MTL - The Best Small Farm-Chapter 2 farm dilemma

   Chapter 2 Farm Dilemma

   Li Mei and Zhang Xiuying knew that Li Han was fine, so they were relieved and hung up the phone. Li Han put down the phone and rested for a while. In the afternoon, Li Han was checking agricultural machinery. Most of the agricultural machinery stacked in the warehouse need to be checked to determine those parts that need to be replaced. In a few years, most of the small agricultural machinery Li Han can do Repaired directly. The popularity of agricultural mechanization in the United States is high, and it really lives up to its reputation. Li Han's family's machinery department is relatively small, four-wheel drive tractors, wind drills, grass balers, seeders... The total value of these agricultural machinery is about 50,000 US dollars. Many large-scale agricultural machinery are expensive. Li Hand bought "second-hand goods" from other farmers, and even rented some large-scale farm machinery. After all, Li Han's funds are relatively difficult, and even second-hand agricultural machinery cannot be purchased. However, some of the small machines that are usually used are very neat. Most of them are purchased second-hand machines. The price is cheap, and they are no different from new ones. Most of them are purchased second-hand machines that have been eliminated from large farms, which can save a lot of money.

"It's finally done, I'll go to town tomorrow to buy some parts to replace." When the sun was about to set, Li Han finally finished his work, wiped the oil on his hands, and kicked his feet lightly to act like a coquettish Xiaomi Mi Li, Mi Li. Li is a golden retriever, three months old, very lovable, likes to be coquettish, rolls, and most likes Li Han to tease and play with his belly. When Li Han was overhauling the machinery, Millie was lying on the corner obediently, playing with the master by herself. The little thing was very clever and clever. At this time, seeing that Li Han was finished, Pidian ran over, chasing after the master and playing with her. make trouble.

  Li Han happily took Millie for a lap along the pond, stopped at the small pier, pulled the cage up and down in the water, caught some fish and shrimp and returned to the hut in the woods. The golden sunlight shines beautifully on the maple trees. These maple trees were planted by Old Tom, the deceased old farmer, and Li Han likes to keep them all the time. Not far from a maple tree is a well, and a pool is built next to the well. Come to the pool to clean up the fish and shrimp, and that's it for dinner.

   Americans tend to have a hearty dinner. Noon time is tight, so eat some fast food to solve it, and make up for dinner. Li Han packed up the fish and shrimp and planned to cook a braised fish and stewed a pot of fish soup. Fish and shrimp are a bit troublesome to eat or clean, and most Americans don’t like it very much. In small ponds on various farms, few fish and shrimp are specially raised, and most of them are stocked with pet turtles and the like. Li Han didn't go to buy fish fry in particular, he just bought a few more and put them in the pond when eating fish. Nowadays, there is no shortage of fish and shrimp to eat.

  The fish soup was cooked a little more. Just now, Li Han received a call from Weili and came over in a while. In the afternoon baseball game, the Mi Xing team performed well, and he taught the arrogant guys like Hamilton a lesson. Wei Li came to send Li Han a video of the game. To express his gratitude, Li Han invited Wei Li to have dinner, braised fish, small fish, shrimp, rice, tofu soup, beef stew with potatoes, a basket of white steamed buns, and a plate of marinated chicken, chickens that died in the snow disaster. Duck, Li Han has processed it and marinated it. After eating it for half a year, there is still some leftovers.

After a while, the sound of a motorbike sounded outside the yard. A used BMW three-wheeled motorcycle was a birthday present from Weili's father on his sixteenth birthday. Well maintained. When Li Han heard the movement, he stretched out his head and looked out. Weili was sweating profusely and waved his arms to greet Li Han. Weili was still with Miqi. He probably just came back and came over before he went home. "Wei Li, you brought Mickey here so late, aren't you afraid that Mickey will be punished?"

"Han, I called Marbury, is it Mickey?" Willi is not stupid, Jews are more polite, Willi of course knows that, but because Mickey has some flaws, Mickey's father Marbury loves his son more than anything else. , and Mickey goes to Li Han's house again. The Marbury family is very relieved. Li Han's character is even more old-fashioned than the Jewish people. He only had one girlfriend in four years, which surprised many people. Of course, many girls in the town are very old-fashioned about Li Han. , Conservative, no fun, men have little interest.

   Li Han didn't care too much, he was still young, and besides, it was very difficult to run a farm, he didn't have much money, and his life was a little tight. If he wanted romance, he had to waste it first, but Li Han didn't have any spare money to waste romance. I just didn't expect that, because of my financial constraints, I would be recognized by some Jews for running a farm. Li Han smiled and shook his head. Most of the power was borrowed in his own name. This is not the first time. Not long after Mitch entered the room, the living room phone rang, and Marbury called. "Yes, Uncle Marbury, Mickey is eating at my side at night. You don't have to worry too much about taking Mickey home before eight o'clock."

  Marbury listened to Li Hanyi, calmed down and hung up the phone. "Weili, before eight o'clock, take Mickey home, don't forget, let's eat." Li Han took the Weili digital camera, sat on the sofa and asked casually.

"The beef stew is really good, Mickey, your favorite white steamed bun." Weili nodded to indicate that he knew, while he was scooping the beef stew with potatoes. Don't underestimate this beef stew with potatoes, this is Li Han's special departure The seasoning purchased from the Chinese store in the city, which is a two-hour drive from Kemising Town, has been stewed for a long time. The beef stew is soft and melts in the mouth, especially with the thick gravy, the taste is not to mention delicious. .

  Weili didn't like it very much at first, but after eating it twice, he was completely addicted to the taste. There was only fish and shrimp, but Weili didn't like it very much. Too many fish bones made it troublesome. Mickey was quiet, eating steamed buns and sipping delicious fish soup from time to time. Li Han watched the video for a while and put down his digital camera. Today's Kemixing team is really impressive. "As expected of Tim, the shot is really beautiful."

"Of course, Tim is on the school team, and this time he came back at the invitation of Mark. Han, it's a pity you didn't come." Willi blushed and spoke in a higher tone than usual. excited.

   "It's a pity that I didn't see Hamilton looking depressed." Li Han said with regret that he returned his digital camera to the power.

   "Damn, forgot to take a picture of Hamilton, Mickey, why didn't you remind me." Willi slapped the table and shouted at Mickey with some annoyance. Mickey shook his head, made a gesture, his power paused slightly, and he was a little embarrassed.

  Li Han didn't understand where he saw it, Wei Li must have been overexcited at the time, and he didn't notice Mickey. Seeing Weili blushing, Li Han opened the can of beer and handed it to Weili, and said. "However, these are enough to make Mi Xing proud. Tomorrow Hamilton's loss of the game will definitely spread throughout the town."

"Cheers for Ke Mi Xing." Wei Li got excited and shouted loudly with a beer, beer, stew, what a good match, dinner was not long, half an hour, Li Han sent Wei Li and Mickey out, Lin When he left, Wei Li thought of something and handed Li Han an invitation letter.

"Harry will hold a charity party tomorrow night at the farm." After Li Han said, he pulled Mickey on the motorcycle without waiting for Li Han to agree. Han has known Harley for three years, and even had close contact, but last year, Li Han devoted himself to the farm and the relationship between the two faded.

   As for charity parties, it is quite common. In a year, there are a few ten or eight times. Some of them are similar to second-hand transactions. Some items that are not usually used are put up for auction, and the money is donated to the Children's Fund. The last time Li Han auctioned off a dagger he bought in Chinatown, it was five dollars. It was a nice little thing.

   In normal times, Li Han rarely buys things. After all, he is not rich, so it is not a good thing in the United States to be swollen and fat, and it may bring you a lot of reputation loss. However, when Halle is planning a party, she needs some blood. Li Han intends to prepare fifty dollars in cash. Maybe he wants something. He didn't think about it too much.

Farm operation is Li Han's biggest headache. Not to mention the serious aging of the machinery, the gas tank is running out of fuel, and the gas company needs to send someone to come to the door to refill the gas and check the safety. dredge. Cowshed and stables to buy some materials, repair. The whole calculation requires nearly 10,000 US dollars. Li Han has cash in hand and a loan of 10,000 US dollars, but there is only less than 20,000 US dollars left. To purchase chickens, ducks and seeds, all kinds of agricultural insurance have not been paid, which is a lot of money. Thinking of this, Li Han was a little upset.

   (end of this chapter)