Alpine pasture

Chapter 27 BBQ Dinner
After running around with Wynn with the two little guys, Ju An took Tongtong and continued to put it in front of his horse, while Wynn continued to take care of the cattle.

Turn around with the family to see the sheep.

Brother-in-law saw the discomfort of Ju An sitting on the horse, and tried to take Tongtong over several times, but Tongtong just didn't want to, so Ju An and the group had to walk slowly.

Waiting for the flock.Ju An put the two little guys down, and Nancy was adding salt to the flock's salt trough.Seeing Ju An and a group of people coming over, they came over and said hello to everyone.

Hutou ran over at this time, wagging his tail around Ju An. Hutou was very tall, almost reaching Tongtong's chin. Tongtong and Ranran immediately hid behind Ju'an, and Ranran hid his face. Behind Ju An, Tong Tong showed a small head and looked at the tiger head.

He pulled the two little guys out from behind, took two small hands, touched Hutou's head, and told them, "This is Hutou, don't bite Tongtong and Ranran, you can feel it".

After touching it twice, the two little guys lost their fear. Even Ran Ran put both hands up and touched Hutou's neck. Hutou obviously enjoyed this. He closed his eyes and wagged his tail more happily.

The brother-in-law touched a sheep and said to his father, "Third, these cows and sheep are really happy."

Dad said worriedly: "I looked around here, it is indeed much better than the rural areas in China. Every family has such a big place, and it is so long on the way to see a dozen families. I don't know if there are bad people here. How to do".

The elder sister smiled and said, "Every house has guns, so don't be afraid of the bad guys coming in? I'm talking about it, you said it, every house is like this, so who else is going to steal it."

"Have a gun? Third, do you have one? If so, ask my brother-in-law to shoot two shots. I didn't have a gun when I was a child. I even shot wild ducks with my grandfather's gun," said the brother-in-law excitedly.

Ju An replied, "I have guns, how many guns do you have, but you used guns when you were young, right? I'll take you to the shooting range to practice in a few days."

The brother-in-law smiled and nodded: "That's okay, that's okay, I haven't touched a gun for more than ten years, and I'll be there in a few days."

The mother and sister were obviously not interested in the sheep in front of them, and were pointing at the snow-capped mountains in the distance.

After chatting for a few minutes, he decided to go back. At this time, Tongtong refused to let go, and shouted that he had to go back with the tiger head.The brother-in-law explained to Tongtong: "The tiger's head should look at the sheep. If it weren't for the big bad wolf, the sheep in the uncle's house would be eaten up. If the sheep were eaten up, the uncle would have no money to buy new clothes for Tongtong."

Only then did Tongtong let go, and when he left, he said to Hutou: "Hutou, don't be lazy, don't let the wolf eat up your uncle's sheep."The other Ju An was amused.

After returning to the small building, my sister asked my brother-in-law to coax the two little guys to take a nap first.By the way, take a break for yourself.

Then, Ju An and her parents and sister prepared the evening barbecue together. She had to cut lamb chops, beef, and wash vegetables. She asked her mother and sister to cut the beef into pieces the size of a palm. After a while, she was kicked out by her mother. In the kitchen, I dislike living in peace and add chaos.

Just as Ju An was having fun, he stepped on the bean grass and let his horse gallop from the reins.

It is estimated that in the past few days, the bean grass and snowflakes have not been happy. The two horses stopped running until they were sweating profusely. A piece of clarification.

Then, after trotting for a while, after taking a break, he continued to run, and after playing for an hour, Ju An turned his horse back.

When they got home, Mom and the others had prepared all the meat and vegetables. The two little guys also woke up and were sitting under the porch, playing with the computer.

With her brother-in-law, Ju An moved the large oven out of the house, and took out the charcoal that Old Thomas had cooked from the warehouse. The charcoal was all the rough branches of pine and fir trees that Old Thomas had picked up from the forest at the foot of the mountain to burn. made.

As soon as these were prepared, he saw two pickup trucks coming from a distance, and Ju An knew that it was Taylor and the Anderson family.
After a while, the car was in front of him, Taylor jumped out of the car, gave Ju An a big hug, and followed the successive families out of the car.

Taylor and his wife Vera, with their two grandchildren, his brother-in-law Thornton and Thornton's wife Vivienne, and of course Anderson, who came alone.It was only later that Ju An found out that Anderson was divorced. His son, daughter-in-law and grandson both worked in New York and seldom came back.

Everyone hugged each other, and Ju An also introduced his parents, sister and brother-in-law to everyone.

After the greeting was passed, the man sat on the chair in the yard and chatted, while Vera and Vivian helped Ju An's mother and sister put the chopped lamb chops and beef on the grill.

As for the little guys, they gathered together and seemed to be having a good time, but Ju An was a little puzzled.

After waiting for a while, the smell of meat wafted around. At this time, Thomas and Wynn, Nancy, and Andrew all came back, and everyone took a plate and ate freely.

I made a piece of beef, and I wanted to go down in one bite. Well, the tender beef is full of juice, and the delicate taste has a faint pine fragrance, which is very delicious.

Taylor, who was next to him, was also holding a plate in his hand, and was chewing on a lamb chop: "The lamb chop is grilled really well."

Ju An said: "By the way, Tyler, I have a friend who has a travel company. When I go back this time, I want to start a ranch tour. What do you think?"

Taylor replied: "Very good, it's just that Chinese tourists used to go to San Francisco, and cities like New York have a lot of tourists. In recent years, California ranch has heard that there are some Chinese tourists, but Montana ranch has never heard of it. Which one has had Chinese guests, but maybe those big hotel-style ranches have come.”

Ju An said: "Didn't you say that your ranch was done?".

"Well, it's been a while, but now many ranches are doing it, and the competition is too fierce. We only have some guests every year in July and August, and my ranch is also very small, and can only receive five or six tourists at a time. It will affect the operation of the ranch. In addition, the ranch in Thornton can also receive seven or eight guests. Our three ranches can receive a total of twenty guests, not more than a few,” Taylor replied.

"So, how is the price calculated?" Ju An asked.

Taylor replied: "It's about $400 per person per day, including breakfast, lunch and dinner, plus riding lessons, horseback riding through the mountains, picnics, etc. The total price for ten days is four thousand dollars, of course, the cost of shopping is not Including it, and you also know that horseback riding is dangerous, and if there is an accident on horseback, the ranch is not responsible."

Ju An nodded: "That's it, I'll ask my friends to come over in two days, talk to you guys, and see if there is any possibility of cooperation."

Thornton asked: "Ann, your ranch is so big, why don't you accept tourists."

Ju An shook his head and said, "I like quiet, I don't like noise very much. It's okay to receive some friends. You let me receive tourists every day. I can't stand it."

Anderson smiled and said, "I've known Ann for a while, and I've said this sentence like a rich man."

The rest of the people listened and laughed knowingly.

Ju An looked at them and said, "Which of your ranches is not worth a million dollars, you are all rich."Then everyone laughed again.

Then everyone talked about the current plight of ranch management. Anderson said: "This year's pasture prices have risen again, but beef and mutton have risen by a few cents, making it more and more difficult to manage."

Thornton also nodded and said, "Yeah, the forage has risen by a third compared to last year, and this damn Wall Street is simply a moth."

Ju An wondered why he was involved in Wall Street: "What does selling beef have to do with Wall Street?".

Taylor explained: "Ann, you have never run a ranch before, cattle and sheep are sold socially in autumn and winter, Wall Street will set the price of beef and mutton according to what bullshit indicators the market makes, and you can't get money when you sell it, ask for Wait a month or so before you can get the money."

Damn, these gangs of finance are everywhere, no wonder they occupied Wall Street some time ago, that's it! .

Taylor continued: "Actually, during this time, I discussed with Thornton and Anderson whether to provide lamb directly to restaurants, eliminating intermediate links and expanding profits. As you know, our sheep are all free-range. Those fattened mutton are much better."

Ju An nodded and agreed with Taylor.The beef and mutton that Ju'an eats now are basically produced in nearby pastures, and are generally free-range.

You can tell the difference after you take a bite, so at this class reunion, Ju An just took a bite of the meat and was really not interested. I hadn't eaten the roast leg of lamb, and Ju An was overwhelmed just by smelling it. appetite.

After chatting for a while, and then eating two lamb chops and drinking two bottles of beer, my stomach was full.Looking around, everyone had almost eaten.

At this time, Ju An noticed that the four little guys around a small round table, each with a napkin around their chest, were eating happily.

Tongtong was holding a fork in his hand, holding a small piece of beef, stuffing it into his mouth, his face was covered in oil, Ran Ran and the other two little guys were not much better, little Jerry and Emily was nibbling on the corn cobs, with corn kernels sticking to her face, and half-bitten lamb chops on the plate. Only at this moment did Ran Ran look like a child, and she was facing a large lamb chop with her head tilted. , It is estimated that he has eaten the tendons, and he shakes the lamb chops in one bite, and pulls down with his two little hands.

Looking at the little guys, they were really appetizing, and Ju An went to get a piece of veal for himself.While eating, I listened to a few old guys talking about the ranch.

When it was getting dark, Taylor and the others said goodbye and went home.Before leaving, Tongtong asked Jerry and Emily to play again tomorrow, Ju An translated the words for Jerry and Emily to listen to, and Jerry patted his chest and promised to bring his sister to play again tomorrow.

(End of this chapter)