Chapter 198: Horseback riding
Gu Yunjin's recent life has been very smooth.
She didn't take to heart the dislike of the ladies on the day of the banquet, and she had something more important at the moment - learning to ride a horse.
The house in Xilin Hutong is indeed much more spacious than Beisan Hutong and Pearl Lane, but compared to the General's Mansion in Beidi, it is completely incomparable, but the Gu family is a gate after all, and Changfang also brought a few mounts to Beijing, all of which Gu Yunyan has taken care of for several years.
It's just that these horses are not suitable for Gu Yunjin who wants to learn riding.
First, her size is not as big as her brothers, and secondly, the Gu brothers are used to being wild, and their mounts are also wild, and Gu Yunjin, a novice, can't cope with it at all.
Gu Yunyan and Gu Yunqi took Gu Yunjin to the horse market in the city to pick two horses with a soft temperament.
One is for Gu Yunjin, and the other is a foal, let Feng Ge'er raise it himself, and when he can learn to ride a horse, he can use it.
The horses were brought back to the house.
Don't look at Brother Feng'er's youth, but he has seen more horses since he was a child, and he is not curious and afraid.
Gu Yunyan took his son by the hand and carefully taught him to be patient and careful with his mount, feed the grass and brush it with his own hands, and leave it all to the people below.
The Xu family is all churning on horseback, Feng Ge'er has this kind of cognition in his bones, and it is not difficult to teach, so he happily messed with his foal.
On the contrary, it was Gu Yunjin, who was a little rusty when he got started.
When she was a child in the Northland, she learned to ride a horse, but when she was young, she was pouted by the horse and sprayed her face, and when she got on the horse, she was thrown twice, and she was repulsed in her heart.
Gu Yunmiao, who was waiting for a practice, could draw the bow on the horse, and she could only barely ride a horse and pac.
After entering Beijing, such skills were put aside, and they regressed.
More than ten years have passed, Gu Yunjin thinks that she is not much better than someone who has never learned to ride a horse at all, the only difference is her mood.
She is willing to learn to ride a horse, and she wants to ride well.
The Shan family cut two new riding clothes for Gu Yunjin, but the time was tight, and before the shop could be delivered, Gu Yunjin borrowed Gu Yunsi's first.
The sisters were about the same size, and their clothes didn't fit perfectly, but they didn't stretch their hands and feet.
Gu Yunsi also wanted to ride a horse, but she was about to get married in the spring, and the Shan family wanted to detain her daughter's temperament, so she didn't let her follow.
Gu Yunjin went outside the city with his brothers, and the weather in late autumn was refreshing, accompanied by the sun, suitable for horseback riding.
Brother Feng led his foal around from east to west, he was the most lively at this age, and he wouldn't get tired when he went crazy.
Knowing that the nurse couldn't stand him, Gu Yunyan stared at it personally.
Gu Yunqi treats his sister kindly on weekdays, and he is much more serious when he teaches things, how to control the reins of the horse, how to step on the stirrups, and how to look at the wheel.
Gu Yunjin listened carefully, tried two more times, and slowly remembered the little experience that was not experienced when he was a child, and after practicing in the afternoon, he was able to get on and off the horse freely and trot a few steps.
"The limbs look much more coordinated," Gu Yunqi laughed, "You learned to ride a horse when you were a child, I want to laugh when I think about it, clumsy, no wonder I was thrown to the ground by that horse." ”
Gu Yunjin squinted at him, glared twice, and smiled himself.
Gently patting the horse's neck, Gu Yunjin asked, "Sister-in-law doesn't practice horse riding?" Why didn't my brother pick a horse for her too? ”
Wu's so-called martial arts woman was a monk halfway, and after the marriage was decided, the Wu family remedied her to learn to embroider her legs and horseback riding, but Gu Yunjin heard Wu's talk that her level was not high.
The General's Mansion's requirements for girls and daughters-in-law are naturally to hope to do the best.
When Xu first married in the Northland, his body was not as sick and weak as he is now, and he had also practiced horse walking, but after returning to the capital all these years, his health was not as good as a year, so he rested.
After the Wu family got married, he was in the capital, Gu Yunqi was not around, except for listening to Mama Shen's guidance twice in his free time, he couldn't find the master if he wanted to improve.
Gu Yunqi heard his sister mention the Wu family, and said with a smile: "If there is a sequence, how can I teach two at the same time?" Your sister-in-law will be able to learn in a few years. ”
This was said tactfully, but Gu Yunjin understood.
She is a girl, she is going to get married, if her mother-in-law's family is a Wenchen family, then don't want to study hard in this life, and Gu Yunjin's recent enthusiasm for horse riding is extraordinary, so as an elder brother, he naturally took care of her first.
Wu is a daughter-in-law, as long as she is willing, whether she is in her twenties or thirties, Gu Yunqi can teach and teach.
The truth is this truth, and Gu Yunqi has some scruples when he speaks, obviously he also knows about the belittlement of Gu Yunjin by the ladies that day.
Gu Yunjin raised her eyes and looked at her brother, wanting to say that she wanted him to ignore those people, she was not in a hurry to say that she was married, what if she was ridiculed, what if she couldn't marry if she was laughed at? If she marries someone and goes to the Yang family to suffer that grievance as before, she would rather stay in the general's mansion.
But when the words came to his lips, he turned around, but in the end he still endured it.
She thinks about it, Gu Yunqi may not be able to think about it now, as an elder brother, he must hope that she can marry a good husband, there is such a good man, holding his sister in the palm of his hand to protect the pain, just like Gu Yunqi did to the Wu family.
Even if Gu Yunjin didn't know what a "good" method was for the so-called harmony between husband and wife, she knew that her brother and sister-in-law were getting along very well.
She had heard a lot of parents in the past, but there were almost no people who had witnessed the good things of others.
Until these days, my brother and sister-in-law are alive in front of me, saying a few words on weekdays, and the eye movements during meals are obviously subtle, and they are not sticky in front of the family, but Gu Yunjin is seeing some fame little by little.
Wu Shi has also slowly become different, although she was a warm and straightforward person before, but recently her good mood can't hide the corners of her eyebrows and eyes, and the whole person seems to be glowing.
Gu Yunjin saw it in his eyes, and occasionally thought that when Gu Yunqi returned to the barracks, the Wu family would probably not be so happy......
"When is my brother leaving?" Subconsciously, Gu Yunjin asked.
Gu Yunqi heard the reluctance in her words, and said, "After Shangyuan, I'll come back this time, if it's a long time, it's not good to delay any longer." I won't miss you and Lu, but I can't wait for Yun Si to get married. ”
This answer was expected, Gu Yunjin thought for a while, and said: "It's inconvenient in winter, and it's only been a few days of horse training, if you want me to say, my brother should teach my sister-in-law earlier." If I want to learn, I can find the eldest brother and the fourth brother, and if the sister-in-law wants to learn, only you can teach it. ”
Gu Yunqi was slightly stunned when he heard this, Wu didn't say it explicitly, but he vaguely felt that she wanted to practice, and Gu Yunjin's proposal was also a good way, so he nodded and said, "I'll ask your sister-in-law to see it." ”