Two birds stood side by side on a tan, red-tiled roof, watching the three people and other animals below. A black and white cow stood by a stone trough, slowly munching on its feed, its tail flicking from time to time.
The cow's fur is very clean and smooth, reflecting a little oily light in the sunset. Its belly is slightly bulging on both sides, and you can feel that it is full when you touch it.
Moo~
As the three approached, it raised its head and bleated, then returned to grazing. At a closer distance, you could hear the occasional exhalation from its nose, followed by the sound of chewing grass. Hidden behind the cow on the other side, a calf occasionally observed the group through the gap under its mother's belly, appearing a little frightened.
"I want to touch it." Ye Ling took small steps towards the calf in the grass, but unfortunately the calf was always hiding.
"Why don't we find something it likes to eat so it won't hide from you." Loran Hill put his finger on his chin and thought for a moment.
"What kind of things does Niu Niu like?" Ye Ling raised his bent body, looked around briefly, then took out a bunch of grass from the haystack and waved it in front of the calf.
The calf opposite bleated as it looked at the swaying grass, but still did not move a step.
"This is too common, it's not interested." Ye Ling was a little discouraged when she saw that Xiao Niu didn't come over.
"Why don't you try some fruit? Actually, I don't usually feed calves. They usually drink milk and only eat some feed occasionally." Bumansha also gave Ye Ling some advice.
"Fruit, but where can I find fruit now?"
While Ye Ling was still in distress, a familiar voice came from behind him, "Here."
Loran Hill handed over an orange-red orange.
Holding the orange, Ye Ling peeled it as if it were a fun treasure. The juice from the peel splashed out and a fresh fruity fragrance filled the air.
Following the sweet smell, the calf looked over.
So Ye Ling took the peeled orange and walked towards the calf again. The calf stepped on its hooves nervously, wanting to run away, but staring at the orange in Ye Ling's hand.
Finally, when the calf made up his mind to leave, Ye Ling took small steps forward and put his hand on the calf's head and began to stroke it.
"Hehe~" Touching the swirl-like hair on the calf's head, Ye Ling laughed triumphantly, then handed a piece of orange flesh to the calf's mouth.
The calf stretched out its tongue to lick the orange flesh, and after several attempts, it rolled it into its mouth, chewed it, and then ate it silently. In this way, the calf was fed one orange flesh after another, and it gradually calmed down.
After stroking the calf, Ye Ling came to the big cow and watched it eat grass. Then he squatted down and hugged his knees to observe. Looking under the cow, he was a little eager to try.
"Slow down, Ye Ling." Bumansha stopped Ye Ling for the moment, then took out a tin bucket from the utility room and put it down next to the cow.
She first touched the cow, soothing it for a while, and wiped the milk with a warm cloth before placing the tin bucket under the cow and starting to squeeze it soothingly.
White juice spurted out, hitting the inner wall of the tin barrel and then flowing along the wall.
"When squeezing, don't use too much force, or the cow will feel pain, and might even kick you." Bumansa told Ye Ling the key points.
"Also, try to soothe the cows to prevent them from getting injured and becoming inflamed."
"Yeah." Ye Ling squatted aside and watched curiously and excitedly.
"Try it now, go slowly at first." Bumansa handed over the hot towel.
"Okay." Ye Ling wiped his hands with a towel, then held the pair and began to squeeze.
At first she was very cautious and nervous, but later when she saw that everything was going well, she gradually relaxed.
"It's not difficult~"
After squeezing out one, there was another. After squeezing them all, the bucket was almost half full.
"Hmm, it tastes a bit fishy." Looking at the warm milk in the bucket, Ye Ling originally wanted to drink some, but after twitching his nose, he became a little hesitant.
"Silly Ye Ling, you can't drink this directly." Loran Hill also came over at this time, squatting aside with a smile.
"Loran is right. It needs to be processed again." Then Bumansha walked into the house carrying the tin bucket.
After returning to the kitchen, Luo Lan and Ye Ling followed in.
"First, stir it." Bumansa took down a long pole with a round plate on the head from the wall.
Put this long rod into the milk and stir it continuously. Slowly, a layer of semi-solid white substance will gradually separate from the milk.
"The layer on top is butter." Bumansa pointed to the white oil-like substance on the top of the milk.
"Although it looks white now, if you take it out and heat it in a pot and cook it slightly, it will turn a light yellow."
"So awesome~" Ye Ling cheered.
"The white liquid below is the milk we normally drink, but it needs to be heated and sterilized before drinking."
"The butter from the top can be used to make cakes and bread, or stored, and the milk from the bottom can be added to baking ingredients. If you can't finish it, you can put it in a container and let it ferment. Then you can filter the water and cook and stir it to make cheese."
"These are the most common ingredients for making pastries." Bumansa introduced the uses of dairy products.
"So that's how butter is made. I used to think butter was just yellow oil." Ye Ling took the stick from Bumansha and continued stirring.
"Good job, little Ye Ling, I'll make you some cheese and cut it into cubes later."
Bumansha encouraged Ye Ling, who was working hard, so that Luo Lanxier couldn't tell whether she was really encouraging or exploiting the child labor. But Ye Ling was indeed very happy.
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