Chapter 190: When We Stand in the Wilderness
Booking a two-week home time is actually quite short. But Gray was surprised to find that Shaida, the little girl, was really not idle for a moment!
is not because she finally went home once and plunged into the wings of her parents and became a spoiled little princess, on the contrary, she began to work hard from morning to night from the second day she went home, as if she had never left the daily life.
At dawn, when Gray came out of the tent, he found Shaida already carrying hay in the yard in a sheepskin jacket. For the livestock on the grassland, the winter is quite difficult, and the short grazing time outside the country every day can nibble on some yellowed grass roots, which is completely not enough to fill the stomach. Therefore, in the spring and summer, the herders always fence off a pasture to prevent the livestock from grazing, and in the autumn, they cut this part of the grass and dry it, and beat it into stacks for use in the winter.
Seeing Gray, Shaida waved at him from afar. She looked a little cute, with a corner of her red robe peeking out of her bulky sheepskin jacket.
In addition to moving grass and feeding the sheep, she also cooks rice, fetches water, tidies tents, and does everything she can see.
No wonder this guy is so hard-working.
Gray tried to help, but Shaida sternly refused. She dragged him into the tent, pressed him into a chair, and stuffed a plate of sweet-smelling dried figs in his hand.
"You can't do this kind of work, you have to take good care of your legs!" Shaida said very seriously.
Later, I learned that she was the only child in the family. There are not many people in her clan who have only one child, let alone a girl.
Once she left home, she was left with only her parents and an old family, which was both hard and lonely. Coupled with the fact that she has to pay her high tuition, it is no wonder that she is so uneasy in her heart.
So even in this short time together, she can't wait to do a little more and make her parents work harder even a little.
This matter has always been a pimple in Xia Yida's heart. Although her parents have always silently supported her ideals, sometimes in the dead of night, she often can't help but think about her parents, so that it is difficult to sleep.
If you can become a dancer in the future, you will not be able to return to the grassland, that is a certain thing.
However, even if she tried to build her own home in the city, would her parents agree to live in the city with her?
They have lived on the grassland all their lives, and it will be difficult for them to adapt to life in the city, which is the common experience of many old people who have followed their children out of the grassland.
Every time I think about this, Shaida feels a little melancholy.
While Shaida was working hard and Gray looked at her with emotion, Roman Christopher plunged headlong into the world he was fascinated by.
The trip was more rewarding than he expected, and the folk songs and musical instruments of the tribe aroused his great interest, so that he did not even pay attention to Gray at all, and woke up in the morning and ran out in a puff of smoke, not knowing which herdsman's tent he could get into.
Angela had no choice but to follow Roman. She really didn't feel at ease, this was her good friend Shaida's hometown, in case Roman was not honest and offended those herdsman girls who looked innocent and lovely here, then how could she be worthy of Shaida?
Since Angela sees Roman as a flood beast, she also doesn't care about being with Shaida. Most of the time, the only one who silently accompanied Shaida was Gray.
"Do you want to ride a horse?" Shaida held a thin leather whip in her hand and leaned into Gray's ear and asked mysteriously.
"Okay." Gray nodded.
He knew he shouldn't ride, but he just didn't want to turn down the offer.
Gray didn't practice equestrianism from an early age like the children of the same large family, so he knew almost nothing about equestrianism. Since the injury, the sport has long been removed from Gray's understanding due to the huge risk of falling and causing secondary damage to the body.
"Absolutely, I won't let you fall!" Shaida said confidently.
She didn't have such confidence in dancing, but few people could match her when she rode a horse, along with her clan mates.
It wasn't until he got on the horse that Gray realized that the so-called "horseback riding" was not for him to try to ride it himself.
Shaida helped Gray and told him to step on the horse's pedal and step onto the horse. Gray doesn't know how to ride, but as a dancer, his movements are light and beautiful. Shaida complimented, and jumped on her horse in a very light position, and sat down in front of Gray.
"Hold my waist tight!" The girl turned around and said cheerfully, "I'll run a little slower, let's go herd the sheep together!" ”
Gray hesitated, then reached out and gently wrapped his arms around her slender waist.
It turned out that they were going to ride together, but there was such a good thing?
It's closer than ever. She gave her back to herself defenselessly, his chest almost pressed against her back, and the soft strands of hair brushed his face, sending a faint fragrance unique to a girl.
Gray felt his heart beat a little faster.
But the horse ran gently, not too fast, not too bumpy, and it seemed that her equestrianism was more high-end than her dancing.
Although the land is barren, it is still necessary to let the sheep run and turn over in the field, which is also an extremely new experience for Gray.
"I can make a good dance." As Gray and Shaida stood side by side in the field, he said confidently.
"Hmm!" Shaida nodded.
She had always believed in Gray's abilities. However, seeing that his whole person now exudes a pleasant brilliance, Xia Aida also feels very happy in her heart.
"The Four Nations Tournament is likely to turn into a mirage competition in the end, so don't lose confidence, you're the one most likely to be selected."
Shaida looked at him in surprise and noticed that he seemed to be very soft and encouraging today.
"I don't think I'm going to be able to get into the mirage anymore," Shaida said, "and last time, I didn't even ...... jump with you."
The unforgettable experience of Nan no Kuni, the only time I danced with Gray, will never be forgotten in this life.
That feeling, incomparably wonderful harmony, the heart throbbed like never before, but that time, neither of them entered the mirage.
For Gray, it's normal, because he's an assistant and he has to restrain his abilities and make sure he doesn't get into the mirage. But Shaida is different, she should be playing to her heart's content, and she feels that her emotions are quite full and deep, but she is getting farther and farther away from the state of Mirage.
A faint flush crossed Gray's face.
"That's because you're not in the role at all," he said in a low voice, "and you didn't dance to the mood of the dance I designed." Don't you notice that the person your eyes are looking at is not the character I play, but me? ”