pasture leisure

Chapter 162

Zhang Chi couldn't empathize with the joy of the cowboys, because he was a rancher, and he was destined to be a member of the rancher instead of standing in a pit with the cowboys.

So Zhang Chi felt that it was meaningless after listening for a while, and Zhang Chi wanted to leave after paying the wine bill.

"How is your horse, George?"

As soon as a cowboy came in, he saw Zhang Chi who was about to leave, so he made a joke.

The cowboys in the room burst into laughter at the mention of George's steed.

"It's okay, it's okay," Zhang Chi said with a smile.

He himself hadn't cared about the thoroughbred horse he bought for quite some time, he was so stupid, and now people asked him that it was okay.

Some of the cowboys laughing in the room were purely joking, but some were malicious, and more of them were sloppy.

Now the phrase "George's steed" seems to have almost become a proverb in the small town of Amber, roughly meaning something like whimsy.

It's perfectly normal to laugh at it, and it's inevitable when a lot of people think you've done something completely stupid.

But Zhang Chi doesn't care. Life is not just that you sometimes laugh at others, and others sometimes laugh at you. It's not very useful to be too serious and hurt your lungs.

What's more, for Zhang Chi, Silly Damu is just an experimental product. If it works, he will not hesitate to buy a few good thoroughbred horses and throw them on the field to make money for himself.

"George, when will your steed be on the track? If I have time, I'd like to cheer you on." A cowboy grinned, showing his big yellow teeth.

Seeing this set of teeth, Zhang Chi knew that this guy was a poor guy. Generally speaking, rich people in the United States are in good shape, and they have standard big white teeth. Mouth with big yellow teeth.

"I don't know, send it to Mason for training in a few days, if possible, go up for a run, anyway, it's cheap to buy." Zhang Chi shrugged with a smile, saying that he didn't care.

"Your horse doesn't seem to be worth the handling fee for going to the track, does it?" Another cowboy booed.

It is not so easy to get on the track. How many thoroughbred horses are produced in the United States every year?Going on the track does not mean that you only have to have a horse, but you have to pay for it.

It's like people participating in a program. The famous program group rushes to pay you to come, and the unknown program group doesn't necessarily want you.

"I heard that Haibiscuit wasn't worth much when it started on the track, right?" Zhang Chi asked.

There was a moment of silence in the room, followed by roars of laughter.

No one thinks that George's steed can be compared with Haibiscuit, even Zhang Chi doesn't think there is such a comparison, because Silly Damu is just an experimental product in his eyes.

You have to dare to brag about bragging coins, let’s talk about whether it will succeed or not.

laugh at?Is Zhang Chi a person who is afraid of ridicule?

The delivery of food for more than ten years, the eyes that he has seen, and the scolding he has received have already trained Zhang Chi to become a social person. Face is not important, what should be boasted has to be boasted, and whether it is realized or not is another matter.

"I wish I was lucky enough to see a second sea biscuit".

"It's impossible to tell"

Zhang Chi smiled, said no more, opened the door and walked out of the house, tightened his clothes and came to Chi Yanshan, untied the reins and rode up.

Going home directly to the stables, Zhang Chi put Chi Yanshan back into the stall.

Silly Damu didn’t have a cubicle, and he didn’t put a bridle on it. This silly horse didn’t even know how to run away. Now you see it grazing beside the haystack. After a few hours, you will find that it Standing next to the haystack as it is now, without moving at all.

Looking at the silly big wood, Zhang Chi was about to step forward, but suddenly found that the silly guy's tail was raised, and Zhang Chi stopped immediately.

shit!

When the silly guy shits, he almost poops in one place.

Waiting for Silly Damu to finish shitting, Zhang Chi picked up the ladle, poured a ladle of gourd juice and handed it to Silly Damu.

"Do you know if you are fighting for your spirit? If you run to your death, even if you run to the bottom, I will think you have won. If you run to the bottom and you are pulled down by others, it is considered that I don't eat horse meat. At that time, I will also eat meat... ".

Looking at the silly Damu who was gulping down the gourd pulp, Zhang Chi said with a smile.

After eating a scoop, Zhang Chi fed another scoop.

Only then did he throw away the water ladle in satisfaction, and went back to the house to prepare dinner.

After eating, I wandered around and went back to the house to sleep.

Get up and get on with your work.

At four o'clock in the afternoon, Zhang Chi put his luggage on the back of Chi Yanshan's horse, and tied the sleeping bag to the harness behind the saddle.

"Boss, have you brought everything?"

Cannon was helping Zhang Chi organize his things.

"It's all over, it will only take a few days, no problem," Zhang Chi said with a smile.

Zhang Chi was a little excited to participate in the transition activity for the first time. Although it was not his own ranch transition, but as a rancher, this trip was also a way for Zhang Chi to learn the key work in old-fashioned ranch management.

Cannon was afraid that his BOSS would not bring enough things, so he checked it out.

There is no problem, Cannon patted the horse's back: "Indeed, I have brought everything that should be brought. Does the boss want to bring Daniel and Erhu?"

Zhang Chi said: "What to do with them, don't bring them."

Cannon didn't persuade him too much. He knew that Nell invited his boss, and he probably didn't want him to really drive some cattle.

Zhang Chi got on his horse: "I'm leaving, send me a message if you have anything to do."

Cannon said: "I see."

After speaking, Cannon patted Chiyanshan's butt casually, making Chiyanshan move.

Go out of the ranch and enter the bridle path, along the bridle path to Nell's ranch.

"George, I'll wait for you"

Seeing Zhang Chi arrive, Nell stood up from the chair in the door.

Besides Nell, there were two or three cowboys, and then there were Garcia and the Miller brothers.

In front of the house, there were two or three pickups and a rather large wagon.

Zhang Chi smiled and got off the horse: "Why do you all come so early?"

It was originally said to arrive at five o'clock, but it is not yet five o'clock, and everyone is here, and only myself is missing. According to Zhang Chi's estimation, I am not the earliest, and it should not be the last. , when did these cowboys become so punctual, and they all rushed to come early.

"There is nothing important at home right now, so I just came over," Miller replied.

"Don't tie the horse, take off the saddle, drive the horse into the cart, everyone is ready to go, let's settle dinner in the pasture."

Seeing that Zhang Chi was about to tie the horse to the hitch post, Nell immediately said aloud.

Hearing what Nell said, Zhang Chi began to unsaddle Chi Yanshan.

Nell and the others began to drive their horses into the carriage.

Waiting for Zhang Chi to remove all the saddles from Chi Yanshan, these people have already driven all the horses into the carriage.

Zhang Chi led Chiyanshan to the door of the carriage, and found that the carriage now only had enough space for one horse from Chiyanshan.

"It's pretty good," Zhang Chi said with a smile.

"It's like this every year."

As he spoke, Nell waved at Zhang Chi, motioning him to lead Chi Yanshan to the door.

Chi Yanshan was very obedient and didn't need anyone to push him behind. Zhang Chi took the reins and led Chi Yanshan into the carriage. After fastening the reins on the carriage, he stepped out of the carriage.

clang!
Nell and the other two forcefully closed the door of the carriage.

Then everyone helped Zhang Chi put all the things he brought into the pickup.

Everyone got on the pickup truck respectively, and the group set off for the pasture.

Zhang Chi and Miller are in the same car, and Miller drives and Zhang Chi sits in the passenger seat. The two of them just need to follow the car in front of them.

"How is your horse, George?"

Zhang Chi said: "It's very good, there will be no noise in the carriage."

Zhang Chi thought that Miller was talking about Chiyanshan, so he said that Chiyanshan was very honest and would not make trouble in the carriage, and reassured Miller.

Miller said: "Who asked you to ride a horse. I asked you about the thoroughbred horse you bought. Are you confident? Or are you just going to play in the pasture."

Only then did Zhang Chi realize that it turned out that Miller asked stupidly.

"You say stupid big wood."

"Of course you should ask it, otherwise I will ask you what the horse does, you have to be careful, now you and your horse are almost a joke."

As a friend, Miller laughed and laughed. Although the two are friends, it is not normal for a silly friend not to laugh at you. You have to laugh when you should laugh. But now he decided to persuade George to stop making trouble. If the trouble continues, this stalk may stay with him for the rest of his life.

"It's almost done? I thought I was a joke now." Zhang Chi laughed.

Miller said: "It's good that you know that horse racing is not something we can play. In the past, ordinary ranchers could also play gambling. Now that there is no spare money in their pockets, it is impossible to play results."

Miller's words are old-fashioned words, and they are facts, and they are facts that everyone understands.There is no shortage of people who want to get rich overnight, and there are more of them in the horse racing circle.

Poor people play horse racing to get rich, rich people also play horse racing for fame and fortune, and rich people have deep pockets and can buy horses everywhere, so their success rate of horse racing is much higher than that of poor people.

"Let's have fun, anyway, it was cheap when I bought it," that's all Zhang Chi could say.

Fortunately, Miller just reminded him aloud, turned around and let the matter go.

The next thing the two talked about was buying cattle. This is the first time that the three families have bought cattle together this year, so everyone has to discuss it carefully.

All the way to the pasture.

What he saw when he got out of the car shocked Zhang Chi, because the place where he lives here is a few prefabricated houses. You will understand this thing if you have lived in it. Ten degrees below zero.

Around the prefabricated house, there are still some forage piles, and there is almost nothing left in the piles now, but judging from the traces on the ground, there is no shortage of forage piles this winter.

All the cattle were thrown outside, just like Zhangchi Ranch. If these cattle want to eat grass, they have to dig through the snow layer to eat the hay under the snow.

If he saw such a situation a year ago, Zhang Chi must have felt that it would be better to feed the materials on his own pasture, but now he understands, because on the pasture, it will save about [-] to [-]% of the cost compared to feeding at home. .

(End of this chapter)