Chapter 631 A Dream of Youth 163
"I like the black one."
Huo Xiao's eyes were shining as she looked at the chestnut horse, clearly she liked it very much, while Xie Ning did indeed prefer the black pony.
Its pure black fur was as smooth as silk, glossy and well-groomed, clearly indicating that it had been well cared for.
Moreover, the horse is not big, only a year or two old, which is perfect for Xie Ning to raise slowly. The Huo family has considered giving Xie Ning and Huo Xiao time to develop a relationship with the horse.
Once the pony calmed down, Xie Ning hugged its neck. As if sensing Xie Ning's friendly aura, the pony quieted down and even nudged Xie Ning's hand.
"Bao'er, have you decided what name to give Xiao Ma?"
"I've decided, so I'll call her Wuqi." Both "Qiu" and "Qi" are jade.
These two horses are not cheap; not counting the transportation costs, each one costs thirty gold coins.
"That's a good name."
Huo Xiao also patted the head of another pony, her eyes slightly red, "Then you shall be called Li Shu."
She didn't project her childhood memories onto this new pony. If nothing unexpected happened, they would be companions for a long time, so of course she would genuinely love this new pony.
Chen Yuncheng pulled Xie Ning to the other side to complain that he didn't really like reading; he just used reading as an excuse to do other things, and then unexpectedly did well on the exam.
The main reason is that he spent time with Xie Ning when he was young. Xie Ning taught him how to memorize things more easily, so that he could not only memorize them but also understand them to a certain extent, which would make it easier to get high scores in some exams.
After all, he is still young, and unlike Xie Qi, he did not attend the prefectural school because he failed the exam.
Therefore, in the eyes of Huo's parents, Chen Yuncheng was better at studying than his two older brothers, so they spared no effort in cultivating their youngest son.
They even went so far as to ask Xie Wangzhi for help, just hoping he would take good care of them.
"So what do you like?"
Seeing that Xie Ning did not scold him like his parents and brothers, Chen Yuncheng couldn't help but shed tears. Clearly, neither of his two brothers liked studying, and of course, they didn't have the brains to study.
He was the same. Although he didn't get a headache just like his brother when he saw words, he was just an ordinary person with average talent. Every time he wrote a poem for his teacher, the teacher would shake his head and say that his poems lacked inspiration.
So he felt that he wasn't cut out for studying. Just because he was the youngest son, did he have to study?
At this moment, Chen Yuncheng really wished he had been born earlier and not been the youngest child.
“I like it…” Chen Yuncheng glanced around and saw his older brother, sister-in-law, and aunt still chatting around the horse, then he looked at Xie Ning awkwardly.
He took out a small wooden box from the cloth bag, inside which were several sheets of manuscript paper neatly stacked.
Xie Ning met Chen Yuncheng's expectant gaze, chuckled, and unfolded the manuscript paper. The content was extremely familiar. "This..."
Isn't this the manuscript she asked her mother to send to the Chen family? No, although it looks similar to what she drew, the details are too different, and there are several changes.
"Did you draw this?"
"Uh-huh!"
Chen Yuncheng nodded vigorously, his eyes filled with admiration for Xie Ning. He had thought his little cousin was amazing when he was young, and his admiration for her grew even stronger when he saw her design drawings at his mother's place.
Xie Ning was also somewhat surprised. Upon closer inspection, she could see that the draft Chen Yuncheng gave her was different from the one she had drawn before. However, it wasn't that Chen Yuncheng's design was worse than hers; rather, it was an improvement on some of the flaws she had deliberately left for future refinement.
"Very impressive." Xie Ning praised him sincerely. After all, it was rare for Chen Yuncheng, at his age, to be able to find the mistakes in her design drawings and make improvements without anyone teaching him.
How do you usually study?
Chen Yuncheng was somewhat unbalanced in his studies, or rather, his talents did not lie in writing poetry or politics; he was more focused on practical work.
“My mother hired an old teacher for me. He used to be a clerk in the Ministry of Works…” Later, he retired and returned to his hometown. Instead of enjoying the blessings of his children and grandchildren, he became a schoolteacher.
Chen Yuncheng was not particularly interested in the old gentleman's lectures on the Four Books and Five Classics, but he was particularly interested in the occasional talk about engineering. As Chen Yuncheng praised him, the old gentleman began to talk more and more.
In the end, Chen Yuncheng immersed himself in woodworking every day, which made the old man uneasy. So he deliberately mentioned this matter to the Chen couple in a veiled way. Who would have thought that the old man thought that Chen Yuncheng was very talented.
And so, it was delivered to the capital.
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