Little Life on An American Ranch

  Chapter 87 No comparison, no harm

  Back to the ranch, Jian Heng immediately discovered a very serious problem. There was no worker in the big dormitory, and the building for himself was very busy.

  Jian Heng said: Damn, what's going on, could it be that this group of people didn't drink the anti-fatigue water they prepared yesterday?

  I thought about it for a while and thought it was impossible. I remember very clearly that when they left at night, they drank up a large pot of water. Not only that, they also drank the vegetable soup at noon.

   Just when Jian Heng was struggling, Zhang Jialiang came over on a horse.

Seeing Jian Heng looking at him, Zhang Jialiang said: "Brother Heng, I went to see the cattle. Everything is fine there. Your big gray cow has not beaten anyone anymore. Not only has it not beaten people, but it has also brought the cattle Pick the most luxuriant grass to eat."

   "How is the leg? Does it still hurt?" Jian Heng raised his chin slightly, concerned about Zhang Jialiang's recovery.

  Zhang Jialiang twisted a few times on the saddle: "It doesn't hurt anymore, as long as the range of movement is not too large, there is no problem. By the way, brother, your medicine is amazing!"

   "Added Yunnan Baiyao, plus some cooling medicine, or do you think it will have this effect?" Jian Heng said to him, and then pointed to the empty construction site of the large dormitory.

   Frowning and asking: "Do you know why these people didn't come today, is it because they didn't come or because they were late for something?"

  When Zhang Jialiang heard Jian Heng's question, he immediately smiled and said, "Brother, what day is it today?"

   "What day? When I'm working, I'm still waiting to open. Do you still want to get paid for these goods?" Jian Heng said very dissatisfied.

   Zhang Jialiang said cheerfully after hearing this: "Today is Labor Day, a three-day long holiday, not only you can't see them today, but you still won't see them in the next two days!"

  As soon as he heard about Labor Day, Jian Heng couldn't help but sigh in his heart, thinking carefully that today is really the time for the Labor Day holiday.

  Our Chinese Labor Day is May 1st, and American Labor Day is the first Monday of September. Usually, the whole United States has a three-day holiday at this time.

  Americans usually don’t work during the holidays. As for why there is no one in one engineering team during the holidays, but the other engineering team is full of people. There is such a big contrast.

The reason is very simple. The engineering team in the Jianda dormitory is mainly composed of whites and blacks. In their view, going to work means going to work. They can’t arrive early or leave late. It is impossible to start work during holidays.

The other engineering team is mainly composed of Mexican immigrants, and the boss is also a Mexican businessman. They work harder because they know that if they don’t do their job well, they will work harder than the whites and win the prize. A better reputation, and you'll lose the job yourself.

   And work is very, very important to them. It is the source of life for the whole family. Once they lose it, it will be difficult for them to find another job.

   Therefore, everyone from the boss to the workers cherishes their work, and for them, working an extra day means getting an extra day's wages, and their family's life will be more secure.

"Damn, how did I forget about this!" Jian Heng scratched his head, thinking that if he had remembered this earlier, he would have hired Lao Mo's engineering team to do this job from the beginning, even if If Kalispell has a construction team pulled up by the Chinese, he should take care of the business of his compatriots.

   After thinking for a while, Jian Heng said: "Things are so simple!"

   "What's easy?"

  Jian Heng's words were a little too jumpy, Zhang Jialiang didn't understand what his boss meant.

Jian Heng explained and said: "What I'm saying is, the next thing is easy, go, call the boss of the construction team, Celesto, I have a new job to give them to do, see if he can do it. Can't do it."

  Zhang Jialiang nodded after listening, and then asked casually: "What job?"

   "I'm going to build a row of dormitories for you in the future, and I plan to build eight rooms first," Jian Heng said.

  When Zhang Jialiang heard that the dormitory was going to be built, Zhang Jialiang immediately got excited: "How big is one room?"

"How much do you expect? A room of 40 square meters, a bedroom, a small living room, and a simple small kitchen and bathroom." Jian Heng casually reported the approximate area. These things are all the same, and every building component is in the same place. It is produced in the factory and then shipped to where it is needed for assembly.

Of course, such houses vary in size, the smallest one is almost half of what Jian Heng wants, but Jian Heng doesn’t want such a house, usually such houses are for those who just came to the United States, or illegal immigrants , or it is used by people at the bottom of society, who are only a little better than beggars.

   "It's pretty good!" Zhang Jialiang didn't want to be picky, he hit his horse happily, and then ran towards the construction site of Jian Heng's new house on the small slope.

   In just five or six minutes, a middle-aged Mexican-American man in his fifties with a dark complexion and wrinkled face appeared in front of Jian Heng.

   "Mr. Gene, what do you need from me?"

Seeing Jian Heng standing under the porch, the moment Ceresto got off the car, he took off his hat, held it in his hand and put it back in the car, with a smile on his face, leaving Looking far away, he stretched out his hands to shake hands with Jian Heng.

Celesto's action made Jian Heng feel very comfortable. Taking off his hat shows that he is conscious and willing to respect Jian Heng as a funder. Another white person may not think of this. They are full of equality and so on, and they don't care about it at all. things.

  Equality is a good thing, but most people like others to talk about equality when they are on their own, and they can be a little more high-profile to others, and Jian Heng is naturally not exempt.

  Although Jian Heng doesn't necessarily have to care about this, but if the other party does this, it can indeed add a little impression to him!

   "I plan to build eight single dormitories in that area, the prefabricated ones, each with an area of ​​about 400 square feet," said Jian Heng.

Ceresto is in this business, and he understood as soon as Jian Heng said it, but he still confirmed it with Jian Heng, and then said some very subtle requirements, such as the requirements on heat insulation and warmth, and the following He asked about the weather in Montana, whether he needed to install a heater or choose a small fireplace, in short, he asked about everything he could think of.

   "That's it, see if you have time, I need to finish the work as soon as possible, preferably within ten days," Jian Heng said.

   "In addition to your house, there is a big exercise room. I certainly don't have time to do this myself, but I can ask one of my colleagues for you," Ceresto said.

  Jian Heng listened and nodded: "I have two requirements, one is to be fast, and the other is to ensure quality."

   "Don't worry, his job is pretty good, and your job is not particularly complicated, so there will be no problem," Ceresto said with a smile.

   After speaking, he saw that Jian Heng didn't seem to have anything to say, so he signaled himself to go out and call his friend.

After about two or three minutes, under Jian Heng's watchful eyes, Ceresto turned back, quoted a price to Jian Heng, and said: "If you agree, I will ask him to come over to discuss the details with you in the afternoon. If it is negotiated, work will start in two days at the latest and be completed within a week!"

  The price is a little bit more expensive, but the time has been shortened for a few days, so the total price is actually not expensive.

   "Okay! Let's make an appointment, I'm free all afternoon" Jian Heng said.

   "At four o'clock that night, I asked him to come here and discuss the details with you personally," Ceresto said.

   "Well, thank you then," Jian Heng said.

  Ceresto said: "I should, I hope you will think of me as soon as you need anything in the future! If there is nothing else, I will go to the construction site to get busy."

   "Go!"

Looking at the back of Ceresto leaving, Jian Heng sighed: "These old beauties are yelling that others have taken their jobs, and they don't look at what they are doing, so they just work like this , the speed is not as fast as others, the price is higher than others, and there is a little emotion at every turn!"

"Hey, now white people don't want to hire a white construction team when they have something to do at home! Who doesn't want to save money and time, but it's a pity that we don't seem to have our Chinese construction team in this area, or it's cheaper to do it Even better! Hey, why can’t Trump see clearly the essence of Americans raising lazy people, there is no competition at all!”

  When Zhang Jialiang heard what his boss said, he immediately complained.

  Both of them have been in New York, and they know that it is too easy for white people to get jobs. White people of the same level and the same job can easily be poached by headhunters, but people of color are completely different.

   Zhang Jialiang did not suffer from this anger at the beginning of his work. It is strange that he is not angry.

   "You talk too much, hurry up and get to work!" Jian Heng tried to kick him, but the kid dodged it with a smile.

   Who knew that this scene was seen by the sisters Damai and Maimai who just came out of the house. They saw Zhang Jialiang walking away, so they said to Jian Heng.

   "Heng, you are wrong, you are bullying!" Mai Mai said sternly.

  Balley didn't wait for Jian Heng to answer, but opened his mouth and said, "Both you and Zhao behave like this, which is very bad! I think you should consider other people's feelings."

  Jian Heng was a little dumbfounded, and after a while he said: "Do you think I did this to someone else?"

  Balley and Wheat thought for a while, looked at each other and shook their heads at the same time.

"Look, this is our way of intimacy. I didn't come to Zhang Jialiang to see him as an employee. You may not understand this when I tell you, but if you don't believe me, you can go there when I'm not there. Ask Zhang, or Zhao and Huang to see what they think of me or Zhao Changshan," Jian Heng said.

  Jian Heng also didn't want to explain anything to the two sisters. Americans would not understand the expression of this intimate relationship between Chinese people, just like Chinese people cannot understand some behaviors of Americans.

  For example, if an uncle has the ability to help his nephew get into an Ivy League school, if the two families are not particularly close, the uncle will not write a letter of recommendation for his nephew.

   This is placed in China, let alone a nephew, even a cousin who is generally capable will help.

  Hearing what Jian Heng said, the two sisters began to think about this issue in their minds.

   "Okay, you guys think about it first, I'm going to see the cows here." After Jian Heng finished speaking, he walked to the horse stall in front of the house and began to prepare the horse and throw the saddle.

After getting on the horse, Jian Heng trotted in the direction of the cows. I have to say that the newly bought Quarter is much better than the old bad horse before. After getting used to riding the bad horse, riding this Quarter suddenly felt like The feeling of oneness.

When he arrived near the herd of cattle, Jian Heng found that everything looked fine. The big buffalo was walking on the pasture with the herd of cattle. Occasionally, two cows looked up at Jian Heng, then lowered their heads leisurely, picked up Taking a mouthful of grass, he chewed slowly.

  Seeing Jian Heng approaching, the big buffalo mooed at Jian Heng twice, and then ran over with a trot.

   "Okay, let's go and play." Seeing the big buffalo approaching, Jian Heng stretched out his hand sideways and patted its back, and then let it graze.

   There are not only cattle in the herd, but also a guy from Mushu, who is none other than the **** horse black beans brought back yesterday.

  At this time, the black beans had removed their bridles, and now they were mingling among the herd of cattle. When they saw Jian Heng coming over, he looked in Jian Heng's direction with his head held high and his expression on his face guarded.

   "Small sample, what to look at, without me, your best result would be a father-in-law!" Jian Heng smiled and said to Heidou.

  Seeing Heidouwang's vigilant expression, Jian Heng suddenly became interested and wanted to play with it, so he untied the noose on the pile head, tied a knot first, and then held it in his hand.

   "Hah!"

   Tapped the horse's belly lightly with both feet, and waited until the quarter horse's hind legs ordered by the master kicked hard, and directly threw two mud clods on the grass, and rushed forward suddenly.

   Seeing the Quarter Horse rushing towards him, and Jian Heng on the horse was still holding a lasso in his hand, Heidou didn't understand anything, so he spread his legs and prepared to run away.

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