Alpine pasture

Chapter 21 Transition
Early the next morning, busy with the task at hand, Ju An rode the bean grass, turned around a few times, and waited at home for the Taylor family to drive the cattle over.

Old Thomas said that he can just watch it. Ju An can go about his own business, such as fishing, but Ju An just wants to see what the transition will look like. Is it like in a Western movie, the herd flies and raises up The sky was full of dust, and then the cowboys rode their horses, and the vigorous figures vacated from the dust. The shouts of the heroic cowboys continued to come out, and in the hands of the cowboys, the noose was raised high. The leather tassels on the chaps floated in the wind like the horsehair under the crotch, and the cowboys faced the rising sun, and their bodies were covered with a golden light.

After riding the bean grass for a few laps, Ju An and others were a little impatient. Only then did a group of cattle appear in Ju An's line of sight.

Thomas also saw it and said, "Ann, they are here, let's go over".

As soon as the horses were urged, Ju An and old Thomas ran towards the direction of the cattle.

When we approached, Ju An was greatly disappointed. Look at the family in front of us, driving two pickups, one towing a trailer, only four or five people riding horses and driving cattle, looking at the cattle, one. Lazily pacing the small steps, from time to time also nibbling the grass, chewing leisurely.

Where is the transition in Ju An's imagination, this is the family vacation with the cattle.

Seeing Ju An and Thomas coming over, Taylor happily urged the horse to welcome him. There was a little guy sitting in front of Taylor: "Hi, Ann, Thomas, good morning."

"Good morning, Tyler" Ju An and Thomas immediately waved to Tyler.

Immediately afterwards, Taylor introduced to Ju An: "This is my brother-in-law, Thornton, Thornton's son Jack, this is my old friend Anderson, and it is my son-in-law Kerry who drives the cattle over there." a circle.

"And me, my name is Jerry," the little guy sitting in front of Tyler yelled.

Tyler touched Jerry's head lovingly: "Oh, by the way, I forgot to introduce my grandson, little Jerry."Everyone looked at Jerry, who was wearing shorts and riding on the saddle, holding the pile head in his hands and smiling happily.

The car behind was Taylor's wife and daughter, with several children and housewives in the car, and the two cars were full of people.Good guy is really like traveling.

The group drove the cattle slowly, and they entered the pasture in Ju'an. Hundreds of cattle were still very easy to drive. After nearly half an hour, Taylor asked everyone to rest and let the cows eat breakfast. , and then feed the cow some water.

As soon as the car was stopped, a little girl of three or four years old ran over, ran and called, "Grandfather, grandfather, hold me up." Tyler, who had just dismounted, took the little girl's armpits and put the little guy on the horse's back. The little guy put his arms around his brother's waist in front of him, and stared at Ju An with big blue eyes.

Ju An looked at the little guy interesting and teased the little guy and said, "My name is An, what's your name".

The little guy was still a little nervous. Little Jerry straightened his chest and said, "She's my sister, Emily."

"Hello, Emily," Ju An said with a smile.

"Hello, An" The little guy raised a chubby little hand and stretched out to Ju An.

Ju An quickly grabbed the little guy's outstretched hand and shook it gently: "It's a great honor to meet you, Miss Emily."

Emily looked into Ju Ann's eyes, then called to Taylor, "Grandfather, grandfather, I found Ann's eyes are black".

Jerry said, "An is from China, and of course his eyes are different from ours."

Emily bit her finger and asked, "Is China so far away?"

Little Jerry scratched his head and thought: "Of course, it takes more than a day to drive to Billings from home."

"Oh, that's really far," Emily said with a nod.

Hahaha, a group of adults were amused by the answers of the two little guys.

There were two little guys chatting on horseback.

Ju An followed Taylor to Anderson and the others.At this time, seeing Anderson pushing pasture and Thomas and the others talking about this, it seemed that they were having a good time chatting.

Seeing Ju An approaching, Anderson said: "Ann, your grass grows really well, you see that the stem is half thicker than other grasses, and the leaves are wider and thicker, have you noticed that even if it is The old leaves near the grass roots have no signs of yellowing at all. They are really good pastures, much better than the grasses in our two pastures. And I just looked around and found that all the grasses are of this kind, and I didn’t even find any weeds.”

It was said that everyone except Ju An was interested in the pasture, and after observing it carefully, Old Thomas said proudly: "Not only the ones you mentioned, but I also found out when I was herding cattle these days, this kind of grass grows very fast, Basically, the cows have eaten one piece, and the grass will grow again after a few days. After a week, the grass can be the same as before, and the cows prefer this kind of grass. I tried it, and there is still a piece of grass on the edge of the pasture. It’s a small pasture with common pasture, and it’s estimated that the pasture hasn’t spread, so I drove two cows over there, but the cows wouldn’t eat it, so they would always go to the side to eat this kind of grass.”

Tyler looked at Ju An strangely and asked, "Aren't all your pastures full of this kind of grass?".

Ju An looked at Taylor's hopeful eyes and said, "How do I know about pasture? To be honest, I have some difficulty in distinguishing grass. You should ask Thomas about this." He kicked the ball to Thomas. As for the reason, Ju An was playing They wouldn't say it if they died, so tell them that there are magical grasses and water in the beads hanging around their necks.I still understand the truth of the innocence of ordinary people and the guilt of pregnant women.

Thomas thought for a while and said, "Ann, I really don't know much about pasture, and I haven't dealt with pasture before. I guess it's the pasture improved by the last rancher. There is some ordinary pasture on the edge of the pasture. I don't know what's going on. Planting grass did not extend past."

Ju An knows this. Put more water in the pond into the pond, and it is estimated that the grass will spread. He thinks proudly, I know, but I just won't tell you.

Old Thomas followed up and said: "Also, we used to divert water when managing the ranch. During this period of time, I observed that there was no need to deliberately divert water. Look at the grass roots." Pinch it, "Look at the grass root, it's very thick and tender, there's no need to deliberately water it at all. Our pasture now only has more than 1000 cows. I roughly estimated it. The most conservative estimate is that in summer and autumn, we raise two or three cows in the stream and river. There is no problem with [-] cows, but as for whether the pasture will dry up in winter, I don’t know, and I will not know the specific situation until this year’s winter is over.”

Tyler shook his head and said: "The last rancher improved the pasture, that old Jew only fucked women, I saw that guy come here for the night with a few young girls several times, and he didn't even raise sheep when he was there. A few heads, improved pasture, and improved Viagra, I still believe." Tyler glanced at his mouth after saying that.

Everyone was amused by what Taylor said.Ju An also felt his deep resentment for the last rancher from Tyler's words.

After the rest, Taylor greeted everyone to continue to set off, the women continued to get into the car, and the men mounted their horses one after another, caged the scattered cattle together, and drove the cattle forward.

Ju An noticed that the group of people were generally cheerful. Taylor's son-in-law, Kerry, spoke very little, but he was very diligent in his work, and the old cowboys here are used to wearing thick mustaches. Thomas is like this, The same is true of these two old cowboys today. It is probably a tradition. Ju An doesn't like to have a beard.

When the cattle approached the cattle in his pasture, old Thomas and Wynn, who was driving the cattle, got busy, and finally Ju An joined the ranks of stabilizing his cattle.

Because it is already June, the cow's estrus season is coming. According to Thomas, cows raised on pastures may be in heat all year round, but they usually mate during the warm spring and summer so that the calf will mate in the coming year. Born in the spring and summer, the survival rate of the calf is high, and it is very troublesome to take care of the calf in winter.

There are many cows in heat in the Taylor family's herd, which makes the bulls in Ju'an very excited. The cows will also follow. If they don't stop them, the two herds of cows will be mixed together. It will take a lot of effort to separate them. Wynn and Thomas try to prevent the bulls in the herd from approaching Taylor's cows, while maintaining stability. The entire herd, Preserved Dan and Garlic also roared loudly, bared their teeth and stared at the herd fiercely, as if they kept calling for a sip.

When Taylor's cattle were far away, the cattle on Ju'an's side gradually settled down. At this time, the three of Ju'an were already sweating profusely.

Ju An was relieved to see the cows gradually quieting down. These guys only have a dozen bulls for a thousand cows in their herd. So many black heifers are not enough for you bastards to enjoy. , I'm still thinking about other people's cattle. Whoever is dishonest and peacefully planting their own land will kill you in two months. If there are fewer calves born next year, I will use you guys to sacrifice knives, brother. He also beat his teeth and looked at these bulls viciously, um, this one is not bad, the muscles are really strong, when my mother came over, he slaughtered it and made braised beef for himself, a little inattentive, Ju An's thinking shifted to eating, remembering My mother's braised beef is full of saliva, and I can't wait to take my mother over immediately and eat the fragrant roast beef tonight.

"Ann, it's alright, you can go back." Thomas' words pulled Ju An out of his fantasy.

Riding on the bean grass, I returned to the training ground. I saw that Liu Chao and Zhao Nan were riding side by side in the horse arena running in circles. Looking at the movements, they have improved a lot. Now they are also modeled on horseback. It's kind of like, not squatting like a big horse monkey at the beginning.

(End of this chapter)