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Chapter 848: The Artifact of Sweeping Snow

At night, the Jones brothers lived in. The room they slept on was a room on the first floor, and Yang Jing's bedroom was on the second floor.

Maybe because of the change of place, Yang Jing, who usually doesn't recognize the bed, rarely couldn't sleep tonight. He was confused until after two o'clock, and he didn't sleep very well.

In the middle of the night, Yang Jing even heard that the Jones brothers got up twice, and they both went out to observe whether there were any problems with the house.

The heavy snow was too heavy. In the words of the Jones brothers, even they rarely saw such heavy snow. In order to prevent the snow from being too thick and crushing the house, they even stepped on a ladder to scrape the snow from the roof once at night, and they struggled for nearly an hour.

Yang Jing was also very satisfied with this. In modern society, there are really not many young Americans who are so dedicated and willing to endure hardships, but it is rare for the Jones brothers to maintain that simple style.

When I woke up the next morning, the snow was much lighter, but I was still insisting on it. Standing in front of the window of the bedroom on the second floor, I looked out. The whole world was covered with white. The pastures in the distance and the farms that originally had green were no longer visible. The Great Waterfall City in the distance could not be seen in this weather.

It would be nice to see a kilometer of sight in such heavy snow. Except for the Missouri River, which has not frozen and still flows and is still flowing and steaming outwards, there are almost no other colors in the world.

Yang Jing put on his clothes and slowly walked downstairs. Maybe it was because he got up twice last night, and one of them was busy scraping off the snow on the roof. The Jones brothers did not get up and were still sleeping.

Yang Jing pushed open the door, and the cold wind that came towards him made him shudder involuntarily.

However, this wind is not the same as the knife-like wind that was last evening. Although the wind is very cold, it is extremely wet. After taking a breath, the whole lung feels very comfortable.

The Missouri River, about fifty meters away from the door of the house, is like a fairy river. The entire river is emitting steam upwards, which is a unique view of the river that has not yet frozen in cold winter.

I looked up at the sky and it was still cloudy. As Michael Jones judged yesterday, it seemed that this snow would not be finished in one day.

The snow on the ground was nearly half a meter deep. If there wasn't a porch at the door, I might not have even been able to push the door open. But even if there was a porch, there would be twenty or thirty centimeters of snow on the side close to the outside.

Yesterday, the Ford pickup truck of the Jones brothers did not drive into the garage, but parked directly outside. At this time, the pickup truck was no longer visible, but it was just a raised snow bag in the door...

Yang Jing had no intention of going out for a walk with such thick snow. After using the broom placed at the door to clean the snow in the porch, he moved under the porch and then walked into the house to start making breakfast.

Breakfast is very simple, with oatmeal and rice porridge, plus a few cold dishes and a few fried eggs, and the bread only needs to be heated slightly in the microwave to eat.

Just after frying the eggs, Yang Jing heard the vague ringtone of his cell phone. He touched his pants pocket and found that it was not his cell phone. Then he looked up and saw that Roy looked like he was not awake. He walked out in his pajamas while answering.

"Well...well...Michael and I will go back before noon, don't worry...Love you..."

After hanging up the phone, Roy's nose moved, then he saw the breakfast on the dining table, and said with a smile: "Good morning Albert, you got up so early, even breakfast is ready."

Yang Jing asked with a smile: "It's not that I got up early, but that you two were too busy last night, so it's normal to sleep a little longer in the morning."

As he was talking, Michael also yawned out of the guest room. It seemed that the phone call just now was not only awakening his brother Roy, but even Michael could not escape.

"Hurry up and wash up and eat, otherwise the meal will get cold in a while."

The two brothers followed suit and walked into the bathroom to wash. After a while, they walked out with great energy.

The three of them sat at the dining table and started to communicate while eating.

"This snow is too heavy. Michael and I are worried about problems with the roof, so we got up at around 4 a.m. to clear the snow on the roof. In this way, even if it continues to snow, it will not cause any danger to the house."

Michael ate a fried egg in one bite, took a sip of white water and said, "I just looked outside. The snow was much lighter, and it was daytime, so the safety of the house was basically fine. Albert, the fried egg you made was delicious."

Roy Jones said while eating: "Michael and I are going back this morning. My mom called me just now and said that there are several houses in Alm that have been crushed and Michael and I need help. So after a while, I will leave here with Michael. You must be careful here. If the snow continues to get heavier, Michael and I will come over in the evening to help you clean up the snow on the roof."

"Okay, go and do your business. You don't have to worry about me. If the snow is heavy, I can also clean the snow on the roof. This sloped roof is easy to clean, and I can do it alone."

"Okay, if there is anything, just call me. I'll call Elvin and Oscar and ask them to come and do some work for you."

The Elvin and Oscar mentioned by Roy Jones were two other farmers hired by Zhao Meng. Elvin was named Elvin Baldwin and Oscar was named Oscar Robertson. They were both farmers nearby. Like the Jones brothers, they worked specifically for people to make money. However, they both got married and had wives and children at home, so they could not spend the night outside like the Jones brothers.

The breakfast was finished quickly. After eating, the Jones brothers entered the guest room and soon changed into warm work clothes.

"Albert, Bob has a snow plower here, which is installed in front of the head of the tractor. It often snows heavily in winter, so almost every farm and ranch is equipped with such snow plower. Now our farm has nothing to do, and we don't need to clean the snow on the farm, so I plan to drive out this tractor and clean the snow on the road aside."

Yang Jing nodded and said, "This is no problem, you can do it."

Americans do a good job at this, especially in such remote areas, where almost all the snow on the roads are swept 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, cleaning up the snow on the roads will become the top priority for locals. Otherwise, they can't even drive out the car, and then they can't do anything.

Michael Jones took a broom and began to clean up the snow around the pickup truck, while Roy Jones walked towards the farm machinery warehouse next to him, stepping on the snow that was less than half of his thigh.

Yang Jing did not follow him, but after waiting for a while, he heard the roar of the diesel engine in the warehouse. After waiting for a while, Yang Jing saw a big guy slowly driving out of the warehouse.

This is definitely a big guy, five and a half meters long and nearly three meters in height. What surprised Yang Jing the most was that the huge tractor head was actually driven by the rear four-wheel drive.

Michael, who had already cleaned the pickup truck out of the snow, said with a smile, "This is a big guy, right?" This big guy was asked for Bob's advice last spring, and Bob paid for us to buy it. John Deere 6J-1654 tractor, a great big guy, can make our job easier."

"John Deere is the most famous agricultural machinery manufacturer in the world. This 1654 tractor is also a very mature technology. Usually, the tractor head has four tires, but under heavy loads or special road conditions like today, a pair of driving wheels can be added behind to keep the tires grip enough. This guy has 165 horsepower, which can pull up to six tons of load, making our farmers' favorite agricultural machinery."

"Look at the snow plowing device that Royga installed, put it on, then use this big guy to push it and walk along the highway. The road is basically cleaned, which is very convenient."

Yang Jing was also a little itchy when he looked at this guy. Although it was just a tractor, it was more comfortable than most so-called luxury cars. In addition to the top cover and bottom, the other four sides of the cab were closed with high-strength plexiglass. The interior space was very spacious and it also had its own heating and cooling air conditioning.

Roy wanted Yang Jing to see how big guy was able to clean up the snow, so he put down the steel plate in front of the snow plower, but it was not placed at the bottom, and it was still seven or eight centimeters away from the ground. Then, when he stepped on the accelerator, the exhaust pipe standing above the right side of the cab immediately sprayed out a faint blue smoke, pushing the snow, which was more than half a meter deep, forward easily.

Because the steel plate in front of the snow plower is more than five meters long and inclined, the snow accumulated in the area about five meters wide in front of the tractor will be plowed to one side along the inclined steel plate. After the tractor comes over, there is a clean ground that is about five meters wide to be cleaned out.

If this thing is on the road, it can clean the five-meter-wide road at one time, because two rotating sweepers are hung behind the tractor head to clean the remaining snow on the road directly.
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