As luck would have it, I met people from the cavalry company again.
The communications company's car chased after them. Captain Bater saw Jiang Jun and laughed heartily: "Female General, would you like to ride a horse?"
Jiang Jun leaned out of the cab window and said, "My foot is injured, so I can only watch you ride! Captain Bater, where are you going?"
Bater smiled and said, "Our company needs to pick a few horses. I have to take advantage of the good weather and pick the horses back first."
Lin Pingan greeted loudly: "We are so lucky today. We don't have to look for you. Captain Bater, you lead the way! Squad Leader, please call the switchboard and have the people from Squad Three come this way."
The cavalry company was galloping ahead, while Luo Xiangnan's car was also driving very fast behind them. He also reminded Jiang Jun of the advantages of riding in a car: "Look at them riding horses. The wind is so strong that they can't even open their eyes!"
To keep out the wind, people put on cotton hats.
Jiang Jun couldn't help but pull down the brim of her hat. She couldn't find her military cap, and was wearing a male soldier's hat instead.
Luo Xiangnan found it funny: "Xiao Jiang, if you were a cavalryman, you would be blown away by the wind if you didn't tie yourself to the horse's back!"
Jiang Jun was helpless. The lightness that she once took pride in was now being criticized here.
Ever since she joined the army and stayed on the grassland, countless people have told her, and cruel facts have proved that a thin figure is definitely a disadvantage and means that survival is not easy.
After getting off the bus, Jiang Jun quickly went to the carriage to get his backpack and put it on his back. It was not the time to distribute cotton coats yet, and he was too cold to stand without any weight on his body.
The horse herder Wuen and his wife Badma came out of the yurt.
The sudden appearance of so many soldiers startled them, and they thought something had happened: "Captain Bater, how can I help you?"
Captain Bater stepped forward to greet Wuen, took out a letter of introduction, and explained that he wanted to pick a few horses to return to the cavalry company.
Wu En took the letter of introduction and read it carefully. His face was full of smiles. "Captain Bater, there are some good horses. They ran away and haven't come back yet. The horses in the fence are all docile."
Battle laughed: "Do you have a saddle? We have a heroine here. Lead two docile horses and let her walk a few paces. Then you can take me to the roundup and come back."
Upon hearing that there was a good horse, Captain Bater could not stay any longer and went straight to the yurt to get the lasso.
Jiang Jun followed like a little tail: "Captain Bater, can I go with you?"
In fact, she also knew that her question was in vain, because the soldiers from two squads of the communications company were here, and she couldn't leave He Xiangdong and go out to play by herself.
Bater really liked this bold little female soldier: "You think the horses here are not as majestic as my horse, right? Wait here, and when I come back with a good horse, I will let you ride my horse for a while."
With Bater's guarantee, Jiang Jun happily waited for Badma to go to the fence to pick a horse.
None of the soldiers in the communications company had ever ridden a horse. Although only two horses were brought out and each of them could only ride for a short while, it was still fun enough.
Badma doesn't speak Chinese, so Zhang Dashan acts as an interpreter.
Gradually, the soldiers were able to play together, one leading the horse and the other riding it. Lin Anping also excitedly put on the airs of a company commander and refused to get off the horse.
It was the first time Badma saw a female soldier and she was very surprised. She couldn't help but ask Zhang Dashan a few more questions.
When she heard Zhang Dashan mention the herders Wulijitu and Qu Renjie, she hurriedly said, "They just passed by here yesterday and went west along the stream."
Many people on the grassland know Qu Renjie's identity and reputation.
Jiang Jun thought of the mother and son with a congenital genetic disease, and felt a little pity for them: "Where are they going?"
Badma said, "There is a Lama temple about a hundred miles west of here. They are going there to get holy water for the child."
Jiang Yun said, "Oh," and asked Zhang Dashan, "It seems that the grassland is pretty good. The Lama Temple still exists."
It seems that temples and Taoist temples in other places have been smashed by people who are destroying the four olds.
Zhang Dashan asked Badma before telling Jiang Jun, "That Lama Temple only has a few rooms left. There are no monks there anymore; they've all returned to secular life, herding livestock or farming. There's only a well in the temple's backyard, and the spring water is always flowing."
The spring is very magical. It will not freeze even in winter, and white mist is always rising from the wellhead.
The small river in front of us will dry up in winter and will only have water after the spring.
Follow this stream and walk westward until you reach the sacred spring."
In Jiang Yun's judgment, this magical spring should be a geothermal hot spring. Perhaps the special minerals and trace elements contained in it can cure certain human diseases.
Suddenly, he was filled with curiosity: "Zhang Dashan, does our communications company have any mission over there?"
Zhang Dashan shook his head. "That's the duty area of other companies. We haven't been there. Coming here today is the farthest we've come."
Jiang Jun whispered to He Xiangdong, "The water in that well doesn't freeze in the winter, so it must be a hot spring. It would be great if we could go and take a look at it if we had the chance."
He Xiangdong felt satisfied just by riding the horse, and didn't dare to ask for too much. "We can arrange to go again after we are discharged from the army in three years. Then we can come to the communications company, take their car here, and then follow the herdsmen's carriage to take a look over there. We can invite a few more people, preferably all the female soldiers from the first and second squads of our recruit camp."
Jiang Jun curled his lips: "Why wait three years?"
She begged the company commander for help and then walked forward!
He Xiangdong didn't have the courage: "Xiaojun, don't think too much, let's go horseback riding. If you don't go over, the company commander won't come down."
Lin Anping calls himself a poet on horseback. He points at the river and white clouds with his finger and recites various poems. He simply can't stop.
Jiang Yun was amused and laughed.
With a company commander like this, being in the communications company really doesn't feel particularly hard.
Wuen, Captain Bater and several others returned with a full load.
They were several tall and strong horses with shiny black fur. They were bridled and led back, and they kept trying to break free.
Everyone felt the wildness and anger of the horses, and watched from a distance, not daring to get close.
Bater jumped off his horse, tightened the reins, and waved to Jiang Yun: "Female General, come over here, I will teach you how to ride a horse."
Zhang Dashan was very nervous: "Xiao Jiang, you have to be careful that the fierce horse might kick you."
Jiang Jun chuckled, "I have Captain Bater protecting me! Besides, I'm a good horse trainer. That horse will behave itself when it sees me!"
In the original time and space, Jiang Jun had raised a racehorse, so dealing with a wild horse was a piece of cake for her.
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