Near the Shuoshui River in Kuanzhou City, there are nearly thirty-six horse farms, large and small. Once the Shuoshui River comes out, the entire horse farm is covered with green grass and is thriving.
Mo Lingfeng had a white horse, which she kept at Shangyang Horse Garden. Before the fifth watch, she walked out of the city on the dew, took the horse from Xi Guan, and took it to the Shuoshui River.
The horse was docile and drank water on its own by the river. Mo Lingfeng bent down to pluck pink buckwheat flowers from the grass and stood on tiptoe to pin them to the horse's bridle.
The river wind blows slowly, the flowers and grass are lying low, the Jade Rabbit has not yet set in the west, the Golden Crow has already risen in the east, and the water surface reflects a moving light.
The horse drank enough water and snorted. Mo Lingfeng stuffed the remaining buckwheat flowers in his hand, got on the horse, and walked slowly at first. After a quarter of an hour, he suddenly whipped the horse and ran into a shadow.
Yin Nan rode a yellow-flowered horse, chasing the dazzling golden light on her body, and followed her not far or near.
There was no one in the wilderness, no matter how she galloped, until around midnight, there were more people on the pasture. The grazers were carrying baskets half as high as a person and holding two-pronged wooden forks. They also picked up the horse dung outside the racecourse into the baskets. inside.
Cheng Ting and Wu Jin also came hand in hand to rent horses from Xi Guan's place.
Wu Jin was wearing a half-worn narrow-sleeved blouse and a cloud scarf on his head. Cheng Ting wanted to rent a horse for him, but he refused. He chose an inexpensive green horse himself and handed the sign back to Guan Xi. Turn around and look in the direction you came from.
Cheng Ting ordered a green horse, took the water bag from Wu Jin, took two sips, and let out a long "ha" breath: "What are you looking at? Waiting for Leaf Wind?"
His face was red, his head was slicked, and he was wearing a new red narrow-sleeved round-neck robe and new riding boots on his feet, and he was full of energy.
Pedestrians came in twos and threes, but Mo Lingfeng was nowhere to be seen, so Wu Jin turned around and said, "She said she was here yesterday."
Cheng Ting threw the water bag into Wu Jin's hand again: "She can't come, and Mo Jiedushi will never let her come - my uncle is scared to death."
"Master, are you waiting to buy your horse now?" He urged Xi Guan in a loud voice, and then said to Wu Jin, "Let's ride well. I have a lot of things in my heart that I want to tell you."
What he was thinking was naturally related to Xu Huiran.
Xi Guan hurriedly led the horse. They got on the horse, held the bridle, rolled up the whip, gently pinched the horse's belly, and walked around first.
Cheng Ting talked to Wu Jin about the vase of crabapple flowers yesterday. He asked his eldest sister to give it to Xu Huiran. Xu Huiran took the flowers, returned the vase to the Cheng family, and put a sprig of peony in it as a gift.
Cheng Ting received this gift in return and immediately fell in love unilaterally.
Little did they know that Xu Huiran was a well-educated and good girl. Since she was returning a bottle, she couldn't get someone else's flowers, so she returned an empty bottle, so she inserted a peony in it as a thank you gift.
Wu Jin said warmly: "Our neighbors on Shishi Street sometimes deliver a bowl of food to our house. After receiving the food, my mother will always put something in the other person's bowl before returning it. It can be seen that no matter whether the family is big or small, Everyone has the same etiquette."
Cheng Tingzheng was so infatuated with love alone that he suddenly asked Wu Jin to point it out. He was immediately unhappy and retorted: "If sister Huiran doesn't like me, how come she hasn't been engaged at this age? My eldest sister has already made an appointment. The moon comes out of the pavilion."
He chuckled again: "Yesterday, my mother-in-law promised me that she would go to the Xu family to propose marriage today. After I make the marriage arrangements, I can send the many things I have saved to her in a legitimate way. There is a set of villains who can fight. , my future brother-in-law brought it to me from Huqiu, but I didn’t even show it to Ye Feng..."
As he narrated, the air gradually became dry and hot, and the scattered buckwheat flowers exuded a pungent smell, intertwined with the stench of horse manure, and penetrated directly into people's noses.
Wu Jin listened quietly, and suddenly felt a softness in her heart - Cheng Ting's love for Xu Huiran was the innocence that he wanted to give her when he got good things, and the sincerity that Mo Lingfeng didn't even have. Even though no one responded, he still understood it. Beautiful outside.
Cheng Ting's mouth was dry and he was about to drink water when he saw a group of people riding horses not far away, so he stopped talking and changed his expression.
The visitors were all well-dressed, and one of them was Wang Jinghua, who had never dealt with Cheng Ting—the two had formed a feud at the racecourse two years ago.
When Wang Jinghua saw Cheng Ting, his fighting spirit was high. He left his classmates and friends and went straight to Cheng Ting. There was also a man and a woman who seemed to know Cheng Ting and followed him.
"Cheng San," the young man who came with Wang Jinghua greeted first, "Wu Jin, are you here to race too?"
The woman next to him softly called "Third Brother", but Cheng Ting only stared at Wang Jinghua and did not hear. The woman was embarrassed for a moment, wringing her fingers, lowering her head and saying nothing.
"Shi Yuan," Wu Jin said with a smile, "I haven't thanked you for taking care of my business."
Shi Yuan waved his hand: "My family wants to eat, it doesn't count as taking care of me."
He stretched out his hand and pointed at the woman beside him: "This is my sister Shi Qing, one year younger than you."
Wu Jin then looked at Shi Qing: "Miss Shi."
Shi Qing raised her head again and looked at Wu Jin: "Wu Langjun."
The three of them were talking to each other here, but Cheng Ting and Wang Jinghua could no longer hold back.
Cheng Ting raised his voice and struck preemptively: "Hey, the toad spirit from Tunan Academy is also here to ride a horse."
Wang Jinghua had two round, protruding eyes, a big mouth, and a smile that looked as if he wanted to eat people. The longer it got, the wider it became. The nickname given to him by Cheng Ting had already resounded throughout the two academies in Kuanzhou.
Wang Jinghua immediately showed a sinister smile: "Hey, isn't this Cheng Baiding?"
The two men armed themselves with guns and sticks and immediately launched a short attack.
Wang Jinghua said that Cheng Ting is a toad who wants to eat swan meat. Cheng Ting replied that he is not as good as a toad. Wang Jinghua blushed angrily and called him a scarred face. Cheng Ting said that he has a better-looking face than your toad. Wang Jinghua also said that he is a male duck. If your voice is unpleasant, Cheng Ting will say that it sounds better than yours.
Wang Jinghua was about to die of anger, his nostrils were quivering, he turned over and was about to dismount. Cheng Ting took advantage of the victory and pursued him, asking him if he wanted to support his short legs.
The two were about to fight, and Wu Jin quickly stepped forward to persuade them.
Shi Yuan also said: "Brother Ha, Cheng San, why do you need to be at war with each other as soon as you meet? Peace is more important."
Wang Jinghua's mouth was full of smoke and he didn't hear Shi Yuan's slip of the tongue clearly, but Shi Qing did. He suppressed a smile and looked away, but unexpectedly bumped into Wu Jin.
Wu Jin also looked like he was about to smile. He nodded slightly to her, and Shi Qing lowered her head, her face slightly red.
Shi Yuan finally persuaded Wang Jinghua to leave. Seeing Wang Jinghua's defeat, Cheng Ting laughed happily and raised his eyebrows at Shi Yuan. It didn't look like a chance encounter, but more like a premeditated plan.
"How about we run a few laps together. I'm not bragging. I'm not good at reading, but my riding skills are pretty good."
Shi Yuan smiled and said: "Okay, but if you lose, don't lie."
Cheng Ting slapped his chest: "I will never cheat."
Shi Qing couldn't help but glance at Wu Jin again.
Wu Jin sensed something was wrong and knew it was Cheng Ting who was causing trouble. He couldn't get away for a while, so he couldn't help but look around and suddenly saw Mo Lingfeng's figure.
The golden light on her body was like a stream of light, passing in front of him.
