Little Life on An American Ranch

  Chapter 76 Too much force

   Changed into clean clothes, Jian Heng answered several calls from the room to the door, all of which had the same meaning, that is, he couldn’t come to the ranch for help today because his back was sore and his legs hurt.

   "Well, okay, I see, pay attention to rest, I'm fine here" Jian Heng put down the phone.

  The two sisters, Barley and Wheat, also finished their work at this time, and were about to enter the house to wash up. When they passed by Jian Heng, they found him with a bitter face, and asked a question involuntarily.

   "What's the matter? Don't be so stingy, aren't you happy after losing a game?" Mai said.

Now the barley and wheat are clearly separated, this is not to say that he will also be able to distinguish them in the future, but now the barley is almost soaked, while the wheat is only about half wet, so it is easy to distinguish the two sisters .

"Why am I so narrow-minded? It was a group of cowboys who used too much force yesterday and all hurt themselves. Some of them had a little difficulty getting up today. Obviously, they can't come to help today." Jian Heng shook the phone at the two sisters. shaken.

   "You should give them a cup of the drink we drank last night, so they can work again today" Da Mai said at this time

   "Do you think it's so easy to make this thing?" Jian Heng glanced at Barley.

   "Is it difficult?" Barley couldn't remember how difficult it is to prepare a fruit and vegetable juice.

  Simple is simple, but Jian Heng didn't want the two of them to know that he could make vegetable juice by stirring it a few times, so he opened his mouth and said, "This uses a secret recipe, it's very brain-intensive!"

   Having said this, Jian Heng reached out and nodded his own head.

  Both Barley and Wheat were quite curious, but they didn’t open their mouths to ask, because they all heard Jian Heng’s so-called ‘teacher’s training’ about passing on sons but not daughters.

   Although the two of them seemed to have thousands of cat's claws scratching their hearts, they still held back and didn't ask.

  Wheat changed the topic a bit: "Then what should we do today?"

  Jian Heng took a look at the barn that had been demolished and only a small piece of wall remained, first heaved a long sigh, and then said: "What else can we do, wait for everyone to recover!"

  He said this, but he thought in his heart: After working for two days in a day, you can't take three days off, right?

   "Then let's go upstairs, if you want to ride a horse, you can ride it." After Xiaomai finished speaking, she pointed her finger at the dirty horse that had been cleaned.

   Jian Heng glanced at the horse, then raised his legs and walked towards the bad horse. While walking, he snarled barley and wheat: "You two wash the horse? I'm a little suspicious!"

Damai replied disdainfully: "When you haven't seen a horse, we both know how to wash horses! Let me tell you this, we both had our own pony when we were six years old. They were two little horses. Pony, we not only have to wash the horse every day, but also feed the horse, shovel the horse manure, almost all the work is done by the two of us, what were you doing when you were six years old?"

   "I started setting up roadside stalls when I was six years old," Jian Heng boasted.

In fact, when Jian Heng was six years old, he still followed his elder sister around. My elder sister, Jian Anan, was older than my younger brother, Jian Heng, who was six or seven years old. Jian Anan was about to go to junior high school. At work, Jian Anan has to cook for his younger brother Jian Heng every day before going to school and take care of Jian Heng to finish eating, and then escorts his younger brother to the kindergarten, almost doing half of the mother's work. Six-year-old Jian Heng can't even peel an eggshell.

  As the only boy in the family, Jian Heng is a treasure, otherwise he would not have developed a courageous temperament, ran away from home after a conflict, and was tricked to come to the United States to work as a coolie.

"real?"

  The McAvoy sisters didn't believe Ben.

   "I've done more powerful tasks. At the age of six, I can add and subtract within 100, and I can do mental arithmetic!" Jian Heng said.

  When it came to this, the two McAvoy sisters were dumbfounded. Let alone six years old, even if the two of them were asked to calculate ninety-eight plus sixty-five without any tools, they would still be stuck. Lao Mei is almost blind to mathematics without a calculator.

   Seeing their expressions, Jian Heng waved his hands proudly: "Hurry up and go upstairs, or Zhao Changshan and the others will come over later and see you like this!"

  He stretched out his hand and clicked on the two of them: "Zhao Changshan is a little older and still has a little concentration. Xiao Huang and Xiao Zhao must be too much, and they will lose hp!"

  Give Jian Heng a middle finger, and the two sisters went upstairs.

  Jian Heng took the horse and looked around, and found that the two sisters had cleaned the horse very cleanly. It turned out that the bad horse looked a little better now, and it was much more glamorous than before.

  It's a pity that a bad horse is always a bad horse!

   No matter from the frame structure, or from the perspective of endurance and intelligence, this horse is not outstanding at all. The only thing to say is honesty.

  Let's put it this way, this horse's temper is really good, and he doesn't worry about it. But if you want it to keep running at a fast pace, the rider almost has to work hard.

   Also, this horse is a bit silly, and he has to take a step slower to ignore the owner's intentions.

The horse is a bad horse. For a mature rider, this horse is very bad, but for a novice, this horse is very suitable. It has a good temper and has ridden until now. It meant that he was impatient and wanted to throw the rider off the horse. It is rare for a horse to have such a good temper.

   While Jian Heng was looking at the horses, Zhao Changshan and the others came over in a brand new Tantu pickup.

   "Hey, what's the matter today?" Zhao Changshan got out of the car and asked in puzzlement when he saw that Jian Heng was alone and there was no car around.

  Jian Heng said: "What's the matter? Everyone worked too hard yesterday and hurt themselves. Today they all rest at home."

   "Then let's get on with it," Zhao Changshan said.

  Jian Heng looked at the four of them, shook his head and said, "Forget it, everyone, let's rest today."

  The four of them are okay as helpers, but it would be a bit too much to expect them to work.

As mentioned above, the cowboys on the American ranch are all versatile. Each of them has mastered several crafts during their long life on the ranch. This is not comparable to people like Zhao Changshan. Let them do it today. The cowboys have to go back to work when they come, it's better to wait for them to rest and then do it.

   "It's all right? Boss, can I learn how to ride a horse from you?"

Xiao Zhao, that is Zhao Changshan's nephew Zhao Wei, immediately focused on the bad horse that had just been washed. For a man who came from China and didn't grow up in the grassland, it was a very important thing to know how to ride a horse. Cool things. Being able to gallop on the back of a steed may be the dream that every boy has rooted in his heart since he was a child.

   "Yes, there is nothing wrong with it!" Jian Heng immediately agreed.

  Jian Heng is not the kind of boss who likes to show off. As long as there is nothing to do, Jian Heng can even give his subordinates a vacation, and will not ask for any working hours, unlike some bosses who have to stay honestly in front of him even if they have nothing to do.

  Huang Xiaodong also raised his hand when he heard this: "I want to learn too."

  Jian Heng looked at Zhang Jialiang: "What about you, you came almost a month earlier, can you ride a horse?"

   "I had a meeting early, and within a few days after I came here, I learned how to ride a horse from Dominique. Now I can trot on horseback, but I have been busy these days and have not continued to practice." Zhang Jialiang said proudly.

   Jian Heng listened and stretched out his finger on the bad horse: "From the saddle to the ride, you have a try."

  Zhang Jialiang put on a showy look: "Brother, you can't trust me!"

   Walking to the side of the bad horse, Zhang Jialiang looked left and right as if he was looking for something.

   "What are you looking for?" Zhao Changshan asked.

   "Where's the carrot?" Zhang Jialiang asked.

  Jian Heng snorted: "You have to bring a follower to ride a horse! You can't ride a horse without carrots?"

   "First of all, we need to exchange feelings. This horse knows you well, but I don't know me! Even if you are an individual, you don't have to say hello first? Feeding a carrot is also a means of our relationship with Mara.".

  Looking at Zhang Jialiang's non-stop attitude, Jian Heng said: "Hey, I don't think you are going to ride a horse. If you come a few more times, I suspect that you will buy a diamond ring for the horse and get engaged!"

Huang Xiaodong was diligent and clever. When Zhang Jialiang asked for carrots, he immediately led Xiao Pao into the kitchen and quickly took out a few. First he gave Zhang Jialiang one, and then passed it to Zhao Changshan, Zhao Wei , and finally left one for myself.

   Jian Heng saw Huang Xiaodong's actions, and couldn't help but secretly nodded.

   "Who wants to buy a diamond ring?"

   At this time, Da Mai and Mai had already changed their clothes and came out. Hearing what Jian Heng said about the diamond ring, they immediately asked with great interest. They thought who was asking for marriage.

   Zhao Changshan smiled and explained a few sentences.

   "You're so mean!" The two sisters understood, and cheerfully rebuked Jian Heng.

At this time, Zhang Jialiang had already fed the poor horse, and started to put a cushion on the horse's back, pulled the cushion to the correct position, and then checked whether the left and right sides were the same length, and when he turned around behind the horse, his hands were not Get off the horse.

   This is the correct posture. Putting your hand on the horse's buttocks can let the horse know where you are, and prevent the horse from accidentally kicking and hurting people.

There is almost no big mistake in the next set of throwing the saddle and tightening the belt. If you insist on picking any faults, it will take too long. It is estimated that the horse is a little uncomfortable.

  But this is also the only way for novices to go through. This is the way of work. You can become proficient after doing more. The same set of tasks can be completed in two to three minutes by Jian Heng, while it takes Zhang Jialiang more than ten minutes. From ten minutes to two or three minutes, it corresponds to the horse that Jian Heng has been riding for four or five years, while Zhang Jialiang has only been riding for less than a month.

Seeing that Zhang Jialiang got on the horse, took two steps on the bad horse, and then urged the horse to trot. The whole movement was a little bit reined, but it was quite correct. It seems that Zhang Jialiang’s new friend Dominique is very good at this item. Clearly a lot of effort has been put into it.

   "Yes, the movements are quite standard, but the disadvantage is that it pays too much attention to the essentials of the movements, and it would be better to relax a little more."

   Sisters Barley and Wheat talked about the advantages and disadvantages of Zhang Jialiang's riding skills before Jian Heng made comments.

   "Okay, I just have nothing to do today, the three of you can teach the three of them how to ride a horse together!" Jian Heng saw that they had something to do today.

  Balley and Wheat looked at Jian Heng and asked, "What are you going to do?"

   "Me? Go to the city to see!" Jian Heng said.

  Hearing that Jian Heng was going to the city, Damai and Mai immediately said, "It just so happens that we are going to buy some clothes. These clothes are not suitable for wearing on the ranch."

   "Okay!" Jian Heng beckoned to the two of them, signaling them to follow him into the car.

  (end of this chapter)