Horses usually live between 25 and 35 years, and if they start training at the age of 2, they can be commissioned at the age of 3 or even 2.5. Between the ages of 5 and 15 is the peak of servitude, and if it is raised properly, it is still of great value after the age of 20.

Zheng Zhilan's horse is a southwest horse, and there may be other horses with blood, which is tall among the horses Zhou Li has seen.

He is 13 years old and an experienced horse from a work point of view. Horses of this age are tame and have a lot of experience as servants, so even those who can't ride horses can control it.

Knocking it out is the three-wheeled motorcycle and the road-to-home policy.

Zheng Zhilan whispered beside Zhou Li: "The horse seller asked me for 9,000 yuan at first, but the uncle who opened the supermarket was afraid that I would be cheated, so he helped me tell the price to 6,008, and I named it Cow." ”

"Uncle is so nice. ”

"He looked at me pitifully. Zheng Zhilan smiled slightly, "I've been to him a few times to buy things. ”

"It's so cheap!"

Zhou Li touched the horse.

Black and white horses are less common, they look like cows, and he thinks the color scheme alone is worth a lot. Besides, having an old horse can indeed provide great convenience for Zheng Zhilan.

Zheng Zhilan continued to whisper: "It is very smart, and now it can recognize the way, and I can ride it down the mountain to buy things." ”

"It also wore a bell. ”

"The man who sold the horse gave it. ”

"I also want to buy one, but unfortunately I don't have a mountain. ”

"You can ride. ”

"Huaixu, come down quickly. Zhou Li urged.

"I don't. Huaixu shook his head and refused, "I'll ride first, I'll run a lap, find the original feeling, so I can teach you to run." ”

“......”

Huai Xu pulled the reins and shouted to drive, and the horse suddenly trotted up with his head up, and burrowed down the path into the village.

The sound of horses' hooves and bells faded away.

Zheng Zhilan quietly looked at Zhou Li and smiled softly.

"Will you run?" Zhou Li asked.

"No, it won't. Zheng Zhilan shook her head, "I'll just sit on it, pat it lightly and it will go." When it encounters a fork in the road that I don't recognize, it will stop by itself and wait for me to choose the direction. Well, now it's learned to follow rhubarb. At first, I had to clear and hold it. ”

"Your animals are really spiritual. Zhou Li suddenly remembered the lost sheep and the unyielding rooster again.

"It's all the credit of Qinghe. Zheng Zhilan said.

"He's going to do this?"

"Yes. ”

"Qinghe, why didn't you see him?"

"He went fishing in the creek over there. ”

"Oh~~"

The two chatted and chatted, and the sound of horses' hooves came close again.

There is a mountain spring flowing down this mountain, which makes the village path a little damp, and it has little effect on people walking, but when the horse's hooves are stepped on and raised, they will bring up a little moist soil. If the bun was there, maybe he would have captured this picture.

Huaixu didn't stop his horse, and the cow itself slowly slowed down and stopped in front of the yard.

Huai Xu sat on the back of the horse and said to Zhou Li: "This horse is not good, it is too small, and it is not as fast as the horse I have ridden before." ”

The southwestern horse itself is a small horse, good at climbing mountains and mountain transport, and its advantages are endurance, leather and tameness, and it is not good at speed, while Huaixu has obviously ridden a high-class war horse before.

"Come down. Zhou Li shouted.

"I don't!"

"Don't you hate it?"

"Not really!"

“......”

Zhou Lihao was speechless.

And Zheng Zhilan covered her mouth on the side and chuckled.

At this time, Zhou Li's mobile phone rang, it was a call from Brother Nan. He answered and said a few words, and told Brother Nan to walk halfway up the mountain, and there was a bluestone path to the upper right of the pavilion, leading to Zhihongguan, and hung up the phone.

"Brother Nan is here. Zhou Li said to Zheng Zhilan and Huaixu, "I'll pick her up." ”

"Hmm. ”

"I'll go on horseback. ”

"You've got a good reason. Huai Xu said as he sat on horseback.

"That's not the reason. Zhou Li retorted.

"Shall I go then?" asked Huai Xu.

"No!" Zhou Li's tone was firm.

"Look, look, ......"

Huai Xu was reluctant, but he still didn't argue with him: "You ride, you ride, I'll go directly to Brother Nan, lest she go the wrong way." ”

With a bang, he disappeared in front of the two.

Zhou Li finally smiled.

Zheng Zhilan helped him hold the reins, and the cow stood still obediently, Zhou Li stepped up not very skillfully, and according to Zheng Zhilan, he gently patted the horse's back and walked forward.

Zhou Li was a little nervous, he turned around and wanted to say hello to Zheng Zhilan, but when he saw Zheng Zhilan calling rhubarb, he pointed in the direction of the Taoist temple, and rhubarb got up and walked to the cows, and looked back at them.

Zhou Li waved at Zheng Zhilan.

Zheng Zhilan only looked at him with a smile and didn't speak.

The horses were already moving forward.

"Ding Ding~"

Rhubarb led the way, and the cows followed it peacefully, their steps slow, and the crisp chimes echoed through the valley.

An hour later.

Zhou Li sat proudly on horseback and waved at Brother Nan.

Brother Nan's eyes immediately widened: "Why is this horse this color?

"It's called a cow. ”

Brother Nan nodded and let out a long sigh, and hurriedly beckoned to him: "Come down, come down, let me ride." ”

Zhou Li had to get off the horse and change to Brother Nan.

"Where did this dog come from?"

"Xiao Zheng's family raised a lot, she raised a lot, and there was a whole gang. Rhubarb is the boss. Zhou Li said and grabbed the reins, "Usually when Xiao Zheng travels, Rhubarb leads the way in front, and the cows will follow Rhubarb." ”

"Really?"

"Yes. ”

"I feel like it wants to bite me. ”

"Yes, how disgusting you are. ”

"Shh

After all, Rhubarb didn't have the same knowledge as Brother Nan, and when he saw Zhou Li walking back, he also walked back, and the cow still followed him.

Brother Nan grinned and sat on the back of the horse and smirked.

She and Zhou Li have ridden horses and are in Lijiang Lashihai, but now the feeling is different after all. Now there is no one to hold it. Nan even shouted to try to make the horse trot, but the cows ignored her, and Rhubarb ignored her. She was nervous in vain.

"Can you ride two people?" Brother Nan asked suddenly.

"No, I can't. Zhou Li said, "Don't be tired of it." ”

"That's right. ”

"Your brothers and sisters didn't keep you?"

"They went to climb Mingjiu Mountain, and now they are probably at the top of the mountain. Brother Nan said, "I originally wanted to work part-time in the teahouse, in previous years, I used to get together with my third uncle and several other bosses in the village to earn a little money, but this year I can't do it, and I have a document on it." I heard that the teahouse was still secretly open yesterday, but it hasn't opened today. ”

“...... How much can you earn?"

"Come down in the afternoon...... It depends. I don't want to win too much, that's pretty much it. Brother Nan said and sighed, "I guess my grandfather's village can't fight either." ”

"Gambling is not good. ”

"You're right...... Drive!"

However, the cows and rhubarb ignored her.

Brother Nan is a quiet character, sitting on horseback can not be idle, all the way to pick leaves, walking in the pine forest and can't help but raise his hand to pick pine cones, and after passing through the pine forest, you can see the small mountain village.

The peaks are tall and steep, the valleys next to them are covered with clouds and mist, and a path winds its way up the treacherous mountainside, where mudslides have swept away a heavy spree and destroyed half of the mountain village...... All this looms in the winter fog, like an oil painting.

Just like Zhou Li's first meeting, Brother Nan was also deeply shocked, and hurriedly took out his mobile phone to take pictures.

"Wow!

After entering the small mountain village, she shouted loudly: "Little Zheng sister!Zheng Zhilan!I'm here~~ Huh, there is no response?"

Brother Nan's brain moved: "Is there an echo?"

"Where's the echo?"

"Where's the sound?"

"What?"

Zhou Li walked in front of her, his face expressionless.

The first to greet Brother Nan was a group of dogs, with different breeds.

Brother Nan may have been born with a dog-bitten physique, and when this group of dogs appeared, Zhou Li obviously saw a blank look on their faces - probably if Brother Nan wasn't sitting on the back of a cow, with Zhou Li and greeted by Rhubarb himself, they would have rushed up and scolded them.

"That's a lot!"

Brother Nan is a little weak-hearted, and his two fists are hard to beat with four hands.

Zheng Zhilan's house is a little on the edge of a small mountain village, and most of the abandoned houses that she passes through are overgrown with weeds and crawling vines, which may seem like a horror movie to ordinary people. It wasn't until he arrived at Zheng Zhilan's small courtyard that he suddenly became angry.

Zheng Zhilan still stood on the edge of the courtyard and looked at her, and when she saw Brother Nan waving to her, she smiled shallowly.

"I brought you my grandmother's fried tofu balls, which are delicious. Brother Nan waved his hand and said.

"Thank you. ”

"It's fun to ride a horse, how much do you pay for?"

"Six thousand eight. ”

"It's okay. ”

Brother Nan got off the horse, took out the packing box from his satchel, and handed it to Zheng Zhilan.

Taking advantage of Zheng Zhilan's efforts to bring it into the house, she looked at the yard for a while, looked at the flowers raised by Zheng Zhilan for a while, and bent down to tell the members of the dog gang that she was a friend of their owner...... In short, it was much more casual than Zhou Li's first visit.