Chapter 647 Renting a Horse
When I woke up early in the morning, I didn’t see the sun. As March was about to end in early spring, the weather became increasingly gloomy.
I guess after April, it will be hard to see such gloomy weather. According to the experience of previous years, it may become drizzle.
Zhang An guessed that this is God preparing for the Qingming Festival that will come in some time.
In the next few days, he no longer had to do nothing every day like before. He had to seize the time to build the doors and windows needed for the sheepfold.
Wang Fang had already cleaned the yard early in the morning. The remaining sand from the sheep pens the previous days had been hidden and placed, and the yard became clean again.
Then Zhang An moved the wooden horse and work day to the yard and prepared to start work in the yard.
Because the carpentry work of making doors and windows requires a large space, so as long as it doesn't rain, this spacious yard is just right.
After the preparation work was completed, the wood used to make doors and windows was moved out from the backyard room.
These are the materials left over from the doors and windows of the new house. They are all good materials that Zhang An got from the space.
Although it has been left for a long time, except for some dust, there are no other problems at all, not even a moth.
This time we need to make a total of two doors and a few windows. We don’t need much wood at all, so the leftovers from last time are enough. There is no need to go to the sawmill to cut the wood.
The data for the doors and windows had already been measured, so Zhang An did not need to waste time and started cutting the wood with a saw.
As for Xiao Siqi, who was playing happily with Xiaohu and the others, when he saw Zhang An starting work, he immediately ran over and squatted on the ground to watch Zhang An sawing wood curiously.
"Why, you want to learn too, then grow up quickly so dad can teach you."
Zhang An smiled when he found that his son didn't even blink when he was sawing wood. said.
But Xiao Siqi didn't speak, he just stared as usual, his eyes turning around as the saw was pulled.
After half a day, several pieces of wood were sawed into door frames and window frames. Xiao Siqi immediately ran over, picked up a small piece of wood left from the saw, and then ran to play. Went.
It was then that Zhang An realized that this was what his son was waiting for.
When he stuck the next piece of wood again, he turned around and found that his son who had picked up the small piece of wood was dancing there.
The movements didn't look coherent at all, and they were very unfamiliar. After watching it for a long time, Zhang An realized that his son's strange movements were a little bit like the martial arts moves that often appear in TV dramas in recent days.
Xiao Siqi learned boxing from Zhang An on weekdays, and his body movements have long been coordinated.
It doesn’t look like much at first glance, but if you keep looking at it patiently, you’ll find that it looks like that when you wave it around.
The small wooden strip is about two minutes long and very small. In Xiao Siqi's hand, it is like a small wooden sword.
Zhang An looked at it for a long time and couldn't help but nod. No wonder Zhang Yixing said before that when the little guy grows up, he will learn his skills from him.
It turns out that he had already seen that Xiao Siqi had the talent.
Seeing that his son liked it, Zhang An slapped his forehead, picked up the remaining half-meter-long wooden strip on the ground and began to draw lines.
Then use a saw and a wooden knife to process it carefully. After half a cut, a small and exquisite wooden sword has been made.
After Ping raised it and took a few glances, Zhang An pushed it back and forth with a plane twice before nodding with satisfaction.
"Qi Qi, come here quickly and see what dad has made for you."
Zhang An grabbed the sandpaper and polished the wooden sword before turning around and calling his son over.
"Dad, I want it, I want it."
After seeing the wooden sword in Zhang An's hand, Xiao Siqi immediately threw away the wooden stick in his hand and ran straight over.
“Here, take it.”
Looking at his son holding up his hands, Zhang An didn’t tease him like he usually did, and directly handed over the small wooden sword in his hand. Gave it to Xiao Siqi.
After the little guy got the wooden sword, it was as if he had gotten a new treasure. He couldn't put it down and stared at it.
After a while, I probably had enough, so I took it in my hand and waved it.
Because it is made of Davidia wood, the small wooden sword is very light and can be carried by the little guy with one hand.
But it may be the first time in his life to hold a sword, and he is still very unfamiliar, so he just holds the tip of the sword instead of the hilt that Zhang An specially prepared for him.
“Qi Qi, that’s not how you hold it, you held it backwards.”
Seeing this situation, Zhang An quickly called his son over and prepared to teach him how to use it.
You must know that when he saw little Siqi waving a wooden stick just now, Zhang An had already begun to imagine that the old man would train him to be a good swordsman in the future.
So it is better not to show such nondescript behavior, otherwise it will be seen by others, and your son will also want to save face when talking about it in the future.
After Zhang An’s instruction, within a short time, little Siqi was already skillfully holding the hilt of the sword and dancing.
Originally, Zhang Andu was ready to continue working, but when he saw his son dancing with a sword, he felt inspired, so he made himself a wooden sword.
Compared with the little one's small and exquisite children's sword, Zhang An's own is much larger, with a total length of just over one meter, but the specific length has not been measured.
"Qi Qi, come here, daddy will teach you how to practice swordsmanship."
Zhang An was carrying a wooden sword, which really looked decent.
Little Siqi just got a new baby from her father, so naturally she walked towards Zhang An very obediently.
Afterwards, Zhang An started practicing Tai Chi sword skills in the courtyard that he had not practiced often before.
He wanted to teach his son how to make patterns bit by bit, but after he started, he suddenly got into the mood on a whim.
“Hey, Brother Zhang An’s sword dance is so beautiful.”
After finishing a set of moves, a voice suddenly came from the door.
"Hehe, just messing around."
Zhang An stopped and took a look, and found that Zhang Jianwen was coming with the previous director Lin Hui. In addition, There were several people following behind them.
"This is not done blindly. I can tell, brother Zhang An, these moves of yours are not like fancy fists and embroidered legs, but have you practiced the moves?"
Listen to what Zhang An said. , Lin Hui immediately shook his head. He is a director and has seen many martial arts moves.
I just saw Zhang An doing a few moves at the door, and he immediately realized that this set of movements was different from what his martial arts instructor designed.
"Haha, I have been practicing the cropping technique for several years."
Hearing this, Zhang An said modestly, and then asked curiously. "Uncle and Director Lin are here, what's the matter?"
"Brother Zhang An, you also know that we came here to shoot a few scenes in your big bamboo forest. We will be ready to start in the next two days. The scenes require A good horse appeared on the scene. We originally thought about renting it from the village after we came here, but in the past two days, we saw many villagers' horses that did not quite meet the requirements of a good horse. Later, we heard from Village Chief Zhang "But we have three good horses here, so we came here to take a look."
When Zhang An asked, Lin Hui took a look at Zhang Jianwen and said it openly.
The crew came from afar, and it would be difficult to take the horses with them, so they thought of renting horses raised by the villagers after they came over.
But after arriving here, they discovered that the horses here were all dwarf draft horses and did not meet the expected goals.
“But brother Zhang An, don’t worry, if the conditions are met, we will give your horse a satisfactory salary.”
As if afraid of Zhang An’s rejection, Lin Hui hurriedly added.
"So that's it. I do have three horses here, but I'm afraid I can't lend them to you. It's not a matter of money. The main reason is that our horses are very stubborn and don't want to lend them to you at all. Let other people ride. My uncle also knows this. Except for my family, no one else in the village, not even the mare, can take a step closer."
When the other party finished speaking, Zhang An only knew that he had been here for a few days, but he didn't know at all. It seems that I am taking building sheepfolds at home these days a little seriously.
But the other party wanted to rent his own horse, but he did not agree directly. On the one hand, Dahei's temper was indeed very stubborn, and ordinary people could not surrender it.
The other thing is that he doesn't trust the crew. Who knows what these people will do if they lead the horse over, and he doesn't care about the money.
Although people have said that they will give you a satisfactory salary, it is just a horse. No matter how satisfied you are, you will be more satisfied.
“I know, I have heard from Village Chief Zhang about this. Because of this, I want to come and see your horses even more. How about we go and take a look first?”
As soon as Zhang An finished speaking, Lin Hui spoke immediately. It seemed that he was very interested in the horses in Zhang An's family.
"Okay, I'll take you in first to take a look."
Everyone had already talked about this, so Zhang An had no choice but to take them to the circle to take a look.
“Hey, are these the dogs raised by brother Zhang An? They all look exactly like wolves.”
As they walked to the door of the circle, several people saw the dogs entrenched on the ground. Xiaohu and the big dogs immediately stopped and said.
It can be seen that they are not interested in the little tiger and the big dogs, but are frightened.
“Haha, many people have said this before, don’t be afraid, as long as they don’t make threatening movements, they won’t bite.”
Zhang An has long been accustomed to the words of Lin Hui and others. When Cheng Peng and others came over a few days ago, they also said the same thing.
"That's good, they look really fierce. Except for Tibetan mastiffs, I have never seen such a fierce dog."
Although Zhang An said so, However, they were still worried and followed Zhang An and Zhang Jianwen cautiously.
“Here, this is my family’s horse.”
When they came to the circle, Zhang An pointed at Dahei’s family of three and said to several people.
"Good horse, this is definitely a good horse. When I first heard what Village Chief Zhang said, I didn't quite believe it. Now that I see it with my own eyes, I really have to believe it."
一Seeing Dahei's family of three, one of the people who came with Lin Hui said excitedly.
"Brother Zhang An, is your horse the legendary horse of Wu Zui and Wu Yun riding on the snow?"
The same is true for Lin Hui. As soon as he came in, his eyes were followed by Da Hei His wife was attracted.
Maybe because Xiao Hei is young and not fully developed, he is easily covered up by his parents.
"Haha, I'm not sure about this either. After all, I'm not a professional and don't have deep research on this aspect."
Zhang An laughed, not saying yes or no.
Actually, he knew that Ta Xue might be a good horse. After all, it was Chen Ze who traveled thousands of miles to send it to him.
But as for Dahei, although it had a very stubborn temper before, Zhang An was very sure that it was not a good breed of horse.
You must know that when my father Zhang Jianguo bought it from someone else for hundreds of yuan, it was not only extremely thin, but also not as tall and powerful as it is now.
The reason why it has grown so long is entirely due to space.
“I’m sure it’s not wrong. This horse of yours is definitely a good horse. The look in his eyes reveals a sense of unruliness. This is not something ordinary horses can possess. . ”
Although Zhang An did not give an answer, Lin Hui said very definitely.
Is it possible that Dahei is really a good horse, but the family didn’t raise it before?
Hearing what Lin Hui said, Zhang An couldn't help but feel suspicious.
"Zhang An, I have decided that they are the ones. Please agree to my request. They are simply the realistic epitome of the BMW in my script."
Then, Lin Hui pointed at the Dahei couple, He said to Zhang An very pleadingly.
“No, Director Lin, as I said just now, my horse is very stubborn. Although it is not like before, it will raise its hooves when someone approaches it, but it is impossible for others to ride on it. "
Seeing Director Lin grabbing his hand very excitedly, Zhang An said helplessly.
“Brother Zhang An, you don’t have to worry about this. Our film is actually based on BMW, so there aren’t many horse riding scenes. When it comes time to ride a horse, we’ll have to use a stand-in. "Yes."
Seeing that Zhang An did not agree, Lin Hui continued to persuade.
“And I have decided now that our crew will not only hire your horse, but also you, my brother. You also said it, but others can’t ride it, but brother Zhang An, you will definitely be able to ride it. When it comes time to ride a horse, you can help act as a substitute."
This is what Lin Hui just decided, because the two horses from Zhang An's family are so suitable that he thinks this horse is the right one. The way it should be in the play.
So in order to borrow these two horses, he decided to invite Zhang An, the horse owner, too.
After all, when filming, with Zhang An as the master, he is much easier to direct than these incompetent people.
Moreover, Zhang An knows kung fu and is not like other actors who can only perform a few moves. Using him as a stand-in will definitely produce better results than ordinary actors.
"Zhang An, why don't you just agree? It's in our village anyway, so it's not a troublesome thing."
After Lin Hui finished speaking, Zhang Jianwen also opened his mouth to help persuade.
"Let me think about it and then give you a reply, Director Lin."
Zhang An was already planning to refuse, but when he saw his old uncle Zhang Jianwen speaking, he didn't say anything. .
"Okay, okay, brother Zhang An, please think about it carefully."
Lin Hui was very happy, because Zhang An didn't refuse directly, so there was still room for persuasion.
(End of this chapter)