pasture leisure

Chapter 79

An old rancher said: "I don't know what Mason plans to do this year."

Zhang Chi felt very strange when he heard it, and asked with his mouth open: "That Mason at the Mason Racecourse? What's the matter with him?"

Serior said: "You don't know the plight of the Mason Racecourse?"

Zhang Chi shook his head after hearing this: "I really don't know."

Zhang Chi cares about the things around him if he says he cares, and he doesn’t care if he doesn’t care. Anyway, that’s how he listens when others tell him, and he doesn’t ask if others don’t tell him.

What are you guys doing gossiping about?

"Hasn't Mason been training thoroughbred horses all the time? I don't know what's wrong with this man. He thinks he can train an excellent thoroughbred horse. You also know that this kind of horse is so easy to come out, but Mason's The old man just..." An old rancher pointed to his head.

Now Zhang Chi understands that Mason has always wanted to train an excellent horse, but his philosophy is a bit different from that of ordinary people.

It sounds easy to train a thoroughbred racehorse, but it is not as easy as you think. How many racecourses in the United States alone train thoroughbred horses in a year?That number is less than tens of thousands, but how many top horses can be produced in a year?A slap is probably not enough.

The vast majority of thoroughbred horses are eliminated after only a few times on the track. To put it simply, it is a few levels harder for a thoroughbred horse to become famous than for an ordinary American student to get into the Ivy League.

Mason made a mistake here, and he wanted to train an excellent thoroughbred horse by himself. The old Mason thought it was excellent. Zhang Chi didn't know what standard to evaluate, but he had to come back with a G-level Grand Prix champion no matter what.

But this standard is really not something that ordinary horses can achieve.

Training a thoroughbred horse is not as simple as just feeding a few bales of grass. You have to keep up with various nutrients, various recovery after training, various protections, etc., all of which cost money.

Now horse racing is different from before. In the past, just find a jockey or trainer at will, and the horse may run out of results.

Now horse racing is all about professional training. No matter how talented ordinary horses are, without professional training and no money to back them up, if you just want to win G1\G2 competitions, then you are serious Think too much.

In the eyes of everyone, Mason was thinking too much.

Mason tossed himself so hard that he almost ran out of money, and he relied on the pony farm to survive, but there was really not much demand for buying horses nearby. Which ranch had no cowboys, and which cowboys didn't have the skills to train horses.

Mason used to be able to sell some of the thoroughbred horses he bred based on his previous reputation, but after he left the racing circle for a long time in the past few years, his reputation faded, and the horses he bred did not have much success. Gradually, no one came to him to buy horses.

So the Mason Racecourse felt a little bit beyond its means.

Zhang Chi just listened to it. He and Mason didn't have any friendship, so he bought a horse, and he paid for it himself, and it wasn't cheaper than other places. Zhang Chi couldn't feel any sympathy.

Everyone just chatted, how to manage Mason's horse farm is Mason's business, and a group of old ranchers don't have much gossip about this matter.

Of course, no one gave Zhang Chi a detailed explanation, so everyone just mentioned it.

After staying with these ranchers for a while, Zhang Chi left and went to the city.

When he arrived in the city and came to the door of the uncle's restaurant, Zhang Chi remembered that Melika said that he wanted to try beef head meat, so he took out his mobile phone and sent Melica a message.

Just as she was about to enter the house, the news from Melika flew over.

Melika's message read: "Sorry!I really don't have time today.

Zhang Chi replied: It's okay, I just asked.

Then the two ended their conversation, and Zhang Chi opened the door and walked in.

When he walked in, Zhang Chi found that his cousin Zhang Wen was at home.

"Brother Dawen, when did you come back?" Zhang Chi asked his cousin with a smile.

Seeing his cousin enter the room, Zhang Wen stood up from the chair with a smile: "I just came back and happened to pass by here, so I stopped by to have a look, I have to leave in the afternoon, there is a medical conference in Canada tomorrow to open".

"Oh, you are really busy being doctors," Zhang Chi said.

"No way, by the way, I just tasted the beef you raised, and the T-bone steak is really good." Zhang Wen praised his cousin.

"You like to take some home, I'll go get them for you first." Zhang Chi heard his cousin said that his steak was good, so he said he wanted to give his cousin some.

After hearing this, Zhang Wen immediately waved his hand and said, "How do I get it now? When I am free in a few days, I will come back and live for two days. Then I will go to your ranch to have a look."

"That's great!" Zhang Chi laughed.

The two brothers chatted for a few words, and then began to help with the work.

Ten minutes later, the uncle's voice came from the kitchen.

"Okay, the bull's head is here!".

Hearing this, the brothers Zhang Chi and Zhang Wen wanted to help, but Zhang Youliang came out with an oversized tray before they reached the kitchen door.

The two brothers blocking the door immediately made way for him.

Zhang Chi saw a whole big bull's head on the plate, and couldn't help blurting out: "The whole thing is boiled?"

"How do you want to cook it, of course the whole ox head is cooked."

Putting down the plate, Zhang Youliang looked at the braised ox head on the table and said with great satisfaction.

"I look a little scary," Zhang Chi said, looking at the whole big bull's head on the table.

Zhang Youliang smiled and said: "You won't feel scary when you eat it. It's still hot now. You can take it apart after a while when it's a little cooler. I'm eating at home at noon today. It just so happens that your eldest brother is back. Let's have a good drink." A cup".

When the elder brother came back, Zhang Chi couldn't say anything, so he nodded in agreement.

But Zhang Wen said: "You two should drink at noon, and I won't drink."

Seeing Zhang Chi looking at himself with a puzzled face, Zhang Wen said: "I'm going to have an operation now, so I won't drink this wine, not at all. A slight shake of the hand is a life, so I dare not drink it." .

Hearing Brother Zhang Wen say this, Zhang Chi will not persuade him to drink, this persuasion is a bit unreasonable.

Zhang Youliang brought out the bull's head, and then went into the kitchen to get busy.

"Uncle, do you want my help?" Zhang Chi asked.

"No, no, you and your brother can stay outside," Zhang Youliang said.

The two brothers sat down and continued to choose vegetables, chatting while choosing vegetables.

"I heard that your ranch is doing well now?" Zhang Wen said.

Zhang Chi replied: "What's so good about it, that is, I was lucky this year. If it was a cow bought at an auction, I really can't make much money by raising it until now. Now the price of live cattle has dropped to [-]%. It’s two yuan and four yuan, and it’s really not profitable just by selling cattle.”

"Cows are getting cheaper, but the price of steaks on the market has gone up," Zhang Wen said with a smile.

"Who are you going to ask for an argument!" Zhang Chi helplessly spread his hands.

Zhang Wen smiled, and asked again: "Will you return to China during the Spring Festival this year?"

Zhang Chi said: "If there is no problem, I will definitely go back."

In the past, he had no money if he didn’t go back to China, and the round-trip air tickets cost tens of thousands. He was reluctant to spend this money. Now that he has made money, it’s a bit unreasonable not to go back to his hometown for the New Year, not to mention that he hasn’t celebrated the New Year with his family for a long time.

Naturally, I have to bring some money back home. Zhang Chi doesn’t have much money on him now, but Zhang Chi has already made up his mind. He will wait for the price of grass to rise and sell some of the grass. There are tens of thousands of knives, and when the time comes, I will buy some things for the elders, get some good clothes, and also give myself a little thought for the younger generation.

"If you go back, I won't bring many things with me when I return to China in two months, and I will let you take them back with me when the time comes," Zhang Wen said.

"Do you have anything to bring back to your hometown?" Zhang Chi asked.

"It's not a good thing, anyway, you can go to my place to get it when the time comes, and it's not very convenient for me to go back here for exchanges and lectures," Zhang Wen said.

"Then you tell my parents first, or I will be scolded by them if I take it back like this," Zhang Chi said.

Zhang Youliang is grateful to Zhang Chi's grandparents, so he brings something with him every time he goes back. Zhang Wen is also grateful to the old man because the two old people have cared for his father for several years, so he also gives Zhang Chi a gift after work. Chi's grandparents, parents gave some things.

They gave it away, but Zhang Chi's grandparents didn't need it, and the old man couldn't play with new electronic gadgets, so the two of them were always told not to give it away, and they had everything at home.

"Okay, I'll make a phone call with my uncle and aunt before you leave," Zhang Wen said.

With these words, Zhang Chi is relieved, otherwise he will be scolded when he goes home.

The two brothers chatted here for a few minutes, and Zhang Youliang came out of the kitchen, holding a bottle of white wine, two cups and a bunch of small plates in his hand.

"Let's eat! Go wash your hands, Gu Ying, come out too, let's eat beef head."

Speaking of which, Zhang Youliang sat down at the table and began to tear the meat off the bull's head.

Zhang Chi and Zhang Wen went into the kitchen to wash their hands before sitting down at the table.

"Come on, this is yours, this is yours...".

As he said that, Zhang Youliang put the torn meat into the small plate in front of Zhang Chi and Zhang Wen brothers.

On Zhang Chi's side, he took the wine bottle and poured half a glass of wine for his uncle and himself.

The meat in front of him had already become gelatinous, and when he picked it up, it was shining brightly, with a scent of seed sauce.

Zhang Chi took a piece and put it in his mouth, and chewed it lightly. He felt that it was a bit like eating pork skin jelly from his hometown. It was quite fragrant, but it was nothing special, but the flavor was changed from pork to beef.

The beef flavor is not heavy, it is all spice flavor.

With the wine, the taste immediately sublimated, and the aroma of the wine paired with the beef head immediately made the taste buds sing.

"Come to a bull's eye, eat to improve eyesight."

Seeing that his uncle wanted to put a bull's eye in front of him, Zhang Chi waved his hands again and again: "I don't want to eat this."

"nice one!"

Zhang Youliang's hand was hanging in the air.

"Eat it, it looks scary," Zhang Chi said.

"You kid doesn't understand good things."

As he spoke, he put the bull's eye on Zhang Wen's plate.

Zhang Wen didn't talk much, so he grabbed it and put it in his mouth.

Zhang Chi next to him was grinning a bit.

Auntie came out at this time, looked at Zhang Chi's appearance and said with a smile: "You child".

hey-hey!Zhang Chi smiled.

(End of this chapter)