Grina hurried to catch up with Geyan and whispered a few words to him.

Ge Yan glanced back at Ling Zikai, his face was smeared with a hint of redness, with a little shame, and after nodding to his wife, he quickened his pace and walked forward.

There are more than 100 horses in total, except for a third of the mares and foals, the rest are adult healthy horses, scattered in the surrounding meadows.

Ge Yan led everyone to a herd of seven or eight horses, and said to Ling Zikai, "These are purebred Mongolian horses with seven years of tooth age, although their bodies are smaller than other horses, they have thick skin, solid and powerful limbs, long endurance, and good weight, which are very suitable for use in your forest farm." ”

Considering that the objects of the horses they usually use are Lin Xing'an and Zhang Nan, and they are mainly used for transportation, Ling Zikai asked: "How is their temperament? It is better to be tame! Because it is the old man and the woman who ride the horse." ”

Geyan pondered for a moment and said, "Then you can choose those two green horses and the yellow and chestnut-colored ones, relatively speaking, they are improved from the Arabian horse breed, and they are more tame and easier than the others*!"

Ling Zikai looked at the three horses that Ge Yan was referring to, they had a big head and a wide forehead, a wide chest and a long mane, short legs, developed joints and tendons, and looked quite good, so he asked Du Juan: "Sister, what do you think!"

The cuckoo nodded and said, "I'll see it!"

"Brother Geyan, I want these three horses, besides, do you have a white horse?"

Ling Zikai remembered the big white horse that cuckoo was killed, so he wanted to choose one for her.

Geyan shook his head and said, "Purebred white horses are rare, and even if they do, they will be snatched away quickly. If you want a white horse, I can ask you. ”

Ling Zikai said to Du Juan with some regret: "Sister, why don't you pick one of the others first?"

Cuckoo has been dealing with horses since she was a child, and in her heart, a favorite mount is her most loyal companion, in addition to having her own favorite color and body shape, it is more to see whether the horse has spirituality, whether it can reach a tacit understanding with herself.

But these horses in front of her were obviously not her chosen targets, and after hearing Ling Zikai's question, she shook her head and said to Ge Yan: "Brother Ge Yan, are there any other better horses?"

"In addition to Mongolian horses, I have some Arabian horses, Ili horses and Kazakh horses here, do you want to go and see them?"

Seeing that Du Juan and Ling Zikai nodded, Ge Yan led them to another grassland.

On the way, Ling Zikai asked: "Brother Geyan, it is said that there is Bole in the world, and then there is Maxima." Maxima often has, but Bole does not often have. You have been dealing with horses all year round, do you have any equestrian skills! I also want to pick one for myself, can you teach me!"

Seeing that Ling Zikai asked him how to take horses, Ge Yan became a little confident and said, "Brother Ling, I'm just a horse wrangler, I only know how to raise horses, but I don't know how to do horse-like skills. However, in our Xing'an prairie, there is a song about Soma, called:

A skin from afar, four hooves from close;

The chest is wide in front of it, and the buttocks are in full in the back;

When the waist is pinched, the nose is pinched and squeezed;

Shake in front of your eyes, open your mouth and look carefully;

Hurry up and take a walk, preferably for a ride.

It roughly means to look at the whole picture of the horse first, including coat color, nutrition, body size, body structure, body symmetry and so on.

As the saying goes, 'a good horse is out of the legs, and a good man is out of the mouth', the limbs have a great relationship with the hoof and the horse's ability, so it depends on whether the limb posture is upright, the thickness of the tube bone and bone rod, the number of tendons and tendons, and the tube and the system should be carefully looked at and touched, the size of the hoof, the quality of the hoof, the length of the hoof hair and so on.

The width of the chest refers to the width of the chest and the fullness of the muscles, not too wide, not too narrow, and it is better to accommodate one hoof.

After looking at the buttocks, it is to see whether the jiri and buttocks are strong and fleshy, and the shape is neat.

Then check whether the resistance of the back and waist is strong, take a look at the armor (also called the front mountain) and the jiri (also called the back mountain), compare the height of the front and back, as the saying goes, "the front mountain is high and do not need to be picked";

Nose squeezing and squeezing is to check whether the nose has any diseases, such as equine melioidosis, and at the same time look at the height of the nose bridge, the size of the nostrils, the big nose is the lungs, and the lungs are large to run.

Shaking in front of the horse is to let the horse's head face the sun, and shake it three times with your hand in front of the horse's eyes to see if the horse's vision is good or bad.

In addition, the age of the horse is checked according to the teeth, and the quality and shape of the teeth are checked, and the bite of the upper and lower jaws is "covered by the earth" and "the earth is covered by the sky".

Hurry up and walk: It is to see the appearance, to see if the hoof prints fall on a straight line when moving in a straight line, and to see if the horse's legs are lame.

It is better to ride a ride: it is to check if the horse has any shortcomings when it is carrying weight and moving fast. See if the movement is light and flexible.

In fact, these are just the external basic conditions that can become a good horse, and everyone can see it. As for whether you can really fall in love with Maxima, in my opinion, it depends more on your own fate.

Horses are like people, different horses have different personalities, and when you are choosing a horse, it is best to choose a horse that has a similar personality to your own. In that way, after a long time, I will form a tacit understanding with you and have the same heart.

At that point, the horse will be more than just your mount, but also your intimate companion. ”

Ge Yan, who opened the conversation, completely lost his previous introverted and taciturn appearance, and talked eloquently as if he had changed people, and his spirit was flying.

Even Grena, who had been married to him for many years, suddenly felt that the husband in front of her had become familiar and strange. She said that she was strange because she had never seen her husband become so eloquent, and she said that she was familiar because Geyan in this state was the husband she longed for!

Looking at Geyan's face that had turned bronze under the wind and sun all year round, Glina silently said in her heart: It would be great if he could be like this forever!

The cuckoo followed Geyan's words and said, "Among our Durenke clan, the elders have also passed down some sayings about how to be a horse. To sum up, to see a horse, we must first see whether the horse's head is tall and handsome;

The face should be lean and not have too much flesh.

The ears should be small, and small ears indicate that the horse's liver is small. Horses with small livers are good at understanding human intentions, and their ears should be compact and short, which means that they are responsive.

There is also a large nose, a horse with a large nose means that the lungs are large, and correspondingly, even if the horse's lung capacity is large, it is conducive to running.

In addition, the eyes should be large, the eyes should be big, the big heart of the horse is brave, will not be easily frightened, the flesh under the eyes should be plump, the horse with little flesh, the temperament is vicious, easy to bite.

The hip tubercle to the spine should be flatter, and flatter horses tend to gain weight.

The four hooves should be as strong and strong as a stake, and the muscles should be developed.

The mouth should be red and bright and moist, the chest should be straight and protruding, the anterior muscles should be developed and expanded, the neck and skull should be large, and the flesh should be small. The mane on the top of the neck should be thick, soft and neat, etc.

Brother Geyan, do you think I'm right?"

Geyan nodded again and again, and said, "That's right, that's the reason! Unexpectedly, you are also an expert in Soma!"

Ling Zikai didn't expect that a simple question of his own triggered a tirade between the two, and after listening to it for a long time, he also had a general understanding of how to choose horses, as for whether he could apply this knowledge to practice, it depended on his own understanding.

For his own understanding, Ling Zikai is full of confidence, maybe he will really fall in love with a thousand miles of horses in a while!