In the evening, An Feng held a laptop and placed it on the kitchen counter, intending to learn the teaching content in the video to fry a few steaks. Old John came in with a plate, and when he saw An Feng about to watch the video and stare at the frying pan again, he smiled and said, "Hey, boss, look what I brought you?" ”

"Roast lamb?" An Feng wiped his hands and took the plate handed over by Old John, a pure charcoal roast sheep, sprinkled with pepper and cumin, exuding a strong fragrance, taking a bite, oily but not greasy, the meat juice was delicious, swallowed in the stomach, the mouth still had an endless aftertaste. He gave a thumbs up: "Awesome! ”

"Here's some lamb from old cowboy Mark," said Old Covenant, "and we've roasted a few of them, and I'm sure you'll be hungry when Miss Stanwell isn't there." ”

I said this as if I didn't know how to cook...... An Feng hurriedly went to turn over the steak that had been baked, well, it was indeed a little bit worse. He finally gave up, ate the mutton and the blistered vegetables he had made, and asked old John about the sheep.

"Free-range lamb?" An Feng asked.

"The meat will be better this way." Old John said, "Mark also has a few sheep at home, and occasionally killing one can eat half a month. If you are interested, we can enclose a small piece of land to come out and breed in captivity, which does not take up much space, and usually let a few resident workers feed some pasture. ”

An Feng's eyes lit up, anyway, his land is big, and the cultivation of grapes only accounts for about 300 acres, and some of the remaining places are just able to raise some cattle and sheep. "Old John, go buy some sheep when you have time."

Old John smiled and agreed.

An Feng felt that his vineyard was really wonderful, with sheep and dogs, and the name of a cowboy on his back. Where can a cowboy not have his own mount?

The next day I told Joanna about it, and she promised to leave immediately.

Driving an open-top Ferrari and running on the National Highway 101 with a unique style, Joanna tied her hair up, wore a small coat to look youthful, listened to her talk about raising horses, and laughed all the way.

There are no shortage of convertibles on the road, and Joanna says most of them are touristy. "It's not the best route, it's the best way to turn from SLO to Highway 1, which leads to Monterey, and it's one of the most beautiful roads in the United States, surrounded by mountains, full of sea and sky, and lush greenery."

"I've heard of Route 1, which runs all along the coastline, with the Pacific Ocean on one side and the mountains on the other, and that sounds like a great idea!"

During the small talk, I walked all the way in a straight line, from SLO to the northern region of California, and followed the instructions of the navigator into one of the cities in Santa Clara County. An Feng felt very strange, the translator usually gave XX county and XX city, which was different from the expression of XX city and XX county in China, and he misunderstood it many times.

I didn't stop in the city, I went out of the road, went around the mountain path, and "off-road" for a few hundred meters before arriving at the horse farm.

After An Feng parked, he immediately checked to see if his car had any scratches, just that section of the road, there were potholes and repaired road conditions, fortunately, during the day, he raised the chassis, but he also drove with fear. If you can't see clearly at night, I'm afraid that a sports car with such a low chassis will have to hang up.

"It seems that the United States also has a tofu slag sea sand project." An Feng muttered and walked into the horse farm with Joanna, the boss had been waiting for a long time.

The horse farm is not large, more than forty acres, but the condition and equipment are very good, five standard stables, two racecourses and two horse training fields, as well as a special forage warehouse, and on the other side of the horse farm gate is a family-run shop, full of all kinds of knightly supplies, very professional.

Joanna is in charge of talking to the boss, and An Feng plays the role of a foil. In his eyes, every horse was good, tall and beautiful...... Is there anything else besides these? Joanna tutored him before she came, and they mainly bought warmblood horses this time.

Hot-blooded horses are difficult to tame, and they are mainly used on the track, cold-blooded horses are very hard-working, and are generally used as farm horses, and warm-blooded horses are a cross between the two, used for riding, showing, and equestrian sports. Following Joanna, she didn't feel dirty at all, and looked at it carefully.

"First of all, look at the length and shape relationship between the horse's head and neck, shoulders, back and waist, and limbs, and it is good to have moderate proportions." Joanna gave An Feng a lesson on the spot, pointing to one of the black quart horses, "Like this horse, the neck is a little thin." ”

"It also depends on the various joint parts of the horse body, and the compact structure is better. Carefully inspect the limbs, joints, hooves, etc., and be careful not to have disqualifications or damage signs. Joanna said as she eliminated another horse that An Feng thought was good. If you buy it yourself, you will definitely be pitted.

After ordering a few alternative horses, Joanna led the horse for a walk, observed whether there were sports injuries through movements, pressed various parts of the horse's body with her hands, observed the reaction, judged the temperament, etc. After a complete set of professional processes, even the owner of the racecourse is impressed.

An Feng admired on the side, fortunately, he brought an expert over, look at how do you profiteers still cheat me? After a lot of hard work, Joanna's shortlist came out, and there were five horses on the list, all of which were different in color and height, but they all looked mighty.

Then he had a seizure and said, "Then buy them all." ”

Joanna shook her head when she heard this: "No, the batch I chose are all good horses with pedigree certificates, and it is best to have a special owner to take care of it one-on-one." After you choose it all the time, a good horse is not adequately cared for and exercised, and being put in the stable will only make it develop a bad temper and bad talent. ”

An Feng didn't expect to be so particular, he had to step forward to check these horses one by one, they all looked good, I don't know which one to choose. Looking left and right, suddenly his eyes met a pair of big eyes, and he looked closely at a horse, with a big horse face facing him, and his nose snorted.

An Feng stepped forward, reached out and gently touched its head, the soft hair brushed from the palm, maybe it was itchy, the horse's head shook a little, trying to find something to rub, An Feng scratched it, withdrew his hand with a smile, and nodded to Joanna: "It's this one, I feel that it likes me." ”

Joanna looked at it: "The Andalusian horse, the color is quite rare, four and a half years old, 165 cm tall, muscular, good!" ”

Then, An Feng pointed to the remaining horses and said, "Joanna, you can choose one too." ”

"Me?" Joanna pointed to herself in some surprise.

"You know that I don't have this technique, watching horses completely depends on feeling, you are better at it, do me a favor."

"Then I chose." Joanna fell in love with a brown Arabian horse at a glance, and An Feng found that she had been in contact with this horse for the longest time just now, and there was a love in her eyes. It was up to her to choose, and sure enough, it was it. Looking at the information in the boss's hand, it was more than five years old, and its father had won good rankings in some small equestrian competitions, and combined with its height, it felt quite compatible with Joanna.

Both horses were not cheap, the parents were genetically good, and the offer was more than $30,000, and the two ended up selling for $60,000. Considering the size of the stables at home, family and friends will come to play or something in the future, he asked Joanna to choose three Quart horses that passed by, and spent more than 30,000 yuan.

After choosing a horse, the cowboy could not be without equipment, and An Feng visited the shop of the horse farm.

He preferred the western style, so he chose a delicate handmade saddle, dark red, with beautiful hand-carved paintings on the sides, although the handicraft was twice as expensive as the ordinary saddle, but he felt it was worth it. I also bought a complete set of high-grade cowhide halters, water strands, horse whips, helmets, vests, riding boots and other riding supplies, and the boss also gave a silver belt buckle, western style, special belt feeling.

"Joanna, do you see if there's anything else to add?" An Feng asked the experts around him. Joanna added some items that An Feng didn't expect, belts, leggings and cleaning supplies for the stable, according to the specifications of five horses, a complete set is not cheap.

No wonder they all say that equestrianism is an aristocratic sport, this trip took less than half a day, I signed a check for 120,000 US dollars, which is equivalent to half a Ferrari, and this is only the primary level, if you want to raise a pure-blooded racehorse, it is impossible without tens of millions.

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