Chapter 966 The school sweetheart’s first love who took a check and went abroad (5)
Xu Yin didn't know at this time that she would have no chance to harvest wool next year.
She was very happy. She took a leave of absence from work to participate in an amateur competition and earned more than 10,000 New Zealand dollars and a pair of pure gold wool shears. What a harvest!
The Hunters who came to pick her up in an open pickup truck were also beaming.
"Sean, I knew you would be the champion of the regional competition. No one has ever been able to shear more than ninety sheep within five hours of the regional competition before. Not only did you break the old record, you also set a record of one hundred."
This new record is our pride in Cooktown!”
Mrs. Hunter was really happy for her.
"Sean, what does a solid gold wool shear look like? Can I see it?"
Mr. Hunter is more curious about the prizes in the regional competition.
"sure."
Xu Yin reached out and took out the pure gold wool shears from her canvas bag.
Because it was made of gold, it was much smaller than an ordinary traditional wool shear. She estimated it to be 200 grams at most.
According to the current price of gold, the value of this pure gold wool shear is about the same as the prize money of 8,000 New Zealand dollars in Christchurch. It may not be worth 8,000 New Zealand dollars, but it is better than it is of commemorative significance.
Mr. Hunter took it and carefully rubbed a few handfuls before returning it to Xu Yin: "You have to keep it. This is the championship prize of the Canterbury Regional Competition. It is very meaningful!"
Xu Yin smiled and put it away.
"Sean, after you get this bonus, will you go back to your hometown immediately?" Mrs. Hunter was a little reluctant when she thought of her identity.
Xu Yin shook her head: "I won't go back. Although I regret that I was deceived by the agency, I also learned a lot here. I want to learn more. Don't you want to keep me?"
"Haha! Mrs. Hunter laughed heartily and said, "How is that possible! I was worried that you were going back to your hometown, and I couldn't bear to leave you."
Back at the ranch, Xu Yin was surrounded by her colleagues like a group favorite:
"Oh my god Sean! You are my idol from now on!"
"Sean, how did you do it? I used electric clippers to cut one sheep, and it took me more than half an hour to cut it, and the cuts were ragged. You can actually cut twenty sheep with manual clippers? It's unbelievable!
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"Sean has been practicing and hasn't taken a break before the game. What about you? You lie on the haystack when you have free time. You have the nerve to say that!"
"Hey! I'm the sheep herder, not the shearer. But Sean, you are more of a man than a man!"
Xu Yin had a dark line: What do you mean she is more masculine than a man? She is who she is, why should she be compared with men?
"Do you still want gifts?"
"Yes, yes, yes!"
During this competition, Xu Yin stayed in Christchurch for several days and came back with a lot of snacks that were highly praised by the city residents, including tartar pancakes, hummus, dried green-lipped mussels, and dried whitebait.
Goat milk sponge cake, dried raisins, apples and other assorted dried fruits.
People in Christchurch also like to eat roast lamb leg.
There are stalls selling roasted lamb legs everywhere on the street, freshly roasted and cut. Xu Yin tasted them once and felt they were not as delicious as the ones she roasted herself, so she simply didn’t buy them.
She asked the cook to buy a meat goat on her behalf and planned to roast the whole goat for everyone to eat.
After you get the bonus, you still have to celebrate.
"There is no need for you to buy a goat." Mrs. Hunter said angrily, "Old William heard that you won the regional championship, so he asked little William to send a two-year-old lamb over early in the morning.
A vat of goat's milk."
Old William is the nearest neighbor to the Hunter family. He raises more than 300 dairy goats and more than 100 meat goats. He slaughters a meat goat every once in a while for the residents of this town to purchase.
His goat meat and goat milk are of good quality and reasonably priced. Mrs. Hunter often patronizes his business.
But it's really rare for old William to give away a whole lamb and a large bucket of goat's milk.
Mrs. Hunter held Xu Yin's hand with a smile and said: "Now you have become our star shearer in Cook Town. Everyone wants to celebrate you. The mayor proposed to hold a bonfire party tonight.
, Rita and I are responsible for making nut cheese and goat's milk cakes. Since you can roast a whole lamb, the goat will be left to you. The mayor and others will also bring some vegetables, which will definitely be enough to eat."
Xu Yin: "..."
There is an inexplicable feeling that in ancient times, the scholar who passed the imperial examination became the pride of the whole village.
That night, Xu Yin roasted a whole lamb for everyone on the bonfire.
In fact, people here often eat roasted lamb. Roasted whole lamb is not an amazing dish for them, but Xu Yin marinated it well and sprinkled the spices just right. If it is more, it will be too strong, and if it is less, it will be light.
Everyone had a great time eating.
"Sean, I didn't expect your cooking skills to be so good!"
"Next time there is a gourmet party in town, you can let Sean be the chef."
"The food party?" Xu Yin asked Mrs. Hunter curiously, "Is it held every year like the sheep shearing competition?"
If there was a bonus, she would be happy to sign up.
Mrs. Hunter saw her thoughts at a glance and couldn't help but laugh: "No wonder Hunter said you are a money man."
Xu Yin is embarrassed.
If she hadn't traveled to this unaccompanied sheep country, would she be obsessed with money?
People in the world are in a panic, but they only want to break a few taels of silver. However, these few taels of silver can solve the world's melancholy.
A meal of roasted whole lamb brought Xu Yin closer to other residents of Cook Town.
After getting in touch, I found that everyone is quite friendly.
The mayor has no official airs. On the contrary, he speaks humorously and has been to more places than others. Everyone likes to hear his talk.
Xu Yin gradually integrated into the big family of Cook Town.
In the blink of an eye, spring passes and summer solstice passes.
Of course, this is summer in New Zealand, and in the northern hemisphere, it’s probably winter now.
Xu Yin gradually adapted to the local weather.
There is less rain in summer here, the sky is high and the clouds are clear, and there are mostly sunny days, which is suitable for grazing.
But even on sunny days in midsummer, the temperature hovers around 25 to 6 degrees Celsius, rarely reaching 30 degrees Celsius.
Moreover, the temperature difference between day and night is large, so you have to sleep with a wool blanket at night, otherwise you will easily catch a cold.
The three-piece heatstroke prevention set that Xu Yin prepared for herself - ice cubes, a fan and a small medicine bag containing Huoxiang Zhengqi and Fengyoujing were all of no use.
They couldn't be used outside during the day, and they couldn't be used even if they were covered with blankets at night. Finally, they were taken back to the system warehouse.
However, you have to apply sunscreen every day. The sky is clear and the air is pure. Will the ultraviolet rays just keep coming?
Not only should you apply sunscreen when you go out, but you should also apply a nourishing mask before going to bed.
She still prefers whitening her skin to tanning her skin.
After summer, the sheep's wool falls off due to excessive secretion of sweat glands on the sheep's body. The quality of the wool is too poor and it is difficult to sell after shearing it. Therefore, sheep are generally not sheared. Xu Yin was also transferred from a shearer to a shepherd position.
The two strong young men who used to herd sheep took leave to go to the West Bay in the south.
It's said to be fun, but actually it's to pan for gold.
I heard from Mrs. Hunter that a placer gold deposit was discovered there a few years ago. The gold mine owners are reluctant to lose the gold sand and have been hiring workers to pan for gold downstream in recent years.