pasture leisure

Chapter 2 Come and get the money
After sitting on the plane for fourteen or five hours, Zhang Chi didn't feel tired at all, and he was happily thinking about how to get rich. Originally, he didn't dare to think about this, but anyone who has the treasure of gourd will want to Think big.

I used to fly for more than ten hours, and my legs trembled a little when I got off the plane, but today I just got off the plane joltingly as if nothing happened.

Los Angeles is not his destination, and he has to transfer planes. Originally, Zhang Chi could spend the night at the house of his cousin who works in Los Angeles. Unfortunately, now his cousin has a girlfriend, and the two live together. Zhang Chi was afraid that he would disturb others.

He randomly found a hotel to stay for one night, and Zhang Chi flew to his destination early the next morning.

Zhang Chi hadn't been put down for fourteen or fifteen hours, but in the next two hours or so, Zhang Chi couldn't be bothered.

It wasn't because the plane was broken, nor was it because the seat was narrow, but because there was a big old black sitting next to me, and I went there. The smell on his body was mixed with the smell of perfume, so Zhang Chi couldn't find a crooked neck tree to hang himself on immediately.

With the mask and toilet water, Zhang Chi will be able to resist this period of time.

When getting off the plane, Zhang Chi took off his mask, put his hands on his knees, and took a few gulps of fresh air, but the smell in his nasal cavity was still there, making Zhang Chi almost retch.

The airport still looks familiar. In domestic terms, it is old and small. The airport built in the [-]s has been in use until today, and no matter how much it is maintained, it cannot get rid of the old atmosphere.

Some people may think that these buildings are tasteful and have a sense of history, but in Zhang Chi's heart, they are old and small. Not to mention comparing with domestic city airports, the high-speed rail station in Zhang Chi's hometown is not as good.

The closest Americans travel is by car, and the farthest is by plane, so there are a lot of airports here, and almost all of the slightly larger towns have airports.

The airports in small western towns like Folsom are not that big. Just like the Folsom Airport in front of Zhang Chi, a runway and a three-story terminal are almost all of the airport.

There are no shuttle buses at such a big airport, and you have to stick your legs on the ground when you get off the plane.

Fortunately, the exit was not far from the place where the plane got off the plane, only about fifty meters away, and the passengers arrived in a short while swinging their legs.

Zhang Chi walked out among the crowd, leaving the airport with a small bag on his back.

As soon as he left the exit, he heard someone calling himself.

"Da Chizi! Da Chizi!"

Zhang Chi turned his head and found that his uncle was standing at the exit, waving at him.

Zhang Chi's uncle is called Zhang Youliang, not a biological uncle but a cousin. According to the genealogy, he and Zhang Chi have already had five clothes.

Zhang Youliang came to the United States very early in the last century, and it has been more than [-] years now. Like most Chinese who have just arrived in the United States, he first worked in a restaurant and then opened a restaurant by himself.

Zhang Youliang's restaurant has a good business, and the food he cooks is more suitable for the tastes of the people here in Folsom, so many people come to eat in the restaurant, and he has gradually made a name for himself in Folsom's side.

"Uncle!" Zhang Chi walked over with a smile.

Seeing his nephew, Zhang Youliang was very happy. He smiled and stretched out his hand to take the backpack on his nephew's back. At the same time, he asked, "How is the journey going?"

"It's good, it just smells like a big black guy sitting next to him just now." Zhang Chi hurriedly signaled no, how could he let his uncle in his sixties give him a backpack.

Zhang Youliang laughed and said, "That's hard work."

"It takes half a bottle of toilet water to deal with it," Zhang Chi said with a smile.

"Why did you bring toilet water?" Zhang Youliang asked casually.

As soon as Zhang Chi heard it, he knew that there was something wrong, so he said with a smile: "I bought it when I was changing planes."

"Wait a minute, I'll get the suitcase." After Zhang Chi finished speaking, he saw that the place to pick up the suitcase was ready to pick up the suitcase, so he said something to his uncle, and trotted over with him.

After taking the luggage, Uncle Zhang Chi and his nephew went to the parking lot.

Uncle’s car is a Dodge Ram, which is a luxury car with a displacement of around [-]:[-], but pickup trucks can be seen everywhere here, and they are far more popular than cars like cars. The agricultural state is so.

The uncle and nephew got into the car, Zhang Chi sat in the passenger seat, and Zhang Youliang drove. It wasn't that Zhang Chi was not particular, but that Zhang Youliang took his own car very seriously and didn't really like other people's driving.

It's not that Zhang Youliang is stingy, but that he has been here for many years, and he has acquired the temper of the people here without knowing it. No matter how broken his car is, he will not let others drive it easily.

To be honest, my uncle is very kind to Zhang Chi. After working in the restaurant for so many years, my uncle and auntie saved Zhang Chi $[-]. Not to mention my cousin, even if I am a relative uncle, how many people can do it? Such.

In this way, if you say that people treat you badly, you will be a little dissatisfied.

"Have you told your parents about going out to make a fuss?" Zhang Youliang asked while driving.

Zhang Youliang is a little cautious, because his parents passed away early when he was a child, and without Zhang Chi's grandparents to take care of him for a few years, it is still unknown whether he can survive.

It is precisely because of this that after he came to the United States and stabilized, Zhang Youliang brought Zhang Chi, his nephew, to the United States to obtain his identity.It was a good thing to see at that time, but now different people have different opinions.

Zhang Chi smiled and said: "I didn't say it, it won't be too late to mention it to them after my side settles down."

Originally, Zhang Chi was working in the uncle's restaurant, but now the uncle's second son, Zhang Wu, came back. This guy didn't have a job yet, so he naturally took over the job in the restaurant.

The small restaurant was originally small, and it was not bad to feed three people, but if there was one more person, it would be a bit too much. Zhang Chi was not a person with winks, so he told his uncle and auntie to come out alone when he saw this situation.

Everyone knew this in their hearts, but they were all embarrassed to say anything else, so Zhang Chi took the initiative to bring it up, which made the couple feel a little bit sorry.

"How is the restaurant business?" Zhang Chi didn't want to mention this matter, so he changed the subject.

In fact, Zhang Youliang didn't want to mention it, so he said, "It's still the same. By the way, what are your plans? During this time, a friend of mine said that his construction company is short of manpower. Why don't you go there and try?"

If there is no gourd, Zhang Chi is really willing to try it, but now, how can he work in a construction company, not to say that the construction company is not good.

Doing construction here is different from that in China. Domestic construction is called migrant workers like Zhang Chi, but here they are workers. If you are tired, you will be tired, but you can earn a lot of money. Generally, small white-collar workers, really Can't compare to a skilled construction worker.

"Uncle, I want to do something else. I don't have a clue yet. I'll talk to you when I sort it out," Zhang Chi said.

Now Zhang Chi didn't know what to do for a while, and his life, which was originally mediocre, suddenly changed because of the gourd.

Of course, there are many ways to make money with gourds, not to mention other things such as transporting white noodles, and the money will flow into the pocket like water.

But Zhang Chi also understands that once you get in touch with such people, you may never be able to get rid of them for the rest of your life, so even though he has a gourd, he still decides to do things safely and be a down-to-earth person.

"That's good!" Zhang Youliang didn't ask much.

The small town is very small, with a population of just over [-], which is more than [-], not more than [-] households. This kind of population is on top of a slightly larger university in China, so the population in the city is really not that much.

There is one main street, from south to north, you can walk through it in less than ten minutes by car.

The road is not wide, the four-lane road, and most of the two sides of the road are not commercial buildings, but households, each of which is a two-story wooden building, the big one has a swimming pool, and the small one has lawns in the front and back yards , there are cars parked on both sides of the road.

At this time of year, the climate here is the most comfortable in a year. The temperature during the day is around [-] degrees, unlike Zhang Chi’s hometown. At this time, the temperature is more than [-] degrees, and occasionally it can go up to [-] degrees. Yes, when the sun comes out, it's hot and people can't breathe.

In about ten minutes, the car arrived at the gate of Uncle's restaurant from the airport.

The restaurant is not big, a single-storey building of about two hundred square meters, with a parking lot in front, which can park more than a dozen cars for dining guests.

As soon as the car stopped, Auntie went out.

"Da Chizi is back?"

Auntie is a middle-aged woman in her fifties. She is quite tall, about [-] meters tall. She was pretty when she was young, but now she is a little fat, so fat that her neck can hardly be seen.

My aunt is very kind-hearted, gets along well with everyone around her, and is also a warm-hearted person who will lend a hand to anyone who needs anything.

If it was a bitter and mean aunt, let alone save Zhang Chi a hundred thousand dollars, she might not be able to feed her full.

"Well, auntie, my grandfather and the others brought you something," Zhang Chi said with a smile.

After hearing this, the aunt replied: "Oh, I trouble my uncle and aunt to think of us every time, so come in quickly. By the way, Da Chizi, how about the blind date?"

Zhang Chi said with a smile: "The girls look down on me, and I have nothing to do."

The aunt said with a sigh: "It's different now. You used to give me your ID card to trick me here. You thought of living a good life here, but you're still tired like a dog..." .

Auntie was a little nagging.

When Zhang Youliang heard his daughter-in-law say this, he was not only not embarrassed but also a little proud.

"We rely on our ability!"

Auntie glared at her husband, then dragged Zhang Chi into the restaurant.

Now is not the time to serve customers, there are no people in all the restaurants.

After chatting with the uncle and auntie for a while, Zhang Chi gave them some things he brought from home, and Zhang Chi drove the third-hand Hyundai that he parked in front of the restaurant back to the place where he lives.

Zhang Chi lives not far from here, and it takes only fifteen minutes to drive, but fifteen minutes here is considered the suburbs.

The house is naturally not his, but rented. The house type is similar to domestic apartments, but the rent of these houses is very low, and the government usually rents them to those who do not have a house.

If this kind of apartment was placed in a big city like Los Angeles, Zhang Chi would not have the guts to rent it.

But this place is very good. People who rent this kind of house usually have jobs. The main means of living here is to do odd jobs for nearby farms and pastures, or work as waiters in restaurants like Zhang Chi.

Not a lot of money, but not a jobless bum with no work.

Back at the apartment, Zhang Chi took the key from the administrator, and Zhang Chi went straight back to his room.

On the way, Zhang Chi bought some steaks and fried one after returning to the house.

As for what he wants most when he leaves here, it can only be steak, because it is an agricultural and animal husbandry state, where everything related to cattle is cheap, a piece is bigger than a human face, and has two knuckles Wide steak, almost half the price in California.

After eating, Zhang Chi fell asleep for a day to make up the jet lag.

The next thing is to eat and sleep, and when I open my eyes, I think about how to get rich.

One day, Zhang Chi was watching TV and gnawing on a big steak, when he suddenly discovered that there was a wilderness survival program on TV.

Seeing this program, Zhang Chi's eyes lit up: Isn't this just giving yourself money!With a gourd in hand, is it a big deal to live in the wild for two or three months?
Besides, after thinking about it for so many days, Zhang Chi couldn't think of a more reasonable and quick way to make money than this.

This is not a survival show, it is clearly saying to myself: Come and get the money!

Just do it, Zhang Chi immediately called the show, filled out some forms as they said, and waited quietly for news.

(End of this chapter)