Chapter 381 Horseback Riding and Archery
Soon, the Beggar Gang disciples drove a pickup truck to the ranch area of the manor and parked the car nearby. Zhang Ailun and a few others got out of the car and saw from afar a group of cattle and sheep leisurely eating grass and a horse trainer riding a tall horse and taking a leisurely walk on the ranch plain.
Several Beggars' Gang disciples were responsible for taking care of the ranch animals. They all wore high-brimmed cowboy hats, leather boots, belts, sweatshirts, windbreakers, and hemp ropes around their waists, looking like cowboys. There were also several Labrador puppies running happily on the grass.
But they are still very small, not even as tall as the lush grass in spring, and their shadows are almost invisible as they lie deep in the grass.
It was a sunny day with bright sunshine, and coupled with the picturesque pasture scenery, Zhang Ailun could not help but sigh at the uncanny beauty of nature.
At this moment, the chief even wanted to recite a poem.
The sky is green and the fields are vast.
Ahem... sorry for the embarrassment. There is no other way. The chief is not a professional poet. He had already thrown all the useless knowledge to the school. He only remembered this one because it is easier to recite.
Jennifer and Irene took out their cell phones and captured this beautiful moment.
Obviously, the horse trainer invited by Old Carl was very talented. Even a stallion with a hot temper like Torch Boy became much docile under his training. However, he seemed to be able to only touch Torch at close range and could not ride on it.
Relatively speaking, the Clippers girls seem much more docile and their personalities have always been stable.
After getting off the car, the Beggar Gang disciple waved to the horse trainer, blew a whistle, and called him over. After receiving the message, the horse trainer immediately rode over on a speedboat, and Torch was jogging leisurely behind.
A few Labradors behind heard the whistle, saw the racehorse running away, and ran over happily.
"Long time no see, Clipper! Good girl, come here, come to daddy and let daddy touch you."
When the horse trainer approached on a clipper, Zhang Ailun smiled cordially and extended his hand.
The Clippers obviously still remembered that there was such a person as the Chief, and they came forward obediently, lowered their heads and allowed him to touch them.
"What a good girl."
The chief leader stroked the smooth and shiny hair on Clipper's neck and revealed a satisfied smile.
Several Labrador puppies nearby also circled around the chief, wagging their tails wildly to show their goodwill, but the chief looked down at their dirty and dirt-covered appearance and completely ignored them.
The Labrador puppy beside him was howling anxiously.
What does it mean? Touch it but not me? Are you being partial?
Zhang Ailun turned to the horse trainer and praised him, "You have taken good care of them. Their mental state is much better than before. They have also adapted to the environment here and are no longer afraid of strangers."
"This is what I should do, sir." The horse trainer turned over and got off the horse, answering a little stiffly.
After seeing Zhang Ailun take out two carrots from the basket held by the Beggar Gang disciples to reward the Clippers, the horse trainer Henry immediately gave professional advice: "Sir, retired racehorses like these need to have strict daily feeding indicators. Fruits also need to be provided in a fixed amount and can only be fed to them as snacks. They mainly eat soybeans, corn, and grass mixed with vitamin compound additives. The food ingredients cannot exceed the standard, otherwise it will affect their health to a certain extent. They have eaten a lot this morning."
"Ensuring the health of the horses is a problem that your breeders and nutritionists need to consider, not mine. As the boss and owner, I only care about whether they can understand me and run fast when I need them to."
The chief leader answered very self-willedly, and encouraged: "I believe you won't let me down, right?"
"You're right..." Henry was a little speechless. After all, he was the one who paid the salary. He could only allow this rich and willful boss to disrupt the nutrition plan and figure out how to reduce the nutrition distribution in the future.
You must eat less at night! Forget about the midnight snack.
Then he asked the chief leader for instructions, and Zhang Ailun agreed without thinking. He also took the iPad from the horse trainer and glanced over the list.
I don’t know, I’m scared.
I just took a quick look at the daily nutritional list of the two racehorses. Looking at the dazzling and well-organized plan, it is even more rigorous than the nutritional meals in the gym.
Fish oil, nutritional supplements, feed from Texas ranches, and sterilized eggs.
It is cleaner and more hygienic than what humans eat.
Zhang Ailun had never thought that raising a horse would cost more money than raising a homeless person. He couldn't help but exclaimed, "My goodness, is this raising a horse or raising an ancestor?"
For the same price, a retired racehorse can feed a hundred homeless people.
"But they are your babies, so it's worth it, isn't it?" said the horse trainer.
"You're right." Zhang Ailun nodded, and then he happily stuffed two carrots into the Clippers' hands. This is cheap, so eat more!
Jennifer, Irene and the other two also came closer and tried to touch the Clipper girl, but she still seemed submissive and docile, and did not refuse at all.
"Oh my God, it eats so elegantly. I actually see aristocratic temperament in a horse." Irene couldn't help but exclaimed.
"Its eyelashes are really long." Jennifer stroked Clipper's mane, looked at its streamlined and slender figure, nodded and praised: "Its figure is well maintained, it should be able to run very fast! Can I ride it for a walk?"
"Miss, of course you can. If this is your first time riding a horse, I suggest you wear professional riding safety equipment," the horse trainer replied.
Olivia noticed the Torch next to her, who seemed aloof and unsociable. It was chewing grass on the pasture with its head drooping. It didn't look at people directly, and no one knew what it was thinking.
"Hey, come here, Torch, come to Daddy." Zhang Ailun took out two more carrots from the basket, trying to bribe the other party to be obedient.
But unexpectedly, Torch just turned his head to take a look, then sneezed with disdain, turned his head and continued to chew the lush grass, as if the natural grass grown on the ground was sweeter than the carrot in the chief's hand.
wtf.
Olivia teased, "Your boy doesn't seem to be very close to your father."
"This guy still has such a bad temper." Zhang Ailun was speechless.
"Don't worry about it. It's very ambitious now. I hope it can always be so ambitious! Just starve it for two meals. Henry, you can consider reducing the meal you provide tonight by half. Help it lose weight. It has become fat in just a few days! Where is the shadow of a racehorse?"
"...Okay, boss." Henry agreed reluctantly.
You are the boss, whatever you say is right, but why are you competing with a horse?
"If you don't want to be hungry at night, you have to cooperate. Do you understand? I'm doing this for your own good." The horse trainer walked over and advised, stroking the torch.
Torch seemed to really understand English. He turned his head to look at the leader, then looked at the three beauties, and then decisively moved closer to Olivia and took the initiative to lower his head to show his goodwill to her.
Olivia was a little surprised. She stroked Torch's big head and said with a smile, "Haha, I understand. It likes to be close to beautiful girls and doesn't like to be ridden by men."
Zhang Ailun tutted his mouth and said, "This guy is indeed a pervert among horses."
"Come on, you are really competing with a horse." Olivia teased, "Although you can't ride your horse, you can ride us at night." "..." It must be said that this reason made the leader very excited, and there was no reason to refuse.
"Go ahead, prepare the riding gear for the three of them. Safety is the priority." Zhang Ailun immediately told Henry to take the three of them for a horseback ride.
"Okay, boss." Henry agreed readily, then took the three of them to the side and took out safety equipment from the tool kit.
"Boss, we have prepared the shotgun and bow and arrow for you." A disciple of the Beggar Gang drove over in a pickup truck. After getting out of the car, he took out several Winchester lever-action rifles from the trunk. They were the 19 models that were very popular in the 1873th century and were hailed as the guns that won the West.
The caliber is relatively small, and it uses smokeless gunpowder. At that time, a series of advanced firearms seemed to be popular, such as the Springfield rifle, but now it can only be used for hunting.
Zhang Ailun also tried to use it. The feeling in his hand was completely different from that of modern rifles. It felt a bit novel. He also believed that the person who invented this way of loading bullets and firing must be a genius.
The lever series of guns, the most impressive one is the T800 shotgun in the movie Terminator, which can be loaded with one hand. But it is not recommended for ordinary people to imitate this, as it is easy to get yourself shot in the head.
Although lever-action rifles are now outdated and have been replaced by automatic rifles, they were once an excellent technology.
In the 19th century, people in the Qing Dynasty were still using fire sticks and riding rickshaws, but here, trains, advanced rifles, and even machine guns are already popular, as if they were in completely different eras.
Zhang Ailun simply experienced the operation of the real gun and felt that the recoil was very small, the kinetic energy and power were also low, and the gunshot was also subtle. He also tried to use a bow and arrow. Modern hunting bows and arrows are naturally not like the brute force of ancient bows and arrows. Everything takes into account the safety and convenience of the user. Although the power of this hunting bow and arrow is not very great, it can be easily pulled open. It can be used against small animals, even women can use it.
The chief leader shot an arrow lightly at the target in the distance.
Then, two arrows, three arrows… five arrows, six arrows, seven arrows! Finally, the arrows flew through the can at high speed, and the brown liquid gushed out.
A very accurate batch.
"Boss, your shooting is so accurate!!"
The Beggars' Sect disciples also joined in the praise.
Zhang Ailun put his hands behind his back and said nothing, but handed him the bow and arrow, "You come."
"Okay." The honest-looking Beggar Gang disciple took the bow and arrow, skillfully drew the bow and shot the arrow, unlike an ordinary person. When Zhang Ailun saw this posture, he instantly felt that he might have been a little careless.
Sure enough, the opponent fired three arrows at once. It seemed that he didn't even aim, but the arrows hit the target accurately and flew out with the target and the can.
"..."
Zhang Ailun stared at the can absentmindedly, then turned his head and looked at him doubtfully, "What did you do before?"
"Boss, I used to be in a shooting club. I'm a senior member and a shooting enthusiast. I've also won a gold medal, two silver medals, and five bronze medals in archery competitions held in California." The Beggar Gang disciple answered without blushing.
"Oh. That's fine." Zhang Ailun replied expressionlessly. It turned out to be the boss.
There are many hidden talents around the chief leader.
Very good! There is no arrow on the target of the Beggars' Sect disciples, and the chief leader wins this round of competition! !
"Put it aside for now and wait until they finish riding the horses." Zhang Ailun said as he put down the bow and arrow after experiencing it.
Who uses bows and arrows when there are guns these days?
I never use this thing again, it's not useful at all.
The Beggars' Sect disciples immediately cooperated and agreed to hide the bows and arrows. They had not been used yet and were about to be placed in the warehouse to collect dust.
Why? Because it doesn't give face to the chief leader!
The horse trainer on the other side had already helped Jennifer, Erin, and Olivia put on professional riding gear and helped the three of them sit on the horses. He corrected their posture and sitting position, and started to walk and jog, slowly accelerating to adapt.
Although it was not the first time for the three of them to ride horses, they had only done so in the room with the chief. The feeling was very different from galloping on the plains of the pasture.
This was also their first time to ride horses properly. They felt very nervous and excited, and cheered from time to time.
Zhang Ailun watched them riding horses around the pasture, and could only sit there and play with a few small dogs in envy.
"What are you looking at?" He looked down at a Labrador puppy, then suddenly squatted down and scolded it. The puppy was a little confused for a moment, and turned away howling in fear.
Zhang Ailun couldn't help laughing.
The Beggar Gang disciple next to him also laughed.
Dogs may not be people, but you are a real dog.
Dozens of minutes passed quickly, and Jennifer and the other two were sweating and exhausted from riding horses. They decided to take a break and try other activities.
"How does it feel?" Zhang Ailun asked as he watched the Torch Clipper being led back by the horse trainer.
The horse was fine, running at low power without even breathing hard, a purebred racehorse indeed! But the rider was tormented on the horse's back.
The three of them had red faces, were slightly panting, and had sweat on their foreheads.
"I feel like I'm about to break apart. I may not be able to ride a horse tonight." Olivia rolled off the horse and gasped when she landed.
"? Who told you to ride so fast? You should be careful when riding for the first time, and don't be too rough." Zhang Ailun taught in a caring manner, and walked over. "Where are you hurt? Do you want me to see? Who told you not to wear protective gear?"
Olivia knew what the chief meant and rolled her eyes. "Stop it, it's still daytime. Jennifer and Irene are riding the speedboat, which is slower. The Torch I'm riding is really too fast and doesn't listen at all. It's definitely a bad boy!"
"It's still eating too much. Its ration must be reduced by half." Zhang Ailun said in approval.
"..." Henry was speechless for a long time after hearing this. Damn it!
The horse riding experience was temporarily over, and Zhang Ailun also considered letting a few people take a break and wait for people to gather. The Beggar Gang disciples also came over with drinks and carpets, and a few people sat on the grass to enjoy the scenery and chat and laugh.
Not long after, a Beggar Gang disciple drove over, stopped the car not far away, and a few familiar people got out of the car.
"Hey, hello! Lao Jin!!" The blue-haired girl greeted lively as she got off the car.
Hearing this familiar name, the chief leader was a little bit overwhelmed and said unhappily: "Shut up, I'm not even thirty years old, what are you calling me?"
"I'm only twenty years old," said Sadie.
"You dyed your hair again? How come you dye it a different color every day?" Zhang Ailun looked at her colorful hair and couldn't help complaining, "Your dad is willing to let you out? Has the bank issue been settled?"
"Of course, I'm free now. But my dad doesn't know that I came to play with you, but it doesn't matter even if he knows." Sadie said with a smile.
Then she waved and greeted Jennifer and the others. They seemed to be very familiar with each other. Zhang Ailun couldn't help but feel a little strange. He didn't know when they became friends.
(End of this chapter)
