393.Sheep Shearing (4/5)
If it weren't for the Mexican pretty boy who immediately said that he was joking, if it weren't for Lao Wang's recollection of the fact that this guy had hooked up with several beauties when he was recruiting in Dunedin last month, he would definitely be worried about his chrysanthemum.
Viciously tapped the Mexican beauty with his finger, and Lao Wang said angrily: "Can this kind of thing be a joke?" You're almost disqualified from standing behind me! ”
The Mexican pretty boy sneered, "Life needs a little vitality, doesn't it?" ”
"You can't live if you're not crazy! Get to work! ”
The work of holding the bachelorette ball was handed over to the Mexican pretty boys, and Wang Bo had to shear the sheep on the pasture, and of course, the grass mud horses, whose hair was more precious.
Mottark helped him find 10 workers, saying that each person could shear 300 sheep a day, and that the ranch now has 10,000 sheep, which can be done in about four days.
Wang Bo has no experience in sheep shearing and doesn't understand anything, and he has to rely on Bowen and the cowboys, which was their basic job when he was in Texas.
From the decision to shear the sheep to the present, it took nearly a month, mainly due to the bad weather.
Shearing needs to choose sunny days, because you have to work for four or five days in a row, so these four or five days must be sunny.
A few days ago, although there were a lot of sunny days, every pasture was shearing sheep, and the workers did not have time to come out to take on private work. When the workers have time, it is often not good weather, so it is delayed.
Wang Bo set up a shearing farm outside the pasture, the regular ranch has a special shearing factory, but his land does not have one, Bowen chose a small hill and spread a special mat on it to create a temporary shearing factory.
At the end of November, the temperature has risen completely, and the shearing work is about to begin.
Motak came to the town with ten workers, who brought their own tools, scissors, whetstones, iodine, etc., such as mats and ropes.
Wang Bo knew that it was best to shear sheep on an empty stomach, and the cowboys sorted the sheep herd, and the sheep that were to be sheared that day had to be driven out of the pasture a day in advance.
The pasture grass has been improved, not only nutritious but also tastes good, and after getting used to it, the ordinary wild grass outside is not the sheep's food, and they would rather go hungry than eat, and their stomachs will be hungry at the end of the day.
The cowboys were responsible for driving the flock, and ten workers specialized in shearing, and they went to the low mound and signaled the cowboys to drive the sheep.
Someone kindly suggested: "Good luck Chinese, you'd better find a few more people to drive the flock, we are very fast, it may be beyond your expectations." ”
Good Luck Chinese is Wang Bo's new nickname, naturally because he won the must-be-won prize, and also because he inherited a piece of high-quality land, which is also considered good luck by the locals.
Wang Bo smiled: "You can rest assured that you will do a good job, and the speed at which my men drive the sheep will be beyond your expectations." ”
There are two cowboys grazing, and four cowboys are indeed relatively small for ten people to drive the sheep, but there are still six princes and assistants such as Zhuangding, the queen, and Xiao Wang.
The sheep were simply fenced off with wooden fences, and when they were released they wanted to run into the pasture, and the dogs immediately rushed over and barked to drive them back to the right path, one by one to the high ground.
Both the queen and the prince usually help the cowboys to graze, so the sheep have become accustomed to their cries and honestly obey orders.
Watching the dogs drive the sheep up, the workers exclaimed:
"My God, these Rottweilers are so smart, and such wonderful shepherd dogs?"
"Look, there's a lion in Peterson! No, the tiger, no, it's like a lion, why is there markings on it? ”
"Is that a liger or a tiger lion? Does anyone else in New Zealand have this thing? It's a surprise! ”
Xiao Wang shook his head and ran in small steps, and when he saw people pointing at it, he glared at it with disdain: Look at the Nima coin, look, haven't you seen the lion tiger beast or what?
A sheep took the opportunity to run into the pasture, Xiao Wang rushed over in two strides, slapped the sheep to the ground, opened his mouth and grabbed the sheep's neck, and dragged it back like a bag......
The other sheep were low-browed, well-behaved and obedient, and Xiao Wang roared in that direction, and they went wherever they went.
The workers were all watching Xiao Wang and the group of sensible dogs, Motak yelled a few times in a thick voice, they laughed and dispersed, picked up the electrical scissors and got to work.
Sheep shearing is a one-time job, which requires the shears to be laid flat against the sheep's skin, so that the stubble is left short and neat. If you don't cut it neatly, you can't cut it again, and you don't have time to cut it again.
During the shearing process, the most important thing is not to cut the skin, otherwise it is easy to get infected. Of course, there are so many sheep that some of them will cut their skins, so the workers carry iodine and iodine wine, and once the skin is broken, it must be smeared and disinfected.
Wang Bo took a wool shear and asked for advice: "Can you shear it slowly?" I want to learn. ”
Mottac smiled and asked, "Why are you learning this?" Ready to take part in a sheep shearing competition at the Bull Club? ”
Wool is an important source of income on New Zealand farms, a necessity for all people's lives, and every household has a few pieces of clothing such as a woollen sweater, and in this country, sheep shearing is not only farm work, but also a sport.
In spring and autumn, New Zealand holds a variety of sheep shearing competitions, and skilled workers can demoult a sheep in a minute, and this kind of person often has a high status and high income in the pasture.
There's even a 1,500-square-metre sheep shearing museum in the town of Masterton in Wellington, which is dedicated to visitors.
"I'm looking forward to competing like that, but before that, I'm going to have to shear my two fat cats, so I have to learn the skill," Wang explained. ”
"Then let old Peterson teach you, he's the magician of light and shadow in the ranch, and the best shearing guy I know."
Mottark's teacher, a burly black man in his fifties, shook hands with Wang Bo and reached out to drag a sheep to his side.
The sheep bleated and kicked on all fours, but no matter how he could not escape his control, and according to Wang Bo's observation, the black man had not used much force.
Peterson explained to him: "Before you start shearing, you should lay the sheep down and tie it up, I mean, at first, if you're a veteran, then it's very simple, I'll show you how." ”
As he spoke, he lifted the sheep's head, and the electric scissors in his right hand first cut in a straight line from the thigh part forward, and then cut parallel to this line in turn, cutting the hair on the legs, abdomen and head in three times and dividing five by two.
Then he began to shear the wool on his back, and saw the scissors fly, and a layer of wool fell in an orderly manner, and after half a minute he sheared the hair on the opposite side, and in less than two minutes, the sheep's wool coat was taken off. (To be continued.) )