Have a good night's sleep.
After confessing to Cao Jingheng, the relationship between the two took a step forward. Shen Anning didn't know how to describe the feeling now. It was like a change from quantitative change to qualitative change.
After washing up and walking outside, Sister Tana was already preparing breakfast. Shen Anning was not idle either. She washed her hands and went up to help. Milk tea was cooking on the hanging stove, and fruits and yellow rice cakes were fried in the pot.
After taking a look, she found that there seemed to be no one she could help with. Sister Tana was afraid that the hot oil would splash on her, so she would not let her get close to the wok. Shen Anning had no choice but to sit next to Xiao Zhuoma and watch Tana busy at work with her, and swallow her saliva by the way while smelling the aroma of the food.
When Cao Jingheng came back from horse racing, he saw a big and a small child sitting together, staring at the frying pan. His heart softened, and he couldn't help but wonder if his and An Ning's child in the future would be so soft and cute. He hoped that his daughter would look more like An Ning.
"Hungry?"
Cao Jingheng, wearing a Mongolian robe, had just finished horse racing and sweat was still dripping from his face.
Seeing Shen Anning looking at him, he waved and said, "Come here and wipe the sweat off my face."
Little Zhuoma watched the interaction between the two people, covering her face with her hands while smiling, but her sparkling eyes could be seen through the gaps between her fingers.
Although Shen An Ning said that he disliked her, he still took out a handkerchief from his pocket and walked over. He patted his shoulder in anger and said, "You went horse racing early in the morning without calling me. I have never ridden a horse before!"
Cao Jingheng laughed. If he called her too early, she would probably get angry again. "I'll teach you after dinner. I just rode my horse to the east. There's a small river there, and the grass is growing well."
After breakfast, Brother Cao Bing took his two sons to herd cattle and sheep. Cao Jingheng was teaching Shen Anning to ride a horse nearby. Little Zhuoma watched from the side for a long time and found that her beautiful sister could not ride a horse yet, so she became very anxious.
Don't be fooled by her small size. Children who grew up on the grassland were taken on horses by their elders as soon as they could crawl, and sat on the back of a pony when they could walk. Little Zhuoma is four and a half years old this year. Although she is small, she is very brave. She can already ride the pony independently and can also ride a big horse for a walk.
"Sister An Ning, you can't put your feet completely into the stirrups. Just half of them will do! And you have to sit up straight. It's hard to ride a horse if your waist is bent."
Shen Anning felt a little embarrassed listening to Xiao Zhuoma. She remembered all these techniques, but once she got on the horse, her brain was out of control. The sudden feeling of weightlessness made her mind go blank, and her hands and feet moved uncontrollably when the horse moved.
"Don't I have any talent for sports?" Shen An Ning was a little distressed. If he really couldn't learn it, then he couldn't learn it. It was just a little regretful.
"It's okay. If you can't learn, I'll teach you how to ride." Cao Jingheng first went to the stable and picked out a docile and strong adult horse. "Come, An Ning, get on this one."
"Zhuoma, you go up too and sit in front of your Aunt Ningning."
Hearing his name, Shen Anning was quite speechless. Little Zhuoma always called him sister, but he argued with the child and corrected her over and over again without getting annoyed.
Three people sat on one horse, Cao Jingheng, who was holding the reins, led two people, and there were people in front and behind. Shen Anning felt very safe and no longer afraid, and even felt a little eager to try.
Little Zhuoma sat in the front. Although she could ride a horse, her grandfather and father wouldn't let her ride very fast. Besides, she was weak and couldn't squeeze the horse's belly hard enough. "Uncle Jingheng, please ride faster, a little faster."
Ana Shen also echoed, “Yes, faster.”
"Hey, you two are really good at giving orders." Cao Jingheng said this while increasing the force of his grip on the horse's belly.
Several people were on horseback, and the wind blew their voices intermittently. The more this happened, the louder Shen Anning and Zhuoma's voices became, and the happier they laughed.
After running a lap, Shen Anning was not so scared anymore. The grassland grass in early October was still green and lush. Against the backdrop of blue sky and white clouds, the wind blew, raising one green wave after another. Staying here, she felt that her whole mind had become broader.
After experiencing several times of almost falling off the horse, it took more than an hour for Shen Anning to finally be able to ride the horse slowly and even dare to trot for a while holding the reins.
"It wasn't easy, but I finally learned it this morning."
With horses and carriages, Cao Jingheng took Shen Anning to many places and did many things during the two days in Inner Mongolia. They went to milk sheep, make cheese, watch the stars under the night sky, danced hand in hand by the campfire, and kissed passionately in a deserted place. Without the restrictions of rules and regulations, the relationship between the two people developed by leaps and bounds, and a simple look at each other seemed to be able to pull out threads.
"Where are we going? Just before Zhuoma took a nap, she told me that we would go horseback riding together after we woke up!" Shen Anning sat in the car. She didn't know the road on the grassland. She looked at the yurt that was getting farther and farther away with some curiosity.
"You'll know in a moment, it's a surprise." After finally getting rid of the clingy little girl, he would not miss this opportunity to be alone with his partner.
After driving for about half an hour, Cao Jingheng brought Shen Anning to a small lake. The grass here grew better than in other places. On the high ground not far away, you could see a few sheep grazing slowly.
The two walked up the river hand in hand. "How did you find such a place?"
"Do you like it?"
Shen Anning didn't understand why, so she nodded. Of course she liked it. It was so quiet and gentle at first glance. If it weren't for the reality that she had to go back to Beijing, she would be happy to live here.
"How about holding your wedding here after you graduate?"
Um?
Shen Anning looked at the man. She was only a freshman, but she was already thinking so far?
"Why are you saying something like that now?"
The man's eyes were too hot, and Shen Anning's cheeks were hot. "I want to take you back to my nest as soon as possible, Anning. I will be almost thirty when you graduate, so can you give me a status as soon as possible?"
"So, are you proposing?"
Cao Jingheng didn’t say anything, but just pinched the wolf tooth pendant on Shen Anning’s neck.
After a while.
He slowly spoke, "An Ning, do you know? The earliest patriarchal token of the Cao family was a tiger-head jade token. In the late Qing Dynasty, the family branched off, and the patriarchal token of my lineage is this wolf-tooth pendant. I offer my betrothal gift to the Cao family, hoping to spend the rest of my life with you, from the moment we first met to the end of our lives."
"My grandparents were my bond in the first half of my life, and I want to be your harbor in the second half. Without you, I think I will be a walking corpse for the rest of my life."
Shen An Ning covered her mouth, her heart beating fast. It's not that she didn't feel his thoughts these days. Both families now know that they are in love, but she likes it so much to be confessed so seriously!
Ahhhh!
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