Yunding Ranch

Chapter 111 Building a grape trellis
"Wow, woof, woof, woof." Teddy's shout broke the tranquility of the morning, and then there was a flutter of chickens and dogs downstairs.

Lu Li was taken aback, thinking something was wrong, he threw off the quilt and walked straight down. Bucky, who was sleeping on the bedside, was startled by his flustered movement, and jumped up violently without waiting for Lu Li. Driven away, Bucky jumped out of the window and disappeared from sight all the way along the roof.

Acting coquettishly and cute when sleeping, but disgusting and disdainful after waking up.So, all those oddities left on the bedside table, does that count as the night's fare?
Lu Li opened the window, and saw a man downstairs wearing gray sweatpants and topless running in the yard. Although he was barefoot, his speed was not slow at all. After savagely ravaging, "Ahhh!" The heart-piercing shouts broke the morning tranquility of the pasture, "Fourteen! Fourteen! Fourteen!" The shouts became more urgent and could not be stopped.

That's not Tony, who is it?But what about Teddy?

Then, Lu Li saw Teddy rushing out of the house, squatting by the fence in the garden, and yelling at Tony's back, "Wow, woof." It seemed to be shouting, "Come back, come back!" Teddy said There was a suspicious shout, obviously not understanding the reason for Tony's sudden escape, and he seemed innocent and lonely.

"Teddy!" Lu Li shouted, "Teddy."

Teddy turned his head and searched around. Then he saw Lu Li at the window on the second floor. He immediately stuck out his tongue and wagged his tail vigorously. His mood brightened immediately. Lu Li waved at Teddy, "Come up. Otherwise." That guy doesn't dare to come back." Teddy immediately ran into the house happily.

Tony had already run far away at this time and hid behind the first villa—the foundation of the villa has been established, and there are a lot of polished planks and wood on the other side, and the framework of the house will be built in the next few days So Tony hid behind, but still couldn't hide his figure, he put his hands on his knees, panting heavily, looking very embarrassed.

"Little girl, what's wrong?" Lu Li yelled at Tony, "I thought you got used to Teddy last night."

Tony shook his head, still panting a bit, then supported his waist, and stood up straight, "He...he...early in the morning, he licked my face wet, and I was woken up ——To be precise, I was woken up by fright. Fourteen, you can't...I mean, can't you communicate with Teddy? I'm still not used to this way of waking up. "

Seeing Tony's aggrieved face, Lu Li couldn't help laughing out loud. He had to admit that Teddy's bad habit was indeed not very good. He still wasn't used to it even now, "I'll write to him A formal letter of protest, a good protest."

Lu Li's teasing made Tony speechless for a while, and he shuffled back depressedly.Lu Li raised his voice and said, "You'd better pay attention, now is the time for grapefruit and grapes to come out and move around." After speaking, Lu Li calmly turned and left the window, while Tony looked around in surprise, That look really makes people laugh.

Opening the door of the room, Lu Li saw Teddy squatting by the door, with a pleasing expression on his face. Lu Li squatted down and gave Teddy a big hug. Teddy immediately lay down contentedly on the ground, showing his belly, a picture of joy. look like.

Lu Li and Teddy played at the door for a while before going downstairs.There was an orange tent in the middle of the hall—it was where Tony slept last night.

Vivienne has left, and there are vacant rooms. Although Jessica lives there, she needs to share the space and the bathroom, but Americans have long been used to sharing renting, and it is normal for men and women to share renting in big cities.But Tony found it troublesome, so he simply set up a tent in the main house, and when the villa was completed, he could move in directly, which would be much simpler.

It was only a little past seven o'clock, and Teddy's little accident woke up Tony, but everyone got up one after another.Brandon is always the first to get up, because it is troublesome to take care of the horses. Brandon gets up almost every day at around 04:30 and 06 o’clock. Come here, put the buns in the steamer, and at the same time prepare the toast and the like. Everyone can choose breakfast according to their own needs-of course, there is fresh milk that cannot be forgotten.

Tony went back to the house, went to wash up first, and went downstairs to see the weird big steamer - Lu Li made a special trip to Dallas to buy a five-story steamer from a Chinese store, and now he is steaming things It is much more convenient.

Lu Li took out two steamed buns and came to the dining room with a glass of milk, "You can choose your own breakfast. If these are not to your liking, I remember there is cereal breakfast in the cupboard, and some tomatoes and lettuce in the refrigerator. These milks are It was just squeezed in the morning, and it tastes infinitely better than the milk in the supermarket."

"I've heard that milk, like many vegetables, will lose its freshness and taste as time goes by." Tony walked into the kitchen curiously, as if everything was familiar, but It seems that they are all unfamiliar, "I have eaten freshly picked corn before, and the sweetness and tenderness are really different. When waiting for the corn to be sent to the traditional market, the taste is actually not as good as that of the farmland. So, This is a benefit that can only be enjoyed in the field.”

Lu Li picked up the milk and made a gesture of toasting, "Then what are you waiting for?"

"This is..." Tony looked at the big steamer curiously.

"Baozi." Lu Li introduced, "You can think of it as a large dumpling, but the taste is completely different. It is one of the traditional Chinese foods."

Tony frowned, shook his head slightly, then walked to the toaster next to him and started toasting toast.

Of course, Lu Li knew that not every westerner liked Chinese cuisine, even if they were Chinese, there were some people who liked Chinese and Italian cuisine.It's a matter of taste.However, Lu Li was still curious, "Why, you don't like Chinese food?"

Tony shrugged, "Not much interest. You know, there are quite a few Asian restaurants in Los Angeles. Although Korean dishes are the most, there are also Chinese/Chinese dishes. I have tried it a few times, but the taste is ordinary, and it tastes delicious. It always feels weird."

Lu Li nodded, expressing his understanding.

In fact, in big cities, Chinese/Chinese cuisine is indeed very popular, just like pizza and hamburgers, it has become an important part of people's daily life, but in order to meet the tastes of Westerners, corresponding improvements have been made to the cuisine, and the main The dishes are also simplified, and most of them are based on Jiangsu and Zhejiang cuisines. This is also related to the inheritance of history-the first Chinese/Chinese who came to the United States to work hard were still mostly from GD and Hong Kong, and the Northeast and Jiangsu and Zhejiang people came from behind. This also makes the taste of Chinese/Chinese cuisine here basically based on this.

When Lu Li was in New York, a classmate from SC complained that it was almost impossible to find authentic Sichuan cuisine here, and even the hot pot was not authentic anymore.

So, he knew what Tony was talking about.Even he is not too cold about those Chinese/Chinese food takeaways in New York.

"That's because you haven't tasted real Chinese cuisine." Fred's voice came from behind, "Good morning." He took the initiative to greet, "I think you should give Chinese cuisine another try. Once you have a chance, you will find that they are actually different from what you imagined."

Tony didn't quite understand the meaning of these words, and then looked at Lu Li, "So, you mean, you made this... thing?" Tony had browsed Lu Li's Facebook, of course he knew that Lu Li was from China , It's just that they didn't get in touch for a while.

Lu Li smiled but said nothing, "Are you ready to start working today? You have to eat enough for breakfast, otherwise you won't have the strength to work."

"Oh, we're going to start building grape trellises today, right?" Fred became excited. During the time he stayed in Yunding Ranch, he was like a coolie, helping out everywhere, and there was no guest at all. look, let alone come here for vacation.But it looks like Fred is enjoying it—

He's now back to taking pictures again.Although Lu Li had heard that Fred's minor was photography, he had never seen it with his own eyes.Now, Fred seems to be back on track, which is a good thing.

"We'll just follow Tony's instructions later." Lu Li will also join the ranks of work today - there's no way, the grapes have already missed the time for cutting, if we don't speed up, the risk factor will skyrocket.Not only Lu Li, Randy, Brandon, and Cole will also come to help today, and temporarily leave other work on the ranch to Jessica.Fortunately, their daily work is in place, and today they can complete it step by step. It won't be too difficult, and Jessica can do it by herself.

"Yes, yes..." Tony also came back to his senses at this time, and jumped twice excitedly, "The materials are all in the warehouse. We will move them to the other side of the river in a while, and then we can start working."

Lu Li pointed out the window, "Don't worry, they are all ready."

Outside, Randy is driving the tractor with materials loaded in the back, moving forward at a steady speed. Obviously, the speed of these working experts has been ahead of Tony.

After three times and five times, they finished their breakfast, and then came to the vineyard.

Since this place used to be a vineyard, in fact, the foundation of planning is all there, including irrigation system, drainage system, etc., so Tony just did a survey work, and then led everyone to do it.

The grape trellis here is different from the table grapes. The grape trellis is only half the height of a person. When picking grapes, it can be done by bending over a little, so it is relatively simple to build.However, this is the framework for grape growth, and stability is the first element, especially considering the last heavy rain, these grape trellises are even more critical.

Before the sun had fully risen, the ranch was in full swing, and it was the beginning of another day.

(End of this chapter)