pasture leisure

Chapter 164 Transition
Zhang Chi knows what Miller said, but he really doesn't know that the black market in the United States is so developed that everything is sold.

But now this matter has little to do with him. It is nothing more than asking questions and joining in the fun. Now Zhang Chi feels that his main task is to expand his pasture. After all, more than [-] acres of land is too much Small, let alone look at the United States, even in the small town of Amber, it can be regarded as the middle and lower class at most.

Not to mention others, the pasture of Nell's family alone has more than [-] mu of land. If he owns more than [-] mu of land, then he can say that he doesn't have to worry about income.

After chatting with Miller for a while, the two of them packed up their things and prepared to go to bed. Everyone came with sleeping bags. Naturally, they came with sleeping bags. The beds in the room were also quite simple. No matter how rich he was, he had never slept in such a bed.

A few simple wooden boards were put together, and a layer of hay was placed underneath. There was originally a mattress on top, but Zhang Chi really didn't want to put this mattress, so he had to put his sleeping bag directly on the hay.

When Zhang Chi opened his eyes the next day, he felt uncomfortable all over his body. He hadn't slept on such a hard bed for a long time. When he sat up, he felt a dull pain in his joints.

"wake up?"

Miller is up.

Without his disturbance, Zhang Chi is probably still asleep.

With a hum, Zhang Chi got out of his sleeping bag, put on his coat, rolled up the sleeping bag, fastened the buttons around it, and stuffed it into the sleeping bag.

Don't think about brushing your teeth or anything. Fortunately, when it's only a few days, just get some mouthwash to deal with it.

Zhang Chi went to the door and spit out the mouthwash, and saw everyone get up.

The sky is not yet bright, four o'clock is the darkest and darkest hour of the day, even if there is moonlight above the head, the whole land is still dark, although it is not to the point where you can't see your fingers, but it is not much better .

"Everyone clean up, we will start work after dinner."

Nell's voice came from Zhang Chi's ear.

Miller came out and walked towards the room where Nell lived, and when he came back, he had two large steaks in his hand.

When Zhang Chi returned to the house, he found that the aroma of the steak had come out.

"So much?"

"It's marinated, it just needs to be grilled over the fire," says Miller.

Zhang Chi looked over and found that the steak was cooked, but it didn't look like it was grilled, but cooked and then smoked.

Because the taste is different from grilled and fried steak.

"Bring your plate here," Miller said.

After hearing this, Zhang Chi took out his plate and handed it to Miller.

Miller put a piece of steak on the plate with tongs, and then grabbed it twice with his gloved hand, and the steak broke instantly. At this moment, Miller poured a little sauce on the steak, and arranged a few more A pickle and some grilled onion rings.

After taking the plate, Zhang Chi cleaned his hands with a sterile paper towel, took out the chopsticks he had with him from his pocket, and began to eat.

At first, I thought the taste of the steak was mediocre, but when I tasted it, I realized that the beef is quite distinctive. First of all, it tastes good, the beef is tender and juicy, and besides a little spice, it also has the aroma of fruit wood.

"It tastes good, very special," Zhang Chi said.

Miller himself was also squatting with a plate at this time. The plate was placed on his knees and he ate it with his hands.

"This is a very common practice here. The steak must be cooked first. At this time, the steak must be large, about one-third of the length, and the meat must be at least three fingers thick. When cooking, add lime and rosemary. Tomatoes, pick them up when they are three or four ripe, smoke them in a smoker, take them out after half an hour and cook them in a pot, take them out when they are seven ripe, and roast them slightly with fire, wait for the skin to change color slightly All right".

Miller and Zhang Chi talked about the method of making this pastrami.

Zhang Chi likes the rustic beef preparation method, the biggest reason is the arrogance, that kind of beef comes up, it is a big piece, and the beef will be full after drying, and it will be full if you eat some side dishes. This kind of freedom to eat meat is really not in China. What restaurant can compare.

The second is that the method is simple and the taste is not bad.

Chinese beef has the taste of Chinese beef, and American beef has the characteristics of American beef.

But as far as eating meat is concerned, most of the time Zhang Chi has to vote for the American way of eating.Without it, only in terms of enjoyment, the American way of eating is really top.

"When will you try?" Zhang Chi had never used this method before.

Miller smiled and said: "My father is the best at this method. He will come to my house as a guest after buying the cows in two days."

"No problem," Zhang Chi said with a smile.

Miller opened his mouth and said that it must be to invite you. Americans have no twists and turns in this regard. To say that you are a guest is to really invite you to be a guest.

After the two finished their meal, they cleaned up their plates and began to tidy up the house.

"Don't you need to take these pots away?"

Zhang Chi saw that Miller put the collected dishes directly on the small table, so he opened his mouth and asked.

Miller said: "We don't need these on the road, and they are all left here. When we wait to drive the cattle home, Nell will bring them over and dismantle the mobile home, and just transport these things and the house back by the way." up".

"Isn't it okay to put it here and wait for the transition in winter?" Zhang Chi asked.

Miller shook his head and explained: "Who knows which piece of pasture can be allocated to you in winter? Everyone is like this, and they are used to building and tearing down every year."

Rent public pastures for the winter, and the pastures can also be fat or thin. If you let everyone choose, who doesn't want to choose a better one?No one goes to the bad ones, and fights are necessary for the good ones, so just take turns. If you stay in a good place today, you will have to go to a bad place next year. This is fair to everyone.

Now Zhang Chi will stop asking. As for whether things will be lost here, that is not something Zhang Chi considers, but there are really not many petty thefts here, even if it is petty theft, the attention is still on the cow. , no one is going to steal things like plates, and naturally no one wants things that can't be sold at a price.

The luggage was packed, and all their belongings were placed on their respective horses.

When everything is done, the sky is getting brighter, and everyone is ready to go.

Everyone got on the horse, and Nell called everyone together and assigned tasks.

"Miller, Garcia, you are on the left, George, you and my father are in charge of the rear, and me and..." Nell simply divided the tasks.

The latter work is the easiest, because you only need to drive the cattle forward, and be careful not to let any cattle fall behind to be considered qualified.

The cowboys on the two wings are more busy, they have to ensure that the cows move forward along the right path.

The word ox temper has the meaning of stubbornness in both the United States and China. It’s okay to want one or two cows to follow the route, but it’s hard to talk about a group of cows. If you have no experience, let you catch up with hundreds of cows. You are not allowed to go around in circles at the end of the day.

After the tasks were assigned, all the cowboys rode their horses and walked towards the herd.

At this moment, the herd of cows began to feel a little uneasy, and moos were everywhere.

Nell's cattle dog was also busy at the moment, barking at the cows non-stop, so the originally quiet wilderness immediately became lively.

Zhang Chi had practiced cattle-driving skills under the guidance of Cannon. Although it was not very good, he did not pull the straddle. He and Charles rode in two, with a distance of about [-] meters apart. Those cows who are ready to play tricks and slip back are left behind.

Yiha!

Shout out!

There were constant shouts from the cowboy's mouth, and the waving lasso was being used as a whip at this moment, and it was whipped on those stubborn cows who did not play cards according to the routine.

After everyone gathered the cattle together, they began to drive the cattle in the direction of home.

The herd of cattle moved very slowly, lazily as if they were taking a walk. From time to time, some cattle would bow their heads to break through the snow and nibble on a grass root or something.

The herd is slow, but the cowboys are not slow, and everyone has to keep an eye on the movement of the herd.

The most troublesome thing is the calves, especially the half-grown calves, who are very curious and playful, always wanting to leave the herd from time to time and go to the side to have a look.

Guan Jian is that the movements of these little guys are really not slow at all. If they are not careful, they can spread their hooves and jump several meters away from the cows.

When the cowboys saw them, they had to drive them back into the big team of the herd immediately, or they would have to go a little farther away and it would take a lot of effort to drive them back.

These guys seem to like playing peek-a-boo with cowboys, and the faster you chase them, the faster they seem to move on their short legs.

Zhang Chi and Charles at the back of the palace are relatively relaxed, because the position of the two of them is not easy for the calf to run. If a calf wants to leave the herd, he can just throw it with the lasso in his hand.

But just like that, Zhang Chi's body quickly warmed up.

There is no way, the whole person rides on the horse without stopping for a moment, constantly moving again, it is strange if he is not warm.

At the beginning, I was still moving on a relatively flat grassland. When I left the grassland, I entered the forest. There was a road about ten meters wide in the forest.

It's not a serious road, it's just that there are no trees, and the ground is not smooth, it looks crooked like the bad road that Zhang Chi's hometown used to be unpaved.

From time to time, there are some shrubs on both sides of the road. Although there are no green leaves on them, many of them have needles.

Zhang Chi knows that these roads are actually the roads used to transfer. It seems that when there were no refrigerated trucks in the past, selling cattle was a hard job. Most western cowboys sold cattle, and even drove the cattle hundreds of kilometers away. It took more than a month to catch up on the road.

At that time, they all took this kind of road, because the two sides of the road were either other people's pastures or farms. If you drive the cattle on the road, what will the cattle eat along the way?
(End of this chapter)