The road is a bit muddy, and most of the snow on the roadside is covered with mud, not to mention the middle of the road. There are muddy ponds in some places, the kind that are frozen, and cows will slip on them in some places.
It was obvious that cattle often passed through this road.
Why did Zhang Chi know? Because cow dung appears on the road from time to time.
To put it mildly, this road is the road of cow shit. It can be said that it is moving forward along the cow shit.
Cow dung mixed with snow residue, and then trampled by thousands of pounds of cattle, what do you think this road looks like?
Fortunately, Zhang Chi was riding on horseback and his feet did not have to touch the ground. Otherwise, Zhang Chi might have thrown away his boots on this trip.
Without stopping for several hours, the cattle were driven to a small pond. Only then did Nell ask everyone to stop and take a rest.
Stopping doesn't mean you can rest immediately. You also have to break the ice on the pond so that the cattle can have water to drink.
Fortunately, the weather has warmed up a bit now, and the ice on the small pond has been broken open by the cowboys who were passing by in front of them, so it didn't take much effort for everyone 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 quite honest.
"time to eat!"
Zhang Chi was already very tired. Although he had been practicing riding skills, he had never ridden for several hours at a time, so the sides of his legs were a little uncomfortable.
Fortunately, the saddle made by Cannon was modeled after Zhang Chi. If he were riding that kind of machine-made saddle, Zhang Chi might have to walk bow-legged now.
"Um?"
Zhang Chi discovered that Nell actually handed him a small Chinese hot pot.
"Eat this at noon, and then cook again 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."
Cannon had told Zhang Chi when he arrived that he would only cook a serious meal at night along the way. During the day, he had to drive cattle, so he had to deal with it.
The reason is also very simple. If you have to cook three meals a day on the road, then one meal that takes 40 minutes and an hour is a waste of time.
If you have this time, it is better to drive the cattle for a short distance as early as possible, because the cattle will eat very little along the way, and the longer they spend on the road, the more fat they will lose.
Why rush to the winter pastures?
Isn't it just for the cattle to gain more fat? Now that you are losing fat on the road, what's the point of rushing to the winter pasture?
"I don't know about other towns now, but this is what we eat for lunch here." Garcia had torn open the package at this moment, put the box at his feet, took a can to the edge of the pond, and scooped
A jar of pond water.
"I really didn't expect it," Zhang Chi said with a smile as he tore off the packaging.
He really didn't expect that everyone would eat Chinese self-heating hotpot when they were transitioning.
Zhang Chi really didn’t think he had the ability to carry goods.
There is no problem in eating this, but using pond water? Zhang Chi is a little worried, because who knows whether the pond water is clean.
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.
Add a little powdery stuff into the jar.
After shaking it a few times, pour the water in the jar into a jar with filter paper at the mouth. The pouring is very slow, but soon some impurities will remain on the filter paper.
Seeing Garcia's actions, Zhang Chi finally felt a little better. After all, he did some manipulations. It was more hygienic than pouring water from the pond directly onto the heating pack.
Garcia used the water in his kettle to soak the ingredients in the pot, poured some of the filtered jar into his self-heating pot box, and then closed the lid.
Next the jar was passed on to others.
When he arrived at Zhang Chi's place, Zhang Chi didn't hesitate anymore and started soaking his own self-heating pot. Of course, the water in the hot pot must not be pond water, even if it is filtered.
Everyone was waiting for the self-heating pot to cook lunch, and at the same time, they had to watch the cattle to prevent some naughty calves from wandering away.
Zhang Chi turned his head and looked for a while, then his eyes fell on Charles next to him.
The old man also started making a self-heating pot, but while waiting, he took out a plastic bag from his arms. After opening it, Zhang Chi found that the plastic bag actually contained raw meat.
The old man actually used his own body temperature to keep the raw meat from freezing. This operation really dazzled Zhang Chi, who thought to himself: Is there such an operation?
The plastic bag he took out contained raw meat cut into strips. Charles used tweezers to pick out a strip 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 into its stomach in two or three times.
Charles continued to feed.
Zhang Chi continued to watch the excitement.
"You also like to play with eagles?"
Charles noticed that Zhang Chi had been watching him feeding the eagle, so he asked with a smile.
"I think it's quite interesting," Zhang Chi nodded and said.
"It's quite interesting. If you like it, you can play with 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 he spoke, Charles picked up another piece of meat, but instead of putting it into the eagle's mouth, he put it into the mouth of a leather bag on his waist.
call out!
Charles whistled, and a small head popped out of the mouth of the leather bag.
Zhang Chi knows this guy. Miller told him last night that he was Diao!
Just as Zhang Chi was looking, another gray head popped up, it was still a mink.
Two minks, one gray and one white!
Zhang Chi did not expect that Charles would take two minks with him.
Then a question appeared in Zhang Chi's mind.
"What will you do if you go out? Find a place to foster?" Zhang Chi asked curiously.
While feeding the two minks, Charles smiled and said: "Take them with me! I take them with me wherever I go, and I won't go to places where they are not allowed to enter."
"Give me permission on the plane?" Zhang Chi asked.
Charles smiled and said: "I don't know whether I am allowed to fly on the airline's plane. All the flights I take are charter flights."
Well!
Zhang Chi felt that the old man was unreasonable, so he looked around and found no stone that he could take advantage of. If there was one, Zhang Chi would have had an impulse and hit it on the old man's head.
Isn't it too much to put money in front of me? We have a gourd but we haven't shown it off yet. You chartered a plane with animals to show off in front of me?
Looking at the expression on Zhang Chi's face, Charles smiled and said: "It's not expensive. The best business jet charter only costs over 100,000 US dollars."
I'll go! The guy who owns the oil field is really arrogant, and he only earns over 100,000 US dollars! How many people in the United States can earn over 100,000 US dollars a year?
I have to say, it’s great to have money!
At this time, Zhang Chi heard someone saying it was ready to eat, so he lowered his head and looked at the small hot pot box at his feet. There was no heat coming out, so it was obviously ready to eat.
He opened the lid to eat, and while eating Zhangchi, he looked at Charles who was feeding next to him from time to time.
After eating a small hot pot, Zhang Chi felt a little warmer, but Zhang Chi really couldn't taste it because his eyes were fixed on Charles's one eagle and two martens.
Charles also finished eating at this moment. Seeing Zhang Chi's eyes burning, he said, "Want to touch 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. The little guy didn't move, but his nimble little head turned around. You could tell he was quite clever at first glance.
The mink's fur is very soft, and it is very warm compared to the ink. It is not only warm but also smooth, and the belly is round after just eating.
The fluffy little ears were a little bigger and fleshy, so Zhang Chi plucked them several times.
"Let's go, let's continue on our way."
At this time, Nell stood up and said to the big guy.
"come over!"
Following Charles' words, the mink that was originally held in the cup by Zhang Chi immediately jumped into Charles's leather bag.
Zhang Chi thought to himself: How can I be so obedient?
Zhang Chi was not allowed to think too much, so he stood up and followed everyone to continue driving the cattle.
This walk lasted for several hours, until it was completely dark, and then everyone stopped.
The campsite for the night is close to a water source.
Unlike at noon, the serious task of setting up camp at night was to light a fire and 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 this, so it's no surprise that Zhang Chi is a novice here, but he is the only one who doesn't have so much 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 on the shelf, and the soup was boiled in it. There was a small pot on top of the pot, and the small pot was boiling paste. Zhang Chi couldn't help but
I know what the main ingredients are, but I know it doesn’t look good.
Potatoes were roasting next to the fire. Zhang Chi, like everyone else, used a small branch to poke the potatoes, pulled the ash onto the potatoes, and used the ashes to simmer the potatoes.
Nell and another cowboy were holding frying pans. In the frying pan were several pieces of beef from different cuts and strips of bacon.
This meal was a bit time-consuming, it took almost an hour to prepare everything.
On the plate in front of Zhang Chi now is a piece of veal steak, three beef bones about 30 centimeters long, skewered on a piece of meat about the size of an adult's hand, served with fried broccoli, and topped with beef and broccoli.
Soup.
Zhang Chi didn't want to be confused. He felt that the color of the thing was a bit hard to swallow. It was similar to the cow dung pulp he saw along the way. It looked unappetizing.
Now Zhang Chi is holding a potato in his hand. The skin of the roasted potato can be easily torn off, revealing the potato core inside.
Zhang Chi was concentrating on tearing off the potato skin. After tearing it in a circle, he dipped it in the soup on the plate to add flavor to the potato, and then took a delicious bite.
Normally I don’t think potatoes taste very good, but after riding a horse for a day today, I was so tired that I almost stuck my tongue out, so these potatoes turned out to be delicious.
Don't rush to eat the beef ribs. Even if they are cold, just put the plate next to the fire and grill them for a while, and they will be warm.
After a busy day, everyone was tired, so everyone sat by the fire and no one wanted to talk. They all ate the food in front of them quietly.
Tonight, several cattle dogs rarely had a good meal. In front of each dog, in addition to the mush, there was a fist full of half-cooked meat.
In the entire camp, apart from the crackling sounds of the fire, there were also the sounds of dogs eating.