Chapter 148 Shearing Festival (3)
Xiaobao finally bought all Chu Qing's clothes, and Chu Qing couldn't persuade her.
Chu Yuan laughed at Xiao Bao: "You little fool! Where are we now? After harvesting the wool, we still have to go inside. What will you do if we encounter better clothes?"
Xiaobao patted his pocket: "Are you asking the head of the household if he has any money?"
Chu Yuan stopped talking.
On the third day, it was purely a day for herdsmen to gather and celebrate.
Herdsmen usually hold horse racing, wrestling or beauty competitions on this day.
Because of the arrival of the caravan, several villages decided to have a good time and held all three. The first was the horse racing meeting.
They all herded horses for King Zuo Xian. There were many horses, and horses also needed to run frequently. Horse racing was the most suitable sport.
They called the boys from the caravan and asked them to participate together. Of course the boys were very happy because they could ride a purebred Voss horse!
Chu Qing was also invited to race horses. But she didn't want to agree, but Xiaobao said: "Mother, they can invite you because they regard you as a hero of the grassland. You can't be timid."
"Baby, mom is not timid, mom's arm hurts!" Chu Qing was particularly helpless. It's just a matter of being timid! It's your mom who's still injured!
"Mom, how about I join in?" Xiaobao tried.
"Can you climb on the horse's back? Can you reach the stirrups?" Chu Yuanzhi curled his lips.
"Chu Yuan, can't you say something nice? I'll carry him on his horse, what the hell!" Zhuo Yao quit.
Chu Qing felt itchy when he saw that his boys were so keen on horse racing. After learning horse riding and shooting from Lao Yu for so long, he really had no chance to compete with the people of Voss.
However, I felt a little uneasy in my heart. It was like studying for the Mathematical Olympiad for a few months and then going to participate in the most senior international competition. I felt very unsure.
Never mind it! It doesn’t matter whether you win or lose. If you are racing against a bunch of Voss men, you won’t be ashamed even if you lose! Chu Qing picked a horse that looked pleasing to his eye.
This is a maroon three-year-old mare with well-proportioned limbs. Its four legs, mane and tail are all black. Its figure is slightly slender compared to other horses. However, this horse's muscle lines are very obvious, and its hooves are also well trimmed.
appropriate.
Chu Qing first braided her hair into a big braid, then pulled up half of it, tied it behind her head with a red ribbon, and tied it with a bow; then she did the same thing with her ponytail, braided it into a braid and tied it with a red bow.
The bay horse seemed to like this kind of dress very much. It rubbed its big head against Chu Qing's rolled up bow, and Chu Qing took out an apple and fed it to it.
This is something Chu Qing has never been willing to eat. There is a shortage of fruits and vegetables on the grassland. Apart from giving apples to Xiaobao, Chu Qing himself has never been willing to eat a bite.
The horse seemed to understand Chu Qing's thoughts. He smelled the apple and pushed the apple towards Chu Qing with his nose. Chu Qing persisted and handed it to it.
There was a man and a horse, one was eating and the other was looking at each other, their eyes facing each other with affection. Chu Yuan could not help but gnash his teeth.
"What are you doing? Are you greedy for apples?" Chu Qing asked with a blank look, unable to see Chu Yuan's disdainful expression on her interaction with the horse.
"Um...can you get up there? There's no saddle!" Chu Yuan continued to gnash his teeth at Hanako.
"Ah?" Chu Qing then noticed that there was no saddle.
Looking around, the herdsmen men are already eager to try. All the horses have no saddles, only bridles.
"This... they don't use saddles for horse racing?" Chu Qing was depressed. From the beginning of learning to ride horses, there were saddles and stirrups.
"We don't use saddles for horse racing here, and those things are very expensive!" Ram was explaining to Xiaobao, and it seemed that Xiaobao had the same question.
"That's great, I can't reach it anyway!" Xiaobao was very optimistic.
"You are so young, do you really want to participate?" Ram was not reassured. Xiaobao was only five years old, so he was not allowed to knock him down?
"As long as the horse is big enough! Horse racing is not about me!" Xiaobao coaxed.
"Then I will accompany you, alas." Ram was actually not confident in his riding skills, but his father had told him to take good care of the young master of the caravan.
"You don't need to be there, I'm here!" Zhuo Yao took over, "As long as you have me."
Chu Qing looked at them. She didn't believe that Zhuoyao's horse could do without a saddle. She was even more worried about Xiaobao.
Xiaobao untied the steel plate on his calf with a click and handed it to Zhuo Yao: "Watch while I do, I will give you a show!"
Chu Qing: "..."
Ram: "..."
Zhuo Yao: "..."
Chu Qing wanted to tell Xiaobao to go back and eat snacks! But he still whispered to Huayi: "Let your father take care of Xiaobao." Huayi nodded and ran away to find her father.
"Sisters, I want to participate in the competition, can you take care of me?" Chu Qing patted the beautiful mare, and the mare twitched her lips and lay on the ground.
Look! The sisters agreed! After Chu Qing got on the horse and sat down, she "sisters" stood up.
"Brother, I want to participate in the competition, can you cooperate?" Xiaobao asked.
Xiaobao's horse also lay down.
Chu Qing: "..."
Ram: "..."
Zhuo Yao: "..."
The power of example!
Chu Qing rode up to Antuta and asked, "Is there any luck?"
"Yes!" Antuta took a colorful Pulu, "Isn't this beautiful?"
When Chu Qing took a look, it was really nice. This Pulu was available in seven colors, and you could see that the wool thread was very fine and tight. It was really a very good handiwork.
"Then I'll give you a bonus too!" Chu Qing said with a smile, "Go ahead!"
"Okay!" Chu Yuan went to the motorcade to bring two large iron pots and two iron kettles.
"The first place has a pot and a pot, the second place has a pot, and the third place has a pot!" Chu Qing said.
It took two horses to exchange for an iron pot. Now the herdsmen were excited!
The riders stood upright. Just like a marathon, everyone stood compactly together. Chu Qing received special treatment and stood in the leading position. One person and one horse. The red bowknot fluttered slightly in the wind, which was really exciting.
!
Antuta took out his eagle bone flute again, and sounded a short and loud sound. The riders clamped their legs on the horses' belly, and the momentum of thousands of horses galloped out.
All I could see was rolling loess, completely invisible to the grass beneath my feet, sweeping into the distance like a sandstorm.
The galloping of the horse brought the sound of wind, and the wind also joined in the fun at this time. It was sunny and sunny just now, but now it started to take advantage of the horse's momentum and the horse helped the wind!
Fortunately, it was following the direction of the wind. Chu Qing's red bow stuck tightly to the back of her head, and the little mare's bow under her legs stuck to her buttocks. Everyone looked at nothing but the bow! Even the yellow sand couldn't cover those two.
Put on red!
Fortunately, both the man and the horse had their hair braided and tied up, otherwise their hair would have covered their eyes by now.
The competition venue is in the open space between three villages, with the surrounding felt bags as the boundary. It takes two laps to form a huge oval, which is about five or six kilometers long.
At this time, the horses haven't reached too high speed yet, and the riders are trying to conserve their horsepower. Chu Qing doesn't dare to exert any force blindly. She has to see what the riders will do.
There were several skinned lambs, marmots, rabbits, and even a few cloaks and tri-colored coats that were weighed down by stones!
Chu Qing felt that these people were really cruel! Without stirrups, it would be difficult to pick up things on the ground! Lambs and marmots weighing ten or twenty kilograms are not heavy, but they have no handles, so they are hard to hold; Pupu are light.
Stick to the ground! Whose idea was it?
Seeing something on the ground in front of them, the men shouted louder to the horses.
"Ho!"
"Ho!"
Ram's father was the first to speed up and rushed out suddenly. His target was the lamb, whose meat was so tender!
This was also a lamb that had just been born and had not survived, otherwise the herdsmen would not have been willing to kill it and eat it.
"Sisters, move up to third gear!" Chu Qing clamped her legs around the horse's belly and shouted! She also had to speed up. It didn't matter what she could pick up, she had to give it a try. Pain came from her left arm, no matter what!
Her "sister" felt the force coming from her flank, and she shook her head and threw her "bangs" to one side. Her expression seemed to say: "Sit tight and look at me!"
Chu Qing followed Ram's father closely and saw... this guy was holding a noose in his hand! Chu Qing was so depressed! Chu Qing looked around again and found that almost all these men had ropes on their bodies, holding the rope around the horse.
Here’s a trick!
Chapter completed!