Chapter 79: Eating a Cow's Head
An old rancher said, "I don't know what Mason plans to do this year."
Zhang Chi felt quite strange when he heard this, and opened his mouth to ask, "That Mason from Mason Racecourse?" What's the matter with him? ”
"You don't know the plight of Mason Racecourse? ”
Zhang Chi shook his head when he heard this: "I really don't know."
Zhang Chi said that he cared about the things around him, and he didn't care if he didn't care, anyway, he listened to what others told him, and he didn't ask if others didn't say it.
What are you doing with such gossip.
"Hasn't Mason been training thoroughbreds, and I don't know what is wrong with this man, thinking that he can make a very good thoroughbred, and you know that this kind of horse is so easy to come out, but Mason is ...... old man," an old rancher pointed to his head.
Now Zhang Chi understands that Mason has always wanted to train an excellent racehorse, but his philosophy is a little different from that of ordinary people.
It sounds like it's easy to train a thoroughbred, but it's not as easy as you think, how many horse farms in the United States alone train thoroughbred horses in a year? That's a lot of tens of thousands, but how many top horses can be produced in a year? I don't think a slap will work.
The vast majority of thoroughbreds are eliminated after a few tracks, and to put it simply, a thoroughbred wants to be famous, and it is a few levels harder than an average American student to get on the ivy.
Mason's side made a mistake, bent on training an excellent thoroughbred horse, the old Mason thought it was excellent, Zhang Chi didn't know what standard evaluation, but he had to win a G-class Grand Prix championship anyway.
But that's not something that ordinary horses can do.
Training a thoroughbred horse is not as simple as feeding a few bales of grass, you have to keep up with all kinds of nutrients, all kinds of recovery after training, all kinds of protection, etc., all of which cost money.
Now horse racing is not the same as before, and in the past, if you find a jockey or trainer at random, the horse may be able to run the results.
Nowadays, horse racing is all professional training, and no matter how talented ordinary horses are, without professional training, without money to back them up, you want to win a race at the level of G1\G2, then you really want to think too much.
Mason just thinks too much in everyone's eyes.
Mason tossed himself to the point that he was running out of money, and he relied on the pony farm to survive, but there was not much demand for horses nearby, which ranch did not have cowboys, and which cowboys did not have the skills to train horses.
In the past, Mason was able to sell some of his own thoroughbreds by virtue of his previous reputation, but as he left the racing ring for a long time in recent years, his reputation faded, and the horses he bred did not achieve much success, and gradually no one came to him to buy horses.
So Mason Racecourse is a bit of a stretch to make ends meet.
Zhang Chi just listened to it, he and Mason didn't have any friendship, so he bought a horse, and he still paid for it, and it was not cheaper than other places, where could Zhang Chi have any sympathy.
Let's just talk about how Mason's horse farm is run, and a group of old ranchers don't have any gossip about it.
Of course, no one gave Zhang Chi a detailed explanation, so everyone just mentioned it.
After staying with these ranchers for a while, Zhang Chi took his leave and went to the city.
When he arrived in the city and came to the door of the uncle's restaurant, Zhang Chi remembered that Merika said that he wanted to try the beef head meat, so he took out his mobile phone and sent a message to Merica.
Just as he was about to enter the house, the news flew in from Merica's side.
Merica's message reads: I'm sorry! There really isn't time today.
Zhang Chi replied: It's okay, I'll just ask.
Then the two ended talking, and Zhang Chi pushed open the door and walked in.
When he walked in the door, Zhang Chi found that his cousin Zhang Wen was actually at home.
"Brother Dawen, when did you come back?" Zhang Chi asked with a smile at his cousin.
Zhang Wen saw his cousin enter the house, and stood up from the chair with a smile: "I just came back, I happened to pass by here, I stopped by to have a look, I have to leave in the afternoon, there is a medical conference to be held in Canada tomorrow."
"Oh, you're really busy as doctors," Zhang Chi said.
"There's no way, by the way, I tasted your cow just now, and the T-bone steak is really good," Zhang Wen praised his cousin.
"You like to bring some back, I'll go and get it for you first" Zhang Chi heard his cousin say that his steak was good, so he said that he wanted to give some to his cousin.
When Zhang Wen heard this, he immediately waved his hand and said: "How do I take it now, when I am free in a few days, I will come back and stay for two days, and then I will go to your ranch to have a look."
"That's good!" Zhang Chi said with a smile.
After a few chats, the two began to help with the work.
Ten minutes later, the uncle's voice came from the kitchen.
"Alright, the bull head is here!".
Hearing this, Zhang Chi and Zhang Wen wanted to help, but who knew that before they reached the kitchen door, Zhang Youliang walked out with an oversized tray.
The two brothers who were blocking the door immediately made way for him.
Zhang Chi saw a whole big bull's head on the plate, and couldn't help blurting out: "The whole boiled?" ”
"How else do you want to cook, of course, the whole cow's head is cooked."
Putting down the plate, Zhang Youliang looked at the braised cow head on the table and said with great satisfaction.
"It's a little scary for me to look at," Zhang Chi said, looking at the entire big bull head on the table.
Zhang Youliang said with a smile: "You don't feel scary when you eat it, it's still hot now, and you can dismantle it after a while when it's a little cooler, and you can eat at home at noon today, just when your eldest brother is back, let's have a good drink."
The eldest brother came back, and Zhang Chi couldn't say anything, so he had to nod his head and answer.
Zhang Wen said: "At noon, you two should drink it, I won't drink it."
Seeing Zhang Chi looking at himself with a puzzled expression, Zhang Wen said: "I'm going to have surgery now, so I won't drink this wine, I won't drink it at all, a slight shake of my hand is a human life, I don't dare to drink it."
Hearing Brother Zhang Wen say this, Zhang Chi will not persuade him to drink, this persuasion is a bit unauthentic.
Zhang Youliang took out the cow's head here, and then went into the kitchen to get busy.
"Uncle, do you want my help?" Zhang Chi asked.
"No, no, you and your brother are outside," Zhang Youliang said.
The two brothers sat down and continued to choose dishes, chatting as they chose dishes.
"I heard you're doing a good job on the ranch now, huh?" Zhang Wendao.
Zhang Chi replied: "Foolish, what's good, that is, I'm lucky this year, if it's a cow bought at the auction, I can't really make a lot of money by raising it now, and now the price of live cattle has fallen to two yuan and four, and I really don't make any money just by selling cattle."
"The cattle are cheaper, but the steaks in the market have risen," Zhang Wen said with a smile.
"Who do you say this is going to reason!" Zhang Chi spread his hands helplessly.
Zhang Wen smiled and asked again: "Will you go back to China during the Spring Festival this year?" ”
Zhang Chi said: "If there is no problem, I will definitely go back."
In the past, if he didn't return to China, he had no money, and the round-trip ticket was tens of thousands, and he was reluctant to spend this money, but now that he made money, he didn't go back to his hometown for the New Year, which is a bit too much, not to mention that he hasn't spent the New Year with his family for a long time.
Naturally, I have to bring some money back when I go home, Zhang Chi doesn't have much money on him now, but Zhang Chi has already calculated, waiting for the price of grass to rise, sell some grass, if it is at the current price, there will be tens of thousands of dollars, and when the time comes, buy something for the elders, get a few good clothes, and also have a little heart for the juniors.
"If you go back, I won't bring a lot of things when I return to China in two months, and I'll let you bring them back with you when the time comes," Zhang Wen said.
"Do you have anything to bring back to your hometown?" Zhang Chi asked.
"It's not a good thing, anyway, you can go to me to get it when the time comes, and it's not too convenient for me to go back here to exchange lectures and take them," Zhang Wen said.
"Then you tell my parents and them first, otherwise I will be disciplined by them if I take it back like this," Zhang Chi said.
Zhang Youliang is grateful to Zhang Chi's grandparents, so he brings something every time he goes back, and Zhang Wen is also grateful to the old man because the two old people have nurtured his father for several years, so he also sent some things to Zhang Chi's grandparents and parents after working.
They sent it, but Zhang Chi's grandparents couldn't use it, and the old people couldn't fiddle with fresh electronic gadgets, so they kept asking the two of them not to send them anymore, and they had everything at home.
"Okay, I'll make a phone call with my uncle and aunt before you leave," Zhang Wen said.
With this, Zhang Chi was relieved, otherwise he would go home and be scolded.
After chatting for a few minutes, Zhang Youliang came out of the kitchen, still holding a bottle of liquor, two cups and a small plate in his hand.
"Let's eat! Go wash your hands, Gu Ying, come out too, let's eat cow's head."
Saying that, Zhang Youliang sat down at the table and began to tear the meat off the cow's head.
Zhang Chi and Zhang Wen went into the kitchen to wash their hands, and then sat down at the table.
"Come, it's yours, it's your ......".
Saying that, Zhang Youliang put the torn meat into the small plate in front of Zhang Chi and Zhang Wen brothers.
Zhang Chi took the wine bottle and poured most of the wine for the uncle and himself.
The meat in front of me has become gelatinous, and when I pick it up, it is bright and shiny, with a smell of sauce.
Zhang Chi took a piece and put it in his mouth, chewed it gently, and felt that it felt a bit like eating pork skin jelly from his hometown, which was quite fragrant, but nothing special, but it was changed from pork flavor to beef flavor.
The beef flavor is not heavy, it is all spice flavor.
With the wine, the taste immediately sublimated, and the aroma of the wine with the beef head meat suddenly made the taste buds sing happily.
"Come to a bull's eye, eat a bright eye".
Seeing that the uncle wanted to put a bull's eye in front of him, Zhang Chi waved his hand again and again: "I don't eat this."
"Good stuff!"
Zhang Youliang's hand hung in mid-air.
"You can eat, it looks weird and scary," Zhang Chi said.
"You kid doesn't know good things."
As he spoke, he put the bull's eye on Zhang Wen's plate.
Zhang Wen didn't say much, so he grabbed it and put it in his mouth.
Zhang Chi next to him was a little grinning.
Uncle Niang came out at this time, looked at Zhang Chi's appearance and smiled: "You kid."
Hey! Zhang Chi smiled.