Chapter 116: Little Things
Cannon finished sweeping a piece of land and wanted to take a break, put down his tools and went to the shelf by the wall, reached for the thermos and wanted to take a sip of coffee.
Picking up the pot is empty, so Cannon carries the pot back to the boss's house to pick up a pot of coffee.
When he entered the house, he found Zhang Chi sitting on a chair, frowning at the paper in front of him.
Cannon didn't bother his boss, but quietly took a pot of coffee and prepared to go back to work.
Before he could walk out the door, he heard a long sigh from behind him.
"BOSS, don't have a suitable place yet?" Cannon asked, turning his head.
Zhang Chi replied: "How can it be so easy, cattle can be sold for such a small amount of money, but the land is so expensive, according to the price they offer, I will be busy with them for a year."
Zhang Chi has been looking for a good pasture these days, to see if he can rent a ranch to raise more cattle, who knows if he doesn't inquire, now the price of renting a ranch directly scared him, a small ranch of seventy acres will cost tens of thousands a year.
If it is calculated according to the normal calculation, seventy acres, three acres of a cow, then there are only about 20 cows, and even if the 20 cows are disease-free, they will be sold when they grow up, and the rancher will not make tens of thousands of dollars, what do you mean by renting this ranch?
This is still a little, Zhang Chi saw a ranch for 120,000 a year, this kind of ranch you rent unless it is a tourist ranch, otherwise it must be something to raise.
"Now that the price of beef is very high, the price of renting a ranch is naturally also rising, and to be honest, BOSS, I don't think it's a good idea to rent a ranch."
Cannon said.
Zhang Chi didn't say yes, but he didn't deny it either: "You talk about it."
"Even if we rent a suitable one, we don't make any money in the first year, and in the second year, we have to replant the big beard grass, so that it will take two years to come and go, these two people will definitely lose money, and in the third year we may make some money, but after three years, who knows whether the price of cattle is high or low, if it is high, it is good to say, if it is low, we will lose another year."
Cannon and Zhang Chi talked about their thoughts.
Looking at the ranch these days, Zhang Chi's heart is actually almost cold, and at this moment Zhang Chi is wondering what kind of fool rents the ranch?
If it is rented out at such a price, what kind of cattle do you raise, just rent the ranch and go to the city to drink and bubble chicks? Why smell cow in the pasture all year round!
"Hey, I'll take a look at it, so let's get some machinery," Zhang Chi said to Cannon.
Cannon said: "That's what I said, in the end, you have to make up your mind, and I will work."
Zhang Chi said: "Now that there are fewer cattle, you should also rest more."
Cannon was a little idle, and now there were fewer oxen, but he did no less work, and when he had time, he would make a pimp, a bridle and something.
"It's okay, it's okay, it's idle to be idle, our work is already small," Cannon said with a smile.
For his current life, Cannon is really satisfied to the extreme, so he naturally works harder than before, and as soon as he is happy, suddenly after half an hour, Cannon feels that he has nothing to do.
After chatting with Zhang Chi, Cannon took the coffee pot to the cowshed.
Zhang Chi sat at the table for a while, and then heard a whining cry in his ears.
As soon as he heard this voice, Zhang Chi knew that his little black cat was hungry again.
The little guy grows very fast, and now he is almost half the size of the second dog, but the barking is still the same as before, and it is a little sandy.
This little guy is very afraid of people, timid as a needle, except for Zhang Chi, who is not afraid, Cannon, who is afraid, as long as it is a person in the house, it will find a corner to stay, and wait for people to leave before coming out.
Zhang Chi got a bottle of milk for the little one, held it in his arms, and put it down after feeding it.
Ergou didn't know where he went at this time, anyway, this guy was a hands-off shopkeeper, and he didn't care about the child he gave birth to, so he threw it directly to Zhang Chi, and he didn't know if Zhang Chi was the owner or if it was the owner.
The whole relationship between the master and the pet is chaotic.
After feeding the little black cat, Zhang Chi was going to go to the uncle and uncle's house for a turn, this time not to eat and drink, but to see what the uncle and aunt had to bring.
It's Christmas soon, waiting for Christmas to pass, Zhang Chi is ready to leave for China to celebrate the Spring Festival, when the time comes, he will naturally bring something over, it used to be troublesome to bring things, and now the gourd is in hand, Zhang Chi still has something to taboo.
As for whether the things brought will cause pollution to the environment of the United States or something, is this something that a small citizen like Zhang Chi should consider?
It can be summed up in one sentence: Guan Laozi hangs the matter!
drove to the restaurant, parked the car, Zhang Chi got out of the car, and brought a goose and a chicken out of the back compartment.
"Uncle, uncle".
Pushing open the door, Zhang Chi opened his mouth and shouted.
Standing at the door, Zhang Chi saw that the uncle and the aunt were washing eggs, a whole big pot, almost hundreds of duck eggs.
"What is this?"
Zhang Chi put the goose and chicken in his hand in the back kitchen, and asked after coming out.
Uncle Gu Ying said with a smile: "Your brother wants to eat salted duck eggs, I decided to pickle some, and when the pickling is done, I will send some to you all, and eat it in the morning when you eat gruel."
"Hey, uncle, what are you doing so much trouble, can you still have this thing in the Chinese supermarket?" Zhang Chi sat down as he spoke, and helped the aunt start washing the duck eggs.
"What's out there is no such thing as our own pickling," the aunt said.
Zhang Youliang looked at his nephew and said, "What are you bringing things for, how much can we eat?" Half of the beef from last delivery is still stored in the refrigerator."
"That thing is eaten slowly, and it tastes better when refrigerated for a period of time to drain acid," Zhang Chi said.
"How's going on with your ranch cowboys, and when will it come out?" Zhang Youliang asked again.
Zhang Chi said: "It's not that you don't know what efficiency is here, according to Leonard, it will take at least a month or two, and if there is any accident, it will take a little longer."
Many people who have never been to the United States may think that the efficiency of the United States is high, but in fact, after living for a while, you will understand that the efficiency of the work here is not only not high, but even lower than that in China.
When he returned to China last year, Zhang Chi felt the efficiency of the county, so let's put it this way, what Zhang Chi can do in the county in an afternoon, he will wait here for at least a week or two.
I feel that the domestic work is getting faster and more convenient, but the efficiency of the work here is getting slower and slower, and the civil servants feel more Buddhist than the country.
For example, what is difficult about Cannon, you said that the money was paid, the materials were handed over, and the rest was approved, in fact, there is nothing to review this thing, you don't have this qualification, you can't pay the money at all, and now it's normal for this last step to drag on for a month or two.
There's no reason, it's just dragged on, and when you really can't help it, these old men can remember to finish this matter with you.
In the foul words of Zhang Chi's hometown: If the doesn't reach the fart door, it won't be pulled.
"The good thing is that Cannon is back now, otherwise, it would be troublesome," Zhang Chi continued.
Zhang Youliang said: "Then wait."
At this time, the aunt opened her mouth and asked, "Did your second brother send you a message saying how he is now?" ”
Zhang Chi replied: "Is this the case, or will I ask for you later?" ”
Aunt Gu Ying thought for a while: "Forget it, don't ask, this child is like a donkey that was released, and he doesn't know how to go home at all."
There has been no news of her second son for a long time, and Gu Ying is a little worried.
Zhang Chi listened, put down the duck egg in his hand and began to send a message to the second brother Zhang Wu.
After waiting for a minute or two, and not waiting for Brother Xiaowu to return, Zhang Chi had to say to the aunt who looked forward to it: "Maybe Brother Xiaowu is a little busy."
"I don't know if this kid eats well or not......" Gu Ying couldn't let go after all.
Gu Ying doesn't care whether her son makes less or more money, she just cares about whether the child eats well or whether he is sick.
Where does the eldest son Zhang Wen worry about her now, Zhang Wen has never let the old couple worry about it since he was a child, but Zhang Wu is different, he has been in trouble since he was a child, and he has no shape in his mother's eyes, almost like tying his parents to his belt.
But it is often such children that worry parents the most.
"Don't worry, Brother Xiaowu is fine," Zhang Chi comforted his aunt.
Zhang Youliang said: "What can he do, if he has something, he will come back and ask for money, but now he has not come back, and there is no news to prove that he is alive and well."
Zhang Chi held back a laugh, sat back on the bench and continued to wash the duck eggs.
After about four or five minutes, Zhang Chi heard a message on his mobile phone.
took it out and looked at it, it was Brother Xiaowu who came back.
The message said: I was watching the movie premiere just now, and I didn't receive it when it was turned off, what's the matter?
Zhang Chi said to his uncle: "Brother Xiaowu was attending the movie premiere just now."
"What premiere?"
"First release" Zhang Youliang gave the simplest explanation.
"Oh".
Gu Ying didn't understand either, but she let go of her heart when she heard her son's reply.
Zhang Chi asked here, and Zhang Wu also explained briefly.
Listening to Zhang Wu say that he should have a good life now, saying that he made some money, Zhang Chi doesn't know much about the film and television industry, and he doesn't know how people make money, but since Brother Xiaowu said it, he conveyed the news to his aunt.
After Brother Xiaowu's matter was finished, Zhang Chi mentioned his return to his hometown.
Gu Yingdao: "What do we have to bring, what can't we buy here now?" There is nothing in the country here, and the things on the shelves of the Chinese supermarket are no worse than those in China, so don't worry about it."
Zhang Youliang said: "If it's convenient, bring some chili paste, I haven't eaten the chili paste made by my aunt for a long time."
"That thing can you bring too?"
"I forgot, I can't bring it, the customs won't let it pass" Zhang Youliang then remembered that this thing can't pass through the customs.
Zhang Chi wanted to say yes, but this is not in line with the facts, if the chili paste can be brought in, it will be out of the ghost.
Just said that he could bring everything back, but now Zhang Chi was dumbfounded, he didn't dare to take this thing from his uncle, he ate the chili paste made by his grandmother as soon as he ate it.
It's not easy to be fooled, saying that he made it himself, the uncle can't believe it at all, don't say that Zhang Chi doesn't have this ability, Zhang Chi's mother can't make that taste.