"I now know the quality of the mule you said, but when I was in China, I also went to some horse farms, and I have never seen anything with mules, which are generally horses, of course, not quart, but some mixed-breed horses in China, such as grassland horses and the like." After Ye Xiu listened to Gao Xi's words, he obviously didn't know much about it, so he asked more.

"There is a saying that to die is to save face and to live to suffer. Our country is now in the development stage, there are too many local tyrants, the myth of getting rich overnight is often staged, many people think that I am rich, how can I ride a mule, what a loss, I should ride a horse, ride a good horse! Low-key luxury and introverted rich people are not nothing, but there are really few, which can be seen from the sales of luxury goods in our country, people a month six or seven thousand, or even tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands of income with Apple mobile phones I can understand, but a month of two or three thousand, even only more than a thousand yuan have to use apples to force, alas, this is a typical example of death to save face and suffer crimes. Gao Xi shook his head with a wry smile and said, in fact, he is the same, after getting rich, he first bought such an expensive car, which is also vanity, after all, he always envied others when he was poor in the past, and now it is unreasonable for rich people not to be extravagant.

Ye Xiu took over the conversation and said: "Recently, many people who like to ride horses want to come abroad, the reason is that there are no good horses in China. Basically, steppe horses and some mixed breed horses, although the steppe horse has good stamina, and is brave, and is not picky, if it is used to fight, it is definitely a good horse. It's a pity that the current nouveau riche immediately feel that the price of domestic horses is dropped, and they have to be Yanmar, I admit that many Yanmars are rich and handsome, because they are taller and look majestic, but the problem is that these horses are really not suitable for beginners, not only are they easy to be frightened. And it's hard to raise. But now there is such a trend in China, and you can't accept it. ”

Gao Xi nodded and said: "Actually, this is called a characteristic of an era, in peacetime, wild riding is far less popular than equestrianism." After all, equestrianism is considered an aristocratic thing, and wild riding is the most typical American cowboy. ”

"But I prefer to ride wild, it's very comfortable." Ye Xiu said.

"I like it too, but we don't represent the majority. British princes, as well as children of other nobles, usually receive a pony as a gift when they are three years old, but this horse is not a 'pet'. It's 'buddies' and 'partners'. The ponies have nothing to rely on, and the prince must be responsible for their lives, from feeding, bathing, and cleaning the dung, all of which need to be done by himself. In the process, the little prince and the pony grow together and learn what a sense of mission and responsibility is. This is a typical facet of the English aristocratic spirit, where man is on horseback, but not above horse. So many people think that this wild riding is an American cowboy, and the equestrian is a British aristocrat. Parents with stronger vanity will naturally not let their children go wild riding, but be a baby like a nobleman, and now the little ones are either little princesses or little emperors. How valuable it is. Gaucy shrugged.

Tourists who have experienced "galloping horses" on the prairie have ever thought of practicing small broken steps on the horse farm with a length and width of 50 meters?

On their way to their destination, they passed by a horse farm, which was a relatively standard equestrian venue. Interestingly, unlike other American horse farms, children are taught British horsemanship. There are some children studying there.

"Jinson, why do I think that little girl is familiar, it can't be Hermione, right?" Gossey asked Arthur to walk a little slower, then pointed in the direction of the racecourse.

"Hey, it's really Hermione, this little girl used to say that she wanted to go to England and learn British equestrianism, but she didn't expect to come." Jin Sen smiled and looked over there as well, but he was startled.

Although Hermione was older than Haohao and Jiejie, she was just a little girl in her early tens, and she was sitting on horseback with a focused expression and practicing "light walking". I saw that she was wearing a well-fitting knight's uniform and a protective vest, with her chest up, her eyes looking ahead, her calves close to the horse's belly, her body rising and falling rhythmically, and the horse trotted forward at an even rate. It looks like a well-coordinated person, sitting elegantly, and looking presentable.

The racecourse was not the size of a tennis court, and she had been practicing back and forth for nearly dozens of laps, and Gao Xi alone had seen several laps here, but the kid was still enjoying it. The parents who were standing outside the racecourse were about to take out their mobile phones to take pictures, but were quietly persuaded by the coach next to them.

"Why don't you take pictures?" Gao Xi asked Jin Sen Dao.

"It's certainly not about distracting them so that they can enjoy the feeling of concentrating on their work." Kinson explained.

"A sitting position from beginning to end, a small horse farm the size of a tennis court, no vast grassland, no speed stimulation of fast horses, is this kind of restrained riding interesting?" Gao Xi looked at it for a while, and really felt a little bored.

Fei Leng Cui leaned over and replied with a smile, "This is the difference between wild riding and equestrianism. In general, the former is the riding style of the American cowboy, and the latter is the riding style of the British aristocracy. Children pay to learn to ride, of course, to learn something aristocratic. Otherwise, on Hermione's terms, you will definitely not ask for money to go to your ranch to learn to ride a horse, right? ”

"That's right."

Fei Lengcui, the equestrian master, continued: "Wild riding looks heroic and dry, in fact, the technical content is not high, generally the horse runs with people, people need to do not much on horseback, is a typical 'horse rider'; When this step is achieved, the rider's sense of accomplishment will be much higher than that of wild riding, which is the true meaning of 'human horseback riding'"!

"But isn't Hermione too young?" Gao Xi couldn't help but ask.

Ye Xiu hurriedly said: "Brother Xi, this is what you don't understand, children learn this thing the fastest, women are second, and strong men are the slowest!" ”

"I'll go, and there's such a saying, why don't I know?" Gao Xi thought for a while, and it seemed that he really didn't have such a formal way to learn to ride a horse, so he stopped talking.

When she had ridden the second saddle - 45 minutes after the first saddle, Hermione finally dismounted, sweating profusely, smiling, and active, like the restraint and concentration on horseback. Coming to the horse farm once a weekend became Hermione's biggest thing of the week.

The reason why Hermione is fascinated by British equestrianism is because of her mother, Hermione's mother often travels to England on business, and there are many relatives there, it is a decisive decision to send her daughter Hermione to ride a horse, she and her husband have lived in Europe for a long time, and know that British children riding horses is a very common and meaningful thing. She sent her daughter to ride a horse, one for the weekend, the second for exercise, and the third for entertaining and educational, hoping to cultivate the child's elegant temperament.

Of course, this was later told to Gorcy by Hermione.

"Equestrianism is a highly regulated sport, which requires uprightness, self-control, and elegant movements, and its unique cultural connotations can indeed cultivate the temperament of the riders," Fei Lengcui added. Of course, equestrianism also has an important traditional function, which is the education of young people. The horse, it is a living creature, not a toy, not a car, it has its own character and emotions. Children sit on horseback, they cannot dominate it like a toy, they must constantly observe and improvise, and learn to communicate, respect and cooperate in order to ride the horse well. Therefore, it is generally believed that a child who rides a horse well must also know the important rules of communication, respect and cooperation."

At the horse farm, Gao Xi saw that most of the people who came to ride horses were children, and most of them were girls, and some of them were foreign residents who liked equestrian sports. According to Jin Sen, there are more than 100 members in the racecourse, and there are forty or fifty active members every week, of which 60% are children, and the youngest is only five years old.

"However, horseback riding has always been regarded as a strong sport, and it is dangerous, can children learn it?" Gao Xi couldn't help but ask.

"On the contrary, as Mr. Ye Xiu said, children are the fastest learners, because they learn directly with their bodies and can quickly find the sense of horses; The second is women, because women are better at compromise and adaptable; Men are the slowest learners, because men are naturally more controlling, do not like to cooperate, and often have difficulty in developing tacit understanding with horses. Fei Lengcui replied with a smile.

"Ye Xiu, we also have such a horse farm in China, right?" Gossey asked.

"Yes, and the fee is not cheap, equestrian as a traditional sense of aristocratic sports, of course, the consumption standard is not low, when riding a saddle, imported thoroughbred horses are 530 yuan, domestic grassland horses are 350 yuan, warmblood horses are up to 880 yuan. In addition, the safety helmets, protective vests, boots, and leggings for horseback riding are also expensive, hundreds to thousands of them, and the saddle is bottomless, anyway, the horse farm where I used to learn to ride horses, most of them are priced at 20,000 to 30,000 yuan, and the guests use a set of seven or eight thousand yuan. And the saddle is generally a high-quality leather goods, which need special saddle soap and saddle oil for regular maintenance, saddle oil is more than 200 yuan per can, and saddle soap is more than 100 yuan per can, which is used up in a month. Ye Xiu replied.

"Hehe, it's really an aristocratic sport, and ordinary people can't afford to play it." Gao Xi smiled.

"That's not necessarily, anyway, not all the members of the horse farm I went to are rich class, there are also some middle-class families, I know a child, his parents are actually ordinary white-collar workers, they go once a week, and it is only three or two thousand yuan a month, this money is not much, the child's monthly consumption must be needed, even if it is not spent here, it must be spent elsewhere. Spend it here, at least I think it's worth it." Ye Xiu shook his head and said. (To be continued......)