Alpine pasture

Chapter 29 Thomas's Unique Skill
Watching the little guys play for a while, Ju An left her brother-in-law and dad to continue watching the little guys play, watching the sad sheep, being tossed to death, and decided in her heart to get more heads next time and change Just kidding, watching the sheep take in a lot of air right away, and it looks like it's going to die soon. If the little guys play to death, it can only eat mutton.

When I entered the house, I found that my mother and sister had already chopped the stuffing and were going to make dumplings at noon.

Ju An went out to greet her sister and brother-in-law to come in to help, and also greeted the little guys to enter the house to wash their hands, which was regarded as saving a lamb from the clutches of the little guys.

Seeing the chattering little guy jumping into the house, Ran Ran said to Ju An as he walked over, "Did you see me throwing a sheep, Second Master".

Ju An was still a little stunned. It was the first time that Ran Ran took the initiative to talk to herself, and she regained her senses. She pressed the little cowboy hat on Ran Ran's head, and praised, "Second master saw it, Ran Ran is a brave little man." .

After hearing Ju An's compliment, Xiao Ranran straightened her upright little chest again: "It's a pity that my aunt didn't take a picture today. When I ask my aunt to take a picture next time and show it to my parents, I can even throw a sheep."

"Wait until tomorrow to throw the sheep, and then let your aunt or uncle take a picture of you beautifully and show it to your parents," Ju An promised. Anyway, he didn't shoot it himself.

Seeing the little guy happily trotting into the house, Ju An also raised his heels and went in.

Arranged four little troublemakers, washed their hands, faces, and wiped them with a towel, and then let them sit at the table and learn to make dumplings.

The traditional job of rolling noodles in Ju An's house was taken over by her brother-in-law. The task assigned by her mother to Ju An was to teach the little guys how to make dumplings.

"Emily, you can't eat it, it's raw." Tongtong was sharp-eyed, and found that Emily had wrapped a dumpling that she didn't know resembled more than dumplings and was about to put it in her mouth, so she hurriedly stopped it.

Then, Ju An didn't dare to be lazy, paid careful attention to the four little guys, and then taught the two little old men how to make dumplings, and then twisted and squeezed two little dumplings, the little guys became dishonest and started to make dumplings. While playing, Ju An had no choice but to watch from the side, and the little guys kept shouting.

The crisp child's voice is mixed in Chinese and English.

"Look, I wrapped a pig."

"watch! Ihaveacat" had a lot of fun.

When the dumplings were cooked, they even cooked their kittens and pigs in a separate pot according to the little guy's request.

When it was served, the kitten and piglet could not see the shape, but the little guys ate it with relish.

Seeing that everyone was using chopsticks, little Jerry and Emily also clamored to learn, and my mother accepted the task. After a while of teaching, the two little foreigners were able to use them. Although they were not very skilled, they delivered the dumplings to the In the mouth, there is no problem at all, it basically looks like Tongtong, the small mouth is placed on the edge of the plate, then one small hand grabs the plate, and the other uses the chopsticks to swipe into the mouth, and each one is counted as one.

If a few aunts in Ju An saw the two little foreigners, they would definitely be able to guess who taught chopsticks, because Ju An's mother has several brothers and sisters, only the mother uses chopsticks in the backhand, crisscrossing things. A bunch of children, cousins, cousins, there are also three Ju An sisters and brothers, plus an aunt, this brother basically ate at Ju An's house since he was a child until the first grade.

The little guys ate a lot when they were together. Everyone ate half a big plate. In the end, my sister stopped because she was worried about eating too much.Let them eat in the two chairs under the porch, and then run to play.

After old Thomas came back, he cooked another big pot, which made several big foreigners full of praise.

After eating, Ju An suggested that everyone go fishing in the afternoon.Old Thomas said that he also went over to show everyone that afternoon.

When the little guys heard about fishing, they also became interested, and they all shouted that they would also prepare fishing rods for them. Ju An had to find four log sticks, and then tied the fishing line. After hanging a small fishing hook, a simple small fishing rod is ready.

On the way out, because Dad rode a horse, Ju An finally felt more comfortable. Ju An brought Tongtong, Dad brought Ran Ran, Jerry and Emily sat in front of the four wheels of brother-in-law and sister respectively. On the fuel tank, my mother had to straddle behind my sister's four wheels. Fortunately, the speed was good this time, and it took ten minutes to reach the pond.

As soon as they arrived at the pond, Ju An heard Tongtong say, "Brother, look, there is a deer, and its tail is still white."Dad and the others have never seen a deer in the wild except in the zoo, and they observed it with great interest. This is a common Montana deer named white-tailed. It is very fast and jumps when it runs. , the posture is very beautiful.

Mom said: "This is also raised on your ranch?".

Ju An replied: "Wild, who has nothing to do with this thing."

The brother-in-law said: "Then no one fights."

Ju An replied: "Generally, stags are killed, and female deer are rarely killed. If foreign tourists want to hunt and kill deer, they will have to pay more than 100 US dollars. It is stipulated that you can kill a few stags, and these few are basically settled in the forest. Ranch, you can see them here every day, what to do with it, and it can’t harm the pasture. Except for hunting season, few locals kill deer. The land here is sparsely populated, and there are many deer. Sometimes you drive on the road. Maybe a deer can come out from the side."

Everyone looked at the deer and sighed for a while, and then they dispersed to find a place to fish. Mom was not interested in fishing, and watched the little guys behind the little guys and told them not to play in the water.

After a while, the adults have harvested, more or less, they have harvested a few small fish. Little Emily was lucky, and she even caught a small fish with long fingers, which made little Emily excited.

At this time, old Thomas ran over on his Jefferson, and when he got closer, he saw that old Thomas was wearing a chest-length water pad, and there was a beautiful string hanging on the top of the pile.

Ju An said with a smile, "Thomas, are you going to drop the net here?"

Old Thomas smiled and shrugged his shoulders, then got off the horse, took the gorgeous rope in his hand, and said, "I can fish with this rope."

Ju An said: "Then you go up there, I just made a fish nest here, don't scare my fish away."

Thomas nodded with a smile, walked to a place about ten meters away from everyone, walked into the inner pond wearing a water pad, and then threw the string up and hit the lake.

Ju An looked at him a little funny and said: "You are, fishing or catching fish".

Thomas replied: "It must be fishing, you will see it right away".

I watched Thomas throw a few more times, but he didn't see any fish, so he focused on his fish mallard.

After watching it for a while, I heard old Thomas cry: "There, good fish".

As soon as he looked up, he saw a one-foot-long fish thrown ashore by Thomas, and Ju An immediately ran over to see the freshness.

Dad looked at the fish jumping in the grass on the shore and said, "It's really different winds for ten miles, so you can also fish in this way."

Everyone put the fish into the small bucket and stood on the side, watching Old Thomas perform, and the little guys put down their small fishing rods and came around.

Old Thomas slapped the water with a string from time to time, and after a while, another fish was thrown up by Old Thomas.

Ju An shouted: "This is really amazing, you can fish with a single rope."

Two more fell one after another, and Thomas went ashore. Ju An took the rope in his hand and looked at it for himself. Except for the bright colors, there was nothing special about it.

In the end, old Thomas explained: "The colors are bright and easy to attract fish, making the fish think that insects are flying by, but noticed that there is no, the string is tied with a small knot, so that when the fish swallows, there will be a small knot when biting the knot. If you stop, you will have to throw the fish ashore at this time, and it will not work if you are too slow, and the fish must be wild fish, which will jump out of the lake to eat insects, and the domestic fish will not be able to fall.”

Ju An took the rope, stood on the bank and threw the rope into the water, and threw it back and forth a few times, but never saw any fish come up.

Thomas said with a smile: "First of all, you should try to go to a place where the water is a little deeper, so that you may encounter big fish. You see, I am wearing this to ensure that the water is deep. In addition, you need to consider your wrist, eyesight, and experience in fishing. It’s not something that can be learned in a month or two. Of course you can’t catch it if you flip it like this. I still learned this skill from my grandfather, and there are basically not many people who can master this skill now.” Thomas sighed melancholy. breathed.

Ju An said: "This technique is so cool, no one learns it."

Thomas shrugged his shoulders: "Who still learns this hand now, not even my father, but I learned it from my grandfather when I was a child. Any method of catching fish is not as convenient as this, and even if you want to learn it, it is not easy. It can be learned after meeting, at least one or two years of practice. Many old techniques have not been learned by anyone. Maybe, fishing with ropes will become a joke in the future. More and more, they continue to erode the old methods.”

Ju An smiled comfortingly and said, "Just treat it as a kind of progress. Before there were no nets, human beings might have fished with their hands and invented nets, and then the technology of hand-fishing would gradually disappear. Consider it an improvement."

Thomas also said with a smile: "Yes, the old is always replaced by the new, life is like this, what a pity I have".

A few little guys listened to the side and didn't understand. After listening for a while, they dispersed in a hurry. Then they took the small fishing rod and asked Ju An's mother to take off the fishing hook. A little man stood in one place , tossing the fishing line into the water, and after a while, it became like playing with a rod by knocking on the water.

Seeing that it was about to turn into a water-shooting war, my mother quickly stopped the nonsense of the little guys. The little guys stopped for a while and then went to scare the deer who came to the pond to drink water. After drinking it, I had to run far away from them to drink water. Hey, poor free food guy, you have today too, Ju An thought happily.

(End of this chapter)