pasture leisure

Chapter 166 Practicing
After eating slowly, some of us simmered a cup of hot milk by the fire, while others simmered a cup of hot coffee.

Those who drink coffee must be on duty at night. They are divided into two parts, one person on the first night and another person on the second night. The reason is to prevent any accidents from happening.

Zhang Chi simmered a cup of hot milk with everyone, took a sip when it was almost hot, and then put the cup next to the fire.

Now everyone's sleeping bags have been unfolded, and branches are spread under the sleeping bags to isolate the cold air on the ground.Everyone set up their temporary shop around the fire.

No one talked during the meal, and no one talked at this moment. Everyone sucked the contents of their cups, preparing for a good night's sleep to face tomorrow's work.

The herd is now honest, even the most mischievous calves will not make a fuss in the dark, they snuggle up to the cow carefully, some calves are suckling, some are curly. He stretched his limbs by his mother's side and began to take a nap.

The big bulls and the strong bulls guarded the cows and calves in the middle of the herd, and the habits of the ancestors of the bison were still preserved in them.

The big cows kept their positions, with their heads pointed outward, and they kept chewing the grass they ate in their stomachs today.

At this time, it is obvious that there is no food to eat, so they take out the grass that has already been eaten in their stomachs and chew it again.

Zhang Chi's gun has been placed next to the sleeping bag. There are no bullets in the chamber for safety, but if something happens, the bullets are in the small bullet case of the gun body. Although there are only five bullets, they should be used in emergencies. is enough.

After all, they were facing beasts, not humans with guns.

After drinking a glass of milk, his stomach was warm, Zhang Chi took off his shoes, unbuttoned his coat and got into his sleeping bag.

The pillow is a saddle.

It's a little uncomfortable to rest your head on the saddle, but now is not the time to think about comfort or discomfort. It would be nice to have a cushion for your head at this time.

What's more, after a busy day, Zhang Chi is really a little tired.

After getting into the sleeping bag, Zhang Chi fell asleep after a while, and the little snoring also started.

Others also fell asleep one after another, and soon the entire camp was snoring loudly.

Just when Zhang Chi was sleeping soundly, he suddenly felt that he heard something, opened his eyes and listened carefully, and realized that a wild wolf was coming nearby.

Aww~ Woo!
Zhang Chi was startled by the wolf's cry, and immediately turned over.

Because he heard that the wild wolf was nearby, which made Zhang Chi a little nervous.

At this time, Charles' voice came from Zhang Chi's ear: "It's okay, you continue to sleep."

"What time is it?" Zhang Chi asked.

Charles kept watch in the middle of the night, so it was at least one o'clock in the morning.

Taking a sip from the coffee cup in one hand, Charles looked at the watch on his wrist: "At [-]:[-] in the morning, it will be dawn in more than two hours."

"The wolves are coming," Zhang Chi asked again.

Charles nodded: "Come on, these opportunists have come here a long time ago, the beef makes them salivate, but they will not attack us, at most they will just circle around a few times, they will understand when they see the bonfire push The group has someone to look after."

Zhang Chi turned his head and looked around, and found that there was a black shadow on the other side of the small lake, and there were two green eyes like small lights in the black shadow.

That's why the wolf didn't run away.

There is only a small lake between the wolves and the cattle, and now most of the lake is frozen. A cow may break the ice, but a wolf can't.

In other words, it is very easy for wild wolves to attack cattle.

The cows also sensed the presence of the wild wolf at this moment, but their eyesight is very bad at night, and they don't know the location of the wild wolf, so the cows are tightly packed together, and the circle is more than half smaller than at the beginning , It became a cow to a cow, and a cow to a cow.

All the cattle dogs were also very energetic from the moment, standing by the lake one by one, looking at the wild wolf opposite, with a calm look.

At this moment, none of the cattle dogs made a sound, and the dogs and wolves just looked at each other across the ice.

Zhang Chi was a little nervous, because he saw a few more shadows appearing in the dark forest on the opposite side, the same two small lamp-like eyes, like will-o'-the-wisps at night, looked a little penetrating.

"Go on to sleep, there is work to do tomorrow," Charles said to Zhang Chi.

Seeing that Charles was so calm, Zhang Chi was relieved and nodded at him.

Charles said again: "Would you like a glass of milk, it will be easier to fall asleep after warming up."

Zhang Chi shook his head: "No need."

After speaking, Zhang Chi lay down, retracted his head back into the sleeping bag, and pulled up the jacket covering the sleeping bag to cover his face.

Even though he was sleeping next to the fire, Zhang Chi still felt the coldness of the night creeping into the seam of his sleeping bag.Maybe it was because he was really tired, the cold air couldn't stop Zhang Chi's drowsiness, and after a while Zhang Chi fell asleep again.

By the time they opened their eyes again, there was already a lot of commotion in the camp, and it was obvious that everyone was getting ready.

The sky was still the darkest before dawn, but the fire had reached its maximum at this time, and the bright flames illuminated the area of ​​the camp for about ten meters.

However, this also made the surroundings look even darker, and even the stars in the sky seemed to lose their original brightness at this moment.

At this time, Garcia said to Zhang Chi: "Are you awake? Get up and drink a cup of hot coffee to refresh yourself."

Zhang Chi reached out and took the cup that Garcia handed over. The cup was a little hot, but at this time a cup of hot coffee can really relieve people from drowsiness.

Taking a sip lightly, the bitter taste of the coffee made Zhang Chi feel refreshed.

After a cup of coffee, Zhang Chi got out of his sleeping bag, put on his coat and pants, put on his boots and tied the laces tightly.

The boots were warm after a night of toasting.

It's just that from time to time there will be a sour smell floating on the camp.

No need to ask, I don't know whose stinky feet smell.

At this time, everyone didn't pay much attention to it, and it was only a few days in total, and it was over if they survived, so why would they complain about someone's stinky feet.

Nell and the other cowboy had been working as chefs, so they had to get busy making breakfast for everyone when they came together.

It can be dealt with at noon, but two meals in the morning and evening cannot be dealt with. Everyone must be full and there must be enough oil supply, otherwise people will be very uncomfortable in such a cold environment.

The frozen beef and bacon had been put beside the fire to defrost, vegetables and everything were taken out of the bag, and they were also placed next to the fire.

In addition to these, there are dehydrated vegetables, which is about the soup this morning.

After getting up, Zhang Chi tidied up, rolled up the sleeping bag and put it in the bag, and then sat next to the fire to warm up like the big guys.

About half an hour later, the camp was filled with the smell of meat, and the meat, no matter how unpalatable it was, became permeable, not to mention that the two cowboys were good at cooking, and their barbecue skills had reached a certain level. The meat is tender and delicious, and the juice is fat and delicious.

In the morning, Zhang Chi didn't choose the cowboy steak, but directly picked a piece of ribeye steak with a strip of pure white fat on the side.

The hot soup Zhang Chi chooses is a soup made from dehydrated vegetables. It can be drunk with boiling water and tastes very good.

The dipping sauce is still Zhang Chi’s favorite black pepper, and the sliced ​​eye steak does not contain any hemoglobin, which is loved by some petty bourgeoisie in China. With a fork in hand, the clear and transparent gravy fat is released from the pink meat. Oozed out from the walls, not baked but not raw, quite excellent.

Cut off a finger-thick steak meat, dip it in the dipping sauce, and put it in your mouth. The taste of black pepper mixed with the fatness of beef fat will stimulate the taste buds in your mouth. It is fat but not greasy, fresh but not loose, and chewy It doesn't bite your teeth, it melts in the middle.

Immediately, Zhang Chi nodded slightly in satisfaction.

After one mouthful of naked eyes, and another mouthful of vegetable soup, the oily smell in the mouth immediately disappeared without a trace.

A whole piece of meat eye of about [-] to [-] grams, paired with a bowl of vegetable soup, quickly entered Zhang Chi's stomach, and the coldness in the morning weakened a little in an instant.

After the meal, the sky also lit up, and a red cloud rose on the eastern ridge, indicating that the sun would soon descend on the earth.

Although the sun is not very hot at this time, it is always a happy thing to see the sun. For pedestrians, at least it is much better than cloudy days.

The unheated sun became more and more ruddy. When they jumped out from the ridge, Zhang Chi and others had already driven the cattle for more than a mile.

Looking up at the sun, Zhang Chi felt that it looked like a duck egg yolk, the kind of duck egg yolk that was red and oily.

Thinking of the duck egg yolk, Zhang Chi felt as if he was about to start drooling.

I had already eaten up all the salted duck eggs at home, and I was wondering if I would go to Aunt Phil's house to get a jar of duck eggs to pickle some when I went back, or exchange goose eggs with Aunt Phil?

I haven't paid attention these days, and I don't know how many eggs and goose eggs Cannon collected.

The cows are still moving forward along the cow dung road, the speed is still painfully slow, but they are always moving forward, getting closer and closer to the finish line.

During the lunch break, there was still a small Chinese-style hot pot, and the big guys still had no nonsense, and they ate alone, and Charles fed his eagle and mink again.

But now Zhang Chi is not interested in watching it. He now eats with his legs crossed, because when they are together, the inner side of his legs hurts, and the skin is obviously worn out.

Zhang Chi didn't cry, let alone said that he knew that every cowboy came here like this, but the reason why they don't hurt is because they have already hurt, and the skin that grows out is so strong that it ignores this kind of wear and tear.

Chi Yanshan snorted softly, two clouds of white mist sprayed out from two nostrils, a calf was about to play tricks, Zhang Chi gently pulled the rein, and Chi Yanshan lay in front of the calf.

Seeing the lasso thrown up, the calf returned to the herd obediently, looking for the next opportunity.

(End of this chapter)