An old rancher said: "I don't know what Mason's plans are this year."
Zhang Chi felt very strange after hearing this, and asked: "That Mason at the Mason Racecourse? What's the matter with him?"
Serriol said: "You don't know the plight of Mason Racecourse?"
Zhang Chi shook his head after hearing this: "I really don't know."
Zhang Chi cares about things around him even if he says he cares about them, and doesn't care even if he says he doesn't care. Anyway, he just listens when others tell him, and he doesn't ask if others don't tell him.
Why are you gossiping like this when you have nothing to do?
"Hasn't Mason been training thoroughbred horses? I don't know what's wrong with this man. He thinks he can train an excellent thoroughbred horse. You also know that this kind of horse is so easy to come out, but Mason is this
The old man just..." An old rancher pointed to his head.
Now Zhang Chi understood. Mason had always wanted to train an outstanding racehorse, but his philosophy was a little different from that of ordinary people.
It sounds easy to train a thoroughbred racehorse, but it is not as easy as you think. How many racecourses train thoroughbred horses in the United States alone in a year? The number is in the tens of thousands, but in a year
How many top-notch horses can be produced? It probably won’t even take a slap.
The vast majority of thoroughbred horses are eliminated after only a few times on the track. To put it simply, it is several levels more difficult for a thoroughbred horse to become famous than for an ordinary American student to enter the Ivy League.
Mason made a mistake here and wanted to train an outstanding thoroughbred horse by himself. Old Mason thought it was outstanding. Zhang Chi didn't know what the standard evaluation was, but he had to win a G-level Grand Prix championship no matter what.
However, this standard is really not something that ordinary horses can achieve.
Training a thoroughbred horse is not as simple as just feeding a few bales of grass. You have to keep up with various nutrients, recovery after training, various protections, etc., all of which cost money.
Nowadays, horse racing is different from what it used to be. In the past, if you just randomly found a jockey and the trainer would mess around with it, the horse might perform well.
Nowadays, horse racing requires professional training. No matter how talented an ordinary horse is, without professional training and no money to back it up, if you just want to win a G1\G2 level competition, then you are serious.
Thinking too much.
Mason seemed to everyone to be thinking too much.
Mason worked so hard that he almost ran out of money, so he relied on small horse farms to survive. However, there was not much demand for horses nearby. Which ranch did not have cowboys, and which cowboy did not have the skills to train horses.
In the past, Mason could rely on his reputation and sell some of the thoroughbred horses he bred. However, as he left the horse racing circle for a long time in the past few years, his reputation has faded, and the horses he bred have not achieved much.
Gradually no one came to him to buy horses.
So Mason Racecourse is a bit unable to make ends meet.
Zhang Chi just listened and found out that he and Mason had no friendship at all, so he bought a horse, and he paid for it himself, and it was not cheaper than elsewhere. How could Zhang Chi show any sympathy.
Everyone just wanted to talk about how Mason's horse farm is run. That's Mason's business. A group of old ranchers have no intention of gossiping about this matter.
Of course, no one gave Zhang Chi a detailed explanation, so everyone just mentioned it.
After staying with the ranchers for a while, Zhang Chi took his leave and went to the city.
After arriving in the city and arriving at the door of his uncle's restaurant, Zhang Chi remembered that Melika said she wanted to try beef head meat, so he took out his cell phone and sent a message to Melika.
Just as he was about to enter the house, a message came over from Melika.
Melika's message read: Sorry! I just don't have time today.
Zhang Chi replied: It's okay, I just asked.
Then the two ended their conversation, and Zhang Chi opened the door and walked in.
When he walked in, Zhang Chi found that his cousin Zhang Wen was actually at home.
"Brother Dawen, when did you come back?" Zhang Chi asked his cousin with a smile.
Zhang Wen saw his cousin enter the room and stood up from the chair with a smile: "I just came back and happened to pass by here. I stopped by to have a look. I have to leave in the afternoon. There is a medical conference in Canada tomorrow.
Want to open".
"Oh, you doctors are really busy," Zhang Chi said.
"There is no way. By the way, I just tasted the beef you raised. The T-bone steak was really good." Zhang Wen praised his cousin.
"If you like to take some back, I'll go get it for you first." Zhang Chi heard that his cousin said his steak was good, so he said he would give some to his cousin.
After hearing this, Zhang Wen immediately waved his hand and said: "How can I get it now? When I have free time in a few days, I will come back and stay for two days, and then I will go to your ranch to have a look."
"That's great!" Zhang Chi smiled.
The two brothers chatted for a while and then started to help with the work.
Ten minutes later, the uncle's voice came from the kitchen.
"Okay, the cow head is here to feed!".
Hearing this, brothers Zhang Chi and Zhang Wen wanted to help, but before they reached the kitchen door, Zhang Youliang walked out carrying an oversized tray.
The two brothers blocking the door immediately made way for him.
When Zhang Chi saw a whole big cow head on the plate, he couldn't help blurting out: "The whole thing is boiled?"
"How do you want to cook it? Of course it's the whole cow head."
Putting down the plate, Zhang Youliang looked at the braised beef head on the table and said with great satisfaction.
"It looks a bit scary to me," Zhang Chi said, looking at the big bull head on the table.
Zhang Youliang smiled and said: "You won't feel scared when you wait to eat it. It's still hot now. You can take it apart after it cools down a little. We have dinner at home today at noon. Your eldest brother just happened to be back. Let the three of us have a good drink.
A cup".
Now that the eldest brother is back, Zhang Chi has nothing to say, so he can only nod in agreement.
Zhang Wen said, "You two should drink at noon, and I won't."
Seeing Zhang Chi looking at him with a puzzled expression, Zhang Wen said: "I'm going to have an operation now, so I won't drink this wine, not at all. A little shaking of my hand can cost a life, so I don't dare to drink it."
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After hearing Brother Zhang Wen say this, Zhang Chi no longer knows how to persuade someone to drink. This approach is a bit unethical.
Zhang Youliang took out the cow head and then went into the kitchen to get busy.
"Uncle, do you want my help?" Zhang Chi asked.
"No, no, you and your brother can stay outside," Zhang Youliang said.
The two brothers sat down and continued to choose dishes, chatting while choosing.
"I heard that your ranch is doing well now?" Zhang Wen said.
Zhang Chi replied: "Just messing around, what's good about it, that is, I am lucky this year. If the cattle were bought at auction, I would not be able to make much money by raising them till now. Now the price of live cattle has dropped to
It’s only two yuan and four, and there’s really not much money to be made just by selling cattle.”
"Cattle are cheap, but steaks on the market have gone up," Zhang Wen said with a smile.
"Who do you think you can talk to to reason with this!" Zhang Chi helplessly spread his hands.
Zhang Wen smiled and asked: "Will you go back to China during the Spring Festival this year?"
Zhang Chi said: "If there are no problems, I will definitely go back."
In the past, he had no money if he didn't go back to his country. The round-trip air ticket cost tens of thousands. He couldn't bear to spend the money. Now that he has made money, it's a bit unreasonable not to go back to his hometown to celebrate the New Year. What's more, he hasn't spent the New Year with his family for a long time.
Naturally, I have to bring some money back home. Zhang Chi doesn't have much money on him now, but Zhang Chi has already made a plan. He will wait for the price of grass to rise and sell some of the grass. If it is based on the current price, he can
I have tens of thousands of dollars. When the time comes, I will buy some things for the elders, get some good clothes, and show my appreciation as a younger generation.
"If you go back, I won't bring many things with you when I return to China in two months. I will let you take them back with you then," Zhang Wen said.
"Do you still have something to take back to your hometown?" Zhang Chi asked.
"It's not a good thing. Anyway, you can go get it from me when the time comes. It's not very convenient for me to take it with me when I go back here for exchanges and lectures," Zhang Wen said.
"Then you tell my parents first, otherwise I will be scolded by them if I take you back like this," Zhang Chi said.
Zhang Youliang is grateful to Zhang Chi's grandparents, so he brings something with him every time he goes back. Zhang Wen is also grateful to the two elderly people for their kindness in raising his father for several years, so he also gives Zhang Wen some things after work.
Chi’s grandparents and parents gave some things as gifts.
They gave it away, but Zhang Chi's grandparents couldn't use it, and the old man couldn't play with new electronic gadgets, so they kept telling them not to give it away anymore. They had everything at home.
"Okay, I'll give my uncle and aunt a call before you leave," Zhang Wen said.
With these words, Zhang Chi felt relieved, otherwise he would be scolded when he went home.
The two brothers chatted for a few minutes, and Zhang Youliang came out of the kitchen with a bottle of white wine, two cups and a bunch of small plates in his hands.
"Let's eat! Go wash your hands, Gu Ying, come out too, let's eat the cow head."
As he spoke, Zhang Youliang sat down at the table and began to tear off the meat from the cow's head.
Zhang Chi and Zhang Wen entered the kitchen and washed their hands before sitting down at the table.
"Come on, this is yours, this is yours...".
As he spoke, Zhang Youliang put the torn meat on a small plate in front of Zhang Chi and Zhang Wen brothers.
Zhang Chi took the wine bottle and poured half a glass of wine for his uncle and himself.
The meat in front of you has turned into gelatin, and when you pick it up, it is shiny and has a scent of sauce.
Zhang Chi took a piece and put it in his mouth, chewed it lightly, and felt that it felt a bit like eating pig skin jelly from his hometown. It was quite fragrant, but nothing special, but the flavor was changed from pork to beef.
The beef flavor isn't too strong either, it's all about spices.
With the wine, the taste immediately improved greatly, and the aroma of the wine combined with the beef head immediately made the taste buds sing for joy.
"Have a cow's eye and eat it to improve your eyesight."
Seeing that his uncle wanted to put a bull's eye in front of him, Zhang Chi waved his hands repeatedly: "I won't eat this."
"nice one!"
Zhang Youliang's hand was hanging in the air.
"Eat it, it looks scary," Zhang Chi said.
"You kid don't know good things."
With that said, he put the bull's eye on Zhang Wen's plate.
He didn't say much at the end of the article, he just picked it up and put it in his mouth.
Zhang Chi, who was watching next to him, was grinning a little.
The aunt came out at this time, looked at Zhang Chi's appearance and said with a smile: "You kid."