Chapter 47 A leisurely horse walk (please collect and recommend)
Author: Han Ming
Chapter 47 A leisurely horse walk (please collect and recommend)
After lunch, Zhang An took his big black horse out.
During this time, he had become accustomed to taking the big black horse out for exercise every day.
The big black horse has been kept in his own pigsty all winter, and the hair on his body is all lumpy. It is not as smooth as last year, and it is extremely ugly.
So when the weather warmed up later, Zhang An took it out for a walk and took the opportunity to bring it into the space to give it a full body bath.
Most of the hillsides in my hometown have too many exposed rocks and the soil is too thin to be used for growing crops, so no one came to open up wasteland. Over time, it became a place for people to graze cattle and horses.
The big black horse at home is a stallion. Since I bought it, it has been fed more carefully at home and Zhang An often feeds it space spring water. It has a long and majestic appearance.
Moreover, when working, it has shown its brave strength to the villagers.
Usually carrying four to five hundred kilograms of things on his body doesn't seem to be a big problem for it.
If it were someone else's draft horse, it would usually weigh only two to three hundred kilograms. If it weighed any more, you would hear the horse panting.
Therefore, people in and outside the village were asking about Zhang An's big black horse and planned to bring their own horse over for breeding.
But Dahei seems to despise them, and they are not worthy of each other. It makes people love and hate them at the same time.
It’s not Dahei’s fault. Zhang An thinks that because the mares in the village are of a smaller breed, it’s normal for Dahei to look down on them.
Normally, when arriving on the slope, Zhang An would activate the separation mode.
He untied the reins and let Dahei eat grass by himself, while he sat on the stone, looked at the scenery, and thought about life.
Today Zhang An arrived on the slope and found that Mr. Huang from the village was also grazing cattle here.
Their family raised two oxen and took good care of them.
Seeing Zhang An's men and horses separated, without even tying the reins, and letting the horses eat by themselves, Mr. Huang started talking to Zhang An.
"Boy, if you just leave your horse like this, you're not afraid of it eating other people's crops."
Mr. Huang tied the cow to a small tree. The rope was long enough for his cow to move around.
"Don't be afraid, old man. If it dares to eat other people's crops, then compensate it to others."
Zhang An came to Houshan for a few days, and he was alone. It was difficult to see someone coming with him, so he immediately started chatting with Mr. Huang.
"What's strange is that every time your horse goes to the edge of someone's field, it will come back after eating a few mouthfuls of grass. There are also animals that don't like to eat crops."
Mr. Huang watched it for a long time, and every time the big black horse nibbled to the edge of the ground, it would come back. If it wandered a little further, Zhang An would yell, and it would turn around on its own.
This horse from the Zhang family is very obedient, has a good temper, is strong, and is also obedient. It is rare to find such a horse. No wonder everyone wants to breed with this family, but unfortunately no one can match it.
The old man is an old man of the same generation as Grandpa Zhang An. Old people always like to reminisce about the past.
Talking to Zhang An turned into telling Zhang An some things about the past few years. Zhang An was also quietly listening to the old man talking about the history of Changqing Village.
After their group of elders left, few remembered them completely, including a few people from the generation of Zhang An's father, Zhang Jianguo, who had only a partial understanding of them at most.
The old man and the young man talked happily, and sometimes Zhang An complimented him a little, making the old man happy.
The hearty laughter of the old man floated in the mountains, but at this time he was a little envious of Zhang Jianguo for having such an obedient and close-knit child. Unlike his own grandson, who would not obey no matter how he shouted, let alone following around such an old man like them.
Talk to relieve boredom.
Before I knew it, it was already late in the afternoon.
Only then did the old man realize that the ground next to him had been eaten bare by his own cattle, and two cattle were lying on the ground to rest.
It's time for the two of them to go home.
Zhang An was also very lazy now. He didn't want to walk on his own on the way home, so he got on his horse and rode Dahei home.
The big black horse knew that Zhang An was riding on its back, so it walked steadily.
When we walked to the entrance of the village, the children in the village were smashing cardboard on the grain drying field and gathered around them.
Zhang An walked quietly behind Zhang Tie.
Everyone was holding a stack of thick cardboard in their hands, and it looked like they had torn up a lot of books.
"Ahem~"
The sound frightened several of the dolls.
"Hey, Brother An, you fooled me a lot. I thought it was my mother who came." Too dark means scared in the local dialect.
Seeing that it was Zhang An, he just stuffed the cardboard doll into his pocket, took it out again and continued to smash it.
"You guys had a lot of fun. These cardboards looked new. You tore up the homework and folded it, right? When your mother finds out, you are going to eat fried pork with bamboo shoots."
Zhang An also played this trick when he was a child. Each homework book had more than 20 pages. He would like to smash the cardboard but not dare to tear the book.
I quietly tore off two pages from each homework book and folded them into cardboard.
Some children are so good at playing that they can win a lot with just a few cardboards, making their friends next to them jealous.
"I just tore two of them. These are all earned. Don't sue my mother."
A group of little guys were having a great time, and there were a bunch of people playing marbles next to them.
Use glass beads to mark a pit the size of half a glass bead on the ground, then draw a line at a certain distance and bounce from the line into the pit.
I'm sure no one will pop it in at first, wait until everyone pops theirs out.
Just aim at each other. As long as you can bounce the other's glass bead into the pit, that glass bead will be yours.
Therefore, many children will blow away some sand and dust on the ground before playing. If they were so serious about reading and writing homework, they would not eat fried meat often.
"You should play less with cardboard and play with spinning tops. These papers are all bought with money and are used for your reading."
At that time, it was ten cents for an exercise book. If you wanted to buy food, your family might not give you a penny, but if you said there were no more exercise books, your family would never be stingy.
This is the yearning for reading in rural areas. They firmly believe that only reading can find a way out. If they can't read, they can only farm in the mountains.
Without special circumstances, farming will not make a difference.
Zhang An did tell them something, and it was up to them whether they listened or not.
This thing is addictive. You tear up a few pieces of paper and make a cardboard. If you lose, you want to win it back. But you have to have cardboard in your hand before others can play with you.
So I keep thinking about tearing up books and homework.
Then I didn’t do any homework after school, so I just went to make cardboard.
But I have to say that they are truly happy now.
Compared with the children of later generations, they at least had a happy childhood and a happy memory.
"Zhang Tie, have you finished your homework? If you come out to play before you finish your homework, I will go home and tell my third aunt."
"Brother Xiao An, my brother came out to play before he did his homework." After hearing Zhang An's words, Xiao Yanzi began to reveal the truth.
"Okay, okay, I won't play anymore. I'm going home to do my homework. Brother An, please don't sue my mother."
"Let's go, let's go, we won't play today."
Zhang Tie was the king of children. He shouted and everyone dispersed.
"Our little Yanzi is still good, let's go, I will buy you a lollipop."
I carried the little Yanzi to the canteen of Zhang Xinmin's house, bought her a lollipop, and looked at the little child behind me.
Zhang An bought some spiced melon seeds and divided them among them.
Although every family grows their own melon seeds and peanuts, none of them have brine them. The spiced melon seeds sold in this store are still popular among children.
Whenever you have money, go to the store to buy something. Even if it's only a dime, you can buy a small cup.
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