Chapter 50: Rodeo (End)

The fierce competition is thrilling, Ju An and Wu Ming are commenting while watching, well, this player is good, the posture is good, and he stays for a long time, oops! This guy was so unlucky, he didn't stay stunned for two seconds before he was thrown off, ah, it's so hanging, this cowboy almost hit the ground with his head.

As soon as the Saddle Riding was over, it was announced on the radio that the morning race was over and everyone had an hour's rest.

Everyone came out of the arena one after another, to buy something to eat in the simple store outside, basically there were no seats, groups of foreigners outside, basically holding food in their hands, standing and gnawing, because many of them are a family of old and young, so you can see everywhere outside the field, holding food while walking and gnawing on the foreigner holding his son or riding his daughter on his shoulder.

Ju'an's group of people also followed the local customs, queued up for each person a hot dog or hamburger, a drink, in the hand, feasted, a group of people ate and walked, walked farther, and found some smart people among the foreigners, this family brought a big cloth, spread on the grass outside the field, and also with a picnic basket, the cloth spread a few plastic boxes of different sizes, the inside was colorful, and the family started a picnic outside. Look at what sausages, steaks, and hamburgers in their hands are looking at them, and Ju An is annoyed, knowing that he should also bring a lunch to eat, so he doesn't need to nibble on a hamburger, even if he brings a few meat buns.

Before Ju An finished his annoyance, a Chinese sentence came from the side: "I took a photo in the morning, hey, I didn't officially look at the game, it's a loss" Ju An looked at it, it was the camera brother who noticed in the morning, and laughed after thinking about it.

Wu Ming saw Ju An smirking, biting the hamburger and asking, "What are you smirking at, why did you see a beautiful woman running naked?" ”。 Of course, it was in Chinese, and the three Yanmar girls next to me couldn't understand it.

Ju An explained in English that the camera brother in the morning looked at a lot of eyes and found that he was taking pictures. Now complaining that they didn't see the game, the three Yanmar classmates also laughed.

After eating the hamburger in his hand and chatting with Yanmar for a while, Reese and Dinah said that they were going to prepare for the afternoon game, so they couldn't talk to you.

Wu Ming was interested when he heard this, and expressed his desire to visit their horse carriage. Wu Ming said: "If it's convenient, can you take us to see your horse car, I want to visit."

Dinah and Reese happily agreed. Ju An had no choice but to ask his parents to pay attention to the four leather monkeys and not let them get lost. followed Wu Ming and three Yanmar classmates to see the car.

On the way, watching the three Yanmar classmates walk to the front, Ju An secretly said in Chinese: "You kid be serious, don't embarrass the people of the motherland, don't die if you want to chase the Yanmar, don't be dead and shameful, and look at the carriage, Lao Tzu doesn't have it at home."

Wu Ming rolled his eyes: "Your uncle, buddy, a good young man with four haves was crooked by your dirty brain, buddy is just curious to take a look."

When a few people walked to Dinah and Reese's trailer, Wu Ming praised it, it looked like it was a few years old, but it was well maintained, it was half longer than the trailer in Ju'an's house, and there were two more wheels than in Ju'an's house. There are also wall cabinets and even a simple kitchen bathroom, which is better than the rented house in Jiangnan.

Reese said: "This car was used by my dad to race in the past, and he has always kept it."

When a few people got out of the car, old Jason also came over, ready to help the two girls do some preparatory activities.

Since the horses were all in the fence and there was a special supply of forage, the elder Jason went to lead the horses first, and the two Yanmar girls took the saddle and water reins out of the trailer.

When the two girls went out of their saddles, Ju An and Wu Ming opened their eyes well, both saddles are brown, but the color is different, the patterns on them are exquisite, one plate is carved with unnamed small flowers, small flowers with flower vines wrapped around the saddle, the other carved is a bit like the kind of woven mat pattern that we Chinese sleep, both saddles are decorated with shiny silver ornaments and silver edges, very exquisite, even the water reins and chest straps are dotted with small silver flowers, Reese told the two, These are all handcrafted in silver.

Seeing that others were busy, and the two of them couldn't help much, Ju An took Wu Ming to leave, and Wu Ming was envious on the way: "If you have the opportunity, you have to buy a plate of this saddle, it's so beautiful."

Ju'an thief smiled: "I support you, watching you ride a horse with this kind of saddle, don't look at people, I thought it was a girl riding a horse, you are a big man, the saddle is full of flowers, I think the hairs are standing up."

Wu Ming touched his head and was speechless for a while.

I found the big team, and it was almost time for the game to start, so I followed, and as soon as I found my seat in the morning and sat down, the radio announced that the afternoon game had begun.

The first project was reported to be a cowboy poker, Wu Ming asked Ju An what it was, Ju An shook his head and said, "I don't know what kind of project this is, let's take a look at it first."

After a while, there are four cowboys sitting face to face next to a square table, posing as a poker appearance, and when the cowboys have posed, the fence door opens, and a sturdy bull appears inside, the bull's head is topped with big black sharp horns, I saw the bull shaved two hooves at the bar, and rushed to the four cowboys in the middle of the field, and when the cow ran, the four cowboys did not move, and saw that it was getting closer and closer, and the cowboys left the table in a hurry. The last cowboy to leave the table was the winner, and when the bull rushed to the cowboy and got closer and closer, the audience's hearts were almost in their throats, and then they breathed a sigh of relief when they saw several cowboys escape the bull's horns one after another, which was very tense and exciting.

Then there were a few waves of cowboys who played "poker" a few times, and Ju An's heart went up and down, and he was very nervous.

After the rodeo poker was finished, the clown showed off his equestrian skills on the field, riding upside down, hiding in the pedal, pulling the ponytail, a series of funny actions, making the audience laugh, inadvertently, the nervous nerves just now were also relieved.

Followed by a bareback riding a wild horse, riding a bison is a thrilling and evocative one, Ju An observed that riding a bison is more exciting than riding a wild horse, the cowboy riding the bison wears a helmet, and then follows the cow to toss, for a while the body is forward, and the body is thrown backwards by the ox for a while, giving Juan the feeling that there is someone holding your feet. Then back and forth forward and then backward to throw your feelings.

A lot of cowboys don't make it to the right time, and the host will sometimes say, this guy is too unlucky, etc. If it lasts for 8 seconds, then a cowboy will come on horseback, rescue the cowboy on the back of the cow, and then land on the horse, and the score will be scored. Rodeo, luck and technique are equally important.

The cowboys' carriages are not the current rubber wheels, but old-fashioned four-wheeled wooden carriages, each car is pulled by four horses, and each race is two carriages.

Next, it's the women's bucket race, that is, the race in which Reese and Dinah participate, but the first to appear is not them, but another cowgirl who doesn't know each other, at the beginning, the cowgirls hit the horse at full speed and rushed to the first oil drum, and then suddenly slowed down, the horse's hind legs did not move, the horse's front legs bypassed the oil drum, and continued to the next oil drum, and after bypassing the three oil drums, the cowgirl used the reins to pull the horse's neck, clamped the horse's legs, and rushed to the finish line at full speed, and the cowboy who completed the fastest speed was the champion.

After waiting for a few cowgirl competitions, I heard a report on the radio that the next contestant was Reese.

When Reese rode a chestnut white star quart and rushed to the first bucket, Ju An was still a little nervous, probably because of acquaintance, hoping that she could finish it quickly. Reese's movements are very standard, but the time is a little longer, not as good as the cowgirls in front.

Wait until the third one below before it is Dinah's turn to appear, Dinah rode a black quart, and immediately urged the horse to rush to the first oil drum after the order sounded, and when he went around the first oil barrel, he saw Dinah's long black hair flying in the air, holding the column head with both hands, keeping his body balanced, and the centaur formed an angle with the ground, which was really heroic, and after bypassing the three oil barrels, he rushed to the finish line, which made Ju An regret that the two girls he knew were not fast, and they didn't mix a trophy or something.

The next hand-to-hand calf is two cowboys riding side by side with the calf, and then one cowboy sees the opportunity to quickly jump off the horse, and before landing, grabs the horns with both hands and throws the calf to the ground. It embodies the direct contest between humans and cattle. Some cowboys in the game were well finished, and some unlucky cowboys either caught the cow's back, or landed first, and walked off the field with regretful shakes.

Knowing that the whole game is over, it is almost four o'clock in the afternoon, everyone is watching and nervous and exciting, so that everyone feels that although modern cowboys no longer need to work as hard as the older generation of cowboys in the past, but the courage and spirit of the older generation of cowboys have been passed down through rodeo, many rodeo sports are summarized from actual life, perhaps it is what we say comes from life and is higher than life, Ju'an secretly summed up.

When everyone got in the car and drove out of the Great Falls City, they were still talking about the wonderful game with great interest, and on the way back, there was another big trailer in the team, and the old Jason took the three girls to drive the car, followed Ju'an's car, and went back together.