175. Sea Biscuits (regular 1/4)
On the eve of New Year in 1938, the American Time magazine selected the top ten news figures of the year, but there were only nine people on the list at that time, including Franklin Roosevelt, Neville Chamberlain and Adolf Hitler.
The other one is not a human, but a horse, and the name of this horse is Hai Biscuit.
This horse was born in 1933 and is short and flawed - the knees are protruding and asymmetrical, and not straight enough. It is a typical example of a defective figure. This kind of horse racing should be abandoned as soon as it is born. This is the consensus among everyone.
In this way, Haibiscuit has been living a hard life from birth to three years old. It was treated as a bad horse, picking goods, pulling mills, and doing a lot of hard work.
In 1936, a poor horse trainer named Tom Smith bought it. After a year of training, in 1937, Hai Biscuit began to participate in the National Horse Racing Competition. Then, from the first time he stepped onto the arena, it began to sweep the all-American horse racing horses, and was invincible in the United States. He won a big victory in ten important bonus games, with an annual income of $144,000 that set the record at that time!
Especially on November 1, 1938, the competition between Haibian and another prize horse king, "Navy General", was even more legendary. King vs. King vs. Horse vs. Horse King. In this game, Haibian was arrogant and won with four positions in an incredible way when he was behind in the start!
The legend is not over, and an accident on February 14, 1939 caused the suspense ligament of the left front leg of the sea biscuit, so it is likely that it will never be able to compete again.
Then on March 2, 1940, the 7-year-old Sea Biscuit suddenly made a comeback and challenged the event it hadn't been able to conquer: the Santa Anita 100,000 prize money tournament.
Everyone thought that this old horse was just going to participate in the competition in friendship. It put an end to his career, but the final result shocked the whole of the United States: Sea Biscuits ran the best in the history of the Santa Anita Competition, the second best in the history of the American horse racing, and broke the world record.
After watching this game, the famous writer Julie Roger immediately wrote in his column: "How lucky I am to be able to see this day alive."
Since then, the name Sea Biscuit has always represented an indomitable spirit in North America, a tenacious character, and a belief that never surrenders.
When Qin Shiou first heard about this, he was shocked. This was not a chicken soup for the soul, but a real legend. Naming his racing car with such a legend also represents Powell's expectation for him.
He wants to become a legend in the racing world!
Qin Shiou patted Powell on the shoulder and said, "This is a good name, come on, man, don't let the sea biscuits be shamed!"
He then taught Powell how to control the ATV. He asked him to try to start, accelerate and turn by himself, and initially mastered the skills of driving the car.
Auerbach stood on the beach, watching Qin Shiou patiently teach Powell to drive, with a smile on his face.
The next morning, Powell got up and went to wipe the sea biscuits clean. According to Qin Shiou's teaching last night, he checked the brake lines, automatic hand brakes, fuel tanks, wheels, axles and other locations, and went to have breakfast after all.
After breakfast, the four children had to go to the town to sell dumplings, while Qin Shiou took Mao Weilong to cruise on the sea.
After the cruise, Qin Shiou was about to take Mao Weilong to shoot fish in the afternoon. The two packed up their things, and Shaq took Evosen to prepare first. This was not only shooting fish, but also having a barbecue party by the lake after shooting fish.
Qin Shiou made lunch, but the four children did not come back to have dinner. Dad Hickson called and said that the children were not going back and had dinner with him.
I took a nice nap. Qin Shiou and Mao Weilong drove a pickup truck to Chenbao Lake, and on the way, they first arrived at Hickson's father's restaurant.
It was two o'clock in the afternoon. It was the hottest time of the day, and many people hid in the air-conditioned room to enjoy the cool air. Next to Dad Hickson's restaurant, four children stood in the shade of the trees and watched the pedestrians coming and going.
Next to the restaurant are two tables, one with an induction cooker and a cooking pot, the other with seasonings, packaging boxes and other things. There is also a supported paper shell with a line of words written in Chinese and English: Authentic Chinese dumplings, delicious and not expensive.
Qin Shiou stopped the car across the street and looked at the children from afar.
There were no pedestrians on the road, let alone customers eating. After a while, Dad Hickson opened the door and said to the four children: "Come in quickly, good boy, no customers come out for dinner now. Can you continue selling it in the evening?"
Boris said to the other three: "You go in, if there are guests, I will call you."
Gordon nodded and was about to leave. Shirley, who was holding the small cash box, looked at him angrily and said, "Godon, you traitor! Can't you even bear this little pain?"
Michelle also shouted at him: "You can't even compare to Xiaohu and Xiaobao! Gordon, I look down on you."
After hearing this, Gordon blushed and stood at the end in shame, and kept wiping the sweat on his face with his clothes. Hu Zi and Leopard stick their tongues and keep breathing heavily, looking at Gordon with their heads tilted, as if they were very despised.
Shirley walked over and said sweetly to Hickson's father, "Dad, thank you for your invitation. We are not tired or hot, so we just wait outside. Maybe someone is eating now? You know, it's hot, and some people have no appetite at noon."
Qin Shiou looked at this scene quietly. Dad Hickson persuaded him for a while, but it was useless. He had to shake his head and go back to the restaurant. Four stubborn children stayed outside, and of course, there were two equally stubborn Labradors.
"These four children are vegetative," said Mao Weilong, "There are much more vegetative than my eldest nephew!"
Qin Shiou patted his shoulder and asked, "Do you have any kindness?"
Mao Weilong said proudly: "What do you think? The man in the capital has not only a seed, but also a lot of hardness..."
"Very good." Qin Shiou smiled with relief. He took Mao Weilong out of the car and walked out and said to Shirley, "Prepare four dumplings for me, two of which are made of fish and two of which are made of vegetables and shrimps."
Seeing Qin Shiou, Hu Zi and Leopard flicked their ears and jumped happily together. As a result, after running over, their tongues spit longer and their breathing became even more severe.
Shirley and the other two cheered, and Powell asked, "Qin, have you not eaten? Are you still hungry?"
It’s a sin. Before Qin Shiou and Mao Weilong went fishing, they were worried about dehydration when they exercised, so they drank a lot of juice and ice water at home.
In this way, Qin Shiou touched his bloated belly and said, "Yes, St. Johns's food is not delicious, we didn't come back from eating. Isn't it, Uncle Mao, who is very kind?"
His tone was particularly heavy in the last few words.
Mao Weilong realized that he had been plotted. He showed a uglier smile than crying, nodded and said, "Yes, I'm so hungry, I want to eat two servings!"
"You can eat three servings when you are hungry." Qin Shiou looked at him in surprise, "Uncle Mao, are the dumplings they made not to your taste, so you only eat two servings?"
Shirley looked at him nervously with her big watery eyes. Mao Weilong swallowed in difficulty and said, "Of course not, haha, I just preheat it first. In this way, three dumplings made by Shirley, Gordon, and Michelle must be delicious!"
In this way, Powell ran into the restaurant happily, and their dumplings were placed in Dad Hickson's refrigerator.
The five portions of dumplings were soon out of the pot. Mao Weilong and Qin Shiou sat in the restaurant, staring at the plates of dumplings in a daze.
In a hot day, hot dumplings, and a hot stomach, it can kill people.
Shirley and the other two looked at Qin Shiou and Mao Weilong with anticipation and asked in a low voice: "Why don't you eat?"
"It's too hot." Qin Shiou smiled, and Shirley inserted one with a fork and blew it, and sent it to Qin Shiou's mouth.
Qin Shiou swallowed it in one bite, stroked Shirley's hair and chewed it while vaguely saying, "What a good boy, Shirley, well, it tastes delicious, it tastes great."
Dad Hickson swallowed his saliva while watching, and finally couldn't help but turn around to the kitchen and muttered, "Fortunately, I have never been married and have children in my life. It's so scary."
Qin Shiou really couldn't eat it anymore. He had no appetite on the hot days, not to mention that they had a lot of drinks in St. Johns.
He couldn't eat it himself, so Qin Shiou began to make up his mind. He looked at Mao Weilong, "Well, this grandson is worse than himself now. There are three dumplings in front of him, it would be nice if he didn't hold it to death." Then, he looked at Hu Zi and Leopard.
Labrador, who has always been well-behaved and obedient, has also become weak. The two little guys found the air conditioner port and lay on the ground. Seeing Qin Shiou turning his head, he turned over and exposed his bulging belly.
"It's all the things that are lost at critical moments." Qin Shiou muttered. He thought for a while, and he had an idea.
"Boris, pack our dumplings. We have to go to the lake to shoot fish. Let's eat it while shooting fish later. Now it's the best time to shoot fish at noon." Qin Shiou said, "Sherley, come, check out, five dumplings, how much does it cost?"
Gordon said in a daze: "It's too hot now. Qin, how can he ejaculate fish? He will suffer from heatstroke."
Qin Shiou had nothing to say for a moment. Indeed, how could the fish shoot in the sun at noon?
Mao Weilong smiled kindly and said, "Uncle Mao wants to lose weight, so he has to go to shoot fish at noon, so that he can sweat more."
The children nodded suddenly and Qin Shiou quietly gave him a thumbs up and said, "How come you are so smart? Give your cleverness a thumbs up."
Shirley didn't pay the bill, and Qin Shiou smiled and said, "We will eat your dumplings, of course we have to give you money, because this is business - family affection is family affection, and business is business."
Dad Hickson also nodded and said, "Yes, kids, remember this sentence, business is business and has nothing to do with anything else."
Chapter completed!