The Best Small Farm

   Chapter 70 Roasted Grasshopper

  PS; Thanks to JimH for being the first head of this book.

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   Back at the farm, Li Han was in a good mood. He hugged Dudu and kissed several times, rubbing his big head against Dudu's little head, teasing Dudu and waving his little hands indiscriminately, tickling and giggling. "Tickle, Dad's beard." The baby pouted, his uncle was eccentric, and the baby helped his uncle catch bugs. "Uncle, the baby catches a lot of bugs." "The baby is also very good. Well, for the baby and Dudu to catch so many bugs, I will reward you with an ice cream." Li Han pulled to the refrigerator and handed two cream ice creams to the two. little guy. "Don't show it to grandma and mom, or you'll be spanked, and take Sister Dudu to play, and my uncle will clean up the grasshopper's legs for you."

"Yeah, don't let the mother see the baby eat it." The old sister and the mother stipulated that they can eat at most two ice creams a day. In the morning, they ate all the ice cream. The two little guys climbed onto the sofa with the ice cream, sat side by side, and turned on the TV. , The tutorials ordered by Li Han have not finished, natural science, some knowledge of geography, two little guys are learning while eating ice cream. Li Han was busy cleaning the grasshopper legs, picking them, keeping the bigger ones, and feeding them to the chickens later.

There are dozens of chickens in the house. My parents came to eat four or five chickens. They were free-range chickens. They were not fed feed. They ate grass seeds and insects. , The space is not used, but I am sorry for myself. After the two little guys finished eating the ice cream, they ran into the kitchen, lying on the kitchen counter, watching Li Han busy pickling, standing on tiptoe from time to time. "Uncle, are you ready?" Li Han pinched some flour and tapped the noses of the two little guys, little greedy cats.

Li Han teased the baby to play with Dudu, while the marinated grasshopper legs were wrapped in flour and fried in an oil pan. Not to mention the grasshopper legs are really fragrant, fried golden brown, better than any chicken wings and drumsticks, crispy The fragrant meat has a peculiar smell. Dudu and the baby got a big jar and shouted that one person filled a can, saying that it was brought to the children and Mr. Cynthia and Mr. Big Bear to eat. "It's so good." Li Han touched the heads of the two little guys and said. "Okay, let's play."

The two little guys were happy to go to the lawn with the little white-tailed deer and Millie with their small bags on their backs. Li Han sorted out the farm information and planned to apply for a farm loan, buy cattle, sheep, and large-scale forage for harvesting, baling, and hay raking. At the best time, the pastures are often affected by droughts, and the price of pastures has risen. Many farmers and ranchers plan to sell cattle and sheep. In the past few days, I heard that the price of lambs has dropped by 10%, and the price of calves has dropped.

With the mergers and acquisitions of farms and ranches, the second-hand agricultural machinery trading market is booming again. Buying 60 to 70% of new and second-hand agricultural machinery is less than half the price of new agricultural machinery. Li Han and Houghton discussed how much agricultural machinery to buy. The price of a set of farm machinery for pastures is at least one million US dollars. It is estimated that three to four million US dollars is enough to buy second-hand. Li Han intends to take out a loan of one and a half million US dollars. A few hundred cows and a few hundred sheep, plus a full range of farm machinery, is enough.

It has been a while since the documents were submitted, but they have not been approved yet. Li Han is a little impatient. Now is the best time to take some pictures of the pastures and mortgage the pastures. Information, Dudu organic certification is counted, and credit points are increased.

  Li Han finished his work, and after a while, Hughton and Jim, another Peruvian who was a migrant worker, came over. Lulu's face is dark and sturdy. At first glance, he is honest and responsible, and he is a good shepherd. "Jem, it's been a long time, how are you?"

   "Yes, Han, it's really nice to see you again, the farm is really nice." Jem and Li Han hugged and said. "Han, this is Lulu, and she's a good shepherd." Lulu smiled honestly, a little reserved. Hutton would like to introduce Lulu. He has been in the United States for five or six years and has worked at Jem Ranch. He is a good person. Very experienced, low salary requirements, no need to buy insurance, which can save a lot of expenses.

   "Sit down and say, I made a pot of coffee, baked some cookies, and tried the taste." There are tables and chairs in the yard, umbrellas, and Li Han is holding coffee and a plate of cookies, which have just been baked.

   "That's a nice cookie, Han, of course it would be better if you had a beer," said Jem, laughing and throwing a cookie into his mouth. "Lulu, you're welcome, it tastes good." "Thank you, it's delicious, the boss's craftsmanship is really good."

"Lulu, you're welcome, just call me Han. When I first arrived in the United States, I was so poor that I couldn't even eat a hot dog. Jem gave me a chicken sandwich. I could eat it all day. It's delicious, Jem, wait a minute, I'll change the beer, hey, it's a coincidence this time, I just made fried meat, and it tastes good." Li Han said with a smile, came to the small building, and moved a small barrel of beer, Then he took a stack of paper cups and grabbed a plate of fried grasshopper legs.

  Hughton came to help, his nose twitched, the fried grasshopper legs sprinkled with pepper and spices, the aroma was so overbearing that it pierced your nose. "It's really fragrant, Han, I'm here to help, the fried meat is so beautiful." Hughton carried the fried grasshopper legs, and Li Han walked out of the small building with a beer keg and a cup. "Jem, come and taste the beer I brewed, Lulu, you're welcome, come together." "It's delicious, hey, Han, it's heaven to drink a beer a day and wield a bullwhip."

  Jem wiped off his beard and smeared it with beer foam and grabbed a handful of roasted grasshopper legs, and it was delicious. "Han, this place is really nice, I think I want to stay." "Welcome, Jem, about accommodation, Houghton will help you arrange it, Lulu, how do you feel here?" Lulu looks very honest and honest, can bear hardships, and the salary is not high. Li Han plans to buy hundreds of sheep, and Lulu is responsible.

   "Very good, boss." Lulu still spoke with a bit of restraint, and it would be difficult to change it in a short time. "That's good, Houghton, you can help arrange it, Jem, Lulu." "Okay, Han, Jem, let's go to the pasture, I think you will like it."

"Han, thank you for your beer and fried meat." Jem and Lulu left the small farm. Li Han packed up and sat in the yard, watching Dudu and Baobao riding cattle and chasing the little black donkey in the distance. Play, while tasting delicious beer, blowing a touch of cool.

After a while, Dudu and the baby got tired of playing, and went back to the small yard. They sat in a big chair by themselves, dangling their calves, drinking milk and eating cookies. Millie ran around happily at the baby's feet. But after a while, Li Han realized that something was wrong, and Millie began to spin. Li Han was taken aback and caught Millie, Li Han's nose twitched, the smell of beer. "Baby, what did you feed Millie?"

The baby secretly glanced at Xiaomi Li, lowered his head, and looked like he had done something wrong. Li Han was speechless. He forgot to move the beer keg into the house. Unexpectedly, the baby poured it into Xiaomi Li to drink. It was drunk. .

  Li Han was helpless, Bao Bao and Dudu stood beside Li Han, Bao Bao came up with an idea, and Dudu helped to implement it. Li Han criticized for a while, Millie would sway, Li Han sent it back to the dog house, Dudu and Baobao followed Li Han with their small heads down. "Okay, I can't do this next time." Li Han put away the beer, but he couldn't let the two little guys touch each other again. Maybe next time Dudu and Baobao secretly drink, the police don't look for him, I guess my mother I have to give myself a fight with my elder sister.

The two little guys are much better. Mom and sister are back. Dudu and Baobao are helping Li Han to pick up beans, soak them in a while, and grind some tofu in the morning. Fresh tofu tastes good, stewed soup and braised, It's all good.

   "The two little guys are very good today." The old lady said with a smile.

"Yeah, Baby and Dudu are really capable and know how to help pick up beans. Come, grandma will reward you with cake." Mom beckoned and distributed the afternoon cake in advance. The two little guys touched their belly and bulged. . "Grandma, auntie eat." Dudu milky voice said.

   "Dudu is so good. Grandma and aunt have eaten it. Let's eat Dudu." Dudu tilted his head, but his stomach was bulging and he couldn't eat it. Li Han smiled and waved. "Dad, you can eat the cake." "Let's eat it in the afternoon, mom, sister, dad and brother-in-law."

   "Your dad and your brother-in-law brush horses. It's fun to ride." Mom said after moving her body. "Yeah, it's very comfortable." The old sister agreed. My father and brother-in-law are really good. In two days, my mother and my sister liked to ride horses.

   "Baby and Dudu sister also rode a cow to catch bugs." Lying in his sister's arms, the baby raised his head proudly and said. "Baby is really amazing. He knows how to help uncle catch bugs and feed the chickens."

   "Are there a lot of bugs? Xiao Han, are you alright?" Mom was startled, Li Han poured the beans into the basin and waved his hands. "It's okay, a few grasshoppers, by the way, why don't we go boating and fishing in the afternoon."

   "Wow, baby is going to row."

   "I've got you everywhere, have you finished your homework?" When the old lady asked, the baby immediately lowered his head and didn't do his homework in the morning. "Sister, the baby is still young, forget it, come back in the afternoon and do it again."

   "You, Dudu, you don't want to learn from your father, good children should study hard." Dudu nodded slightly. "Dudu study hard." "It's really good, baby, you see that Dudu sister is so good, you are older than Dudu sister, do you want to be a good example for your sister?" "Baby knows."

   Li Han shook his head, there was nothing he could do, he had no room to intervene in this matter, even though he let himself have a 'glorious' history

   (end of this chapter)