Qin Shiou has not ridden a horse yet, horseback riding in China is an aristocratic activity, and he stayed on Farewell Island after he came to Canada, and there will be no such creatures as horses on the island.

Therefore, he was still very curious about Mao Weilong's horse farm, and after arriving, he greeted the pregnant Liu Shuyan, chatted casually, and instigated Mao Weilong to take him to see the horse.

Mao Weilong smiled: "Don't expect too much, it's just an ordinary quart, not a thoroughbred, and I don't have much energy to clean them up, so it's not too clean." ”

Qin Shiou waved his hand and said: "Dude, just eat a fresh, don't worry, I won't have much hope, I know I'm here to ride a horse, not a tiger." ”

The two laughed and walked through half of the farm to the stable, where there were four horses, Qin Shiou approached and looked, he didn't know the breed of horses, Mao Weilong introduced him, saying that this was a quart horse.

Two of the four horses are adult horses and two small horses, the adult horses are black and brown, and the ponies are white and red, and the colors of the four horses are different, but they are not pure, and the coat color is more messy.

The two adult horses were about the same size, with a shoulder height similar to Qin Shiou's, a very strong physique, compact muscles, flashing big eyes and standing honestly in the stable, Qin Shiou snorted as soon as he approached.

Qin Shiou stretched out his hand to stroke the head of the black horse, the black horse retreated with some resistance, and Mao Weilong taught him: "Don't start directly at the horse's head, you touch its neck first, so that it is familiar with your taste and accepts you." ”

In this way, Qin Shiou carefully reached out and stroked its neck, and the black horse was still a little resistant at the beginning, but he gently combed the hair on the horse's neck. The black horse felt comfortable, and slowly stopped resisting his touch.

After a while, Qin Shiou reached out and stroked the black horse's head. The dark horse honestly lowered his head, looking tame.

Seeing this, Qin Shiou was greatly excited. Asked, "Can I ride a horse now?" ”

Mao Weilong rolled his eyes and said: "Don't be in such a hurry, these are herding horses, in the previous pasture, cowboys rode to manage cattle and sheep." They have been tamed and do not easily hurt people, but they also do not easily get ridden either. ”

Qin Shiou also rolled his eyes and said, "Then I can't take care of it for a year and a half, right?" Riding a horse is so strenuous? ”

Mao Weilong smiled: "No need, you can get acquainted with it today, this horse is called Frederick." He's almost ten years old, and he's a very sensible guy. In the evening and tomorrow morning, you clean it up, and then it's ready to ride. ”

Qin Shiou shook his head and muttered that it was really troublesome.

As a result, he was right, it was really troublesome, and he had to ride a horse and have equipment, Mao Weilong did not prepare riding boots and clothes for him and Winnie, they were all wearing summer casual clothes. It's not appropriate to ride a horse, so you have to go shopping.

Fortunately, there is a harness shop in the town, Mao Weilong drove the two of them over, and Qin Shiou paid attention to it on the road. I think the popularity of this town is obviously worse than farewell island, there are not many cars and pedestrians on the streets, and occasionally I encounter a car. Looking at the dusty smugglers, it looks like a passing traveler.

The uniform style of Canadian country houses is large, which is also related to national conditions. Rural land is cheap. From the outside, this harness shop looks like a medium-sized supermarket in China, but when you go inside, you find that there are not many things.

The owner was a black man in his forties. Wearing a cowboy hat and holding a beer on the counter to watch a game, some customers came to the door without bothering to say hello, and said casually: "Water reins to the left, clothes and riding boots to the right, check out and find me." ”

Mao Weilong asked Qin Shiou and Winnie to see for themselves, he walked over and patted the table and said, "Hey, Carlile, it's me, what are you doing?" ”

The black man raised his head and looked at Mao Weilong, then laughed, stretched out his fist and bumped into him: "Wow, Chinese brother? How's that about those four horses of yours? Didn't recognize life, right? Want to pick something this time? But I can't accompany you, you see, the Patriots and Redclaw Hawks are in a fierce battle, and I can't leave. ”

This black man spoke very fast, like singing rap songs, Qin Shiou estimated that Mao Weilong didn't understand, because he also listened to a rough ......

Qin Shiou doesn't need to buy water reins, this Mao Weilong farm does, he can choose a set of denim clothes, cowboy hats, riding boots and spurs.

The denim clothes sold here are very full of sizes and models, but the style is single, which is the most ordinary kind of denim without decoration. Qin Shiou touched it and felt that the material of the clothes was very hard and thick, obviously for cowboys and farmers who did rough work.

The characteristic of this denim is that it is cheap, and Qin Shiou saw that the price was only a few tens of Canadian dollars, so he and Winnie each chose a set.

Cowboy hats, belts, and riding boots come in a variety of styles, with belt buckles ranging from the plain U-buckle to the extravagant gold-plated butterfly buckle.

The cowboy hat is the same, Qin Shiou chose a small sky blue hat with white lace, put it on his daughter's head and looked at it, and felt that he generally wanted to change it.

As a result, the little melon felt good about herself, and her little hand grabbed her hat and refused to let go.

Winnie smiled and said, "Okay, then buy her this one, our daughter may become a heroic cowgirl in the future." ”

Qin Shiou chose a brown cowboy hat with leather buckles and a pair of high-top leather riding boots that imitated the German army in World War II.

Winnie smiled and shook her head, put down the high-top leather boots for him, replaced them with a pair of low-waisted boots, and explained, "You use high-top riding boots in such weather?" Then I bet you just spend a day outside and your whole body stinks. ”

Qin Shiou had a soft spot for those riding boots, he took them back and said, "Don't be like this, sweetheart, I have to take these shoes away, don't you think it's very handsome?" ”

The black boss saw the riding boots in his arms, and lay on the counter and said loudly: "Young man, you have a great eye, those boots are the treasure of my town store, it is one of the last boots made by Old White, pure handmade, you don't want to see it again except in my shop." ”

Mao Weilong came over and said, "Old White is the best leather bootmaker in our town, he can make a hundred pairs of boots a year, but the town can sell two hundred pairs a year, and everyone says that their boots are made by Old White." ”

The black boss laughed out loud when he heard him, and said, "You're right, man, there are a lot of, but I won't, don't you see that those boots are placed in the most conspicuous place by me?" Apparently it's the treasure of my town! Everyone wants to buy it, but I only sell it to those who are destined to do it! ”

"Don't you tell me my buddy is the one you're waiting for?" Mao Weilong asked rhetorically.

The black boss made a gesture to count the bills and laughed: "It depends on how thick his pocketbag is." (To be continued......)