The Best Small Farm

  Chapter 14 Ranch Planning

   Half of the plantings in the United States are genetically modified crops, and vegetables are no exception. Compared with ordinary vegetables, the price of organic vegetables is higher. There are not many kinds of vegetables in the supermarket in the town. Tomatoes, potatoes, green beans, cucumbers, and lettuce are a few kinds, but the meat is complete. Li Han chose some relatively good beef and pork, and a turkey leg, which is almost enough for three people to eat for lunch.

   Back at the farm, Li Han was busy preparing lunch, and Kelly helped take care of naughty Dudu. Li Han plans to make some sauce noodles. The sauce noodles are more in line with Kelly's taste. Li Han's hometown is more traditional food, and the taste is very good. Beef and pork sauce, served with cucumbers and potatoes, diced tomatoes, and garnished with lettuce, is enough to make a sauce. The beef and pork diced were simmered in a raging fire first, thinking that Dudu seemed to like to drink the spring water of the space, the water for stewing the meat, Li Han took it from the space and boiled the thick meat sauce.

  Vegetables, be a little more particular about the use of fire, keep the freshness of the vegetables and not be too old. When the beef and pork sauce were being boiled, Li Han began to work on the noodles. The kneading should be done with three light, hand light, face light, and pot light. The noodles should be half-cooked, and the hardness should be higher. Paper, the cut surface is even, the thickness cannot be checked, and the noodles are cooked with turkey soup. Li Han's noodles were put into the pot, the sauce was almost cooked, and a strong fragrance wafted from the kitchen.

  I don't like to eat, I dodudu, my nose is twitching, I owe my feet, and my hands are on the kitchen counter.

"Little greedy cat." Li Han poked a little nose with flour, little guy, while taking out the cooked noodles, a few kinds of fresh mushrooms in the chicken soup, served with the soup, boiled the meat to adjust the noodles, Thick gravy, rotten beef and pork, and vegetable marinade all come together, and then there is a plate of stir-fried green beans, and lunch is done. Li Han first served Kelly a bowl, provoked Xiao Dudu to quit, and hugged Li Han's legs.

"Kelly, what's the taste like?" Li Han asked with a smile, wiping his little hands. It's amazing that the little guy learns other things, but when it comes to chopsticks, he can't use them well. Don't worry, throw the chopsticks and use them. The little hand grabbed it directly and ate it.

"It's amazing, Han, thank you so much for making such a delicious lunch for me." Kelly likes the taste, the sauce is rich, the meat is soft and has a different flavor, the vegetables are crisp and keep that fresh, especially the noodle soup taste , it's so beautiful.

   "Thank you, how about another bowl?" Li Han said with a smile, the sauce noodles tasted really good today, and even Li Han felt that maybe he should not run a farm, but make sauce noodles instead.

"Of course, it's delicious." Kelly was not polite. All three of them ate a pot of noodles. Xiaodudu Picky Eater even ate two small bowls, and even clamored for it. Kelly and Li Han each ate two small bowls. big bowl.

   "What an unforgettable meal, Han, thank you." After lunch, after a cup of coffee, Kelly got up and said goodbye. "That's what it should be, Kelly, you have helped me so much, and I'll take you off." Li Han sent Kelly back to the town, not in a hurry to return to the farm. In the afternoon, some parts of the farm needed construction, which made it a little noisy. Besides, Li Han is preparing for tomorrow's party. Maybe the sauce interview is a good staple food. Li Han's hometown is in northwest China, and he is mainly noodles. He is especially good at noodles.

   Came to the supermarket without waiting for Li Han to approach the vegetable area, the little guy Dudu swayed and ran to pick up the tomatoes, and the potatoes were stuffed into Li Han's hands. "Little greedy cat." Li Han nodded his nose, Dudu didn't care, and pushed Li Han to the meat section. Li Han had no choice but to buy the ingredients for making sauce noodles first, otherwise the little guy would make trouble and he would be helpless. Don't look at Dudu's appearance when he is three or four years old, his strength is not small, and his birth time is short, so he is not very sensible.

  Li Han purchased the ingredients for the sauce and noodles, and Xiao Dudu sat in the small cart, holding a big tomato in his arms, and playing happily. Li Han bought some food for the party, and invited more people tomorrow. It was a little troublesome to prepare. He only had five barrels of beer. Li Han drove a pickup truck and pulled it back to the George Farm. It's not very convenient, but George's side is relatively good. The surrounding lawns are enough to hold large-scale parties, especially George's tableware and coffee pots are complete.

   is really a good place, Li Han looked around, it was much better than his own small farm. "However, it's not a problem that the cowshed is empty. First, give Willy a call and ask if Uncle Ronald and Uncle Marbury's farm have any extra cattle and sheep for sale."

  Li Han summed up in his heart that all of George's 2,000 acres will be converted into pasture, and the other two farms with 3,000 acres of farms are planted with crops. The previous small farm can be converted into a weekend farm.

   "Weili, I'm Han, am I on the farm?" Li Han said after dialing the phone. Weili spent most of the afternoon on the farm at home, and Li Han didn't politely explain his purpose. "Han, wait a minute, Dad, Han's call, Han wants to raise some cows."

"Han, cows and beef cattle, which one do you plan to raise?" Ronald answered the phone and asked, Li Han didn't think much about it. Previously, he had no funds to raise cattle and sheep at all. I don't know much about the specific difference with dairy cows, feeding and so on.

   "Ronald, uncle, I'm going to buy 300 beef cattle first. I'd like to hear your advice." Li Han expressed his thoughts and Ronald introduced it. Li Han knows nothing about beef cattle breeding, beef cattle breeds, and what needs to be paid attention to in breeding. Ronald briefly introduced to Li Han.

   "Han, maybe you need to hire an experienced cowboy to help you." Ronald reminded Li Han after the introduction.

   "Uncle Ronald, as you said, I need an experienced cowboy." Li Han rubbed his brows. Raising cattle and sheep is not an easy task, and an experienced cowboy is essential. Ronald introduced Li Han to several experienced cowboys in the town.

  Li Han hung up the phone, tidied up, and drove his car to a bar in the town. It is quite lively here. Usually, cowboys like to come here for a beer. "Jay, have a beer, is Houghton here today?"

  Jack poured Li Han a beer and pointed to the middle-aged white man leaning against the window. "One more beer." Li Han came to Houghton with a beer and said with a smile. "How about a beer, Houghton?"

   "Hank? Of course, thank God." Houghton was not polite, drank it in one gulp, and wiped the foam from the corner of his mouth.

   "Houghton, I'm going to raise 300 cows. I need an experienced cowboy. Uncle Ronald recommends you." Li Han waved and took a beer.

  Hughton thought about it and took a sip of beer. "Three hundred cows, one cowboy is too few, and two cowboys are too many."

   "I plan to raise more than ten horses, and I may also raise some milk." Li Han's farm does not have much pasture, and too many beef cattle will cause too much damage to the pasture.

   "It's about the same." Hughton nodded.

   Li Han and Hutton negotiated a salary of 1,300 US dollars and insurance, etc. Hutton called his daughter Dinah and discussed it. Dinah and Hutton packed up and returned to the farm with Li Han.

   (end of this chapter)