Chapter 55: Sweat and Blood!
After the convoy was replenished, it entered the hinterland of the Ferghana Basin.
"We're here to stay, and further on it, it's the territory of other countries. Said the innkeeper.
The men had already greeted the local Tajiks before they arrived, and they set up tents on their territory.
"Are we going to live here today?" asked Jia Lei curiously.
"Yes, the location is already near the borders of three countries, and there is a market near here that is very lively, you can go and check it out. The boss said.
"Is there a market nearby?, are there horse sellers there?" Jia Lei asked curiously when he heard this.
"Of course there is, and there are a lot of them!" said the boss.
"But we don't know the way, can you help us find a guide?" asked Jia Lei.
"Wait, I'll help you find a guide!" the boss nodded.
Soon he brought with him a young man of about twenty, who was said to be a local named Fena.
"I heard you're going to the market?" asked Phena.
"Yes, we want to go to the market to buy two horses!" Jia Lei nodded and said.
"The innkeeper is my cousin, and he told me to take you around, and if you want to buy a horse, I can help you with it. Fei Na said.
"That's great! None of us know Soma, so I'm still worried. Jia Lei said happily.
"Then let's go. Fei Na said.
The bazaar is not far away, only about a mile away.
"This land is located at the junction of two countries, and is used by default to trade goods with each other. We have an unspoken rule here, no one is allowed to use force in this bazaar. If someone breaks the rules, he and his people will never be able to enter the bazaar again!" said Phena.
"That's good!" Jia Lei nodded and said.
The market is bustling with local specialties such as cotton, silk fabrics, and carpets, and there aren't many varieties of fruits and vegetables as it's early winter.
The only fresh fruits were probably apples and oranges, and Jia Lei felt very kind when he saw the oranges on the stall.
"I haven't eaten oranges for a long time!" Jia Lei said with a sigh holding a green-skinned orange.
This kind of green-skinned orange and tangerine are completely two kinds of fruits, the former has thin skin and thick flesh, and the flesh is firm, and there is very little white flocculent on the fruit, which can be easily divided into petals.
The common orange skin is golden yellow, the skin is extraordinarily thick, and there are so many white flocculents inside that you can't see the orange petals underneath, and the skin of the orange petals is particularly thick and difficult to tear.
"The boss will bring me 3 catties of oranges and 2 catties of apples!" Jia Lei saw his favorite fruit, and said without hesitation without even asking the price.
"Okay! 200 rubles a pound, you have it. The boss quickly weighed oranges and apples for Jia Lei.
"I don't have rubles in my hand, can I use dollars?" Jia Lei asked, handing over $5.
"Of course!" the boss happily took the money, and the preserved dollar was much more popular than the depreciated ruble.
"The oranges here are so cheap? It's only about a dollar. Jia Lei sighed while peeling oranges.
"We have a lot of products here, and the price of oranges and apples is not high, and the oranges here supply half of the fruit markets in the five surrounding countries. The guide said proudly.
"Oh, do you still have raisins and fried chestnuts with sugar?" Mo Bei said in surprise after looking around.
"Where are the sugar-fried chestnuts?" Jia Lei immediately asked.
"Just in front, I think the old man selling chestnuts seems to be a Chinese. Mo Bei said, everyone quickly gathered around when they heard it.
"Uncle, how much is your chestnut?" Jia Lei asked in Chinese.
"It's not expensive! It's only 400 roubles a pound. The old man replied in Chinese.
"When did you come here from China to do business?" asked Jia Lei curiously.
"I've been here since '85, when I was younger, I built roads here and knew that business was good here, so I brought my family here. The old man said.
"Oh, since you've been here for so long, you must know where to sell horses around here, right?" asked Jia Lei.
"The place where the horses are sold? It's a long way from here, more than 500 meters away, and our market sells mainly daily necessities and food, and the place where we sell livestock is in another market. The old man said with a smile.
"Thank you, you can give each of us a pound of fried chestnuts with sugar. Jia Lei hurriedly said.
"To you. The old man said with a smile.
"Why is this sugar-fried chestnut twice as expensive as an orange?" asked Mo Bei curiously.
"Because the sugar here is more expensive, and my skill in frying chestnuts is also unique here, so it is more expensive to sell. My sugar-fried chestnuts are one of the most popular foods here!" said the old man with a smile.
"Of course, I found that this sugar-fried chestnut is very popular in China and other places, and anyone who fried chestnuts can become the richest man. The price is acceptable!" Mr. Jia said.
Don't you see a circle of children staring at this stall of fried chestnuts, you can imagine the popularity of this food.
"Can any of you show me the way, I want to go to the place where I bought the horses. Jia Lei beckoned to the nearest children.
"I, I!" several children immediately spoke Russian, scrambling to squeeze in.
During the Soviet era, all schools were forced to teach Russian, so the children here could understand what Jia Lei said.
"Let's go, then!" said Jia Leisai, who gave each child a handful of sugar-fried chestnuts.
"You don't have to, if you want to go to the market, I can show you the way. The guide guy hurriedly said.
"It doesn't matter, it's not far anyway, whoever leads the way is the same! I just saw this group of children wanting to eat chestnuts, and found an excuse to give them a few. Jia Lei said with a smile.
Four or five children were bouncing in front and soon took Jia Lei and them to the local livestock market.
"Wow! what a lot of horses?" Jia Lei said with his mouth wide open, dumbfounded.
"I've never seen so many horses in my life!" Luo Nan sighed.
As for the cattle and sheep next to them, they were completely automatically blocked by a few people......
"I don't know which one of the so many horses is the sweaty horse?" Jia Lei asked dizzily with his hands on his chin.
"Sweaty Horse? There is not a horse here that is a Sweaty Horse. Fei Na listened to Jia Lei's words and immediately replied.
"What? There's no sweat and blood here, so wouldn't I have come for nothing!" Jia Lei asked in shock.
"How could such a precious horse be sold in such an ordinary bazaar. That's a BMW worth at least a million dollars, and it's rare and easy not to show up in front of people. Even if there were, it would have been hidden by the rancher. Wizard Fina said.
"Then do you know where there is a bloody BMW?" Jia Lei asked.
"Why are you asking this?" asked Fei Xuan, puzzled.
"I want to buy a sweaty BMW. Jia Lei said.
"You're not kidding, can you afford something that expensive?" said Feina, incredulous.
"That's not what you should be concerned about, you just have to tell me where it's sold. Jia Lei said.
"As far as I know, Master Habayi has a bloody horse in his house, and he is the largest rancher in the Ferghana Basin. Wizard Fina said.
"Then can you lead us to him?" Jia Lei asked, knocking chestnuts.
"I'm afraid this won't work, Master Habayi lives in Andijan City, Uzbekistan, and we can't get by. Fei Na said.
"Oh, then it looks like we'll only see this kind of horse tomorrow, and we're going there tomorrow to take the train. Jia Lei said disappointedly.
"Brother, brother, do you want to see a bloody BMW?" a little girl who led the way suddenly raised her head and asked.
"Of course I want to see it! I'm here to see the bloody BMW, but there's none. Jia Lei said disappointedly.
"I know where it is, it's at Sister Baya's house next door, I can take you to see it?" said the little girl with big eyes.
"Oh, is this true, what is that Baya sister of yours doing?" Jia Lei asked curiously.
"Sister Baya's family runs a tavern, and her dancing is beautiful. The little girl said.
"Then you can take me to see it, right?" Jia Lei said excitedly.
"Then you have to give me all your sugar-fried chestnuts to pay for the journey!" said the little girl.
"Okay, I'll give it all to you!" Jia Lei hurriedly gave her the sugar-fried chestnuts in his arms.
"Then you can come with me! Sister Baya is a treasure horse, and she usually doesn't even let anyone else touch it. The little girl said.
So a few people followed the little girl left and right, and finally came to an alley behind a commercial street.
"This is my home, and Sister Baya's stables are right next door to mine. The little girl pushed open a rudimentary wooden fence gate and said.
Her home is a small hut with thatched grass on the walls, although the walls are made of stone.
"Come with me, you can see the sweaty BMW next door when you stand here. The little girl took great difficulty in carrying two stones and placed them beside the low wall of his house.
"Is it here?" Jia Lei walked over with the others, and he stepped on the stone and saw the other party's exceptionally spacious and tidy stable.
"This horse is a treasure at first glance, and the stable he lives in is better than Lilia's house!" Luo Nan sighed, Lilia is the name of the little girl.
"That's right, this is really not as good as a horse......" Jia Lei also leaned on the wall, looking at the only horse in the stable that lived in a single room, and said with extraordinary spirit.
I saw that the sweaty horse was about 1.5 meters tall, with a thin head and a high neck, a tubular body, a narrow chest, a long back, shallow ribs, a long phalangeal area, a slightly narrow but strong posterior area, a slightly longer buttocks, a muscular body, and a normal tilt angle.
"This horse is so beautiful!" Jia Lei looked at the red snow horse next door and said, its four hooves are all white, so it is called snow treading.
"Yu Yu Yu ~~" The jujube red horse on the opposite side was startled by the stranger who suddenly appeared, shouted twice, and paced a few steps in place with graceful steps.
"Oops! Look at it. Chen Dong said excitedly.
This horse has slender limbs, thin skin, light and graceful steps, and a slender and graceful body, which makes it even more fascinating to walk around.
"I really want to touch it!" Jia Lei said with drooling.
"Yes, I occasionally touch the little red one, and it has a good relationship with me. Lilia said.
"Really? Can I touch it too?" asked Jia Lei excitedly.
"You follow me, let's sneak over, I'll let you touch Xiaohong. Lilia said.
Then Jia Lei really followed Lilia to step on the wall of her house, climbed to the wall next door and jumped.
"But won't it kick me?" Jia Lei asked as he looked at Lilia and touched the jujube red horse.
"I don't know, Xiaohong is very afraid of being raw! Why don't you take an apple and feed it to eat, and I will persuade Xiaohong not to kick you when the time comes." Lilia thought for a moment before she spoke.
Jia Lei immediately rushed back to the wall, like Mo Bei asked for two big apples.
"Here!" Jia Lei said, holding the apple high and cautiously leaning in front of the horse.
"Yu Yu Yu ~~" The jujube red horse screamed, tilted his head to the side arrogantly, and didn't eat Jia Lei's apple at all.
"I forgot that Xiaohong never eats what other people give. Lilia patted her head and said.
"Hmm......" Jia Lei was speechless.
"Give me the apple, I'll feed it!" Lilia took the apple from Jia Lei's hand and said.
"Click! click!" This time, the jujube red horse happily ate it.
"Why does it eat what you feed?" Jia Lei asked curiously.
"Because I'm good friends with Little Red? He was a head shorter than me when he first came, and we were good friends who grew up together. Lilia said proudly.
After eating a big apple, the horse's mood was obviously better, so good that Lilia could grab Jia Lei's hand and let Jia Lei touch it gently.
"Oooh, oh, oh! I felt the sweaty horse. Jia Lei said excitedly.
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"Jia Lei, shall I take a picture of you?" Mo Bei said, holding up his camera and taking a photo.
"Click!" flashes of light, freezes time!
"Yu~~" The horse was startled by the flashing lights and ducked back in a panic.
"Lilia, get out of the way!" a woman shouted anxiously, and Jia Lei hurriedly pulled the little girl back a few steps.
"Lilia, how many times have I told you not to bring anyone to see Xiaohong!Why are you here again?, and this time you're bringing an outsider?" said a woman sitting on the second floor, looking at the stables in the backyard.
"Ahh Lilia immediately said nervously when she saw the woman.
"I just said, how can such an expensive thing be touched casually by no one looking at it. Jia Lei said.
"Who is that woman? Why are you so afraid of her? I think she is gentle and beautiful, not fierce at all," Jia Lei asked as he ran.
"Sister Baya is the most beautiful person in the entire Fergana Basin, of course she is not fierce! Sister Baya's father, Daddy Baya!" Lilia said as she struggled to climb the wall.
The wall of Baya's house was originally higher than Lilia's, and there were no stones on this side, so it was particularly difficult for the two of them to climb up.
"You two little bunnies, I see where you're going!" shouted a big man from the front yard.
"No, Papa Baya is here!" Lilia said.
"I'll squat, you step on my back and go up first!" Jia Lei hurriedly said, and then he squatted down.
This is indeed faster, Lilia finally reached the wall this time, but unfortunately the two of them were still a step too late.
"I'll see where you two are running this time!" said Daddy Baya, grabbing Jia Lei with one hand and lifting Lilia off the wall with the other.
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