Chapter 13 Buying Cattle and Horses to Increase the Family's Wealth (Part 2)

  Jū ān followed Thomas out of the large wooden house and walked for a while before arriving at a fence, where he found that the cows he had taken pictures of were all inside this fence, and there was also a cowboy holding a note.

  Thomas, accompanied by Juan, followed the cowboy to a few wooden tables set up as a checkout counter. Thomas requested that these cattle be taken to the pasture, and after calculating for a while, the cashier opened an account, and Juan took out his checkbook and wrote a check to hand over to the cashier.

  When he came out, Mike was already waiting by the fence.

  Seeing Ju An, the two of them warmly welcomed him over. Next, Thomas once again made a request to Mike, and then Mike promised Ju An that he would help purchase the remaining cattle as soon as possible and send them to the ranch, after which they signed an authorization contract.

  Jū ān looked at the contract, which was basically a form with columns, including cattle breed, sex, coat color, and a long list of details such as vaccinations.

  After a while, two large trucks approached the fence on this side, and several cowboys jumped into the fence, opened a gap, and drove the cattle onto the big trucks.

  Two trailers with four-tiered animal enclosures, the last few heads, just in time to rush into Ju'an's trailer.

  Towing two large trailers, heading towards the ranch.

  Arrived at the farm, Nancy and Wayne came over to help unload the cows. Several of the bulls were restless, and the newly unloaded herd seemed a bit tense as well. The calves stuck close to their mothers' sides, wary of their new surroundings. A few people watched from the side for a while until the cows dispersed and started grazing before leaving.

  Wayne mentioned that the sheep have been delivered and took Gus and Thomas to see them.

  The sheep were driven by Huaien to the playground not far from the foot of the mountain, leisurely eating grass, occasionally bleating two or three times. Next to the flock crouched Su Tou and Hu Tou, as well as Pi Dan.

  Living a comfortable life, I took a look and found that there were several big guys mixed in the sheep flock, much taller than the sheep next to them, with long necks, leisurely eating grass. Upon closer inspection, damn it, aren't these the internet deity creatures, Grass Mud Horses?

  "How did these guys get in?" pointing at the grass mud horse and saying to Wain.

  "Generally, when raising sheep, it's better to put a few yaks in the flock. This can prevent wolves because wolves are opportunists. When yaks encounter danger, they will keep walking towards the wolves, and then the whole flock will follow, so the wolves won't be able to do anything," Huan explained.

  This grass mud horse is simply a 250, indeed worthy of being a divine beast, thought to myself quietly.

  "There are 487 sheep in total, Old Jason from Jason's Ranch brought 210 of them, and the rest were all brought by Richie from Bear Mountain Ranch," Wyatt continued.

  "Alright, I know I wrote two checks tonight, can you help me deliver them tomorrow?" As he spoke, Ju An approached a black and white spotted clay horse. After taking a few steps, the clay horse lifted its head to look at him, then walked towards Ju An.

  Just as I was about to reach out and touch the Qilin's head, suddenly, the Grass Mud Horse let out a loud sound, followed by a splash of water droplets coming straight at me. Luckily, I dodged quickly, almost getting sprayed in the face with this guy's saliva, and my pants were even splattered with stains.

  Thomas and Wayne burst out laughing as they walked back and forth comfortably.

  "It's still unfamiliar to you, An," Wai Yan said loudly.

  I went back to change my pants, threw the clothes I had changed into over the past few days into the washing machine and washed them. Then I had some bread, ate a bit of roasted lamb, which was roasted by Old Thomas and sent over, Nancy also had a portion. The lamb chops were grilled directly with charcoal without adding any seasonings, it was my first time eating this kind of roasted lamb chop, the outside fat was slightly charred, the lamb meat was fresh and juicy, the flavor was extremely good.

  As the sun was setting, Thomas and Wayne had driven the sheep into the barn, and the cows were herded near the barn, with three dogs barking behind them.

  Thomas looked at Gowan with praise and said, "What a clever fellow, herding cattle is really great, it won't take long for the three of them to become the best cow dogs, I've never seen such a clever dog before."

  Looking at the three guys standing next to the herd of cattle, with their heads held high and gazing at the cattle, they looked like a commander inspecting his troops. Old Thomas nodded in satisfaction: "Hmm, it wasn't a waste raising these three guys." This left old Thomas speechless.

  The next day, he handed over the two checks to Wain and followed Thomas to the horse farm to select horses. In his home country, Ju An had ridden Mongolian horses before. Mongolian horses were relatively easy to raise, but they were too short. As a half-baked rider, Ju An felt that it was not impressive enough, but he had no choice due to limited funds. Although there were also Quarter Horses, Arabians, and Andalusians at the horse farm, they cost twice as much as Mongolian horses per hour, which often left Ju An sighing in dismay.

  After driving for almost an hour on the country road and passing through a small hill, we finally arrived at the horse farm.

  The farm wasn't very big, Thomas said it was about forty acres, mainly a family-run horse farm that raised and sold horses to maintain the farm's expenses. When they stopped the car, the farm owner had already come over to greet them, shook hands with each other, and then led Thomas and Ju An into an enclosure where there were more than ten horses wearing saddles and bridles.

  From a safe distance, each one looks tall and majestic, very beautiful, even thinking of buying them back.

  But Old Thomas began to pick out one by one and explained to Ju An while picking.

  "This one's a bit short in the leg, will have trouble turning," Thomas said, leading a bay-colored horse.

  "This one won't do, its muscular strength is slightly inferior, it's not suitable for herding cattle," Thomas said, stroking a horse.

  "This one is not bad, but the old injury on its leg can't be determined" Thomas stroked a golden mare, shook his head regretfully, and lifted up the horse's hind legs to let Ju'an feel the joints.

  "This horse's forelegs are a bit stiff, affecting its speed, and it's too spirited, not steady enough." Thomas patted the horse's rump gently.

  Thomas patted and stroked each horse in the corral, opening their mouths, pinching their muscles all over, and generally making a nuisance of himself among the horses. Finally he picked out four, three of which were ordinary bays, while the fourth was a bay with big white splashes on its sides - not at all like the pure white, coal black, and vermilion red ones that Juan had dreamed about.

  Thomas and the stable master were saddling up the horses when Quin walked out of the corral, looking around at the horses grazing in the distance. The green grass, the horses lazily munching on the lush grass, the sky above a brilliant blue, the distant mountains with a hint of snow, the nearby cypress and maple trees with leaves that were sometimes emerald green and sometimes fiery red, intertwined with the horses on the grassland, formed a breathtakingly beautiful landscape painting.

  Just as he was indulging in the beautiful scenery, he suddenly felt that something was behind him. Turning his head, it was a brown horse face, big eyes staring at him, and there was a hint of curiosity in his eyes.

  Gently stroking the horse's nose, his other hand ran along the horse's neck, feeling the softness of the horse's coat like silk. The owner couldn't help but secretly praise him, thinking that every horse was taken care of so well, and those dirty horses in domestic stables couldn't compare.

  Taking a step back, looking closely at this sorrel horse, it was discovered that its physique is different from the previous horses. The sorrel mane is dense and long, with many fine and soft hairs on the hooves, and the tail hair is denser and longer than usual, almost dragging on the ground. There is a white star on the forehead, about 1.7 meters in height, and the whole horse is very beautiful and majestic.

  "Thomas, Thomas, come and see this one!" shouted Qu An at Thomas.

  Upon hearing the shout, Thomas and the stable master walked over, looking at the horse next to An and said: "A poorly bred Friesian horse?"

  "Hmm, the two mischievous ones bred by the horse farm would be perfect if they were black." The horse farm owner shook his head in regret.

  Thomas looked at Gwenn and then examined the horse carefully: "Three years old, good bones and muscles, four thousand dollars for this one."

  The horse owner smiled and said "Money is no problem, Thomas. I want to tell you that this little guy is not easy to get along with. You can't return him, I won't agree."

  Thomas hesitated and looked at Ju'an, seeing Ju'an nodding in agreement.

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