Chapter 141: Thanksgiving Dinner (Third Update Seeking Votes)

  Put the turkey in the oven, then Thomas started to deal with the green beans, and it was a purely American way of doing things. He wrapped the green beans in flour, which contained salt and some butter, and made a whole big tray of them. Then he just waited for them to be sent into the oven. According to Thomas, roasting for twenty or thirty minutes would be enough. After that, there was nothing much to do. As for the vegetable salad, it could wait until evening to be done. Having tidied up a bit, Thomas went back to patrol the ranch.

  He went to the stable, looked at Snowflake who was pregnant, and then went to patrol the horse group. When he arrived at where the horses were eating grass, he saw that Big Bull had also mixed in with them, accompanied by a female cow. The two of them were leisurely eating grass side by side. Ah! It seems like he's found himself a special girlfriend! However, this guy is so strong and capable, but instead of doing specialized breeding work, he's just paired up with a female cow - it's a bit wasteful. Moreover, he really likes to mix in with the horse group, as if he thinks he's one of them. But thinking about it some more, at least he doesn't have a thing for mares. In America, there are many places where same-sex relationships are legal, but I reckon even fewer people would accept interspecies relationships. So, Big Bull isn't too outrageous after all.

  Saw Ju An standing not far away, the big cow walked over with small steps, mooing, and the mother cow eating grass beside it also followed behind the big cow. When they arrived in front of Ju An, the big cow used its wet nose to nuzzle Ju An's hand. Ju An quickly placed his hand on the big cow's forehead, this guy was dripping wet and if he touched him, his whole hand would be covered in slobber.

  It's weird, where did Bean Grass go today? In the past, as soon as he saw himself, he would run over excitedly. He looked up in the horse group to find Bean Grass, only to discover that Bean Grass was not far away, chasing after a mare and climbing onto someone's butt with glee. Hmm! An Point nodded his head, Bean Grass is more reliable than Big Cow. This guy is busy expanding his own horse group, he's a good kid. You say Big Cow is no good, not doing well in his breeding life, but instead playing at monogamy, wasting such a large and robust physique. Is this something a cow can play with? Don't you know that cows that play at monogamy in the pasture all end up dying miserably? Forget it, I won't bother with you. Considering your relationship with my brother is not bad, I'll let you off. Then he sighed, no matter what kind of group it is, there are always some negative slackers.

  Looking at the bean grass, it didn't seem like it would be finished quickly, so Ju An turned around and left the field, ignoring the several foodies who had been making a racket outside the house all day. She went upstairs, entered her space, and fed the two small golden eagles. The two little guys' feathers were already taking shape, but they were sparse and didn't look very good, like plucked chickens. When they saw Ju An, they would come over and flap their small wings at her, which now had feathers growing on them, looking much better than before, when they looked like chicken wings from the market. However, the two little guys still couldn't fly. She put a piece of meat in the bird's nest, and the two little guys started pecking at it eagerly. Now, the two little guys' heads were almost the same size, and they fought over the meat equally.

  After watching TV for a while, I fell asleep on the couch. When I woke up with an itchy and wet face, I found two fluffy heads in front of me, two big cats licking my face. Luckily, I have thick skin, so I sat up and saw Wu Song and Teddy eating fruit from the coffee table. The two big cats aren't interested in watermelon, probably because they're hungry after watching others eat. So I got up and gave them two pieces of cooked beef. When I looked at my watch, it was already past 5 o'clock, which means I slept for over two hours. No wonder the foodies were starving.

  Looking at the time, I reckon the turkey is almost done. Ju An opened the oven and took out a turkey, starting to disassemble it. Just in time, Thomas rushed back and helped Ju An remove the wings and legs first, then used a sharp knife to slice the meat. As the sliced turkey meat was all taken away, only the skeleton was left on the tray. At this moment, Du Hu walked in, and Thomas said: "Hu, send one of the turkeys to the east later." Then he opened the oven with Ju An, took out a large picnic box, put it inside, and also had a piece of roasted ham. Du Hu picked up the things, and Ju An followed him to the garage, tied the box to the four-wheel motorcycle. Du Hu drove the motorcycle towards the campsite in the east.

  When Jing'an returned to the house, Thomas had already started disassembling the second turkey. The dismantled turkey frames were all placed on a tray. By the time they finished disassembling both turkeys, the cowboys had all arrived at the house - Er Zhuang, Hua En, Andrew, Da Jun and several others, not one missing. Today, Andrew also came from the east to help out and coincidentally spent the holiday with this family. With everyone lending a hand, dinner was prepared in no time.

  Waiting for Du Hu to come back from the east, dinner was already ready and set on the table. The turkey bones were taken apart and a large turkey was divided into several small portions. First, they sent some over to the cowherding dog.

  Everyone was seated at the table, and after Thomas poured the red wine, he turned to Ju An and said: "An! Say something to everyone."

  Here is the translation:

  "Yu An thought for a moment, then said to everyone: 'This year is our first time spending Thanksgiving together, but I think it won't be the last. Here, Thomas and Wayne Andrew are both early birds who came to help on the ranch. First of all, I want to thank Thomas, he really helped me a lot. The ranch has reached its current scale thanks to Thomas' efforts. And then there's Er Zhong, Du Hu, Da Jun, you guys are all my fellow villagers. Thomas has praised you many times before. In short, thank you everyone for your hard work over this period of time. Also, when the ranch becomes profitable, I will set aside a fixed percentage from the profits as rewards for everyone. I believe even if it's less than your annual salary, it won't be too little.'"

  Everyone was delighted upon hearing the news. Da Jun said with a smile, "An Ge, if I work for another two years, can I go back to my hometown and get married?"

  Everyone burst out laughing, and Ju An laughed and said: "I think you shouldn't go back to your hometown to get married, just get married here. This time when you went back home, I'll have to find someone else again, I'm afraid of hiring people." Everyone laughed again.

  "Following that, Ju An said: 'I don't have anything else to say. Ah, Thomas, do you have anything to say?' Looking at Thomas holding his wine glass and shaking his head with a smile, Ju An then said: 'Then let's all toast.' After finishing speaking, he raised his wine glass, took a sip, and then everyone focused on dealing with the delicious food on the table."

  On the table there is a feast, and another one next to it. Wu Song, Teddy, and Big Cat brothers all have the same treatment tonight - eating on the floor.

  The people on the table were eating and chatting, while Thomas leaned over and followed Ju An, saying: "Er Zhuang has contacted them, three people are willing to come over, after Thanksgiving they will come over, but two of them are bringing their girlfriends together, I promised to let their girlfriends try it out at the ranch too".

  "Alright then, after all Nancy isn't doing a perfect job either. At least here she can be more stable."

  Thomas smiled and said: "I think so too, and the intensity of our ranch is not high, it's also easy to herd cattle, let the girls try it out"

  "It's still the same old story, you deal with it," replied Yu An with a smile. Thomas also burst out laughing after hearing this.

  After everyone finished eating, they started cleaning up. Ju An only then discovered that half of the turkey was left, half of the ham was left, and as for the salad, basically no one had eaten more than a few bites. The worst was the pumpkin pie bought from the supermarket - it looked the same after being opened as it did after dinner. Even Teddy, who loved sweets, didn't give it a second glance. Ju An could only put it to one side and wait for Teddy to get hungry again before giving it to him.

  Everyone shared the meat dishes again, and after mixing them up, they were sent to several cow dogs. It was considered a midnight snack. Teddy was very interested in the breadcrumbs from the turkey's stomach, which had a strong turkey flavor. Although Ju An thought it was okay, who would eat this when there was meat? As a result, more than half of the large bowl went into Teddy's belly. The big cat brothers were more enthusiastic about the ham, while Wu Song didn't have much, just a small bowl of fruit and a few strips of turkey meat to get by.

  Everything has been put away, and the cowboys have also left the house. Ju An added a little warm water to each of the guys' small bowls, eating so much and drinking some water helps them digest, and he also poured himself a cup of tea, sat on the sofa watching TV while digesting food.

  Waiting for the guys to finish drinking water, one by one with round bellies, they honestly crawled onto the sofa and sat down, quietly lying down. Ju An held Teddy's back with one hand and held the remote control with the other. Wu Song sat in the middle of the big cat brothers, learning from Ju An to lift his second leg, touching the backs of the two brothers. Teddy and the big cat brothers didn't watch for long before they started dozing off. The big cat brothers slept quietly, but Teddy snored while sleeping, although not very loud, it was still quite disturbing. After closing the door, Ju An sent all the sleepy bugs into space and went to his bedroom.

  After eating, I felt a bit lazy all over my body and didn't want to ride the hoverboard in space again. So I went to bed, snuggled into the quilt, moved the bedside table over, took out my laptop and put it on top, opened QQ to see if there were any new messages, and then saw a string of conversations from my classmates in the group chat.

  I took a closer look and it turned out that Wu Ming had hooked up with a female classmate, not from the same class as Ju An, but from the same department at university. There were even photos, so Ju An entered the group chat and saw Wu Ming hugging a girl, his two small eyes laughing to the point of disappearing, with a happy expression on his face. Ju An then left a message in the group, congratulating Wu Ming on hooking up successfully, congratulating Duan Xiao Min on falling into the fire pit, followed by several laughing faces.