Lisko’s American Life

Lisko received a call from Lu Bo. He discussed with Random House that the new book "The Little Prince" is going to be sold on Christmas. One is that the sales of books will increase during Christmas. This book is a children's literature novel In addition to toys, many parents choose books as Christmas gifts for their children.

In addition, the winner of this year's Nobel Prize will be announced in October. Everyone thinks that last year's "The Catcher in the Rye" can look forward to the award. After participating in the awards ceremony on December 10th, "Nobel Day", It has a great publicity effect. This year's "Nobel Writer Winner's Latest Masterpiece" can still affect sales. Taking a step back, even if Lisko didn't win the prize, it won't have much impact on sales strategy. Influence.

Lisko had no objection to this kind of matter, and he would not think that he would be more professional than Langdon, the planner of the world's largest publishing company, in this matter.

Because the pasture is about to be harvested, Rooster drives the harvester out of the warehouse early, checks the condition of the vehicle, and buys spare parts ready for spare at all times, so as not to waste time on temporary allocation.

The cowboys on the ranch were also prepared early, and Lisko also excitedly followed the preparations with the big team, ready to experience the hard work of the busy farming.

Liscoe also brought a lot of beer from the Colt's bar and served it cold.

Denver, Colorado, the capital of the state less than two hours away from Garrison, is a city with a very developed beer culture. The Denver Beer Festival held here every September is one of the three largest beer festivals in the world, and The London Oktoberfest and the German Oktoberfest are juxtaposed, and are well known to all beer lovers, and experts praise it as a carnival that every beer lover should go to at least once.

Garrison was inevitably affected, and the people here are also very fond of drinking beer.

American beer brands are also very famous. Budweiser and Miller, these American beer brands that are well-known in the world make the American Oktoberfest one of the three pillars. More than 300 years ago, a group of immigrants from Germany, the "land of beer", settled in the United States and established a city. The United States not only produced light beers that could rival their German counterparts, but also created a new variety—American stout. Since then, "bubbling" in beer halls has become one of the main leisure methods for Americans, and beer halls have also become an important place for socializing and gathering. At that time, some large beer halls also served as hotels. Franklin, who once lived in Philadelphia, has a famous saying: "Without good wine, you can't live a good life." Although Philadelphia's beer tradition originated from Germany, Americans are open-minded in choosing beer, not only brewing and drinking, We also import high-quality beer from all over the world. One of the most obvious examples is that the annual consumption of Belgian beer in a city in the United States exceeds that of Brussels, the capital of Belgium. This also shows from another aspect that Americans do not drink beer for pleasure, but for quality.

The Denver Beer Festival is held in September every year and lasts for 3 days. People who love beer from all over the United States and surrounding countries will gather together. In addition to refreshing beer, Americans who like music fully integrate music and beer. Traditional Blues, country and There's rock and roll going on all over Oktoberfest, and all you need to do is grab a glass and yell "cheers" with your friends!

So during the busy harvest season, ranchers prepare cold beer for the cowboys, so that they can have a sip and enjoy themselves in the hot summer. This condition has become a tacit understanding between ranchers and cowboys, and some cowboys even ask specifically if they will provide beer during the harvest season.

The cowboy for this inquiry was Locke.

When Lisko was interviewed, he was surprised when he asked this question. Compared with the salary of the job, when did beer become a must-provided treatment for cowboys when they applied.

However, the later getting along also made Lisko understand that Locke is an obsessed beer lover. His greatest interest is to try different beers, and he even has a little hobby of collecting different types of beer caps.

Although he likes to drink beer, there is nothing wrong with his work, so this is not a big problem on the ranch.

Harvesting in the United States is very convenient, because many ranches are equipped with professional harvesting machines. It only needs one person to drive the machine around to harvest. It is convenient and fast. The main job of the cowboys is Lay the harvested stalks on the field and wait for 3-5 days of exposure. The treated stalks are very popular and are purchased by professional paper mills, because rye stalks have large leaves, soft stems and good palatability. , It can also be used as green storage in winter. Li's Ranch did not need to prepare it before, but this year the number of calves has increased a lot. If there is not enough pasture, this can be used on top.

Being a good ranch manager is all about being prepared for a rainy day, and the rooster is clearly doing a good job.

The machine drove into the wheat field, pieces of straw fell down, the ears of wheat were cut into the body by the machine, and the cowboys packed their bags behind. Lisko was wearing a cowboy hat. Looking at this very spectacular scene, he lamented how advanced the technology is. .

However, behind the development of science and technology, many people are unemployed. Liske remembers that when he was young, his father often recruited mikes from outside.

Their life is that when the harvest season comes, there are groups of people with their bags on their backs. The ranchers plant too much, and if they cannot harvest, they will be invited to come to harvest. There were many people who did this job before.

Lisko remembered that people from all over the world came to the ranch at that time, and the ranch owner had to provide food. Lisko was very excited when he saw so many strangers visiting his home when he was a child, and went to the place where they camped every day to listen to their stories. .

But now because of the development of technology, no one does this anymore.

The machine was started, and the harvesting was completed in a short time. The Lisko Ranch did not grow much, because it was the first year that it was only a field to test the water, so the workload was not very heavy.

The wheat grains are cleaned by the machine, and the cowboys put them in sacks and carry them to the granary for stacking. The latter needs to be dried, and the straw is also spread by the cowboys guarding both sides of the machine. Five cowboys, one drives, Two are bagged and two are laid with straw, the manpower arrangement is just right.

The dried straw will be rolled up by the machine to form a round pile of straw, waiting for the paper mill to take it away and weigh it.

Lisko grabbed a handful of wheat grains from a passing cowboy sack and chewed them in his mouth. They had a strong aroma of wheat, and because the starchy protein was hard, they were very chewy.