Xu Yin didn't know at this time that she wouldn't have a chance to gather wool next year.

She was so happy that she took a leave of absence to participate in an amateur competition during work, and earned more than 10,000 New Zealand dollars and a handful of pure gold wool shears.

Mr. and Mrs. Hunt, who came to pick her up in an open-top pick-up van, were equally smiling.

"Sean, I knew you were going to be the zonal champion, no one had ever been able to cut more than 90 sheep in five hours in a zonal race, you not only broke the old record, but also set a new record of 100, which is the pride of our Cook Town!"

Mrs. Hunt was really happy for her.

"Sean, what does the pure Golden Fleece shear look like? Can I take a look? ”

Mr. Hunt was more curious about the prizes in the zonal races.

"Absolutely."

Xu Yin reached out and took out the pure gold wool shears from the canvas schoolbag.

Because it is made of gold, it is much smaller than ordinary traditional wool shear, and she estimates that it is 200 grams at most.

At the current price of gold, this pure gold wool shear is worth about the same as Christchurch's prize of 8,000 New Zealand dollars, maybe not worth 8,000, but it is more than commemorative.

Mr. Hunt took it and carefully rubbed a few handfuls, and returned them to Xu Yin: "You have to put it away, this is the prize of the Canterbury Regional Championship, it is meaningful!" ”

Xu Yin smiled and put it away.

"Sean, with this bonus, will you go back to your hometown immediately?" Mrs. Hunt was a little reluctant to think of her identity.

Xu Yin shook her head: "Don't go back." Although I regret being deceived by the agent, I have also learned a lot here, and I want to learn more, do you not want to keep me? ”

"Haha! Mrs. Hunt smiled heartily, "How is that possible! I'm still worried that you're going back to your hometown, and I can't bear you. ”

Back at the ranch, Xu Yin was surrounded by her colleagues like a group pet:

"Oh my God, Sean! You're my idol from now on! ”

"Sean, how did you do that? I use electric clippers to cut a sheep, and it takes me more than half an hour to cut a sheep, and it is pitted, but you can cut twenty with manual scissors? It's unbelievable! ”

"Sean has been practicing and hasn't stopped before the game. What about you? If you have to lie on the haystack, you are embarrassed to say! ”

"Hey, hey! I'm a sheep herder, not a shearer. But Sean, you're more manly than a man! ”

Xu Yin has a black line: What do you mean that she is more manly than a man? She's what she is, and she needs to be compared to men?

"Do you still want a gift?"

"Yes, yes, yes!"

Xu Yin stayed in Christchurch for several days in this competition, and came back with a lot of snacks that are respected by people in the city, including tartar pancake rolls, hummus, green-lipped dried mussels, dried whitebait, goat's milk muffins, raisins, dried apples and other mixed fruits.

Christchurchites are also fond of roast lamb shank.

There are stalls selling roast lamb shanks everywhere on the street, freshly roasted and cut, Xu Yin tasted it once, and felt that it was not as delicious as her own baking, so she simply didn't buy it.

She asked the cook to buy a meat goat on her behalf, and planned to roast the whole goat for everyone to eat.

After taking the bonus, I still have to celebrate.

"Why do you buy goats?" Mrs. Hunt sneered, "When Old William heard that you had won the regional championship, he asked Little William to send a two-year-old tender sheep over early in the morning, and also brought a large bucket of goat's milk. ”

William Sr. was the closest neighbor to Hunter's house, and raised more than 300 dairy goats and more than 100 meat goats, slaughtering a meat goat every once in a while for the residents of the town to buy.

His goat meat and goat's milk were of good quality and the prices were very reasonable, and Mrs. Hunt frequented his business.

However, it is really rare for old William to send a whole meat sheep and a large bucket of goat milk.

Mrs. Hunter smiled and shook Xu Yin's hand and said, "Now you have become the star shearer of our Cook Town, everyone wants to celebrate you, the mayor of the town proposes to hold a bonfire party, the time is set for tonight, Rita and I are responsible for making nut cheese and goat's milk cakes, since you can roast the whole sheep, then the goat will be handed over to you." The mayor will also bring some food, which will definitely be enough to eat. ”

Xu Yin: "......"

Inexplicably, there is a sense of being in ancient times, showing off talent in the imperial examination, and becoming the pride of the whole village.

That night, Xu Yin roasted a whole sheep for everyone on the lit bonfire.

In fact, people here often roast mutton to eat, roasting whole sheep is not a very amazing dish for them, but Xu Yin is pickled and flavorful, and the spices are also sprinkled appropriately.

"Sean, I didn't expect you to be so good at cooking!"

"The next time there's a food party in town, you can let Sean be the chef."

"Gourmet party?" Xu Yin asked Mrs. Hunter curiously, "Is it the same as the sheep shearing competition, which is held every year?" ”

If there was a bonus, she would be happy to sign up.

Mrs. Hunt saw her thoughts at a glance and couldn't help laughing: "No wonder Hunt said you are a little money lover. ”

Xu Yinyi.

If it weren't for the fact that she had gone to this unaccompanied sheep country, she would be obsessed with money.

The world is panicking, but the picture is a few taels of silver; A few taels of broken silver can solve the melancholy of the world.

A roasted whole lamb brought Xu Yin closer to the other residents of Cook Town.

After contact, I found that everyone was quite friendly.

The mayor of the town is not an official, on the contrary, he has a humorous speech, and has been to more places than others, and everyone likes to listen to him talk about the mountains.

Xu Yin gradually integrated into the big family of Cook Town.

In the blink of an eye, spring goes to the summer solstice.

Of course, it's summer for New Zealand, and for the Northern Hemisphere, it's winter now.

Xu Yin gradually adapted to the local weather.

In the summer, there is little rain, the sky is high and the clouds are light, and there are many sunny days, which is suitable for grazing.

But even on a sunny day in the middle of summer, the temperature hovers around 256 degrees Celsius, rarely reaching 30 degrees.

And the temperature difference between day and night is large, and you have to sleep with a wool blanket at night, otherwise you will be prone to colds.

The three-piece heatstroke protection set that Xu Yin prepared for herself - ice cubes, a fan, and a small medicine bag containing Huoxiang Zhengqi and Feng Youjing were useless.

They weren't needed outside during the day, and they didn't need to be covered with blankets at night, and they were eventually taken back to the system warehouse.

But sunscreen has to be applied every day, the sky is high and the clouds are light, the air is pure, can the ultraviolet rays drive straight in?

Not only do you wear sunscreen when you go out, but don't forget to wear a nourishing mask before going to bed.

She still prefers whitening to tanning.

After the summer, the wool falls off because of the excessive secretion of sweat glands on the sheep, and the wool quality is too poor, and it is difficult to sell it when sheared, so it is generally not to shear the sheep, and Xu Yin has also been transferred from the shearing worker to the shepherd.

The two strong men who were originally shepherding sheep took leave to go to the south of the West Bay to play.

It is said to be playing, but it is actually going to pan for gold.

According to Mrs. Hunt, a gold placer deposit was discovered there a few years ago, and the gold miners were reluctant to lose the golden sands, and had been hiring workers to pan for gold downstream for several years.

(End of chapter)