Little Life on An American Ranch

Zhao Changshan took a look around the room, and asked Jian a dozen or so questions casually, which made Jian Heng frown, because according to his request, the kitchen of the house might also undergo a major change. .

After a little thought, Jian Heng had an idea in his heart: "From now on, you will be your place, and you will come here according to your requirements, and I will still have the same requirements. The taste and so on are secondary. The main thing is that the food must be clean. After all, you and I are both stirring and eating in this pot!"

Zhao Changshan nodded and said: "That's natural, we have always worked with our conscience!"

After Zhao Changshan finished speaking, he patted his chest, promising to reassure Jian Heng.

Jian Heng also knew that Zhao Changshan was serious about his work despite his usual greasy appearance, otherwise Jian Heng would not have thought of asking him to cook. Since the kitchen was handed over to him, then Jian Heng would You have to let go of your hands. Professional things are done by professional people, and you can just check it yourself.

"Okay, I will change it according to your request. I can only give you 10,000 U.S. dollars in advance. Change the important ones first. If it is not too important, just delay it. I will put it in the account as soon as the money arrives." This loophole will be filled," Jian Heng said.

Zhao Changshan laughed and said: "That's enough, we can make some range hoods by ourselves, buy a few pieces of iron sheets, knock a big funnel out, and then make two or three exhaust fans. Don't worry about this thing. I used to use it in China. It’s only a few bucks if you’ve done it, leave it to me!”

After talking for a while, the two went out side by side. At this time, Jian Heng had a bottle of whiskey from Tennessee and a few glasses in his hand.

Walking out the door, the two saw sisters Da Mai and Mai sitting side by side on the chairs on the porch, and the little white lion was beautifully lying on the sisters' laps. Some people say that a cat looks like a noodle when it lies down. What Jian Heng didn't expect was that when the lion cub lay down, it would look like a cat, and it looked a lot longer than normal.

It is obvious that the little white lion is now familiar with the two sisters, showing its white belly and lying on its back, with its two front paws trying to reach the sisters' hands upwards, and shaking its own hand happily while reaching the other. With a small tail, it looks like a cat.

"Come to conceive wine?"

Jian Heng poured a round of wine for everyone, and then asked the two and the beautiful sisters who had already played with the white lion.

"Have a drink!"

Hearing Jian Heng's question, the two raised their heads and glanced at Jian Heng, but their gazes did not stop on Jian Heng for two seconds and immediately returned to the little white lion.

After pouring wine for the two sisters, Jian Heng said to Zhao Changshan, "What shall we have for lunch today?"

"I bought some vegetables and beef, how about we make dumplings today?" Zhao Changshan said.

"Okay! That's a good idea." When Jian Heng heard about eating dumplings, he immediately raised his hands in agreement: "What kind of stuffing?"

"Originally I wanted to buy leeks, but unfortunately, I couldn't find a Chinese supermarket after looking around. Now I can only eat stuffed beef and green onions. We don't have any taboos, but I don't know if you like it. If you have any questions, we can help you." Eat dumplings for stir-fried beef rice?"

Jian Heng waved his hands and said, "I can eat anything, beef and scallions are just beef and scallions, some are better than nothing."

If you don't need to do it yourself, how can Jian Heng have any opinions?

"By the way, do you have any suitable land here? Open up a few minutes to grow vegetables. In any case, you have to grow some green onions and garlic. These things are easy to buy in the city, but in your place. It’s not only hard to get up, but if you buy too much, it’s not as good as fresh ones picked directly from the field.” Zhao Changshan suddenly remembered something, and he had planned it in his heart when he came here, but he didn’t think of it just now. When Jian Heng thought of eating, he immediately thought of it.

As the chef who will be in charge, Zhao Changshan has made a lot of drafts in his heart. Now that he is working here with Jian Heng,

He also made up his mind that he must let Jian Heng do the job well, otherwise he would take his elder brother's role, and at the same time, he would not be easy to explain to Jian Heng, a little brother.

"Okay, why don't I take you to see the land now?" Jian Heng immediately thought of a piece of land when he heard him say, a pasture where he has stayed for several years, what else is there that Jian Heng is not familiar with, so exaggerated Let's just say, Jian Heng can walk around the ranch with his eyes closed.

The ranch originally had no vegetable plots. Americans usually go out to purchase once a week, and then fill the entire refrigerator with large and small ones. After eating for one week, they go to purchase the next week. Few people stay at home by themselves. Order some shallots and garlic or something.

The same is true of old Anders, but now that the ranch is in the hands of Jian Heng, and Jian Heng is planning to focus on Chinese food in the future, this vegetable field is naturally necessary, otherwise there will be no fresh chopped green onions for the next bowl of noodles. What does it taste like with spices. Even if Zhao Changshan doesn't mention it, Jian Heng will open the land soon.

"Is it far?" Zhao Changshan asked.

"Not far!" Jian Heng stretched out his finger: "It's just over a hundred meters behind the house, and the soil there is good, just suitable for growing some small vegetables."

While talking about Jian Heng, he raised his feet and walked to the back of the house. Now not only Zhao Changshan, but also his two apprentices followed, and it was Zhang Jialiang who came next to Damai and Mai and teased the little white lion. Chat with two beautiful girls.

There is a small slope more than 100 meters away from the house. The vegetable field Jian Heng chose is this small slope facing the sun. Now the slope is naturally covered with alfalfa, and there are a few small trees besides the pasture.

"The soil here is a little shallow, but it's enough to grow some vegetables." Jian Heng brought Zhao Changshan to the place, stretched his legs and stomped hard.

Zhao Changshan bent down and stretched out his hand to push aside the alfalfa grass, took a piece of mud from the ground, put it on his hand, rubbed it, and spread it out to have a look.

Nodding in satisfaction, he asked Jian Heng, "How deep is the soil?"

"Tens of centimeters, sixty or seventy, there are rocks below," Jian Heng said.

"That's enough, let's take this one." After finishing speaking, Zhao Changshan said to the two apprentices he brought: "You two use a spade to turn up this dollar after dinner today, and be careful to turn it at least this deep."

While talking, he made gestures.

Jian Heng couldn't help but chuckled when he heard this, and stretched out his hand to stop Zhao Changshan: "Come on, what kind of place is this, and where does it use manpower, in the afternoon I'll borrow a plow tractor to plow out this piece of land, and open a plow tractor." Acres of land come out, just to grow a little something.”

As soon as Zhao Changshan heard that it would be nice to have a machine, he nodded.

"By the way, didn't you say you have a lake here? It's such a big lake. Why didn't I see it?" Zhao Changshan remembered that Jian Heng had said that there was a lake in the pasture, so he opened his mouth and asked.

"Where can I see it? It's just blocked by the hill." Hearing that Zhao Changshan wanted to see the lake, Jian Heng led him up the hill, and walked over the hill for about a quarter of an hour before arriving at a On the big mound.

Standing on the top of the big mound, a very large lake appeared in front of everyone.

"Damn, so big?"

There is a lake in the ranch, Zhao Changshan didn't think it would be too big, it looked like it was about a hundred acres, but who knew it would be at least a thousand acres.

Jian Heng said: "More than two hundred acres!"

"What kind of fish is there?" Zhao Changshan asked: "If I have time in the afternoon, I will just catch a fish, and there will be entertainment in the future!"

Zhao Changshan is obviously an old fishing friend, rubbing his hands impatiently while talking.

"That will disappoint you. There are fish in this lake, but they will not suit your appetite. They are all native to the United States. They are a little bit big, and the biggest is no bigger than a palm. Not only is there no meat, but they are also not delicious. !"

"Then don't let some fish in!"

Jian Heng covered his head and said dumbfoundingly: "Brother, can we come here a little bit, I just took over the ranch now, there are a lot of big and small things, how can I take care of this!"

"Then let me handle this matter. Let's get some grass carp and chain fish into the lake. With such a large lake, we still have enough fish to eat in the future?" Zhao Changshan said happily looking at the big lake.

After speaking, he stuck out his tongue and licked his lips, as if the lake was already full of fat fish.

"Master, will someone check? I heard that these Americans don't like Asian carp!" At this moment, a young apprentice interjected.

"What does the U.S. government do with their lakes! What do you want to raise?" Zhao Changshan said.

After finishing speaking, Zhao Changshan explained to Jian Heng: "This is a nephew of my family, he just came here not long ago!"

Jian Heng smiled at the young man, who scratched his head in embarrassment, he seemed to be a relatively shy person.