Professor Li, who was riding a horse and herding cattle, saw Honglong's actions and realized that Zhang Long must have arrived, so he quickly followed.

When Zhang Long's father saw the red dragon, his eyes widened instantly, filled with surprise and admiration.

At this moment, the red dragon was agile and its fur shimmered with a mesmerizing luster in the sunlight, making it as beautiful as a creature from a dream.

Hu Xinxin also familiarly stepped forward and gently stroked the red dragon.

After spending a long time together, she was no longer afraid of the tall, magnificent horse, and even rode it without fear.

Red Dragon is very clever. Knowing that resistance is useless, it simply comforts itself and treats these interactions as daily fun, letting Hu Xinxin pet and ride it. In any case, it's just a small matter for it.

Zhang Long called Li Lanxiang over and said with a smile, "These are my parents. Go pick out a gentle horse and take my mom for a ride, so she can experience the joy of horseback riding."

Then he called out to Professor Li, "Old Li, you're free right now anyway, why don't you take my dad for a ride on a horse? He wants to experience it too."

The reason for this arrangement was that Old Li and Zhang Long's father were of similar age and had a lot in common. Moreover, Zhang Long's father was outgoing and had a typical social butterfly syndrome. He became familiar with Professor Li after only a few words, and soon the two were calling each other brothers and chatting happily.

Hu Xinxin ran over and brought her red bean over. She and Zhang Long each rode their horses and strolled leisurely across the vast grassland.

As Zhang Long spent more time with his horse, his intimacy with the red dragon increased, and his riding skills improved by leaps and bounds, now reaching level 3.

However, when he saw the 10 million experience points, he couldn't help but gasp in astonishment, wondering how long it would take to level up.

However, there was also some good news: his improved riding skills not only enhanced his core strength.

There are also some benefits that are hard to put into words...

In short, he and Hu Xinxin are now 70/30 apart, which has made him more confident in life. Haven't you noticed that his girlfriend's eyes have been filled with more love lately?

Now, Zhang Long's riding skills have become so proficient that he can work in perfect harmony with the red dragon and perform all sorts of tricks.

Even the most basic dressage steps are easy for them to master.

Throughout the entire process, the red dragon seemed to understand human nature, treating these performances as a little game to interact with its owner, and cooperated exceptionally well, completing each movement smoothly and gracefully.

In comparison, Hongdou is slightly inferior, and is still slowly getting to know Hu Xinxin.

Red Bean's temperament is too gentle, which is completely different from the Arabian horse's personality as a warhorse in our impression, making it particularly unique among its kind.

Another Arabian horse, Chasing Wind, served as Li Lanxiang's mount. It had a very fierce temperament, but in front of Li Lanxiang, who had more than 20 years of experience in horse training, it could only obediently listen and be tamed.

After having a good time, Zhang Long dismounted, took Hongdou's reins, and walked back with his girlfriend, chatting and laughing.

The red dragon, like a loyal guardian, followed closely by, occasionally lowering its head to leisurely graze on the tender grass.

Seeing its owner walk away, it would take a few steps to catch up, and then continue to feast, repeating this interesting "game" with great enthusiasm, just like a naughty child who has found his favorite toy.

Around noon, everyone had a barbecue at the breeding base.

The ingredients are all freshly sourced from the farm, where there is no shortage of high-quality meat.

The mutton from these sheep, raised on fruit-fed feed, is tender, juicy, and melts in your mouth, with a subtle fruity aroma and no gamey smell whatsoever.

After taking a bite, Zhang Long's father praised it highly. Even his mother, who never ate lamb, was attracted by its unique flavor and couldn't help but eat several lamb chops.

Professor Li also benefited today, personally experiencing the delicious taste of his years of research results. He even jokingly took all the credit for himself.

Looking at his shameless appearance, Zhang Long smiled and picked up a can of beer, toasting the "thick-skinned" guy.

If Zhang's father hadn't stopped him, Professor Li would have been out of work by noon today.

In the afternoon, Zhang Long's father went to herd sheep. Under the blue sky and white clouds, he drove the flock of sheep across the grassland, as if he had returned to the happy times of his childhood in his hometown, and his face was filled with a happy smile.

Zhang Long's mother found it all very interesting, so she picked up her phone and started filming a Douyin video with great enthusiasm.

These days, she's become quite addicted to making Douyin videos, and she certainly doesn't want to miss out on such great material for gaining followers.

Li Lanxiang has a lot of experience in this area, after all, she herself attracted a lot of fans by sharing her life at the breeding base on Douyin.

She took the initiative to step forward and enthusiastically helped Zhang Long's mother take photos, praising her mother's good temperament while taking pictures, which made her mother beam with joy.

On the other side, Zhang Hu, the younger brother who was keeping an eye on things for his mother at the clothing store, was idly scrolling through Douyin (TikTok) when he unexpectedly came across a video of his mother riding a horse.

He was also dumbfounded, rubbing his eyes in disbelief.

Seeing his expression, Xiao Xi, who was standing nearby, also came over in confusion and asked, "Brother Hu, what's wrong?"

"It's alright, it's alright!"

"I just looked at it for too long and my eyes got a little blurry."

He wouldn't dare let his girlfriend see videos of his parents going out and having fun.

"No, didn't Mom and Dad go to Shanghai to discuss my brother's wedding?"

"Why am I seeing my mom riding a horse in the video now? What's going on?"

"Have we started discussing marriage on horseback?"

He had originally planned to go to Shanghai to broaden his horizons, but his mother easily suppressed his plans.

Let him stay home and mind the shop obediently.

Watching his mom having so much fun in the video, he casually gave it a like and left a few big question marks in the comments, eagerly awaiting an explanation from his mom.

But after waiting for a long time, his mother was either too busy to see his comment or pretended not to see it and never replied to him.

Until the end of the May Day holiday, when my parents returned from Shanghai, they didn't mention a word about the interesting incident at the breeding base.

Looking at his parents who returned empty-handed, Zhang Hu couldn't help but complain, "Mom, it's one thing that you didn't take me with you, but you didn't even bring me back any local specialties?"

His mother was amused by his aggrieved look and said with a smile, "Go online and check what local specialties Shanghai has!"

Zhang Hu took out his phone with some skepticism and checked. As he looked at the wide variety of local specialties, his expression gradually became distorted, and he would fall silent after looking at each one.

Finally, I thought to myself, none of these local specialties seem to suit my taste. Oh well, I'd better not nag about them in front of my mom, lest I get dragged into doing manual labor again.