Chapter Eighty-Two: Windfall
"Let's go!" After a beautiful lunch at Philimon's house at noon, Jiang Hai waved his hand, and Robbins and Bell, who had nothing to do today, followed him to drive Robbins' modified snow quad bike tomorrow towards the forest in the distance.
Now because of the snow, the snow on the entire grassland is more than ten centimeters thick, and even if the cattle are released to graze, the energy required to eat grass is higher than the energy intake.
Of course, Jiang Hai's meadow is not like this, but Robbins and they don't know, and Jiang Hai has no intention of breaking it.
Now let these cows fattening in the cowshed, is a good choice, because the cattle stay in the cowshed, so the need for cowboys, also less more, to do every day, that is, to keep the cowshed ventilated, clean up the cow dung, feeding, add water, occasionally brush the cow, that's all, the original five cowboys, every day to be busy, but after the winter, they instead have some time to take turns, of course, the so-called rotation rest, is not really rest, but means that they can do some work that has nothing to do with the cowshed, For example...... Walk around the manor to see if the fences are broken, such as repairing the machine, such as maintaining the house, etc., but it is just a temporary absence from dealing with the cattle, which is considered a rest.
Compared with the cowboys, Edward Anderson, who has only one seaman, is much more miserable, he has to go out to sea every day, and the cold sea breeze blows on his face, which is really not much worse than a blade, and Jiang Hai's body is a little unbearable.
But Robbins and Bell, who are resting today, inspected the surroundings of the manor in the morning, like this manor, they need to be inspected every day, especially in winter, after winter, the wild beasts in the mountain will go down the mountain because of the shortage of food, if they destroy the seine net, enter the manor, hunt cattle and sheep, then for the manor owner, it is an out-and-out big problem, of course, there is another problem, that is, to guard against people.
So you have to make a walk around the neighborhood every day, and you don't have to worry too much about maintaining the house and the machinery.
Because these houses, when they were first built, were built very strongly.
There is no intention of cutting corners, each villa is made of reinforced concrete, and the same is true for the roof, except for the spring every year, when you need to go up and shovel the snow so that there is no water seepage, there is no problem with the houses here.
Most of the machines were just bought by Jiang Hai this year, so naturally there will be no problem.
So when they take turns off, these people only have half a day to be busy, and they can still do some of their own things in the afternoon.
But this afternoon, they have to accompany their boss to go hunting.
With the sound ......of the engine, three snowmobiles sped away in the direction of the woods in the distance.
Long before winter came, Robbins unloaded three of the quad bikes Jiang Hai had bought.
In fact, it is said that it is unloaded, but it is only the removal of some parts and four tires.
Cowboys like this are actually a little expert in hands-on, at least such a transformation is easy to come by.
Replace the position of the front wheel of the motorcycle with two sleds, because the four-wheeled motorcycle that Jiang Hai bought at the beginning has a lot to do with it, and on the periphery of the back, two sled boards need to be added to make the motorcycle float in the snow.
As for the propulsion device, it is a track, the position of the rear wheels, replaced with two tracks, but slightly higher than the position of the sled, such a snowmobile, even if the transformation is completed, not only in the snow can run, but also on the mainland, but of course, no tires run fast, but the problem tires in the snow can not run.
It's not the first time Jiang Hai has ridden this thing, although it's not too good to ride, but at least it's decent.
After a snowy ride, Jiang Hai and the others also parked their motorcycles outside the woods.
Then they changed into snow boots, and several people took weapons and walked into the woods, of course, there were Jiang Hai's two heels, Xiao Huang and Xiao Bai, after learning that they were going to play in the woods, these two guys were also very interested.
This piece of wood, planted by the former owner of this manor, the original idea was very simple, plant some trees, which can be used to block the sea breeze, and if there is a real need, these trees can also be cut down in the future to build a house, or something else, even if it is sold, it is not a profit, right? But alas, before the tree could grow, he went bankrupt and finally packaged and sold to the auction house.
The trees here, after years of growth, can now be said to be mature, the trees on the side of the United States are also different from the domestic trees, and the trees planted in the north of the country are basically those kinds of trees, birch, willow, pine, cypress and so on.
There are also these trees here, but there are not many, the trees in Jiang Hai's forest, according to Robbins, there are about more than 5,000, of which 2,000 are oak trees, this kind of tree is also called oak tree, oak tree, the highest to grow more than 30 meters.
This kind of tree also has in the country, but it is not too common, because the branches of this tree are too soft, so it is not very popular in the country, the domestic cutting of trees, is nothing more than two things, one is used to build a house, the other is used to make furniture, this soft tree to build a house, the house will collapse, in addition to making furniture, in addition to moisture, insects, is not very strong.
Therefore, this tree is not very popular in China, but in Europe and the United States, this tree is quite popular, because this tree is the best raw material used to make red wine barrels for storing red wine.
Oak barrels, the price in the United States and Europe is not low, this estate has a winery, naturally these oaks are prepared for them, and in addition to oaks, the remaining three thousand trees, more than half, nearly 1,800, are maple trees, this kind of Canada's national tree, there are also a lot of them on the side of the United States, this kind of tree, is also an economic tree, used to make maple syrup, this thing, the price of selling in China is not low.
In fact, Jiang Hai could harvest maple sugar this year, but he didn't collect it, at that time his focus was more on raising cattle, such as maple sugar and the like, let's talk about it next year.
In addition to these two main trees, there are many other trees here, some of which were originally planted, and some of which were brought by other seabirds that had eaten the tree species, so it looked a little messy.
It is mainly based on willow, pine, cypress, birch and other northern trees, mixed with some cherry wood, black walnut and other trees, anyway, Jiang Hai just heard Robbins say, he doesn't know these things.
With the footsteps of the three of them, they also slowly went deep into this wood, and as soon as they walked in, Jiang Hai saw an animal, which was a squirrel, standing on the fork of an oak tree, looking at Jiang Hai and his party curiously.
The squirrel is a very curious creature, and it is obvious that it has not seen a person in a while, which is very surprising.
It's just a squirrel, Robbins and Bell don't care at all, Jiang Hai just glanced at it, and then withdrew his gaze, but Xiaobai may have seen this thing for the first time, so he squatted under the tree and followed the squirrel to look at each other.
In the human world, looking at each other is a sign of politeness, but in nature, looking at each other is a provocative meaning.
So this squirrel, who usually has almost no natural predators and dominates in this grove, is furious.
"Squeak!" With a roar on the branch, it also took out an acorn from the hole in the tree next to it, and threw it at Xiaobai, who was staring at it under the tree, with almost all its strength.
"Whew! Bang ...... "As the acorn leaped more than ten meters high, it smashed straight on Xiaobai's head, the squirrel was extremely proud, in its opinion, Xiaobai received this blow, he would definitely be scared away, because in this forest, almost more than ninety percent of the animals will be beaten away by it, and it believes that the impact of its blow is extremely strong.
But it's a pity that this little guy who has never seen a dog at all is going to be suffocated today!
"Roar, roar, roar!" After being hit by a squirrel with an acorn, Xiaobai over there was also angry, and roared for the first time, and when he heard its roar, Jiang Hai and others, who were originally walking in front, were startled, and when they looked back, they found that it was Xiaobai who had a conflict with a squirrel, but it made several people quite speechless, but Bell still signaled Jiang Hai with his eyes and asked him to take care of Xiaobai, otherwise if it kept screaming, they would have returned empty-handed today.
Although Jiang Hai is a rookie, he is not stupid, hunting this thing, naturally he has to be quiet, is it really good to call it so blatantly? So he then wanted to turn around and go back to tell Xiaobai to shut up, but before Jiang Hai could move, the squirrel on the tree over there saw that an acorn didn't beat Xiaobai away, and it was also angry, so he took another eraser and smashed it at Xiaobai.
Although Xiaobai already had the consciousness to dodge, he still dodged, but this time, the acorn smashed on its back.
Although it didn't hurt, Xiaobai was also enraged, this little guy dared to mess with himself, there was really no way to endure it!
With a loud scream, Xiaobai rushed directly towards the tree, but it forgot that it can't climb the tree!
So the body hit the big tree hard, although the collision hit it straight into a daze, but the weight of hundreds of catties also perfectly acted on the top of the big tree, this collision, so that the not thin oak tree shook.
At this time, the squirrel standing among the branches, although it was not shaken down, but it was startled, after being startled, it was also a little annoyed, this big black monster, did not dare to resist, which made the squirrel very unhappy, so it was ready to continue to go back to take the acorn to teach it a lesson, but before it could go back, the power of the shaking just now shook a cloud of snow at the top of the tree.
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