Chapter 71: Slaughtering the Cow

A few days later, Zhang Chi got the money and called Lao Xu to inform him that he could enter the site if he had time, but the project on Lao Xu's side had not been completely completed, so the matter had to be postponed.

The cattle had been sold, and Zhang Chi had some money left in his hand, so Zhang Chi gave Cannon a little bonus, which made Cannon's motivation even more.

Zhang Chi decided to slaughter a cow, in addition to eating it himself, he also had to give a part of it to the eldest uncle's family, of course, Li Qiao and Aunt Phil, who helped him, also gave a share, anyway, this cow will be enough.

Said to kill, Zhang Chi and Cannon got up early in the morning and went to pick cattle among the cattle together.

The two rode their respective horses and came to the herd, standing next to Zhang Chi was the big cow and the second tiger, after almost a week of training, now the big cow and the second tiger are driving up the cow, and the appearance of the two dogs also makes the cow a lot more honest.

For example, in the past, this group of cattle could sometimes bully Zhang Chi when the cow got angry, but now this thing will not happen again.

Cannon looked at the herd, turned his head to Zhang Chi and said, "BOSS, let's pick a small one, I think that one is good."

As he spoke, Cannon gestured to a bull in the herd, which was not tall in the herd, but it was not the smallest either.

Cannon, who just received the bonus, not only worked hard, but also considered the ranch, I have to say that the power of money is great, originally Cannon also thought that Zhang Chi might give himself a little reward, but he didn't expect his young boss to be so generous, a month and a half of salary, you must know that the most bonus he got before was only three or four hundred yuan.

Just three or four hundred dollars will make Cannon's happiness for days, let alone now.

Zhang Chi is not a stingy person, in his thoughts, that is, if you want the horse to run, you have to add some material to the horse, both want the horse to run and not let the horse eat, this thing is unreliable, if you want to get the loyalty of the staff, then you should take care of others, they are out to work, in order to make money to support the family, not to dedicate themselves.

Anyone who only asks you to dedicate and does not mention obligations is a hooligan in Zhang Chi's opinion.

"The bigger ones, except for a few bulls that are said to be good to breed, you can choose them, don't choose miscellaneous cattle, choose Gasconi, I haven't tasted Gasconi's cattle until now, we have to taste them first" Zhang Chi said with a smile.

"You've got a thousand dollars," Cannon said with a smile.

"Money is a bastard, if you don't make it again, you always stare at a thousand yuan, how can you earn 10,000 yuan and 100,000 yuan?" Zhang Chi replied to Cannon.

Cannon smiled when he heard this, "You're the boss!"

"Oh, by the way, Cannon, how long has it been since you've been home?" Zhang Chi asked casually.

"It's been more than a year," Cannon said.

"Would you like to go home and have a look?" Zhang Chi felt that there were not many things in the ranch now, and Cannon was really working hard here, so he thought about giving a little more welfare.

Cannon shook his head: "It's not easy to go back, forget it, let's send money back."

Cannon's return home is not as easy as Zhang Chi, he is working here as a black worker, Zhang Chi is on a plane, he is crossing the border and risking danger.

Hearing this, Zhang Chi stopped talking.

"Boss, what do you think of that one?" Cannon pointed to a cow and asked Zhang Chi.

Zhang Chi glanced at the cow, still a little dissatisfied, the skeleton is not small but the body is a little thin, he is a grass-fed cow here, the fat is more delicious, the too thin cow has less fat and no meat fragrance.

"That's it," Zhang Chi stretched out his hand and pointed to another bull in the herd.

Cannon glanced at it, nodded and said, "That's it?!" ”

Seeing that Zhang Chi nodded, Cannon shouted at the big bull and the two tigers: "Big bull, two tigers!" ”

The name is pronounced with an authentic Chinese accent.

When the big bull and the tiger heard this, they immediately followed Cannon.

Zhang Chi also urged Chi Flame Mountain to walk towards the target bull.

Zhang Chi is still doing his original job, but after these days of practice, there is no longer the first time that he was in a hurry, although it is not satisfactory, but the kung fu of cutting cattle has shown a bit of skill.

Cannon's is much more comfortable than before, the big cow and the second tiger can already initially control the herd, and with the cooperation of the two and the two dogs, they quickly drove out the bull in Zhang Chixiang.

All the way to the side of the house, Cannon put a lasso around the cow's neck and led it to the wooden shelf where the ox was branded.

This shelf was made by Cannon, Zhang Chi took the handle, and the eye imprint of the ranch has now been remade, but these days the two of them are busy buying cattle and harvesting grass, and they have not branded the cattle in the pasture.

Killing cattle here is very simple, you don't need a knife at all, just take a gun and shoot it at the cow's head, and it's over.

But Zhang Chi doesn't want to waste the cow's blood, these Americans don't eat it, but it doesn't mean that Zhang Chi thinks this thing is useless, even if he thinks it's useless, the uncle and aunt will want it.

Therefore, Zhang Chi also specially prepared a basin here, ready to receive the cow's blood later.

The work of shooting is naturally done by Zhang Chi, but when the work of cutting the neck of the cow and releasing the blood of the cow will definitely have to be done by Cannon.

The cow entered the wooden frame, and its whole body was fixed by the wooden frame, and it could not do much activity.

In order to prevent the cow from struggling in the interface and fixing it with iron bolts, not to mention that the cow was trapped, it was to let a bull throw off the building, and its strength could not help the wooden shelf.

This thing must be hard, otherwise there will be a roasted cow here, and the bull will jump out, and how dangerous the crazy bull is is is not something that ordinary people can imagine.

Zhang Chi took out his gun, and Cannon next to him was also ready to put a sharp knife, and a stainless steel metal basin was placed at his feet.

"Are you ready?" Zhang Chi was loaded and asked at Cannon.

Cannon said, "I don't have a problem! ”

Hearing Cannon say this, Zhang Chi aimed the muzzle of the gun at the bull's brain, and did not directly pull the plate machine without any hesitation.

Bang!

With the sound of a gunshot, the cow didn't even resist at all, and directly collapsed in the wooden shelf, but because the body was fixed by the shelf, all the cattle did not lie down, but knelt directly in the shelf.

There was no struggle, and the cow walked without much pain.

Cannon, waiting for the cow to kneel, immediately put the basin under the cow's neck, and the sharp knife in his hand easily picked the cow's neck, and a stream of cow's blood immediately spurted into the basin.

After a while, the cow's blood was drained, almost a whole pot of cow's blood.

Before killing the cow, Zhang Chi had prepared the dissolved salt water, poured the salt water into the cow's blood and stirred it, let the salt water fully fuse with the blood, and put it aside to wait for the blood to coagulate.

The next thing was to skin the cow, which Zhang Chi could do, but Cannon took on the task with all his might.

It is also impossible to skin the cow and eviscerate it in a wooden rack, and the cow has to be dragged out.

Cannon tied the other noose around the cow's neck directly to his horse, and easily dragged the ox out of the rack by urging the horse.

The cow dragged out is not easy to peel, you have to hang the cow, this work is not difficult, just find a strong fork in the nearby tree, tie the cow to the neck and hang the cow on the line.

Of course, horses are indispensable for this step, or horses are good helpers in the pasture.

After hanging the cow on the tree, Zhang Chi helped Cannon set up a herringbone ladder, which is available in any ranch, it is impossible to lack a ladder, there are really too many places to use, and it belongs to the basic preparation.

"Why don't you get the entrails first?" Zhang Chi watched Cannon directly get down from the cow's neck, and said to Cannon.

Cannon thought for a moment and replied, "Let's peel it first."

Zhang Chi didn't want to talk to him or anything, anyway, he peeled the skin, and he didn't have to do it himself, so he nodded.

Cannon didn't care about Shang Zhangchi, he directly used the knife in his hand to pull the skin on the cow's neck, until it reached the cow's chest, and then began to carefully peel off the cow's skin.

"When you take the skin off, you send it to the cowboy store in the city, they can help process it into a whole cowhide, of course, you can sell them, but let's not sell it this time, after they deal with it, I'll make you a saddle, your saddle is a bit big for you"

Cannon said.

The saddle that Zhang Chi is using now is a bit big for Zhang Chi, because it is a mechanism saddle, and it is all according to the figure of the Americans, Zhang Chi's figure is not tall, so the ordinary saddle is a bit big for him, and it is definitely not as comfortable as a custom saddle to sit on.

Cannon felt that Zhang Chi, the boss, was so good to him, so now he simply used cowhide to help the boss make a suitable saddle, anyway, it was just a matter of effort for him, and it could be regarded as expressing his heart.

"How can I have time to make a saddle when I am so busy"

"It doesn't take much effort, it's the most basic job for cowboys, and on the bigger ranches, the cowboys have to fix their saddles and braids in their free time," Canon said.

Zhang Chi didn't think much about it, seeing that Cannon wanted to do it, let him do it, so he opened his mouth and said, "That's okay!" ”

Cannon's skinning skills are very good, much faster than Zhang Chi, even if Zhang Chi is a cook, but he doesn't have much experience in skinning, on the contrary, Canon has worked on the ranch for so many years and has practiced a good skinning skill.

Cannon peeled the skin, and Zhang Chi was not idle, waiting for the cow's blood to coagulate and fix the blood clots, and use a knife to separate the blood clots.

The big iron pot that I got back from Brother Xiao Ma boiled water, almost more than 80 degrees, and when it was about to open, I slipped blood clots into the pot and slowly simmered it over low heat for about half an hour.

After the blood clot changes color, from blood red to maroon, and the inside also changes color, you can take the cow blood clot out of the pot and put it directly into the cold water to cool.

So the ox's blood is ready.

Of course, this is just the ingredients, if you want to eat it in your mouth, then you have to spend extra effort, or roast tofu, or eat hot pot, anyway, it is impossible for our Great China chefs to waste this thing.

Zhang Chi is not going to eat it today, and he is not going to keep it all, he will ask the uncle and Li Qiao if they want this thing.