pasture leisure

Chapter 70

Walking halfway, Zhang Chi found that Daniel and Erhu were lying on the grass, and they seemed to be catching something to eat again.

"Big cow, two tigers!"

Zhang Chi yelled at the two dogs.

When Daniu and Erhu heard Zhang Chi's call, they immediately trotted over wagging their tails, jumping and bouncing when they reached the side of Chiyan Mountain, obviously very enthusiastic about the master's call.

"Come on, come with me to drive the cattle." Zhang Chi yelled at Big Niu and Erhu, and then urged Chi Yanshan to trot towards the direction of the cattle.

Wang, Wang!
The big cow and the two tigers were very excited to follow Zhang Chi's horse, barking happily, and they didn't know whether they were happy that the owner was leading him to run or were excited to drive the cattle, anyway, the two dogs were happy on the grass.

Cannon didn't think that these two dogs could drive any cows, but the boss said this, so he followed them to the herd with a smile.

When he got to the side of the herd, Zhang Chi stood still, and Cannon began to drive the thinnest cows out of the herd.

Shout out!

Cannon uttered a sound, then spurred his horse into the herd.

Cannon's voice made the herd a little uneasy, and the leading bull was also a little scared, so he started moving with the herd.

As soon as the herd moved, Zhang Chi’s job came. He urged Chi Yanshan to cut off the herd from the middle, so that the road leading to the herd would be blocked for the few cows driven by Kannon. .

The idea is good, but the operation is not the same. When Zhang Chi urged Chi Yanshan to walk over, the distance between the cattle gradually narrowed.

"Big cow, two tigers!"

Zhang Chi was in a hurry, and began to call out the big bulls and two tigers.

Daniu and Erhu heard Zhang Chi's call, and looked at Zhang Chi in a daze, wondering what the master meant by calling him.

"Over there, over there, don't let the cow pass."

Zhang Chi is dealing with a few cows here, but the other ones are about to catch up with the cows in front, and Cannon is still at the tail of the cows at this time. If he leaves, then the cows behind will The herd will definitely turn around and run away.

I didn't expect Daniel and Erhu to understand, but Daniel and Erhu really understood. The two dogs rushed over immediately, stuck behind the buttocks of the previous group of cows, and grinned at the cows that followed. There was a whining warning sound.

Niu, who wanted to follow up, saw Daniel and Erhu, and immediately stopped in his tracks. In just one pause, Kannon had already arrived with his horse.

Zhang Chi originally yelled like this, and he really didn't expect Daniel and Erhu to be effective, but Daniel and Erhu did give Zhang Chi a very big surprise.

Not only gave Zhang Chi a big surprise, but Cannon who rushed over also looked at the two dogs on the ground in amazement.

"I didn't expect them to be so smart."

"How is it, okay?"

The performance of the bulls and two tigers made Zhang Chi feel radiant.

Cannon nodded and said: "You performed well, but you lack some training. I will train when I have time."

The herd separated, and the few calves that left the herd became honest. At this time, as long as Zhang Chi was driving behind and Cannon was on the side to maintain, the calves came to the fence obediently and put them away easily. The cows were herded into a pen.

When returning to the cattle herd again, Cannon Kairu commanded the big bull and the two tigers.

For every order issued by Cannon, the big cow and the tiger and the two dogs have done very well. Let's put it this way, the skills of the two dogs are better than the current Zhang Chi.

The more Cannon worked, the more he felt that these two dogs were really great. From time to time, he would exaggerate big bulls and two tigers, and say "good dogs" at every turn.

With the blessing of Daniel and Erhu, the rest of Mavericks will be very easy.

Fifty or so calves were driven into the pen, and the grass in the pen was definitely not enough to eat, so Cannon pulled a few more bales of grass, shook them and put them along the pen, so that these calves could eat grass.

In addition to the grass, a drinking trough was also built for the cattle.

The more than [-] calves selected are all the weaker ones in the herd. They are said to be thinner, but they are actually compared with other cows. It does not mean that these cows are not qualified for sale. How could it be too bad.

Just like that, Zhang Chi was still a little dissatisfied, feeling that the cows seemed to be underweight now, so he secretly poured a little gourd pulp into the cow trough.

After driving the cattle together, things are almost done here, and the next step is to wait for the acquired fattening ranch to come.

And in the gaps when these people didn't come, Zhang Chi continued to practice lassoing. Zhang Chi's lassoing skills have increased rapidly these days. Now he is no longer standing on the ground practicing wooden frames, but directly looking for live cattle to practice.

There is nothing to say about this thing, only hard work can produce results, saying it [-] times is not as effective as putting it on twice.

Today Zhang Chi added another item to himself, which is to drive the cattle. While driving, he followed what Cannon said to understand how the cattle would react under the pressure.

This work is also hard work, there is no opportunistic way, only practice can improve one's skills.

Cannon began to train Daniel and Erhu. The performance of Daniel and Erhu just now gave him great confidence in training the two dogs into excellent cattle dogs.

At the beginning of the training, this confidence doubled again, because Cannon found that Daniel and Erhu were really smart. He only needed to perform a movement two or three times, and Daniel and Erhu could initially grasp the essentials.

This makes Cannon seem to have found a new way to entertain.

Zhang Chi is also in good spirits now. He is riding Chiyan Mountain and chasing a herd of cows. The lasso in the middle is swishing like a whistling wind. The only thing that is not happy is the cows. They don’t even want to be safe. There is no effort to eat grass raw.

At around two o'clock in the afternoon, the cattle collector came to the door.

Zhang Chi arrived at the door, opened the door, and greeted two large pickup trucks towing livestock trucks into the ranch.

The dilapidated big pickup truck is equipped with a trailer. Some places on the trailer that are not easy to clean up seem to be covered with cow dung. The overall feeling is a bit dirty.

"Where are the cows, do we need to catch them? We have to charge extra."

The leader is a fat cowboy in his forties. He is dressed like a cowboy, but his figure is not too similar. His big belly is almost bigger than the belly of a pregnant woman who is about to give birth. One can tell that he is not often involved in physical strength The labor kind.

He is dressed in standard cowboy attire, with a gray cowboy hat on his head, a red plaid shirt on his upper body, a pair of blue jeans on his lower body, and a pair of riding boots on his feet. There is still some mud on the riding boots. Just came from a ranch.

"there!"

There is nothing to talk about with this Zhang Chi. He is buying cattle and he is selling cattle. No matter how big the relationship is, it is impossible for him to raise the purchase price, and it is also impossible for him to lower the selling price.

After the two said a few polite words, they went straight to the topic.

Zhang Chi stretched out his finger to the fence not far away: "It's all there, fifty-three in total."

All the cattle are ready, just waiting for this group of people to come and weigh them for transportation.

It was quite easy for this one to see it, so he called a group of people who came with him to the side of the fence.

There were five cowboys with him, and they got to work as soon as they got out of the car.

It was quite novel for Zhang Chi to see these people busy. It was his first time selling cattle, so he thought the things these people brought were quite interesting.

The scale is definitely indispensable for buying cattle, and the one they brought is also a big one. Zhang Chi didn’t find it just now, because the scale was actually hidden under the trailer, so you can just stick it out when you use it.

Several cowboys set up the scales, two of them took out the lasso, came to the gate of the fence, opened the door and walked into the fence, flung the lasso, and soon they hit a cow.

After trapping the cow, the two pulled the cow out of the fence.

The cow that was pulled out of the pen was immediately surrounded by two or three cowboys, and began to do a simple inspection of the cow, looking at the mouth and the buttocks, and took out a few test strips. This guy was very busy.

It looked like these people were in a mess, but it didn't take too much time, and the simple inspection of the cattle was completed in about a minute.

After accepting the simple picking and inspection, under the joint efforts of several cowboys, the very obedient one was led by several people to stand on the scale, weighed it, and then the fat man reported the number on it to Zhang Chi.

"Nine hundred and thirteen pounds, that's a lot of cow!"

"It's okay," Zhang Chi said with a smile.

Cannon, who was holding a pen next to him, couldn't help but froze for a moment, thought for a while, and when he came back to his senses, he wrote down the weight of the cow on the paper.

The next thing is a bit boring, the whole process has been repeated, every cow came once.

When the fence was empty, the fat cowboy tore off the list in his hand and put it in front of Zhang Chi.

"Please check the numbers for errors," the fat cowboy said to Zhang Chi.

Zhang Chi took the order and started confronting Cannon.

Nothing wrong, every cow weighed exactly as Cannon had just noted it down.

"Nothing wrong," Zhang Chi said to the fat cowboy.

"If there is nothing wrong, please sign here, and here, here, if everything is correct, the money will be transferred to your account within three working days."

The fat cowboy began to signal Zhang Chi to sign his name in several places, and at the same time told Zhang Chi the method and time of payment.

Now that Zhang Chi signs the words, it proves that the cattle purchase contract is completed, and the money is equivalent to having reached Zhang Chi's pocket.

After everything was done, the fat cowboy shook hands with Zhang Chi: "I hope we will have a chance to cooperate next time."

"Okay. Next time, I hope the price will be higher. With such a low price, raising cattle is a bit uneconomical."

The fat cowboy smiled and said: "It's the same price now, it may be better in spring, but it's hard to say about this kind of thing. The price in spring was even lower than it is now, two yuan and three yuan. I don't believe it, but it's true..."

Fat cowboys have already said this to many ranchers, and what they say is almost a jingle. Every time they collect cattle, no matter what the price is, there will always be complaints about the low price, but they still have to sell them every time. The ranch naturally hopes that the price will be higher, because the high price they receive means that their selling price will also be high, but the market is not theirs now.

Naturally, they have to lower the price when the slaughter side lowers the price, otherwise, how much money do they make on the fattening ranch?

Watching the cattle cart leave, Cannon asked suspiciously: "Boss, is the cattle bigger than it was in the morning?"

"What's big, it's not big" Zhang Chi naturally wanted to deny it.

The final price of fifty-three cows was a little short of $[-].

With the money to build a simple small cowshed, as long as Zhang Chi doesn't buy any big things, there is no problem with the money until the beginning of next spring.

At the beginning of spring next year, look at the price. If the price is good, you will have to sell the remaining batch of cattle. However, after a winter of feeding, Zhang Chi doesn't want his cattle to only weigh more than [-] pounds. Knowing that the rest are all 'strong cows' growing two or three hundred pounds of meat, isn't that too much?
(End of this chapter)