pasture leisure

Chapter 165
The road is a bit muddy, and most of the snow on the side of the road is covered with mud spots, let alone in the middle of the road. In some places, there are mud ponds, which are frozen, and in some places, cows will slip when stepping on them.

Obviously this road is often passed by cattle.

Why did Zhang Chi know?Because cow dung appears on the road from time to time.

To put it bluntly, this road is the road of cow dung, and it can be said to go all the way along the cow dung.

Cow dung mixed with snow slag, and then passed by thousands of pounds of cattle, what do you think this road looks like?
Fortunately, Zhang Chi was riding on horseback, and his feet didn't need to touch the ground, otherwise Zhang Chi might have thrown his boots away this time when he went back.

After several hours of non-stop driving the cattle to a small pond, Nell asked everyone to stop and rest.

Stopping does not mean that you can rest immediately. You have to break the ice on the pond so that the cattle can have water to drink.

Fortunately, the weather is warmer now, and the ice surface of the small pond has been broken by the cowboys passing by in front, so everyone did not spend much effort to break the ice on the pond.

The cattle drink water, and there are some grass roots next to the pond for the cattle to eat, so the cattle are still honest.

"time to eat!"

Zhang Chi is already very tired. Although he has been practicing riding, he has never ridden for several hours at a time, so his legs are a bit worn out.

Fortunately, the saddle made by Cannon was made according to Zhang Chi. If he rode that kind of machine-made saddle, Zhang Chi might have to walk in circles now.

"Ok?"

Zhang Chi found out that Nell actually handed him a small Chinese hot pot.

"Eat this at noon, and cook when the bonfire is lit at night." Nell looked at Zhang Chi and said with a smile.

Zhang Chi smiled and said, "Very good, very good, I'm already ready to eat dry bread."

When it was approaching, Cannon told Zhang Chi that he would only cook a serious meal at night on the road, and he could only deal with it during the day because he had to drive cattle.

The reason is also very simple. If you have to make three meals a day on the road, it will take forty minutes and an hour for one meal, which is a waste of time.

With this time, it is better to drive the cattle for a certain distance earlier, because the cattle eat very little along the way, and the longer they spend on the road, the more fat the cattle will lose.

Rush to the winter pasture for what?
Isn't it just for the cattle to gain more fat? Now that you are wasting your fat on the road, what's the point of rushing to the winter pasture?
"I don't know about other small towns now, but this is what we eat at noon when we turn around here." Garcia has torn open the package at this moment, put the box by his feet, took a jar to the edge of the pond, and scooped it up. A jar of pond water.

"I really didn't expect it," Zhang Chi said with a smile while tearing off the package.

He really didn't expect that when everyone changed the scene, they would actually eat a small Chinese-style self-heating hot pot.

Zhang Chi really didn't think he still had the ability to carry goods.

There is no problem eating this, but using pond water?Zhang Chi was a little shadowy, because who knows if the pond water will be dry.

Just when Zhang Chi became suspicious, Garcia had already returned with a water jar. He took out a piece of paper, made it into a funnel shape, stuck it in the mouth of another jar, and then filled it with pond water. A little powdery stuff was added to the jar.

After shaking it a few times, pour the water in the jar into a jar with a filter paper on the mouth of the jar. The pour is very slow, but soon some impurities are left on the filter paper.

Looking at Garcia's actions, Zhang Chi finally felt a little more comfortable. No matter how he did it, he did some manipulations. It was more hygienic than pouring pond water directly on the heating pack.

Garcia soaked the contents of the pot with water from his own kettle, then poured some of the strained jar into his own self-heating pot box, and put the lid on.

Next the jar was passed on to someone else.

When he arrived at Zhang Chi's place, Zhang Chi didn't hold back anymore, and just soaked his own self-heating pot. Of course, the water in the hot pot must not use pond water, even if it is filtered.

Everyone waited for the self-heating pot to cook lunch, and at the same time watched the herd so that some mischievous calves would not slip away.

Zhang Chi turned his head and looked at it for a while, then his eyes fell on Charles next to him.

The old man is also soaking in a self-heating pot now, but while waiting, he took out a plastic bag from his arms. After opening it, Zhang Chi found that the plastic bag contained raw meat.

The old man actually used his own body temperature to keep the raw meat from freezing. Zhang Chi was really dazzled by this operation, thinking: Is there such an operation?

The plastic bag that was taken out contained strips of raw meat. Charles tweezed one with tweezers and placed it in front of the eagle on his arm.

Seeing the meat, the eagle directly opened its mouth to pick up the meat, and swallowed it in two or three bites.

Charles continued to feed.

Zhang Chi continued to watch the excitement.

"You also like to play eagles?"

Charles found that Zhang Chi had been watching him feed the eagle, so he asked with a smile.

"I think it's very interesting," Zhang Chi nodded and said.

"It's very interesting. If you like it, you can play it. If you don't understand anything, you can ask me. If you want to buy an eagle, I can also introduce you to friends who breed eagles."

As Charles spoke, he picked up another piece of meat, but instead of sending it to the eagle's beak, it sent it to a leather pouch on his waist.

call out!
Charles whistled, and a small head popped out of the leather bag.

Zhang Chi knows this guy. Miller told him last night that it was Diao!
While Zhang Chi was watching, another gray head appeared, still a mink.

Two minks, one gray and one white!

Zhang Chi didn't expect Charles to take two minks with him.

So a question appeared in Zhang Chi's mind.

"What if you go out? Find a place to foster?" Zhang Chi asked curiously.

Charles smiled while feeding the two minks: "Take them! I take them with me wherever I go, and I won't go where they are not allowed to enter the country."

"Let me take you on the plane?" Zhang Chi asked.

Charles said with a smile: "I don't know if the airline's plane is allowed or not. I take charter flights."

Uh!
Zhang Chi felt that the old man was not authentic, so he looked around, but found no stone in his hand. If there was Zhang Chi, he probably had an urge to hit the old man's head all at once.

Isn't it too much to put coins in front of me? We have gourds that we didn't show off. You take an animal charter plane to travel and show off in front of me?
Looking at the expression on Zhang Chi's face, Charles said with a smile: "It's not expensive, the best business jet is only about a hundred thousand dollars for a trip."

I go!A guy with an oil field in his hand is arrogant, and the payment is only a hundred thousand dollars!How many people in the United States can earn more than one hundred thousand dollars a year?
I have to say, it’s nice to be rich!
At this time, Zhang Chi heard someone say that it was ready to eat, so he looked down at the small hot pot box at his feet, and there was no heat coming out, obviously it was ready to eat.

Opening the lid to eat, Zhang Chi looked at Charles who was feeding from time to time while eating.

After eating a small hot pot, his body became warmer again. Zhang Chi really didn't taste the taste, because his eyes were all on one of Charles's eagles and two minks.

Charles also finished eating at this moment, seeing Zhang Chi's eyes burning, he said, "Want to pet the mink?"

Zhang Chi nodded, so Charles grabbed a mink from the leather bag on his waist, and put the gray mink on Zhang Chi's lap.

Zhang Chi stretched out his hand to cover the mink, and the little guy didn't move around, but his nimble little head turned around, and he was very clever at a glance.

Mink's fur is very soft, and compared with ink, it is very warm to the hands. It is not only warm but also smooth, and the belly is round after just eating.

The fluffy little ears were a little bit bigger, and they were so fleshy that Zhang Chi grabbed them several times.

"Let's go, everyone continue on their way."

At this moment Nell stood up and said to the big guy.

"come over!"

Following Charles' words, the mink who was originally held in the cup by Zhang Chi immediately jumped into Charles' leather bag.

Zhang Chi said in his heart: I am so obedient.

Zhang Chi was not allowed to think too much, stood up and followed everyone to continue driving the cattle.

This walk took another few hours, until it was completely dark, and the big guy stopped.

The night camp is near a water source.

Different from noon, at night, the serious campers need to light a fire to cook, so everyone split up and started looking for firewood and setting up pots in the woods.

All the cowboys are already very familiar with all these, so there is no surprise. Zhang Chi is a novice here, but he is the only one, and he does not have such a great energy to drag down a group of veterans.

The bonfire quickly rose, and an iron tripod was placed on top of the fire. A large pot was hung above the frame. The soup was boiled in the pot, and a small pot was placed on top of the pot. Know what the main ingredients are, but know that this stuff is ugly.

Potatoes were roasting next to the fire, and Zhang Chi, like the big guys, found a twig to poke the potatoes, pulled the wood ash on the potatoes, and cooked the potatoes with the ash.

Nell and another cowboy were holding a frying pan. In the frying pan were several pieces of beef of different parts and strips of bacon.

This meal was a little time consuming, it took almost an hour for everything to be ready.

Now on the plate in front of Zhang Chi is a veal steak, three beef bones about [-] centimeters long, skewered on a half-adult palm-sized piece of meat, served with fried broccoli, beef and broccoli poured Soup.

Zhang Chi didn't want to be confused. He felt that the color of the thing was a bit difficult to understand. It was similar to seeing cow dung pulp along the way, and it looked unappetizing.

Now Zhang Chi is holding a potato in his hand. The baked potato can easily tear off the skin, exposing the potato core inside.

Zhang Chi was concentrating on tearing the potato skin. After tearing a circle, he dipped in the soup on the plate to add flavor to the potato, and then took a bite happily.

I usually think potatoes don't taste very good, but today I'm so tired that I'm almost sticking out my tongue after riding a horse all day, so this potato is actually delicious.

The beef ribs are not in a hurry to eat, even if they are cold, just put the plate next to the fire and roast for a while, and it will be warm.

After a busy day, everyone was tired, so everyone sat by the fire and no one wanted to talk, and all quietly ate the food in front of them.

It was rare for the cattle dogs to have a good meal tonight. In front of each dog, besides the mush, there were lumps of half-baked meat.

In the entire camp, apart from the crackling sound of the fire, there was the sound of dogs eating and choking.

(End of this chapter)