Little Life on An American Ranch

Early in the morning, Jian Heng got up and was sent by Zhang Jialiang to Kalispell, where he picked up lawyer Daniel. Jian Heng and the lawyer rushed to the New York auction house to deal with the purchase of the Mercedes-Benz.

Things in New York are quite simple, one has money and the other has goods, and the auction house also charges a handling fee, making a good fortune, a real win-win-win, there is no obstacle at all.

It only took a little more than a day to deal with all the matters. After deducting a tax that made Jian Heng feel anxious, a large sum of money that he had never seen in his life was smoothly entered into the account of Jian Heng's New York company. , and soon became the account where most of the investment was transferred to the ranch.

The numbers on the account are very nice, but it is a pity that Jian Heng has only read them for less than two hours. When the flight from New York to Kalispell landed, most of the numbers were taken away by the bank like a vampire. up.

In a few hours, Jian Heng changed from a millionaire to a small wealthy class with only hundreds of thousands of dollars left in his pocket. Of course, in terms of real estate, Jian Heng is still a rich man with tens of millions of dollars, which is a pity It's this thing that can't be exchanged for money.

Begging for food with a golden bowl in his arms, he might be talking about people like Jian Heng. This is also a common problem of all family ranchers. They look rich, but the money that can be used is just that.

Back in Montana, the drizzle that started yesterday is still relentless, tick-tock-tick-tick-tick. Starting work is not a matter of a day or two.

Fortunately, Jian Heng has some money in his hands, and the extra money he sold gave Jian Heng more room to operate, and plans that he had no way to start could be carried out, including his planned new home.

The Great Patriarch said: Don’t panic if you have food in your hands!

Jian Heng now has a beautiful knife in his pocket, so he spends it naturally and smoothly.

Cowboys can't count on it, so just hire someone directly. If there is no one in the small town, go to the nearby town. Whether it is Kalispell, Batavia or Marion, they can hire people this season, and they are professional Workers in the construction industry.

As soon as the ticket is issued, is there any kind of person hired? In just two days, Jian Heng finalized two professional construction companies, one large and one small, and the company responsible for Jian Heng's housing by the lake is of a higher standard.

The low-level ones are in charge of the new stables, as well as the huge new barn, plus the supporting farm implements and fodder storage. ordered one.

Jian Heng, who has money in his pocket, has higher requirements for his residence, and is unwilling to live in an all-wooden one.

That thing makes a buzzing sound when you walk up it, and the sound insulation is not good, so it is very unreliable.

Such a house is really not to Jian Heng's liking. If an all-wood structure is not suitable, then build a stone-wood structure.

Just like that, Jian Heng got himself a one-story house with a gray stone foundation and large transparent French windows, six bedrooms and two living rooms, a large one-story house of more than 350 square meters.

It sounds like a house of more than 300 square meters is awesome. It seems that a lot of money has been spent, but in the end, it is only a little over 300,000 dollars, which is equivalent to a half of the salary in the United States. Calculate the income of the middle class for two years. It's still made of stone, but it's cheaper if it's all wood, and you can build the same house for about half the price.

When the workers entered the field, Jian Heng turned into a supervisor and no longer participated in the work. Not only Jian Heng, but also Zhao Changshan and others also became idle.

Hiring people with money, there is no such thing as friendship or friendship, so Jian Heng can naturally take time out here, and by the way, he started herding sheep.

Early this morning, Jian Heng got up early to prepare to go out, because today was Marion's livestock auction.

Jian Heng didn't go alone this trip, not only the sisters Damai and Maimai, but also Zhang Jialiang and Zhao Changshan who went to watch the excitement.

In other words, except for Zhao Wei and Huang Xiaodong who stayed to watch the house, everyone who could go went today.

"Boss, we haven't finished the barn yet. Why are we in such a hurry to catch up with this small auction in Marion? We can't wait until the middle of next month. Also in Marion, there will be one at that time." Is it large?" Zhang Jialiang asked a little puzzled.

While throwing the things he wanted to bring into the truck, Jian Heng explained: "Large and small have nothing to do with us!"

Seeing Zhang Jialiang was still puzzled.

Jian Heng continued to explain: "The so-called large-scale, in fact, the main difference is whether there are many excellent breeds of cattle, such as longhorn cattle. A good breed of cattle costs hundreds of thousands, or even millions of dollars. With our strength, how can we afford this kind of cattle?"

After sorting out what he was fighting, Jian Heng didn't even look at Zhang Jialiang and continued to explain: "It's the same with cattle, and the same is true for horses. The big auction, what kind of thoroughbred horses, good race-level quarts, will also be here. This kind of level appears at the auction, and our ranch can’t afford it. What we need is ordinary ranch horses, regardless of bloodlines but only training. An expensive horse can only cost four to five hundred dollars. You can buy it at the auction, and it is more convenient and saves time, so there is no need to go to the big auction to waste time!"

While talking, he stretched his head to look at the things in the cart. He felt that everything he needed was brought and arranged neatly. Jian Heng left the back of the cart and walked a few steps to the horse hitch in front of the house.

After preparing the horse and throwing the saddle, he got on the bad horse and shouted into the room: "Denver! Denver!"

Zhao Changshan was already sitting in the car and waiting to set off. Seeing that Jian Heng got on the horse, he asked in puzzlement, "What are you going to do if you don't drive?"

Jian Heng said: "I'll go and see the construction site!"

Zhao Changshan immediately asked with a puzzled expression: "These two groups of people are pretty good, let's put it this way, I have never seen such a hardworking American in the past few years in the United States. Look at their speed, the barn It’s almost half of the wall’s workload in a day, and the work is done quickly and well, so why don’t you worry about it, please be content!”

Jian Heng just smiled when he heard the words, and saw the white lion Denver walking out of the room impatiently, and he was still dawdling while walking, so he opened his mouth and said, "Is it itchy?"

Hearing the owner's yelling, the little white lion Denver's spirit was lifted, and he even started to trot. However, this state lasted for a minute or two, and soon turned into a displeased expression lion.

"Brother?" Zhang Jialiang raised his head and asked Jian Heng: "Do you think that Denver in our house has grown too fast? It seemed to be so big when it came here, and it has become so big in just a few days." Already!"

While talking about Zhang Jialiang, he also made gestures.

In less than a week, the white lion Denver has grown up twice. When he first arrived, he still ate goat milk powder. Now he eats meat as his staple food, but unlike other lions, he seems to be better at eating cooked food. I especially like the marinated steak, which is still flavored with black pepper, which is very similar to the taste of Chinese people.

Like last night, this guy ate more than a catty of roast beef, and his appetite was really scary.

Jian Heng replied: "Grow as long as you want, you have to let it grow!"

After finishing speaking, Jian Heng laughed and urged the bad horse to trot.

Jian Heng was riding a horse, while the little white lion Denver was trotting after the inferior horse with small steps. Although the horse ran at a fast pace, the speed was not slow under Jian Heng's urging, but the little white lion was walking on all fours. The fleshy short legs are relaxed and not at all behind.

The little fleshy paws stepped on the pasture that almost buried its back, and people couldn't hear the sound with their ears.

Arriving at the student dormitory, Jian Heng greeted the workers and the team leader a few times, and chatted for a while.

Of course, Jian Heng came here not to greet them, but to let them listen to the roar of the little white lion, so that they would maintain a high work morale for at least two or three hours!

What Zhao Changshan said about the rare diligence of the two engineering teams was not because they wanted to be diligent, but because of the roar of the White Lion Denver. Now that the engineering team is working, it is a bit better than the Chinese construction workers who are known as infrastructure madmen.

At the speed of real American workers, it would take a month and a half at the fastest to renovate this barn. Otherwise, how could Jian Heng give the four walls to the nearby cowboys to do it, just to grab the construction period!

Unknowingly, with the white lion, Jian Heng secretly began to squeeze the labor force of these Americans, so that the labor efficiency of the lazy American workers suddenly increased several times, which is equivalent to Jian Heng spending the same money and hiring three people Come to work.

Of course, the lion's roar alone is not enough, and these people have to be secretly fed some secret water to relieve their fatigue. Otherwise, if they work for one day and rest for four or five days, it is better not to use this trick.

In short, he took the little white lion Denver for a walk around all the construction sites, and then Jian Heng gave the little white lion to Huang Xiaodong to take care of, and then he got into the car and went to Marion to buy livestock with barley and wheat.

The car arrived in Marion, but before entering the town, the first thing I saw was a big sign standing on the side of the road, with a few simple words written on it: Livestock auction, turn left at the first intersection ahead.

In addition to the text, there is also a simple road map above.

The sign is quite random. A few wooden boards are put together, and it is only the size of an ordinary tabletop. The burrs on the boards are not dealt with. The words are written directly on it with paint. The only unique thing is that the blank space of the wooden board There was also a picture of an eagle, again an eagle wearing a hat with the stars and stripes.

The handwriting is good, but the painting style is very bad, half like an eagle and the other like a chicken. It looks particularly worrying, giving people a feeling of frequent urination and enuresis.

This is the patriotism that can be seen everywhere in the United States, or they want to show their sense of humor. Anyway, the American sense of humor is the same in Jian Heng's view.

Following the directions of the road, Jian Heng took the lead, followed by Zhang Jialiang's pickup truck, and turned from the main road to a small fork.

Following the instructions along the way, I made a few turns and arrived at the cattle auction.

Zhang Jialiang got out of the car, looked around, took off the cowboy hat on his head, and asked Jian Heng while fanning the wind: "Is this the auction venue?"

Seeing his surprised expression, Jian Heng asked back, "Well, what do you think?"

Zhao Changshan followed up: "This is not as big as the leader of the market in our town! This is simply a group of defeated soldiers in TV dramas."

Hearing that it was an auction venue, Zhang Jialiang felt that even if it was not as good as New York auctions, there should be a formal venue. Who knew that when he came to take a look, my good guy, the whole venue was an empty venue, with scattered parks, big and small, parked everywhere. Cattle trailers are just messy.

There are more or less cattle, sheep or horses next to each trailer, and some animals have number plates on them.

Because the filming has not officially started, cowboys, old and young, are chatting together in groups, and those who are interested have also started talking.

"There's no place to sit? What kind of auction is this!" Zhang Jialiang said dissatisfied.

Jian Heng pouted with a smile: "Here! Isn't it over there?"

Following Jian Heng's gaze, Zhang Jialiang saw several small steps welded by iron frames. Each iron step has only four steps, 1.56 meters high and about 3 meters long. If you don't pay attention, you will really ignore it. Not only is the height not high, but there are not many of them, at most, there are about ten or so at most.

"That's it? How many people can sit down here!" Zhang Jialiang said casually.

Damai said at this time: "It's just a small auction, and it's not a list of one hundred thousand and one million dollars. You don't want someone to send you champagne, get some snacks!"

The families of barley and wheat run farms. Although the regions are different, the routines are still similar.

"It's not as lively as the temple fair in our Bay Island." Zhang Jialiang was very disappointed.

This kind of small auction is quite simple, and the procedure is as simple as it is.

It's not easy and it won't work. The transaction volume is here. If you invest too much, you will definitely pay more. The organizer is not stupid, and will do such a thing of losing money and making money.

The auction is not simple, and Jian Heng has no interest in caring about it. What Jian Heng wants to do now is to buy a dozen or so docile horses, and then buy dozens of suitable cows and a few strong bulls, so that the ranch The skeleton is put up first.

There was still about half an hour before the auction started, and Jian Heng and the others started to turn around.

Neither Zhang Jialiang nor Zhao Changshan could help with the matter of buying livestock, but the two sisters, Damai and Mai, impressed Jian Heng. The two girls were able to say a thing or two about the quality of cattle and horses.

With their help, Jian Heng saved a lot of time in the primaries.

At about half past ten, the auction officially started, and interested buyers entered the venue sparsely.

At this time, the seemingly disordered iron steps had been moved into two rows facing each other, leaving an aisle of about 13 or 14 meters in the middle, which was the passage for the cattle to enter for the buyers to choose from.

Generally speaking, sellers seldom enter the auction site. Unless their livestock is sold, they will come in to have a look and wait for the settlement to get the money. Drive the animals straight home.