pasture leisure

Chapter 85
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Zhang Chi scratched his forehead, holding the phone in one hand, with an incredulous expression on his face, he really didn't understand why the Chuanbei Pipa Gao was sold out.

When he went to buy last time, the owner still had two full boxes. There are Chinese here, but there shouldn’t be so many, and he knows almost all the Chinese. There are at most two or three like Li Qiao who just moved here. Apart from the fish that slipped through the net for a long time, there should be no one else.

Cannon just walked in at this time, ready to get a cup of coffee by the coffee machine.

Seeing the frowning look on his boss's face, he asked after he put down the phone: "What's the matter, what happened?"

Zhang Chi said: "It's so strange that one item is sold out."

"What sells so well?" Cannon said.

Zhang Chi replied: "It's nothing, the syrup for coughing and rinsing."

"Oh, is that the Chinese syrup?"

Seeing Zhang Chi nodded, Cannon smiled and said, "That's too normal. There are a lot of people buying this stuff now, and it's even fetching $[-] a bottle online."

"Even you know?" Zhang Chi asked.

Cannon said: "I also heard from a friend that he bought several bottles at one time. He likes this thing very much now, and every time he eats, he has a spoonful."

"Eat without being sick?"

Zhang Chi felt that there was something wrong with Cannon, his friend.

But after thinking about it, I can figure it out. Foreigners generally like sweets, let alone foreigners. We Chinese also like sweets in many places. It is not surprising to eat a spoonful of syrup every day.

But every spoonful of medicine in every meal still made Zhang Chi feel weird.

Cannon walked to the coffee machine and took a small pot of coffee. Seeing that Zhang Chi was about to make a call, he said, "Can you help me find the syrup?"

"Why don't you look for it? The children here are all sick. If they ask me for help, I have to help." Zhang Chi took out his cell phone and started calling.

Call your aunt first and ask her if she still has this thing at home.

"Yes, I still have two bottles at home, come and get them if you want them." When Auntie heard that Zhang Chi wanted this, she immediately remembered that she still had two bottles at home.

Two bottles are not enough!

"Then I'll get your two bottles later, and I'll call and ask others. The children here are coughing, and I need at least three or four bottles," Zhang Chi said.

"Then ask your Aunt Phil, she usually likes to plan ahead." Gu Ying thought of her friend.

Zhang Chi said: "Okay, then I'll call Aunt Phil right away, okay, I won't talk to you for now...".

"Don't hang up, I have something to tell you here." Gu Ying said immediately after hearing this.

Zhang Chi replied: "You said."

"Are you still short of manpower?" Gu Ying asked.

After hearing this, Zhang Chi asked back: "Auntie, you are asking that because someone wants to work?"

Gu Yingdao: "I have a distant nephew here. He just graduated from university this year and wants to find a job. If he finds a job, he can stay. If he can't find a job, he has to go back. He doesn't want to go back, but the restaurant here is not suitable either. , so I ask you if there is still a shortage of manpower over there."

Hearing what Auntie said, even if Zhang Chi is not lacking, he has to say that he is lacking.

"Auntie, there is a shortage of people here, but are you sure that a college graduate is willing to work here?" Zhang Chi thinks this is a bit impossible. A college graduate came to work on his own ranch?Isn't that overkill.

When Gu Ying heard what his nephew said, the stone in his heart finally fell: "Aren't you a ranch company, and his university is not a serious university... Also, the child is a bit stupid, but working diligent".

"Auntie, don't talk about it, I want this person." Zhang Chi said for a while and then said: "But my salary here is not high. I can't afford a high salary. I can only have seven or eight hundred yuan a month." , any more would be inappropriate.”

Seven or eight hundred a month is not considered low wages for cowboys, and it is impossible for Zhang Chi to give a novice more than Cannon's wages, even if he is related.

After hearing this, Gu Ying said: "That's enough, he can't find a job, let's stay and talk later."

"That's fine, you let him come directly," Zhang Chi said.

After chatting with his aunt, Zhang Chi called Aunt Phil.

After a phone call, Aunt Phil was feeding her pigs.

Aunt Phil is really industrious. She is busy all day long and has no free time. She is busy from bedtime to dark. Although she has gained weight and is not very good-looking, such a woman is Zhang Chi. The standard for finding a wife.

In Zhang Chi's view, it doesn't matter whether it's good or not to find a wife. The important thing is to be able to manage the family. Marrying a good wife will make you rich for three generations, and marrying a bad wife will make you poor for three generations!
"I really don't have any here. I used to have a few bottles and gave them to people around me. Why do you want this?" Aunt Phil felt strange.

Zhang Chi said: "The children nearby, if it weren't for the children, I wouldn't help to ask. The medicine prescribed by the doctor didn't work, and the children have been coughing for several days."

"The doctors here are all trash snacks, who cares about this?" Aunt Phil began to complain about the doctor.

The doctors and hospitals here, everyone knows what is going on, as long as it is an immortal disease, you have to queue up, and there is a fixed number of patients a doctor sees every day. Don’t think that like our country, you can queue up several times in one morning. Ten, each doctor here only has a dozen patients a day, which is still a lot.

As long as the illness does not immediately endanger your life, most of the time you will go home and wait, and at most you will be prescribed some small medicine.

This is a public hospital. Of course, if you are rich, the United States has the best medical conditions in the world. Doctors can carry hospital beds to your home to see you.

Zhang Chi knows all these things, but it's useless to complain, it's better to earn money steadily.

After hanging up Aunt Phil's phone, Zhang Chi's last hope was placed on Li Qiao.

Zhang Chi really found it.

"We have this stuff at home. Wait a minute. I'll ask your sister-in-law to see how much you have at home." Li Qiao was a little surprised when Zhang Chi called him to ask for Chuanbei Pipa Gao, but when Zhang Chi told him why Understood.

For such minor illnesses, the doctors here usually prescribe small medicines for you. They don’t seem to care too much about whether it’s curable or not, so Chinese families usually have some regular medicines on hand.

"If you want it, drive to my house now. Your sister-in-law has stocked up a lot, and I'll give you four or five bottles."

"Hey, Brother Qiao, you are really busy and I am very busy." Zhang Chi smiled happily when he heard it.

After hearing this, Zhang Chi drove into the car and headed for the city.

First I went to my aunt to get two bottles, and then gave my aunt fifty dollars.

"You child, what do you give me these?" Auntie was a little angry when she saw it.

"If I want it, I won't give you any money you want from me, but now someone else wants it, so I still have to give the money, and it's not much money. A bottle of twenty-five is your guarantee."

A bottle of twenty-five and Zhang Chi was asked by Li Qiao, and I gave it to my aunt at this price.

"It's expensive, it's not that expensive, it was only a few yuan when I bought it." Gu Ying said nothing and didn't charge the money.

The few dollars that Gu Ying mentioned are US dollars, and this product is not expensive in China, only about [-] yuan per bottle.

But what does it mean that things are expensive when they are away from their homes, and people are cheap when they are away from their homes?
That's it.

The ones that cost more than [-] RMB in China are worth [-] U.S. dollars a bottle if you buy them online without channels.

"A few dollars are worth a few dollars. I also need to collect money here," Zhang Chi said.

When dealing with Americans, don’t do what we do in China. It’s best to clearly mark the price of things that involve money, and don’t take into account face, favors, etc. There are no such things here. If you talk to Americans Speaking of this, the average American may think that you want to cheat him for more money in the future, but they may not dare to ask for it.

In short, it's very simple. Don't be shy about talking about money with Americans. It's their habit to talk boldly.

I gave the money to my aunt, and got into the car with two bottles, but it didn't start, so my aunt chased it out again, opened the door, and put a bag of things in the car.

"Forgot, I prepared for you, stewed fat intestines, pig's trotters and some stomachs."

"Okay, thank you, Auntie, I'll go first."

"Be careful driving on the road!"

Aunt asked again.

"understood"

After Zhang Chi finished speaking, the car got on the road as soon as he stepped on the accelerator.

When he arrived at Li Qiao's house, Zhang Chi found that Li Qiao's house was not small.

Zhang Chi is the first time to live in Li Qiao’s house. Li Qiao’s house is located in the east of the small town. The city is small, and there are no rich areas or slums. The rich people here usually have farms and ranches, and they don’t live in the city. The emphasis is on quietness, unlike the Chinese people who like to get together.

Li Qiao's house has two floors, and the area is not small, at least more than [-] square meters. It is a standard middle-class residence. The lawn of his house can be seen on the side of the road, and the lawn of more than [-] square meters leads to the door.

A row of small white fences enclose the home.

The house has a gray roof and white walls, with a two-car garage.

The houses here are all similar, and the houses that live together or in a small community are generally not too different. Zhang Chi can tell at a glance that the house has at least five rooms, and there may be a swimming pool behind the house.

Zhang Chi parked the car on the side of the road.

Li Qiao's wife, Li Qin, saw Zhang Chi's car, walked out of the house and stood at the door.

"Zhang Chi".

"Sister-in-law, I'm here to trouble you." Zhang Chi got out of the car, stretched out his hand, opened the fence and walked into the yard, smiling at Li Qin at the door.

"Li Qiao told me, come in, things are ready for you." Li Qin welcomed Zhang Chi into the door with a smile.

As soon as he entered the door, Zhang Chi found that the living room of Li Qiao's house was quite large. The living room alone was about [-] to [-] square meters. Opposite the living room was an open kitchen with an operating table in the middle, which was several square meters larger.

The ground is not paved with solid wood floors, but with mosaic tiles.The mosaic tiles are not European-style, but fresh and simple limestone-colored tiles. With the decoration, you can tell at a glance that the family's aesthetic taste is not low.

"Sister-in-law, your home decoration is really beautiful."

Complimenting a woman, in addition to praising her for her good looks, it is not wrong to praise her for her beautiful dress.

Besides, it is always weird for us Chinese to praise my sister-in-law for her good looks.

Sure enough, Li Qin laughed happily: "I picked these, Li Qiao doesn't understand anything."

"This job has to be done by a lady, a gentleman who understands the aesthetics of a fart." Zhang Chi was a little shameless, and sold the man without any hassle.

Li Qin was even happier when he heard it. No matter how he looked at it, he felt that the little fat man in front of him was more pleasing to the eye.

(End of this chapter)