At that moment, the general and the money were listed at the Nantian Gate, and the white Pegasus was putting green grass on the field in front. As soon as he whistled, Pegasus came over by himself. This Pegasus is a well-tamed mount, so it is obedient. At this moment, Qian Lie was asked to sit on the horse. He also jumped up, pulled the reins, clamped his legs, and patted the horse's mane with his hand. This was to confirm the direction of travel. After passing Nantianmen, we arrived at Tianhe Ranch in about a cup of tea.
There is endless green, the breeze is blowing, and the fairy spirit is dense. Herds of white, black, brown and gray horses are grazing happily. Qian Lie watched with pleasure and felt the air was fresh, as if he were on a sunny morning in mid-spring.
There is no river in Tianhe Ranch. There is a river farther away, which is Tianhe. There is a row of stables at the entrance of the ranch. Behind the stables is a peach orchard. At the corner of the peach orchard is a Tianchi with tranquil water.
Qian Lie then took a look at where he was dismounting and here. He even asked five horse shepherds to introduce the situation of Tianhe Ranch, but he didn't listen carefully. The only thing that I heard most clearly was the general's introduction to him: He was a martyr who died on the battlefield. He has been ascended to heaven as a god and canonized the priesthood of Bi Mawen. From now on, you guys must obey his command and assist and assist others. Cooperate with him to manage and raise the three thousand horses in the ranch.
A long-faced horseherd looked at Qian Lie and then said, "Don't worry, general, I will do my best to fulfill my duty." Then several other horse herders with different faces expressed their feelings and welcomed the new official. The general jumped on his mount happily and turned around to leave. Five horsemen gathered around him and asked, "Does the general still take charge of the ranch?" General Pian glanced at Qian Lie and left everything to the newly appointed leader!
Then the general must have other high-level careers. Let's welcome the general to take up his new post. The five shepherds expressed their feelings in unison. Pianjiang smiled and said goodbye. In the blink of an eye, the white Pegasus was carrying him and galloped away towards the return road.
At this time, the long-faced stable boy approached Qian Lie and found that the new official liked to look at strange things, so he took him to a peach orchard behind the stable. The peach blossoms here have withered, and they are showing a landscape like "the strong wind has shed all the crimson color, and the green leaves are forming shades and the branches are full".
Qian Lie browsed with great interest. The long-faced stable boy was very good at showing off. He took him to a peach tree with several branches stretching out into the air. He stayed there and smiled without saying a word.
Qian Lie looked at this peach tree. The gaps between the leaves on the branches were filled with green peach fruits, and he could still see a thin layer of gray and white hair on them. Afterwards, Qian Lie glanced at the long-faced stable boy and realized that he had something to say. Just as he was about to ask something, the long-faced stable boy opened his chat box:
When Sun Wukong was appointed as Bi Ma Wen, he played tricks on this peach tree in this peach garden and stole many flat peaches to eat while avoiding the immortals. What's even more amusing is that he has 72 transformations. When a group of fairies came towards him, he was afraid of being discovered and immediately turned into a peach leaning on a branch, but he was discovered by a fairy. The fairies came here not to visit and play, but to carry fruit baskets and pick fresh peaches at the behest of the Queen Mother...
At that moment, Qian Lie interrupted the long-faced horseherd and said that he had heard about it. Qian Lie stood and looked around, asking when the young peaches growing on the peach trees would mature. The long-faced stable boy said it would take at least half a month.
Can it mature in half a month? Qian Lie was a little skeptical. He said that it takes at least three months for peaches in a peach orchard to mature.
Not so long. The long-faced stable boy turned his face sideways and said mysteriously, have you heard of it? One day in heaven, one year on earth, half a month is 15 years. Qian Lie held on to the peach tree and looked surprised. How long? The long-faced horseherder smiled, but he didn't think he would be in the sky for too long.
It won't be long, it should be 7 years! Qian Lie looked at the peach blossoms and sighed. The long-faced horseherd added that of course there was a way to make the peach ripen faster, so he would have to find the Fruit Fairy. Normally, the Fruit Fairy would not be able to cast spells. Qian Lie stared and asked, what method should be used?
The long-faced horseherd said, you won’t know clearly even if you tell me, you can use an analogy, just like greenhouse vegetables in the world, you can eat summer vegetables in winter; you can eat autumn vegetables in spring, which are called off-season vegetables. This is grown and produced relying on technology. Similarly, the gods in the sky have more clever methods, and there are ways to make the peaches mature earlier. However, the gods in the sky all act in a reasonable manner, unlike mortals who go against common sense and the way of heaven in order to seize the market and make more dividends.
The long-faced horseman continued to lead the way. Qian Lie bypassed the large peach orchard and came to the shore of the sparkling Tianchi. He watched the cranes gathering in the center of the pool, the mist above the pool, and the green grass on the left and right of the pool. This Tianchi is not far from the peach garden. If you climb a slightly taller peach tree, you will have a panoramic view of Tianchi. At that moment, the long-faced horseherd told Qian Lie that every time when the peaches are ripe, the fairies would come to pick fresh peaches. When they were sweating, they would go to Tianchi to bathe and refresh themselves.
Qian Lie listened with great interest, and was thinking about how to see the beauty of the fairies earlier. But the peaches in the peach orchard still look green and tender. I wonder if they will mature in half a month as the long-faced horseherd said. He did not have enough concentration and was always distracted. Although he held the post of Bi Ma Wen, he did not do anything. He left all the matters of watching and herding the horses to the five horsemen, and he did not care about the specific situation.
The five horse herders gathered together and discussed that the leader who was in charge of us had no effect at all. It didn't matter whether he came or not. It is said that there was a war in the lower world, and he was captured by the enemy. He regarded death as unfaithful and ascended to heaven as a god. However, he did not practice enough and had not gotten rid of his bad habits in the world, so he was not qualified to take care of us.
The long-faced horseherd emphasized that he did have a bad habit. That time I found him picking fluffy, immature flat peaches and tasting them. They must have been raw, so he vomited them. I told him that he could not pick peaches in private. I also asked him to go to the entrance of Taoyuan to read the sign with the laws of heaven engraved on it. It was clearly written on it, but he couldn't read the whole word, so I read it to him, "...it doesn't matter whether it's ripe or not, just pick it." A flat peach will be punished." I didn't report him, thinking that he had just come to heaven from the lower world and didn't understand the rules.
The other shepherd snorted and said, "It's better for us to take care of him than to let him take care of us." One of the horse shepherds asked, "Why haven't you seen him these days?" The long-faced horseherd made a face and said that he chose the best horse to give to the Fruit Fairy as a mount, and he didn't know what he was doing. But I wonder if he wants the Fruit Fairy to cast a spell to make the peaches in the peach garden mature earlier. I don’t think the Fruit Fairy will listen to him, because the Fruit Fairy understands the laws of heaven and will not knowingly break them.
The fourth horseherd said that it doesn't matter what happened to him, we just need to take good care of our own horses.
We also went horse riding and skiing. The fifth stable boy suggested.
As a result, five horsemen rode horses with five colors of red, yellow, black, gray and white, and galloped freely on the vast Tianhe Ranch.
A few days later, the long-faced Ma Guan saw the fruit fairy in the peach garden and didn't know what to say to Qian Lie. Qian Lie found him and asked him to let go. The long-faced horse herder left muttering, but was not convinced. He discussed the leader's inaction with the other four horse herders, saying that Qian Lie's mind was not in the pasture, and thought that herding horses was all our horse herders' business, but in fact it was all the leader's business. He still didn't know anything about it.
They chatted together by the Tianhe River, and the topic turned to the fruit fairy. A long-eared stable boy said to the long-faced stable boy: Didn't you say a few days ago that the Fruit Fairy wouldn't come? Why did he come again?
The long-faced horseherd changed his mind and said that he didn't need to walk and would ride on a horse instead. It was normal for Bi Mawen to accompany him out to relax. What's all the fuss about? The other stable boys stopped talking. In fact, the long-faced stable boy was also suspicious of this matter.
