Chapter Twenty-Three: Brother and Sister Horse Race
The next morning, it was cold and everyone got up late.
After the meal, seeing that the weather had improved, Zhuang Sheng himself changed into a set of red and brown sheepskin soft armor, and sent Yun'er a set of silver-gray and white raccoon soft armor, saying that he wanted to go to his horse farm to play, but he didn't have time, and now he just went to play.
"Are the horses ready?"
"Ready." Luoer said.
"There are a lot of people on the main street, and the sound is noisy, go out the back door so that you can get closer." Zhuang Sheng said that at this time, Yun Yun was ready, walked out of the room from the verandah, and went around to the front of the main courtyard.
Zhuang Sheng saw that her soft armor upper body looked very bright and light, and her hair was not as coiled as in the past, so she only combed a bun to restrain it, let it hang down, and put on light makeup, which made her look even more sparse and pretty.
"Although the sun has risen, the cold wind is still not small, just wear these, is it cold?" Zhuang Sheng asked.
"It's not cold." Yun Yun replied with a smile.
"Hmm." Zhuang Sheng said, "Dad, I have already said in the morning, let's go directly, the horse is at the back door." ”
The two of them walked through the verandah, through a few doors, and through the backyard before reaching the back door, where Luo'er waited.
On the horse, Zhuang Sheng said to Luo'er again: "You don't have to come with you, there are also people on the horse farm, what I told you yesterday, you can do it as soon as possible."
Loel agreed, and they rode away.
Walking from the shortcut, it took less than half an hour to arrive.
This is an open field, including a training ground and breeding ground, because the old man Zhuang resigned, the military power was taken over by others, and his own soldiers were also handed over to the military department to arrange, so the training ground was deserted and useless, and then the training ground and the breeding occasion became a horse farm, used to raise horses and practice riding and archery.
After entering the racecourse, as soon as the two dismounted, they were immediately greeted by a horse officer. He led them to the stable, where rows of sturdy horses stood, all in good spirits.
Yun Yun picked a smaller horse so that she could ride it. The horse officer put the two horses in the saddle, put the reins on them, and put the whips on them, and the two rode up and came together.
"I haven't been out for a long time, and the air outside is fresher than at home." Yun Yun smiled brightly and looked up at the sky with white clouds floating in the blue.
"yes, it's stuffy at home." Zhuang Sheng asked, "Are you happy?" ”
Yun Yun nodded and said, "I still remember the first time you taught me to ride a horse when I was thirteen years old, and I was terrified. ”
"The first time it was for sure, now don't be afraid, these horses are not wild horses, they are all tamed, you just clamp the horse's back and hold the reins tightly, and you won't fall off."
"Well, I'm not afraid."
The two horses carried the two of them slowly strolling, Yun Yun asked: "I don't know much about things, and I don't often go out, I don't know what's going on with the world outside the courtyard wall, I just feel that the atmosphere has been very depressing recently, since returning to China, first the strange celestial phenomenon, then my father fell ill, and the people in the house went back to their hometown one after another, and even the people on the street were panicked......"
Zhuang Sheng was dull for a long time, and suddenly asked: "The Great Qing Kingdom is going to die, do you believe it?" ”
"The change of dynasties has been going on since ancient times, but I didn't think it would happen in my time, I don't know if I believe it or not, but how do you know?"
"Hunch, don't look at the sunny weather today, in fact, Beiping City is already cloudy, and the atmosphere under this sky is extremely depressing, maybe it is the eve of the storm." Zhuang Sheng looked straight at the sky, his eyes turned from bright to gloomy, and he saw the darkness hidden under the light.
"Brother—"
Suddenly, Zhuang Sheng's eyes were clouded and the sun was shining, and he immediately smiled and said, "Oh, what am I telling you to do with this, go, run two laps?" ”
"Okay," Yun Yun said, "Your horse is so big, you must be able to run faster, you go first." ”
"Okay."
Zhuang Sheng drank the horse twice, pulled the reins, and clamped his legs on its flanks, and the horse knew that this was a signal to start, and immediately made a low sound in his mouth, perhaps also to remind the owner on horseback, as if to say: "I'm going to run, pay attention!" ”
Then start, jogging first, Zhuang Sheng didn't rush to accelerate, first looked back at Yun Yun, she was much gentler than Zhuang Sheng to treat the horse, first touched the brown mane on the top of its head, the horse "moo" called twice, "go, go." Yun Yun patted his horse's back again, kicked his foot twice on the saddle, and the horse understood and began to start.
Zhuang Sheng tightened the reins, and then whipped on the horse's back, the horse ran faster, its mane danced in the wind, its eyes looked at the road under its feet, the more the horse ran the better, the galloping state seemed to make it feel its own existence, it also knew that it was born to run, never die and never stop, Zhuang Sheng felt that his eyes were almost open, but this galloping feeling was like flying in the air, and he forgot to slow down the horse. After a while, Zhuang Sheng's horse had already circled the field, and Yun Yun was about to meet, Yun Yun's pony took her to trot slowly, and also felt comfortable, when the big horse galloped past Yun Yun, the pony suddenly got stimulated, "whoop" screamed, and accelerated to catch up with the horse in front.
"Hey—what's wrong with you?" Yun Yun slapped it twice.
The horse didn't pay attention, seeing that the horse was running more and more bravely, it also rushed to chase after it, although Yun Yun had clamped the horse's back and pulled the reins, the horse didn't seem to be as strong as that, and when it ran fast, it swayed, Yun Yun swayed from side to side, and screamed in fright.
Zhuang Sheng turned around to see, the pony behind him was chasing frantically, Yun Yun was about to be thrown off the horse, the pony was not fully developed, how could the muscle strength be compared with the big horse, seeing that it was chasing like crazy, Zhuang Sheng was worried that it would hurt his leg, if it fell down, then Yun Yun was going to have an accident, he was busy strangling the reins, the horse slowed down, and finally raised his head and let out a long roar and stopped.
"Ahh
Zhuang Sheng thought that the pony might have something to do with the pony, so he would chase after it, so he rode the pony to the sand in front of him, so that if she really fell, she would not be seriously injured.
The pony really looked at the big horse, accelerated and ran towards the sand, Zhuang Sheng stopped, dismounted, wanted to guide the pony to stop, when the pony saw that the big horse had stopped, it didn't run, suddenly slowed down, but it didn't know that its front legs and couldn't withstand the impact of the sharp deceleration, suddenly the front legs knelt down, the body fell down, Yun Yun lost her soul, let go of the reins, flew down, smashed on the ground, "bang" to the ground! The horse fell to the ground with a bang, neighing through the sky, and it rolled a few times, but then got up.
Yun Yun didn't move, Zhuang Sheng's mind was blank for a moment, and when she saw her fall to the ground, she hesitated for a moment before running over.
"Sister—"
Fortunately, she just pounced down, her arms covered her face, and she only ate a mouthful of sand when she landed, she looked up, still in a trance, her ears roared, and the figures of Zhuang Sheng running over in front of her overlapped.
"It's fine." She grinned, stared, her face covered with sand.
Zhuang Sheng quickly picked her up, wiped the sand from her face, and she stood staggeringly, her head still dizzy.
Zhuang Sheng looked at her all over, fortunately she was tightly wrapped in winter, and she was wearing small armor, so she should be fine, and it was sandy again, and her hands were not injured, but they were red in a big piece.
"Didn't hurt your muscles and bones, did you?"
Yun Yun lifted her legs and took two steps, took a deep breath, and felt that there was no obstruction, but her whole body was shocked, and she was a little dizzy and weak.
"It's fine."
Zhuang Sheng took her to sit next to her for a while, she was a little better, and the two of them went home again, but they didn't dare to let her ride a horse alone, so they rode home together.