Lisko’s American Life

After the cattle have eaten grass on the pasture for a few hours, and after taking a walk, the large team rushes back to the cowshed, and the work in the morning is completed.

"Sir, the fence of our ranch is a little old. I saw a hole when I was inspecting the day before yesterday." Lisko was unloading the harness, and David followed him in.

"It's been a long time. I remember that the fence was built by my father when I was in college. It should be replaced." Lisko's eyes were full of memories.

"By the way, the cowboy will solve it as soon as possible today. I'll wait for the interview here, and then you can arrange for the cowboy to replace the fence, so as to save animals from running in." Lisko arranged his work.

"By the way, buy some horses and come back. Our manpower will increase, and the horses will also increase accordingly. This time, if we can't buy trained horses, we can buy a few and train them ourselves."

The last time the ranch bought horses, they were all trained by horse trainers. This kind of horse is docile, but has no characteristics. For cowboys, horses are still very important. Lisko observed that this kind of trained horses are not very good. Popular with old cowboys.

The horse I trained has a relatively high degree of tacit understanding when riding, and the horse knows my intention with a single movement.

David received the task and quickly went down to make arrangements.

Lisko made himself a cup of coffee in the kitchen, and prepared the cowboys who would come over in the reception room later.

It's easy to find good cowboys in town because they hang out at the only tavern, Colt's, when they're free.

And recently, many ranches are not doing well, and most of them are laying off employees, so it is still easy to find people.

Lisko planned to hire two people to free up David's part of the job.

The character of the cowboys found in the small town is also guaranteed. Everyone knows the basics. The circle of cowboys is small, and whoever works hard is more reliable. Just ask.

As soon as he sat down, he saw the town's veterinarian, Uncle Dale, coming over.

"Hey, Dale, are any cows on the ranch sick?" Lisko was a little puzzled. Whoever Dale went to had sick cows. A full-grown cow could be sold for $1,100, which is a big deal for a small ranch. A big loss.

"No, Li, I'm here for something else." Dale looked lonely.

"Bo is gone, I feel like I don't have many days left." Uncle Dale sat opposite Lisko, speaking a little dejectedly.

"I didn't care about it before, but once old Fudge and Bo left, I felt uncomfortable. You still can't understand the feeling of the death of friends who are not much different in age and who are very familiar with each other."

"My grandson Jimmy, you know?" Dale was sad for a while, and finally said his purpose.

The Jimmy Lisko he mentioned knows that he is Dell's only relative. Because his parents passed away when he was young, he has been living with his grandfather. He is only about 20 years old this year.

However, his reputation in the small town is not very good, because he was expelled early because of drinking and fighting at school, and then he got worse, stealing things with a group of gangsters to make a living.

After being caught by the sheriff, he was sent to prison for half a year. After he was released from prison, he couldn't find a job because of his experience. Lisko often saw him squatting on the street corner of the small town, smoking a cigarette idly.

"Li, I want Jimmy to work for you. Although he has stains, I know that he has a good heart. I can't educate him well." Dale has always been cheerful, but now because of his grandson, he is full of happiness. The face is full of self-blame.

Lisko pondered for a moment, he didn't know if it was a good thing to take a prisoner into the ranch.

"How do you know that I'm recruiting people here?" Lisko took a sip of his coffee and decided to recruit people only this morning. David probably hasn't left the ranch yet. Is Old Dale so well-informed?

"It was the rooster who told me. I just got out of him. He gave his cows vitamins, which is much more generous than Bo Bo."

Dale was joking.

When Bo was there, of course he was not willing to take the expensive antibiotics. He thought that the older generation didn’t take anything, and the cows would still be healthy.

Rooster's thinking is different again, he knows that in order to save this money, if something happens in the future, the loss will be huge.

He thought about it again, the rooster has been living in the town, if this person is really hopeless, he would not recommend him, Lisko still approves of the rooster's vision of people.

"I really have no other choice. I'm afraid that if I suddenly leave like Bo one day, what will he do?"

Dell's face is still useful to Lisko, after all, he has a good relationship with his father, and he is the one who watched him grow up.

"Let him come over and let me see." Lisko felt that it was not a trick to recruit anyone, although this is a novice, just throw it to the old cowboys, so he let go.

"Okay, thank you, Li, I'll bring him over right away." Dale grabbed his cowboy hat in surprise and stood up. ,

When he went out, Lisko stood up and looked at his crooked back.

"Li," Dale turned around suddenly, his face was already full of tears.

"Thank you for giving him a chance." Dell put his cowboy hat on his chest and bowed to him.

Lisko also felt very sad when he looked at this uncle who had a close relationship with his father.

Soon Jimmy was brought over. He was wearing his hat upside down, with yellow hair, and clothes that seemed to have not been changed for many days. His face was sleepy, as if he had just woken up from a hangover, and he was extremely thin. .

"Dell, would you like to visit my bullpen and give us some suggestions for our current facilities." Lisko arranged for Dell to go out.

Dale also knew what Lisko meant and didn't question it. He really went to the cowshed to see the cows. For an old veterinarian, the cows are his relatives, and he is extremely cautious about the cows.

After Dell left, Lisko closed the door.

Jimmy stood across the table, looking down at his toes.

"Sit down." Lisko motioned him to sit down opposite.

After he was done, he began to speak.

"Old Dale is like my uncle. He has friendship with my father, so I respect him too."

Lisko added some cold coffee to his coffee cup.

"Why did you go in?"

"Stealing things." Jimmy replied indifferently. He had seen this kind of plot many times, and every time he asked himself the reason, he would tell himself that he was sorry and could not be hired.

"Can I trust you?" Lisko took a sip of coffee, of course he knew the reason why Jimmy went in, and the question was just to see if this person was sincere.

"I don't know." Jimmy still didn't care.

"You know, just now your grandfather bowed to me and begged me to accept you." Lisko looked into Jimmy's eyes.

He was disdainful at first, but the back of his eyes were a little red, and finally he couldn't hold back the tears, covering his face with his hands and sobbing.

"He is old, and you are the only relative, a character of my uncle, who bowed to me for you. I don't know what you think, and I don't ask you how to do it. I only give you one chance. If you If I can’t catch it, then I can only be sorry.” Lisko felt that he was still a little rescued, if he was still indifferent when he heard that his grandfather went to ask someone to give him a job, then Lisko would definitely reject him, and he Not the Virgin.