Chapter 102 MF

  Then he chatted with Billy for a while, Thomas walked over and sat down near the bar, greeted Billy, turned his head to Ju An and said: "An, I just talked to a friend of mine, he wants to come to the ranch to help out, very experienced person, sold his own ranch some time ago, now at home idle nothing to do, want to continue working on the ranch, just may need to pay him almost as much as me".

  "Once the house on the east side of the ranch is built, can't either Huan or Andrew go over and manage it?" In fact, Ju An had been grooming Huan and Andrew as potential successors to Thomas. The two young men had left a good impression on him - they didn't talk much, but were diligent in their work and always had something to do with their hands. Nancy wasn't bad either, but according to American custom, girls usually stayed at home to take care of the children after getting married. Ju An couldn't very well train her for a while and then send her back home to take care of kids, could he?

  Thomas shook his head and said, "In a few years, Wayne and Andrew may be able to, but they are not yet, with too little experience, and having never managed before, many unexpected things without experience, such as if the cows show signs of illness, they may not notice, and may cause losses to the ranch."

  Juw An nodded after some consideration, and Thomas turned back to shout: "Lawrence, come here." Juw An turned around to see a cowboy about the same age as Thomas walking over.

  After a brief introduction, Ju An mentioned the treatment and Lawrence nodded: "The treatment is no problem, but what do I need to take care of afterwards?"

  Thomas said, "The ranch is preparing to build several small houses on the east side, and then you will manage several cowboys. Now we are recruiting ten people first, after all the cattle arrive, there will be more than 15,000 heads, and your side needs to manage at least eight cowboys."

  Lawrence asked strangely: "Why did you divide the pasture into two pieces? Wouldn't it be better to move a whole piece at once?"

  "Thomas explained: "The grass in the pasture is very good, to be honest I've never seen such good ones, so there's no other ranch with such a large workload. Generally, the cattle are driven for a week and come back, and the first time they eat the grass has already grown again. You will fall in love with the ranch." Thomas smiled."

  "I'm fine, I can work anytime. To be honest, staying at home is making me rusty. Every day, I wake up early and come here to drink and chat, it's so boring." Laurence also burst out laughing.

  "Tomorrow, if possible, we can go to the ranch. I plan to leave the recruitment of personnel to you two from now on. After recruiting personnel, you will need to start preparing winter pasture. You should estimate how much to prepare. Tomorrow, I will establish a company for the ranch and apply for a loan. There are many things to do, including finding an accountant."

  Lawrence nodded happily and said, "No problem."

  Here is the translation:

  After chatting for a while, Ju An and Thomas stood up and said goodbye to Billy and Lawrence. The two of them went to the car dealership again, starting to purchase tractors and lawn mowers, etc. This time, under Thomas' suggestion, Ju An didn't buy all new ones as before. Including the other two pickup trucks, they were all second-hand goods. Ju An and Thomas carefully inspected the condition of the cars before making a decision. Indeed, it was much cheaper than buying new cars, but the insurance was slightly more expensive than new cars. Thomas explained: "Basically, a few cars are enough for use. Who has nothing to do with driving around the ranch all day? This is not working!"

  He took out a checkbook and wrote a check, telling the delivery person to send all these things over together tomorrow.

  When the two people finished their work, it was already time for the sun to set. Ji'an and Thomas returned to the ranch together.

  After everyone finished eating, Thomas took Wayne and Andrew to Juan's house. Juan had everyone sit around the sofa, served fruit, and said: "Today, I'm telling you that the ranch will be very busy for a while because there will be a large number of cows coming in, and new staff members. At that time, one of you, Wayne or Andrew, will need to follow Lawrence to the new house on the east side of the ranch. As for who goes, you two discuss it among yourselves. Nancy, your work schedule remains unchanged, and you need to take care of these two little dogs more often."

  Nancy smiled and nodded, "I have no problem".

  Andrew looked at it and said, "It's a good thing that the herd is expanding. We don't have to waste so many places in the pasture anymore. The other day, Taylor and his group came over and mentioned that their pasture on the other side is also ours now. They were overjoyed. Looking at this side of the pasture with only a few cows, they said it's too wasteful. When the house on the other side is built, I'll go over there instead."

  "Settled in, nodded and said: "There will be some new people in the ranch, you should also help them get familiar with things as soon as possible. Later on, I'll leave the management of both herds to you, Old Thomas. Laurence is in charge of the east side, your work remains unchanged, responsible for managing the entire ranch."

  Thomas smiled and replied: "Then I'll become the general manager of the ranch? I've never held such a big position, managing more than 20 people."

  "Alright, I'll leave the management of the ranch to you. You have the right to hire and fire anyone, how's that?"

  "No problem," Thomas replied with a smile.

  Then Ju An asked, "Does anyone have anything else to say?" Seeing everyone shaking their heads, Ju An waved his hand and said, "Dismissed!" Feeling quite leader-like, who knew the old American wouldn't cooperate, haha, and walked out with a smile.

  After closing the door, Ju An went upstairs to the bedroom and brought Wu Song and Teddy into the space. She planned to follow her old method and leave these two guys in the space for the night. As soon as they entered the space, Wu Song quickly climbed up the grape trellis, picked a bunch of purple grapes, and threw them on the ground. Teddy immediately started humming and shaking his butt, eating away.

  He walked towards the cow herd, carefully observing how many male and female cows there were. The newborn calves were all white with a slight gray tint, and their heads were much larger than before. Judging from the grown ones, the males weighed over 1,000 pounds, while the females were around 1,000 pounds as well. Among them, eight or nine were male, and at this rate of reproduction, in two months' time, there would be over a hundred cows. When that happens, he could find an opportunity to take some out and use them for breeding with the ranch's cows. This guy was clearly much larger than the outside cows, and his gray fur was also longer.

  Out of space, I went to take a bath and then took out my laptop on the bed to go online. Mainly just opened QQ to see if there were any messages.

  As soon as I opened QQ, I saw a message from the capital horse friend, which wrote a thank-you note, saying that the tour was very successful and everyone was very satisfied. They thanked Ju An and politely invited Ju An to visit him when he came to the capital. Ju An responded politely with a few sentences.

  I took a look at the class group, and nothing big happened. I was about to go down when I saw my sister's avatar flashing with a video request. I opened the video and saw that my sister was sitting in front of the computer saying: "Tongtong has been crying for several days, if you have time, send Tongtong a pair of those leather pants."

  "Those things are all made of cowhide and aren't easy to break, you guys are really talented, this thing can actually be worn out."

  Then I saw a little head popping out beside my sister, pushing her to the side and saying "Let me talk to uncle for a bit". My sister had no choice but to pick up the little guy and put him on her lap. The little one looked straight at the camera and said: "I was wearing it when I went downstairs to play, then some bad guys pulled at it and broke all the straps on my pants. Mom said she could mend them, but the mends look terrible, I don't want them. Uncle, can you buy me a new one?"

  The sister next to her complained, "Look at you, every day you come back and wear it out to play wildly, let people tear it up." Then she followed Jū ān and said, "A few big and small sons are skinning, using their hands to tear, and even finding someone's mother to report, asking for compensation. In the end, the other mother brought her child to apologize."

  Only after settling down did I realize that it was actually like this, the thin strips of leather on the pants are indeed easy to tear off. He said: "Uncle knows, and will buy one to send over in two days." Tongtong listened happily and nodded her head.

  Then I heard my sister say: "Brother was complaining about you on the phone a while ago".

  "Living a comfortable life, I'm at a loss: 'What is brother complaining about? Except for the Spring Festival, I haven't seen him'".

  Sister smiled and explained: "Now Tongtong and Rangrang video chat with those two American kids every week, one minute in Chinese and the next in English."

  "He should be thanking me instead of complaining."

  Sister continued: "The little fatty in school bullied Ranran again just a few days after the new semester started. This time, the little fatty was grabbed by Ranran and thrown to the ground, pressed under her body and beaten. Brother said that the little fatty's face was beaten purple, and the teacher had a hard time pulling them apart. Then they called brother and sister-in-law to come to school."

  Jū ān said, "This teacher is also like that. When Rǎn rǎn was being bullied by others, where did he go? It's not the first time either. He got beaten once and jumped out now. Brother and sister still have the face to say, Rǎn rǎn has almost been taught to be a little girl by them. Does Rǎn rǎn bully other kids?"

  Sister shook her head: "That's not true".

  "This isn't over yet. It's not like we're bullying others, but when others bully us, we can't even fight back? Is there still justice in this world? Is there still a king's law?" said the one who was at ease.

  Sister heard a burst of laughter: "In the movie, Feng Xiaogang died shortly after appearing on stage, you don't have to learn from him, not that Yan Yan is fighting, but Yan Yan is saying English dirty words while fighting."

  "Good guy, this also comes with language practice."

  Sister glared and said: "Ran Ran is talking nonsense!"

  Ju An almost choked when he heard it, then hurriedly clarified: "I didn't teach him that dirty word"