Chapter 35: Borrowing a boat
When he opened his eyes, there was a rustling sound in Zhang Chi's ears, and when he turned his head, he found that it was already a blur on the window. The rustling sound is the sound of a light rain hitting the glass of an RV.
The weather in the mountains is sometimes like a doll's face, and it has changed, and last night it was still starry, but this morning it was raining lightly when I woke up.
After getting dressed, Zhang Chi walked out of the RV and found that Chiyan Mountain was hiding in a small forest not far away, and there were also a batch of half-sized sheep with Chiyan Mountain.
With an umbrella, Zhang Chi came to the side of the house and found that the workers had covered the roof with a rainproof cloth, and a light rain like this would not have much impact.
These workers did not sleep when they slept, and when they got up, these people had already gotten up to work, which shows that the evaluation of our Chinese diligence is very pertinent.
After entering the room and looking around, Zhang Chi found that most of the wall wooden squares had been stuffed with heat insulation, and at this moment some workers were sealing the boards on them, and the other part of the workers were wiring in the empty places.
After turning around, Zhang Chi didn't see how well people were doing this job, but looking at the rules and regulations, he knew that people were doing a good job. Routing makes people look comfortable and can also reflect people's work attitude.
I can't make breakfast this morning, because Aunt Lu is already washing the pots and dishes at this moment, and it is obvious that the workers have already eaten breakfast.
Back to the RV, I simply soaked a cereal, filled my stomach and prepared to go out.
Before we reached the gate of the ranch, the light rain stopped, and the sun showed its face.
didn't go out for long, and saw Lao Xu's pickup truck coming, and Zhang Chi gave way to the car.
Lao Xu also saw Zhang Chi, and when the two cars were facing each other, he stopped the car and stuck out his head and asked, "Where are you going?" ”
"Invite someone to dinner tonight, go buy something, by the way, if you have anything to do at night, come and be a companion for me if you have nothing to do," Zhang Chi said.
Lao Xu smiled when he heard it: "That's not a coincidence, I have something to do tonight."
"Then forget it," Zhang Chi said.
"Who's invited?"
"A cowboy who helped me, he's a pretty good person, and I'm about to leave here, and I'm thinking about treating him to a Chinese meal," Zhang Chi said.
Lao Xu said: "Oh, you want to recruit him?" ”
"Who I'm recruiting now, no one can afford to recruit anyone! It's just a simple meal, thank you for his help last time," Zhang Chi explained slightly.
Then he saw that Lao Xu's pickup bucket was filled with something, and it was covered with a rainproof cloth, so he asked, "What did you pull today?" ”
"Except for some kitchen appliances, the United States can't do it, it can't pump a lot of oil, and there are pipelines, and the sewage tank will be excavated tomorrow," Lao Xu replied.
"Oh, I know, then you can get busy, I'll go first" Zhang Chi waved his hand and wanted to leave.
Lao Xu said: "By the way, I brought you something small."
Zhang Chi asked strangely, "What is it?" ”
"A few fruit trees, not here, all of them are our Chinese, two persimmon trees, and an orange tree, a jujube tree, you see."
As he spoke, Lao Xu bent down from the front of the passenger seat in the cab and took out a plastic bag with a few seedlings in it.
Zhang Chi was a little confused, but the people sent things to the point, so he said: "Thank you, I'll see if I can catch some fish at noon."
Thinking that someone gave us a few seedlings, we have to be interesting, so let's just go catch some fish at noon.
"Catch some fish, no money?" Lao Xu asked.
Zhang Chi said: "What kind of money do you want, there is a river east of Folsen, which is full of fish, and foreigners don't eat this thing, we want to eat it, we can catch a little, no money."
Asian carp is rampant in the United States, and the Asian carp they are talking about is not only the carp that our country says, but also grass, grass carp, crucian carp and the like, all of which are uniformly called Asian carp by the Americans.
"Then I have to go and have a look, wait for me to come along, forget it, if you are not in a hurry, you can go back with me, then we can just drive one car, driving two is a bit of a waste of fuel......" Lao Xu heard the spirit.
When Zhang Chi saw that he also wanted to go, he had no choice but to turn the head of the car.
Lao Xu threw his car into the ranch and asked the workers to unload the car, while he himself got into Zhang Chi's car and followed Zhang Chi to buy vegetables first with a smile.
The nearest Chinese supermarket is not in Folsen, but in a small city next to it, not close, it takes an hour and a half to drive, but this is not a problem for people who are used to living in the west, the United States is known as a country that grows on wheels, and the distance that can be reached in a day is not too far in their opinion.
When he arrived at the Chinese supermarket, Zhang Chi began to make a big purchase, most of which were all kinds of spices, as well as instant noodles and dried noodles that were easy to preserve.
There are also all kinds of pickles and pickles, so to speak, the things that can be bought in general domestic grocery stores are available in Chinese supermarkets here.
Man Man bought a big cart, and after Zhang Chi remitted the account, he took Lao Xu to catch fish.
"Where is this going?"
Seeing Dahe disappear behind the car, Lao Xu looked at Zhang Chi with a little puzzlement.
Zhang Chi said: "You can't go to get things, just like that, how can we catch fish, with our hands?" ”
"What do you want to take?" Lao Xu caught a fish for the first time, and he didn't know what else he needed.
"First wait for a small boat, then you have to have a net, that's all," Zhang Chi said.
Lao Xu listened and asked, "Do you still want a boat?" ”
"Or else?"
"Where is this ship, rent?"
"Don't rent it, go to my uncle's house to borrow it, and just return it when you catch the fish later," Zhang Chi explained to Lao Xu while driving.
When I arrived at the door of the restaurant, I saw the uncle carrying things out, and when I saw Zhang Chi, I knew that the uncle was going to deliver takeaways.
"Uncle, hasn't Brother Xiaowu come back yet?" Zhang Chi asked.
Zhang Youliang saw Zhang Chi coming, so he stopped: "Not yet, this kid doesn't know what he's doing, such a big person has no qualitative character at all."
introduced Lao Xu to the uncle, and Zhang Chi told the uncle about his intentions.
"If you want a boat, you go to the house to tow it by yourself, the fishing things are in the tool room, and the key asks Uncle Ling for it, I won't tell you that I will rush to deliver the food."
Zhang Youliang and Lao Xu were polite, and then said to Zhang Chi.
Zhang Chi waited for the uncle to leave, and when he got to the house, he said a few words to the uncle, and then he came out and drove to the small farm where the uncle and the aunt lived.
When he arrived at the gate of the farm, Lao Xu said: "Your uncle is living a good life." It's normal to think about it, we've all heard of your uncle's restaurant over there, the business is not too good, and it's normal to live in such a place."
The small farm in front of him, let Lao Xu feel that his eyes are bright, although the place is not big, but it is well organized, the white fence around the farm climbs on the green vines, the fence is more than one meter high can not block people's sight, and you can see the situation in the farm when you look up.
In the middle of the farm is a small straight cement road, on both sides of the path are green trees, and at the end of the green trees and the path, a corner of a two-story American wooden building is exposed.
The rest of the area is a vegetable patch, a square of square land, one by one, with small ridges about two meters wide in the middle.
At this time, many plants in the field bloomed, and the whole small farm was dressed up like a sea of five-colored flowers, which made people's eyes a little overwhelmed for a while.
Bright flowers, green plants everywhere.
The closest place to the door is a shelf of beans, and now the purple beans are blooming, and you can think of the joy when the beans are hung on the shelves.
"It's all hard-earned, my uncle used to do a lot of work, and then he made his first money by driving a truck, and at that time he could earn ......more than he does now," Zhang Chi said, opened the door and drove into the farm.
Lao Xu listened to Zhang Chi talk about his uncle's entrepreneurial history while pricking up his ears, and looked at this small farm with envy, although the area is not large, but the two of them take care of it very carefully, neatly and cleanly, just like Lao Xu's dream farm.
As the car moved inside, the trees and mats on both sides of the road slowly retreated behind them, and the first thing that jumped out of sight was the lawn.
In front of the house is almost more than two acres of lawn, the green lawn is like a carpet in front of the house, the grass is obviously carefully trimmed, only to the surface of the feet, even if you don't step on it, Lao Xu can imagine the soft feeling of stepping on it.
Not to mention the house, the standard American country style, two-storey, gray tile and blue walls, a large corridor shelf at the door, the corridor shelf on the west side sticks out about twenty square meters more than the other place, and there is a courtyard table on it, and four chairs are placed next to the table.
There are teapots and other supplies on the table, and it seems that they are often used here, and they are well cared for.
There are several hanging plants hanging under the corridor frame, white flower pots, and green hanging plants, giving people a sense of tranquility and nature.
As a construction worker, Lao Xu knew at a glance what kind of room it was, and even how many toilets and how many rooms there were.
"Your uncle's place is worth a lot of money, isn't it?" Lao Xu asked with envy.
Zhang Chi said: "When I bought it, the price is not too expensive now, but it is not easy to buy such a well-maintained land." For my uncle, this house is not just land, it has taken years of hard work to take care of it, and it is not something that can be measured by money."
Saying that, Zhang Chi drove around the house and came to the back of the house.
There is still a lawn behind the house, which is larger than the lawn in the front yard, with some slides or something, and a millet basketball court, which is not big, almost thirty or forty square meters, and a simple basket rack.
On the west side of the lawn is a small single bungalow, the area is not small, about 200 square meters, at a glance you know that this is a tool room, the average American family has this thing, the difference is only in the size.
Zhang Chi parked the car at the door, took out the key and opened the roller shutter door, and with the sound of the door, the scene inside the warehouse was revealed.
On the left hand near the door, there is a small boat parked, the boat is really not about three or four meters long, and there is not even an awning, such a boat is not expensive in the United States, as long as it is by the water, almost every family with conditions will have one, and when there is time, they will take their families to go fishing together, or directly camp and play in the water.
There is a tool rack on the wall, hundreds of tools, all kinds of pliers and saws, all of which should be complete.
Lao Xu also found a table saw in the corner.
"Your uncle is fully integrated into American life."
Lao Xu looked at this tool library and couldn't help but sigh.
"Okay, don't think about my uncle, our task now is to hang up the boat, and then go catch fish, and think about other things later."
Zhang Chi walked to the side of the boat trailer and said to the confused old Xu.
It's much easier to do with two people, Lao Xu drove, Zhang Chi held the hanger here, waited for Lao Xu to reverse the car to the position, then buckled the hook to the hook at the rear of his car, and then connected the joint like this, let Lao Xu try it to see if the tail light of the trailer was on.
Everything is normal, and this thing is done.