Golden Fishery

  Qin Shiou has never rode a horse. Riding a horse in China is a noble activity. After he came to Canada, he stayed on Farewell Island. There will be no horses on the island.

  So, he was still very curious about Mao Weilong's racecourse. After arriving, he greeted the pregnant Liu Shuyan, chatted casually, and urged Mao Weilong to take him to see the horse.

  Mao Weilong smiled and said, “Don’t expect too much, just ordinary quarters, not thoroughbred horses, and I don’t have much energy to clean them, so it’s not too clean.”

  Qin Shiou waved his hand and said, "My buddy is just to eat something new. Don't worry, I won't have too much hope. I know I'm here to ride a horse, not a tiger."

  The two talked and laughed and walked across the half of the farm to the stable, where there were four horses. Qin Shiou approached and looked at it. He didn't know the horse breed, so Mao Weilong introduced him and said it was a Quat horse.

  Two of the four horses are adult horses and two ponies. Adult horses are one black and one brown, and ponies are one white and one red. The colors of the four horses are different, but they are not pure, and their coat colors are rather messy.

  The two adult horses were about the same size, with the shoulder height similar to that of Qin Shiou. They were very strong and compact, and stood honestly in the stable with big eyes flashing. Qin Shiou rang his nose as soon as he approached.

  Qin Shiou reached out his hand and stroked the dark horse's head. The dark horse retreated somewhat resisting. Mao Weilong instructed him: "Don't touch the horse's head directly. You should touch its neck first, let it know your taste and accept you."

  In this way, Qin Shiou carefully stretched out his hand and stroked its neck. At first, the dark horse was a little resistant, but he gently combed the hair on the neck of the horse. The dark horse felt comfortable, and slowly stopped resisting his touch.

  After a while, Qin Shiou stretched out his hand to stroke the dark horse's head, and the dark horse bowed his head honestly, with a gentle look.

  Seeing this Qin Shiou was very excited. Asked: "Can I ride a horse now?"

Mao Weilong rolled his eyes and said, "Don't be so hurry. These are horse pastures. In the past pastures, cowboys rode and manage cattle and sheep. They have been tamed. They won't hurt people easily, but they won't be easily ridden. ."

  Qin Shiou rolled his eyes and said, “Then I can’t take care of it for a year or a half, right? It’s so hard to ride a horse?”

Mao Weilong smiled and said: "No need, you will get acquainted with it today. This horse is called Frederick, he is almost ten years old, and he is a very sensible guy. In the evening and tomorrow morning, you will help him clean up. Then You can ride."

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

  The result was correct. It was really troublesome. To ride a horse, he had to have equipment. Mao Weilong didn't prepare riding boots and clothes for him and Winnie. They were all wearing summer casual clothes, which was not suitable for riding. So we have to purchase.

Fortunately, there is a horse gear shop in the town. Mao Weilong drove the two people there. Qin Shiou paid attention to it on the road. He felt that the popularity of this town was obviously worse than that of Farewell Island. There were not many cars and pedestrians on the street. The appearance of the servant is also like a passing traveler.

  The uniform style of Canadian country houses is big, which is also related to national conditions. Rural land is very cheap. From the outside, the horse gear shop looked like a medium-sized supermarket in China, but when I entered it, I found that there were not many things.

  The boss is a black man in his forties. Wearing a cowboy hat, holding a beer and lying on the counter to watch some game. Some customers didn't even bother to say hello, and said casually: "Shui Lei to the left, clothing and riding boots to the right, look for me at the checkout."

  Mao Weilong let Qin Shiou and Wei Ni see for themselves, he walked over and patted the table and said: "Hi. Carrier, it's me. What are you doing?"

The black man raised his head and glanced at Mao Weilong, then laughed, stretched out his fist and bumped him: "Wow, Chinese brother? How about your four horses? Didn't you recognize them? This time I want to come over and pick something. ? But I can’t accompany you, you see, the Patriots and the Redclaw Eagles are fighting vigorously, and I can’t go away."

  This black man speaks very fast, just like singing rap songs, Qin Shiou guessed that Mao Weilong did not understand it, because he just listened to it...

  Qin Shiou doesn’t need to buy a rein. This Mao Weilong farm has it. He can choose a set of cowboy clothes, cowboy hats, riding boots and spurs.

  The denim clothes sold here are full of sizes and models, but the style is single, which is the most common kind of denim without decoration. Qin Shiou touched it, and felt that the clothes were very hard and thick. Obviously they were specially used by cowboys and farmers who did rough work.

  The characteristic of this kind of denim is cheap. Qin Shiou looked at the price as only tens of Canadian dollars, so he and Wei Ni chose a set each.

  There are many styles of cowboy hats, belts and riding boots. There are various belt buckles, from ordinary U-shaped buckles to luxurious gold-plated butterfly buckles.

  The same goes for cowboy hats. Qin Shiou chose a small sky-blue hat with white lace and put it on his daughter’s head. He felt like he wanted to change it.

  As a result, Little Melon felt good about herself, holding the hat in her little hand, hum hum hum, and refused to let go.

  Vini smiled and said, "Well, then buy this one for her. 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 imitating the Germans of 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-waist boots, and explained: "Do you use high-top riding boots in this weather? Then I bet you only need to stay outside for a whole day. People are stinking."

  Qin Shiou has a soft spot for those riding boots. He took them back and said, “Don’t do that, sweetheart, I have to take these shoes, don’t you think they are very handsome?”

Seeing the riding boots in his arms, the black boss leaned on the counter and said loudly: "Young man, you have great eyesight. Those boots are the treasure of my town shop. They are one of the last boots made by Old White. , Pure handmade goods, you never want to see them again except in my shop."

Mao Weilong came over and said, "Old White is the best leather bootmaker in our town. He can make one hundred pairs of boots a year, but the town can sell two hundred pairs last year. Everyone says their boots are old. Made by White."

The black boss laughed loudly when he heard what he said, and said, "What you said was to dude. There are indeed a lot of people talking, but I don't. Didn't you see that the boots were placed in the most conspicuous place by me? Obviously it It is the treasure of my town shop! Everyone wants to buy it, but I only sell it to those who are destined!"

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

  The black boss made a gesture of counting money, and laughed: "That depends on how thick his pockets are." (to be continued~^~)