When people think of Australia, they conjure up an idyllic picture: a sturdy shepherd patrolling the vast expanse with their loyal shepherd dogs.

Nowadays, such scenes have become very rare, cowboys no longer need to work hard in dusty pastures, drones and helicopters are good helpers for herding sheep.

More than 500 sheep slowly spread out on the meadow, like a scattered mass of white sesame seeds.

Coco is a professional shepherd dog that gallops around the periphery of the flock, barking loudly so that the formation of these flocks is not too scattered.

The little black mastiff is much more amateurish, it is like Coco's heel, and Coco does what it does, although it is a great deterrent to the sheep.

This time, the area to go to is relatively far, and it takes an hour or two to arrive with the sheep, so Wang Hao is not too anxious.

After the royal father finished counting the sheepfold, he drove the cheese towards Wang Hao, and he said: "A total of 508 sheep, all of them have come out, and this number is the same as the previous five days." It's just the display screen at the door, can it be displayed in Chinese? ”

"Dad, let's let them show English, the two of us only occasionally herd sheep to play, we can't let those real cowboys not understand."

"That's right, these sheep are really obedient, I thought one sheepdog was not enough." Wang Liol sat on the back of the horse and slowly followed forward.

The little black mastiff is responsible for the cushion, so that the sheep are not left behind, once anyone wants to be lazy, the little black mastiff will roar fiercely. Let the merino sheep, who stopped to graze, hurry up and follow.

The sheep scattered on the grass walked quite slowly, even if there were two fierce gods urging on the side, it was not as attractive as Wang Hao's magic power.

"When I didn't come to Australia, I heard that this is a country that rides on the back of a sheep. How many sheep do we have on the farm now? ”

Wang Hao sighed and said helplessly: "That title has long been outdated, from the nineties of the last century to the present, the number of sheep has almost halved, and now there are only about 100 million sheep in the country. We now have close to 6,000 sheep on our farm, and quite a few more are pregnant and will give birth in the spring. ”

Wang Liol frowned. "How did things get so bad, didn't wool make money?"

"That's probably why wool prices plummeted. Many ranchers are struggling to make ends meet. In addition, the climate here is long-term arid, and in many places the pasture does not grow after being eaten by the sheep, and the pasture area is shrinking all the time. There is also a shortage of husbands and people who are still working on the ranch. The average age is in their fifties. ”

"Then your ranch is fine. All of them are young people. However, there is no hair on the mouth, and the work is not firm. I suggest that you hire one or a few experienced old cowboys, such as people in their forties and fifties, who will always have some good advice. ”

Wang Hao used to have such thoughts, but considering that his ranch is now in a high-tech electronic mode, the old cowboy may not be able to adapt to it, and he can't let them fly a helicopter or fly a drone or something.

Now he doesn't think there is any disadvantage to the young cowboy team on the ranch, and everyone is full of energy. The ranch is developing normally.

Finally found the sweet place of the grass juice, Wang Hao shook his whip. The crisp and loud sound of breaking through the air made the sheep a little commotional.

"Coco, Blackie, just stop, just walk around this big chunk. You're in charge of seeing if there's any lamb that has snuck away. ”

Wang Liol flipped off the back of the cheese with a groan, and his walking posture was a little strange, as if his inner thighs were rubbed and uncomfortable.

There are a few tall trees in the rolling meadows, which are not tall but not low in their growing years, and the father and son sit against their trunks.

"Do you smoke?" Wang Liol's addiction to cigarettes was committed, he took out a pack of Chaotianmen from his pocket, took out one, lit it with a windproof lighter, inhaled it violently, and then slowly spit out the smoke.

Wang Hao is not addicted to smoking, but smoking in this case seems to be more like a literary youth, this cigarette from his hometown is not expensive, but the taste is very familiar.

His son has now become a rich man, and Wang Liol no longer cares about smoking, he just sighed: "You said this time, it's really a little fast." I remembered in a trance that you hadn't taken the high school entrance examination yet, and you were about to hug your granddaughter. But you have to smoke less and don't let your kids smell secondhand smoke. After that, I stopped smoking in my room, but went outside to smoke in the garden or in the open space. ”

"I'm not addicted to smoking, I'm past the age of curiosity, how are your legs?" Wang Hao said with concern that it was easy to get injured in these parts when he first rode a horse.

Wang Liol sighed, "Old man, even horseback riding will be affected, it seems that it is not good to accept the old man." ”

Reaching out and patting his father's shoulder, Wang Hao injected a ball of magic into his body, and at the same time comforted and said: "You haven't reached the age of retirement yet, where is it old." If you have time in the near future, you can ask Bertalld to take you to the shooting range in this town, and then we will go hunting together. ”

This magic power is not effective all at once, but subtly improves his body, Chinese are not very fond of exercise, long-term sub-healthy body must be adjusted here.

After the two of them talked for a while, the warm sunlight shining on their bodies made people drowsy, so Wang Hao simply tilted his head and fell asleep.

"At the shooting range, I can finally touch a real gun, I wanted to try it when I was in Sydney, but I haven't got a gun license yet. Otherwise, play directly on your ranch, anyway, there is no police to check in the ranch, hurry up and practice your marksmanship, and go to shoot a few wild boars back. Your bison head looks really good, and there's it in the ranch? ”

After Wang Liol Balabala said a lot, but he didn't hear his son's answer, he shrugged his shoulders helplessly and laughed.

The breeze, the green grass, the blue sky, the white clouds, everything is so beautiful.

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The wet tongue brushed over Wang Hao's face, and his eyes were slightly closed. opened his mouth and scolded: "Xiao Hei, don't be like this, your saliva." ”

However, it wasn't Xiao Hei's wow that responded to him. It's a very thin bleating!

So Wang Hao's drowsiness woke up all of a sudden, and he immediately opened his eyes wide, and the little lamb's head was facing him, and his cute face was full of curiosity.

Just when he was still half asleep, this little lamb who was not afraid of people stretched out his tongue again, ready to lick the smelling person in front of him, it seemed to taste good?

"Stop!"

Wang Hao took a few steps back directly. The body that was originally leaning against the tree moved behind him with his buttocks, and he stretched out the sleeve of his clothes to wipe the saliva off his face, and then directly held the lamb in his arms.

"I said, what the hell are you trying to do. Why do you want to lick my face and eat grass obediently, or go to my mother for milk. ”

The lamb looked very beautiful, and its fur was snow-white. It's soft and comfortable to the touch. There is also a milky smell on the body.

It was probably not long after birth, unlike those adult sheep, whose hair was all covered in a layer of oil.

Its drooping ears swayed slightly, its black jewel-like eyes twitched, and its tail was short, like a pinch of fluff stuck to its ass.

This little guy is not afraid of life at all, he rubs hard in Wang Hao's arms, and sticks out his tongue to lick it.

At this time, Wang Hao finally remembered that he had forgotten to revoke the spell on his body. Just when the sheep were being driven over. He set a spell on his body to lure the sheep not to go away. Who knew it would attract a little sheep.

The white little head swayed, the little hooves were also very clean, and the cry was clear and soft, Wang Hao gave it a new name without thinking: Pleasant Goat.

Holding the Pleasant Goat and standing up from the ground, Wang Hao didn't care if there was some dust on his buttocks and legs, he stood on tiptoe and looked around, and found that his father was holding a grass on the edge of the flock.

"Sheep herding is actually boring, right?" Wang Hao walked over, stepped on the rock with his foot, and said to himself.

Wang Liol nodded, just half a day has passed, he can't stay any longer, fortunately, there is still a network here, at least he can look at his mobile phone or something.

"Why did you bring this sheep here?"

"It's called Pleasant Goat, and just now I was asleep, and this guy actually licked my face. Pleasant goat, say hello to grandpa. ”

I don't know if this little lamb understands or not, it glanced at Wang Liol, and then bleated.

"Yo, this can really be understood, it can't be Chengjing, right?" Wang Liol immediately liked this little lamb and canceled his plan to eat lamb.

Wang Hao put the Pleasant Goat on the grass, patted it on the back, and let the guy eat grass slowly.

Maybe it's a lady who eats grass very slowly and doesn't gobble it up at all. Hold the draft side first, put it in your mouth and chew, and then put it in your mouth after chewing a part of it, and continue to chew it, repeating it several times before you finish eating the grass.

When it chewed, the upper lip and the lower lip squirmed in the opposite direction, which looked particularly interesting, Wang Hao had not observed the sheep eating grass so carefully.

He checked his watch and found that it was already a little closer, and asked with concern, "Dad, are you hungry?" There is a small bag of milk, mineral water, and sandwiches in the gold saddle, and you can go and eat it. ”

"I'm not hungry, I'm just a little thirsty. I went to drink some water, and just now I was thinking about whether I should go to the creek over there to drink water, for fear that the books in the wild would have parasites. ”

Wang Lichu, who was a cowboy for the first time, didn't prepare anything at all, and brought himself over when he came to herd sheep, and there was no other equipment and logistics.

And at this time, Wang Hao's mobile phone rang at an inopportune time, and the sound directly startled the Pleasant Goat, who was still grazing, and the frightened lamb quickly opened its four calves and quickly ran back to the flock to find its mother.

Seeing this, Wang Hao couldn't help but laugh in a low voice, this little lamb's courage was too small.

He pulled out his phone and checked it, it was Banner calling, so he pressed the answer button: "Hey, man." How have you been doing lately, and is there anything new you can tell me? ”

"Nothing new, probably not. My life is so boring, busy with pickling girls and work, you won't be interested. ”

"Well, that's a pity. So you're calling for? ”

Banner laughed on the phone and said, "I'm here for a friend, and I'd like to recommend him to work on your ranch for three months, do you think it's okay?" ”

Wang Hao frowned, but did not refuse directly: "Why only stay for three months, it would be better if you could stay for a long time." By the way, what is his name, I'll keep an eye on it. ”

After all, this is the first time Banner has asked Wang Hao to help, so Wang Hao doesn't care who is coming, as long as he can help, even if he comes to eat a mixed meal, the ranch can't afford to raise it, anyway, it's only three months.

"It's nice to be on your ranch for three months, you should know, his name is Harry."

“The-Harry？ Is it the person I imagined to be? ”

"That's right, it's Prince Harry." Banner confirmed Wang Hao's speculation, "It's a bit chaotic in Britain right now, and his father just broke out in a scandal, so Harry doesn't want to go back." So the royal family took the opportunity to let him experience life in Australia. ”

Wang Hao is silently thinking in his heart, isn't Prince Harry's father the husband of Princess Diana, that is, Charles****, what kind of trouble has this person made?

But such a big English prince was thrown in his own ranch, and if something happened, he couldn't bear any responsibility.

"Are you sure you want him to come to our ranch? There are already a lot of such ranches around Sydney or Melbourne, and I'm worried about his personal safety, so I can't set up a company of bodyguards for him in our ranch. ”

If Prince Harry's big Buddha really has a little problem in the Golden Ranch, then the media in the UK and the world must not spray Wang Hao to death with saliva.

"Man, that's actually a good thing, Harry doesn't need to pay much attention right now, and there's less media tracking on your ranch. By the way, it can also enhance the reputation and status of your ranch. Seeing that the British princes have gone to the Golden Ranch to work as cowboys, what do you have to question! ”

"That being said, how much should I pay him? Normal cowboy level. ”

"Just look at it, he shouldn't mind. In fact, he's heard about your ranch for a long time and loves the beef from your ranch. ”

Wang Hao said humorously: "I hope he doesn't steal by himself, and drags the cattle out to slaughter by himself." ”

Banner had a black line on his head, "You think too badly of a prince to do that." ”

"Okay, I'll let Anna and Bedold's side dock with you. Fortunately, I hired an English butler, otherwise it would have been really difficult to deal with the prince. ”

"Trust me, it's only good for you, no harm." Banner said succinctly. (To be continued.) )