pasture leisure

Chapter 291 It's Raining Hard
Zhang Chi stood under the porch of the house, looking at the workers who were working not far away through a layer of rain curtain.

It’s raining a lot, and the weather forecast is really inaccurate. I originally said light rain, and originally said one day. Now the light rain has turned into moderate rain, light rain has become moderate rain, and moderate rain has turned into light rain. It’s been like this for almost three days. , not to mention anything else, the small river next to the town is full.

Zhang Chi also wanted to go to the small river to catch some fish, but the fish was not caught, and his own pond was also flooded. The pond that Zhang Chi dug is now completely connected with the small river in the pasture. It is not clear where is the river and where is the pond.

After watching the rain for a while, and then at the busy workers over there, Zhang Chi turned and went back into the house.

Melika was sitting on a rocking chair and reading a book. She was not reading casual books, but professional books on economics.For his daughter-in-law's spirit of seeking knowledge, Zhang Chi has a heart of worship.

He really didn't understand why someone could take this kind of writing with relish.

Lao Zhang couldn’t do that. He felt drowsy when he read professional books, but he didn’t get sleepy when he read some picture albums, no matter if they were about people or animals, or about scenery. He is troubled by large-scale characters, no matter in Chinese or English.

"What are you doing turning around, can't you just sit down for a while? It's going to rain, what can you do with it, you can't turn around, it just stop."

Melika's eyes did not leave the book, and she said to Zhang Chi while flipping through the book indifferently.

"Aren't I in a hurry?" Zhang Chi said.

The cows in the gourd are trying to figure it out, what a delay this guy is.

"What's the rush? If the cow in the mountain belongs to you, then it must belong to you. If others go there long ago, they won't be able to snatch it away. If it doesn't belong to you, you might not find it even if you are on the side of the road, just like Nell. Like a family," Melika said.

Melika felt that her husband at the moment was like a monkey without backs, and she couldn't do it anyway. Is it so fun in the mountains?Let you miss so much.

Nell's family was not very happy during this period. There were cattle herds on their route. They didn't notice it when they passed by on the first day, but once they passed, it was less than [-] minutes later. When a few other people passed by, they found a herd of cattle, not too big, more than a hundred cattle.

The family stood helplessly on the top of the hill, watching others take away the cattle that almost belonged to them.

Although there are only more than one hundred cows, they can be divided into tens of thousands of yuan per person, which is a real income earned for nothing.

This made Nell's family regret their guts. The family slipped in the mountains for a few days in vain, and finally came back in the rain. When they came back, two of them fell ill.

Zhang Chi didn't go to visit the doctor or anything. As long as there is no hospitalization here, most people don't need to visit. Those who go to visit are quite good friends or relatives, so it's fine.

Besides, it was a cold, and others were afraid of contagion.

Cannon heard the news from the bar.

There is really nothing wrong with the pasture now. If it is not raining, we can still harvest some pasture, but now that it is raining so much, what should we do after harvesting the pasture? It is covered with rainwater and cannot be dried?Instead of doing this, it is better to wait for the weather to improve before harvesting.

The ranch was fine, so Cannon took the new couple to the bar to sit when he was free, so he heard the news from Nell's house.

There is no joke about their family, one is because taking risks is brave for these people, even if there is no gain, it is worthy of respect, and they will not feel so or so just because others fail.

What's more, many people are also thinking about whether they should go to the mountains to find cattle. After all, these are all money.

As a commercial society in the United States, everything spreads quickly.

Now the price of this new breed of black cattle has been rising slowly. The live price has reached about [-] yuan per pound. With the black cattle's general grid, a big bull is now worth thousands of dollars.

If it is a bull in good condition, the price is higher.

This made Zhang Chi really not expect that the price of this cattle has risen much faster than when he sold cattle last year.

Originally, Good Neighbor spent money to buy Lao Xu’s cows, and many people thought it was a bit expensive, but now no one said that Good Neighbor’s purchases were expensive anymore, because as long as he was willing to sell the cows he bought now, he could at least make a profit. A 50% profit.

The price of cattle has risen again, but there are fewer people selling cattle. The batch of cattle that Zhang Chi met last time when he came back from the city were held in their hands and watched.

Zhang Chi didn't say anything to Melika, but sat down next to her and began to think about going up the mountain.

Everything is almost ready, and the only thing left is to go up the mountain after the weather clears.

Everything is ready, besides food and drink, there are three long guns, three rifles to be exact, and two pistols, which are for self-defense on the road.

If you can't find cattle, you probably won't need them, but if you want to find cattle, everyone must have a means of protecting their income. There are few crimes here, and the law and order are relatively good, but in the deep mountains, no one wants to take money. To test the conscience of others with one's own life.

If you want to do this, we Chinese have a saying: there are not a few lonely ghosts buried in the mountains.

Don't believe in the quality of foreigners. The ancestors made their fortunes by robbing. It's not good to plant them. No matter how simple you are, you can only hope for luck.

Anyway, Zhang Chi would not be so naive.

Both Cannon and Brian suggested that they bring guns. Cannon didn't have a gun, but the ranch had guns. For security reasons, Cannon could also carry a gun.

So each of the three of them carried a rifle, that is, a long gun, and Zhang Chi and Brian also had two pistols.

This is the team's defensive strength.

In addition to these, there are also food and drink, mainly canned food, all kinds of canned food, we Chinese rarely eat canned food when we have nothing to do, we think this food is not very delicious, or we don’t have this habit, but for Americans Said that canned food is actually a very common thing in life. They usually use canned food as a material for cooking when they are free.

In addition to canned food, there are also some dry goods that do not take up space, such as beef jerky and the like.

With food, of course, there is also drinking water. I don’t bring much water, but it has a small water purification device. This thing can filter out seven or eight liters of water in an hour, which is enough for three people to drink and cook in the wild. .

In addition to the above, it is sleeping gear. Needless to say, Americans, especially cowboys, rarely do not have this stuff, so it is enough to prepare each of these things.

As for the point of grazing cattle, Zhang Chi has to think carefully. There are too many people entering the mountain now. He thinks that if he wants to find a place with few people, it must be not far from his home ranch.

He didn't want to drive a herd of cattle over the mountains, there was no need for that.

Melika saw that Zhang Chi ignored her, raised her head and put down the book in her hand, and saw that Zhang Chi's eyes were a little loose, so she knew that she was thinking about something.

"what's wrong?"

Melika stretched out her hand and pushed Zhang Chi.

Zhang Chi came back to his senses, smiled at Melika and said, "I'm thinking about how difficult it is to play tonight!"

Melika laughed and said, "Then I'll watch your performance."

For talking about this matter, at least Melika, the American girl, did not show any shyness. Sometimes joking can make Zhang Chi blush.

"Okay, I went to the pond to have a look, and I don't know how many fish escaped," Zhang Chi said with a smile.

Melika laughed and said, "Be careful that people from the environmental department find you."

"Without me, the pond is gone, and they didn't do their job well." Zhang Chi curled his lips.

Now Zhang Chi’s pond is leaking, but the damage to the United States from Asian carp is not caused by Zhang Chi, it was first created by the Americans themselves, and the water quality is also purified. There is no cure, the fish is rotten.

Melika smiled, leaned her head on the sofa and closed her eyes.

Seeing Melika's appearance, Zhang Chi was really worried. In the past, Melika was not like this. She could work [-] or [-] hours a day in good spirits. Now there is nothing to do every day, but she would feel sleepy from time to time. .

But Zhang Chi didn't say anything, but took this matter to heart, and planned to make a call sometime to ask his cousin, that is, Brother Dawen.

Melika also fell asleep quickly now, and after a while, her breathing became even.

Zhang Chi changed into a raincoat and rubber shoes, and rode on Chiyan Mountain to the pond together.

When I got to the side of the pond, I looked up and saw a herd of cows hiding in the woods not far away.

At this time, you can see the position of the cattle in the herd with a glance. It is normal for the low-ranking cows to stand outside and get wet in the rain. The high-ranking cows hide under the big trees and hardly get any rain.

At this time, the woods in the pasture are like big umbrellas, providing opportunities for the cattle to hide from the rain.

It doesn't make much difference to Zhang Chi which cows are exposed to the rain and which ones are not. It seems that this herd of cows is not easy to get a cold, so as long as you don't see the cows going crazy, then this herd of cows is fine. question.

Zhang Chi noticed the herd of cows because this guy, Scarpis, was standing outside now, alone, no, a cow standing in the rain, like a two hundred and five in a concave shape.

Following Scar's gaze, Zhang Chi didn't find anything, and the small forest over there didn't seem like a place where he could hide anything.

After glancing at Scarpis, Zhang Chi turned his attention to the pond again.

From the moment they discovered that there was no water in the pond, Zhang Chi and Lao Xu set up a circle of nets around to stop the fish.

Zhang Chi didn't know whether it was stopped or not, but at the moment he looked at the water surface, he seemed to find that there were not many fish missing.

There are plenty of fish in the pond, which is a gratifying thing, but if the rain continues like this, the pond will disappear, and it will be difficult to keep the fish.

(End of this chapter)