pasture leisure

Chapter 40
When driving past the supermarket, Zhang Chi went in and picked up a few bottles of beer. After thinking about it, he just brought the cart over and bought a few more, so that he could share it with the workers at night.

Even after eating a few plain meals, you have to express your disapproval, we are people-oriented.

Putting the beer into the car, Zhang Chi drove out of the supermarket.

As soon as he turned to the road, Zhang Chi heard someone calling him. There are few people in this place. If you put it in the country, you might not notice it, but if anyone yells here, everyone will turn their heads to see if they are calling you.

"Brother Li, where are you going?"

It was Li Qiao who stopped Zhang Chi, that is, the enthusiastic elder brother who helped Zhang Chi buy a car.

At this moment, Li Qiao was driving a Ford family car, besides Li Qiao, there was a woman of about the same age in the car, who was Li Qiao's daughter-in-law at a glance.

"Let's go home, how about you? This is my lover Li Qin" Li Qiao asked with a smile.

Zhang Chi said: "I'm going home too. By the way, if you and sister-in-law are okay, go to my place today. I made grilled fish tonight, just in time for everyone to have a good time."

After greeting Li Qiao's lover, Zhang Chi extended an invitation to the two.

Li Qiao shook his head: "It's really busy today. My lover's classmate is here for a trip. We have to entertain their group. I'm planning to come here with you if you have nothing to do."

"I also hired someone, you see what happened," Zhang Chi replied.

"By the way, how is Lao Xu doing?" Li Qiao asked again.

Zhang Chi said: "It's pretty good, anyway, I can't find any reason, I have to thank Brother Li for this matter."

The work of Lao Xu and his group is really nothing to say, so there is no need to mention the price, and the work efficiency is also high. If you change the construction team, even if it is Lao Mo's construction team, it is estimated that there will be an extra ten days of engineering work. , but Lao Xu's group got started and saved a lot of time.

It may be related to Lao Xu's preparation for the next project, but what does this matter have to do with him, as long as he does a good job.

"Then I'm relieved. Your sister-in-law said a few days ago that she was afraid that you would be dissatisfied with Lao Xu's work." Li Qiao couldn't help smiling when he heard Zhang Chi said that he was very satisfied.

"How's the ranch?"

"The cow has already been bought," Zhang Chi said: "It's not bad now, just wait for the trembling this autumn, if you make money, you will survive, and if you can't make money, you will be finished."

"I heard from Old Xu that you bought a lot of cows, a thousand cows, can your ranch last?" Li Qiao obviously talked about this with Old Xu.

"I think it's about the same. Anyway, it's cheap. It doesn't cost me much to raise the calf that was eliminated by others. Let's just leave it at this time." Zhang Chi couldn't explain it to Li Qiao.

Li Qiao is a warm-hearted person. He was a little worried about Zhang Chi when he heard Lao Xu say this, but now that he heard what Zhang Chi said, he couldn't say much.

They stopped by the side of the road and chatted for a few words before going home.

Zhang Chi drove back to the small town of Amber, and found that the protesting crowd hadn't dispersed yet, but the traffic on the road was not so congested.

It's not that they are of high quality, but that there are a few police cars half-riding on the road to maintain order, otherwise it would have looked like it was in the morning.

Turning from the fork into the trail, Zhang Chi returned to the pasture smoothly all the way.

When I got out of the car, I found that Aunt Lu was salting fish, and when I walked over, I smelled the seasoning I taught Aunt Lu.

"Learn now and do it now, and I don't know if it's right."

Seeing Zhang Chi approaching, Aunt Lu smiled and asked him to evaluate the results of his labor.

"It's quite upright," Zhang Chi praised.

After speaking, I remembered that there was still beer for everyone in my car, so I said to Aunt Lu, "I just happened to bring beer for everyone, and I will drink beer while eating grilled fish at night."

"You bought it too? We just went to the town to buy beer, and we said we would give you two beers."

Looking at Aunt Lu's hand, Zhang Chi found several boxes of beer under the side dish counter of the small dining car, so he said with a smile: "Everyone bought it wrong."

"Keep it, anyway, it won't break after a month or two," Aunt Lu said with a smile.

Then he said: "Why is this oven so big?"

Zhang Chi said with a smile: "If it was smaller, it would have been snatched away by someone. It is such a big one that it is generally not used at home, so my uncle picked it up."

Aunt Lu walked to the side of the car, looked at the stove and said, "This stove is like new."

"It wasn't like this when I picked it up. My aunt and uncle washed it for me. Otherwise, it was all greasy, and I don't know how the previous master used it," Zhang Chi said.

Aunt Lu said: "Your uncle and aunt are really good people."

Aunt Lu has lived to such an advanced age, and she has never seen any kind of person. Generally speaking, it is not surprising to help her son do this kind of thing, but helping her nephew to pick up things and wash them clean, this character must be a kind person , I want to change to a sharp-brained person, let alone wash it for you, and I won’t bring it to you if I pick it up.

"Get it down?"

"I dare not ask you to help me with this job!" Zhang Chi hurriedly stopped Aunt Lu, she was doing this job at her age, if something happened, Zhang Chi would have no place to cry.

Aunt Lu smiled and said, "Okay, I'll find someone for you."

Aunt Lu yelled twice, and two middle-aged men came over and together with Zhang Chi, slid the barbecue pit from the back compartment along the springboard that had been set up.

The stove has its own wheels, and there are latches. If you want the stove not to move, press down the latches on the four wheels, and the four wheels will be locked.

Zhang Chi's place is so big, [-] acres can't accommodate this thing?
Putting it directly next to the RV, Zhang Chi fixed the stove, and started to light the fire with the fruit charcoal given by his aunt.

"Aunt Lu, you don't need to start the stove again for your fish, just put it here and let it go out."

Zhang Chi shouted at Aunt Lu while lighting the fire.

"Is it okay? There are three on my side," Aunt Lu replied loudly.

"It can be placed, and one or two more can be placed, such a big guy," Zhang Chi said.

After hearing this, Aunt Lu came over with two fish in a short while.

"This furnace is too big. It's not suitable for ordinary use at home. It's enough to open a barbecue stall." Aunt Lu saw that Zhang Chi lifted the lid of the furnace and found that there was no division in the furnace at all. A big cleaning strip, almost two square meters in area.

Zhang Chi said with a smile: "Maybe the last owner bought it to roast big guys, but after using it, he thought it was not suitable, so he threw it out."

This guy is big. It’s really not necessary for ordinary people to roast a steak or something. Generally speaking, half of this size is enough. This thing can roast a whole fat sheep. Who can roast a whole sheep with two ends in three days?

People just have this habit. When they buy it, they think of everything beautifully, but after buying it back, they find that it is not practical at all.

Think about it for yourself, do you often do such things?
The charcoal fire was lit, and a grilling net was set up. Zhang Chi put his own fish and Aunt Lu's fish on the grilling net.

There is no open flame, but the carbon temperature is very high. After a while, the fish began to make a sizzling sound, and the fatty part of the fish belly began to produce oil.

Zhang Chi picked up the oil brush and began to lightly brush the fish with a layer of oil. After brushing the oil, turn the fish over. After turning all the fish over, the fish that turned over first should be turned over again. .

Grilling fish is a meticulous job. It cannot be said that one side is cooked right away, because the fish is also thick and fleshy. If it is grilled like this, the outside will be burnt, and there may be blood streaks inside.

It has to be turned over frequently. After turning over, let the outside temperature drop. The outside temperature has dropped, but the inside temperature has to be slower because of the poor conductivity of the meat. A knife, so that the inside and outside are almost the same when cooked.

As for what is delicious and juicy, forget it. This is not roast beef. At that time, the fish will have to be poured with juice and covered with side dishes, so the most important thing is not that the roast is juicy, and the fish has no juice for you to roast, but It depends on the degree of ripeness, too raw meat is not good, but too cooked meat is too old to be roasted.

"You grill the fish. I'll make the side dishes here. Do you have any requirements for the side dishes?" Aunt Lu came over to look for a while, and felt that she couldn't do it. Zhang Chi's skill at grilling fish is much better than her own.

With nothing to do, Aunt Lu volunteered to serve as a side dish.

"There is no requirement, just be familiar with it," Zhang Chi said.

"So it's all in one pot?" Aunt Lu asked.

Zhang Chi nodded.

After two clicks, they separated, Zhang Chi grilled the fish, and Aunt Lu began to prepare the side dishes.

Before the fish was cooked, Cannon called and said that someone had arrived at the door.

Zhang Chi let him in, and Cannon opened the door by himself, then drove to Zhang Chi's small car and stopped.

Getting out of the car, Cannon had an extra bottle of red wine in his hand.

Generally, you have to bring something when you are a guest, and red wine is the most common gift.

"The taste is wonderful".

Cannon came to the oven, smelled the smell of grilled fish, and then praised Zhang Chi.

"You came a little early, you can eat later," Zhang Chi said with a smile.

"It's okay, I paid the bill early today," Cannon said.

When parking, Zhang Chi had already noticed that there were some belongings behind Cannon's car, such as blankets, pots and bowls, as if they were moving.

For cowboys who do not have regular ranch work, these things are always available, because many ranchers will provide food, but they will not cook for you. Generally, cowboys eat everything by themselves.

The so-called food and lodging package is different from that in China. Needless to say, if you eat, the rancher will prepare the ingredients for you, but you have to do it yourself. As for hiring a cook, you can think too much. A cook’s salary can hire three Cowboys, ranchers are not stupid.

Putting down the red wine in his hand, Cannon began to help flip the fish, and Zhang Chi happened to be free to make braised beef offal.

Beef offal is semi-finished, so it doesn't take much effort to burn it.

After about twenty minutes, a piece of grilled fish and a piece of braised beef offal were put on the table.

(End of this chapter)