pasture leisure

Chapter 68
After the group left, Cannon smiled and said something to Zhang Chi.

"Boss, you refused quite simply."

"What?" Zhang Chi couldn't figure out what Cannon meant, what did he refuse or not, and where did he do it.

Cannon laughs: "They want puppies from dogs!"

"Then I really didn't see it."

Zhang Chi really didn't think about it, but even if he did, he wouldn't necessarily agree. If he wants you, he'll give it to you. Isn't that a bad guy? Besides, no matter whether it's a big bull or a two tiger, there's no ordinary Tibetan mastiff at all. stupidity.

If they wanted that Zhang Chi when Zhang Wu first sent it over, they might even send away the big cows and two tigers, but now, let’s talk about it. If he is so big, he will catch rabbits and eat them. Dean lives a lot.

Even if you want to give something good, you have to give it so that people feel indebted to you. At least Zhang Chi won't do it if you give it so simply.

"Get something, and work hard after eating."

Zhang Chi thought for a while, and said something to Cannon about the remaining straw bales in his pasture.

That's what Cannon came back for.

The two of them had nothing to say, and continued to collect the straw bales after eating something.

In the next few days, the pasture was quite peaceful. After Zhang Chi and Cannon collected all the straw bales into the fodder storage, Zhang Chi began to water the pasture.

Cannon tended the cattle.

This time Zhang Chi reduced the amount of gourd water by half again, because he was afraid that Cannon would see the growth of the pasture, so just a small amount and many times, anyway, the result is always the same.

However, about ten days after spraying the water, the grass in most parts of the pasture should be harvested again. Although the grass is not as high as the first harvest, it has reached the harvesting standard.

Zhang Chi was much smarter in harvesting this time, and he directly ordered the self-driving harvesting and baling machine, saving him and Cannon the trouble.

Although it costs a little more money, it really saves a lot of energy, and this thing is automatically harvested and bundled for transportation. But twenty or thirty minutes.

In just three days, all the pastures that should be harvested were harvested, and all of them were stacked on the empty grassland not far from the warehouse.

Naturally, Zhang Chi continued to spray water, and the grass continued to grow gratifyingly.

As the grass grows, Er Gou, Da Niu and Er Hu have also grown in size. Er Gou is already a handsome adult raccoon cat, which means that Er Gou is now an adult.

The big cow and the two tigers have grown taller again, with a shoulder height of about [-] centimeters. From the appearance, they are already two strong dogs, but for the big cow and the two tigers, they are still growing. Dogs can usually grow up to eight months, and now they are only four or five months old.

Zhang Chi doesn’t feed anymore, no matter if it’s a big cow, two tigers or two dogs, Zhang Chi doesn’t feed him any more. He lets the three of them forage for food on their own in the pasture, and occasionally throws them a bone or something when eating meat by themselves. .

Most of the time, they have to rely on themselves to fill their bellies.

The calves are also growing naturally, but most of them are not too obvious, only a few bulls grow fast.

The biggest job of Zhang Chi and Cannon now is to mow the grass, dry the grass and put the pasture into the forage bank.

During this gap, the two also built several wooden fences in the pasture, and drove the ten sheep in Zhang Chi's pasture into it, and the other housed the horses that had been grazing all the time.

With the help of Leonard's lawyer, Zhang Chi received a total of more than a dozen subsidies, each of which was not too big, some were two or three hundred, some were three or four hundred, but if they were added together, they would not be too big. Less, and received a total of more than [-] US dollars in subsidies.

With spare money in hand, Zhang Chi informed Lao Xu to stock up and prepare to build another cowshed before the snow fell. Otherwise, even if Zhang Chi sold some cows in the current cowshed, this small cowshed would not be able to accommodate so many cows. .

As time passed day by day, summer was slowly passing by, and the small steps in autumn had already stepped on the grass of the pasture, and the grass began to turn yellow slowly.

The grass in Zhangchi Ranch has been harvested twice, and the warehouse can no longer hold it. Most of the grass is piled up next to the warehouse, and the yards are neat. The large rectangular pile has two layers. Half as high as a floor.

There was no roof to keep out the wind and rain, so Zhang Chi bought a large tarpaulin to cover the top of the haystack. As for the outermost haystack below, he couldn't control it.

Now everyone, including Zhang Chi, is most concerned about one thing, that is, the daily cattle price, even if it rises by one or two cents per pound, the ranch owner can smile.

On the contrary, it is a sad face.

Although Zhang Chi's cost is low, how can he not like to make more money? He is not a person who is ecstatic and unafraid. What he likes most is green money, because this thing can give him the happiness of coming soon. Things are incomparable.

First-hand news about cattle prices now mainly comes from the Internet, but if you want to say that the place where you can most feel this kind of news, it has to be a bar.

So these days, Zhang Chi has to go to the bar for ten minutes after dinner almost every day, and he has to go there when there are many cowboys.

It's not just Zhang Chi, many small and medium-sized farmers and ranchers nearby like to go to bars at this time.

At this time, there are not many cowboys working in bars, but there are more farmers and ranchers.

Zhang Chi rode Chiyan Mountain as usual and came to the entrance of the bar. He got off his horse and tied Chiyan Mountain to the horse stake. He pushed open the small door of the bar and walked in.

"George, this way!"

Before Zhang Chi could see who was inside, someone greeted Zhang Chi.

Zhang Chi turned his head and found that his neighbor Serior was stretching out his hand and beckoning at him.

"right away".

After Zhang Chi finished speaking, she walked to the bar counter. Without waiting for Zhang Chi to speak, Kimberly directly took a bottle of beer, opened it and placed it on the bar counter, and then put some snacks on a small plate.

This is standard every time Zhang Chi comes. Others drink spirits, but Zhang Chi always comes with a bottle or two of beer and snacks.

"Thank you!"

After thanking Kimberly, Zhang Chi came to Serior's table with a hand of beer and a hand of snacks.

There are three people at Serior's table. Besides Seriol, there is Danny, who is also a rancher. He is relatively old, about [-] years old and almost [-] years old. The other person Zhang Chi does not know, about forty years old age.

White, but not pure white, looks like a little Indian blood.

"This is Richard, who is your neighbor."

After Serior introduced it, Zhang Chi understood that this is Serior's new neighbor.His ranch and Zhang Chi's ranch are not on the same border, but they are not far away. The two ranches are separated by more than two miles.

After a few polite words with this Richard, Zhang Chi opened his chair and sat down.

"George, have you sold your cattle yet?"

As soon as he sat down, he heard Danny ask.

Zhang Chi shook his head: "I haven't decided yet."

The merchants who bought the live cattle have already come, and the price given is now [-] yuan per kilogram of live cattle. This price can be said to be far lower than everyone's expectations.

"The price is too low. Last year at this time it was only [-] yuan, but this year it's suddenly so low." Danny sighed.

Zhang Chi nodded: "The price is indeed too low. You can only earn a few dozen yuan if you sell a cow."

This calculation is naturally based on normal calculations. A calf is raised from birth to about [-] pounds, which is about [-] kilograms. Excluding the cost of manual feed, the profit per cow is extremely meager.

Serior interjected: "Most places today are free from disease and disaster, so the price of cattle can't be high, but no one thought it would be so low!"

As soon as the purchaser announced the purchase price, there was a lot of criticism in the whole town, especially the pastures that raise mixed cattle, such as Angus, Charolais, and Piedmont. The price is not bad. If you can make do with it, of course Zhang Chi's Gascony price is also worth it.

However, compared with last year, the overall price of live cattle showed a downward trend.

The biggest drop is the miscellaneous cattle, the most common meat and milk dual-purpose cattle.

The price of one kilogram of beef has dropped by [-] cents, and each cow will be sold for [-] to [-] yuan less. The one hundred cows are one thousand cows. Once the numbers accumulate, the hearts of ranchers begin to bleed.

Originally, Zhang Chi planned to sell part of his cattle as soon as autumn came, and when he got the money, Lao Xu's engineering team could come and build another cowshed for him.

It also printed an old saying of our people: it is better to change ideas quickly. At the current price, Zhang Chi doesn't know whether it is better to sell it or not.

If you sell it, the price is unbearable to look at directly, if you don't sell it, then he will have no money.

The current price of the beef market to Zhang Chi feels like Mr. Ye Shengtao's article "Overcharged by three or five buckets".

He, Zhang Chi, is the old felt hat friend in the article. He is full of joy and plans to sell the cow to buy some things for the family, such as the big floral cloth and thermos bottle that the wife wants, but when it comes time to sell the cow, he sees that Good guy, especially don't make a big flower cloth, even eating is a bit difficult, it might as well earn more in a disaster year.

"Are you going to sell it?"

Zhang Chi asked Serior.

Seriol smiled wryly at Zhang Chi: "I don't really want to sell at this price, I think I'd better wait and see."

This is also what most people think. Selling cattle at this price is almost equivalent to a year of work for nothing. If a cow earns tens of dollars, then it is still raising wooly cattle. It is better to sell pasture directly.

"I guess it won't work if the price goes up." Richard opened his mouth and said, "It's early for us to sell cattle here. When the cattle in Texas start to be sold, the price of this cattle may go down."

Amber is colder than places like Texas and California, so the cattle are sold earlier. The price of cattle is pretty good every year. If cattle are sold in warmer places, there will be a large number of cattle. Listing will definitely cause the price to go down.

In other words, you may not be able to wait for a good price.

Doesn't Seriol know, he naturally knows, but the current price of two yuan and five is really unacceptable to him.

It hurts to sell it, but it is risky if you don't sell it. Maybe you won't even be able to earn these dozens of yuan by then.

worry!

What if a bunch of big bosses are worried?
Of course it was cursing, starting with the people in the white house, and then scolding the idiots in the special zone, and then scolding the four big butchers.

Can scolding solve the problem, can scolding raise the price of cattle?
Obviously not!

Swearing is actually the most powerless way.

Zhang Chi didn't scold, of course it has something to do with how much he earns.

(End of this chapter)