When he came out of the car shop, the boss saw that Ju An was alone and suggested going to the gun shop to buy a gun for self-defense.

The shopkeeper explained: "The main thing is not to defend against people, but to have wild beasts such as bears and wolves in the mountains. After a long stay, you will get used to it".

"I want to find someone to help me, I don't have any horses, cows, sheep on my pasture right now. You can find people there," Juan asked.

"If you're looking for someone, there's a bar two blocks away, Shepherd's Bar, and old Billy in it should know that he's most familiar with the good cowboys here," the shopkeeper said after a moment's thought.

"Thank you, I think I might have to trouble you with the car in the future," Ju An held out his hand to the shopkeeper.

"Well, you're welcome, it's a tradition here for cowboys to help each other. I have a hunch that we will meet again in a few days," the shopkeeper smiled mysteriously.

After saying goodbye to the shopkeeper, he drove the pickup truck for a few minutes and arrived at the door of the gun shop that the shopkeeper said.

After taking a closer look at the storefront, the blue exterior wall was painted, and there was a big signboard in front of the door, which said Outdoor Goods Store, Ju An scratched his head with some suspicion, wondering if he had made a mistake.

There was no security guard at the entrance of the store, and there was no barbed wire on the windows. From the outside, it looks like an ordinary store, no different from a domestic convenience store.

The car stopped at the door, and walked towards the store suspiciously.

As soon as he entered the store, Ju An immediately opened his eyes, and the entire store was hung with all kinds of long guns on the wall, and there was even a machine gun on one counter.

There are all kinds of pistols in the glass counter, and they are dazzling. The most surprising thing is that as soon as you enter the door, there are two sets of small lattice fully open counters, each of which is placed with yellow, orange and orange bullets, giving Ju'an a feeling that is a bit like the kind of counter that sells raisins in domestic supermarkets.

There are a few customers in the store who are communicating with the clerk, and one of them is telling the customer what to do, while giving a demonstration, the gun juggling in his hand is usually broken into several parts, and the technique is very sophisticated.

"Sir, is there anything I can do to help you?" said a young man dressed in a clerk's blue shoulder.

"I'd like to take a look," Ju An smiled kindly at the young man.

"Call me if you need to," the young man said with a smile, and then continued to chat with the other clerks.

Ju An felt dizzy after looking at it for a while, there are too many guns, looking at that one is good, this is just like the hardware building in the county that Ju An remembered when he was a child.

Ju An accidentally heard it, and several clerks chatting whispered about whether they were here for a tour.

He beckoned to the young man just now: "I want to buy a pistol and a shotgun, do you have any recommendations?" ”。

The young man smiled and said to Ju An, "What kind of gun did you use before?"

"I basically didn't use any guns, I used the AK-47 a few times".

"Oh, then I recommend the UPS45 pistol, the police pistol," the young man said, pulling out a pistol from a counter.

Then the young man began to explain to Ju An, what manufacturer Hankle Kouch was, what shooting accuracy, and then demonstrated how to disassemble the gun and reload the bullets by himself.

After the explanation, the young man handed the gun to Ju An, Ju An took the gun and held it in his hand, because the gun handle was made of plastic, there was no imaginary metal coldness, and there was a feeling of excitement in his heart, which was indescribable.

I opened the safety and pulled the sleeve a few times: "Is there a desert eagle here?"

"Yes, wait a minute" The clerk took a few steps to open a cabinet door and took out a shiny pistol from inside, which was the desert eagle that Ju An saw in the picture.

Put down the UPS45 in your hand and pick up the Desert Eagle, which is already domineering enough to see from the picture, but the one in your hand is like being the Schwarzenegger in the movie.

The clerk next to him introduced again, what are divided into two models, mark7 and markx9 two series. There are also differences in the length of the barrel and bullets, and finally the clerk suggested that if it is used as a self-defense pistol, the shortcomings of the Desert Eagle are that the recoil is large, and the magazine is too small to only seven rounds.

Then Juan asked the shotgun clerk if he had any recommendations, and the clerk recommended the Remington 700 rifle, with a dark gray plastic butt and a shiny metal barrel.

"If you're satisfied, you can try it out at the back range, and you can shoot a hundred rounds for $66," the young man enthusiastically recommended.

Ju An nodded, and followed the guy into the shooting range behind, as soon as he entered the shooting range, he heard the sound of gunfire coming from inside, and at a glance, there were really a lot of people inside.

The young man took Ju An to a seat, then put a few boxes of bullets on the table, taught Ju An how to load the bullets, and then the two of them put on ear protectors.

Da, da, da, the crisp sound sounded one after another at the shooting range. The heaviness of the hands when the gun was fired, and the sound of the gunfire made people's whole blood boil.

After trying two pistols in succession, Juan decided to give up on the Desert Eagle, and the recoil was really strong. Still very satisfied with UPS45.

Then I tried the Remington rifle again, and it felt okay. Just put down the rifle and continue playing with the UPS45 pistol. The entire 100 rounds of ammunition took more than half an hour, and they were finally consumed by Ju'an. Among them, there is also a clerk and a young man who corrects the holding of the gun and the shooting posture, how to aim, and it can almost be said that he is accompanied by the whole process.

After coming out of the range, Juan asked, "I want to buy these two guns and see what I need to provide."

The clerk smiled and said, "Proof of identity, you still need to fill out some forms."

Ju An handed him his driver's license, and then he took his driver's license and made a phone call, which lasted for about ten minutes. He came back and said to Ju An that there was no problem.

Ju An asked, "Just a phone call?" ”。

The clerk said with a smile: "Well, it is generally a phone call to the FBI to confirm that there is no criminal record, no history of mental illness, to confirm that the age of the gun is eighteen years old, and the pistol is twenty-one years old, and the completed form will be handed over to the FBI to establish a file."

Then Ju An filled out the usual list of forms under the guidance of the young man.

Then the young man sold Ju An a thousand rounds of ammunition for each of his two guns, and a thousand rounds for a thousand rounds.

When he saw the young man take out the bullet, Ju An was a little dumbfounded, and there were two small plastic boxes.

When the list came out, I saw that the pistol was 490 dollars, the rifle was 1,300 dollars with a scope, and the 2,000 rounds of ammunition were 800 dollars, a total of 2,600 US dollars.

Pulling things, we arrived at the Shepherd's Bar.

As soon as I pushed the door in, I saw a few people. The whole bar was full of wood as far as the eye could see, and the walls around it were full of old photos.

Several of them glanced at Ju An at the door and continued to chat.

I walked to the bar and sat down on a random bar stool.

"Please bring me a beer," Juan said to the gray-haired bartender.

The old bartender turned on the barrel faucet in the back, poured a beer for Ju An and handed it over, "It's the first time I've come here, I'm here for a tour, my name is Billy."

"I'm not a tourist, I bought a ranch and wanted to find a few skilled cowboys, introduced by the owner of the car shop," Ju An said with a smile.

"Oh, where did you buy the ranch, why haven't you heard of it," Billy said, grabbing a towel and wiping down the bar.

"The original Straw Hat Flower Ranch is now called Xishuihe Ranch, I just bought it yesterday," Ju An took a sip of beer.

"That's a big guy, the ranch is not easy to run now, the price of forage is about to double" Billy thought for a moment, and then smiled, "That ranch, you are going to raise cattle or sheep, if you raise more than 10,000 cows, it is no problem."

"I'm going to raise cattle first, let's see what I'm saying, don't raise so much first, just raise more than 1,000 heads first," Ju An said: "I want to ask a cowboy who knows how to farm to help me, and I want to ask you if you have any good people to introduce, what is the approximate price of your monthly salary."

"Many of the current ranches have been converted to tourism, the traditional ranches are becoming less and less, many of the good-tech cowboys now rely on short-term work, insurance or something, you can hire experienced good cowboys for 1,500 dollars a month, if you want to find a cowboy for grazing, 1,200 dollars a month is enough" Then he pointed to a few old men in their fifties who were sitting and said: "They are all good cowboys, that is Thomas, who has been working on the ranch, and the two sons at home are also good cowboys, One of them seems to be still at home.

Following the direction of old Billy's finger, Ju An saw a thin old cowboy wearing a white cowboy hat on his head and a thick figure-eight white beard.