Chapter 224 Why do other people have shortcuts in their lives
Seeing Rose coming back with a smile, Chen Xing felt relieved.
It should be done.
Sure enough, Rose came over and said: "The equestrian is willing to let you try it, but if he asks you if you like to watch their competition, you just say you like it, and otherwise you just treat it as if you don't speak French well, okay?"
Chen Xing blinked and nodded.
"Okay..."
Humanity is so sophisticated.
Rose brought Chen Xing over. The young equestrian looked at Chen Xing's rather thin figure and nodded slightly... With such a figure, if he fell down, the ground would still be soft and the grass would be soft.
What happened?
He doesn't believe in the so-called tourists who can ride horses. He just believes that his ability to control the horse will not frighten the horse and cause the rider to fall off.
"Hello, fans from China, remember after you get on the horse, don't move around, otherwise Annie will probably throw you off. She is very proud."
"Okay, is her name Annie?"
Chen Xing looked at the horse with love beyond words.
So beautiful.
Different from the packhorse Chen Xing had ridden in Tibet before, although Annie's figure was as tall as a packhorse, she looked very well-proportioned overall, with meticulous brown-black hair, and her mane was tied into a small shape like Godzilla's hind fins.
Triangular shape, neatly cropped tail, clear roots and sharp eyes.
This kind of figure should be specially bred by combining the best genes of draft horses and speed horses.
Even when the owner was chatting with other people, she remained motionless, with her head lowered at a perfect angle, as perfect as the golden ratio sculptures carved by ancient Greek sculptors.
Beautiful, really beautiful.
I just looked at Chen Xing from a distance and fell in love with it. Now that I look at it again, I wish that this horse was my own.
"Yes, her name is Annie, a five-year-old girl."
A five-year-old horse should be an adult.
"What breed is she?"
Chen Xing has forgotten Rose's instructions and pretends that his French is not good.
He completely forgot, just like a boy who loves cars suddenly saw a Maybach with a global limited edition of 100 models in the parking lot. At this time, could he still remember what he and his girlfriend had just talked about?
Even Rose is not Chen Xing’s girlfriend.
But the topic that Chen Xing talked about happened to be the equestrian's favorite, so he didn't care and replied: "This is a German Hanoverian horse. She is a very good athlete. She also won the silver medal in the international competition last year. Have you seen us?"
Competition?"
"Not yet, is it an equestrian competition?" Chen Xing said.
Rose took a breath.
Brother, what are you doing!
Gabriel Pierre glanced at Rose with a smile, shook his head with a laugh, and said: "You are honest, can you really ride a horse?"
Only then did Chen Xing think of Rose, and instantly looked at Rose with a look of complete ruin.
Rose rolled her eyes.
If plan a fails, then plan b will be used at this time, which is... adapt to changes.
"I'm really good at riding a horse."
Gabriel Pierre nodded, walked far away, took a helmet and threw it to Chen Xing, saying: "Be careful, go up and take a picture, but I won't be responsible if you fall off."
Chen Xing had already been gearing up and quickly put on his helmet.
"Do you need me to take pictures for you?" Rose looked at the camera in Chen Xing's hand and said.
"Just use my phone."
He doesn't want to give this camera to anyone yet.
What if this person knows every model of Hasselblad, sees the difference in this camera, and then raises this matter with others on the Internet... Although a fine is nothing, but it is not good to make enemies of Hasselblad.
What a bargain.
He was just thinking about giving up Sony and embracing Hasselblad.
Handing the phone to Rose, the equestrian held the reins firmly with one hand and prepared to help Chen Xing mount the horse with the other hand.
Chen Xing is about 1.8 meters tall, which is definitely tall in France, but looking at this horse, he still feels like a tall horse, tsk... I'm so jealous, I wish this horse was really my own, then he
Ride every day.
But if you think about it carefully, he wouldn't be able to take care of it if you leave it to Chen Xing.
Just talk about feeding night grass, and he won't be able to get up.
A horse is fat without night grass.
In order to show that he really knew how to ride a horse, Chen Xing did not hold Gabriel Pierre's hand. He grabbed the saddle and stepped on the stirrups. His posture was still very standard. However, Chen Xing was still a little uncomfortable after getting on the horse.
Think about it.
Oh, no reins.
The reins were held by the equestrian. Although he allowed Chen Xing to mount the horse and take a photo, it was impossible to hand over the reins controlling Annie to a stranger.
Rose held Chen Xing's cell phone sideways and said, "Are you ready?"
Chen Xing grabbed the saddle with both hands and held his head high.
"Ready."
Horses are very smart animals. They probably knew that the person behind them was taking pictures, and they cooperated very cooperatively by raising one front hoof and raising their lowered heads slightly, as if they were about to walk forward.
Gabriel Pierre was startled.
Fortunately, he only maintained this posture for a moment, otherwise his heart would have jumped out of his chest.
The performance just now shows that Anne is no longer under his control.
"Are you okay? Come down quickly," he said.
Chen Xing asked: "Can I ride her for a while? Friend."
"Don't always ask for more. You are too greedy. Come down here before Annie is angry."
Always asking for more, this sentence is a French slang, describing a person who does not know how to be satisfied or does not know how to be grateful. It is much stronger than the domestic meaning of "excessive".
I don’t know if Anne is angry or not, but Gabriel Pierre is a little angry.
Just let you take a photo. You are not a pretty girl, and you didn’t give me a red envelope. If you didn’t want the tour guide’s contact information, I wouldn’t have let you come up. Just take a photo, and it won’t matter for one more second! p>
Annie is not angry.
She's a little excited!
When Chen Xing wanted to take a few steps, she restlessly took small steps in place.
As a French horse, of course she can understand some French words, such as walk and run. These are words that equestrians often say when commanding. She likes the person on her back very much and wants to hear it.
His order.
However, Anne also knows that the person holding her hand in front of her is her master.
So she is making demands of the equestrian.
Gabriel Pierre understood the request and looked shocked.
He has only trained Annie for less than a year, and he knows that Annie usually only recognizes the few people she gets along with the most, and that definitely does not include the foreigner Chen Xing, but now Annie actually has a crush on this person?
No, are you serious?
He looked at Anne, but Anne's movements already expressed her happiness.
Okay, let you all be happy for once.
Gabriel Pierre pursed his lips and made this decision, saying: "I will lead her for a while, and then you have to come down."
Chen Xing had not yet experienced the feeling of riding a horse and secretly thought it was a pity. After hearing this sentence, he quickly sat down and nodded:
"Definitely!"
Gabriel Pierre led the horse forward, and Anne stepped on her four legs alternately, as if stepping on the beat of a drum. This rhythm made Chen Xing's skin crawl, and he unconsciously stepped on the stirrups to cooperate with Anne.<
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Two minutes passed, but Chen Xing only felt that after a moment, Gabriel Pierre asked Chen Xing to dismount.
Chen Xing didn't say anything this time and stepped off the horse.
Gabrielle Pierre relaxed when he saw Chen Xing coming down. He patted Annie gently and said to Chen Xing: "Where did you learn the wild ways?"
"Learned it from the grassland herdsmen."
"Well, you are indeed a wild horse. You are very talented. Do you want to come to our club and learn how to train horses?"
"Thank you very much, but I can't."
Chen Xing has heard many similar sentences like this.
‘You have great color acumen, do you want to learn oil painting from me?’
‘You are very physically fit, come join our mountaineering team.’
My goal is the stars and the sea.
But Chen Xing quickly asked again: "If you want to buy a horse like this, how much will it cost?"
Gabriel Pierre was not happy that his beloved horse liked a stranger in front of him, not to mention that Chen Xing refused his invitation. However, he was still very well-behaved and replied:
"Several hundred thousand."
"Hundreds of thousands? Euros?"
"Of course, what do you think?"
I thought it was Japanese yen!
It's too expensive for me. Now the exchange rate between Euro and Chinese currency is a little over 7.0, which is a million dollars. Who can afford this?
Although the horse did not belong to him, Gabriel Pierre felt a sense of pride when he saw Chen Xing's current expression and said:
"Stop your surprise, the top horse breeds are not inferior to supercars, not to mention that they need trainers to train them when they are bought back. Let's talk about Annie, if we want to sell him to other clubs, the price
Definitely not less than 1.5 million."
Hiss!
Can't afford it. Can't afford it.
If I were just a photographer, I would probably only have the money to buy a manor or a large piece of land first and then buy a work like Rhine 2, which would cost me a lot of money to sell the copyright.
Annie.
When you have no money, you will feel rich if you get one million.
But when you think you are rich...
You will find that there are still many things that you cannot afford.
After Gabrielle Pierre finished pretending, he felt happy for a while. After that, he felt that he was not interested anymore. He didn't even want Rose's contact information. He rode on the horse and asked Annie to move towards other places at the same pace as before.
Go.
Chen Xing looked at him enviously.
A winner in life.
Chen Xing unexpectedly discovered that there are still some shortcuts to take in life.
For example, this Gabriel Pierre doesn't look like a rich man who can spend millions of euros, but he can ride around in a BMW worth 1.5 million euros and get bored all day long.
.
Similarly, there are villa housekeepers, and some nannies who forget that there is a house here.
Live in a villa for free.
Chen Xing and Rose talked about this topic, and both of them were very emotional.
However, Rose was the only one who really felt it.
After all, Chen Xing's shortcut is already big enough. If he takes it any further, the system will probably give him hundreds of millions of euros for Chen Xing to spend on his own.
There is a restaurant on the left side of Chambord. Chen Xing and Rose had a meal here in the afternoon. The pork chops here are very delicious and the taste is very suitable for Chinese stomachs. However, the French food here still has slow service.
Characteristics.
This restaurant has never been short of customers. At six or seven o'clock, more Asian tourists come. After this time, Europeans also begin to enter the hotel in large numbers.
After dinner at 7:30, after the two of them went out, Rose said: "Thank you for your hospitality."
"Eating dinner alone is a little too lonely. I should thank you for your company." Chen Xing said with a gentlemanly smile.
This appearance made Rose, who had had a little drink, feel excited and said:
"Where do you live? In town? I can drive you a little way."
"No, I live in a farm nearby."
Chen Xing found accommodation on Airbnb. There are many B&Bs to choose from. There is no need to go to town to stay in a hotel. And most of the time, B&Bs are cleaner than ordinary hotels.
"Is it far?" Rose asked.
"It's only about ten minutes away."
Rose still drove Chen Xing for a while. Her car was a red emblem, and the interior of the road was decorated in a petty bourgeoisie style.
Chen Xing was sent to his accommodation in a few minutes.
A very rustic place and a typical French country house. There is a vintage sports car parked in the yard. It looks pretty neat and should still be in use.
Rose hesitated for a while and then left.
I gave you a chance but you didn’t use it!
In fact, the houses around here are not in bad repair. In Chen Xing's opinion, they are almost the same as self-built villas. They are not the kind of brick houses in remote areas of China. How bad can the conditions of residents living in Europe be, no matter how bad they are? Chen Xing watched her car roar away from here, and then looked back to see if it was this house.
It seems.
Come forward and knock on the door.
The hostess of the house who opened the door was about fifty years old. Knowing that Chen Xing was the person who rented their house, she entered the house enthusiastically and asked: "Young man, have you had dinner?"
"I've already eaten, thank you."
After entering the house, Chen Xing realized how warmly they had decorated the house. Both the paintings on the wall and the ornaments on the dining table were very stylish, which at least showed that the hostess was not a rural woman with vulgar taste. p>
She was having dinner with an old man who looked a bit like the father of Marvel.
This farmhouse has two floors. Chen Xing lives upstairs, and there are other tourists who come here to visit. The old couple lives in the downstairs room. Chen Xing also asked about the car outside the house, and it is rented separately.
The person who rented the house brought a Jaguar e-type, a very classic sports car that looks very handsome.
Entering your room, the soft big bed faces a glass door, and there is a vast field outside.
You can't see such scenery in the city.
Chen Xing did not close the window and was woken up by the sun early the next morning. Whether it was the early morning sun or the noon sun, as long as it hit your eyes, it would be really difficult to fall back asleep.
Chen Xing got up and stood in front of the window and stretched.
Under the blue sky and white clouds are green fields, accompanied by small flowers of various colors. In the distance is the leader's house, and in the garden downstairs are roses in full bloom.
The hostess has already set up a dining table in the garden and prepared a sumptuous breakfast for the guests.
Please give me a monthly ticket! On the last day, if you don’t give it, it will be gone.
