Chapter 173 Atun Yuanzhen

Mr. Fan smiled and said: "General, what you said is obvious. Ali, Ami, Yuan Zhen, I really treat them as my children. The Erlin Department is my home. I should contribute to my family.

Is there anything you should be guilty of?"

"It's up to me to take care of school matters. Ariel has his own things to do next."

Azun Chizun said happily: "Brother, you finally agree?"

Mr. Fan said: "Now that the trade route has been officially opened, the cargo volume of the Erlin Department will increase greatly. There are some things that Ariel should experience."

Atun Chizun nodded, stopped mentioning this issue, and turned around to toast Shi Tong.

At this point, beef and mutton are enough.

The way to eat it is very simple, just boil beef and mutton in boiling water, then cut it with a knife and dip it in snow salt for dipping.

Su You was full of praise for the ingredients here. He grabbed a sheep head and picked the meat, and his face was covered with oil.

Atunmi sat on the other side of Su You: "Xiao You, eat this, your tail will be fat."

Su You shook his head: "No, I'm most afraid of getting fat. Lamb's face is the most delicious. It's all close to the bone."

Atunmi smiled and said: "You are quite brave!"

Su You looked at Atun Yuanzhen on the other side of Atunmi: "Yuanzhen...Yuanzhen?"

Atun Yuanzhen was startled, looked at her sister again, and then calmed down a little: "What...what are you doing?"

The emotion of jealousy is for people who are not far apart. Now that Atun Yuanzhen understands that he is not on the same level as this big Song baby, he is no longer jealous, but is a little scared and curious.

Su You shook the folding knife in his hand: "Yuan Zhen, let's use a different knife. It's not easy to cut out the mutton head, so it's easier to use a fish knife."

Adun Yuanzhen had been drooling for a long time while looking at the pocket knife in Su You's hand, and now his eyes suddenly lit up: "Really? My sister and brother both have knives like yours, but they are reluctant to let me use them.

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Su You handed the knife to him: "This knife is a bit small, mainly because I'm afraid you'll lose it, right? If you lose it, many people around you will probably be in trouble."

Adun Yuanzhen thought for a moment, and it seemed that this was indeed the case, so he exchanged his knife with Su You: "That's right, I have lost several pairs of goat crutches."

Su You smiled and said: "So! It's best to wait a few more years until your things are less likely to be lost. I'll give you a handful."

Atun Yuanzhen was so happy: "Really?!"

Su You said: "Of course it's true. If you don't believe me, ask my sister when I've said what I said. By the way, after dinner, you can teach me how to brush a horse. The big green horse I rode this time is really good.

He’s just not very good at feeding horses yet, and he’s not very good at brushing horses either.”

Adun Yuanzhen boasted: "What's the name of that nice horse you ride on? I'll take you to see mine after dinner!"

Su You said: "Really? Then you can teach me how to judge such a good horse. I don't understand it at all. Sister Ami, can we change positions?"

Atunmi turned his head and looked at Su You with a smile.

Su You winked at Atunmi and signaled her to cooperate.

A'tunmixu spat: "Little slippery man, I've agreed in advance that you are not allowed to bully my brother! Otherwise, I will deal with you!"

Atun Yuanzhen said from behind: "Sister, what are you talking about? I won't bully him! Let's change quickly!"

A'tunmi turned around, touched A'tun Yuanzhen's head, and gave up his position: "You, I'm afraid you'll have to help count the money if you are sold by Xiaoyou!"

After dinner, the two of them went to watch the horses outside the village.

A servant came over, bowed to Atun Yuanzhen, and then blew a loud whistle, and five or six horses from the horse herd in the distance came galloping over.

In Su You's mind, Yunnan horses are truly divine horses, but they are all short breeds, and these horses are all over five and a half feet tall.

When Su You saw it, he said, "Okay, it's really beautiful!"

Atun Yuanzhen said: "Didn't you say you don't know how to watch horses?"

Su You had been taught some horse-study skills by Shi Wei, but now he mainly coaxed the children, so he shook his head and said: "It is rare to see such a tall horse in Sichuan. You can tell it is a good horse at a glance."

Atun Yuanzhen said: "The quality of a horse depends on many aspects including the head, ears, eyes, hair, legs, body, bones and hooves. You can choose one and we will talk about it while riding."

Su You then picked a mare, A'tun Yuanzhen chatted a few words in dialect to the horse servant, and the horse servant went to fetch the harness and began to equip it.

Atun Yuanzhen said: "Your horse is very docile. When looking at a horse, you must first look at its head, its ears should be tight and small, its eyes should be bright, its bones should be raised, its cheeks should be fleshy, and its mouth should be long."

Su You asked: "Why is this happening?"

Atun Yuanzhen said: "Tight ears are not really small, but the horse's head is big, which makes the ears look small. The eyes are bright and the eyes are not white, and the horse is energetic. The bones are raised, the nasal cavity is big, and it can run. The cheeks are fleshy.

More means that the horse has a good appetite. If it has a long mouth, it can eat more and be in good health."

Su You changed his mind and realized that what he said really made sense.

Atun Yuanzhen said with a smile: "Anyway, when you look at a horse's head, you think of a skinned rabbit's head. The muscles can be seen through the skin and the shape can be closed. Then the horse is not much different."

Su You smiled and said: "Yuan Zhen, you are so awesome! You know so much."

Atun Yuanzhen was so praised that he said, "I'm better at riding a horse. Come on, let's go for a run."

The two got on their horses and started trotting one behind the other.

Adun Yuanzhen was telling Su You the Horse Sutra all the way, and soon ran into a valley.

Su You had sharp eyes and said in surprise on the hillside in front of him: "Yuanzhen Yuanzhen, there is a walnut tree there!"

Atun Yuanzhen smiled and said: "There are also chestnut trees and persimmon trees in this valley. Can you Han children climb trees?"

Su You said proudly: "I'm afraid you can't climb over me."

Atun Yuanzhen said: "I don't believe it, your clothes are not clothes that can climb trees!"

Su You looked at himself: "Damn! Lend me one tomorrow! I'll crawl for you to see!"

There was no choice but to divide the work and cooperate. When they came to the tree, Atun Yuanzhen used the height of the saddle to climb up the tree to crack walnuts, while Su You slipped off the horse and cut the grass to make grass baskets.

"Walnuts are beaten during the white dew, and peppers are picked at the autumnal equinox." Now is the good season. The skins of many walnuts have turned yellow, and some have cracks on the top.

Su You picked up a walnut that fell on the ground, peeled off the surface, and cracked one with a stone: "Oh, this is not a pecan! The skin is so thin!"

Adun Yuanzhen raised his head on the tree and beat it with a pole, while saying: "This is the walnut tree in Eryuan, Dali. Grandpa brought it back with hard work. The walnuts produced are delicious."

The two of them searched all afternoon and finally collected two straw baskets full of walnuts that fell on the ground.

After riding back to the village, a servant saw the two of them: "Oh, where are my young masters! Where have they gone? Dinner has already been served!"

The two of them washed their faces and packed up and returned to the lobby. Azun Chizun looked at their hands and said, "We are climbing trees again!"

There is no denying this. The walnuts stained both pairs of little hands brown, which cannot be washed away.

Mr. Fan and Chen Zhen couldn't help but be stunned. Su You could climb a tree and pick walnuts! They never knew that this kid had such a side!

Where is the promised scholar-bureaucrat? Where is the promised young prodigy of the Song Dynasty?!

Su You could only chuckle: "I didn't climb, Yuan Zhen did, so I was responsible for weaving the straw bamboo basket."

Dinner was still meat and milk tea. Everyone said that Su You couldn't bear it anymore and was thinking of asking Atun Yuanzhen to dig wild vegetables tomorrow.

After dinner, I asked Atun Yuanzhen to find a servant to peel walnuts, and also found glutinous rice, saying that I wanted to make a good pastry.

First, wash the glutinous rice in hot water for about a minute, pick it up and drain off the water, cover it for two quarters of an hour, and then spread it out for use. This is called covering the rice.

Then cook the covered glutinous rice with oil, stir-fry it with river sand over high heat, and stir-fry it until the glutinous rice is cooked. Quickly scoop up the pot and use a sieve to remove the sand.

Then grind the fried glutinous rice into powder, sift out the fine powder and spread it out on a drying mat to naturally absorb water, regain moisture and ferment.

After the processing was completed, Su You said: "Okay, that's it for today."

Adun Yuanzhen was still waiting to eat. Hearing this, he was dumbfounded: "Where are the pastries? Where are the promised pastries?"

Su You said: "How can good things be so easy to get? It will take three days before we can continue to do it! Mr. Fan even asked me to go to his study, let's go."

Atun Yuanzhen grabbed him and said, "You liar, I didn't even eat much for dinner just to wait for your pastries!"

Su You couldn't be bothered, so he had to dig out a rice krispie treat wrapped in oil paper from his school bag: "Here you can eat this! Yuan Zhen, can you ask someone to dig some wild vegetables and mushrooms tomorrow? I can't stand eating meat all the time."
Chapter completed!