pasture leisure

Chapter 263 Old Xu's Gift

Zhang Chi is satisfied with other people's compliments. Of course, if others scold him, he might get mad. He is like this who can stand up to compliments but can't stand up to criticism.

The big guys rested for more than half an hour after eating, and then continued to work.

In the evening, after the sun went down, Aunt Lu made dinner here, and called the workers to eat. At night, it was still a hard dish—beef stew.

Zhang Chi's family didn't continue to eat beef, but paid back Lao Xu's meal last time, slaughtered an old goose, and brought a pot of potatoes to stew the big goose.

Zhang Chi and Melika accompanied Lao Xu to drink a little wine.

After dinner, another half an hour later, the lights on the construction site were turned on, and the workers continued to work until about ten o'clock in the evening, and then they called off work.

The place where everyone lives is also simple. In the car, in the car, as long as it is a place where people can sleep, it is their temporary bed.

After sleeping until six o'clock in the morning, the workers woke up again.

With such a method, the foundation of the stable was laid two days later, and the workers started to fix the pillars with wood, then installed the horizontal tension members, and then the beams, and soon the wooden frame of the stable was built.

Moving the location of the house is almost done now, and the next step is to move the house. There is a special work vehicle for moving the house, like a big flatbed truck.

The hoarding under the current house was removed, and the large flatbed truck was stretched under the house, and a dozen hydraulic jacks under the flatbed truck supported the house with force.

Originally, Lao Xu planned to use two pickup trucks to drive the house, but Zhang Chi's new tractor came in handy, and this guy could support the strength of two pickup trucks.

However, it is impossible to move the house too fast, because it is a house after all, not an iron block. If you run up and down, you can't shake the house apart.

So the speed of the tractor is very slow, which is the speed of 5 axioms.

However, the distance between the two sides is not far, and there is no need to go on the road, they are all inside the ranch, so it took about three or four hours before and after, Zhang Chi's house has been moved to a new location.

The big flatbed truck was placed in place, and several workers joined the bottom with the newly made support column, and then slowly unscrewed the hydraulic jacked roof, and the shifting of the whole house was officially completed.

The relocation work is completed, but the house is temporarily unusable because the various water pipes have not been connected, especially the sewage pipes.

Zhang Chi and his wife lived in the house, but the toilet was not available for the time being.

Fortunately, Lao Xu is an old construction team, and all these are prepared. Zhang Chi and his wife will have to use the public toilet outside for two days.

Melika was not used to it, so she simply flew to Los Angeles to buy the ranch.

As soon as Melika flew to Los Angeles, Zhang Chi was like a herded sheep. He mingled with the workers all day long and didn't cook. Learn the craft.

Zhang Chi didn't complain, nor was he tired. He worked on the construction site every day, and he was still full of energy.

When Lao Xu came back from other construction sites, he couldn't help being a little dumbfounded when he saw Zhang Chi and the workers carrying a wooden beam about forty centimeters square.

"You let him do this job?"

Old Xu shouted at the workers.

Seeing Lao Xu like this, Zhang Chi smiled and said, "It's okay, what I'm doing is very interesting."

What he said made Lao Xu not know how to respond for a while, he opened his mouth and said jokingly: "Are you asking me to pay you a salary?"

"Then there is no need!"

Zhang Chi and everyone put down the wooden beams.

Coming to Lao Xu's side, Zhang Chi smiled and dusted off his body, and said, "I think it's quite interesting, and it's okay to be idle anyway."

Old Xu said: "It's very interesting? If you do this job, you won't find it interesting. Well, don't do it next time, or I'll be really embarrassed not to give you a salary."

Old Xu didn't want Zhang Chi to follow him around, because the construction site was also dangerous. Zhang Chi, a novice, seemed to be building blocks, but only the real staff knew that if you were not careful, If something goes wrong, it's your luck to break a bone.

If you don't have any experience, you will mess around with it, which is harmful to others and yourself.

It's just that Zhang Chi is Party A after all, and the money is paid by the uncle. Old Xu really has no way to discipline Zhang Chi with a straight face, but he thinks in his heart that he will scold the foreman here later and make this The master was injured, what should I do with my money?
"Who are these two?"

Zhang Chi found that behind Lao Xu were two young people in their twenties.

"Oh, this is new to work".

After Lao Xu finished speaking, he yelled at the busy workers: "Old Yan, Lao Yan, come here, this is a newcomer, you can give them some work, they don't have much skills now, help carry the materials, Carrying cement or something."

Zhang Chi saw that the two were newcomers, so he didn't ask any more questions.

Old Xu didn't want Zhang Chi to stay here, so he pulled Zhang Chi to the side of the car.

"I brought you something".

Old Xu stretched out his hand and opened the car door.

Zhang Chi stretched out his head and saw that it was a long box.

Curiously asked: "What is this thing?"

Old Xu said: "Just open it and take a look."

Zhang Chi bent down and pulled the box from the back seat. After opening the box, he found that it contained a crossbow.

Crossbows are very common in the western United States. Some people just like to use this relatively primitive thing for hunting. However, most of the crossbows here are modern metal products, and some are very new materials, such as carbon fiber. Category.

But the crossbow that Lao Xu gave Zhang Chi was not of modern style, the main body was entirely made of wood. Zhang Chi thought it was imitated wood grain, but when he touched it, he found that it was made of wood.

The parts of the crossbow were disassembled, but looking at the feel of the crossbow, Zhang Chi felt that the lethality of this thing was not small.

Guan Jian is that this Eastern Crossbow looks like it has been used frequently, and it has a sense of age. Of course, it won't last long, it just feels worn out.

"Where did you get it?" Zhang Chi was a little curious.

Old Xu said: "I got it from a friend. I didn't like it after playing with it, so I gave it to you."

"Not so good?"

Zhang Chi was a little curious.

Lao Xu assembled the crossbow and motioned Zhang Chi to have a try.

Zhang Chi stretched out his hand and pulled it, only then did he know what Lao Xu meant when he said that it was not very strong. This crossbow is so powerful that it is difficult for an adult to pull it away comfortably with his hands. The most labor-saving thing is his feet. Step on the crossbow and hang up the string with both hands.

This thing is too primitive, more laborious than modern crossbows, now all crossbows have force reducing devices, an adult can easily wind the string, and with the blessing of modern design, the lethality increases rather than decreases.

"Isn't this thing a bit tasteless?"

Zhang Chi tried it, and found that it was heavy and not easy to use. The weight of the whole crossbow was about ten catties. Hold this thing in your hand to aim, and it will work again and again. Can't get up.

Old Xu smiled and said, "If it's useful, I'll give it to you?"

"It's not easy for you to use, so what can I do with it?" Zhang Chi was a little strange, thinking that what you think is not easy to use, I think it is easy to use?

"Who told you to use it? When your house is finished, this thing can be hung on the wall as an ornament. People like to have a deer head or something at home. When the time comes, you will do the same. Put this crossbow on the wall. Doesn’t it look very tasteful when hung on the wall? If you hang a modern crossbow on it, won’t your family laugh at you for two hundred and five.”

Old Xu said while making gestures, and Zhang Chi felt that it seemed to make sense.

"Hearing what you said, it seems quite reasonable," Zhang Chi said with a smile.

Old Xu said: "That's not true, you can put it away, although this thing looks bulky, it is still an antique."

"Antique, from the Qing Dynasty?" Zhang Chi asked.

"It's your turn from the former Qing Dynasty? It's about [-] or [-] years ago. The original owner was a pretty good hunter. You know Americans. Anything famous can sell for some money," said Old Xu.

This Zhang Chi knows that there are many people who collect things used by celebrities and singers in the fan circle, such as Jackson's glasses, Elvis Presley's car and so on.

"valuable?"

Zhang Chi looked at the crossbow in his hand and asked.

Old Xu said: "It's not worth much. Now this crossbow is only one or two hundred dollars on the market."

"One or two hundred dollars is not money, you should take it back," Zhang Chi said.

"You can only sell one or two hundred dollars if you meet someone who knows the goods," Old Xu said angrily.

Only then did Zhang Chi retract the crossbow.

"Anyway, take it," Old Xu said.

Lao Xu also came along with this thing, he didn't take it seriously, but in fact this thing is not very valuable, it just has a little sense of primitiveness, it is a good decoration at home, if you really use it, now How could anyone like such a crossbow.

The matter of the two crossbows is finished, and the next step is the business. Now Zhang Chi’s house cannot be fully used. The main reason is that the cowboy dormitory needs to be built. The location of the new cowboy dormitory is with the old house. Several dormitories It shares a sewage tank with this house. It is impossible for Zhang Chi to use it first, and then connect the sewage pipe of the cowboy dormitory to it.

How to do leak-proof and odor-proof like this?
Zhang Chi hoped that the work would be done faster, otherwise he would have to go to the toilet outside when he fell asleep all day long, and it would be inconvenient to take a shower.

Old Xu here agrees, but he doesn’t know if it will be fast or not. He has to ask about this matter. You want to save trouble in some parts of the project, but you can’t save trouble in the end, and it will be troublesome for the owner in the future. .

Old Xu is experienced in dealing with Party A. You should settle the matter and then explain it to him if it fails. Exaggerate the consequences. Generally speaking, Party A will back down a little.

"Your daughter-in-law hasn't come back yet, so you're not worried after going away for a few days?" Lao Xu found out that Melika hadn't come back, so he joked.

Zhang Chi said: "We have to chat every day, so there is nothing to worry about."

(End of this chapter)