When driving by the supermarket, Zhang Chi went in and picked up a few bottles of beer. He thought about it and brought a cart over and bought a few more bottles so that he could share them with the workers in the evening.
Even if you eat a few meals of plain rice, you have to express your disapproval. We are very particular about people.
Zhang Chi loaded the beer into the car and drove out of the supermarket.
As soon as he turned onto the road, Zhang Chi heard someone calling him. There were only a few people in this place, and even in China, you might not notice it, but if someone yelled here, everyone would turn around to see if he was being called.
"Brother Li, where are you going?"
The person who stopped Zhang Chi was Li Qiao, the enthusiastic 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. At a glance, he knew that she was Li Qiao's wife.
"Let's go home, where are 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 your sister-in-law are okay, go to my place today. I made grilled fish in the evening, just in time for everyone to have fun."
After saying hello to Li Qiao's lover, Zhang Chi extended an invitation to the two of them.
Li Qiao shook his head: "I'm really busy today. My wife's classmates are here for a trip, and we have to entertain them. I'm planning to come with you if nothing happens."
"I'm also inviting people, look at what happened," Zhang Chi replied.
"By the way, how is Lao Xu doing at work?" Li Qiao asked again.
Zhang Chi said: "It's good. Anyway, I can't find any reason. I have to thank you, Brother Li, for this."
The work done by Lao Xu and his gang is really good. Needless to mention the price, the work efficiency is also high. If we change the construction team, even if it is Lao Mo's construction team, it is estimated that it will take more than ten days to complete the work.
, but Lao Xu and the others got started and saved a lot of time.
It may have something to do with Lao Xu preparing for the next project, but what does this matter have to do with him? If he does well, he will be good.
"Then I'm relieved. Your sister-in-law said a few days ago that she was afraid that you were not satisfied with Lao Xu's work." Li Qiao couldn't help but smile when he heard Zhang Chi say that he was very satisfied.
"How's the ranch?"
"The cow has been bought," Zhang Chi said, "There's nothing left to do now. I'm just waiting for the autumn to shudder. If you make money, you'll survive. If you don't make money, you'll be done with it."
"I heard from Lao Xu that you bought a lot of cattle, a thousand cows. Can your ranch be able to sustain it?" Li Qiao had obviously discussed this matter with Lao Xu.
"I think it's about the same. It's cheap anyway. It doesn't cost me much to raise the calves that others have eliminated. I'll leave it like that for the time being." Zhang Chi couldn't explain it to Li Qiao.
Li Qiao is a warm-hearted person. Hearing what Lao Xu said about this matter, he was a little worried about Zhang Chi. But now that he heard what Zhang Chi said, he couldn't say much.
We stopped by the roadside twice and chatted for a while, then we went home.
Zhang Chi drove back to Amber Town and found that the protesting crowd had not dispersed yet, but the cars on the road were not so blocked.
It’s not that they are of high quality, but there are a few police cars half-riding on the roadside to maintain order, otherwise it would have been like it was in the morning.
After turning from the fork onto the trail, Zhang Chi returned to the ranch smoothly.
When I got out of the car, I noticed that Aunt Lu was marinating fish. I walked over and smelled the seasoning I taught Aunt Lu.
"I'm learning it now, but I don't know if it's right or not."
Seeing Zhang Chi coming over, Aunt Lu smiled and asked him to evaluate the fruits of her labor.
"Quite upright," Zhang Chi praised.
After saying this, I remembered that there was beer prepared for everyone in my carriage, so I said to Aunt Lu: "I just happened to bring beer for everyone. Let's drink beer while eating grilled fish in the evening."
"Did you buy it too? We just went to town and bought beer, and we said we would give you two bottles."
Looking along Aunt Lu's hand, Zhang Chi found several boxes of beer placed under the side dish table of the small dining cart, so he laughed and said, "Everyone is mistaken."
"You can keep it, it won't go bad if you keep it for a month or two anyway," Aunt Lu said with a smile.
Then he added: "Why is this oven so big?"
Zhang Chi said with a smile: "If it was smaller, it would probably have been snatched away. That is, it is so big that most families can't use it, so my uncle picked it up."
Aunt Lu walked to the car, looked at the stove and said, "This stove is as good as new."
"It was not like this when I picked it up. My aunt and uncle washed it for me, otherwise it would be all greasy. I don't know how the previous owner used it," Zhang Chi said.
Aunt Lu said: "Your uncle and aunt are really good people."
Aunt Lu has lived so long, what kind of person has she never seen? Generally speaking, it is not strange to help her son do this, but to help her nephew pick up things and wash them cleanly, she must be a kind person.
, I need a sharp-minded person, let alone washing it for you, I won’t even bring you what I picked up.
"Get it off?"
"I don't dare to ask you to help with this job!" Zhang Chi quickly stopped Aunt Lu. At her age, she is doing this kind of work. If anything happens, Zhang Chi will have no place to cry.
Aunt Lu smiled after hearing this: "Okay, I'll find someone for you."
Aunt Lu shouted twice, and two middle-aged men came over and worked with Zhang Chi to slide the barbecue grill down from the rear compartment along the prepared springboard.
The stove comes with wheels and latches. If you want the stove to stop moving, push down the latches on the four wheels so that the four wheels are locked.
Zhang Chi’s place is huge. Five hundred acres can’t accommodate this thing?
Putting it directly next to the RV, Zhang Chi fixed the stove and started to light a 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 in the stove here."
Zhang Chi shouted to Aunt Lu while lighting the fire.
"Is it okay? I have three pieces here," Aunt Lu replied loudly.
"It's easy to swing, even one or two more, for 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 use at home. It's enough to open a barbecue stall." Aunt Lu saw Zhang Chi lift the lid of the furnace and found that there was no division at all in the furnace of this big furnace.
A large passage has an area of almost two square meters.
Zhang Chi said with a smile: "Maybe the previous owner bought it to roast the big guys, but after using it, he thought it was not suitable and threw it out."
This thing is so big. Ordinary people don't really need to grill a steak or something. Generally speaking, something half as big as this is enough. This thing can roast a whole fat sheep. Who can roast a whole sheep every three days?
People have this habit. When they buy something, they think everything will be wonderful, but when they buy it back, they realize that it is not practical at all.
Think about it for yourself, do you often do this kind of thing?
The charcoal fire was started and the grilling net was set up. Zhang Chi placed his own fish and Aunt Lu's fish on the grilling net.
There was no open flame, but the carbon temperature was very high. After a while, the fish began to make a sizzling sound, and the fat part of the fish belly began to produce oil.
Zhang Chi picked up the oil brush and began to lightly apply a layer of oil on the fish. After brushing the oil, he turned the fish over. After all the fish were turned over, it was almost time to turn the fish that was turned over first.
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Grilling fish is a delicate job, and you can't just cook one side all at once, because the fish is large and the meat is thick. If you grill it like this, the outside will be burnt, and you might even see blood streaks inside.
You have to turn it over frequently. After turning it over, let the outside temperature drop. The outside temperature has dropped, but the temperature inside has to be slower due to the poor conductivity of the meat. In this way, frequent turning will add to the original flower.
Knife, this will make the inside and outside almost the same when cooked.
As for being juicy and delicious, forget it. This is not roast beef. The fish will have to be poured with juice and covered with side dishes, so the most important thing is not to make it juicy. There is no juice for the fish to grill, but
It depends on the degree of doneness. It's not good if it's too raw, but it's not good if it's too cooked and overcooked.
"You grill the fish, and I'll make the side dishes here. Do you have any requirements for the side dishes?" Aunt Lu came over and watched for a while, but felt that she couldn't help. Zhang Chi's skill at grilling fish was much better than her own.
With nothing to do, Aunt Lu volunteered to do the side dishes.
"There are no requirements, as long as you are familiar with it," Zhang Chi said.
"How about cooking it in one pot?" Aunt Lu asked.
Zhang Chi nodded.
They separated soon, Zhang Chi grilled the fish, and Aunt Lu started preparing the side dishes.
Before the fish was cooked, Cannon called and said that someone else had arrived at the door.
Zhang Chi asked him to come in, and Cannon opened the door himself, then drove to Zhang Chi's small RV and stopped.
After getting out of the car, Cannon had a bottle of red wine in his hand.
Generally, you have to bring something with you when you visit someone's home, and red wine is the most common gift.
“Tastes wonderful”.
Cannon came to the oven, smelled the aroma of grilled fish and praised Zhang Chi.
"You came a little early, you can't eat until later," Zhang Chi said with a smile.
"It's okay, I settled the bill early today," Cannon said.
When parking the car, Zhang Chi had already noticed that there were some belongings placed behind Cannon's car, including blankets, pots and bowls, etc. It looked like they were moving.
For cowboys who do not have a regular ranch job, these things are always available, because many ranchers will provide food, but they will not cook it for you. Generally, cowboys make their own food.
The so-called food and accommodation package is different from that in China. Needless to say, for accommodation, for food, the rancher will prepare the ingredients for you, but you have to cook them yourself. As for hiring a cook, you have to think too much. The salary of a cook can hire three people.
Cowboys and ranchers are not stupid.
Putting down the red wine in his hand, Cannon began to help flip the fish, and Zhang Chi was free to make braised beef offal.
The beef offal is a semi-finished product, so it doesn’t take much effort to cook it.
After about twenty minutes, a piece of grilled fish and a piece of braised beef offal were placed on the table.