After watching the little ones play for a while, Ju An left his brother-in-law and his father to continue watching the little ones play. Looking at the miserable sheep being tortured to death, he decided in his heart that he would get a few more next time and replace them.
Just for fun, I saw how the sheep took in more air and released less air and was about to die. If the little guys played with it to death, they would have to eat the mutton.
When I entered the house, I found that my mother and sister had already chopped the stuffing and were preparing to make dumplings for lunch.
Ju An went out and called his sister and brother-in-law to come in to help. He also called the little ones into the house to wash their hands. This was considered as rescuing a lamb from the clutches of the little ones.
Watching the chirping little guy jumping into the house, he slowly walked over and said to Ju An: "Did you see me throwing the sheep, Master?"
Ju An was stunned for a moment. It was the first time that Ran Ran took the initiative to talk to him. He came to his senses, pressed the little cowboy hat on Ran Ran's head, and praised: "Second Master, I saw it. Ran Ran is a brave little man."
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After hearing Ju An's compliment, Xiao Ranran straightened her small chest out and said, "It's a pity that my aunt didn't take a photo today. When I ask my aunt to take a photo next time and show it to my parents, I can throw a sheep."
"Let's wait until tomorrow to break the sheep. Then let your aunt or uncle take some beautiful pictures of you and show them to your parents," Ju An promised. Anyway, he didn't take pictures himself. He was always good at giving favors to others.
Seeing the little guy happily trotting into the house, Ju An also followed him in.
Arrange for the four little troublemakers to wash their hands and faces, then wipe them with towels, then let them sit at the dining table and learn to make dumplings.
Ju An's brother-in-law took over the traditional dough-making job at home, and his mother assigned him the task of teaching the little ones how to make dumplings.
"Emily, you can't eat it, it's raw." Tongtong was rather sharp-eyed and noticed that Emily had made a dumpling that looked more like a bun than a dumpling and was about to put it in her mouth, so she quickly stopped her.
Then, Ju An didn't dare to be lazy. He paid careful attention to the four little guys, and then taught the two little old men step by step how to make dumplings. He made two small dumplings coquettishly. The little guys became dishonest and started to make dumplings.
While they were playing together, Ju An could only watch from the side, while the little guys kept shouting.
The crisp childish voice is mixed with Chinese and English.
"Look, I wrapped a little piggy".
"watch!ihaveacat" was a great time to play.
While waiting for the dumplings to be cooked, I also specially cooked their cats, pigs and other things in a separate pot according to the little guy's request.
When it was served, the shapes of the kittens and piglets could not be seen, but the little guys ate it with gusto.
Seeing everyone using chopsticks, little Jerry and Emily also shouted to learn. Mom accepted this task and taught them for a while. The two little foreigners were able to use it. Although they were not very skilled, they could deliver the dumplings.
In the mouth, there is no problem at all. It is basically the same as Tongtong. The small mouth is placed on the edge of the plate, and then one small hand grabs the plate, and the other uses the chopstick to pull it into the mouth, one by one.
If the aunts in Ju'an saw two little foreigners, they would definitely guess who taught them how to use chopsticks, because among the whole family of brothers and sisters, only the mother in Ju'an used chopsticks with her backhand and criss-crossed to pick things up.
There is a group of cousins, including the three Ju An siblings, plus an aunt, who basically ate at Ju An's house from childhood until he was in the first grade.
The little ones ate a lot when they were together, and each of them ate half a big plate. In the end, my sister was worried that she had eaten too much, so she stopped. She asked them to sit in the two chairs under the porch to eat first, and then ran away.
Go play.
When old Thomas came back, he cooked another big pot, which several foreigners also ate and raved about.
After eating, Ju An suggested that everyone go fishing in the afternoon. Old Thomas said that he would go over and show everyone his skills that afternoon.
When the little ones heard about fishing, they became interested in it, and they all clamored to prepare fishing rods for them. Ju An had to find four logs, then tied them with fishing lines, and tied a colorful fishtail to the fishing lines.
After hanging a small fishhook, a simple small fishing rod is ready.
On the way out, because his father rode a horse, Ju An finally felt more comfortable. Ju An took Tongtong, his father took Ran Ran, and Jerry and Emily sat in front of the four wheels of his brother-in-law and sister respectively.
On the fuel tank, my mother had to sit astride her sister's four-wheeled vehicle. Fortunately, the speed was good this time, and we reached the pond in about ten minutes.
As soon as they arrived at the pond, before Ju An got off his horse, he heard Tongtong say: "Brother, look, there is a deer, and its tail is white." Dad and the others had never seen a deer in the wild except in the zoo.
I also observed with interest that this kind of deer is called white-tailed deer, which is common in Montana. It is very fast, jumps when running, and has a very graceful posture.
Mom said: "This is also raised in your pasture?".
Ju An replied: "Wild ones, who has nothing to do to raise them?"
The brother-in-law said: "Then no one will fight?"
Ju An replied: "Generally, male deer are killed, and female deer are rarely killed. If foreign tourists want to hunt deer, they have to pay more than a hundred dollars. It is stipulated that you can hunt a few male deer, and these few will basically settle down."
In the pasture, you can see them here every day. What are you doing by hunting them? It won’t harm the pasture. Except during the hunting season, few locals kill deer. The land is vast and sparsely populated, and there are many deer. Sometimes you drive on the road.
, maybe a deer will pop out from the side."
Everyone looked at the deer and sighed for a while, and then dispersed to find a place to fish. Mom, who was not interested in fishing, looked at the little ones from behind and told them not to play in the water.
After a while, the adults were rewarded, and more or less, they harvested a few small fish. Little Emily was very lucky and actually caught a small finger-long fish, which made little Emily very excited.
At this time, Old Thomas ran over on his Jefferson. When he got closer, he saw that Old Thomas was wearing a chest-high water jacket, and there was a bright string hanging on the top of the pile.
Ju An smiled and said: "Thomas, are you planning to set down the net here?"
Old Thomas smiled and shrugged, then got off the horse, took the bright rope in his hand and said: "I can fish with this rope."
Ju An said: "Then go over and order some. I just made a fish nest here. Don't scare away my fish."
Thomas smiled and nodded, walked about ten meters away from everyone, walked into the pond wearing a water raft, then swung the string up and hit it on the lake.
Ju An looked at him funny and said, "Are you fishing or chasing fish?"
Thomas replied: "It must be fishing, you will see it soon."
After watching Thomas throw it a few more times, no fish came up, so he focused on looking at his fish.
After watching it for a while, I heard old Thomas shouting: "There is a good fish."
As soon as he raised his eyes, he saw a foot-long fish being thrown ashore by Thomas. Ju An and the others immediately ran over to see what was going on.
Dad looked at the fish jumping in the grass on the shore and said: "The wind is really different ten miles away, so you can still fish like this."
Everyone put the fish into the small bucket and stood on the edge, watching Old Thomas perform. The little guys also put down their small fishing rods and gathered around.
Old Thomas whipped the water with a string from time to time. After a while, another fish was thrown up by Old Thomas.
Ju An exclaimed: "This is really amazing, you can fish with just a rope."
Two more ropes fell one after another, and Thomas went ashore. Ju An took the rope in his hand and looked at it for himself. Apart from the bright colors, there was nothing special about it.
In the end, old Thomas explained: "The colors are bright and easy to attract fish, making them think that insects are flying by. If you notice, the string is tied with a small knot, so that when the fish bites the knot, there will be a small knot when swallowing it."
If there is a pause, the fish must be thrown ashore at this time, no matter how slow or fast it is, and the fish must be wild fish that will jump out of the lake to eat insects. Domestic fish will not fall out in this way.”
Ju An took the rope, stood on the shore and threw the rope into the water. He swung it back and forth several times, but he didn't see any fish coming up. He shook his head and took the rope away and said, "It's really a technical job."
Thomas smiled and said: "First of all, you have to go as deep as possible so that you can encounter big fish. You see, I am wearing this to ensure that the water is deep. In addition, when fishing like this, you must consider your wrist, eyesight, and experience.
, it’s not something that can be learned in a month or two. Of course you won’t be able to catch it if you throw it twice like this. I learned this skill from my grandfather, and there are not many people who can do it now.” Thomas sighed melancholy.
Take a breath.
Ju An said: "This technology is so cool, why doesn't anyone learn it?"
Thomas shrugged his shoulders: "Who still learns this skill now, not even my father. I learned it from my grandfather when I was young. Any method of catching fish is not as convenient as this, and even if you want to learn it, it is not the same."
It can be learned if you know how to do it, and it takes at least one or two years of practice. No one has learned many old techniques. Maybe fishing with ropes will become a joke in the future. There are fewer and fewer old traditions, and more and more new things.
More and more are coming, eroding the old methods."
Ju An smiled and comforted: "Just think of it as a kind of progress. Before there were nets, humans might have fished with their hands. After they invented the net, the technology of hand fishing would slowly disappear.
Consider it progress."
Thomas also smiled and said: "Yes, the old will always be replaced by the new. Life is like this, so what should I regret?"
A few little guys listened half-comprehensively. After listening for a while, they dispersed. Then they took the small fishing rod and asked Ju An's mother to take off the hook. A little man stood in a place.
, threw the fishing line into the water, and after a while, it turned into playing with the water with the pole.
Seeing that it was about to turn into a water fight, my mother quickly stopped the little ones from playing around. The little ones stopped for a while and then went to scare the deer that came to the pond to drink water. The deer stopped trying to drink water several times.
After finishing the drink, I had to run far away from them to drink water. Hey, poor freeloaders, you have today too, Ju An thought happily.
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