With the Siberian cold wave sweeping across the entire East Asian continent

The temperature in Moon Lake has also plummeted by eighteen or nine degrees, and yesterday the sun was still shining, the temperature was as high as 256 degrees, everyone was wearing short-sleeved shirts, and today they were fully armed, and the old people and children had even put on their hats.

Many of the villagers who set up stalls outside used fire cages, which are baskets made of bamboo like flower baskets, and a clay bowl is wrapped inside.

Every winter, almost every old man in the village has one, as long as he puts some charcoal in it and puts the fire cage at his feet, it is very warm, and it is very popular with the villagers.

"Mom, I've burned a fire cage for you, you bake and warm up!!" When he returned to the door of the old man's house, Zhang Feng saw his mother rubbing her hands coldly, so he immediately took out the fire cage from the utility room and burned charcoal for his mother.

"Eh, it's much warmer with this thing!" the mother smiled and turned out the fire cage, and was extremely pleased with her son's filial piety.

"Mom, the temperature has dropped so much today, you have to wear more clothes!" Zhang Feng reminded with a smile.

"Got it, you see I've worn all three. Zhang's mother replied with a smile.

Wait for Zhang Yi to finish washing

The brothers headed out into the mountains again.

In order to store firewood for the winter, the two went back and forth three times, not only pulling two carts full of dry firewood, but also loading a cart of corn stalks, although these corn stalks are not resistant to burning, but they are bound to be a lot of fire-starters.

After a busy morning, I finally piled up firewood under the eaves of my house, which is estimated to burn until March and April, and the firewood for the winter is very sufficient.

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"Yo! Brother Niu remembered to call me??" At noon, Zhang Feng was loosening the soil in the flower garden when he suddenly received a call from the fat man.

"Hehe! I recently traveled abroad with your sister-in-law, didn't you just come back??" Niu Fat said with a smile, "By the way, brother, are you free in the afternoon, I'll take you to an interesting place." ”

"Where are you going?" Zhang Feng asked curiously, thinking to himself what else could be interesting about Qingshan? ?

"Hey, hey, you'll know when you go in the afternoon. Brother Niu grinned, so he said;

"Wow, Brother Niu, do you want to carry your sister-in-law to the big health care? I'm such a pure person, don't take me badly. Zhang Feng said with a wicked smile.

"I'll go, brother, you think too much! Brother is such a pure person, how can he take you to that kind of place. Brother Niu was not annoyed, and continued with a smile.

"Really, where are you going tomorrow?" Zhang Feng asked with a smile again;

"What are you in a hurry, I'll pick you up tomorrow morning, remember not to forget......" Then the two chatted for a few words, and then ended the call.

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Early the next morning

Niu Zhong drove to the village, and the two got into the car and galloped away from the village.

In about ten minutes, the two came to Qingfeng Town, which is a township under Qingshan County, the town is not large, and the permanent population is only 10,000 or 20,000.

"Okay, we're here! See, our destination is there. Following the direction pointed by Niu Zhong, a huge piece of yellow land appeared in front of Zhang Feng's eyes, which was a flat land slightly larger than a standard football field.

At this time, it seemed that there was a horse race in the flat ground, several riders were galloping in the sand, rushing to the finish line, and the crowd of onlookers was crowded on both sides, and the crowd erupted into bursts of cheering and screaming, and the scene was very lively.

"Is this a horse race?" Soon the two arrived there, Zhang Feng asked in surprise,

If this is in the prairie, Zhang Feng is not strange at all, but what kind of place is this? A typical mountainous area of the Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau, such a small place, is neither a famous horse-producing area nor a big city with developed horse racing.

"That's right, brother, I also recently found out that there are such exciting activities here, let's go in and have a look. Brother Niu proudly led Zhang Feng to go inside;

At this time, the field was dusty, and several petite horses were running fast on the flat ground, probably because the activity had not started yet, so the riders were not running particularly fast, and they should be inspecting the field in advance.

"Brother Niu, these horses are not horse racing, right??" Zhang Feng saw a few horses in front of him, and felt that he didn't want to be as powerful as he saw on TV, but more like local horses.

"That is, a professional horse racing costs hundreds of thousands, or even tens of millions, how can we play in these places?" Brother Niu shook his head and said with a wry smile.

Hearing Brother Niu's words, Zhang Feng also nodded, professional horse racing is indeed too expensive, not to mention underdeveloped areas like Qingshan, even in China, there are not many professional horse racing.

As we all know, there are not many people who have participated in international competitions in China before, remember the 08 Olympics, only for the first time there were Chinese athletes to participate, it can be said that the level of horse racing in China is still far from the international, and the domestic horse racing is not popular, only a few rich people like such sports, so Zhang Feng can see such a competition at home, at first it was really surprising.

"But don't look down on these local Qianma, although the Qianma is short, but the appearance is delicate, the physique is strong, agile, tame and powerful, is a horse racing in the mountain soldiers, carrying, pulling, riding can be, in the mountainous areas of Guizhou Province, very applicable. Niu Zhong smiled and introduced the horses in the field to Zhang Feng.

Guizhou horse is a local breed of southwest horse in China, because Guizhou Province is in the east of the Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau, the uplift is between the Tianfu Basin and the Gui Provincial Basin, the terrain is high in the west, slightly lower in the middle, from the middle to the east with a rather steep slope decline, there are many rocky cliffs,

Therefore, Qianma is more suitable for the local situation, and in the era when transportation is not yet developed, they play a vital role in the agriculture and commerce of Guizhou Province.

The horse is small, and the body is nearly high and square. The head is straight and square, the ears are small and erect, the collar is concave and wide, and the head and neck are well combined. The coat color is mainly chestnut and squirt.

Moreover, the Qianma has the characteristics of being short and concise, sturdy in physique, agile in action, full of might, gentle temperament, and wide adaptability.

Its service capacity is strong and long-lasting, and the service age can be as high as 25 years old, and it used to be an important service force for transportation and agricultural production.

"It's a pity, there are fewer and fewer Qianma now!" Niu Zhong sighed earnestly, due to the development of transportation and the popularity of various vehicles, the Qianma that was often seen more than ten years ago has gradually disappeared from everyone's sight.

"Yes, I remember when I was a child, almost every family had a horse, but now there is no one in the whole village!!" Zhang Feng also sighed silently, in the past, every household in the village had horses, which was an indispensable good helper for everyone to carry the crops, but unfortunately in just ten years, it quickly disappeared without a trace, and disappeared so completely.