Xu Lan had naturally seen Qin Shouye a long time ago. They were riding horses, and they were so high up in the sight of passers-by. How could she not see him? However, she was too embarrassed to say hello, but she didn't expect that he also saw her.
Qin Shouye said to Qin Fang: "Brother, you go ahead, I will talk to Miss Xu for a while."
Qin Fang nodded.
Because the carriage stopped, the people in the carriage also opened the curtains and looked out the window. Little Qin Linyang liked to look out the most, and his little head kept stretching.
Huh? Yang Haiyan saw Qin Shouye and Xu Lan, who were talking and laughing together, and she raised her eyebrows. Since the two pretended to be engaged last year, she had not paid attention to them, but now looking at the two people, they seemed very familiar.
Qin Shouye and Xu Lan were indeed very familiar.
Even though they both knew that they were pretending to be engaged, in the eyes of outsiders, they were still an engaged couple. So when Xu Lan went to the military camp to find Xu Feng, or when she brought food to Xu Feng, she would greet Qin Shouye, or bring him a portion. The two became familiar with each other.
Xu Lan was beautiful, and in their village, she was also a girl admired by many young men. Qin Shouye was young and naive, and it was the first time he got close to the girl. Seeing that the girl would bring him food, he gradually became interested. It was the first time a girl was nice to him, and he was very moved.
Miss Li was the first woman Qin Shouye loved, but Miss Li put pressure on Qin Shouye because the pressure brought by Miss Li's infertility was something Qin Shouye could not bear for the time being. He was worried that his family would not agree, so he deliberately avoided it. At this time, Xu Lan, a girl who brought him no pressure, was like a breakthrough, allowing him to gradually forget Miss Li.
Qin Shouye looked at Xu Lan carrying things and couldn't help asking: "Miss Xu, are you going to the barracks to find Xu Feng?"
Xu Lan shook her head: "I have met Mr. Qin. No, I am selling the handkerchiefs I embroidered these days and getting some medicine for my father."
"Is uncle sick?" Qin Shouye's heart tightened and he was quite concerned.
Xu Lan said, "It's an old illness, but I can't live without medicine on weekdays. As long as I take the medicine on time, I will be fine. Mr. Qin, are you leaving the county?"
Qin Shouye was relieved when he heard this: "No, the family is going on a picnic together. We have been in Yunxiang County for quite some time, but we have never been there to play, so we are going on a picnic this time."
"So that's the case. Although our Yunxiang County is poor, it has beautiful mountains and rivers and nice scenery. I hope Mr. Qin has fun."
"Then I'll leave. You be careful and pay attention to safety."
Xu Lan waved to Qin Shouye: "Goodbye, Mr. Qin. You should also pay attention to safety. The weather is hot and there are many snakes and insects in the wild."
Qin Shouye was very happy to hear her caring words. The care from family members is different from the care from girls. If you hear the care from family members too much, you may get used to it or even ignore it. But the care from girls can make a young man's heart beat fast.
After separating from Xu Lan, Qin Shouye got on the horse. After getting on the horse, he couldn't help but look back. He saw Xu Lan walked a few steps and turned back. The two looked at each other, and there was a feeling of reluctance in them.
Seeing that Qin Shouye didn't move, Xu Lan waved again.
Qin Shouye also waved, then rode away on the horse.
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After leaving the county, Qin Fang and the others sped up.
The carriage ran along with the horse in front, and the children in the carriage became more excited. He bounced his calves and babbled, trying to get out: "Mom... handsome..."
Yang Haiyan hugged him and didn't let him go out, but the child was too active when he was struggling. Helplessly, Yang Haiyan had to lift the curtain of the carriage: "Baby, look outside, the trees are running backwards."
When Qin Linyang saw the curtain of the carriage was lifted, he stood aside to look. He was short, so he would not fall out of the window, and Yang Haiyan was holding him. "Handsome... handsome..." The child stood at the window and shouted outside. The voice was so childish that Yang Haiyan's heart softened.
Yang Haiyan: "Wu Shuai is in front. When we get to the horse farm later, you will have your own pony."
Qin Fang was in the front and heard his son's voice. He turned around and came to the carriage with his horse. Before he could say anything, Qin Linyang stretched out his hand to him: "Handsome..." That action was to ask his father to carry him to the horse's back.
Qin Fang said: "This kid is restless, how about letting him sit on the horse for a while?"
Although the sun was hot in the early morning, it was still bearable. Seeing that his son was so happy, Yang Haiyan took a small straw hat from the side and put it on him, and then said: "Okay, let him sit for a while, wait until he has had enough fun."
Qin Fang took his son's hand and carried him out of the carriage window.
The child got on the horse's back, touched the horse excitedly, and then turned his head left and right, looking around.
Qin Fang said, "Are you happy?"
"Handsome..."
Qin Fang: "...I'll take good care of the horse when I get it."
"Handsome..."
Qin Fang gave up the conversation: "Drive..." and ran with his son. But the speed was not fast, otherwise his son's little butt would be scratched. There was no wind in the summer, so there was no need to worry about his son's tender skin being scratched.
When the horse started running, little Qin Linyang was startled. He quickly nestled into his father's arms and grabbed his father's clothes tightly with his little hands.
Qin Fang said proudly, "Are you scared?"
Little Qin Linyang: "Wow..." He was scared, but children are naturally overly attracted to exciting things, so after he found a sense of security in his father's arms and felt the speed of the horse running, he became even more excited. Just like many children like to ride in cars nowadays.
Horse Farm
The horse farm was built on land requisitioned from the imperial court, so it didn’t cost much. Therefore, it was built very large, at least larger than a village or even half of the town. The horse farm was built large, so the scenery inside was naturally good, with mountains, forests, grasslands, and small rivers.
The steward of the horse farm was notified in advance and knew that the Qin family would come today, so he waited at the gate of the horse farm early in the morning.
The Qin family came for an outing, and they brought their own food and daily necessities.
Steward: “Meet the general, meet the madam.”
Qin Fang dismounted with his son in his arms: “No need to be polite, just take care of yourselves, we will go on an outing in the southwest near the small river.”
Steward: “Yes.”
The stream in the horse farm is running water. It is called a stream, but it is actually a big river, just a tributary here. When the horse farm was first built, this place was chosen partly because of this tributary of the river. After all, without running water, many things would be inconvenient.
This is also why Qin Fang chose the location for the outing.
When they arrived at the location Qin Fang mentioned, Yang Haiyan ordered people to put things away, and Qin Fang carried his son to find the pony.
There are three kinds of horses in the horse farm:
the first kind is an ordinary horse that needs training.
The second kind is a horse that has already been trained.
The third kind is a mixed-blood horse and a pure-blood horse. A mixed-blood horse refers to a sweat-blooded horse or a baby born from a black horse and an ordinary horse, and a pure-blood horse is naturally a pure mixed-blood horse. These two kinds of horses are raised together, because the latter are more expensive. As for the first two kinds of horses, they are naturally raised in the roughest way possible.
Of course, the steward has experience in raising horses, so no matter how roughly they are raised, the nutrition of the horses can be kept up.
"Dad?" Little Qin Linyang was held in his father's arms, and his little face was full of confusion as he watched him getting farther and farther away from his mother.
Qin Shouye and Niu Dan also came along. It was their first time to come to the horse farm, and they looked around curiously.
Qin Fang held his son and looked at his puzzled little face. He couldn't help but pinch his face: "Dad will take you to find the pony, and when we go back, we will bring the pony back. From now on, you have to feed it yourself every day, understand?"
Little Qin Linyang looked at his father, not understanding at all.
Horses have very strong hearing and sense of smell, but their vision is relatively poor. In ancient times, horses were used as a means of transportation in life and as one of the combat forces in the military, so their hearing and sense of smell played a very important role.
The Ferghana horse is the king of horses, so its hearing and sense of smell are naturally several times better than those of ordinary horses. Because it is the estrus season for horses, Hong Shuai works as a stallion in the horse farm. But at this moment, it began to call because it heard the footsteps of its owner coming. After a while, it smelled the scent of its owner.
"Xiao..." Hong Shuai called several times in a row. After seeing the figure of its owner, its horse hooves moved, and it wanted to run out, but the reins were tied to the pillar. "Xiao..."
"Wow..." Little Qin Linyang was frightened by the sound of the horse and snuggled into his father's arms again.
Niu Dan: "You are such a coward, what's there to be afraid of horses?"
Qin Shouye chuckled.
Hearing his laughter, Niu Dan said: "I'm not afraid. I want to be a general, so I'm definitely not afraid of horses."
Qin Fang said: "You go and choose a pony later and raise it yourself in the future."
Niu Dan's eyes lit up when he heard it: "Is it okay?"
Qin Fang pointed to the stable on the side: "You can choose any pony there. If you don't know how to choose, find someone in the stable." They are all mixed-bloods and good horses.
Niu Dan jumped up happily: "Thank you, big brother."
Qin Shouye was not interested in horses, so he said: "I'll go with Niu Dan to have a look."
Qin Fang nodded and came to the front of the Red Marshal with his son in his arms. Hong Shuai saw his master and stretched out his head to rub against him. Little Qin Linyang was frightened by the horse's neighing just now, but now he is brave again. When he saw Hong Shuai's head stretched out, he stretched out his little hand to touch it.
Horses are relatively docile and very smart. Besides, Hong Shuai saw that his master was holding a child, so he naturally would not refuse, so he let him touch it. The child was not strong enough, and scratching was not enough to make him feel itchy.
Little Qin Linyang touched the horse and subconsciously looked at his father.
Qin Fang praised: "Little Baozi is really smart. Let's go and find Hong Shuai's son."
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