Chapter 15 Learning to Ride a Horse
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After Shi Lei returned to the ranch, Gonzalez, who was on duty at the gate today, opened the gate of the ranch for him.
After Shi Lei announced Hanks as the head of the ranch, he made many rules to ensure the safety of the ranch and livestock. Obviously, the duty system is one of the most important ones.
It didn't take long for Hanks, who seemed to be dusty, to find Shi Lei with a few detailed lists, and told Shi Lei that all the livestock except for the cattle herd had been shipped on time according to the selection, and the rest was for Shi Lei to sign his name, and these transactions would come to a complete end. Of course, if there is a hidden disease in the livestock, it can still be resolved through negotiation.
Shi Lei circled around each corral, in addition to learning about their placement, he was also secretly making plans in his heart to see how he should transform these animals, the progress and sequence of transformation, and so on. After all, you can't let the cowboys wake up the next day and find that the animals are all different, that is too inexplicable.
Shi Lei found that his future mount and the ponies had already moved into the stables, and it was evident that the stables had been modified to suit their different sizes.
The rest of the animals are also arranged in their respective pens, and thanks to the almost constant temperatures in Southern California, many facilities are redundant for the animals, which saves the entire ranch a lot of work.
Hanks is really meticulous in his work, and he has done a lot of work in front of him, which is why he can be so orderly now. Corrals, fences and the like have long been repaired, and they have all been planned and their uses have been clarified, and the division of labor among the cowboys has long been determined.
So, it was a very wise decision to leave Hanks as the ranch manager in the first place.
As for tomorrow, there will be more work for the cowboys.
The livestock must be labeled as pastures first, and when the cattle arrive, they must establish a complete number of databases, indicating their place of origin, ancestry information and even feeding habits, etc., and they must also be marked with satellite positioning tags on their ears to record information and facilitate everyone to retrieve the livestock.
Fortunately, the whole set of equipment in the ranch is also retained, and there is also a special computer to record information.
In addition, taking care of all kinds of livestock, feeding, cleaning, etc. are not easy tasks.
After turning around and knowing what to expect, Shi Lei returned to the main room alone, and washed and slept after perfecting his secret plan.
As for the eating of cowboys, of course, not every meal needs Shi Lei to worry about. The cowboys have their own kitchens and bathrooms, they all make their own food, and occasionally they can rub each other's meals or something if they have a good relationship.
Now that Shi Lei, who has adapted to the environment here, has slept well again, and when he walks out of the house after breakfast, he finds that the cowboys have already started working, and the white cowboy Bruce is leading Gonzalez and Garcia to clean the corral, it seems that he has been doing it for a while, and the cleaning is almost done.
And Hanks and the rest of the cowboys have gone out to graze. Looking down from the top of the mountain, the black and white cows and the white merino sheep are scattered in the vast grassland, forming a magnificent picture, which really gives people a beautiful feeling of "the sky is blue, the wild is vast, and the wind blows the grass and sees the cattle and sheep".
Shi Lei looked at the cowboys riding on the horses in a chic manner, his heart was full of envy, but Shi Lei had never learned to ride a horse when he was in China, and after coming to the United States, he must have been riding and not studying specifically, so he could only watch and be anxious.
Helpless, Shi Lei had no choice but to run back to the house, take out his SLR camera, freeze these beautiful pictures, and post them back to his blog, so that those friends in China can envy, envy and hate.
After Shi Lei processed the photos he had in hand, the few cowboys who were left to clean up happened to finish the work at hand, and after asking Bruce to take a few cowboys to help with the grazing, Shi Lei left Gonzalez behind, wanting him to teach him how to ride a horse alone.
Gonzalez is nearly 2 meters tall, very strong, but he looks loyal and honest, and he is a little introverted, Shi Lei thinks that if he learns to ride a horse with him, he is not afraid that everyone will know if something goes wrong, and he will lose face.
After listening to Shi Lei's request, Gonzalez nodded and agreed. Shi Lei rushed back to the house to change into an outfit, looked at himself dressed as a cowboy in the mirror, and after putting on a cowboy hat, he looked really a heroic cowboy.
After some self-absorption, Shi Lei came back with his beloved handmade saddle. Gonzalez had already reined in the skewer of the charr, whom Shi Lei had named "Flyboy", and had taken him out of the stable and slipped around a few times.
Shi Lei deliberately named this guy who was supposed to be "Fatboy" "Feiboy" to satisfy his little bad taste, and wanted to see the surprised look of the people around him when the horse was slowly transformed into what he had in mind.
Shi Lei's "flying boy" will be transformed into having the strength of a purebred shire horse (a single horse can pull something 5 tons) and the speed of a thoroughbred, while having the endurance and jumping ability of a wild horse, but also with the noble and beautiful appearance and movements of the Akha Tak horse (sweaty BMW), and retain the beautiful mane of its limbs and back and its shoulder height of about 170, in short, the "flying boy" will combine the advantages of all horses and become the benchmark for all horses in Shi Lei's heart.
"This horse is quite docile, only occasionally a little naughty, and after a while you should be careful not to be frightened by the jokes of the flying boys." Gonzalez saw that Shi Lei was already a little eager to try, and reminded seriously.
Under Gonzalez's careful guidance, Shi Lei mastered the essentials of actions such as saddle the mount after repeated it several times, and did it well.
Gonzalez, who usually seems a little silent, has a tendency to talk a little when he talks about this, and he seriously points out Shi Lei's mistakes and omissions.
For example, the water reins should not be too tight, too tight will make the horse uncomfortable, there will be resistance to manipulation, too loose to convey the owner's intentions in time, and may even fall off the reins. And how to tie the straps of the saddle more comfortably, etc., Gonzalez explained in detail.
After getting these equipment, Shi Lei couldn't wait to climb into the saddle, but Shi Lei, who was on the horse for the first time, seemed very clumsy, and Gonzalez had to point out some shortcomings.
Shi Lei's modified body allowed him to quickly master the essentials of these movements, and the rest can only rely on the accumulation of time to integrate the correct movements into the body's memory, so that he can do it without a trace of fireworks, and can make the movements on the horse look chic and uninhibited.
After Shi Lei sat down, Gonzalez first held the reins to let Shi Lei adapt to the feeling of riding on the horse, and after a few laps, Shi Lei signaled Gonzalez to try to ride by himself.
Taking the reins from Gonzalez's hand, Shi Lei gently knocked down the horse's belly after holding it, and the flying boy walked slowly obediently, the nervous Shi Lei couldn't help but clamp the horse's belly with his legs, but the flying boy under the seat misunderstood Shi Lei's meaning, and rushed out with an acceleration.
Originally, the flying boy's posture when he ran was not very stable, and this time Shi Lei was almost thrown out, but fortunately, Shi Lei fixed himself in the saddle with his super physical element, and when the flying boy stopped under Gonzalez's pull, Shi Lei's overly nervous body was almost tired and trembling.
"Locke, it's not right for you to do this, you should be like this when you're on a horse," Gonzalez said as he demonstrated the posture of bending down with the horse's steps on the horse, and he looked very chic on the horse with his straight body, rather than Shi Lei's feeling of being punished on a stool.
"Follow the rhythm of the horse's movement, let it understand that you are controlling it, and you can't let it bully you." Gonzalez continued to point at Shi Lei.
Shi Lei remembered that the animal optimization and transformation system also has a function that can communicate with the animals he owns and control the spirit, after getting on the horse again, Shi Lei communicated with the spirit of the flying boy, which really feels like an arm commanding.
In this way, under Gonzalez's guidance, Shi Lei slowly adapted to the rhythm of the flying boy's running, and his posture looked decent. Then it's time to practice turning and reversing, just like the new students in the driving school who have just started to learn how to get on the bus.
After a morning of practice, Shi Lei has mastered all kinds of basic movements, but Gonzalez said that with Shi Lei's current level, if he is a pure cowboy, it is still far away, not to mention that riding for a long time is not something that Shi Lei can withstand now.
However, Shi Lei, who had a good time, didn't think about that, the novelty of horseback riding had not passed, and he was still immersed in the complacency of learning to ride a horse, and he didn't think about it at all. Just like many novices who have just learned to drive always like to find a car to drive.
At noon, Shi Lei went home and simply made a steak and grilled it, not to mention, as a foodie, Shi Lei is really talented in this regard.
Shi Lei, who rarely cooks steak in China, grilled it well for the first time after coming to the United States, or Shi Lei's favorite seven ripe, the meat in it is still a little pink, for Shi Lei, it will not be too raw to eat and spurt blood, and it will not be too ripe, and it will be very difficult to bite, just like uncooked beef tendon.
Seeing the fruits of his labor, Shi Lei couldn't help but take a few more photos on the Internet.
In the afternoon, a lot of Piflo cattle were loaded into carts, and several more batches were to come, but these seemed to be quite a few.
Shi Lei, who was in a hurry, had no choice but to call Hanks and the others back and let them settle these big animals. In addition, there are things like labels, Shi Lei has never done anything, and he can't help at all. I had to ride my beloved flying boy to the grassland area and let go.
In fact, after riding all morning, Shi Lei's inner thigh was not very comfortable, after all, he rode too little, at noon, Shi Lei used the ability of animal optimization and transformation to deliberately strengthen these parts, and in the afternoon he could continue to ride out to have fun.
By the time Shi Lei returned to the corral area, the beef cattle had already been placed and tagged. Shi Lei followed Hanks and them to learn how to deal with the hygiene of the corral. The point, of course, is to learn how to take care of the horses.
If you don't want your horses to always look dirty, you have to brush them several times a day, horses are relatively delicate animals, and taking care of your mounts yourself can build a better relationship and make it easier for the owner to control the horses, so this kind of labor is necessary.
What's more, Shi Lei also intends to use such an opportunity to carry out his secret plan to transform animals, because he must be very close to animals to carry out transformations.