Chapter 149 The Times Newspaper Headlines
The American national anthem is divided into four sections, but it is enough to only sing the first section on most occasions.
The four pretty young cowgirls have loud voices and full of energy. The lyrics are: Ah! When the dawn first appears, can you see what makes us so proud? Cheering in the last dawn, whose flag is always high in the fierce battle...
Han Xuan has no sense of recognition of this, and the same is true for everyone else nearby.
Old Patton muttered that he hadn't had this thing decades ago, and it was all the face-saving projects done by Augusta Town and the government.
In fact, his original words were: "A bunch of damn borers! This is a waste of taxpayers' precious time! I can't live long, and I'm still spending this meaningless thing! Curse you!"
The boy automatically filtered this part of his previous life and it seemed that it was similar in every place. The smell of fried chicken and hot dog floating in the air, smelling his nose. Han Xuan snatched on the railing in front of the box and leaned forward.
Good guy, the private room next door, Gonzalez, was like a party, prepared food filled the tables, counting seven or eight bottles of champagne, and loudly invited the women passing by.
He is not married yet, and Aunt Kelly once said that Gonzalez's private life is a bit terrible... Han Xuan paused and continued to think, it seemed that it was not groundless.
Gonzalez was busy waving to the young woman on the roadside, beating against her handsome face, making the other party smile. He saw the boy, walked to the table and took a bucket of kfc chicken nuggets and handed it to Han Xuan.
He said, "I asked my friend to bring it from Grand Falls in the morning, and it's a little hot. Will you eat it?"
Augusta Town is too small, and the Kentucky Fried Chicken Company still looks down on this town. There are only a few "copycat" fried chicken shops made by local residents. They were about to take it over and found that Gonzalez shrank his hand back again.
He was surprised and reacted, and had a slight guess. He looked back and saw that his mother was really here. She kept junk food out of the door since she was a child. Han Xuan missed them very much, and his face suddenly looked pitiful.
Guo's mother knew that her son was pretending, twisted his ears and said kindly: "You are only allowed to eat one piece, do you know?"
Han Xuan lit his head quickly. Seeing that the paper bucket was placed in front of him, he searched for a long time to find the largest one. He was afraid that his father would come to grab it, so he quickly bit it in his mouth. He was not relieved to have saliva. He quietly stayed away from the father who was sympathetic with him...
The old mayor held the microphone in the middle of the venue. Every time he deliberately paused, there was always a little applause coming from the stands. It was not until the 96th Rodeo Competition finally started that the audience really applauded him.
There are too few cowgirls, and those who ride horses and raise national flags and circle around the field are still the ones who sing just now.
The fat host shouted with his neck thickly: "Hello everyone! The first event of the competition is naked riding! This time, a total of 173 cowboys participated! The prize money for each competition has been settled. The champion can be won..."
"Five,248.3 dollars!" He looked at the card in his hand and looked up and continued.
"It's true that there's no change." Old Patton snorted softly, sat up straight, ready to watch the game.
Racing naked does not require a saddle, but rides directly on a smooth horseback, which best tests the cowboy's skills.
Staff from afar helped the contestants sit on the horse's back, and several people outside the fence held the railing in their hands. They were waiting for instructions and ready to open them at any time.
Twenty people were divided into a group, each time they won the first place and the second place, and only the first place in the final, with no bonus except the champion.
There were five cowboys on the field, wearing black clothes, their mission was to help protect the contestants, and to wait for the horses to finish the competition and drive them back to the fence.
A guy fell down before the game started. Han Xuangang laughed out loud and found that his parents and John turned their heads to look at him, and said in a low voice with a sad face: "It's not our family, right?"
"Yeah, it's Martinez."
Old Patton had no expression on his face, and after a few seconds, he spoke: "I will ask him to sweep the cow pen for three months..."
Poor Martinez.
The referee had never encountered such a situation. He went to the rostrum to discuss for two or three minutes and decided to give him another chance. Martinez didn't know what was waiting for him, so he jumped up and climbed onto the horse again. His posture was pretty good just looking at it.
A stadium staff member, holding a small yellow flag in his hand, looked back, and waved it down quickly after receiving the signal.
The iron gate of the fence opened immediately, and several fiercely tempered Quatta horses kept twisting and jumping, making neighing sounds, trying to throw the cowboy off their backs.
The cowboys were doing their best to maintain balance on their bare horseback. They didn’t have to compare speed with their naked riding, but rather who would last longer.
They grabbed the reins with one hand and the other stretched in the air, and the rules were not allowed to touch the horses and their bodies.
The cowboys must persist for eight seconds on the violently shaking horseback. The judges carefully scored them. Half of the score comes from the posture, the other half depends on the degree of jumping and struggling by the fierce horse, and a considerable part of it depends on luck.
The contestants fell off their horses one by one, and some unlucky guys, such as Martinez, who was motionless under his butt, without any struggle. The guy screamed angrily and told the referee that the game was unfair.
Unfortunately, no one paid attention to him, and there were many laughter from gloating, and Anderson and his group laughed the loudest.
Eight seconds later, five black-clad cowboys rode their horses and came over from both sides to pick up the contestants, grabbed the contestants and helped them get off the horse's back. Han Xuan could see that they were all very experienced cowboys.
However, a few fierce horses didn't give them a chance and jumped wildly until they overturned the contestants to the ground. The people didn't care about the pain and quickly left on all sides. It was not fun to be stepped on by the horse's hooves.
When passing by Martinez, the black-clad cowboy tacitly ignored him. The black young man had no choice but to dismount and waved to the surroundings with cheek, as if he was a winner.
As expected, all the judges gave him zero points. An acquaintance was embarrassed and gave a symbolic score. Martinez immediately became a legendary figure in the 96-year history of the competition.
Augusta Times Newspaper reporter was ready to think of the title that would be popular, and instantly decided that he would be the front page news tomorrow...
The next bull battle competition is very thrilling.
Cowboys have to pull down the calves with bare hands. These calves usually weigh hundreds of pounds, and it takes a lot of effort to pull them down, so this game is also called the "real men's game."
Score depends on the time it takes to catch up and to pull down the Mavericks, the shorter the better.
Six cowboys participated in the competition at Snow Mountain Ranch, of which Han Xuan only knew Jones, and they won fourth place in the best place. The championship was taken away by a strong cowboy from Helena.
Both the father and son in the private room felt sorry for this. (To be continued.)
Chapter completed!