Chapter 82: Unexpected Gain

Let's go! After having a delicious lunch at Philemon's house at noon, Jiang Hai waved his hand, and Robins and Bell, who had nothing to do today, followed him and drove Robins' modified car tomorrow. The snow quad bike headed towards the forest in the distance.

Because it's snowing now, the snow on the entire pasture is more than ten centimeters thick. Even if the cattle are let out to graze, the energy required to eat grass is higher than the energy intake.

Of course, Jiang Hai's grassland was not like this, but Robbins and the others didn't know that, and Jiang Hai had no intention of breaking it.

Now it is a good choice to let these cows be fattened in the cowshed. Because the cows stay in the cowshed, there are far fewer cowboys needed. What they need to do every day is to keep the cowshed ventilated and clean the cowboys. Manure, feeding, adding water, and occasionally brushing the cows, that's all. Originally, the five cowboys were very busy every day, but after winter, they had some time to take turns. Of course, the so-called take turns did not mean Real rest means that they can do some work that has nothing to do with the cowshed, such as... patrolling around the manor to see if the fences are broken, such as repairing machines, maintaining houses, etc. Yes, it’s just that I don’t have to deal with cows for the time being. This is considered a break.

Compared to the cowboys, Edward Anderson, who was only a sailor, was much more miserable. He had to go out to sea every day, and the cold sea wind blew on his face. It was really no worse than a blade. Jiang Hai's body It's all a bit unbearable.

However, Robbins and Bell, who were resting today, inspected the area around the manor in the morning. The area around a manor like this needs to be inspected every day, especially in winter. After winter, the beasts in the mountains will be affected by food. If they go down the mountain because of the shortage, if they destroy the fence and enter the manor to hunt cattle and sheep, it will be a big problem for the manor owner. Of course, there is another problem, that is Beware of people.

So you have to patrol around here every day. As for maintaining the house and machines, you don't need to pay too much attention.

Because these houses were built extremely solidly when they were first built.

Wuquan has no intention of cutting corners. Each villa is made of reinforced concrete inside, as is the roof. Except for the need to go up and shovel the snow every spring to prevent water seepage, there are no problems with the houses here. .

Most of the machines were bought by Jiang Hai just this year, so there will naturally be no problems.

Therefore, during the rest period, these people only have half a day to be busy, and they can still do some of their own things in the afternoon.

But this afternoon, they had to go hunting with their boss.

Whoosh... With the sound of the engine, the three snowmobiles rushed towards the distant woods.

Long before winter came, Robbins unloaded three of the four-wheeled motorcycles Jiang Hai had bought.

In fact, when it comes to removal, it only involves removing some parts and four tires.

A cowboy like this is actually an expert in hands-on skills, at least such transformations are easy to come by.

Replace the position of the front wheel of the motorcycle with two sleds. Because the four-wheel motorcycle Jiang Hai originally bought was very important, two more sleds need to be added to the rear periphery to allow the motorcycle to move on Floating inside the snow.

As for the propulsion device, it uses caterpillar tracks. The position of the rear wheel is replaced by two caterpillar tracks, but the position is slightly higher than the sled. In this way, even if the snowmobile is completed, it can not only be used in the snow It can run, and it can also run on the mainland, but of course it cannot run as fast as the tires, but the tires with the problem will not be able to run in the snow.

This was not the first time for Jiang Hai to ride this thing. Although the ride was not very good, at least the ride was decent.

After a period of riding in the snow, Jiang Hai and others also parked their motorcycles outside the woods.

Then they put on snow boots, and several people walked into the woods with weapons. Of course, there were also Jiang Hai's two followers, Xiao Huang and Xiao Bai. After learning that they were going to play in the woods, these two guys Also very interested.

This forest was planted by the former owner of this manor. The original idea was very simple. Plant some trees to block the sea breeze. If necessary, these trees can be cut down to build a house or a house in the future. For other things, even if they are sold, there will be no income, right? But unfortunately, he went bankrupt before the tree could grow, and finally packed it up and sold it to an auction house.

The trees here, after years of growth, can now be said to be mature. The trees here in the United States are also different from the trees in China. In the north of the country, they are basically the same kind of trees, birches and willows. , pine, cypress, etc.

There are also these trees here, but they are not many. According to Robbins, there are about 5,000 trees in the woods in Jiang Hai, of which 2,000 are oak trees. This kind of tree is also called It is an oak tree, which can grow up to more than thirty meters.

This kind of tree also exists in China, but it is not very common. Because the branches of this kind of tree are too soft, it is not very popular in China. Cutting down trees in China is nothing more than two things. One is to use it for mulch. Secondly, it is used to make furniture for houses. If you build a house with this kind of soft tree, the house will collapse. In addition to being moisture-proof and insect-proof, the furniture is not very strong either.

Therefore, this kind of tree is not very popular in China, but in Europe and the United States, this kind of tree is quite popular, because this kind of tree is the best raw material for making red wine barrels for storing red wine.

The price of oak barrels in the United States and Europe is not low. There is a winery in this manor. Naturally, these oaks are prepared for them. In addition to oaks, among the remaining three thousand trees, one Most of them, nearly 1,800, are maple trees. This kind of national tree of Canada is also found in the United States. This kind of tree is also an economic tree, used to make maple syrup. This thing , the price sold in China is not low.

In fact, Jiang Hai could have harvested maple sugar this year, but he did not. At that time, his focus was more on raising cattle, such as maple sugar. We will wait until next year.

In addition to these two main trees, there are many other trees here, some of which were originally planted, and some of which were brought over by other seabirds after eating the tree seeds, so it looks a bit messy.

Mainly composed of northern trees such as willow, pine, cypress, and birch, there are also some trees such as cherry wood and black walnut mixed in. Anyway, Jiang Hai heard what Robbins said, and he didn't know these things.

Following the footsteps of the three of them, they slowly entered the woods. As soon as they walked in, Jiang Hai saw an animal. It was a squirrel, standing on the branch of an oak tree, looking at it curiously. Jiang Hai and his party.

Squirrels are very curious creatures, and it was obvious that they hadn't seen anyone for a while, so they looked very surprised.

It was just a squirrel. Robbins and Bell didn't care at all. Jiang Hai only glanced at it and then withdrew his gaze. But Xiaobai might have seen this thing for the first time, so he squatted under the tree. , following the squirrel’s gaze.

In the human world, looking at each other is a sign of politeness, but in nature, looking at each other is a sign of provocation.

So this squirrel, which usually has almost no natural enemies and dominates this small forest, became angry.

Squeak! As it roared on the branch, it also took out an acorn from the tree hole next to it, and almost used all its strength to throw the acorn towards the tree. Xiaobai stared at it.

Hoo! Bang... As the acorn flew more than ten meters high and hit Xiaobai's head directly, the squirrel was extremely proud. From its point of view, Xiaobai must have been hit hard by this blow. It will be scared away, because almost 90% of the animals in this forest will be driven away by this blow. It believes that the impact of its blow is extremely strong.

But unfortunately, this little guy who has never seen what a dog is is going to have to eat and drink today!

Hoo, ho, ho! After being hit by the squirrel with an acorn, Xiaobai over there was also angry and roared immediately. When he heard its roar, Jiang Hai and others who were walking in front They were all startled, and when they looked back, they found that it was Xiaobai who had a conflict with a squirrel, which left several people quite speechless. However, Bell still used his eyes to signal Jiang Hai, telling him to take care of Xiaobai, otherwise If it keeps barking, they will come back empty-handed today.

Although Jiang Hai is a rookie, he is not stupid. When hunting, he naturally has to be quiet. Is it really okay to scream so blatantly? So he then turned back to tell Xiaobai to shut up, but before Jiang Hai could move, the squirrel on the tree over there saw an acorn that didn't even knock Xiaobai away. It also became angry and started again. He took another eraser and smashed it at Xiao Bai.

Although Xiaobai already had the consciousness to dodge, he still dodged, but this time, the acorn hit his back.

Although it didn't hurt, Xiaobai was also irritated. This little guy dared to fight with him. He really couldn't bear it anymore!

As Xiao Bai yelled, he ran directly towards the tree, but he forgot that he couldn't climb trees!

So the body hit the big tree heavily. Although the collision made it confused, the weight of hundreds of kilograms also acted perfectly on the big tree. The thin oak trees swayed.

The squirrel standing between the branches at this time, although it was not shaken down, was frightened. After being frightened, it also became a little angry. This big black monster did not dare to resist. This made the squirrel very unhappy, so it was ready to go back and teach it a lesson with acorns, but before it could go back, the force of the shaking shook a ball of snow from the top of the tree.

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