Chapter 34: The Road Test
Qin Xu got up early the next day, he didn't catch up to brush Xiaobai yesterday, and he was going to brush it today.
After washing, I put on jeans, riding boots, and a casual t-shirt, and rushed to the makeshift stables.
When Qin Xu arrived, he found that John had already cleaned up the stable, and he was waiting for Qin Xu to brush his little white.
After seeing Qin Xu coming, John took out the satin-black quart that Mobecca had ridden yesterday.
said to Qin Xu: "Boss, I'll teach you how to brush a horse, your own horse, if you brush it yourself every day, it's easier to cultivate feelings."
After speaking, he motioned to Qin Xu to get the tools, and then explained to Qin Xu: "Boss, you have to come over every morning to brush the horse,
If left unwashed, sweat stains and mud can abrasive the skin, especially under the saddle and in the leggings. ”
After a pause, John continued: "And by brushing the horse every day, you will find out the mental and physical condition of your horse for the first time. Skin diseases, parasites and sports trauma can all be detected in time"
After speaking, he stepped forward and lifted the horse's hooves, and looked at Qin Xu after also lifting Xiaobai's hooves.
John said: "Boss, you hold its ball joints with your hands, and then use the hoof hook, starting from the heels, to slowly clean off the dirt on it,
But you have to beware, horses' hoof forks are very sensitive, be careful when cleaning up!"
After Qin Xu had finished cleaning all four hooves, John said again: "Next, use the horse crow to comb the fallen horse hair."
The rubber horse crotch can remove the dirt, mud and debris from the horse's skin.
During the grooming process, it is necessary to comb in the direction of the growth of horsehair. This keeps the horse clean.
During grooming, use a little force and comb in a circular motion, but avoid the horse's face, spine and legs. ”
After speaking, he motioned to Qin Xu to try, although he hadn't done it before. But John said it so clearly, and there was a live demonstration, so Qin Xu had no problem doing it, although it was a little clumsy.
After brushing, John changed to a stiff brush, "The stiff brush is used to brush off the dirt and hair that has been combed out of the horse.
When using a stiff brush, you should comb it in the direction of the fur to ensure that the dirt on the fur is brushed off.
The stiff bristle brush starts combing from the neck up to the tail, but don't use too much force when combing the fur on the legs, otherwise it will hurt the horse"
In this way, John explained the reason while demonstrating to Qin Xu,
"Clean the underneath with a soft brush. A soft brush can wash all parts of the horse (with extra care when brushing the face).
The soft-bristled brush brushes away dirt and hair from all surfaces. ”
Finally, clean the horse's face. Use a damp sponge or damp towel to wipe the horse's eyes and nose.
Change to another damp sponge or towel to wipe the base of your tail. Because these areas are damp due to mud or mucus secretion for a long time, they need to be cleaned frequently.
When cleaning, it is important to remember to be gentle as these are sensitive parts of the horse. ”
After brushing the horse's face, Qin Xu began to brush his mane and tail again.
Use a wide-toothed flat comb to comb your mane and tail. Layer the bristles with your fingers before combing,
In this way, all the manes are combed layer by layer.
When a set of processes was done, Qin Xu was also tired, and both arms were sore and sore, until he looked at Xiaobai's eyes looking at him, and suddenly felt that any suffering should be done.
After brushing Xiaobai, after riding it for a few laps in the pasture,
followed John to the grazing area, because Qin Xu felt that he should learn some ranch work, so this heavy responsibility naturally fell on John's head.
The two rode their horses for a while, and when they passed by the sheep, they saw Wren, so they went over to say hello.
Looking at the flock, Qin Xu said, "Rennes, how many sheep are there here now?"
Wren leaned over on a big green horse, and said, "Boss, there are five hundred merino sheep and twenty Surrey alpacas here,"
Is it the cyber beast?
Qin Xu became interested and looked up at the flock.
Sure enough, in the middle of a group of Merino sheep, there were several tall divine beasts "grass mud horses"
Taking out his mobile phone, Qin Xu slapped at the divine beast for a while, and dismounted and asked John to help him take a few group photos with the divine beast!
However, the divine beast obviously didn't give much face to this boss, so he directly started a war of words, and reluctantly took a few photos, and Qin Xu fled in the wilderness!
John and Wren laughed when they saw it, and John said, "Boss, it's not familiar with you yet, but they're actually very docile." ”
With a stupid shrug, Qin Xu got on his horse and followed John and continued to drive towards the herd.
When they got to the herd, it was now the Locke brothers watching,
John said, "Boss, let's teach you how to tie up calves today,"
After speaking, he picked up the lasso in his hand, swung it vigorously a few times, and then suddenly let go and threw it out, accurately hitting a calf who was spreading joy outside the herd.
After the noose was hit, John neatly tied the noose to the saddle, turned over and dismounted, and went straight to the calf.
And the chestnut quart under his crotch also cooperated to stand still, tightening the lasso so that the calf could not break free.
Watching John Lisso put the calf to the ground, and then tied up the four hooves,
Qin Xu, who was watching this scene, gave a thumbs up and said to John: "John, it's really good, I can't tell that you are over forty at all." ”
John smiled: "These are the basic skills of cowboys, boss, you try." As he spoke, he handed the noose in his hand to Qin Xu.
Qin Xu took the lasso, followed John's example, waved it a few times, and threw it at a calf when he felt that it was almost there.
The result was obvious, a few meters away from the calf, the lasso fell weakly on the grass.
Qin Xu smiled awkwardly, withdrew the lasso, continued to lose, and continued to withdraw......
The emperor lived up to his wishes, and finally let Qin Xu get an unlucky egg,
However, when Qin Xu excitedly dismounted and was about to tie up. The second cargo Xiaobai also followed, and the result was that the calf easily broke free from the noose and fled.
Qin Xu was so depressed, looking at Xiao Bai's innocent eyes, one hoof was still digging the ground, as if he also knew that he had done something wrong!
When he was staring at Xiaobai, the mobile phone rang, Qin Xu suddenly breathed a sigh of relief, he was really a little embarrassed,
Picking it up and hearing it, Qin Xu couldn't help but get excited again, damn road test, you're finally here!
It turned out to be a phone call from the driving school, informing him to go to the motor vehicle management center in Revere in the afternoon to take a road test!
Suddenly there was no interest in continuing to be embarrassed here, and I said hello to John. After asking him to come over in the afternoon to send him to Revere, he turned over and ran back!
Just after lunch, John drove Qin Xu and came to Revere's Motor Vehicle Management Office. The coach black aunt was already waiting at the door.
Qin Xu asked John to find a café first, waiting to celebrate his triumph and pick up the fat aunt. I drove the car into the exam room.
It just happened that the last candidate got off the bus after the exam, his face was full of excitement, and Qin Xu was more confident about today's exam after reading it.
After a while, the examiner came up, a middle-aged white man with a serious face. Seeing that Qin Xu's car was actually a Ford 750, he couldn't help but be stunned!
However, I still confirmed it responsibly, and the two people in the front seat can only start the car after they have written down their seat belts.
Adjust the left and right exterior mirrors, rearview mirrors, and the middle-aged instructor asked Qin Xu to honk, headlights, high lights, left turn lights, right turn lights, brakes, wipers, EmergencyFlashers, defogging, gestures (left turn, right turn, stop).
Then test "parallel parking", reverse control, 90-degree reverse cornering, emergency braking;
Next, take the road test, turn left, cross the intersection, turn right, stop on a ramp, speed control, stop on the side of the road, etc.
However, that's all normal procedures.
The fact is this: after checking the condition of the car, Qin Xu set off from the DMV,
At an intersection where the red light turned right, Qin Xu stopped the car, turned his head to look left and right, and after reading it, Qin Xu felt that there was a certain distance from the oncoming car on the left, so he turned right!
Before moving half of the car, there was a "bang", the brakes were stepped on by the examiner, and the mouth shouted dangerously,
Qin Xu was dumbfounded, looking at the failure shown by the middle-aged examiner, with a confused face, what the hell is this?