American Ranch

Chapter 85

On the way, Lai Pi took a nap in Angel's arms, and Angel sat on the child's chair in the back seat and looked around.

About the general situation of Walker Farm, Ryan told Qin Yi before, and Qin Yi thought about what he could remember, and told Susa and the two of them roughly, mainly to Liu Qimeng. understand.

Walker Farm is located in the southeast of Sun River Ranch, with an area of ​​more than 5000 acres. It mainly raises dairy cows, feeds a large flock of sheep, and a small part of beef cattle.The farm has a large apple orchard, and the rest of the land is mainly planted with crops.

Now on the farm, the Walker couple lives with their 4-year-old granddaughter Betsy. Walker's son Brown and daughter-in-law Jenny are both doctors and run a clinic in Los Angeles.

On weekdays, the farm receives some scattered tourists, which also increases a lot of income for the farm.The season with the most tourists is autumn, because at that time, the apple harvest on the farm and the self-help apple picking activities organized by Walker attracted a lot of tourists.

A few minutes after 9 o'clock, Qin Yi and his party arrived at Walker's farm.

This is a small two-story wooden building with whitewashed walls and a yellowish roof, giving it a simple beauty.The steps in front of the house and the railings on the porch frame are all smooth, it seems that this small building should be quite old.

Farm houses generally have no yards, and Walker’s is the same here. In the east house, there is a parking shed. There are two white pickup trucks inside. One looks very old and can be used as a truck. Very new, it should be used when going out.

The location of the Westinghouse has been built into a stable, and there are two brown horses in it. They are docile, but very strong, and they seem to have withstood the long-term test of farm work.

After Qin Yi parked the car, a thin middle-aged couple came out of the house with a 3 or 4-year-old girl, and greeted Ryan and Hobbs heartily. They both seemed to know each other. But it's not surprising when you think about it. They are all old cowboys in the neighborhood for a lifetime, and it's normal to know each other.

"Walker, let me introduce you." Ryan quickly stepped forward to shake hands with Walker, and introduced Qin Yi and Liu Qimeng beside him with a smile, "This is my boss, the owner of the Sun River Ranch, Yi. Qin, this is Yi's. Friend, Mengmeng."

Walker greeted Qin Yi and Liu Qimeng, then turned to look at Susa and Angel, smiling kindly, "Susa, are you okay?"

"I'm fine, and so is Angel. Walker, Viviera, I'm so sorry I haven't visited you in the past two years!"

When Susa saw the two of them, she felt a kindness. They were not only neighbors, but also old friends of her father. However, in the past two years, her father died of illness, and because of Angel, she lost a lot of contact.

"What are you talking about!" Weiwei pulled Susa's hand with a resentful expression, but she couldn't hide the joy on her face, "We all know your situation, as long as you live well, poor Don't worry about it so much, kid!"

When Walker and Viviera were young, they also wanted a daughter, but Brown has always been the only son. Therefore, they love the daughter of this neighbor and friend very much. Unfortunately, life has always been somewhat unsatisfactory in the past few years. This is where the orphans and widows suffer.

Fortunately, it's all over now, and Angel looks smart and cute, and she doesn't seem to be afraid of people at all. It is conceivable that the future will only get better and better!
Susa held Angel's little hand and introduced to the little man, "Angel, this is Grandpa Walker, and this is Grandma Viviera, come here and say hello."

Angel was staring curiously at the little girl behind Viviera. She was very interested in this girl who was about the same age as her. Her friends, except for adults, were small animals. She had never had a friend of the same age. Now she saw a , I really want to be friends with her.

Hearing Susa's words, she turned her head, looked at Walker and Viviera, and said hello crisply: "Grandpa Walker, Grandma Viviera, hello!"

When the two of them heard this, their mouths were amused, and they kept saying yes, Walker touched her little head, and Viviera couldn't help but kiss her little face hard!
The few people around looked at this joyous scene, and they all showed warm smiles.

Walker looked at the two little people looking at each other, both of them looked very curious, and introduced them with a smile: "Angel, this is Sister Betsy."

Then he pulled out Becky, who only had a small head exposed behind her, "Betsy, this is Sister Angel, do you know that you want to be good friends?"

The two little people nodded in unison, and stood hand in hand while playing. Angel also introduced Laipi in her arms. That clever little thing quickly won Becky's favor. The two little people surrounded a rabbit. ,Have fun.

Walker invited everyone to the living room to sit down. Viviera brought coffee and talked with Susa and Liu Qimeng. Qin Yi and several big men chattered about topics that men were interested in.

Fishing, riding, hunting and so on, several men found a common topic.Hearing that Qin Yi hadn't caught any large prey yet, Walker even patted his chest, saying that when the hunting season came, he would take him to the wild to hunt a dozen big deer.

Without paying attention, an hour passed. Thinking of the purpose of Qin Yi and others, Walker got up and waved, leading everyone to the milking workshop not far away.

When he first arrived, Qin Yi saw that it was a row of bungalows, similar to a cowshed, except that there was an extra wall to form a closed workshop.

After Walker opened the door and went in, he saw that the workshop was very clean, and the cows stood upright, and the milk was connected to the milking machine, without manual labor at all.Susa and Ryan are okay, they have seen each other, Qin Yi and Liu Qimeng are a little surprised to see such a modern milk workshop for the first time.

Walker looked at Qin Yi's surprised expression and explained with a smile: "Yi, this is our dairy workshop. There are thousands of cows raised on the farm. If I rely on manual labor, I will spend a lot of money. Now mechanized production not only saves The cost has been reduced, and the milk yield has also increased.”

Qin Yi nodded, it is indeed the case, so many cows, if you hire someone, it will cost thousands of dollars a day for the labor alone, and in the long run, the farm will be ruined, so mechanization is the way out, not only saving costs, but also convenient manage.

After watching the milking workshop, Walker led everyone to the fresh milk disinfection room. This place is more standardized. Because it is a large-scale production, it must be disinfected when entering. It is very troublesome. Everyone did not go in. They just took a look at the door to understand It's fine to just outline the situation, so as not to cause trouble to the owner.

After visiting the milk production workshop, Walker took everyone to choose cows, "Sousa, how many cows do you plan to have?"

Su Sa didn't speak, but looked at Qin Yi, wanting him to make a decision.

Seeing this scene, Walker and Viviera looked at each other and smiled meaningfully.

"20 cows. Raise a few cows in the ranch, so that the ranch can have fresh milk to drink, and the rest will be put on the farm in Susa. In the future, there will be tourists, who can not only experience milking cows, but also have milk to drink. This is very good."

Qin Yi stroked his chin and talked about his plan.

Susa was still a little surprised when he said that he would buy so many. Didn't he say that 10 would be enough?But seeing that he had already made up his mind, he didn't say any more, although he still felt that buying a few cows just to drink fresh milk was a bit extravagant.

Here to choose cows, Angel and Becky ran up hand in hand, Becky teased Laipi in her arms, while Angel looked at a group of cows grazing leisurely not far away, with big eyes shining.

"Mom, there are so many big cows, beautiful big cows!"

Just as I was talking, a little cow calf suddenly appeared, and Angel was even more excited when she saw it, "Wow, the little cow is more beautiful than the big one. I like the little cow!"

The little girl held her mother's hand with a longing look on her face, wishing she could take her home immediately.

Su Sa looked at the little girl, touched her head happily, and coaxed her: "An Qier likes it, let Uncle Yi buy it and take it home later, okay?"

Of course it's good, the little girl can't wait to take her home now, nodding her head, smiling, she's so happy!

Walker watched from the side, and after hearing this, he immediately waved his hand, "Forget about the little flower cow, I will give Angel one, and I haven't bought a gift for Angel in the past two years."

Susa wanted to refuse as soon as she heard it. A small dairy calf would cost nearly a thousand dollars, which is too expensive, but seeing Walker's kindness on his face, Qin Yi grabbed Susa and said in a low voice, "Okay, Susa!" Sa, it’s all the old man’s wish, and you’ll bring me a barrel of fruit wine later.”

When Susa heard that fruit wine was used as a gift in return, she stopped insisting, "Angel, thank you, Grandpa Walker."

Angel showed a big smile, "Thank you, Grandpa Walker!"

After working for a while, with the help of Ryan and Hobbs, Qin Yi selected 20 cows, including the mother of the little flower cow, which Angel called the big flower cow.

(End of this chapter)