pasture leisure

Chapter 64 Quotes
The pasture was not finished, and it was the time agreed with Burris, which was the time for the small gathering of the ranchers.

Zhang Chi didn't have time to prepare, so he asked Cannon about what he should pay attention to, so he brought a fried rice he made to the appointment.

From Cannon’s mouth, I learned that this kind of gathering is where the ranchers chat together, eat something, etc. Anyway, it’s about exchanging feelings.

Every participating rancher will bring some food and drink, which is a bit like our domestic inquirer (collect money to eat together).

Zhang Chi didn’t have anything to bring, so he just made a fried rice with three delicacies. Lao Mei likes this. If you get braised pig’s trotters or something, they might not dare to eat them. Three delicacies fried rice, as long as the fried rice is not too unpalatable, this group of Americans must be VERY GOOD!
The three delicacies fried rice was fried now, and after it was fried, it was packed in a disposable lunch box, and Zhang Chi set off.

This kind of party is not formal, and it's not a dinner party or something. There is no need to dress up, just wear what you usually wear now.

Arrived at Burris' house.

Burris asked Zhang Chi to open the door and come in by himself.

Opening the gate of the ranch, Zhang Chi drove the car to the door of Burris' house, and found that someone had already arrived, and there were several cars parked at the door, besides the pickup, there were two SUVs.

This kind of thing is rare here. Generally speaking, ranchers drive pickups everywhere. Generally speaking, most of those who drive this kind of SUV are "urban people", that is, talents who do not live on farms and ranches. It's open.

The people who came didn't play in the house, they just stayed on the terrace outside. Boris is standing in front of the oven and roasting meat, and a few people are on the grass next to them, holding bows and arrows towards the target. top shot.

All in all, a bunch of people are quite lively.

Get out of the car with fried rice.

"George!"

Zhang Chi heard Burris greet him, so he smiled at him, walked up to the terrace and put the fried rice in his hand on the long table.

Zhang Chi, the ranch owner, knows each other, but he has never had any contact with them. One is that Zhang Chi always stays in his ranch and rarely comes out, and the other is that everyone didn’t think much of Zhang Chi before.

But today, several ranchers greeted Zhang Chi with a smile, as if they were old friends, and they didn't feel embarrassed at all.

Zhang Chi is not embarrassed, he has been delivering food for more than ten years, and it is still embarrassing to encounter this kind of thing. The food for more than ten years is not free. It is a bit too familiar to say that he is familiar, but Zhang Chi can't see it on his face. Not familiar with these people.

After everyone said hello, Burris introduced two new faces to Zhang Chi.

"George! Come here and introduce to you. This is Jonathan, a city councilman, and this is Leonard, a lawyer...".

Zhang Chi and the two of them shook hands one by one, but they felt a little strange. It is easy to understand the city councilors. It is not surprising that the small congressman appeared.

It's different here. The ranchers are not afraid of officials. More often than not, officials need these ranchers with spare money in their pockets to help them in their careers. So there will always be these political players at any gathering. The difference Just the row size status is different.

Of course, to be able to participate in this kind of small party hosted by Burris's family, the official must not be too old.

But what happened to the lawyer Leonard?It can't be a lawsuit.

While Zhang Chi was thinking about this, Boris smiled at Zhang Chi and said, "This is your first time here, and we have prepared a small gift for you."

"Oh?" Zhang Chi was even more surprised.

After Boris finished speaking, he put down the meat clip in his hand, turned around and went back to the house.

When I came back, I had a brown cowboy hat in my hand, an old-fashioned cowboy hat, and the big brims on both sides were slightly rolled up.

"Try it and see if it fits." Burris put the cowboy hat in Zhang Chi's hand, and walked back to the front of the oven.

Zhang Chi took the cowboy hat, took off the baseball cap on his head, put the new hat on his head, straightened it left and right, and asked Burris, "How is it?"

"Very suitable!"

Benny, the old rancher next to him, said something.

"It's quite appropriate."

Zhang Chi's neighbor Seriol also said with a smile.

"Well, very good, thank you all."

Zhang Chi smiled at everyone.

Giving a cowboy hat meant that Zhang Chi understood that it was not just a hat, but that these ranchers had recognized themselves and proved that they were ranchers, or cowboys in their hearts.

Although Zhang Chi's cowboy is a bit too watery, even the lasso is not good.

Putting these kinds of things aside first, Zhang Chi's strong calf in the pasture is a manifestation of Zhang Chi's ability.

With a new hat, Zhang Chi threw the old baseball cap into the car, at least Zhang Chi will wear this hat at the party today, the reason is needless to say, it can't be that someone just gave a hat If you recognize you, you can just throw away your hat, what's the point of being such a fool in the society.

"George, come here, how is your archery, would you like a hand?"

A man said something to Zhang Chi.

"It's not very good, but it can be regarded as a target."

Zhang Chi took a look at the distance between these people and the target, and felt that it was no problem for him to hit the target.

Zhang Chi has also played archery. After all, he has lived in Folsom for more than ten years. Firearms need bullets, but bows and arrows can be recycled, so Zhang Chi's archery skills are far better than his marksmanship.

These people are not playing bow and arrow for fun, with a little bit of money, but there are not many, everyone is just playing and not gambling, so when Zhang Chi saw a few ten dollars on the small table, he took them out of his pocket. A ten dollar bill was placed on the table.

"Use my bow".

Seriol handed over his bow to Zhang Chi.

Zhang Chi took the bow, thanked him, then drew an arrow and put it on the bow, aimed at the target, calmed his breathing, held his breath and felt that it was almost done, so he let go of his hand.

stretch!
The arrow hit the target, the result wasn't too good, but it wasn't too bad either, Eight Rings!

"You almost lost five dollars with this one arrow."

Serior, who was next to him, looked at the target and said with a smile.

"It's not bad." Zhang Chi smiled indifferently.

In terms of playing with these things, Zhang Chi is definitely not as good as most Americans here.

The main reason is that he doesn’t have time to practice. He used to deliver food every day, so how could he have time to do this? These people are different, and there is nothing fun in the ranch. These cowboys have to drive for an hour or two to go to the big health care. They only have three or four days of rest a month, and most of their entertainment is playing with guns, or archery and throwing darts. Of course, Zhang Chifan's kung fu is not comparable to that of a delivery man.

And these people are at least a round older than Zhang Chi. If they live for so long and can't practice a little bit of archery, wouldn't they be a waste snack.

Returning the bow to Serior, Zhang Chi stood aside and watched the others shoot arrows.

Sure enough, these old guys are very good at this, and each of them is either a nine ring or a red heart.

After two or three rounds, Zhang Chi's ten dollars was thrown into other arms.

But everyone is just playing, and no one can be rich or poor even with ten dollars.

When a group of ranchers are chatting, they must talk about things in the ranch.

"George, are you going to sell the cows in the fall?"

A ranch advocate asked Zhang Chi.

Zhang Chi didn't hide it either. He was definitely going to sell the cattle this fall, so how would he pay the bank if he didn't sell the cattle.

"Let's look at the market. If the market is good, sell more. If the market is not good, then sell about [-] heads to gather funds," Zhang Chi said.

Everyone generally chooses to sell cattle before winter comes, because this will reduce the pressure on their pastures. The grass is more than [-] US dollars per ton. If they are raised for another winter, the investment cost is not small.

These are generally grass-fed pastures, not special fattening pastures, and the snow will not have much impact on them. Anyway, they usually raise cattle in this way. They use a fence to surround the cattle and feed them grains to let the cattle Less activity more meat.

A ranch like Zhang Chi's will not work, and the cost will immediately increase a lot after a winter.

Under normal circumstances, when a pasture that grazes cattle over [-] pounds, the weight of the cattle will increase very slowly. I can't even feed half a catty of meat.

If you calculate the economic account in this way, the input and output are not directly proportional, so the grazing pastures are unlikely to raise the cattle to adulthood and continue to feed them.

"This year's market is not very optimistic."

An old rancher makes his point.

"Yes, I think it's the same. Now the price of pasture is a bit confusing, but the price of beef has been falling."

Another rancher agreed with a sigh.

It sounds strange that pastures have risen but beef has fallen, but it is not surprising at all.

The purchase of beef cattle in the United States is usually in the hands of the four major companies. The four major companies such as **S and Tyson account for 80% of the slaughtering volume in the entire US market.It can be said that they have teamed up to monopolize the US beef market.

Let's put it this way, these four big companies are making money at both ends, while lowering the purchase price of beef cattle, while raising the selling price in the market.

As a result, the price of cattle sold by ranchers has been falling, but the price of beef in the market over there has been rising. Many ranchers do not make money selling cattle, and the citizens there are almost unable to afford beef.

For Zhang Chi, he is naturally not afraid. No matter what, he will make money this year, because his cattle are bought cheaply, which is almost equivalent to giving them away for nothing. If he does not make money, the ranchers in front of him will be Gotta lose the pants.

Everyone knows the reason, but there is no power to fight against the four major companies. If you don't sell to fattening ranches, what should you do?Raise it to the market by yourself?You are considered light to death.The fattening company is not a good person. The beef cattle are sold at a low price, so how can their purchase price be high? With such a loop, the pressure will finally be on both ends.

Those who sell cattle and eat meat have become the most unlucky.

(End of this chapter)