Chapter 44: The Horse Ranch
After breakfast the next morning, Li Minhao and Wang Peng drove a four-wheeled tractor to Sunshine Ranch. Jin Chonghuan, the steward of the ranch, was waiting for Li Minhao and Wang Peng at the entrance of the ranch early, and the four-wheeled tractor was docked to the side. Li Minhao hugged the baby and dragged the oil bottle, and the baby hid behind Li Minhao and looked around timidly, a little timid about the baby in a strange place.
Jin Chonghuan took Li Minhao and Wang Peng to visit the Sunshine Pasture, which has nearly 200 riding horses. "Mr. Lee, this area is a pasture area, there are 150 acres of grazing area, and there are grass wilt and pests and diseases, please come here."
Pasture area, grazing area, followed by a visit to the stables, ordinary stables, maternity wards, **stables, foals, sick horse isolation houses.
Li Minhao saw a round shed in front of him, pointed and asked. "Steward Jin, is this a training circle?"
Jin Chonghuan said proudly. "Yes, Sunshine Ranch has dozens of training circles, nearly 50 equestrian teachers, more than 10 horse races and several horse racing tracks, and has held major equestrian events several times. Mr. Li, please here, there is an equestrian to train the new horse. ”
Li Minhao led the baby to the training circle with Jin Chonghuan, and more than a dozen mixed-race riding horses were being trained. Wang Peng worked at Sunshine Ranch for a while, and whispered to Li Minhao, "Boss, Sunshine Ranch trains thousands of horses to ride all the mixed horses for Jeju Island every year. ”
"That's good." Li Minhao observed that the equestrians' skills were quite good, and the posture of the horses was elegant and relaxed. Li Minhao watched for a while, and Jin Chonghuan led Li Minhao to the office.
Sunshine Ranch is more professional, with complete supporting facilities such as forage room, infirmary, equipment room, etc., and several large trailers in the garage. Li Minhao talked with Jin Chonghuan from time to time along the way, and Jin Chonghuan was very happy to introduce some precautions for raising and riding horses.
"Wang, you are familiar with this place, you can choose the horses to help Mr. Li." Jin Chonghuan led Li Minhao and Wang Peng to the riding stable.
Most of the adult horses here are castrated and trained, Li Minhao followed him to the stable, Jin Chonghuan accompanied, Wang Peng and several staff members stepped forward to select the horses. "Boss, there is no problem with these thirty horses." Wang Peng marked the numbers one by one with black charcoal, and Li Minhao nodded. The ranch was some distance from the cave farm, and thirty half-breeds needed to be transferred.
"Steward Jin, I'm sorry for you." Li Minhao visited the Sunshine Ranch with the financial manager, selected the horses, returned to the office to drink a cup of hot coffee, discussed the payment, and the financial manager and Li Minhao discussed the pasture and cash settlement. Li Minhao nodded and agreed, and there were nearly 1,200 acres of pasture grass that could be harvested on the slopes of the cave farm, which was enough for the sunny pasture to spend the winter.
"Thank you so much, this is a gift for your daughter, I hope you like it." Jin Chonghuan was very happy that Li Minhao agreed so quickly, and glanced at the staff, a strong horse pulled a cute princess carriage led by the workers, unlike ordinary ponies, this is an adult dwarf hybrid horse.
Jujube red, strong body, four hooves with fist-size, about 80 centimeters high. Li Minhao was a little surprised, compared to riding a hybrid horse, the value of a little dwarf horse will not be lower or even higher.
The golden steward smiled, the forage problem was solved, and as for the dwarf horses, there were still two in the horse farm. The baby likes the pony very much, Li Minhao accepted it, and as a thank you, Li Minhao planned to take out an extra piece of grass. The golden steward was very excited, and personally sent the horses to the cave to express his gratitude.
When the horses arrived, the originally small stables were a little crowded, and Wang Peng found Li Minhao to discuss the construction of the stables. "Boss, these are a copy of the stable construction materials left by the gold steward, you can take a look."
Li Minhao looked through some information on the construction of the stable. "In this way, let's build a large stable first, a ** house and a young horse house, the delivery room is not needed now, and now the stable is changed to a sick stable, which can save a sum of money for the construction of a training circle and a cleaning pool, as well as a horse farm track."
This part of the hillside can be used as a grazing ground, and then a piece of land can be drawn as a running track to divide the cattle and sheep. It's more convenient, but it's less staffed.
Wang Peng nodded, because most of the purchases are castration horses, and it is not appropriate to have mixed horses as **. "Lao Wang, you have been working here for a long time, can you find someone else to be in charge of the horse farm, a busy job is too tiring."
Wang Peng nodded and told Li Minhao to go back and ask a few friends if they wanted to come over. "Okay, boss, I'll go to work first."
Li Minhao was busy all morning, returned to the small building to get clothes, went to the cave hot spring to take a bath, and was busy all morning, and his whole body was slimy and uncomfortable. After taking a bath, the whole person was much better, came to the glass greenhouse, watered and weeded for a while, and the cabbage grew well.
From the sound of horses' hooves from far and near, Li Minhao stood up with a smile and stretched his waist and walked out of the glass greenhouse. "Daddy, eat." The baby sat in the carriage, with a small pacifier in his mouth, a small bag on the side, revealing a few carrots, holding the reins in his little hand, dressed as a little knight, and wearing small gloves and hats.
A pony with a car and a small person, Li Minhao was amused by the baby's outfit. "Is the baby the clothes that Auntie gave you?"
"Beautiful sister, gift." The baby was happily holding a small teddy bear plush toy, and Li Minhao was slightly stunned. "Pretty sister?"
"Hmm." The baby nodded his little head and pulled the pony, but Li Minhao was a little curious. "Baby, let's go home." The baby Xiaohonghong ran very fast, and Li Minhao was a little hurried on a four-wheeled motorcycle.
Back in Xiaolou, Li Minhao saw the beautiful sister in the baby's mouth. "Hello, excuse me again." The girl got up to greet Li Minhao, and when they met so soon, Li Minhao smiled.
"Hello, welcome, please take a seat, have a drink, okay coffee?" Li Minhao made coffee, poured two cups and put them in front of the girl, and sat on the sofa to talk to the girl.
Park Hye-ri came to Jeju Island during the winter vacation of Seoul University and liked the climate of Jeju Island very much. "There's a lot of sea breeze here, and the temperature is good most of the time, but there is more rain."
"Let's eat together at noon." Liu Ping came over and said to Li Minhao, the lunch was ready.
Park Hye-ri hurriedly got up to say hello to Liu Ping and thanked Lee Min-ho. "I'm sorry to interrupt me."
Lee Min Ho took the baby and invited Park Hye Li to the table. "I don't know if Chinese food is to your taste."
Park Hye-ri nodded happily, with a hint of joy in the corners of her eyes. "Thank you, I like Chinese food."
After lunch, Lee Min-ho and Park Hye-ri talked a lot, but they didn't expect Park Hye-ri to be quite proficient in farm management and development. "Thank you for your hospitality, I'm sorry to bother."
Lee Min Ho sent Park Hye Li away, and the baby was a little reluctant. "Sister will come back tomorrow, baby let's feed the chicks." Lee Min Ho sent Park Hye Li away and took the baby to feed the chicks.
The baby followed the father closely with a small bowl of feed and the farts worm. "The chicks are hungry." The baby sprinkled a small handful of feed, the chicks gathered very happily, the baby was very happy, the little hand grabbed the feed, stretched and loosened, and the chicks chased. Li Minhao watched from the side, and the twenty chicks were in good spirits.
"Baby, the chicks are going to sleep after a while." Li Minhao coaxed the baby to play for a while, and when the nap time came, the baby fell asleep in his father's arms in a daze.
Li Minhao took the baby back to the small building and put it away, added diapers, and came out to talk to Liu Ping. Driving a four-wheeled transport motorcycle to the street, he came to the middleman introduced by Jin Chonghuan to order the materials needed to build the stable.
"We need a single-storey, multi-row stable, with about forty horses." Li Minhao chose several sets of plans, which still need to be inspected on the spot, and the site selection of the stables and the follow-up supporting facilities, these many aspects need to be inspected before deciding things. Back at the farm, Li Minhao saw Wang Peng cleaning the stables, stepped forward to help, tidy up, and spread hay.
Wang Peng said to Li Minhao while cleaning the stable. "Boss, one of my fellows is willing to come over and help, he is an equestrian master who can take care of the horses."
"You can come over quickly, there's too much going on on the farm." Li Minhao still trusts Wang Peng, Wang Peng cleans up the garbage in the stable and loads it on the cart.
"You can come over tomorrow morning, I've already told him." Wang Peng pushed the cart, and Li Minhao nodded. "The room needs to be tidied up."
"I'll tell Liu Ping, boss, horse harness and some items that horses need, and Wu Zhen will ask about it tomorrow." Wang Peng put it in the car and piled up the horse manure.
The baby woke up and didn't see his father, Liu Ping helped the baby get dressed, and the baby opened his mouth and drove the carriage to find his father. "Daddy, carrots." After feeding the pony the baby's carrots, he pulls his father towards the greenhouse and pulls the turnips. The pony rubbed the baby, and the two little ones got along well.
Li Minhao opened the small door, and the baby got into it for a while and came out with a bunch of carrots. After feeding the pony, the baby went to play with the fawn.
Lee Min-ho's phone rang, seed shop. "yes, that's great, I'm sorry for you." When the seeds arrived, Li Minhao drove a four-wheeled bicycle to the street, there were a lot of seeds, and with the help of the clerk, he got into the car. Li Minhao returned to the garage and put it first, the speed of the sunshine ranch lawn mower is not slow, and new grass seeds can be sown tomorrow.
Li Minhao called Wang Peng to ask if it was appropriate to sow grass seeds. "The grass seeds need to wait another month for them to look, and they need to be planted on a trial basis."
Li Minhao nodded, a pasture of hundreds or thousands of acres, and two or three acres were planted first. "The trial planting will start tomorrow, the effect is good, and the seeds can be planted at any time."
The next day, Wu Zhen came over, a middle-aged swarthy Northeast man, who was bold, Li Minhao talked to him about the treatment, paid a month's salary, and the matter was discussed.
There is one more person, and many things do not need to be done by Li Minhao himself, riding a horse along the farm in the morning, riding two circles around the farm, waving a whip to drive the sheep, riding a horse to herd the sheep, Li Minhao said that he was idle.
The baby has a new toy pony cart, and the baby's cheerful laughter and clattering hooves can be heard everywhere on the farm.