People from the Ministry of Agriculture arrived near Ju An's ranch at around ten o'clock. Thomas hung up the phone to Ju An. Then Ju An set off from his home in a helicopter. When he was in the sky, he saw two people on the road. The convoy consisted of a truck and an SUV, presumably from the Ministry of Agriculture.
When we arrived at the ranch house, we stopped the plane, walked down and entered the house, followed Thomas and the others and waited for a while. Then the motorcade arrived at the ranch, and Thomas and Ju An greeted them out.
A total of about ten people came from the Ministry of Agriculture. Ju An shook hands with them one by one and introduced himself to each other. The leader of the team, named Cole, said to Ju An: "Mr. An, let's start testing the cattle."
Ju An knew these old American working habits and nodded: "Well! Let's go to the herd and select the cattle together. Big cars can't be driven in the pasture. You can only drive your SUV at most."
Cole nodded: "The cart is only used for slaughtering and laboratory analysis. I need your help to enter the pasture and select cattle!"
Ju'a nodded to Thomas and Lawrence. The two old men walked towards the garage and drove out the pickup truck from the ranch. Some of the dozen Ministry of Agriculture personnel got on the pickup truck and others drove SUVs. Ju'an accompanied them and drove to the ranch. herd.
The first thing to arrive was the white cattle herd. The snow-white cattle were like white clouds floating on the green pasture. Now the pasture near the office is full of white cattle. Only the one managed by Lawrence is still half black. Cattle, while all near the pond are gray cattle.
The convoy stopped next to the white cattle group, and a group of people got out of the car. Cole said to Ju An: "It's such a good pasture! I have been to so many pastures and this is the first time I have seen such a good pasture. Every grass is about the same height, and the grass blades are wide and thick. Just break a small blade of grass. You can feel the full amount of moisture in the grass blades, no wonder the price is ten times higher than ordinary alfalfa!"
Thomas smiled and replied: "Only good grass can raise good cattle and sheep. Our pasture is needless to say. There is no pasture in the country that can compare with ours. If you want to come in winter, you can No matter how cold it is, the top ten centimeters of the grass stems are still green, but our cattle don¡¯t eat the stored grass at all, and like to dig through the snow to eat grass on the ground.¡±
Cole carefully looked at the grass beside his legs. It would be very difficult to walk on the thigh-high grass stalks. He said to Ju An: "Please ask some cowboys to help us. We need to select dozens of cows to measure the length of the cows and the height of the shoulders." The test will be done and the weight will be measured again in the evening."
Lawrence smiled and said: "Let's wait until the cows return to the resting forest at night before doing this. Today we will let the cowboys drive the cattle back early, and they will return to the resting forest at about four o'clock. Then you can pick whatever you want. Dozens of cattle have been measured, now let¡¯s seize the time to select the cattle for slaughter.¡±
After hearing this, Cole smiled and said: "Thank you for your cooperation, then we will start selecting! Is this the only herd of cattle?".
Ju An shook his head and smiled: "There are probably a few thousand in one small group. What you see now are three small groups. It would take several hours to see them all."
After hearing this, Cole said to Ju An: "Watch them all, Betty is going to take pictures, and Stam, you are going to record the video." Then he started giving orders to people.
"Seeing these people getting busy, driving around the cattle in SUVs and taking photos and so on, Ju An and Thomas Lawrence walked aside, while Leonard and Professor Norman went up to help.
¡°It will probably take several hours to take pictures of all of them, and it will probably take at least two days to figure out how to choose and slaughter the cows,¡± Ju An said, frowning at Thomas and Lawrence.
Lawrence shook his head and replied: "At least three days! It depends on how many cows they plan to measure. If you have something to do, you can leave first, they won't mind!"
Ju An smiled and said: "What can I do? The most I can do is pick up Nini in the afternoon. The rest of the time is free to make arrangements as I please. Yesterday, old Taylor came over and asked me to raise some white cows. I said more than thirty When the price of white cattle is determined, you can inform him and see how many he wants."
"I know this." Thomas nodded: "When his new house is built, the two of us will be considered neighbors."
"He chose his house next to your house?" Ju An asked.
Thomas nodded. The old man is currently living with a woman two days a week, and he has no plans to get married. Living together like this makes Ju An think the old man is fashionable enough. He lives with a woman two days a week. The woman spent the rest of her time in the new home working on the ranch. Lawrence also picked up his wife. In comparison, Lawrence was closer to the community and drove to his home in half an hour. It was much more convenient than Thomas to go home for lunch every day and take care of small things. Cowboys areTaking time off and taking care of the ranch on weekends, ordinary cowboys rest as usual on weekends. For more than a year, cowboys have said that it is the management who does not rest on weekends, and the dividends must of course be higher.
In fact, it doesn¡¯t matter to these cowboys which day they rest. After getting married, American housewives generally take care of the family at home. You can see them at any time when they go back. Unlike in China, where both of them work, if they don¡¯t follow the rhythm, it is easy to cause family problems.
After running around with people from the Ministry of Agriculture for more than two hours, everyone returned to the house to eat. Of course, everyone ate their own food. After getting used to it, Ju An didn't feel the need to invite these people to dinner. Even if he invited them, they would decline. Of course, it's okay to drink a few cups of hot coffee, but eating a meal from you will probably cost them their jobs, including This is always the case when people from the IRS come to the ranch to check the accounts. There is no mention of treating guests to dinner. If you insist on inviting them, it will even make them think that you are trying to bribe them. I have to lament that the anti-corruption efforts in low-level buildings in the United States are still very strong. As for those senior executives who have a good appetite and like to eat anything, that's a different matter. They are very skillful in collecting money and have even developed a unique model.
In the afternoon, I continued to follow a group of people and selected two white cows, and sent them to a large trailer to start slaughtering. Ju'an had no problem eating beef, but he was not very interested in watching the slaughter of cows. He was even less interested after hearing others say that cows shed tears when slaughtered. Fortunately, Niu entered the carriage and Ju An couldn't see anything as soon as the door was closed.
After seeing that the cows were slaughtered, Ju An and the other three were invited into the carriage, and then a report was handed over to Ju An. Take a closer look! The long list of names such as chuck, short lion, etc. made Ju An feel a little overwhelmed. The whole cow was divided into more than a dozen parts, and each part of the meat had a different name. Ju An's family only eats meaty parts, such as beef ribs and tendons, and of course tripe, heart and intestines, etc., which are all put into the belly of Teddy Hans. For these things, a few Carnivores actually prefer it to pure beef, which saves Ju An a lot of money.
Looking at the beef placed on the stainless steel countertop in the car, Cole said: "The fat distribution is very good, and the pattern is also very unique. It is the same as the one delivered last time. The quality is probably about the same. You have cultivated an excellent breed of cattle. ".
Looking at the light yellow streaks on the beef slices, Ju An said to Cole: "It's all the work of the cowboys. The patterns on gray cows are smaller than those on white cows, and the fat is whiter. We The ranch calls him TL. The cow is named after Thomas and Lawrence."
The two old men laughed from ear to ear after hearing what Ju An said. Thomas said to Ju An: "Then the white cow will be named after you. It will be called June Cow."
After hearing this, Ju An quickly said: "No need, it's better to use the current name, Xi Shui He Bainiu, it sounds good, so don't change it."
After hearing this, Lawrence said to Ju An: "You are the BOSS, you have the final say. Then let's name it after the ranch. In fact, adding a name is a very honorable thing. Every time I mention this The gray cow will mention the names of Thomas and me, which is very meaningful. Even if we die in the future, others will remember our names because of this kind of cow."
Ju An shook his head and said: "Forget it, I can't enjoy this!". I thought that if I slaughtered a cow in the future, someone would ask me to bring the cow over and kill it, which made my neck feel a bit cold.
Cole also smiled after hearing this and said: "The name has been officially decided. From now on, when we report white cattle, we will use Xishuihe white cattle, and gray cattle will be TL cattle. We are waiting for their test results. Of course, in the car We can only do part of it, and the rest needs to be saved and completed in the laboratory, but after looking at the environment of the ranch, I believe there won¡¯t be any major differences, so let¡¯s go down.¡± After saying that, he took Ju An and the other three people out of the car.
Seeing that the sky was getting dark, Ju An said to Cole: "I still have some things to do, so I'll leave first. If you have any requests, you can talk to Thomas and Lawrence, or Professor Leonard, I'm sorry."
Cole reached out and shook Ju An¡¯s hand: ¡°It¡¯s okay, I¡¯ll let you know if you need any assistance from the ranch.¡±
After getting on the plane, the driver returned home, went into the house and had a cup of tea, then drove his car and took Nini back home from the town.
After the car stopped, the girl opened the car door and jumped out, shouting loudly: "Mom, brother, I'm back." He spread his legs and ran towards the house.
Ju An followed and got out of the car and thought: What a kid, he is so energetic every day, except when he is sleeping, he is never tired for a moment.
After entering the house, Nini held her brother in her arms and sat on the carpet. She leaned her head against his head and muttered: "Brother! Why are you so popular?" My son probably felt uncomfortable being hugged by the girl. He kept stretching out his chubby hands to push his sister away. He is so small and weak.Unable to push him away, Ju An ignored the fight between the two little guys and got comfortable on the sofa, closed his eyes and rested after running all day.
Just a few seconds after she felt comfortable, she heard Nini shouting: "Dad! Mom! Help!".
As soon as Ju An opened his eyes, he saw that his son had grabbed Nini's hair in his hand. Nini held his brother's hand and tried to break it off, but couldn't. Ju An had no choice but to walk over and take his son's hand. He opened his little fat hands and hugged her on the sofa.