When people raised animals, they would build a relationship with the animals. The deeper the relationship, the better the tacit understanding between them. This was reflected in the competition. That was when the animals would unconditionally cooperate with their masters and help their masters win the final victory of the competition.
If the relationship between humans and animals was not good, then at the critical moment of the competition, the animals would refuse to cooperate and even deliberately make trouble, making the owner lose face and completely lose the competition.
The relationship between humans and animals raised was definitely not as simple as giving them food. This was equivalent to not building a relationship. The correct way was to put more care and love into the animals raised. To put it simply, it was to care more about the animals raised by oneself and let them feel your care for them. Only in this way could a close master-servant relationship be established.
Whether it was cats and dogs that had a closer relationship with humans or donkeys and horses that seemed to have a more indifferent relationship with humans, they all had rich inner feelings. Everything in the world had feelings, not only humans had feelings.
However, different animals expressed their feelings in different ways and intensities, which would cause many misunderstandings. For example, cats and dogs showed strong feelings for humans, while cows and horses showed relatively indifference.
This situation caused many people to be overly fond of cats and dogs, but they had no feelings for cows and horses. They even deliberately raised dogs to a higher level than other animals, always emphasizing the greatness of this animal, and indirectly despising other animals.
For example, some people would say that dogs could guide the blind, watch the door, and so on. It seemed that these abilities were not comparable to other animals, but they did not think about it. Cows could plow the land, donkeys could pull the mill, horses could ride, chickens and geese could lay eggs, and cows, horses, and donkeys could be used to pull carriages. These abilities were not available to dogs. Moreover, many people raised animals that did not have the function of guiding the blind or arresting drugs at all. At most, they were companions and pretentious. The interference to the neighbors was quite big, and they would even collide with passers-by, bringing great interference and disaster to the whole society.
Originally, it was an animal that could be used well and could serve humans. As a result, it was raised by many uncivilized people into a social hazard. This had to be said to be a kind of sadness. It was the sadness of dogs and the sadness of humans.
Originally, many people who raised cats and dogs were kind people. However, after the torment of some extreme dog lovers, many people felt that the person who raised animals was extremely bad, an extremist, and an extremely selfish person. Thus, they were unwilling to associate with such people.
The selfishness of some people led to the entire group being attacked. This kind of practice was really undesirable and very uncivilized.
In the later society, the reason why people loved dogs so much was naturally because of their mental emptiness. When they were mentally empty, they often had to raise an animal to relieve their loneliness. Among all the animals, dogs were the ones that liked to please humans the most. In addition, with the development of urbanization, it was not realistic to raise a cow at home. Therefore, many people could only raise dogs. Over time, they naturally liked dogs more.
Ang Lee was not a dog lover. To be precise, Ang Lee preferred horses that were more practical, or chickens, ducks, and geese that could bring him enough by-products. It was more cost-effective to raise these things. Raising dogs was a pure investment without any return. It was just a spiritual companion.
There were very few dogs in the house, only four or five. They were all very obedient and high-quality dogs. Their main purpose was to help the servants guard the door and prevent strangers from entering at will. There was no other use for them. As for going out to hunt, he didn't need a dog. Li An felt that bringing a dog to hunt was a complete burden. His archery skills were already good enough, and he had also invented a powerful sniper rifle. These were enough for him to hunt with. Bringing a dog with him was useless.
Tang Er was still young. Obviously, he did not understand the importance of establishing a relationship with animals, nor did he know how to establish such an intimate relationship. Ang Lee's education and guidance was needed.
"Tang Er, father will teach you how to brush the horse, okay?"
Ang Lee said.
Although Tang Er was a little reluctant, he still nodded and said, "Okay! Let's go and brush the horse now. "
The backyard was spacious enough, and there was also a clean water source. In order to grow the crops in the greenhouse, there was also a manure pile specially used for composting. Next to the manure pile was a manure pool. Because it was not very big, as long as one was not very close to it, one would not smell much.
Not far from the manure pool, there was a pool used to store water. This pool was much larger than the manure pool, and there were even lotus roots planted in it. However, because of the season, there were not many plants in the pool at the moment, except for some cold water. There were only some aquatic plants. It would be full of lotus flowers and lotus leaves in summer.
Usually, the sewage used for washing vegetables and laundry would not be directly thrown away, but would be stored in this pool. This was a reasonable use of resources. Moreover, the pollution of the sewage was not too big, so it was not a problem to use it to cultivate lotus roots and fish.
Although it was winter at the moment, there were still many fish swimming in this pool because fish had a strong resistance to cold. A small amount of aquatic plants in the water were the fish's food. In addition, some of the leftover pasta at home would be put on the water surface to provide for the growth of these fish.
This backyard could be said to have formed a complete ecological chain. The domestic sewage and leftover pasta could be used to raise fish, and the fish feces and animal feces could be used to grow vegetables. The leftover vegetable leaves could also be used as fertilizer, and then the fish and vegetables produced could provide food for humans. Thus, a complete ecological cycle chain was formed.
Ang Lee wanted to wash the horses, so he naturally chose to wash them next to the pool. In this way, the sewage that flowed out could flow directly into the pool, avoiding pollution to the ground. In order to dirty the ground, Ang Lee deliberately used the newly invented cement to make a washing platform near the pool.
The sides of this platform were slightly higher, and the middle was flat, but there was a sink that led directly to the pool. In addition, there was a small water tower and a platform for scrubbing tools on one side of the platform.
This water tower was actually an iron bucket. It was only a little more than ten feet high, and it was filled with water. There was a pipe at the bottom that led to the scrubbing workbench. This way, when the horses were scrubbed, they could be washed with flowing water, and the cleaning effect would be better.
Although the weather was relatively cold in winter, the horses' ability to adapt to the environment was relatively good. As long as the water was not too cold, the horses could accept it.
In order to prevent the water pipe from freezing and cracking, this small water tower would only be temporarily filled with water when it was in use. The temperature could be adjusted at will.
Because it was winter, if the horses were washed directly with cold water, it was easy to cause the horses to get sick. Therefore, boiling hot water must be mixed into the well water to make the water temperature reach the horse's body temperature. It didn't matter if it was a little more or a little less, but it must not be too different. If it was too hot, the horses would be scalded, and if it was too cold, the horses would get sick.
The temperature of the well water in winter was much higher than the water on the river, about a dozen degrees! It was not a big problem to use such water to wash the horses directly, but a dozen degrees was still too low. It had to be raised to at least thirty degrees, so it had to be blended with hot water.
When the servants heard that Ang Lee was going to personally take Tang Er to wash the horses, they naturally went to prepare at once. Whether it was boiling hot water or cold water in the well, there was enough. The boiling hot water was quickly brought over, and the well water was quickly filled with buckets of well water.
Ang Lee and Tang Er were only going to wash a horse, so it was reasonable that they didn't need too much water. But after all, Ang Lee was going to wash the horses himself, so the servants still prepared the maximum amount of water in case it was not enough for Ang Lee.
Several buckets of hot water and more than a dozen buckets of cold water were quickly poured into a large iron bucket about ten feet high. Ang Lee felt that it was enough, so he began to teach Tang Er how to wash the horses.
"Tang Er, father will wash the horses with water, and you will wash the horses, okay?"
Ang Lee said.
"Okay! Father. "
Tang Er held the brush and said with a smile.
Ang Lee gently turned on the switch, and a stream of clear water about the temperature of a human body gently gushed out and fell on the white crane's back. Some of the water splashed on Ang Lee and Tang Er's clothes and skin.
The reason why they didn't build the water tower higher was that the higher the tower was, the greater the water pressure would be. As a result, the water would spray out more fiercely, which would wet people's bodies. Moreover, the greater the spray of water, the greater the amount of water used. It was easy to run out of water in the water tower before the horses were completely washed.
If the water tower was built lower, the water pressure would be lower. As a result, the spray of water would be softer. This would not only save water, but it would also prevent people's clothes from getting wet. It was a very suitable method.
Tang Er gently wiped his face with his sleeve, and then happily washed the horses. Because he hadn't learned how to wash, his brushing was very bad. He was simply messing around on the horse's back. Not only was his brushing not good enough, but he also got himself wet.
"Hahaha …"
Perhaps it was the first time for Tang Er to wash a horse, so he had a strong sense of novelty. Therefore, he was very happy. He brushed here and there, and he didn't mean to be serious at all.
"Tang Er, don't mess around. You can't wash it clean like this. Come, give father the brush and let father teach you how to wash."
Ang Lee said with a smile and asked Tang Er to take out the brush. He wanted to personally demonstrate and teach Tang Er how to wash a horse.
"Tang Er, watch carefully! When you wash a horse, you must wash it from top to bottom, little by little. Don't miss any place. If you wash it carelessly, how can you remember where it has been brushed and where it hasn't been brushed? Also, when you wash it, you must use even strength. You can't use too much strength or too little strength. If you use too much strength, you will hurt the horse. If you don't use enough strength, you can't wash it clean, understand? "
Ang Lee began to educate him.
"Yes, father."
Tang Er responded unwillingly. When he was riding the horse just now, he was very excited. But at this moment, except for the excitement just now, when he was washing the horse, he immediately felt bored. After all, washing a horse was not a pleasant thing. It was completely different from riding a horse. It was like driving a car for a ride and wearing work clothes to repair a car. Could the feeling be the same? Everyone liked the feeling of driving a car for a ride, but how many people liked to get under a car to repair it?
"Don't pout. Come, continue to wash. Scrub the whole body of White Crane clean."
Ang Lee did not let Tang Er go and asked.
Tang Er said helplessly, "Yes, father."
After saying that, she began to scrub the horse. However, because Tang'er was still too weak, she could not use any strength at all when she was scrubbing. Especially when she was scrubbing the parts that were not easy to use strength in the first place, she could not scrub them properly.
Of course, Tang Er was still a child after all. It was already very good that he could seriously learn how to wash a horse. As for the scrubbing that was not in place, it could be practiced slowly. This could not be rushed, and there was no need to rush. There was also no need to be so demanding of him.
"Although you didn't brush it very well, my Tang-er has already taken the first step. Father is very happy. Come, there's still the last ponytail that needs to be washed. But remember, Tang-er, when you're washing the ponytail, you must not pull it too hard. Otherwise, the horse will get angry and might kick you. That would be terrible. Soak the ponytail in the bucket for a while, then stand at the side and wash it slowly. Do you remember?"
Do you understand? "Ang Lee said.
Although the horse seemed to be very docile, it actually had a temper. Only by following the horse's temper could it serve humans well. If it did not follow the horse's temper, the horse would kick back. Even if the master and the horse had established a deep relationship, the horse would still kick back because this was its temper and habitual action. For example, when the master pulled the horse's tail hard, the horse wanted to tell the master not to pull its tail because it was in pain. However, the horse could not speak, so it could only express its thoughts with its actions. Therefore, it would kick behind.
Some people also felt that when a horse's tail was violently whipped, the horse would feel a very strong threat to its safety. Because the threat was behind it, the horse's eyes couldn't see it at all. It couldn't figure out what the threat was behind it, and it couldn't see its master. Therefore, the horse would instinctively kick back to protect its own safety.
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