1282. Harness shop (5/8)
Qin Shiou had not ridden a horse yet, and riding horses in China was a noble activity. After he arrived in Canada, he stayed on the farewell island, and there would be no such creature as horses on the island.
Therefore, he was still very curious about Mao Weilong's horse farm. After arriving, he greeted the pregnant Liu Shuyan, chatted for a few casual words, and encouraged Mao Weilong to take him to see the horse.
Mao Weilong smiled and said, "Don't expect too high, just ordinary Quarts, not purebred horses, and I don't have much energy to clean them up, so it's not too clean."
Qin Shiou waved his hand and said, "Brother, just eat something fresh. Don't worry, I won't have much hope. I know I'm here to ride a horse, not a tiger."
The two of them walked through half a farm to the stable, where four horses were raised. Qin Shiou approached and looked at him. He didn't know the horse breed, so Mao Weilong introduced him to him, saying that it was a Quat Horse.
The four horses are two adult horses and two ponies, one black and one brown, and one white and one red. The four horses have different colors, but they are not pure and their fur colors are relatively messy.
The two adult horses had similar sizes, and their shoulder heights were similar to those of Qin Shiou. They were very strong and had compact muscles. They stood honestly in the stable with their big eyes. As soon as Qin Shiou approached, they started to sniff.
Qin Shiou reached out to touch the dark horse's head. The dark horse retreated with some resistance. Mao Weilong taught him: "Don't just touch the horse's head. You can touch its neck first, let it become familiar with your taste and accept you."
In this way, Qin Shiou carefully reached out to touch its neck. At the beginning, the dark horse was still a little resistant, but he gently combed the hair on the horse's neck, and the dark horse felt comfortable. He gradually stopped resisting his touch.
After a while, Qin Shiou reached out to touch the dark horse's head. The dark horse lowered his head honestly, looking gentle.
Seeing this, Qin Shiou was very excited and asked, "Can you ride a horse now?"
Mao Weilong rolled his eyes and said, "Don't be so anxious, these are horse herding horses. In the past past, cowboys rode to manage cattle and sheep. They have been tamed and will not easily hurt people, but they will not easily be ridden by people."
Qin Shiou also rolled his eyes and said, "Then I can't take care of it for a year or two, right? Is it so hard to ride a horse?"
Mao Weilong smiled and said, "No need, today you can get familiar with it first. This horse is called Frederick. He is almost ten years old and is a very sensible guy. In the evening and tomorrow morning, you can help him clean it up and you can ride it."
Qin Shiou shook his head and muttered that it was really troublesome.
As a result, he got the answer. It was really troublesome. He had to ride a horse and also had equipment. Mao Weilong did not prepare horse boots and clothes for him and Winnie. They were all wearing summer casual clothes, so it was not suitable to ride a horse, so they had to buy it.
Fortunately, there was a horse harness shop in the town, and Mao Weilong drove the two of them over. Qin Shiou looked at it on the way and felt that the popularity of this town was obviously worse than that of the farewell island, and there were not many cars and pedestrians on the street. Occasionally, I encountered a car, and looked like a traveler passing by when I looked dusty.
The unified style of rural houses in Canada is large, which is also related to the national conditions. Rural land is very cheap. This harness store looks like a domestic medium-sized supermarket from the outside, but after entering, I found that there were not many things.
The boss is a black man in his forties, wearing a cowboy hat and lying on the counter with beer to watch any game. Some customers came to the door without even being able to greet him, and said casually: "The water reins are left, and the clothes and boots are right. Check out to me."
Mao Weilong asked Qin Shiou and Winnie to see by themselves. He walked over and patted the table and said, "Hi. Caril, it's me, what are you doing?"
The black man looked up and looked at Mao Weilong and smiled, stretched out his fist and bumped into him, "Wow, Chinese brothers? How about your four horses? Didn't you recognize your child? I want to come here to pick something this time? But I can't accompany you. You see, the Patriots and the Red Clawed Hawks are fighting fiercely, and I can't walk away."
This black man speaks very quickly, just like singing rap. Qin Shiou probably didn't understand Mao Weilong because he just listened to it...
Qin Shiou didn't need to buy water and reincarnate. Mao Weilong Farm has it. He just chose a set of denim suits, cowboy hats, horse boots and spurs.
The denim clothes sold here are very large and large in size, but the style is single, which is the most common denim clothes without decoration. Qin Shiou touched them and felt that the material of the clothes was very hard and thick, obviously it was specially used by cowboys who do rough work and used by farmers.
The characteristic of this denim suit is that it is cheap. Qin Shiou, seeing that the price is only a few dozen Canadian dollars, chose a set with Winnie.
The styles of cowboy hats, belts and horse boots are much more complicated, with various belt buckles, ranging from ordinary U-shaped buckles to luxurious gilded butterfly buckles.
The same is true for the cowboy hat. Qin Shiou chose a small hat with sky blue inlaid white lace. He put it on his daughter's head and looked at it. He felt like he wanted to change it.
As a result, the little melon felt good about herself, and she grabbed the hat with her little hand and refused to let go.
Winnie smiled and said, "Okay, then buy her this one, and our daughter may become a heroic cowgirl in the future."
Qin Shiou himself chose a brown cowboy hat with leather buckles, and also selected a pair of high-top leather horse boots imitating the German army in World War II.
Winnie smiled and shook her head, put down the high-top leather boots, and replaced them with a pair of low-waist boots, explaining: "Do you use Gaobang horse boots in such weather? Then I bet that if you stay outside for a day, you will be smelly."
Qin Shiou had a special liking for those pair of riding boots, so he took them back and said, "Don't do this, sweetheart, I have to take these shoes away. Don't you think it's handsome?"
The black boss saw the riding boots in his arms and lay on the counter and whispered: "Young man, you have a great vision. Those boots are my store treasure. It is one of the last batch of boots made by Old White. It is a pure handmade product. You can't see them any other place except in my store."
Mao Weilong walked over and said, "Old White is the best leather boot maker in our town. He can make one hundred pairs of boots a year, but the town can sell two hundred pairs a year. Everyone said that their boots were made by Old White."
The black boss laughed loudly after hearing his words and said, "You are right, there are indeed many people who are treacherous, but I don't know. Didn't you see that I put the boots in the most conspicuous place? Obviously it is my store treasure! Everyone wants to buy it, but I only sell it to people who are destined to do it!"
"Don't tell me, my friend is the destined person you are waiting for?" Mao Weilong asked back.
The black boss made a billing position and laughed: "That depends on how thick his waist bag is." (To be continued)
Chapter completed!