Melika looked at the child for a while and then said something to her husband.
Zhang Chi's eyes stopped on the child, but he still sat up straight naturally: "Okay, I'll make you whatever you want to eat."
After the two came back, they didn't feel hungry at all. It was only now that Merika felt hungry after looking at the sleeping child for a while.
Zhang Chi reluctantly looked away from the little boy and prepared to go out and go downstairs.
At this time, Melika suddenly stopped Zhang Chi: "Why don't we stew a sheep? Now is the time for the sheep to be delicious. We have eaten the yellow grass under the snow for a long time. The meat should be better than what we had half a month ago."
It’s more tender when you eat it.”
The so-called yellow grass under the snow is that the big grass is pressed under the snow, and the original green color turns yellow. It loses photosynthesis and cannot synthesize green pigment, but the grass is still growing, resulting in something like leek yellow.
thing.
When sheep and cows eat these grasses, their meat quality will undergo some changes, but the biggest change is in the small-sized sheep. Grass-fed sheep that have no smell in the first place, after eating yellow grass for one or two months, the meat on their bodies will change.
It will be more tender, and it will have a flavor that is a bit similar to leeks, but also a bit similar to Chinese toon.
It’s hard to describe, but it’s absolutely delicious, especially when it’s freshly killed and stewed in a large iron pot over firewood. It only requires simple salt as seasoning and a small dipping sauce when eating. It’s a delicious meal.
This way of eating was not developed last year because the yellow grass had not yet taken shape. Originally, the large dead leaves and the yellow grass were put into the stomachs of cattle and sheep, which was obviously not as good as the flavor that is now made entirely of yellow grass.
So in the past, sheep were mainly roasted and eaten, but this year, Zhang Chi's family, including the cowboys on the ranch, gave priority to stewing the sheep in an iron pot.
Needless to say, Melika is suddenly a little horny now.
Zhang Chi didn't want to give up. He raised sheep to keep food for himself. He nodded and went out downstairs.
As soon as I arrived downstairs, I smelled a delicious aroma. Needless to say, it must be my uncle who is the chef at home.
Zhang Chi came directly to the door of the kitchen. Just as he was about to roll up his sleeves and ask, he heard his uncle speak.
"You came just in time to bring the dishes to the table and ask Xiaomei to come down for dinner," Zhang Youliang said.
Zhang Chi said: "So fast?"
Zhang Youliang said: "I don't know when you will arrive. The snow on the road is difficult to walk on, so I made some semi-finished products here."
Zhang Youliang is telling the truth. This season is the most difficult season of the year. There are cattle and sheep to feed at home, and it is not convenient to go out. The road is full of ice and snow at this time. If it is not scary to have light snow, the most terrifying thing is
The snow turned into ice after being crushed by the car for a few days.
That's troublesome. Sometimes ice can be as sharp as a knife. If the road maintenance personnel maintain it well, that's it. If it's not maintained well, it will be fun.
In such a cold weather, snow falls every three days. Sometimes the old snow is not removed, and new snow falls.
The efficiency of road maintenance personnel? Forget it, we can still get along without talking about it.
Zhang Chi didn't say much and started to take the dishes.
When Zheng Bohong and others saw it, they immediately came over to help. Zhang Chi saw that the kitchen was suddenly crowded, so he went upstairs and asked Melika to come down for dinner.
The ingredients on the table were all brought by the uncle and aunt themselves. The focus of the dishes is still the fish, which is used to feed Melika, and the other is the old hen that has been stewed for a long time, and it is stewed in an earthen pot. I heard
It contains a lot of traditional Chinese medicine, the most important of which is to replenish qi and blood.
As for the taste, Zhang Chi thought it was average, but Melika really liked it. After eating two bowls of soup, Zhang Chi gave the remaining hen meat to Zhang Chi and the edamame to the meat.
Mo Zhi, Shi Ren and Bai Lao didn't like this little bit of meat, so they continued to eat beef bones these days.
Nowadays, the ranch will sell cattle every once in a while. Americans rarely stew bones or the like, so no one wants the big bones from the slaughterhouse. The price is very low. Every time Cannon goes to sell cattle, he will bring them with him.
I came back with a large batch of minced meat and bones from the slaughterhouse.
The weather is so cold now, but it can be kept at home, so Mo Zhi, Shi Ren and Bai Lao are living a busy life, having a good time every day.
"Uncle, mother-in-law, please don't go back tonight. I'll let Zhang Chi kill the sheep tonight, and we'll stew the sheep for dinner." Merica took a spoonful of fish soup and sipped it slowly while talking to Zhang Youliang and Gu Ying.
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Gu Yingdao: "It's not like we haven't eaten yet. We really can't stay tonight, let alone evening. We have to go back in the afternoon."
"What's the matter? There are so many guests now?" Zhang Chi asked quickly.
Zhang Youliang said: "There are not many guests, but there are a lot of living expenses. They are all energy-consuming things. If I leave Guangming there, I will be busy until late."
Gu Ying continued to explain: "Now these people like the steamed buns in the restaurant, and the sales are very high every day. Now they have to make more than 500 steamed buns a day, and some people even drive here to buy...".
"Business is so good? Beef buns or something else?" Zhao Yue found it interesting that people here actually like to eat meat buns.
Gu Yingdao: "It's not surprising that the pork here is not pounded, so it has its own odor. The pork we use is different. It is raised by my friend's own family. The boar has been shed since he was a child.
, so the quality of the meat is better... So it’s too hard to make money by making food.”
"If you really can't, find someone," Melika advised.
"It's easy to find people, but it's hard to find people you like. We found two or three people who came here some time ago. Alas, I originally thought it was to give them a hand, but forget it, let's not mention it!" Zhang Youliang said
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Zheng Bohong said: "Those who come here now are not like before."
"Who says it's not the case? When we came here, we did all kinds of work because we knew we came here to earn a living. Now these people who come here are picky and slippery. We didn't come here to earn a living. This is what we came here to do.
Zhang Youliang was very dissatisfied with being a master.
Zhang Chi said: "Uncle, you'd better find someone with a work permit, so as not to cause trouble when the time comes."
When Zhang Chi said this, everyone couldn't help but smile knowingly. They had all heard about Cannon. Not to mention Zhang Youliang, even Zheng Bohong felt that the bet was a bit big. It was only a few hundred thousand dollars. How many people would this be enough to hire?
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Regarding Cannon, apart from Zhang Chi, I guess no one else at this table knows that Cannon is worth hundreds of thousands of dollars. Even if Zhang Youliang approves of his nephew's loyalty and responsibility, it is really not worth spending this money on a cowboy.
Otherwise, Cannon is not a businessman.
This topic brings up people who have come here now, and everyone has said that the Chinese people who came here in the past could do anything as long as they could make money, but things are different now. The conditions in China are no longer what they were when Zhang Youliang came here.
To be honest, if Zhang Youliang had the conditions he has now, he probably wouldn't have come to the United States even if his legs were broken.
Times have changed, and people's thoughts have naturally changed.
After chatting and finishing the meal, Zhang Chi was sent out to pick the sheep after clearing the bowls.
Zhao Yue and the other three had nothing to do, and they couldn't hold the child in their hands all the time, so they went to pick sheep with Zhang Chi, mainly for fun. Their real job was to play.
A path has been opened from the door to the cowshed. This path is surrounded by knee-deep snow, and underneath the snow is naturally yellow grass.
There were no cows or people in the cowshed today. All the cowboys had gone out to drive the cows.
Although Daxu has long been a good grass for cattle and sheep, cattle are also lazy and can take tricks. They will not honestly change the grass here to the extent that they have eaten it.
If you let them eat by themselves, they will definitely eat up a piece of land without even leaving a grass root for you. They will never change places unless they eat everything.
This is true even in summer, let alone at this time, with knee-deep snow, it takes a lot of effort for the cattle to find grass and push through the snow.
So at this time, the cowboys have to graze like they do when there is no snow.
Grazing at this time is more difficult than in the summer, because not only do you have to graze, but you also have to cover up the snow that has been dug up by the cattle and the places that the cattle have eaten.
If you don't cover it, if it doesn't snow for a few days, then the grass in this area will naturally enter the dormant period, and they will not emerge unless it comes next spring.
Going to the cowshed to take a look, Zhang Chi wondered if there were a few sheep left behind that didn't want to go out.
But Zhang Chi was unlucky today. All the sheep had gone out, and the entire cowshed was full of cows, sheep, and dogs.
"Where's the sheep?"
Zhao Yue asked.
Zhang Chi said: "We have to go look for it. If you are too cold, you can go back now. We will ride over to look for the sheep later."
"Don't you have a snowmobile?" Duan Shuyi asked.
Zhang Chi said: "The cowboys use it."
At this time, snowmobiles are much more comfortable than horses, so cowboys are not stupid and naturally use motorcycles first.
"Why don't you buy more?" Zhao Yue said, "I don't think you are a man who is short of money."
"I only use it so many times. I only use it once in a while. If I buy a snowmobile and leave it alone for most of the year, I might as well ride it," Zhang Chi said.
The snowmobile is actually a loser. I replaced it with snow tracks. This thing is really easy to use. The domestic ones are also cheap, but no matter how cheap they are, they have costs. You can't waste money just for something once or twice a year.
He took a few people to the stables.
As soon as Zhang Chi released Chi Yanshan, the little colorful horse started kicking at the door. It looked like he was a little happy after not seeing Zhang Chi for a long time.
I don't know if he is really happy or fake, but this guy seems to be on the right track.
When the little colorful horse made such a fuss, Zhao Yue came over. She was choosing a horse. Cowboys all have their own horses, and there are also special marks painted on the partition door.
Even so, there are still enough horses in the stable for three people to choose from.
"This horse is the little colorful horse, it's really beautiful." Zhao Yue said and reached out to open the partition door.
Zhang Chi was about to remind her to be careful when the horse ran out of the compartment and trotted to Zhang Chi's side, snoring and shaking his head.
"Don't you say it's hard to train?"
Duan Shu picked out a light chestnut horse and got himself a pair of average-sized saddles. As he saddled his horse, he looked at the little colorful horse and asked.
"It's all old history, this horse has changed its nature," Zhang Chi said.
"Do you have a name?" Zhao Yue asked.
"It's my sister's horse".
Zhang Chi said.
Although the little colorful horse is quite obedient now and learns what he is taught quickly, it is a bit short for Zhang Chi, so Zhang Chi does not ride the little colorful horse. Zhang Chi's mount is still the red flame that is half snow and half flame.