On Saturday night, the Ox Dinner.

The town has a rain shelter in the square, and the inhabitants here are descendants of Eastern European immigrants, so the buildings are also in the style of Eastern Europe, and there is a ring of thick stone pillars in the square, on which the shed can be pulled up to shelter from the wind and rain.

This carnival is an opportunity for the club to find an opportunity for ranchers to come together, to communicate with each other, to do activities together, not really to enjoy anything.

The Bull Club has been around for a long time, and it was one of the earliest clubs in the South Island, at first it was just a few small ranchers, they didn't have much money, they gathered together to help each other, and the carnival at that time was very simple, it was a self-help party.

Today, the club still retains some of the traditions of the past.

Drinking spirits, eating dry barbecue, no good wine, no exquisite dishes, everyone gathered around the bonfire, sat down at will, and chatted freely.

Here's a hiccup, before the meal, the town's sheriff came to check their alcohol permits: under New Zealand's alcohol control regulations, a party of this size requires advance approval for the consumption of spirits.

At the start of the carnival, Leonard stood in the center of the field with a microphone in his hand and introduced the new members of the club, who were called calves.

The club doesn't accept many members each year, less than ten this year, Wang Bo did the finale, and the last one was introduced, Leonard said he was the only remaining Chinese rancher in the club.

Wang Bo got up and waved hello to everyone, ran around the bonfire one by one, and got to know many ranchers.

Returning to his campfire, he asked strangely, "There are no Chinese ranchers in the South Island?" Shouldn't it be? There are a lot of Chinese in New Zealand. ”

Motark was drinking ale in a large teapot and explained as he drank it: "Of course, there are a lot of Chinese, but most of them stay in cities, such as Wellington, Auckland, Christchurch, Dunedin, etc. In fact, very few of your compatriots have ranching, even fewer have large ranches, and the cattle only take over large ranchers. ”

"There were a few people who came before, like one of them was Anthony from Taiwan, right? But they weren't very good at managing the ranch, and they all went bankrupt and quit the business. Moses added.

Another rancher smashed his mouth and said: "Tsk, quit this industry, now the animal husbandry industry is too difficult to mix, I can't bear it, damn it, this year's drought in the South Island, the price of forage has increased, I think if this continues, I will have to go bankrupt sooner or later." ”

The others chimed in: "yes, damn it, God really won't leave us alive, it's been a quarter this year, but has it rained before?" ”

"Your Marlborough area is already good, but we Canterbury are miserable! Shet, the groundwater is going to be drained! Moses complained.

"Old fellow Moses is right, Marlborough is in a good place, their Canterbury and our Otag, damn it, are about to become god-forsaken places on horseback!"

At this time, someone looked at Wang Bo and said, "Wang, how are you there?" We've heard that your ranch is very profitable right now! ”

Wang Bo took a sip of liquor, sighed and said, "It's okay, I rely on the Twin Lakes and can still supply water." But animal husbandry is a whole, one is prosperous, one is lost, your life is not easy, my life is not good. ”

In fact, he is comforting the group, his life is simply not too easy, the heart of the pasture is upgraded again, the growth rate of cattle and sheep is accelerating, and the material of the pasture is not to be said.

However, he was not affected by drought at all, not to mention the twin lakes, but two spiritual springs, which were enough to supply the water needed for animal husbandry.

Mottak raised the cup in his hand and said, "Respect this damn world! ”

A group of people raised their glasses, and there was no lack of complaint in their mouths.

Now the ranchers are most concerned about the weather, and after drinking, Motak looked at the light rain outside enviously and said: "If it doesn't rain in Aocheng, I plan to move the ranch here, and lo and behold, there is plenty of rain here." ”

Gormon, who was with Wang Bo during the day, came over and said, "This is a national park, do you want to engage in animal husbandry here?" Ha, how are you going to buy the New Zealand politicians to allow you to come? ”

"I'm going to give them a slap in the face, hey, cousin, look what you've made of this country." Motak grabbed the second fat next to him and slapped it twice on the fat face, of course, but did not slap it.

The second fat face is confused,, what does this have to do with me?

Listening to the laughter around it, it was very dissatisfied, and showed its claws and tore at the back of Motak's hand, and the Maori rancher gasped in pain, and the second fat got rid of it, and immediately ran into Eva's arms.

These two little guys are very discerning, they have been released, Eva is more protective of them than Wang Bo, and now there is something going on, they no longer seek refuge from Wang Bo, but go to Eva.

The beautiful teacher slapped the second fat ass twice with a smile, and then apologized to Motak.

Mottak didn't care, the back of his hand was scratched, he picked up the liquor and poured it as a disinfectant, and that was the end of it.

Then they talked about the situation of pasture, because of the drought, the price of forage rose by 12 percent over the same period last year, and now the dry grass costs more than 150 New Zealand dollars a ton, and it has become difficult to feed the livestock.

An old man came up to him and asked, "Do you want to buy ranch?" I'm going to sell my ranch. ”

Moses looked at him in surprise and said, "I said old Wensi, you're not joking, are you?" Sell your ranch? 980 acres, isn't that your lifeline? ”

Wang Bo calculated that 980 acres is close to 4 square kilometers, which is a little smaller than his ranch, but it can be regarded as a large ranch.

The old man sighed and said, "Alas, you know how bad the world is now, business is not good, I am old, I don't have so much energy to take care of it, it is better to sell it." ”

"Are you really willing? You've worked hard all your life to change to such a ranch. ”

Mottak handed the old man a glass of ale, and the old man took a sip and said, "I am indeed reluctant, but it is also time to retire. I had two sons in the U.S., and one of them asked me to retire in Hawaii, so I thought, why shouldn't I go? ”

"How much do you sell it for?" Wang Bo asked.

When the old man heard him ask about the price, he looked at him and said, "Six and a half million dollars, what do you think of the price?" With property, 10 bedrooms, all masonry tile roofs, 3 roads, and the intersection of Highway 82 and Highway 83. ”

Wang Bo thought about it, the price of ranches in New Zealand is different, such as ranches near metropolises such as Auckland and Wellington, 10,000 square meters can be sold for 5 million New Zealand dollars, while like his Sunset Ranch, when it was first developed, five or six square kilometers could only sell for 500,000 New Zealand dollars. (To be continued.) )