The Jones brothers stayed at night, and the room where they slept was a guest room on the first floor, and Yang Jing's bedroom was on the second floor.may be because of the change of place, Yang Jing, who usually doesn't recognize the bed very much, rarely can't sleep a little tonight.I didn't fall asleep until after two o'clock in a daze, and I didn't sleep very well.In the middle of the night, Yang Jing even heard the Jones brothers get up twice, both of which went out to observe whether there was anything wrong with the house.The snow was so great that, in the words of the Jones brothers, even they rarely saw such snow.In order to prevent the snow from being too thick to crush the house, they even stepped on a ladder to scrape the snow off the roof once at night, tossing for nearly an hour.In this regard, Yang Jing is also very satisfied.In modern society, there are really not many young Americans who are so committed and willing to endure hardships, but the Jones brothers still maintain that relatively simple style, which is really rare.When I woke up the next morning, the snow was much lighter, but I still persevered, standing in front of the bedroom window on the second floor and looking out, the whole world was white, the pasture in the distance and the farm that was originally still green, there was no other color in sight at this time, and the Great Falls City in the distance could not be seen at all in this weather.In the midst of such heavy snow, it would be nice to be able to see a kilometer at most, except for the Missouri River, which was still flowing and steaming outward, and there were almost no other colors in the sky and earth.Yang Jing put on his clothes and slowly walked downstairs.Probably because they had woken up twice last night, one of which was busy scraping the snow off the roof, and the Jones brothers did not get up and were still asleep.Yang Jing pushed open the door, and the oncoming cold wind made him shiver involuntarily.However, this wind is not the same as the knife-like wind of yesterday evening, although the wind is cold, it is unusually wet, and the whole lungs feel comfortable when you breathe.About fifty meters away from the entrance of the house, the Missouri River resembles a fairy river, and the whole river is steaming upwards, which is unique to the river that has not yet frozen in the cold winter region.Looking up at the sky, it was still overcast, and as Michael Jones had judged yesterday, it didn't look like it would be a day.The snow on the ground was already nearly half a meter deep, and if it weren't for the porch at the door, I am afraid that I would not even be able to open the door at this time.But even if there is a porch, there is still twenty or thirty centimeters of snow on the side of the porch near the outside.Yesterday, the Jones brothers' Ford pickup truck did not drive into the garage, it was parked directly outside, and at this time it was completely impossible to distinguish the pickup, but in the courtyard of a raised snow bag so thick snow, Yang Jing did not have the heart to go out for a turn, with a broom placed at the door to sweep the snow in the porch, just under the porch for a while, then walked into the house and began to make breakfast.Breakfast was simple, oatmeal rice porridge with a few small cold dishes and a few fried eggs, and the bread only needed to be slightly warmed in the microwave to eat.As soon as he fried the eggs, Yang Jing heard a faint mobile phone ringtone, touched his trouser pocket, and found that it was not his mobile phone, and then looked up to see that Roy did not wake up, holding a mobile phone and walking out while answering in pajamas."
Well, Michael and I will go back before noon, don't worry, love you" Hung up the phone, Roy's nose moved, and then he saw the breakfast on the table, and said with a smile: "Good morning Albert, you got up really early, and even breakfast was ready." ”Yang Jing smiled and asked, "It's not that I got up early, it's that the two of you were too busy last night, so it's normal to sleep a little more in the morning." ”As he spoke, Michael also yawned and walked out of the guest room, and it seemed that it was not only his brother Roy who was awakened by the phone call just now, but even Michael could not escape."
Hurry up and wash up, and then eat, or the meal will be cold in a while."
The brothers went into the bathroom and began to wash, and after a while, they walked out in good spirits.The three of them sat down at the table and began to communicate while eating."
The snow was so heavy that Michael and I were worried about something going wrong with the roof of the house, so we got up at 4 a.m. to clear the snow from the roof, so that even if the snow continued, it wouldn't be dangerous to the house."
Michael ate an omelette in one bite, took a sip of white water and said, "I looked outside just now, the snow is a lot lighter, and it's daytime, so the safety of the house is basically no problem."
Albert, the omelette you made was delicious. ”"Michael and I are going back this morning, and my mom just called me to say that there are several houses on the other side of Alm that have been crushed and that Michael and I need to go over and help," Roy Jones said.So I'll get out of here with Michael after a while, and you must be safe here.If the snow continues to get heavier, Michael and I will come back in the evening to help you clear the snow from the roof. ”"Okay, you go and get your hands dirty, you don't have to worry about me here, if the snow is heavy, I can clean the snow from the roof myself.This kind of sloped roof snow is easy to clear and I can do it alone. ”"Well, if there's anything, you can just call me.I'll call Erwin and Oscar when I get back and ask them to come over and do some work for you. ”The Elvin and Oscar that Roy Jones said were the other two farmers hired by Zhao Meng, Irwin's name was Elwin Baldwin, and Oscar's name was Oscar Robertson.Both of them were farmers in the neighborhood, and like the Jones brothers, they worked for people to earn money.It's just that they are both married, and they have wives and children at home, so they can't spend the night outside like the Jones brothers.Breakfast was quickly finished, and when they were full, the Jones brothers entered the guest room, and after a while changed into warm overalls."
Albert, Bob has a snow plow, which is attached to the front of the tractor's nose.It often snows heavily in winter on our side, so almost every farm and ranch is equipped with such a snow plow.Now we don't have anything to do on our farm, and we don't need to sweep the snow off the farm, so I'm going to drive this tractor out and clear the snow from the road at the same time. ”Yang Jing nodded and said, "It's no problem, you can just do it." ”The Americans have done a good job of this, especially in such remote areas, where the snow on the roads is almost always spontaneously cleared by local residents.The United States is known as a country that lives on tires, and every household has a car, so once it snows, clearing the snow on the road will become a top priority for the locals, otherwise they won't even be able to drive the car, and there really will be nothing to do.Michael Jones grabbed a broom and began to sweep the snow around the pickup, while Roy Jones stepped on the snow that was no more than half of his thigh and walked towards the nearby farm yard.Yang Jing didn't follow, but after waiting for a while, he heard the roar of a diesel engine in the warehouse.After waiting for a while, Yang Jing saw a big guy slowly drive out of the warehouse.It's definitely a big guy, five and a half meters long, and nearly three meters tall.What surprised Yang Jing the most was that the nose of this huge tractor was also rear-wheel drive.Michael, who had already swept the pickup truck out of the snow, said with a smile as he cleaned the snow particles from his body, "This is a big guy, isn't it?"
We asked Bob for advice last spring and Bob paid for us to buy it.John Deere 6J-1654 tractor, great for a big guy that makes our job easier. ”"John Deere is currently the world's most famous manufacturer of agricultural machinery, and this Model 1654 tractor is also a very mature product.Usually the tractor nose has four tires, but in heavy loads or special road conditions such as today, a pair of drive wheels can be added to the back to keep the tires have enough grip.With 165 horsepower and a maximum load of six tons, this big guy is our farmer's favorite agricultural machine. ”"Look at the snow plough that Roy added, put this thing on, and then use this big guy to push it and walk along the road, and the road is basically clean, which is very convenient."
Yang Jing looked at this big guy and also had a little itchy hands, don't look at this is just a tractor, but it is more comfortable than most so-called luxury cars.Except for the top cover and bottom, the other four sides of the cab are closed with high-strength plexiglass, and the interior space is very spacious, and it also has its own air conditioning and heating.Roy wanted Yang Jing to see the ability of this big guy to clean up the snow, so he put down the steel plate in front of the snow plow, but it was not put at the bottom, it was still seven or eight centimeters from the ground, and then as soon as he stepped on the accelerator, the exhaust pipe standing above the right side of the cab suddenly spewed out a faint puff of green smoke, and easily pushed the snow more than half a meter deep and walked forward.Because the steel plate in front of the snow plough is more than five meters long and sloping, when the snow is pushed by the steel plate, the snow in the area about five meters wide in front of the tractor will be plowed along the inclined steel plate to one side, and when the tractor comes over, there is a clean ground that is five meters wide and swept out of it.If this thing is on the road, it can sweep the five-meter-wide road surface at one time, because there are two rotating sweepers hanging behind the tractor head, which can directly sweep away the remaining snow on the road.This thing is really an artifact for clearing snow on the highway!