XLVII. Hunting deer
Su Zhen called his mother on the way and told her that someone came over at noon and asked her to prepare more food, but fortunately, although there was a Hamm of Middle Eastern descent, the ranch raised cattle and sheep, and there was no pork, so there was no need to explain it.
When I arrived at the ranch, I happened to meet little John riding by on horseback, "Hey boss, do you have any guests?"
"Yes, two new friends, this is Carrick, here Hamm," Su Zhen introduced.
"Friend, welcome to the Garden Ranch, I believe you will like it here" John greeted the two, and then turned back to Su Zhen and said: "BOSS, someone from the Chinese Chamber of Commerce called the company before, hoping to visit you, I don't know when it will be convenient for you."
Chinese Chamber of Commerce? What are they coming to me for? Su Zhen didn't know why, but since they are compatriots, let's see them. "Okay, you reply to them, let them come over tomorrow."
"Good one," said John, and rode away.
After chatting with Little John, Su Zhen turned around and greeted Carrick and Hamm.
"Hey, Sue, your ranch is really good, it's much better than any other ranch I've seen before." Kari said.
"Indeed, very beautiful pastures," said Hamm, "if only our country had such good pastures."
"Oh? Isn't Hamm an American? Su Zhen asked.
"I'm from Dubai," Hamm replied with a smile.
Dubai people, I rub, no wonder so tyrants, just met friends to send cars, in his last life Su Zhen had heard of the Middle East rich people because they were very happy to talk on the road, because the other party's car was too old, and sent luxury cars, but I didn't expect such a bloody plot to happen to me.
After entering the house, Liu Ru was preparing dinner with the two servants, because of the habit of relief, the family entertains guests with a rotating round table, not the traditional American long table, Su Zhen looked around, did not find the two eagles, I don't know which corner of the road to drill, now although the two little guys can't fly, but they can already move freely on the ground, they are very skinny, they can't be idle at all, and they run around.
Hamm was probably a little curious when he saw the round table for the first time, but Carrick was used to seeing it, and Su Zhen introduced the two to Liu Ru.
"Nice to meet you, beautiful lady" The two greeted Liu Ru together.
Lunch has both Chinese-style stir-fried and Western-style frying, but the content is almost the same, nothing more than some beef and mutton and venison, seven or eight dishes, but the portion is not much, it is estimated that it is only the size of eight people, although there are only six people, but because I don't know the amount of food of Karick and Hamm, so I prepared a little more.
Regarding the amount of food and drink, when I first came to the United States, I made a lot of jokes, because in China, people's habit is to come to the guests, and the more dishes are served on the table, the more sufficient the better, and they don't care if they can finish one meal or not, and they just continue to eat the next meal if they can't finish it.
However, in the concept of Westerners, it is to eat as much as you want, and you basically can't have leftovers, especially to be a guest, if the guest does not finish the food prepared by the host, it is a very rude thing. So when Liu Ru entertained a few cowboys for the first time, it was a full table, but a few cowboys were desperate to eat again, and they couldn't hold it anymore, so they apologized to Su Zhen and a few people, but Su Zhen and a few people apologized for no reason.
After some exchanges, I realized that Lu Dao was a big oolong because of different dietary concepts, looking at a few cowboys who had eaten enough Su Zhen laughed badly, Liu Ru was slightly embarrassed, and then Liu Ru studied for a while in order to control the amount of cooking.
At the dining table, because of taking care of the two of them, knives and forks were specially prepared for the two of them, but Larica actually picked up the chopsticks and used them very easily, and the posture was more standard than Su Zhen, which surprised several people.
Carrick smiled, "My grandfather is Chinese, and when I was a child, I didn't use chopsticks at my grandfather's house"
I see, everyone thought in their hearts, Hamm honestly picked up the knife and fork. After that, Su Zhen asked Carrick, "Do you want to have some red wine?" Made from your own winery? ”
"Hey, Sue, I'm a minor, you're instigating underage drinking," Carrick joked.
Su Zhenzhi rolled his eyes when he heard this, "Don't think I didn't see the wine bottles in your car" Su Zhenzhi glanced at Carrick's car, but saw a lot of wine bottles, which seemed to be spirits.
"Ahem, okay~ Then try the red wine of your winery, I have high requirements for red wine" Carrick said with a dry laugh, "Give this guy some too." He pointed to Hamm, "He is suffocated in his own country."
Su Zhen looked at Hamm, because he remembered that it is forbidden to drink alcohol in Islam, and saw Hamm nodded, so he got up to get red wine, Su Zhen did not take ice wine, but ordinary red wine made by the winery, ice wine is an after-dinner sweet wine, not suitable for food, but although it is an ordinary red wine, the quality of the vineyard is there, and it is also the number one red wine.
poured half a glass for the two of them, and then poured half a glass for Rachel, Liu Ru didn't like to drink, and drank juice like Su Zhen. It was Liu Shihua's bright eyes staring at Liu Ru.
Su Zhen was speechless, since she tasted ice wine, this girl liked the sweet taste of ice wine, but Liu Ru watched it closely and did not allow her to drink more
"If you want to drink ice wine, you can pour it yourself, but you can only drink half a glass." Liu Ru said.
"How many times have I said that ice wine is an after-dinner wine, and it is not suitable for accompaniment," Su Zhen said on the side.
"I like it, hehe," Liu Shihua said and jumped to pour the wine.
"Sue, do you still have ice wine here?" Carrick asked.
Su Zhen nodded, "Yes, my winery was originally an ice wine estate, in Niagara, but the production is not large, there is no frozen vintage, and ordinary red wine is also brewed, you can also taste it after eating."
"That's natural, I've heard for a long time that Niagara is the best ice wine outside of Germany, so I naturally want to try it," Hamm said.
After eating, Su Zhen accompanied the two to taste ice wine in the living room.
"Sue, you're a good ice wine, it's top-notch," Carrick praised.
"It's good, but it's too sweet," said Hamm, "I prefer the previous red wine, no worse than the regular Lafite" Indeed, the ice wine is very sweet, but it is very much in line with the taste of Europeans and Americans, because Europeans and Americans have always liked sweets, but they are not so suitable for Asian tastes.
Just as the three of them were chatting, the two eagles swayed out of which corner, Su Zhen whistled, and the two little guys walked towards Su Zhen.
"Oh my God, is this an eagle?" asked Carrick.
"Yes, and it's the symbol of the United States, the bald eagle," Su Zhen said with a smile.
"This is a bald eagle? I didn't expect the young bald eagle to be so ugly," Carrick said.
Su Zhen was speechless, although the young eagle's gray coat color was not good-looking, but it couldn't be compared with ugliness.
"Nice eagle, but I prefer falcons," Hamm said faintly.
"How can a falcon compare with an eagle, a small bird of prey like an eagle falcon is not enough for an eagle to catch with one claw." Carrick said disdainfully, turned his head and said to Su Zhen enviously, "Su, how about a discussion, you see you have two, how about giving me one?" It's okay to buy it, you name a price."
Su Zhen smiled bitterly, and when he was about to refuse, Hamm spoke first, "At first glance, you will know that you don't understand birds of prey, birds of prey either don't recognize the master, once you recognize the master, there will only be one master in this life, these two eagles have obviously been fed by Su, even if he gives it to you, you can't raise it, and you waste a good bird in vain."
Carrick's face was bitter when he heard this, indeed, the raptor is not good for this, and he only recognizes one master in his life.
After the break, Su Zhen took the two to visit the ranch, both of them can ride horses, and they seem to be veterans, so the three of them rode on horses and wandered around the ranch.
The main visit is the old ranch, although the new ranch is large, but it is inferior to the old ranch in all aspects, and although Su Zhen has put some space water in several water sources of the old ranch, the time is still short, and it still needs time to slowly transform.
Carrick and Hamm were full of praise for Su Zhen's ranch, especially when they saw the herd of moose, and they both had the urge to hunt.
"Hehe, this is a herd of deer raised in the pasture, but if you want to hunt, there are still a lot of wild red deer in my pasture, and I have seen a few large male deer with fourteen forks," Su Zhen explained with a smile.
"Is there really a deer with fourteen forks?" Hamm asked, and after seeing Su Zhen nodding his head in confirmation, he said happily, "I've long wanted a fourteen-pronged deer to decorate, but I haven't had the chance, it's great."
Carrick said, "I think your collection room is already decorated with a lot of antlers, right?" ”
"The most in my collection is only 12 forks, and although there are many types of deer in Africa, there are not many horn forks," Haman enthused.
"What? Harman: You often go hunting in Africa? Su Zhen asked.
"Not only does he hunt a lot, he has his own hunting ground in South Africa," Carrick said.
Hamm nodded, "Hunting is still the best in Africa, with the largest variety of wild animals and beasts, I once caught a white lion with very beautiful fur, which was later given to my father as a birthday gift." ”
I'm rubbing, these Arabs are really the local tyrants of the local tyrants, and they actually bought a hunting ground in Africa for a hunt, "Then I'll take you to hunt deer?" Seeing that the two agreed, he was ready to take the two of them back to get the shotgun first.
But Carrick stopped Su Zhen, saying that they had their own tools, and as he spoke, he rode his horse to the place where they had parked.
When I got to Carrick's Humvee, I saw Carrick take out a large box from the trunk of the Hummer, and when he opened the box, Su Zhen instantly blinded his kryptonite eyes, and the box was full of all kinds of exquisite firearms, ranging from pistols to rifles, and his sister even had sniper rifles.
When Carrick raised his hand, he assembled a rifle and threw it to Hamm, but he himself did not use a gun, but a combined bow.
"I'm dizzy, are you going to hit a deer with a bow?" Su Zhen asked.
"Hehe, don't underestimate me, my archery skills are superb," Carrick replied with a smile.
Su Zhen was speechless, this guy was too narcissistic, so he ignored it directly and followed Hamm.
"Hey, don't go, wait for me," the narcissistic man shouted from behind.
Su Zhen took the two of them to the lake on the side of the old pasture, and the three of them saw a lot of deer grazing by the lake from a distance. Since the moose herd was adopted by Su Zhen, this area has become the world of red deer, and moose groups are different, red deer are generally three or five doe in a group, and the male deer is alone, and only the male deer has huge forked horns, and the horns of the red deer are the most forked in the deer, up to fourteen, and even legend has it that there have been sixteen forked deer, but that is basically a myth...... Therefore, its antlers are a favorite collection of hunters.
After looking closely, there was indeed a fourteen-pronged stag hiding in the bushes, and after confirming through the telescope that the horns on the stag had reached fourteen, Hamm raised his gun.
A gunshot rang out, and all the deer scattered and fled, but the poor stag fell to the ground. Su Zhen and the two of them took a closer look, good guy, it was really accurate, a shot went directly through the head and killed with one blow.
Just when the three of them were excited, a cowboy rode a horse and galloped over, and after seeing Su Zhen, he asked, "BOSS, what's wrong?" Where did the gunshots come from? ”
Su Zhen scratched his head, just thinking about hunting, but forgot to inform the people in the ranch, "It's okay, we're hunting, I forgot to inform you"
The cowboy made sure that nothing was wrong before riding back to work.
At this moment, a few people lost the interest in continuing to hunt, but the fourteen-forked deer was only this one, and the other deer had also run away, so it didn't matter if they hunted or not.
When the three of them returned with the deer, they met old John on the way.
"BOSS, I heard you went hunting?" Old John asked with a smile.
"Yes, I forgot to inform you, I'm really sorry" Su Zhen said with a smile, "We hit a big deer with fourteen forks, you see, it's this guy" said and pointed to Hamm's horse.
"Oh? That's a real thing, and it's a lot of luck," sighed Old John.
After that, Su Zhen called a cowboy to help deal with the deer, the cowboy was very skilled in skinning the deer, and the meat was divided into many portions for the cowboys to eat, and the antlers naturally belonged to Hamm, but the deer skin Hamm didn't want it, "Sue, you are welcome to my ranch in South Africa to hunt in the future, if you want to say fur, antelopes are much more beautiful than these deer."
"Okay, I haven't been to Africa yet, I will definitely go if I have the chance" Su Zhen happily agreed.
After that, Carrick and Hamm sat for a while, and then they were ready to get up and say goodbye, and refused Su Zhen's invitation, and they were going to continue their trip overnight. In a few days, Hamm will return home, and time is limited.
Before leaving, both of them gave Su Zhen a business card, fortunately, Su Zhen also prepared some business cards because of the needs of some occasions now, so there was no embarrassment of not having a business card, Carrick also sent a rifle to Su Zhen, Su Zhen did not know the model of this gun, but this gun is very handsome, Su Zhen likes it very much, Su Zhen has nothing to give, so he had to send some good wine to the two.
After the two left, Su Zhen looked at two business cards, both of which only had one name and one phone number, one was Carrick. Dupont, it seems that this kid is from the Dupont family, and the other Hamm's name is a long list, and the last surname is Maktoum, but I can't see anything.
This is that Su Zhen is not familiar with Middle Eastern countries, if he is familiar, he will find that this surname is the surname of the Dubai royal family, so when Su Zhen knew it later, he was very surprised.