Alpine pasture

Chapter 18 Chinese Food Dinner

When they arrived at the ranch, Liu Chao and Zhao Nan were fascinated by Ju An's house. The dark red exterior wall was hidden among several huge cedar trees, the snow-white windows, and the white porch on the first floor.

"Damn it, you picked a good house," Liu Chao smacked Ju An as soon as he stopped the car.

He smiled proudly: "Set things up first, you rest first, we are having a Chinese dinner in the evening."

Just after jumping out of the car, the three of them had already greeted Old Thomas, "Welcome to Xishuihe Ranch".

Ju An introduced one by one, "This is Thomas, Wynn and Nancy Nancy, this is my friend, Steven and his wife Angela".

Several people shook hands with each other, and Wynn helped Ju An to bring all the luggage into the house.

Then Thomas and the others said goodbye and went to work on their ranch. Before leaving, Ju An asked them to stop cooking at night and come over to eat together.

He carried the luggage up to the second floor, and arranged the senior brothers and the others in the room on the right hand side of the house. As soon as he pushed the door in, he found that Old Thomas and the others had opened the window, and the sheets had already been changed.

Zhao Nan turned around: "This room is really nice, thank you, Ju An".

Ju An waved his hand and said, "Don't be polite, senior brother has never been polite to me, you just need to be satisfied."

"Yes! Yes! We can't show satisfaction, we want this kid to have room for improvement." Liu Chao nodded solemnly and said, and he squeaked as soon as he finished speaking. It turned out that Zhao Nan put his arm on his arm. son.

"Senior brother is right, it's like your own home here, feel free to do so." Ju An looked at Liu Chao, touched his arms and smiled and said, "Then you should clean up first, and then call me if you want anything less."

After closing the door, Ju An went downstairs to prepare lunch, a simple western-style lunch. He picked a few tomatoes in the greenhouse, and then made a cabbage, cucumber, and carrot.

Wash the vegetables, cut them into small pieces, and serve them with salad dressing. It's super easy.

Then turn on the gas, put the pot on top, melt some butter, then take out three pieces of marinated beef from the refrigerator, put them in the pot and fry for a few minutes, then turn over and fry for a few minutes, when it looks almost, put Put it on a plate, pour the tomato sauce, cut a few slices of the tomatoes, put them around, and everything is done.

Went upstairs and knocked on the door: "Brother, sister-in-law, it's time for dinner."

By the time Liu Chao and Zhao Nan went downstairs, Ju An's red wine had already been poured.

"Yo! This is a Western-style food that has never been seen in the moon." Liu Chao sat down and praised.

Ju An looked at Liu Chao for a while: "For foreigners, things are too simple, just frying, roasting, frying, and nothing else, you can do it when you read a book, what is it like our Chinese food, you can do almost the same thing when you read a book, that's it Knife skills can be mastered in a short time. The last time I ate spaghetti, I saw that the whole thing was cold noodles with tomato sauce, which was very difficult.”

Liu Chao looked at Ju An: "I said, boy, do you want to eat Chinese food? You are full of complaints. When I first came to study, I often ate instant noodles. A foreign girl thought I was afraid of spending money. I’m frugal and simple. In fact, I think instant noodles are better than Western food. Fortunately, my brother, I found a Chinese, and I was looking for a Yangma who didn’t like Chinese food. After less than a year, I hung myself on the ceiling fan.”

Zhao Nan said, "Ju An, you didn't see your senior brother's stupidity back then, that girl was interested in him, he hid around like a spy all day, and I even did it for him at that time. Several shields".

Ju An heard his interest: "The glory of the past has not diminished. It seems that only people who have been educated in the United States can appreciate your advantages. Is it a domestic hanging silk that has become popular in the United States?".

"What is hanging silk?" Zhao Nan interjected and asked.

"Cough cough" Liu Chao almost didn't drink a sip of red wine into his nostrils, "Don't mention these, eat, eat."

Looking at Zhao Nan's curious expression: "Ask senior brother at night."

After eating and tidying up a bit, Ju An pulled out the bean grass and Xuehua, put on the saddle, and let Xuehua carry three chairs, fish hooks and net pockets. Neither Senior Brother nor Zhao Nan could ride a horse, so they had to Let them drive a quad bike.As soon as the horse was ready, Zhao Nan took out Love Crazy and brought two pieces of bean grass.Said to be posted on his twitter.

He dug a few earthworms under the big tree at the back of the house and put them in a small pot. Ju An rode a horse and led his brother and his wife to the pond.

When he arrived at the pond, Liu Chao hurriedly took out a fishing rod from the back of Snowflake and prepared himself as soon as he took off the chair.

Zhao Nan was busy taking pictures. He snapped a shot at the white-tailed deer drinking by the pond, and then took a few pictures for Liu Chao and Ju An before propping up the chair.

The busiest thing is to live in peace, first to take off the net bag, the small bucket and so on from the horse's back.Then remove the saddle from the horse and let the snowflakes and bean grass graze around.

After finishing all this, Ju An found that Liu Chao was already staring at the float, while Zhao Nan just put up the fishing rod and put it under his feet, still holding Love Crazy in his hand to take pictures. No bait.

A little away from the two of them, Ju An propped up a chair, then sprinkled some oatmeal into the pond and sat in a nest, then took out a fishing rod, took a small piece of earthworm, put it on the hook, and gently With a flick of the rod, the hook falls into the nest.

After squatting for a while, I heard Liu Chao cry: "Yes".

Then he saw a half-foot-long crucian carp row out of the water and landed in front of Liu Chao. He smiled and took out the hook, picked it up and let Zhao Nan take a picture before putting it into the small bucket in front of him.

Ju An shook his head secretly, the crucian carp had too many thorns and didn't like it. Today, he mainly wanted to catch a big herring.There are fewer thorns. At night, there are three foreigners. They eat fish and go to thorns. Who has the time to give them the thorns of crucian carp.

After working for more than two hours, Liu Chao harvested the most. He caught a total of four small crucian carp and a thorn.

Zhao Nan, on the other hand, did not have one, and looked around, not focusing on fishing.

Ju An harvested a few thorns, and both the crucian carp and the green croaker were brought to the pond by Ju An.Seeing that it was getting late, Ju An was thinking about whether to go to the space to catch a big herring and hang it on the hook to make a cheat, or just eat a few thorns at night.

While thinking about it, I heard Liu Chao want to fly shouting: "An Zi, come here, a big guy, so much strength".

Ju An quickly put down the pole and ran over.Holding the fishing rod, he tried his strength and said, "Well, it's not small, it's very strong."

Liu Chao held the fishing rod in one hand and controlled the reel with the other hand. When he felt the fish pull down, he would release the line slightly. When he felt that the force of the fishing rod was lighter, he retracted the line and slowly consumed it with the fish. .

After a stalemate for about ten minutes, the fish appeared on the water. Liu Chao said with a wide-eyed smile: "My dear, it is estimated that there are about ten pounds, and the big herring is enough for the night."

It took a few minutes and finally dragged the fish to the shore. It was indeed a big guy, with arms as long as a dozen pounds.

After taking off the hook and clasping the gills, Zhao Nan took a souvenir photo, and the group packed up and headed home.

Ju An and Zhao Nan joined hands to cook, while Liu Chao rode a motorcycle around.

Zhao Nan washed the rice and cooked, while Ju An was in charge of killing the fish. As soon as he put the fish on the table, Ju An skillfully scaled the fish, cut open the belly of the fish, and with a light knife, the hidden fish came out. , put the cleaned fish on the faucet and rinse it, then rinse the swim bladder and roe, throw the fish intestines and scales into the garbage bag, chop the fish into four pieces, and yard them with salt and ginger, Set aside to taste.

Zhao Nan watched Ju An clean up the fish so deftly and praised: "I didn't see it, you still do this."

"Nowadays in China, it's not unusual for men to be able to cook, but it is unusual for women to be able to cook. If you don't cook, you can't even get a girlfriend," Ju An said jokingly.

"In addition to eating, Liu Chao can cook egg soup or something." Zhao Nan shrugged his shoulders. "And his mouth is very open. He eats things he likes, and doesn't like to eat a single bite, especially mutton. ".

"After a few months, the cattle and sheep I have here will be able to eat. Come and try them, they are all free-range sheep." Ju An talked to Zhao Nan while washing the dishes.

"That's good, I especially like mutton," Zhao Nan replied.

Next, he made a fire to stir-fry. Zhao Nan made a stir-fried beef tenderloin, braised eggplant, fish-flavored shredded pork, and hot and sour potato shreds, and then mixed with a cold cucumber.

Ju An cooked a piece of boiled meat, scrambled eggs with red shreds, and a piece of fish, and finally stewed a pork ribs and gourd soup.

When Thomas and the others came back, except for the fish and pork rib soup simmering in the pot, the rest of the dishes were ready.

As soon as Liu Chao entered the door, he said, "It's so fragrant, wait for me to get the wine", and trotted all the way to get the wine.

Thomas said cheerfully: "It smells so delicious, I can't wait."

When the dishes were ready, Liu Chao prepared a small glass of white wine for each of the four men, while the two ladies drank red wine.

Liu Chao picked up the glass and said, "Thank you for the hospitality, thank you".Then he took a sip of his wine lightly.

Old Thomas took a sip and said, "What a strong drink, almost like vodka."

When eating the next meal, Ju An discovered that the three foreigners could actually use chopsticks, and the spoons they had prepared for them were basically useless.

After asking, I found out that there are also Chinese restaurants in the city, and from time to time they also go to eat some Chinese food.No wonder people say that as long as there are people there are Chinese restaurants, it can be considered a contribution to the prosperity of chopstick culture.

Nancy took a few bites of the food and asked, "Why, the Chinese restaurant in Lewistown is so different from the food you cook. I often eat Chinese food takeaway from my friends, and I think the difference is so big."

Zhao Nan explained: "The tastes of Chinese restaurants are now adjusted, and they are more in line with the tastes of Westerners. This is the taste of real Chinese food."

Wynn pointed to scrambled eggs with tomatoes and asked, "How do you do this? I like it better. I can learn to do it myself in the future."

Ju An said: "Beat the eggs first, then put some olive oil in the pot, and when it's about to stir fry, just put the chopped tomatoes in."

"It's a bit complicated," Wynn said.

Ju An was stunned for a moment, and he couldn't help thinking of a former German client. Every time he came to China, he would order scrambled eggs with tomatoes as long as he went to eat. Ju An asked him again very curiously why, and the old man said solemnly: "This dish is cooked." It's too complicated, such a complicated dish can be so delicious, the Chinese chef is really good, making Ju An speechless.

It was a meal that the host and guests enjoyed.

(End of this chapter)