Chapter 14: Buying Cattle and Horses and Adding Household Goods (3)
One by one, he test-drove the three selected horses, Thomas was satisfied, the owner of the horse farm was also satisfied, and the only thing that was not satisfied was Ju'an's wallet.
When it was time to load the car, Ju'an found out that he was in trouble, the brown ponies he picked were unwilling to get into the car, and the old Thomas was so angry that his white beard was almost cocked, and finally the three of them stroked it for a long time, and said good things for a long time with their ears in their ears, and then blindfolded and got the little guy into the car.
On the way, Thomas was still a little dissatisfied with the little guy, and then introduced the Friesland in detail, it turned out that only black horses could be certified Friesian horses, and the rest of the colors were not recognized, even if the black forehead could only have small stars at most, long meteors, and white faces were unacceptable.
Ju An listened, it didn't matter, he didn't want to pursue any famous horse bloodline, just like it. Then he apologized to Thomas, Thomas was also for his own ranch, and the serious and responsible attitude of old Thomas made Juan very admired.
The next horse farm is still a small family horse farm, slightly larger than the first horse farm, located at the foot of Crazy Mountain, when the old Thomas took Juan to park the car, the owner of the horse farm greeted him, gave Thomas a big hug, and then came to a big bear hug with Juan.
The owner of the horse farm is in his fifties, tall and burly figure, with a golden belt buckle on the bulging belly, and then Thomas Sr. introduced the owner of the horse farm Jason, it turned out that the old Jason was an excellent competitive cowboy when he was young, according to Thomas, almost every bone was broken, and later after getting married, his wife did not want him to engage in such a dangerous competitive performance, so he specialized in running the horse farm, and it is said that he still holds the Montana record for riding a wild horse without a saddle.
Listening to Thomas's praise, old Jason suddenly smiled happily. insisted on pulling two people to visit his honor room, and when he entered the living room of old Jason's house, Ju'an felt a little dizzy.
An entire wall of the living room is lined with belt buckles, and near the fireplace are a dozen saddles, which should hardly be called saddles but should be called works of art, some wrapped in silver ornaments carved with various patterns, each of which is extremely luxurious and breathtaking.
After listening to the old Jason introduce what kind of competition this is, what kind of competition it is, after introducing it for a while, a girl came in, with half-length blonde hair tied back her head, wearing a purple checkered long-sleeved shirt on her upper body, loose jeans on her lower body, and long riding boots on her feet, and the kind with spurs, which is indescribably heroic.
Jason Sr. introduced Juan to his daughter, Lily.
After shaking hands, Lily heard that Ju An was from China, looked at Ju An curiously, and then reminded Jason that the horse had been picked out, and Jason's wife Isha invited the guests over.
Jason Sr. took Thomas to the fence and began to accompany Thomas to choose, while Juan leaned on the fence with his hands and watched the horses in the fence.
"Hey, are you from China?" said Lily as she walked up to Ju An, holding the railing with her right hand, her big blue eyes staring at Ju An in amazement.
"Hmm" Ju An was a little nervous when he was so close to a blonde beauty for the first time.
Lily looked at Ju An's slightly blushing face, smiled and asked again: "Is the Great Wall fun, is the Forbidden City really big, is it the largest palace in the world?"
Ju An touched his nose and said helplessly: "I haven't been to the Great Wall and the Forbidden City, so I don't know how to answer your question."
"If I have time, I must go and see it, I just saw the Great Wall in the atlas, it is really spectacular, winding on the top of the mountain, I really don't know how you Chinese built it thousands of years ago, it's so great" Lily's eyes reflected the light of excitement.
Looking at the excited eyes of this young girl, Ju An said enthusiastically: "I also want to see the Great Wall, and if I don't go to the Great Wall, I am not a hero." Then he explained to this foreign girl what it means to not be a hero if you can't get the Great Wall.
"If you have time, we might be able to go to BJ to see the Great Wall together," Ju An said with a smile.
Lily smiled and asked, "Are you asking me out?"
"Ahem, ahem" Ju An blushed at the cheerful girl.
Lily looked at Juan and laughed briskly.
Beyond this awkward topic, Juan and Lily talked about the ranch he had bought. The new name of his ranch was mentioned, Creek River Ranch.
"I can't see that you're the one who bought the Straw Hat Ranch, you really don't look like a billionaire," Lily looked at Juan curiously.
"What billionaire," Ju An asked, puzzled.
"You don't know? The most shocking news of this period of time is this, the newspaper said that a young billionaire in the east bought a ranch for 47 million dollars, and everyone was talking about this, and they all said that the old guy in the east who didn't know which money was more and didn't know how to spend it was getting nervous," Lily said.
"Oh, I haven't read the newspaper in the past few days," Juan smiled and looked at Lily with a look of surprise on her face.
"You're not old, you're young, I can tell my friends that I've met a billionaire, and I'm not an old guy," Lily smiled happily.
Looking at Lily, who was full of interest, Ju An was a little speechless, it seemed that neither domestic nor foreign races could stop women's gossip.
Then the two of them chatted about Ju'an's ranch.
"Lily, your phone" A girl slightly older than Lily walked over and said to Lily.
The eyebrows and eyes are somewhat similar to Lily's, but her face is thinner than Lily's, she is much taller than Lily, basically about the same height as Ju'an, and she wears a white cowboy hat, a blue shirt, and high riding boots.
"This is my sister, Reese, sister, this is what they call the boring old man of the East these days," Lily said with a smile.
"Don't be so rude, Lily, go find your friends," Reese looked at Juan apologetically.
Lily stuck out her tongue and ran away laughing.
"I'm sorry, Lily didn't mean anything," Reese looked at Ju An and stretched out her hand.
"It's okay, Lily is cheerful," Juan shook hands with Reese.
After chatting with Ju An for a few words, Reese said sorry and went to go about her own business.
Juan continued to watch Thomas and Jason choose their horses.
Old Jason led the horse's head, Thomas lifted the hind legs of a chestnut horse, and the two old men were chatting about something. These days, Ju'an's feeling for the people here is that he is enthusiastic, cheerful, and meticulous in his work, just like old Thomas, who has won Ju'an's trust in a few days.
In this way, basking in the warm sunshine and looking at the beautiful scenery around me, there is no indescribable tranquility in my heart, there is no hustle and bustle of the city, only the unknown birds around are chirping happily, there is no constraint on clocking in and out, and the whole person is lazy and brisk.
I don't know how long it took for Juan to recover from the sight in front of him, and by this time old Thomas had also chosen his horse.
"Ann, I've picked six, four quartes, two wild horses, you come and see" Old Thomas beckoned to Juan, Juan retracted his thoughts, and walked over to Thomas.
Six horses with shiny coats have been put together, this time the colors are much better than in the morning, there is a big green horse, and a black satin, and the rest are still the same old chestnut color, these horses are all about six or seven years old, all of them are well-trained pasture horses.
Ju An looked at it casually, then nodded, to be honest, Ju An only looked at the appearance of the horse, what hurt and what physique, it was ignorant.
Put the six big guys on the trailer and the sun was setting by the time we got back to our ranch.
Wynne and Nancy had gathered the cattle and sheep together for the three of them to watch, and it was already dark as they got the ten big ones into the stables and added the fodder.
After a simple dinner, and a few big bones for the tiger head, Ju An walked to the porch, poured a cup of tea and sat on the rocking chair, looking at the starry sky, drinking two sips of tea, from time to time there were a few cows and sheep in the ears, and then the tiger head and their babbling sounds, very comfortable.
Then old Thomas came over, and Juan poured a cup of tea for old Thomas, and invited him to sit down.
"Why don't Wynne and Nancy come out and walk around," Juan asked.
"Nancy has gone to the stables to take care of the horses, and Wynne is in the storeroom to inspect the machinery, and in a few days the grass will be ready for the winter, and this is not to be done," replied old Thomas, "and to-morrow they will probably get up at half past five, and first drive the cattle and sheep to their respective pastures, and then clean the stables, and brush the horses, and so on."
"Then what is my task tomorrow?" asked Juan.
Thomas smiled and said: "Boss, there is no arrangement, you can sleep until dawn, but if you want, you can also get up at half past five tomorrow to help clean up the stables and sweep the horse manure, by the way, Ann, how are your riding skills?" ”。
Ju An smiled: "I've ridden for about twenty or thirty hours, and there is no problem with riding a horse."
"Then tomorrow, after brushing the horse, I will pick you a docile one, and I will take a look at the field," Thomas Sr. nodded.
"Well, then I'll work hard for you tomorrow," Juan thanked Thomas.
"God willing, the pasture is getting better and better, I just looked at it, the grass grows very well, I have sat for most of my life cowboy has never seen such a good pasture, much thicker than the general grass, the blades of grass are twice as wide, we have a sentence here, the pasture is not raised cattle and sheep, the grass is raised, only the fat pasture can raise good cattle and sheep" When it comes to the pasture, Thomas is a little excited.
That is the brother did not dare to add more soil to the pond water, if there are two more buckets of water, it is estimated that the cow has just finished eating today, and the grass will open up overnight, that will not scare you to death, and I am secretly complacent.
After chatting with Thomas for a few more words, Thomas got up, saying that he was going to see the cattle and sheep, and reminded Ju'an if he could, if he could, get a few more dogs like Tiger Head, and praised Tiger Head a few, saying that he was too smart, and he was about to surpass the old cattle dog.
Yes, the next time I go back to China, I will get a few Chinese pastoral dogs, first raise them in the space for a while, and when I release them, Ju An looked at the starry sky and quickly calculated in his heart.