American Ranch

Chapter 14 Learning to ride a horse

Every cowboy who is new to the ranch will try to tame Xiao Hei, but he has never been able to last 20 seconds on horseback. After all, it is a wild horse with a strong temper.

But what they saw just now was beyond their expectations. It was too unexpected. Xiao Hei could get close to people, and he was Yi who couldn't even ride a horse. Could it be that this horse was specially prepared by God for Yi?They couldn't help but be surprised. There was a horse trainer who tried it before. He brushed and fed the horses every day, talked to the horses, and the food was prepared and sent to the stables to eat. Unfortunately, he couldn't let Xiao Hei He showed closeness, and Qin Yi gained Xiao Hei's favor after meeting him a few times!

"Yi, this is really amazing. Xiao Hei has never shown closeness to anyone. It seems that Xiao Hei is your own horse!" Ryan looked envious.

Rachel also looked at Xiao Hei with envy. Although Xiao Hei has a strong temper, he is undoubtedly a good horse. He is dressed in black and looks cool. He has a strong horse body and the speed and endurance he usually shows. As long as it can be tamed, you've got a good horse.Qin Yi looked at the envious eyes of the two of them, and felt complacent in his heart, we have room to be afraid of.

"Ryan, teach me how to ride a horse now, and I will ride Xiao Hei."

"Okay, Yi, but you'd better be careful." Ryan rubbed his chin, looked at Qin Yi, then at Xiao Hei, well, he took care of it by himself.

Qin Yi went to the small warehouse to take out a spare pair of saddles, water reins and sweat pads, and put them on for Xiao Hei under Ryan's guidance. After finishing, Ryan checked it again, and then pointed out Qin Yi's riding skills.

"First, stand in front of Xiao Hei's left shoulder, facing the side and rear of the horse. That's the position. That's right, that's how you stand. The next step is to get on the horse. Hold the rein and stake with your left hand, so that you can fix it when you get on the horse. Good body, grab the stirrup with your right hand, let me show you, just like this, do you see clearly? Yi, try it."

Qin Yi wanted to gallop on a horse a long time ago, so he learned it very carefully, and carefully repeated Ryan's actions just now.

"Okay, very good, Yi, you did a great job! Step on the stirrup with your left foot, take off with your right foot, turn around and get on the horse, remember not to sit firmly on the saddle after you get on the horse. Okay, Yi, now you get on the horse Try it once." Then he stood beside Qin Yi and watched Qin Yi get on the horse.

According to Ryan's explanation, Qin Yi pushed his right foot hard, swung his body, and got on the horse's back. He sat down, and Xiao Hei shook his head and snorted.

Ryan quickly pulled the water rein: "Relax, Yi, step on the stirrup with both feet hard, with the same strength, and then sit up straight, don't sit too hard."

Qin Yi earnestly followed Ryan's words. Before he got on the horse, Ryan told him not to let him sit too hard. As a result, when he got on the horse, his view angle changed, and Qin Yi forgot.

"Ryan, why can't you sit too hard?"

Seeing that Xiao Hei didn't continue to move, Ryan also let go of the water rein. He was shocked to see Xiao Hei agitated just now, "Sit down firmly when you get on the horse, and the horse will know you are a novice, so it will bully you. Yours. And Xiao Hei is a fierce horse that has not been tamed, so the reaction is even more intense. Fortunately, Xiao Hei is really close to you, if it were someone else, this would have been thrown off!"

Qin Yi memorized these little tricks carefully, humbly found out the shortcomings, straightened his waist, and balanced the stirrups with both feet. Qin Yi felt a little urgent, "Ryan, can I ride Xiao Hei for two laps now?"

"Let me lead you for a couple of laps first, and then ride yourself after you get familiar with the feeling of riding a horse." After speaking, Ryan stood beside the horse's neck and led Xiao Hei forward slowly.

Qin Yi doesn't force it either, so let's just take it by the hand, the days are long, let's ride a horse and run hard after learning it!

After walking around the simple horse farm in front of the stables for two laps, Qin Yi was also familiar with the rhythm of riding a horse. Ryan led Xiao Hei back, rode on his own brown horse, and rode side by side with Qin Yi, pointing Qin Yi from time to time, After a while, he felt that Qin Yi had learned enough, so he took him for a jog.

"Yi, don't pull the rein so tight, or the horse won't know what you mean. You have to trust the horse, it is your good partner. Remember these things and you are already good at riding a horse."

Ryan smiled slightly. Qin Yi learned very quickly and worked hard, which made Ryan very satisfied. He is a smart and serious student, and the teacher likes it very much.After hearing this, Qin Yi relaxed the tight reins, and at the same time relaxed his body, feeling Xiao Hei's rhythm. Sure enough, riding was not as awkward and tiring as before.

"Yes, that's it, relax and trust your horse!"

"Lian, can I run faster now?" Riding on horseback, the whole perspective is different, the surroundings become very novel, and running gives people a feeling of freedom, like a bird flying in the sky.

"Don't worry, Yi, you should practice more jogging first, and then let Xiao Hei run fast after two days when you are fully familiar with it. When riding a horse, lean your body forward a little, and nothing else will matter. Remember these, when riding a horse in the pasture Enough with cattle!"

Qin Yi nodded slightly, imagining his heroic posture on a galloping horse, while Ryan looked at it funny, but he couldn't feel that feeling. He grew up on the back of a pony.After jogging for two more laps, Qin Yi checked the time, and it was time to have breakfast. He invited Ryan and Rachel to go to his room for breakfast, but the two refused with a smile. Normally, the Ryan family would eat breakfast together. Now Sue West should be ready.

Bid farewell to the two, ride Xiao Hei back to the main house, let Xiao Hei go to graze, Qin Yi returns to the house to make breakfast, the same old style, homemade hamburgers, Qin Yi misses domestic food very much, bear with it, it will take another month , it can almost be arranged here, and I will go back to China when the time comes.He took out a large pear from the refrigerator, put it on a plate, and handed it to Lai Pi who was sleeping late on the sofa. He smelled the sweetness, and Lai Pi squinted on the sofa, stretching his head out to eat slowly.

Qin Yi was very speechless, Nima is so delicious and delicious, he is so lazy!

Qin Yi gnawed on the hamburger with added meat but not the amount, and his thoughts quickly turned to the improvement of pastures. The farms no longer grow crops, and they are all converted into pastures. In the future, they will be connected together to expand the scale of cattle and sheep. Unified management will save trouble. Think again Why don't you save some wheat, corn, and sorghum? If these crops are poured with spiritual spring water, they will definitely be delicious if they are used to make wine.But Europeans and Americans seldom drink baijiu
Qin Yi doesn't just want to run the ranch. With the magical effect of spiritual spring water, alcohol can definitely make a lot of money. This is a huge profit industry that can greatly increase his social status. It is related to his big plan. As long as he has enough influence, he will If you take out the spirit grass and spirit fruit, you don't have to worry about being caught and sliced.After eating breakfast while thinking wildly, Qin Yi went into the space and took out the spirit element grass blood fruit, intending to feed it to Xiao Hei, so that Xiao Hei would become smarter and stronger.

But Xiao Hei seems to be much bigger than a human, forget it, get another one, it will be cheaper for Xiao Hei!
Out of the space and about to go out, Lai Pi, who was originally dazed, jumped up and ran to him, holding Qin Yi's calf with his two front paws, watching the squeak of the blood spirit fruit.

"Damn it, you have a quick reaction!" As he spoke, he patted Laipi on the head, handed him a fruit, and went into the space to get a blood spirit fruit, leaving the deliciously gnawed Laipi behind, and went out to find Xiao Hei.

Walking to the grass in front of the door, Xiao Hei was grazing not far in front of the right side. Seeing Qin Yi, he trotted over and rubbed his horse's head against Qin Yi's arm. His cute big eyes stared at Qin Yi's hand look at the fruit.He patted the horse's face, took a fruit in his left hand, and stretched out his palm to feed Xiao Hei. This method of feeding the horse was taught to Qin Yi by Rachel when he was brushing the horse, so as not to be bitten by feeding the horse.

Little Hei tilted his head, chewed a couple of mouthfuls and swallowed it, not even throwing up the fruit core.
Qin Yi thought for a while, put away the second fruit, and fed the Lingyuan grass first, it can increase mental strength, maybe Xiao Hei will become smarter after eating the Lingyuan grass.The spirit grass was handed over, Xiao Hei finished eating in two or three bites, Qin Yi looked at it, Xiao Hei's eyes were bright, very spiritual, seemed very happy, Qin Yi hurriedly passed the fruit, Xiao Hei might become smarter!Under Qin Yi's anticipation, Xiao Hei chewed it casually and quickly swallowed it into his stomach. There was no surprise, and he still swallowed all the fruit pits.

Qin Yi rubbed Xiao Hei's head, feeling very helpless, he is still a stupid Xiao Hei!

In fact, Qin Yi doesn't know, Xiao Hei's idea is different, the fruit is so delicious, even the core must be good, how can it be thrown away, eat it together, it can't be wasted
Go back to the room and get a plate, put two drops of spiritual spring water into the space, dilute it and take it out for Xiao Hei to drink, well, these should make you smarter.Let Xiao Hei continue to graze, Qin Yi went back to the kitchen to pack up the tableware, cleaned and disinfected it, and put it away, well, breakfast time is over, let's continue to practice horseback riding!

When I came to the porch, I shouted at Xiao Hei and then waved, Xiao Hei who was grazing ran over immediately, haha, it seemed that he had really become smarter, and he knew he was calling him.

Qin Yi is very satisfied, BMW has just grown up!
I jogged on Xiaohei at the racecourse all morning, then picked up a little speed, and finally started running!Feeling the rattling sound of horseshoes and watching the surrounding scenery receding quickly, Qin Yi's mood became more unrestrained, with the wind blowing in front of him, he seemed to be flying, a feeling that he couldn't feel when driving.

After lunch, Qin Yi called Ryan and wanted to ride a horse to see the cowboys grazing. He was busy practicing the car a few days ago and didn't know how to ride a horse, so he didn't go deep into the pasture, so he didn't see the depth of the pasture. I learned how to ride a horse today, so I just went to have a look. It would be better to take the opportunity to learn some ranch work. Although you don’t need to graze by yourself, since you have a ranch, you must learn the skills of cowboys, so that you can better integrate into the cowboy group. , to adapt to life here.

Qin Yi rode Xiao Hei to the worker's room, and Ryan's office was also here.The worker's house has more than 30 rooms, not far from the main house, where the cowboys now live.There are also two workers' houses of similar size, one is in the area near the Rocky Mountains in the west, and the other is near the farm in the north. The pasture is too large, so it can only be managed and grazing in different areas, otherwise the road is too far away.Sometimes it is far away in an area, and the cowboys directly set up tents at night to watch the cows nearby.

Meeting Ryan, the two rode to the pasture. After running for more than 30 minutes, the horses were sweating from running, and finally arrived at the pasture.

It was the first time for Qin Yi to appreciate the grazing scenery in real life. The herds of black cattle were grazing in all directions, and the thigh-high alfalfa was blooming with small purple flowers. From a distance, it looked like a green carpet dotted with purple flowers.

Ryan introduced at the side: "Now the cattle on the ranch are all Angus cattle. You see, they are black and have no horns. They are not tall, but the slaughter rate is very good. There are mostly this kind of beef cattle in Montana."

As he spoke, he led Qin Yi up to a cow, wanting Qin Yi to observe it closely.

(End of this chapter)