It was getting late, and the sun was only its afterglow on the horizon.
On the pasture of Zhangchi Ranch, there was still a group of people surrounding the cattle. These ranchers and cowboys, after watching for so long, were still full of curiosity about these big black cattle, and refused to leave.
Lao Xu put on a shy smile and listened to the old cowboys' conjectures about cattle.
In Zhang Chi's view, this is very simple. Just slaughter a cow and you will know the approximate meat yield of the cow and the quality of the beef.
But a bunch of cowboys were too embarrassed to mention it, and Lao Xu didn't know whether he hadn't thought of it or couldn't bear it, and didn't mention it. Zhang Chi finally thought of it, but he couldn't bring it up, because these cows were still Lao Xu's assets.
Let Lao Xu kill the cow, then Zhang Chi has become one of those people on the Internet, forcing others to lose money and using other people's money to show his generosity.
Zhang Chi stood at the door of his home's floor-to-ceiling window, with his hands folded in front of his chest, looking at the group of guys outside.
Melika felt that her husband was too idle, standing at the window watching others watch cattle, which was really boring, so she poured a cup of tea for Zhang Chi and brought it to Zhang Chi.
"Drink some water, I see you have been standing here for almost half an hour," Melika said with a smile.
Zhang Chi took the tea cup, took a sip, and accidentally drank some tea into the mouth, so Zhang Chi spit it out and said at the same time: "These people are just idle. What's so good about these cows? Take a look at each one."
I’ve been watching it all afternoon and I still haven’t seen enough.”
Poof!
Melika couldn't help it anymore and laughed loudly. She really couldn't understand that a person who stood by the window and watched others watching cows for more than half an hour could actually say such a thing.
"Okay, don't tease me anymore. You are no better than them." Merika walked back with a smile.
After hearing this, Zhang Chi shrugged at Melika and looked outside again.
"By the way, wife, do you think I should also go into the mountains to look for cattle? If I find them, our life will be even easier," Zhang Chi said suddenly.
After hearing this, Melika stopped, turned to look at Zhang Chi, and asked very strangely: "Are you going to find a cow?"
"Why can't I find a cow?" Zhang Chi was a little surprised: "Are you looking down on me?"
Melika shook her head and said, "I just think this is inconsistent with your personality. I think it's normal for others to go looking for cows, but you always find it a bit strange."
Melika has always felt that Zhang Chi is quite calm, or that his desire for money is not high, at least not as high as that of ordinary people.
And the fact is like what Melika said, if he didn't know, or if he didn't do this by himself, Zhang Chi really wouldn't have much interest in finding a cow.
Again, when the gourd was in his hands, he felt that he had used up all the luck in his life and there was no need to force anything else.
"Well, fortunately these people are in the United States." Zhang Chi did not continue to say anything, but looked at the crowd outside and suddenly said this.
Melika asked: "What does it mean to be lucky to be in the United States?".
Zhang Chi said with a smile: "There is no need to invite them to dinner. If they were in China, the host would definitely have to be polite at this time and say, let's have a meal at home so late."
When he said this, Zhang Chi deliberately controlled his voice and used a feminine look and tone.
Seeing her husband playing tricks, Melika became happy again.
"Okay, okay, just eat a little as you like," Zhang Chi continued.
"Look, I almost got a meal blackmailed by these guys again," Zhang Chi said.
Hahaha!
Melika smiled and pointed at Zhang Chi: "You, sometimes your words are really irritating."
After saying that, Melika turned and returned to the room.
Zhang Chi followed and asked, "What do you want to eat tonight?"
"Let's stir-fry beef with peppers and make vegetable and tofu soup. You can just make the rest of the dishes vegetarian," Merica said.
After hearing his wife's words, Zhang Chi took action.
Washing rice for cooking, waiting for the rice to be cooked, the ranchers and cowboys outside began to leave Zhangchi Ranch one after another.
The green peppers were cut, and the slightly frozen beef was cut into slices and marinated for a while. Zhang Chi was preparing to stir-fry vegetables when he saw Lao Xu coming in with a smile on his face and a bottle of wine in his hand.
The wine is old, and the packaging on the bottle is a bit tarnished. It was not a good wine at that time, and it only cost a few cents a bottle.
But now, at that time, the wine that cost a few cents a bottle, the ordinary wine that the public drank, could not be exchanged for three or four bottles of Maotai.
In addition, the wine at that time was just wine, and there was no high technology or hard work. The wine at that time was all brewed from pure grains. Even a small winery in the county town would not have anything frivolous.
"Make some extra dishes today, let's drink them!"
Lao Xu came to Zhang Chi's side and put the wine on the table.
Zhang Chi took one look and smiled: "Just one bottle is enough for anyone to drink. You know my wife can drink it."
Old Xu glanced at Zhang Chi: "It's hard to find a bottle of this wine now. Do you think I have a lot? If I don't drink enough of this wine, I still have Yanghe and Tanggou."
"As long as you have it, go to the refrigerator and have a look. If there's anything you want to eat in it, I'll make it for you. If it's not there, there's nothing I can do about it," Zhang Chi said.
Lao Xu opened the refrigerator door, took a look, and said, "It's such a festive day, how can there be no fish? How about I go to the pond to catch a fish?"
"If you go to the pond to catch one, you might as well go to the town and buy one. It's so easy to catch such a bastard," Zhang Chi said.
The fish in the pasture pond are very delicate and not easy to catch, so Lao Xu said he wanted to catch fish, but Zhang Chi didn't have much hope for him.
Lao Xu thought for a while, weighed the pros and cons between eating fish and starting to buy fish, and finally decided to give up on eating fish.
"Forget it, let's have some scrambled eggs with tomatoes. I said there is almost no seafood in your refrigerator. Wait until tomorrow. Tomorrow I will go and put some small octopuses in your refrigerator..."
"After all, things are different after getting rich, and my tone becomes much louder," Zhang Chi said jokingly.
Lao Xu chuckled after hearing this.
He didn't defend himself, and the facts didn't allow him to say anything. Everyone could see that Lao Xu was very flamboyant now and felt a little unworthy of being beaten.
I ordered two dishes and took them out of the refrigerator. Lao Xu helped clean them and left Zhang Chi to do it. As for cutting, Lao Xu didn't have Zhang Chi's ability. He just had to cook enough to satisfy his hunger.
No fancy work, knife skills? Yes and no.
While Zhang Chi was cooking, Lao Xu chatted beside him for a while, then left the room. When he came back, he had two iron plates in his hand.
This is something from the dining cart at the construction site. It is easy to use with this thing, which is easier to use than porcelain.
There were six braised red rabbit heads on one plate, and on the other plate, at first glance, it looked like a plate of dried chili peppers, but if you looked closely, you could see there were also small pieces of meat.
"Is everything done?"
Lao Xu smiled and put two plates on the table, then rubbed his hands: "Of course, don't look at how long it has been. We washed and peeled this thing early in the morning, and we still can't eat it.
, then when can we eat it?”
After finishing speaking, Lao Xu continued to say to Zhang Chi: "Sister Lu is really good at making this."
Zhang Chi smiled after hearing this and said, "What can Aunt Lu do that she is not a master of?"
Sometimes, Zhang Chi really admires Aunt Lu and Uncle Chen. Although they are so old, they are no slower than young people in learning new things. Aunt Lu's cooking skills are amazing.
The only drawback is that my memory is a bit bad as I get older, but Aunt Lu also has a solution. A good memory is not as good as a bad pen. Every time she succeeds in making a dish, the old lady will write down the process and attach her own
Key points of experience.
When you do it next time, take out a small book and look through it, then you will know how to do it.
Two rabbit dishes were served, and Zhang Chi was almost done.
Put the dishes on the table and the three of them sat around the table.
After opening the wine, the wine divider divided a pound of liquor into three parts.
Lao Xu raised his cup and said, "Thank you both for what happened today. I'll do it first as a token of respect."
After saying that, he raised his head and drained the glass of wine in one gulp.
Zhang Chi and his wife knew that Lao Xu was happy, so they also drank half a cup.
After drinking, we started eating vegetables.
Zhang Chi first picked up a piece of rabbit meat, tasted it and then put down his chopsticks. He said it was good or bad. It was of average quality. It was not much different from beef.
Oh, I can’t say there is no big difference. The fiber of beef is thicker, but that is not the case with pork.
The rabbit head is really well braised, quite outstanding.
Melika couldn't put it down. As an American, she was more open-minded than Zhang Chi about trying Chinese food.
While chatting, the topic of cows came up.
Lao Xu asked the two of them: "Can you tell me what price this cow can fetch tomorrow?"
"Who knows?"
Zhang Chi smiled.
When it comes to auctions, no one can predict accurately, but Zhang Chi estimated that these cattle could earn Lao Xu at least 2.89 million.
"Forget it, it's all in vain," Lao Xu himself figured it out, and chuckled twice as he said to himself.
"Yeah, it's all for nothing." Zhang Chi had a drink with him.
"Lao Zhang, the terrain here is familiar to you. I think you should go look for it in the woods," Lao Xu said.
"Are you interested too?" Zhang Chi asked.
Lao Xu said: "I have thought about it, but in this situation, I just want to go, so someone needs to be my guide."
Lao Xu was not stunned. He knew that he knew nothing about things in the wild. If he really ran into the wild forest because of these cows, he would be looking for death.
The forests here are very primitive all the way inside. Firstly, because the mountains are too complex, and because during the development of the western United States, this forest was almost untouched.
There are small towns like Amber in the flatter mountains, but as you go deeper into the steeper mountains, there are no people around. Once inside, the trees that block out the sky can block out the sun.
For a person like him who has no experience in the wild, all he can do is call for help and wait for death. Even though these mountains are in the United States, it would be strange if a few brave people don't die here every year.
"I think you should go, you will definitely find a big herd of cattle!" Lao Xu said