Xiaoman: "Yes."
Nanhe Village Chief: "Why?"
Xiaoman: "My horse, I can name it whatever I want."
The village chief of Nanhe Village choked for a moment. "You're right."
Someone saw that the mare had died and wanted to eat horse meat. "Girl, how much is your horse meat per pound? If it's cheap, I'll buy more."
Xiaoman: "I'm not selling my horse."
"Not selling? Your horse is dead and you still won't sell?"
"Not for sale."
Xiaoman's dad tugged at Xiaoman's sleeve. The implication was, "Sell it, or it'll rot."
Xiaoman shook her head.
After washing the mare and foal, Xiaoman picked up the mare and said, "Dad, wait for me here. I'll be back in a bit."
Xiaoman's father thought Xiaoman was going to sell the horse: "Go, Dad."
"No need. Just take good care of Xiao Hei for me."
"Then...then come back quickly."
"good."
Someone tried to stop him, but Xiaoman glared at him and he didn't dare to.
After Xiaoman left, everyone dispersed, seeing that they had no advantage to gain.
The village chief was reluctant to part with Xiao Hei, but dared not offend Xiao Man. After hesitating for a long time, he finally left.
Xiaoman returned more than an hour later.
Xiaoman's father stood up from the ground: "You're back. Did you sell the horse?"
No, it's buried.
"Buried it?" He thought Xiaoman just didn't want to sell the horse to the people in Nanhe Village. He hadn't expected her to refuse to sell it to anyone. Xiaoman's father was heartbroken: "You child! It was bought with money. If your mother finds out, she'll be devastated. If she asks, just say you sold it, understand?"
"I heard you. Let's go."
"Um."
These past few days, Xiaoman's mother has been waiting at the village entrance whenever she has free time. Seeing her husband and daughter return, she went to greet them: "You're finally back! Hey, Xiaoman, what are you carrying?"
"horse."
"A horse? Where did it come from?"
"Bought."
"Bought it?!" Xiaoman's mother looked at the horse in Xiaoman's arms: "It's so small, was it just born?"
"yes."
Xiaoman's mother was furious: "Are you two stupid? Huh! You dare to buy a newborn horse? What are you going to do with it? Eat it?"
Xiao Hei barked at Xiao Man's mother a few times.
Xiaoman patted Xiaohei's head: "Good boy. My mother is afraid I won't be able to support you."
Little Black barked a few times, as if to say: I won't die.
Xiaoman whispered in Xiaohei's ear, "I know. You are my mount, with a vitality stronger than any other horse. In our past life, we rode together on the battlefield, and in this life, we are still partners who can entrust our lives to each other."
Xiao Hei happily rubbed against Xiao Man.
Xiaoman's mother: "Why aren't you two saying anything? Are you mute?"
Xiaoman: "Mother, Xiaohei won't die."
“You’ve never raised a horse before, how do you know it won’t die? And you,” Xiaoman’s mother pointed at Xiaoman’s father’s nose and scolded, “Your daughter doesn’t understand, and neither do you? How can you raise such a small horse?”
Xiaoman: "Raise them with milk powder."
"Baby formula?! Are you... are you raising horses or babies?"
Xiaoman's dad: "If the child wants to raise the child, let the child raise the child. If there's no formula, just feed them millet porridge."
Xiaoman's mother glared at Xiaoman's father: "How can you spoil your child like this? You've spoiled her rotten."
Xiaoman's father, afraid of attracting the attention of the villagers, said, "Alright, alright, I was wrong, okay? Let's go, let's go home, let's go home."
Xiaoman's mother didn't want to be laughed at: "You two are driving me crazy! Hmph!"
Xiao Hei is still quite weak, so when they got home, Xiao Man put it in her room. Xiao Man's father cooked a pot of porridge. Xiao Hei finished it in no time. Xiao Man's mother was relieved when she found out. She thought that as long as it could eat, it shouldn't die.
Although she was angry, she was also afraid that Xiao Hei would die. Only after settling Xiao Hei did she pack up the things that Xiao Man's father had brought back.
Upon seeing the seeds, Xiaoman's mother exploded in anger. She grabbed a broom and started hitting Xiaoman's father. He dodged and tried to explain, but Xiaoman's mother wouldn't listen. Desperate, Xiaoman's father cried out to his daughter, "Daughter, help! Daughter, help!"
Xiaoman came out of the house: "Mom, if you're worried, you can come with us."
"Yes, yes, come...come with us...come with us." Xiaoman's father pleaded, dodging and weaving, "You...you let me catch my breath,...you can hit me later. Okay...okay?"
Xiaoman's mother was also tired of hitting him: "Fine, I'll settle the score with you later. Wang Xiaoman, come in here."
"Um."
Beating someone up takes strength too. As soon as she entered the house, Xiaoman's mother sat down on the kang (heated brick bed). "Tell me, where have you been these past few days?"
“We…” Xiaoman briefly recounted what had happened in the past few days.
"Alright, you've already found a place." Xiaoman's mother knew she couldn't stop them: "Take me next time. I want to see just how good the place you found really is."
"good."
"By the way, Han Bin came by several times after you left."
"What's up?"
"No. He was going back to his unit and came to say goodbye. But you never came back."
"knew."
Xiaoxue and Xiaohan were quite happy to see a new pony in their house when they came home from school.
Grandma Wang came over to take a look after hearing about it.
That night, everyone went to sleep. Xiaoman sat up on the kang (a heated brick bed). Xiaohei heard the noise and looked up at Xiaoman.
Xiaoman walked over and patted Xiaohei's head: "That village chief is wicked, I have to keep him in check. Otherwise he'll cause trouble again."
Xiao Hei nuzzled Xiao Man's arm, indicating that it wanted to go too. Xiao Man tugged at Xiao Hei's ear: "Wait until you can walk."
Xiao Hei turned its face to the side, as if to say, "I'm angry." Xiao Man stroked its fur and said, "Good boy, when you can walk, I'll take you everywhere I go."
Xiao Hei was happy. It nudged Xiao Man with its head, signaling her to hurry back.
The village chief of Nanhe Village was fast asleep when he suddenly heard the sound of water. At first, he thought he was dreaming. But the more he listened, the more uneasy he felt. He opened his eyes and saw that he was lying by the river. Even more terrifying, there was a dark figure by the river.
The village chief's hair stood on end: "You... are you a human or... or a ghost?"
"you guess."
"You...you're a woman?"
"Um."
"Did I offend you?"
"You have wicked intentions."
The village chief dared not deny it: "I'll change it."
As Xiaoman threw stones into the river, she said, "It's fine if you don't want to change it; I can rid the people of this scourge."
The village chief was so scared he almost wet himself: "I'll change, I promise I'll change." He didn't want to be thrown into the river to feed the fish. "Heroine, can you tell me what I did to offend you?"
"What have you done to offend me? It seems you've offended quite a few people. Otherwise, how could you not know what you've done to me?"
"No, no. I...I just...I will be a good person from now on, I swear."
Xiaoman patted the dirt off her hands: "One should be kind and honest."
"Yes, yes, one should be kind and honest."
"Let's go back."
"good."
From then on, whenever the village chief of Nanhe Village thought of doing something bad, he would think of the river beside the village and the dark figure by the river. There were also stones that the dark figure threw into the river.
Originally, he had planned to spread some rumors to upset the father and daughter even if he couldn't get Xiao Ma back, but now he didn't dare to.
The next day, just as Xiaoman was about to go to the county to buy milk powder, the postman arrived: "Wang Xiaoman, there's a letter for you."
"letter?"
"Hmm." The postman looked at the envelope. "It's from the military. Does someone in your family serve in the army?"
"No."
Xiaoman's mother: "Han Bin isn't trying to introduce you to someone; this letter must have been sent by him."
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