Chapter 58: Slap in the face

Yu Wenwen tried to force it in a small pretend, but he didn't expect the 'thunder split' to come so quickly, he heard the Wrangler's words, and he only felt that his cheeks were hot, and in broad daylight, someone wanted to slap his face in public. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info

He looked at the wrangler, and saw that he was about fifteen or sixteen years old, not very tall but quite sturdy, wearing cloth clothes and straw sandals, a round face with a little freckles, thick eyebrows and big eyes, and a rather honest appearance.

"Isn't this alfalfa?" Yu Wenwen opened his mouth and asked, he decided to 'brake with static', listen to what the other party had to say first, and then find out the flaws and 'defeat' them in one go.

"Of course it's not alfalfa, although it can be seen in the wilderness by the river, the leaves look similar, and the flower color is similar, but it's not alfalfa." The Wrangler replied.

He saw several men protecting the young man and the girl, and did not rush forward to avoid the other party misunderstanding anything, and heard the young man ask what these purple flowers were, so he talked eloquently.

This is not alfalfa but milk vetch, and it is easy for people who do not know the two grasses to confuse them, but he has been herding horses for many years and can tell the difference between the two grasses.

Alfalfa, also known as alfalfa, its leaves are generally three compound leaves, such as an upside-down egg-shaped, with serrated leaf margins at the top; Milk vetch, also known as safflower grass, has odd compound leaves, with three compound leaves and five compound leaves, and the leaves are shaped like feathers.

Then the rhizome is also different: the alfalfa root system is very deep, the part above the ground is very high, can be about five or six feet high, and the stem section is round or ridged.

The root system of milk vetch is relatively shallow, the part above the ground is not high, usually about one or two feet high, and its stem is hollow and round, with hairy hairs.

There are also differences in petals after flowering, the petals of alfalfa are purple, butterfly-shaped corolla, from the leaf axils, the peduncle is not branched, long, and many stalked florets are born in turn from bottom to top, and each floret has an equal length of flower stalk.

The flowers of milk vetch are generally axil-born, the peduncle is branched like an umbrella, and the corolla is mostly purple-red or orange-yellow.

Alfalfa can be used as forage, and milk vetch can also be used, but milk vetch itself is divided into toxic and non-toxic, and locally grown livestock can distinguish between toxic and non-toxic milk vetch, but they will be hungry if they are too hungry, especially horses.

Livestock such as cattle and horses that eat poisonous milk vetch by mistake, if they eat too much, they will be directly poisoned and die within a few days, and if they eat a small amount for a long time, they will be slowly poisoned, that is, chronic poisoning.

In this case, cattle, horses and other livestock are listless at first, lose appetite, walk unsteadily, have weakness in the hind limbs, and sometimes lie on the ground, unable to stand due to paralysis of the hind limbs, and finally die.

Or run blindly, and finally the quadriplegia will fall to the ground, the cattle will become furious after poisoning, and the pregnant cow is easy to miscarry, if it is a sheep chronic poisoning, the symptoms are not obvious but the teeth will slowly turn black.

Alfalfa and milk vetch are easier to distinguish, but there is little difference between toxic or non-toxic species of milk vetch, and it is difficult to distinguish them, which is entirely empirical, and only people who have been grazing all year round can effectively distinguish them.

"What Lang Jun is holding in his hand, and what grows on this ground, are poisonous milk vetch." The wrangler said, Yu Chi Mingyue exclaimed in surprise when he heard this, and Yu Wenwen twitched the corners of his mouth.

He just wanted to pretend to be a little forced, but there was so much knowledge in it, just like the difference between a poppy with hair and hairlessness, and the twists and turns in these pastures were not small.

just said something casually, and then was slapped in the face, Yu Wenwen felt that he would be more honest in the future, if he didn't understand, he didn't understand, but he couldn't pretend to understand. But he didn't plan to admit defeat, because from the other party's words, he found a flaw, so the next time is to fight back.

Looking up at the horses of the wranglers by the river, he asked, "If it is poisonous, why are you grazing horses here?" Aren't you afraid that the horses will eat the poisonous milk vetch? ”

As soon as these words came out, Yu Chi Mingyue's eyes lit up and then nodded silently, she was the first time she came into contact with the knowledge of alfalfa and milk vetch, she only thought it was quite interesting, and she heard that these beautiful flowers in front of her were poisonous weeds, so she was naturally uneasy, but when her brother-in-law asked this, she reminded her.

You say that the grass is poisonous, and you are also talking about the Tao, but as a result, your own horses eat grass in the poisonous weeds, doesn't that mean that you are bluffing people before?

Thinking of this, Yu Chi Mingyue's eyes were full of suspicion when she looked at the wrangler, she felt that her mother often said that "knowing people and knowing faces but not knowing hearts" was really right, this herding looked very honest, but unexpectedly it had ulterior motives.

Looking at the horses again, Yu Chi Mingyue made up a scene that was almost staged by herself: the wrangler used clever words to deceive everyone into thinking that he was an expert in horse breeding, and then took the opportunity to sell those broken horses.

They will definitely say what kind of good horses and horses, what thousands of miles a day, what sweat and blood of the relics of a horse, and then a horse is sold for a sky-high price, and they have to be grateful, and feel that they can spend money comfortably when they encounter a thousand miles of horses.

It must be like this!

When Yu Chi Mingyue thought of this, she felt more and more that her brother-in-law was wise, and the other party was boastful, and she couldn't help but admire it when she listened to it, but it turned out that her brother-in-law was very good, and he found out the problem from so many words.

Yu Wenwen stared at the Wrangler, he easily caught the other party's flaws, seeing that the Wrangler seemed to be a little stunned, he felt more and more that the odds of winning were in his hands, although it was a bit embarrassing to get the wrong type of grass, but if he won, he could get back a game.

"Uh, the little one is just drinking horses here, how has Lang Jun ever seen a small horse grazing?"

The wrangler said lightly, choking Yuwenwen speechless, not that he felt that the other party was spilling, but he did know that the horses were just drinking the river water and not eating grass.

Fang Cai Wei Chi Mingyue wanted to get out of the car here and take a walk to see the scenery, Yu Wenwen observed the surrounding situation, this is the official road, there are sporadic people and horses coming and going, and on the grass by the river, it is this horse wrangler herding horses.

Later, the sister-in-law went to the river to look around, and he followed him, although he was a little absent-minded, but he still secretly paid attention to the movement of the wrangler, he didn't think that the other party would be an assassin or something, purely just in case.

He was afraid that if the other party was an exhibitionist or something, it would not be good to frighten the sister-in-law, so he glanced at the other party from time to time, so he also noticed the horses.

Yu Wenwen was a little embarrassed, and the inevitable counterattack was easily resolved by the other party, Wei Chi Mingyue looked at the horses by the river when she heard this, and then turned her head to look at her brother-in-law, and saw that she was silent, and she was quite disappointed.

"Oh no, these grasses are poisonous, so what if our horses eat them?" She asked a little nervously, and Yuwen Wen also looked back at the mounts of his group when he heard this, but saw that these horses were drinking water by the river.

"Listening to Lang Jun's accent, I think it's a foreigner, but these horses should be local horses." The wrangler smiled, "Fang Cai was drinking horses by the river, and when he saw Lang Jun's mount being led to the meadow, he wanted to remind him not to eat grass, but these horses did not eat grass but went to drink, so they must be local horses." ”

Yuwenwen nodded silently, these horses are indeed local horses, their mounts from Shannan, trekking more than 2,000 miles, tired to the point, after arriving in Yecheng, they rode the horses provided by the embassy.

"I see, teachable." Yuwen Wen arched his hand, although he was slapped in the face, but he is a reasonable person, although his status is high, he doesn't like to bully people very much, especially when facing the people.

The other party is just a wrangler, but he can kindly remind himself not to let the mount accidentally eat poisonous weeds, this heart is also worthy of his salute.

"Lang Jun is polite." The wrangler arched his hand, and when he saw that his horses seemed to be well drunk, and began to walk about the meadow, he turned and rode one, and then shouted loudly, and galloped away to the other side.

"These horses are not bad, I guess they are the servants of some big family, who specialize in horse herding." Yu Wenwen said to himself, seeing that Yu Chi Mingyue looked a little tired, he asked the guards to prepare the horses and drove the carriage over.

Yu Chi Mingyue got into the car, the carriage drove towards Yecheng surrounded by guards, Yu Wenwen rode on the horse, looked back at the looming purple red flowers and plants, smiled bitterly and then spurred the horse to follow the continuance. (To be continued.) )