and wait for the house to be built.
"Installing a solar power generation device and a backup generator will almost solve the house's electricity problem. Then we can find someone to dig a well and the water problem will be solved."
"What kind of life are you living like this?" My aunt was really worried.
"When starting a business, it doesn't matter if you suffer a little bit. What's more, it's not a big deal. I have contacted a construction team over there. They will come over to inspect the land in two days and then build the house. It only takes about a month.
"It's something about that," Zhang Chi said.
The two coins Zhang Chi currently has in his pocket can't build a good house, and besides, Zhang Chi didn't think about what kind of house he would build in the first place.
Now that his family knows his own affairs, the house can only provide shelter from the wind and rain, so as not to freeze him to death in the winter, so what he and Li Qiao's friends were chatting about on WeChat one night was the most ordinary house.
A one-story wooden house, about 70 square meters, with two bedrooms and a kitchen and bathroom solves the problem.
Nowadays, if you have money, you have to spend it wisely. Zhang Chi's wisest thing is the cowshed, the fodder barn, and a stable.
Originally, Zhang Chi didn't plan to have this, but Li Qiao's friend suggested building one, even if it was just a shed.
Someone has repaired this thing, so they said that in winter, when it snows heavily, a pickup truck is definitely not as practical as a horse when moving around in the pasture. Even an all-terrain vehicle cannot replace the horse sometimes.
There is nothing interesting about the place. If you go a little higher on the mound, you can have a panoramic view of the entire pasture. The five-hundred-acre pasture is not small, but it is not big either. If you want to see a thousand miles away, it is a thousand miles away. This pasture is not qualified.
There's not even a place to drink water, so what do you want Zhang Youliang and his family to see?
RV? It's as small as a capsule. Now I'm afraid only one bed is empty, and everything else is stuffed with stuff. Guan Jian still belongs to someone else.
Seeing that there was nothing interesting to see, Zhang Chi moved the small stools out, and the four of them sat on the small stools. They boiled hot water and drank tea while chatting.
At noon, a few steaks were fried over the fire of a gas tank, and the four of them simply filled their bellies, which was considered lunch.
In the afternoon, the uncle's family of three said goodbye and returned to Folsom. Zhang Chi drove the uncle's family to the small town and then drove back to the ranch.
Although the ranch was very dilapidated and desolate in the eyes of others, when Zhang Chi stayed alone at the ranch, he felt an indescribable peace in his heart. Maybe he finally had a piece of land that belonged entirely to him.
The awareness of land rooted in his heart gave Zhang Chi an indescribable feeling about his pasture.