Little Life on An American Ranch

  Chapter 79 Auction

  Simple, it couldn't be simpler. There weren't many people in the auction house. The two rows of simple iron stands facing each other were not full at all. There were only sixty or seventy people at full count, and they were still in groups of three or five.

  Don’t underestimate these people. Buying livestock is not like domestic ones. These people need at least six or eight animals. It’s definitely not one or two that buy dozens of animals like Jian Heng.

  Jian Heng found a position easily. Although it wasn't the best position, he still had no problem seeing the animals in the auction.

  Looking down at the steps, I found that there was nothing on it. As for footprints, they are very common, mainly to see if there are bird droppings or chewing gum.

  After living in the United States for a period of time, you will find that the quality of the so-called Americans is just that, far from as high as some domestic beauty-licking big Vs say.

  The land chosen by the few candidates had neither dry bird droppings nor footprints, so Jian Heng didn't dust off the dust, and just sat down on the hem of his trousers.

Barley and Wheat have also changed their image now. They are no longer dressed as a city fashion girl. Now the top is a dark shirt, the bottom is jeans, and the belt on the waist is matched with some tassels, or half-height leather boots Add some accessories or something on it, it's not much different from ordinary cowgirl dress.

  Of course, with their good looks, even ordinary clothes can be worn by them in a fashionable and attractive way.

   Let’s talk about today without saying anything else. After walking around here, countless young cowboys followed the figures of the two sisters and were reluctant to leave.

At this moment, Zhang Jialiang and Zhao Changshan sat directly behind Jian Heng, each with a hamburger, the kind with double bacon added, a thick piece of beef, the whole hamburger was too big for one hand to hold, the two of them Each held their hands and gnawed fiercely, as if Jian Heng hadn't let them eat for a few days.

   "It's about to start!" Jian Heng saw a fancy-dressed cowboy crawling into the bucket of the elevator at the end of the iron shelf, so he whispered to remind the two gluttonous rough men behind him who were enjoying delicious food.

  The denim outfit is almost eight points of what Zhang Jialiang used to be, which shows how exaggerated this guy was at that time.

The cowboy wears an off-white cowboy hat on his head, a color-coded jacket with tassels on his upper body, white trousers on his lower body, and a carved leather trouser cover with a few centimeters of tassels hanging on the side. A pair of color-coded leather boots with spurs.

  The cowboy does not have a microphone in his hand, but wears a very simple microphone next to his ear, and the speaker is placed under the elevator.

  The elevator reached a height of almost two meters before it reached the top. The cowboy who was holding on to the railing felt the elevator pause and knew that his work should start.

   "Hello, hello!"

  Tried the mic, and felt that there was no problem. This person didn't have any opening remarks, and started to say: "It's almost time, how are you doing? Are you ready to start today's auction?"

   After finishing speaking, without waiting for everyone to answer, he glanced at the card in his hand, and began to introduce the first batch of cattle, from the breed of cattle to the pasture provided, and the age range.

  As the host said, a few cowboys over there drove the cows into the simple shooting venue from the west entrance.

  The first group of cows are some young bulls, Jian Heng has no interest in these cattle, quietly waiting for the next group.

  Jian Heng’s lack of interest does not mean that others are not interested. Some ranchers have taken a fancy to one or several of the calves. Judging from their physique and pace, the calves may grow well, so they will bid.

   There are not many people vying for it, and there are only two or three rounds of bidding at most, and the deal can be completed in the end.

The first batch of cows that came in sold well, more than half of the dozens of cows were sold, and the cowboys who drove the cows separated the sold cows from the unsold cows at the venue, and when they were exported from the east, The cattle that were sold were driven to the southeast, while the last cattle were sold from the northeast.

  After two rounds like this, the first cow that Jian Heng had his eyes on appeared, a dozen or so half-sized heifers, neither good nor bad in physique.

   "This cow can't do it! I think it's better to spend a little more money and choose a slightly higher grade calf!" Damai was a little suspicious of Jian Heng's vision.

  Wheat also nodded in agreement after listening to her sister's words: "Although you feel that you are saving money now, you will regret your choice today after a year."

Such cows are not a good choice for pastures. First of all, these heifers are small in stature. Although they have not fully grown up now, judging from the performance of these heifers now, they want to achieve a satisfactory level in the future. Physique, the odds are about the same as winning the lottery.

  The cows are small, which means that the calves they will produce in the future are likely to be small due to genetic reasons.

  Once the size of the cow is too small, the meat production will be affected first. Think about which one will produce more meat, an 800-jin cow or a 600-jin cow? So such calves are not popular, usually slaughter companies buy them.

   "These calves haven't grown yet! If you don't believe me, you can see them next year, they must be very strong!" Jian Heng didn't care what the two sisters said, and directly stretched out his hand to signal the cowboys to be auctioned.

   "Except for the 12th, 30th, and 17th and 5th, I want it all," Jian Heng roared loudly.

  In a bigger venue, Jian Heng's roar was heard by the whole audience.

  Jian Heng's words directly puzzled many ranchers, because it is understandable that Jian Heng eliminated No. 12. This heifer is too thin and weak, and it also walks with a limp. It is obvious that there is something wrong with its legs.

  But other than that, the cattle that Jian Heng picked out were the best among the cattle, at least the price was 10 to 20% higher than the price of the cattle that Jian Heng wanted!

  Jian Heng's words made the cowboys who didn't know Jian Heng murmur. They thought that this was another rich Asian guy who didn't know anything about ranches, and spent money to buy a ranch and play house.

Jian Heng called out the reserve price, and no one was interested in adding it, and the slaughter company didn't want to waste money to rob Jian Heng of these cattle. For them, such cattle are available every day. Slightly lower, why increase the price.

The cowboy auctioneer shouted three times before announcing the deal. The old rancher, who had lost all his hair after driving the cows in, looked like he had eaten honey. He was so happy. Heng raised the brim of his hat to express his kindness.

   Smiled at the old cowboy, Jian Heng said to Zhang Jialiang who had finished eating the big hamburger and was hiccupping: "Go pick up the cow!"

After speaking, Jian Heng took out a check with numbers already filled in from his pocket. This thing is regarded as a security deposit. If Jian Heng has no money to buy all the animals that were photographed today, then this thing will be in vain. , if the transaction is successful, of course there is no trouble.

   After wiggling his fingers and wiping his clothes twice, Zhang Jialiang took the check, walked down the steps with Zhao Changshan, walked along the inner side of the auction room, and walked towards the east exit.

  As soon as he left the auction site, Zhang Jialiang said to the staff with a work badge on his chest: "My boss bought those cows!"

  Jian Heng's shot was amazing. The staff had noticed these faces a long time ago. Although Zhang Jialiang couldn't call out Zhang Jialiang's name, there was no problem in identifying them. He took them directly to work to hand over the check.

  This place is not only a place to pay security deposits, but also a place to collect taxes. Some people from the Internal Revenue Service are waiting here to collect money.

   After handing over the check, Zhang Jialiang and the two were led to the pen where the cattle were kept.

  You buy cattle, here will drive your cattle to a temporary pen, waiting for the final checkout quarantine and transportation.

As soon as the staff left, Zhang Jialiang and Zhao Changshan happily rode on the simple wooden fence and looked at the new members of the ranch, and couldn’t help giggling. Neither Zhang Jialiang nor Zhao Changshan had real pasture work experience. Every thing is very interesting.

   Zhao Changshan is fine, Zhang Jialiang is completely unaware of the trouble these things will bring him in the future.

  As time went by bit by bit, the number of livestock fenced by the two men also increased. There were already about forty heifers, three robust breeding bulls, and besides the cows, there were more than twenty sheep.

  Jian Heng has already bought all the bulls he fancy. Except for the three breeding bulls, which cost a little more money, the others are all bought at the reserve price.

   After shooting cattle and sheep, the next step is naturally horses.

  When the first batch of horses entered the arena, there were three horses that Jian Heng had taken a fancy to. They were about to raise their hands here, when a person came to Jian Heng's side and began to say hello.

   "Henry!" The visitor sat directly on Jian Heng's left hand.

   Turning his head, Jian Heng laughed: "Juan, why are you here?"

   After thinking about it after asking, I felt that I had said a nonsense.

The person who came was Juan Lynch. He was a veterinarian in the town. He was in his sixties. Jian Heng couldn't remember how old he was. The old white man was a little taller than Jian Heng. He was not only tall but also fat. More than two hundred and fifty catties, it looks like a mountain of meat.

   It is the most obvious thing for a veterinarian to appear at the livestock auction. Either he is going to take the job, or someone has already hired him to do a simple inspection of the livestock to be bought.

  Replying to old Lynch, Jian Heng raised his hand, and then made a gesture with his hand, indicating that he wanted number five, number seven, and number eleven, three geldings.

  Jian Heng has tried riding all three of these horses. They belong to American pinto horses, and pinto horses are the kind with big spots on their bodies. Just now Jian Heng tried riding for a few steps, and felt that these three horses were the most docile among the group of horses, and they were well-trained, and the price was also cheap, with the base price of one horse being only three hundred and twenty dollars.

Jian Heng thought that no one would compete with him, but who knew that there was actually a person in the field who took a fancy to the three horses that Jian Heng liked. Not only that, but he also took a fancy to the other two horses, each with an extra $20. price.

  The price increase here is not over yet, another person in the field added 20 dollars, raising the price of the horse to 360!

   Seeing such a situation, Jian Heng turned his gaze away instantly, wanting to see which idiot raised the price.

  As soon as he saw the person, Jian Heng found that the one who started bidding added another 20 dollars. The two of them did this two or three times each, and directly raised the price of a horse to 400 knives.

  Jian Heng had no interest in being silly with them at all, so he just shook his head and waved his hands to signal that he didn't want it.

  Old Lynch was also a little puzzled, picked up his hat, scratched the bald scalp on his forehead, and said in a voice like a broken gong: "What's there to grab?"

   This kind of horse is an ordinary ranch horse, and there are so many of them in pastoral areas that it is outrageous. What's more, the flower horses are not very in line with Jian Heng's aesthetics.

  Anyone who knows pinto horses will understand that pinto horses are usually brown with large white spots on their bodies. In Jian Heng's view, they look a bit like albinos among horses, which is particularly unattractive.

  Since it doesn’t look good, why did Jian Heng buy it?

The first thing is that it is cheap, and the second is that the horse has a good physique. Not only is the body well-proportioned, but the height at the shoulders is also 1.6 meters high. In addition, the pace, speed, and response after receiving instructions are all good, so Jian Heng's Bian just wanted to pick up a reserve price and put it in his bag. Who knows that there are people who have the same plan as me, and even increase the price, so Jian Heng had no choice but to give up.

  The last few horses were sold for $420, and they were bought by those who paid the price later.

  Except for these few horses, the rest of the horses did not bid. With a few shouts, several cowboys drove these horses out of the auction.

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