Chapter 52: Between Brothers
The brothers sat on the edge of a table with two basins in the middle, a smaller basin for marinade and the other for noodles that had been watered.
"The onions are a bit too burned, the potatoes are not crispy enough, and the beef is too small ......."
Zhang Wu gulped down the noodles, and when he freed his mouth, he would comment that his cousin's stew was a mess, and in Zhang Wu's words, even pigs were not very happy to eat it, and his cousin's craftsmanship was really bad.
The taste is actually good, but Zhang Wu is in a bad mood, so he just wants to prick his cousin and not pick a prick that is uncomfortable.
Zhang Chi smiled on the side, he nodded whatever his cousin said, and he didn't dare to refute it, for fear that he didn't serve this master well, this one picked for himself, and he didn't do the work in the afternoon, then he would have no place to cry.
"What you criticize is that the small ones must pay attention in the future and have another bowl?"
Zhang Chi picked up the spoon and gestured to his cousin's bowl.
"Another bowl, I'm really hungry, otherwise I won't eat this thing if I kill it" Zhang Wu brought another big bowl of noodles, and then stretched the bowl to the side of the braised pot, signaling his cousin to add brine to himself.
The noodles are not delicious and you still eat three bowls?
Isn't that?
"Quail eggs don't work, boiled in the tasteless, white eggs! The next time I make it, I will also marinate it, and the eggs should be flavored, you see, it tastes no longer at all, what is this called? ”
Zhang Wu put a bird's egg in his mouth, and began to spit it out again while chewing.
"Great! I pay attention, I pay attention".
Zhang Chi was embarrassed to say that this was not a quail egg, but a bird egg tax he collected from the birds in the morning.
As long as his cousin is willing to continue to mow the grass for him in the afternoon, Zhang Chi will not have any discipline now, anyway, you can say it, and there will be no meat on his body.
Zhang Chi was listening, and suddenly saw Zhang Wu bending over, reaching out and squeezing under the table a few times, and directly scooped the two dogs from under the table to the table.
I gave an egg to the second dog, and the second dog tilted his head and ate the egg.
"You see, cats don't like to eat this egg," Zhang Wu said.
Zhang Chi wanted to say to his cousin that you threw the cat under the table for me, and I was used to eating at the table all the time, this thing has to be served on the table every day, so it's not a trouble!
But now he doesn't dare, for fear of losing such a good coolie as his cousin, the most important thing is not to spend money, and not spending money is the point.
"Yes, yes, my fault," Zhang Chi replied.
was listening to his cousin's nagging, and the mobile phone saved Zhang Chi's life.
Picking up the phone, Zhang Chi said to his cousin: "I'll answer the phone."
After saying that, he ran outside the room and sat down on the sofa on the porch.
The call came from Cannon.
"Zhang, what's the matter, I didn't have my phone with me at work just now," Cannon said.
Zhang Chi said: "How about your work over there, I want to find a cowboy to come over to help, if you are free, you might as well come to my side to try, I can now bid for eight hundred dollars a month, and what to eat is still according to normal."
If the cowboy here is not an American or has a U.S. visa, the salary is seven or eight hundred dollars a month, and even if there is, like an American cowboy, it is only nine hundred to one thousand a month, and when there is a lot of work on the ranch, the rancher may add one or two hundred dollars, but this usually happens in the winter, when there is a lot of work on the ranch.
Usually like now, when the grass is abundant, most temporary cowboys are 900 normal, and the resident cowboys may be higher, but not much.
Zhang Chi stated his conditions.
It's not that Zhang Chi doesn't want to give a thousand, but he gives it, what will other ranchers think in their hearts, this is to destroy the stability and unity around them, and raise the market price, this kind of person is the most unpopular.
Zhang Chi didn't want to be this bird, originally he was a Chinese who had already stood out here, and he was still provocative, so didn't he attract hatred.
It usually doesn't matter if the cowboy hates you, because everyone gives this price, and it's not Zhang Chi alone, but as a member of the rancher, it's not good for the ranchers to hate you.
is still the same sentence, affecting unity, like this kind of overall situation, Zhang Chi is willing to abide by it.
Cannon listened and said, "That's really a coincidence, my job here is over in a week, and I'm thinking about finding a job, and you're going to find someone over there."
This is good news for Cannon, as a black cowboy without a work visa, eight hundred dollars a month is really not low, let alone eight hundred dollars, there are not many jobs on the ranch now, and it is difficult to find a job for a black cowboy like him for six hundred a month.
If you want to find eight or nine hundred jobs, it will be in October, because at that time all the cattle in the pasture here have to go into the barn, until the beginning of spring, and all the cowboys work almost twelve hours a day, from beginning to end.
In winter, if it is an American cowboy, the monthly income at this time is about 1,002, which is the price of the resident cowboy, not the price that those of them who come to work in the dark can get.
Now Zhang Chi's eight hundred months are quite attractive to cowboys like Cannon.
"Then we'll settle it."
Zhang Chi didn't say much, since Cannon agreed to come, then the matter was decided.
Cannon said, "Okay, boss!"
Cannon's role shifts fairly quickly.
That's it, the matter was settled, and after chatting with Cannon for a few more words, Zhang Chi hung up the phone and went back to the house, at this time Zhang Wu had already eaten, and the bowl was pushing and humming a little song, like a fairy.
"Uncle has eaten?" Zhang Chi smiled and didn't look like a good thing.
"After eating, clean up the dishes and chopsticks, I want to take a nap."
"You rest, I'll just do this chore" Zhang Chi didn't care what time his cousin slept until o'clock, anyway, as long as he was willing to work, it would be no problem.
After cleaning up the dishes and chopsticks, Zhang Chi was ready to go out to make a big purchase, the working uncle wanted to eat a lot of things, and they all had to be listed one by one, if the uncle was not satisfied, where would Zhang Chi find such a coolie?
Besides, there is a big refrigerator at home, if you don't stuff the refrigerator with enough food for a week, Zhang Chi won't have to spend fuel on another trip? So this purchase must be indispensable.
scratching his ears and cheeks to make a list, Zhang Chi drove the pickup truck and went out with the list.
Let's go to my aunt's house first to see what autumn breeze is good to fight at home, and at the same time tell them the news of my cousin's return.
When I arrived at the restaurant, I found that the uncle and the aunt were resting, and there was a young white man about twenty years old at the table not far away.
At first, Zhang Chi thought it was a guest.
"Uncle, uncle!"
"Dachi is coming, hurry up and sit."
The two of them were very happy to see Zhang Chi, and beckoned Zhang Chi to sit down and asked about the ranch.
"It's good, Brother Xiaowu is back, and now he is living in my ranch, I'll come over and talk to you," Zhang Chi said.
Zhang Youliang was not surprised at all and said: "I know, your eldest brother told me that he is back, and we will live there as soon as we guess."
"This kid won't come back, for fear that we will let him work, and now we don't need him, we asked a young man to help" The aunt stretched out her hand and pointed to the white young man next to her.
Only then did Zhang Chi know that the uncle's family had hired new people.
This guy is still a high school student, and he comes to work to earn some pocket money, which is an hourly worker, that is, he comes to work after school, and when it is time to go to class, he goes to class.
This kind of thing is quite normal here.
Many of the rancher's children also work part-time jobs outside the home to earn some pocket money.
It's not that these children don't have money, but there are many rich families who are willing to let their children come out to exercise, and they prefer that their children go to other people's homes to work, so that they can get in touch with society earlier and experience the hardships of life.
Of course, there are also families whose children do not work at all, and the standard rich second generation, but this kind of family is relatively rare in small towns.
Smiling at this, Zhang Chi said about himself.
"Go to the garden and pick what you want," said the uncle.
With Uncle Niang's words, Zhang Chi went to the farm to pick up a large bag of things, put them in the carriage and then go to the Chinese supermarket.
This is a big purchase, and when he came back, Zhang Chi found that his cousin had already started working.
Although the brothers are pulling back and forth, they usually don't have a proper shape, but they actually try their best to help, Zhang Wu is to stab his cousin with words, but he is really hard to help with the work, and he didn't lie in bed for two or three hours as usual, and he only slept for half an hour today, and he started to work after he was tired.
According to his cousin's request, Zhang Chi made a large table of dishes in the evening, and the brothers naturally had to grind their mouths when they ate.
At night, Zhang Chi got on the machine, turned on the light and continued to mow the grass, Zhang Wu rested, and the next day, during the day, Zhang Wu worked, Zhang Chi was responsible for logistics, and it was Zhang Chi's turn at night.
Thanks to the brothers' efforts, it took a few days to finally clean up hundreds of acres of pasture.
The grass that has been cut and beaten into bales is still green grass, and it can't be received in the warehouse, and it can only be put into the warehouse when it is dried in the ground, but this matter is not something that Zhang Wu can help.
After returning the machine and paying the money, it was time for Zhang Wu to leave.
"It's a big loss, I originally came to you to hide here, but I didn't expect to be caught by your kid, and I did so much work in vain."
On the way to send Zhang Wu back to the uncle's restaurant, Zhang Wu couldn't stop mentioning it.
Now Zhang Chi is not afraid of him, the work is done, and he is still worried about him picking a child?
"Just when you are exercising, you don't usually exercise much, and now you do some work, you still take advantage of it," Zhang Chi said.
These words stunned Zhang Wugan.
"Is this my advantage?"
"Ah, why don't you count, you still have to pay money when you go to the gym, not only do I not charge you money here, but I also serve you with good food and drink, of course you take advantage."
When Zhang Wu heard this, he stretched out his hand and stuck his brother's neck: "I'll strangle you!" ”
"Don't make trouble, drive," Zhang Chi said with a smile.
"Owe Me Money"
"A hundred yuan, is there more" Zhang Chi said.
Zhang Wu heard it: "Forget it, it's not shameful enough."
"Save another hundred yuan" Zhang Chi Meizizi.
Zhang Wudao: "You are also suitable for making a little money."
As he was talking, the mobile phone rang, Zhang Chi took it out and looked at it, and couldn't help but be stunned for a moment.
"Who?"
"Merica, this little girl," Zhang Chi said.
Zhang Wu thought for a while, then remembered who Merika was, and asked curiously, "When did you hook up?" ”
"Who knows what crazy she smokes" Zhang Chi was also strange.
"Looking for you to shoot commercials?"
"I don't know where my heat has dissipated for a long time, shoot a woolen advertisement," Zhang Chi said.