Alpine pasture

Chapter 39 Harvesting Pasture
When Ju An got up in the morning, Wu Song also got up. Wu Song's cot was a leather hammock woven by Wynn from cowhide. The cowhide was cut into finger-width leather strips, and then weaved crosswise. After the whole small hammock was completed, it was Around the edges, there is a circle of pimp tassels, which are very beautiful as a whole. Even my mother praised Wynn for his ingenuity.

Ju An is very satisfied with the work of the old Thomas family and Nancy. Basically, they belong to the kind of people who are not looking for work. When old Thomas is free, he patrols the pastures around, looking at the poultry houses, cattle and sheep. Cow, old Thomas can talk about it.When Andrew and Wynn are free during the day, they will weave some nooses in the warehouse, and even make some water reins or something by themselves. Looking at what is lacking in the pasture, they will have something to do in their hands. Nan Xi is taking good care of every sheep, and during the day, he also helps to cut some cowhide and so on. The most leisurely thing in the whole ranch is Ju An, which makes Ju An very satisfied. Three or four hundred dollars.

After getting up, one person and one monkey brushed their teeth and ate breakfast, then went straight to the greenhouse, pulled out two carrots and handed them over to Wu Song. Going, Wu Song followed behind with two carrots. One time, she was seen by her mother and commented on Ju An, saying that Ju An was like a small village cadre, and Wu Song was like a dog's leg, which made her sister tease for a few days.

When I got to Magui, I let out the bean grass and snowflakes. I used to brush the horse and buckle the hoof. The bean grass has a bad temper. Every day, Wu Song feeds the carrots. , can make Wu Song jump on the back, take a brush, brush the back hair, Wu Song once on the back of the bean grass, it must be jumping and biting, and there is no time to live.

Brush the horse, put on the saddle, and prepare to run two laps. Since the first day after Ju An came back and discovered Wu Song's horse riding talent, he has put on two sets of saddles every day. Wu Song can ride snowflakes, and Wu Song is a standard reinless When riding a horse, you only need to tie the reins of the snowflakes to the stigma, and Wu Song can control the snowflakes by screaming. Although Wu Song is on the saddle, the upper limbs hug the stigma, and the posture of squatting on it is not beautiful, but it is undeniable that people sit stably. Ah, the balance thief is good.

As soon as I got on the bean grass, after riding for a while, I saw my father, brother-in-law and sister riding back together in the morning. In front of my father's horse, there was a good grandson, Ran Ran, who was no longer good, and my sister was sitting in front of the horse. skin monkey glowing.

Ran Ran saw Ju An beckoned and said obediently, "Morning little uncle."

Before waiting for Ju An to reply, Wu Song stood on the back of Snowflake and waved like Ran Ran, and snorted twice.

As soon as Tongtong saw Ju An, she slashed her little red face with her hands and said, "Little uncle and Wu Song are big slackers. They woke up so late, even later than Tongtong."

Ju An shook his head: "My uncle is not only lazy, but also has a bad memory. Maybe one day I go to the supermarket in town and forget about ice cream. It's hard to say."

Tongtong immediately puffed out her cheeks and said, "Little uncle, big bad guy".

Dad ignored these and said to Ju An, "Didn't Thomas say today that he needs to mow the grass and save it for the winter? When will it start, let's go and see."

Ju An said: "It will take a while, and we will wait until they have settled the cattle before we can start, and we have to check the tractor first."

After Dad finished speaking, he urged the horse to move forward. My sister and brother-in-law also followed Dad with a smile on their horses. When they walked over, Tongtong made a face at Ju An.

After riding a horse for a lap, I was hot all over before I came back, took off the saddle of Snowflake and Bean Grass, put the two guys into the horses, and moved freely.

When they got to the warehouse, they found that old Thomas had moved the tractor out and was going backwards.

Dad, brother-in-law and Andrew are three people moving the big lawn mower, the big guy nearly six meters wide. Fortunately, this big guy still has seven or eight wheels. If it weren't for these three people, they really couldn't move. Tiger Tou and Suantou were wagging their tails and following Ran Ran and Tongtong. They were eating something on the ground from time to time. When they went over to take a look, the two little guys were nibbling on a beef roux in their hands. The fat beef was bitten down and spit on the ground, picked up by the tiger's head and chewed.

Ju An hurriedly stepped up and grabbed a handle. The four of them worked together to move the lawn mower across. Then, they waited for Old Thomas to lean over the tractor.

Andrew signaled everyone to disperse, and then instructed Thomas to back up the tractor. After the tractor was in place, Thomas jumped off the tractor and helped everyone pull the hook of the lawn mower and hook it to the towing hook at the back of the tractor. .After hanging up, I connected several thick control cables on the lawn mower to the cab of the tractor.

When everything was ready, just as he was about to leave, he saw old Taylor driving Jerry and Emily over in his battered Toyota pickup.

Putting down the two little guys, Tyler said goodbye to everyone after chatting a few words. It turned out that his pasture had also begun to prepare pasture for the winter, and they had already mowed for two days.

Ju An, her brother-in-law, and Andrew were all driving four wheels this time, and the little guys shouted to follow. Finally, old Thomas put them all into the tractor's cab and sat on the big cover of the two rear wheels. With, fortunately, it is a big tractor with wheels similar to adults, otherwise it really can't fit these little guys.

The group of people took garlic and tiger heads and drove for a while before arriving at the grassland selected by Old Thomas. There is a large area of ​​relatively flat grassland, and the grass is rising. Needless to say, the space produced must be good grass.

Old Thomas listened to the tractor and hugged the little guys one by one. Ju An and his party also stopped the quad bike. The little guy immediately ran to the quad and started to play on it. Tiger and Garlic surrounded the quad. The wheel goes around in circles.

Thomas drove the tractor and tried to mow a few times, and then Andrew adjusted the height of the mowing, and then started to mow, and there was basically nothing to do with the rest of the people.

Ju An walked to the cut grass and looked at it carefully. The cut grass fell neatly towards the middle, towards the row of grass mats. Andrew followed, picked up a grass and said, "It's a little dry. They can be bundled together with a baler at a point, and they can be put into the barn while they dry in the shade.”

Ju An asked, "How much are we going to cut?"

Andrew pointed to this large piece of grass and said, "This one, and another similar area, basically cut back and forth three or four times in each area, store more points, and be prepared."

While we were chatting, I suddenly heard little Jerry shouting, "Rabbit!".

As soon as Ju An turned around, he saw a gray rabbit emerge from the grass. At a glance, old Thomas had turned his head back while driving the tractor.

When Jerry just shouted, Hutou and Suantou had already rushed up, and the two dogs chased after the rabbit, and the four little guys also got off the four wheels to cheer Hutou and Suantou.

After a while, the little rabbit was picked up by the garlic and threw at Ju An's feet. Ju An picked up the rabbit and saw that even the skin was not bitten, but the whole head drooped down. Suantou bit, broke his neck, patted Suantou's head and praised it, and handed the rabbit to Ranran: "Get up, I'm catching a few, and let grandma make braised rabbit meat for you at night."

The little guys immediately came to their senses, and stood on the quad bike together, stretched their necks, and looked around. Even Wu Song learned to open his head, and Ju An looked like a few groundhogs exploring the wind.

After Andrew went up and cut for Thomas a few times, Ju An, her brother-in-law and dad also tried to go up and cut a few times.

At noon, my sister drove four wheels and brought us lunch, which was two pots of hot coffee and tea, then a large pot of stewed beef, and more than [-] small pancakes. Old Thomas and the others also love it now. On this Chinese-style meal, the warm pancakes are sandwiched with braised beef in a fragrant soup, and the taste is not to mention delicious.

After lunch, they continued to work. The little guys brought tiger heads and garlic heads, caught two more rabbits, and even caught a wild duck that came from nowhere.

After watching for a while, Old Thomas went to the meeting with the wild ducks and a few bitten rabbits. He packed up and prepared for the tooth sacrifice at night. When he left, he said to a few little guys that this is enough for the night, don't let the tigers Tou and Garlic are chasing animals.

While Ju An was watching his father mowing the grass with a tractor, he suddenly heard little Jerry shout, "Look, Red-Tailed Eagle."As soon as Ju An looked up, she saw two white dots hovering in the sky. When Ju An came here, she often saw eagles. The most common ones were the Bald Eagle, which is the national bird of the United States, and the golden eagle. I saw one in the sky, the eagle was circling, so the chicken coop and everything had to be watched by a dog, and it was these guys who were guarded.

As for the red-tailed eagle that Little Jerry called out, it was the first time I saw it. I saw two white dots circling and intersecting, one suddenly swooped down, then flew up again, and then flew away.

As for what it looked like, Ju An had no idea at all.Just ask little Jerry to know that red-tailed eagles generally appear in pairs, with black spots on their bodies, reddish-yellow tails, and reddish chests. Unfortunately, Andrew did not bring the telescope with him. Come, if it weren't for Ju An, you could see the real face.

When I came home from work in the evening, the fragrant braised rabbit meat, the roast rabbit that Old Thomas had deliberately exposed, and the roast duck with potatoes, made everyone feel comfortable eating.Dad also sighed with fondness. I haven't eaten wild rabbit meat for a long time. I often saw wild rabbits when I was a child, but now they are gone. Some of them are also domestic rabbits. It doesn't taste good.

(End of this chapter)