American Ranch

Chapter 12 Grow vegetables before grilling
Qin Yi was not surprised. He is Chinese, and Ryan is the supervisor of the ranch. It is easy to think, "Hi, Isaac, I am Yi, a glass of beer, thank you."

Qin Yi and Isaac chatted casually, and Ryan came over after a while, held a wine glass and took a sip with Qin Yi, "I recruited 8 cowboys, all of them are good boys. They go back and clean up, God Heiqian went to the ranch to report by himself.” The cowboys didn’t have much luggage, just put a few clothes in a backpack, and just brought a saddle and a gun.

After finishing the work, Qin Yi paid the bill and took Ryan to the grocery store, bought some vegetable seeds, and then went back to the ranch.When I went back, it was Qin Yi who was driving. Now that I can drive, of course I want to have a good time here.On the way back, Qin Yi asked Ryan to make arrangements for the new cowboy, and then told him to hold a barbecue party tomorrow night.That's right, Qin Yi intends to get to know the cowboys formally, and then he will start working on the ranch.

It's time for the Lingquan to take effect, and Qin Yi is looking forward to it.

When he was about to arrive at the ranch, Qin Yi looked at the big main house. Usually, it would take a long time to clean up by himself. It seemed that he had to find someone to help him clean up. It’s very troublesome to clean it up by myself. Can you ask Susie to help me clean it in two days? Also, I plan to build a big vegetable garden near the main house. Susie will stop being a cowboy and take care of the vegetable garden in normal times. as usual."

There are four members of Ryan's family, his wife Susie, his son Burke, and his daughter Rachel. The whole family works as cowboys on Qin Yi's ranch.Ryan was very happy to hear that. Being a cowboy is very tiring, and it is much easier than doing the vegetable garden, let alone cleaning the house: "Thank you, Yi, Susie will be very happy to know."

"Isn't the cowboy who tends the stable gone, let Rachel go."

"Thank you, Yi, you are a good man, God praises you!" Ryan was very happy.

There are still 20 quarter horses in the racecourse. Since the ranch decided to sell them last year, a large number of cattle and sheep have been slaughtered one after another, and most of the cowboys have been cut off. The ranch horses have also been sold with the reduction of cowboys.Generally, cowboys take care of their own horses, and there are only 5 or 6 horses that Rachel really needs to take care of, which is much easier than herding cattle.

When they arrived at the ranch, Qin Yi went back to the main house, and Ryan went to the stables to ride horses to help the cowboys drive the cows. At night, they had to drive the cows back to the stables, or drive them to the grove, and get together to avoid accidents.Now half of the cowboys are gone, and it is even more tiring to work. As for the arrangement of the new cowboys, there is no rush at all.

When Qin Yi returned to the house, Lai Pi was sleeping soundly on the sofa. Now that he had space fruit, he didn't have to be afraid of starving him all the time. Taking out a basket every few days was enough for Lai Pi to squander.Now the fruit trees in the space ripen once a week, and there are too many to eat. There is a layer of various fruits on the ground. Fortunately, the things in the space are not afraid of being damaged, so let’s put them first and deal with them later.In the evening, I made some beef and roasted potatoes. I lay down and watched TV after I was full. After watching it for a while, it was not interesting, so I took a shower and went to bed.

Early the next morning, Qin Yi, who got up at 6 o'clock, came outside the door, looking at the endless pastures, breathing the fresh air with the fragrance of pastures, he was in a great mood.At this time, the cowboys had already set off to graze. Qin Yi saw Rachel not far away, wearing rubber shoes and a wide-brimmed cowboy hat, cleaning the stables. , although not very beautiful, but there is a kind of simple beauty.

Qin Yi walked over to say hello: "Morning, Rachel, I'll help you." He changed the rubber shoes in the stable and small warehouse, took out the shovel and started working.

"Thank you, Yat." Rachel thanked with a smile.

I have met Qin Yi several times in the past few days, and I have a general understanding of his personality. He is very easy-going, just like a friend, not as rigid as the former ranchers of the Moore family, which gives people a sense of distance.After cleaning the stables, Qin Yi and Rui Qier learned how to brush horses again, first with a hard brush, then with a soft brush and then blow dry.After finishing all this, Rachel is going to go for a walk, and Qin Yi is going to start a vegetable garden before he knows how to ride a horse.

When I came to the warehouse, I drove out a small rotary tiller, selected a piece of land not far from the main house, and plowed the land to grow vegetables.

"suddenly"

The rotary tiller is full of horsepower, and it can be directly sown after turning the soil and crushing the soil one-stop.Qin Yi was a little excited when he drove it. He had seen a rotary tiller in his hometown in the countryside before, and it was the first time he drove it himself. It was not only fresh, but also had a strange sense of power to change nature. The ridges and ridges are all thanks to the machines.Qin Yi was like a child who found a new toy, he kept driving chug-chug, and plowed a large piece of land a few times back and forth. Seeing that it was enough to grow vegetables, he reluctantly went back and replaced it with the planter.

When he arrived at the warehouse, Qin Yi felt a little worried. Growing vegetables was not only to avoid the trouble of going to the town to buy vegetables, but also to eat the delicious vegetables improved by Lingquan.

But if it is planted in the ground and watered with spring water, the vegetable seedlings will grow wildly, and it will not scare the cowboys for a while. The seeds that grow outside will also become delicious. Although they are not as good as space vegetables, they do not grow as fast as water from spiritual springs, so there is no need to worry about being found abnormal.

Just do it when you think about it, enter the space, go to the bottom of the fruit tree, clean up the fruits all over the ground, pile them up, sort out a piece of land, and sprinkle the vegetable seeds, the seeds will germinate when they fall to the ground, grow long, and will be crisp and tender after a while Lettuce, bright red tomatoes, juicy cucumbers, all kinds of vegetables have grown up, Qin Yi hurriedly picked off some of them, anyway, there were a lot of knots, so it happened to be a salad during the barbecue at night.

After picking off some of the vegetables to be eaten, Qin Yi hurriedly picked up the ripe vegetable seeds, otherwise it would be troublesome if they fell on the ground and grew up again.Qin Yi, who was sweating profusely, pulled out the vegetable seedlings and piled them together to find a time to save space.After picking up the ripe seeds, Qin Yi left the space and started planting vegetables with the planter.

After setting the speed and planting distance, Qin Yi starts the car and let's go!

Puff puff.
Compared with the rotary tiller, it is slower. There is no way, plowing the land is hard work, and sowing seeds is delicate work.After running for half an hour, I finally finished planting. Well, I will water it after it germinates.Qin Yi drove the planter back to the warehouse, and it was already past 7 o'clock. His stomach was growling after busy work all morning, um, let's go cook.

Fry an egg, fry a small piece of beef, put a few slices of freshly planted vegetables on it, put bread on it, well, breakfast is ready.

After breakfast, he took out two more apples, one for each of Lai Pi, and sat on the sofa to watch TV. In the afternoon, Qin Yi called Ryan and asked him to help prepare the barbecue.

During the grazing process, I have to drive the cattle every once in a while, so as not to eat a piece of pasture and hurt the grass roots. As for the other things, it’s nothing. It’s not as busy as morning and night, and the cowboys recruited yesterday have already put into work. The work assigned to each cowboy is the same as usual, and he can be busy enough. Ryan doesn't have to follow the grazing, and returns to his job of managing the cowboys and arranging grazing.

Ryan rode over with Susie soon after receiving the call. Susie changed her job to manage the vegetable garden, but now that the vegetable garden has just been planted, Susie continues to help herd.

Qin Yi was sitting on a recliner under the porch, holding coffee, looking into the distance, covered by the golden light, Ryan and Susie flicked their horsewhips, facing the setting sun, galloping their horses on the boundless grassland, the amorous feelings at that moment, It reminded Qin Yi of the scenes in the early American western films. I will start to learn how to ride a horse tomorrow, and I will ride a horse and run to my heart's content against the setting sun, not only the setting sun, but also facing the rising sun in the morning!
Taking a sip of coffee, Qin Yi secretly thought, um, it's best to find someone to take a picture of himself and upload it to QQ space so that everyone can see how heroic he is.

Ryan and Susie saw the newly opened vegetable garden from a long distance away. They just said yesterday that it was opened today. They wanted to help, but Qin Yi acted very quickly.Let the horse graze on its own, and the two walked towards Qin Yi, "Yi, I didn't expect you to finish the vegetable garden so quickly, and I was thinking of coming to help you tomorrow."

"There's nothing to do in the morning, and it's not too much trouble. If there is a machine, it will be done soon." Qin Yi stood up and invited Ryan Susie into the living room.

"Lian Suzie, come in and have a cup of coffee and rest, it's still early!"

Ryan Suzy sat down on the sofa, took off his hat and put it on his lap, Qin Yi took a coffee pot and poured a cup for each of them.

"Thank you, Yi." The two accepted it with a smile.

Qin Yi held a barbecue party for the first time, and it was still in the United States, so he had no experience, "Lian, what wine do the cowboys drink tonight?"

"Just beer, which is the favorite of the cowboys. Just prepare some red wine and juice in small quantities."

Qin Yi was relieved when he heard that, there are all these, there is red wine in the basement, and beer in the wine cellar.

After a break, the three prepared barbecue materials. Susie prepared beef and mutton and cleaned vegetables. Qin Yi took Ryan to the warehouse to move out the barbecue grill and charcoal. These were left by the former rancher. Clean the grill and dry it in the evening. can be used.Several barrels of beer were also brought out and placed on the grass in front of the house, and the tables, chairs and tableware were prepared. It was getting dark, and the cowboys came one after another.

Qin Yi greeted the cowboys with a smile and asked them to do it themselves. Don't be too polite with beer and juice. The cowboys don't care about anything at all. Seeing that the boss is so easy-going, they let go. They drank and chatted in twos and threes, and the atmosphere was lively and joyful.Ryan is busy grilling, Burke is helping out, and Rachel is helping Suzie prepare a green salad.Qin Yi looked at Ryan who was grilling and came over, ready to learn how to do it. There will be more days of barbecue and picnic in the future.

"Oh, God, this salad is so delicious! Suzie, the salad you made before was not so delicious!" Rachel was surprised when the vegetable salad was ready, she tasted it, she had never tasted so delicious salad.

A startled breath attracted a lot of attention, Susie was also a little puzzled, took a sip, "Oh, my God, I made this? When did I have such a good craftsmanship?" Susie was also very surprised, The salad is really delicious, but after decades of cooking, I have never discovered that I have such a good cooking skill. If I don’t eat it, I will be more confused.
Everyone just looked over curiously when they heard the first exclamation, but couldn't help it when they heard the second, and gathered around to see what kind of salad is so delicious.Burke was close, and started to eat first: "Yeah, Good, Good, it's a delicious salad, you should try it too." He told the cowboys who came over to try it.

Sure enough, everyone who tasted it couldn't help giving a thumbs up and saying yes, but the salad that was supposed to be an after-dinner condiment was besieged by the cowboys for a while. Before the real barbecue started, a large bowl of salad bottomed out.Qin Yi watched it amusedly, it was produced by Space, of course it was delicious!

In the morning, he picked several baskets of vegetables, and Qin Yi moved out of the space to put them in the kitchen refrigerator. It was full, because he expected that the delicious vegetables in the space would be sought after by everyone.Although I guessed that the salad made today might be delicious because of the vegetables, Suzie was very happy that everyone liked it. With everyone's praise and requests, she happily continued to prepare the salad!
(End of this chapter)