Chapter 6 Ranch
The gate of the general ranch, needless to say, there are many patterns, even if it is simple, there will be two logs, and an arch or something is erected on it, and what is written on the ranch.
Now the gate of Zhang Chi Ranch is extremely simple, directly is a half-human high wooden fence, the gate is two arm-thick log frames, and the middle of the frame is not a wooden beam, but a few wires are wrapped at random to prevent large wild animals from running in.
"It's here!"
Zhang Chi got out of the car and said to the uncle's family behind.
After speaking, he walked over and stretched out his hand to open the door, yes, it was pulled, the two simple doors did not even have a shaft, and the door had to be opened with the strength of both arms.
drove his car in, waiting for the uncle to drive the car into the ranch, and then Zhang Chi closed the door again.
When I entered the pasture, it was still a big tree, a towering tree, and its branches were so dense that it could barely let through the sun.
After about 100 meters, everyone's eyes suddenly opened up, and a green and vibrant valley jumped into everyone's sight.
The valley is located between two mountain ridges, the so-called mountain ridges are mountain beams, and the two mountain ridges enclose the pasture into a willow leaf shape.
The pasture is full of green grass as far as the eye can see, and between the green grass, there are clusters of small forests, these small forests are not towering pines and cypresses, most of them are deciduous trees, and they are also of different colors, even if they are green, they can be divided into different shades.
At the beginning of spring, the snow on the mountains began to melt, and the snow water flowed into two small rivers on the pastures, which flowed down the mountains and then gathered into a river, like a Y-shape, shining a little under the sun.
At the beginning of spring, the grass has grown, and at the same time some wildflowers have bloomed, and the purple wildflowers are like purple clouds embedded in the greenery, and even if you don't reach the side, you can smell a fragrance of flowers in your nose.
"Yo, this place is so nice!"
Uncle Niang got out of the car, and when she saw this ranch, she said to Zhang Chi: "I didn't expect you to really have vision, this ranch is worth buying."
Uncle has seen the world and knows that this kind of pasture is full of wild flowers, that is, the layman looks good, and the pasture is really irrigated, even if the grass is blooming, it is also full, it is impossible to say that there is a piece here, a piece there. It is impossible to say that it is colorful.
"The whole piece is yours?" Zhang Youliang asked.
Zhang Chi said: "No, the west side belongs to other people's families, and the one in the southeast corner belongs to another ranch, you see that there is no fence over there, from that side to that side, the middle one is mine like a willow leaf."
There are two ranches that are neighbors to Zhang Chi, one is separated from the original ranch, and the other is originally there, the dividing line is the two mountain lanes, and the other is the path that comes in.
"What kind of place is this, I'm going to die! A bird does not lay eggs than a bird does not lay eggs."
Zhang Wu saw that where this is called a pasture, it is directly a wasteland.
As a native of this area, many of his classmates have ranches and farms, Zhang Wu naturally knows what kind of ranch is good and what kind of ranch is bad, and the ranch that his cousin bought is really the level of the government's own grassland. In fact, it is a wasteland that no one cares for.
Zhang Chi didn't care, and opened his mouth and said: "If it's good, it won't be my turn, besides, if this land has everything, the bank won't separate it." The conditions are a little worse now, but it's good to wait for the cattle to be raised."
Zhang Wu pouted when he heard this, and opened his mouth to give his cousin a critical blow again, but when he saw his mother glaring at him, he swallowed back the words behind.
"Take a good rest and recuperate," Zhang Youliang said.
Although it is a dry restaurant, he has made a few friends who open a ranch, not to mention the construction of the ranch, that is, the grass in the ranch is uniformly planted, according to what he understands, such a ranch wants to tidy up, it is not a small project.
Not all grass is suitable for feeding cattle, and feeding cattle in this era is not simply saying that it is just a matter of letting the cattle eat grass every day, and now good pasture grass such as alfalfa, rye grass, barley grass and the like are specially cultivated, and the land bought by the nephew is completely weed.
"Slowly, while the weather is getting warmer, I want to solve the cattle matter first these days, and then I am ready to build a small house, and my house is ready to be built there."
Saying that, Zhang Chi stretched out his hand and pointed to the small mound opposite, this hill is backed by the mountain, and the terrain is high, even if there is more snow on the mountain, it is impossible to flood it, and it is very suitable to build a house on it.
Zhang Youliang said to his nephew: "Then let's go, let's go over and have a look."
With the uncle's words, everyone got back into the car and drove towards the mound where Zhang Chi was going to build a house.
When he arrived at the place, Zhang Chi unloaded the trailer he was dragging and put it down, which was his residence at least until the house was built.
Zhang Youliang looked around, his heart was full of worry about his nephew, he felt that in his experience, it was impossible to make money without investing three or four hundred thousand yuan in such a ranch.
Even if you save more and more, you can't save money by replanting the whole pasture with highly nutritious pasture.
Not to mention all kinds of irrigation facilities, this thing can cost you a million dollars if you want to, and this kind of ranch is still far from this step.
"Does the cow have any plans? What kind of cattle do I refer to?" Zhang Youliang asked.
There are many breeds of cattle in the United States, and there are some ranches that directly raise miscellaneous cattle, regardless of the breed.
Now Zhang Chi wants to pick a good breed of cattle, but the money in his pocket is estimated to not agree, so his first step is to raise cheap miscellaneous cattle, Zhang Chi doesn't know what this is called, anyway, it looks like the cattle he said in his hometown, the coat color on the body is yellow, and there are white spots on the cow, which belongs to milk and meat.
These cattle are generally not very large, and when they reach 800 pounds, they can be sold to fattening pastures in about a year. This is also the way cattle ranches generally operate.
There is a whole industrial chain here, and the ranch is just one link in this chain.
"It's not decided yet, I think let's raise cheaper cattle first, too expensive cattle to be honest, I'm afraid I don't have enough money to buy a few," Zhang Chi said.
"Well, that's a solid idea."
Zhang Wudao: "You raise ordinary cattle, when will you be able to make money?" When the time comes, don't add feed manually for a year, plus veterinary fees, and directly bankrupt you! Ouch, Mom, what are you doing beating me again? ”
Zhang Wu covered the back of his head.
Uncle Niang said angrily: "Your brother's ranch has not yet opened, and you are bankrupt and closed your mouth and don't make money, haven't you been beaten?" ”
Zhang Chi smiled when he heard this: "Uncle, it's okay, I don't care about this."
Uncle Niang said: "Some things can be said, some things can't be said, people in their early thirties still don't understand these?" ”
Zhang Wu muttered: "If he wasn't my brother, I wouldn't have said it."
"If you are short of money, tell us" Zhang Youliang is not optimistic about his nephew now, but he also did not vent his nephew's anger, young people who do not have a ditch and a bump, sometimes setbacks are far better for young people than to succeed all the time.
"Hmm!"
Zhang Chi nodded.
Zhang Chi himself is sure, raising a cow with a gourd in hand is a thing, but he can't show it.
The aunt didn't care about what kind of cattle she raised, she cared about how her nephew lived here.
"You're going to live here in the future? How do you live without electricity and water? Uncle asked.
Zhang Chi said: "Hold on first, I have a gas tank here, rely on it for food or something, take water directly from the mountain, filter it with a water purification device, hold on for a while, wait for the house to be built, install a solar power generation device, and then get a backup generator can almost solve the problem of house electricity, and then find someone to dig a well, and the water problem will be solved."
"What kind of life are you calling this?" the aunt was really worried.
"Starting a business, it's nothing to suffer a little, not to mention it's not a hardship, I have contacted a construction team over there, and they will come to see the land in two days, and then build a house, which is almost a matter of a month," Zhang Chi said.
The two sons in Zhang Chi's pocket now can't build a good house, and Zhang Chi didn't think about what kind of house he would build as soon as he came up.
Now that his family knows his own affairs, the house can only shelter from the wind and rain, and he just doesn't freeze himself to death in winter, so why did he and Li Qiao's friends chat on WeChat that night is the most ordinary house.
A one-story wooden house, about seventy square meters, two bedrooms and a kitchen and bathroom solve the problem.
Now money has to be spent on the blade, Zhang Chi's blade is the cowshed, and the forage warehouse, and there must be a stable.
Originally, Zhang Chi didn't plan to ask for this, but Li Qiao's friend suggested that he should build one, even if it was to build a shed directly.
People have repaired this thing, so they say that in winter, when the snow is heavy and the pasture is active, the pickup truck is definitely not as practical as the horse, even if it is an all-terrain car, sometimes it can't replace the horse.
There is nothing to see in the place, a little above the mound, the whole pasture is in full view, five hundred acres of pasture is not small, but it is not big, if you want to be poor, it is a thousand miles, this pasture is not qualified.
There's no place to even drink saliva, what do you want Zhang Youliang's family to see?
RV? The small capsule-like RV is now afraid that only one bed is empty, and everything else is stuffed. Guan Jian is still someone else's.
Seeing that there was nothing to see, Zhang Chi moved the small stool out, and the four of them sat on the small stool, boiling hot water, and everyone chatted while drinking tea.
At noon, a few steaks were fried on the fire of a gas canister, and the four of them simply filled their stomachs, even if they solved the lunch.
In the afternoon, the three members of the uncle's family said goodbye and returned to Folsen, and Zhang Chi sent the uncle's family to the town all the time, and then drove back to the ranch.
Although the ranch is very dilapidated and desolate in the eyes of others, when Zhang Chi stays alone in the ranch, there is an indescribable peace in his heart, maybe he finally has a piece of land that belongs to him completely.
The land consciousness rooted in his heart gave Zhang Chi an indescribable feeling about his pasture.