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The yard was spacious, and a bundle of grass was placed for the pony to eat. When it saw someone coming, it stood there looking around, its ears pricked up, and it snorted.Waiting for Bai Luochuan and Mi Yang to get closer, it paved the soil vigorously with its front hooves, watching it get nervous.

Mi Yang looked at it from a distance, and the more he looked at it, the more he liked it. Bai Luochuan took a carrot from the side and gave it to him, saying: "Feed me something first, and I will kiss you in a while."

Mi Yang hadn't fed the horse before, so he tried to pass it forward, but the pony was vigilant and didn't eat it.

Bai Luochuan said: "It's strange, it was fed like this in the morning...Look, it ate."

Bai Luochuan fed it, and the pony lowered his head to eat it, but those big eyes were still looking at Mi Yang, curious while eating.Mi Yang was so tempted by its black satin-like fur that he couldn't help himself. When Bai Luochuan approached, he finally couldn't help reaching out his little hand to touch it, and said in surprise, "It's so slippery!"

Bai Lao walked over from behind leaning on a stick, and said with a smile, "How is it, isn't it pretty?"

Mi Yang greeted the old man, nodded and said, "Grandpa Bai, where did this pony come from, it's so beautiful!"

Old Man Bai said: "Some time ago, the military horse farm in the old district was cut down, and the last few horses were also sold. I was reluctant, so I asked someone to bring one back." He approached, stretched out his hand and stroked it. The pony's head and eyes were full of nostalgia, "When I joined the army, there was a cavalry regiment. The thing I looked forward to most every year was the arrival of new horses in the camp. It was like a festival. I went to the camp gate early in the morning to guard. In order to take a look at them in advance. Later, the cavalry regiment disappeared, and the horse farms were cut down one by one..."

The pony is very close to Mr. Bai, and even if he has no carrots to eat, he rubs his head against his palm. After all, he is a three-year-old pony, and he is not very defensive about people. This is also the time when it is easiest to establish a relationship with people.

Old Bai was rubbed by it, and laughed: "Okay, let's not talk about those old calendars, look, it is not happy anymore."

Xiao Ma was still rubbing against Bai Lao's palm, snorted and looked at him expectantly.

Bai Luochuan said: "Grandpa, do you have candies in your pocket?"

Bai Lao immediately denied: "Nonsense, how can there be!"

Bai Luochuan said vigilantly: "Then why is it so close to you?"

Old Bai snorted, "That's because grandpa is good at riding horses. When I was your age, I started fighting in the barracks. Among other things, when I was the head of the cavalry regiment, I had more than 1000 soldiers under my command. Such a good horse, it's a good horse, and everyone kisses me like this!"

Bai Luochuan didn't believe it, he stepped forward and touched the old man's pocket, and Bai Lao chased him away with a walking stick: "Go, it's not big or small!"

Bai Luochuan said: "You still said you didn't have any, I've already touched it, it's quite a few pieces!"

The grandpa and grandson competed face to face, one with a carrot in his hand and a face full of dissatisfaction, and the other with a candy in his pocket sticking to his neck. The pony has a much better sense of smell than them, and they couldn't bear it even when they were young. He bent his head and gently bit the corner of Bai Lao's clothes, begging for candies through his pockets.

Bai Luochuan sneered: "You still say no?"

Bai Lao: "..."

Elder Bai leaned on his crutches and stood up straight, reluctantly said: "I got this for Yang Yang, did you forget just now, give it to him now. Yang Yang, come here, grandpa will teach you how to feed the pony!"

Mi Yang walked over with a suppressed smile, and Bai Lao took out a few pieces of fruit candies from his pocket and gave them to him in a serious manner, taught him to peel off the wrappers, and spread the pieces of candy flat on his palm for the pony to eat.Bai Lao held his hand, raised it a little higher, and said, "Yes, just approach slowly like this, and I'll get used to you after feeding it a few more times. The little thing has a good memory, and anyone knows how good it is."

The pony approached and rolled the two pieces of fruit candies with his tongue, and finally let Mi Yang touch his head.

Mi Yang accidentally touched its ear, and the pony immediately trembled vigilantly, and took another step back.

Bai Luochuan leaned over and said to him: "The ears are not good, touch the head first, take your time."

Bai Lao accompanied them to watch for a while, he was getting old and tired, he told them not to feed too much and go back to rest first.

Bai Luochuan stayed with Mi Yang in the yard with the pony to establish a relationship, and told Mi Yang the story of the horse by the way.

"When my grandfather was in the cavalry regiment, he rode such a black horse. Grandpa said it was brought from the Mongolian pastoral area. At that time, the whole cavalry regiment was a sensation. I have never seen such a good horse in all these years. He couldn't catch up with it even after running, and the grazing in the stables gave it up first, and no horse dared to snatch it. The whole regiment offered it up like a baby, and then guess what happened?" Bai Luochuan stroked the pony With a wink at Mi Yang, he said, "It ran away."

Mi Yang was taken aback, and said, "Run away? Where did he go?"

Bai Luochuan said: "I ran back to Inner Mongolia all the way from Gansu, from the cavalry regiment to the pastoral area, it was less than a thousand kilometers away, and it led the other two horses back for more than half a month. The two soldiers who joined the army in the pastoral area each followed with two horses. After 27 days, when we arrived at the horse farm, the black horse was still grazing there! The herdsmen were also moved by it, and they didn’t want to give it to the cavalry regiment. Later, the division headquarter sent a car to transport the horse with people. When I came back, it was even published in the internal magazine, boasting that this horse is particularly spiritual, and it became famous."

Mi Yang listened with relish, and asked, "What happened next?"

Bai Luochuan said: "Later, it became like grandpa. After retiring, it has been raised. Grandpa sends money there every year. In the past, he also sent some non-staple food coupons, because he knows that he likes sweets. After raising him, he is a three-year-old. It’s been four generations, it’s not that the military horse farm has been cut down, and when they asked whether it was going to be sold to herdsmen or what to do with it, grandpa was reluctant and asked someone to bring it over.”

He touched the pony's head, with a gentle look in his eyes: "This is also the last one."

Mi Yang looked at him and felt that there was a sense of conflict in him. This person has a big temper, but he was always innocent and harmless when facing small animals, but he immediately armed himself when facing other people. Mi Yang thought about what happened before. The little friends I met on the mountain couldn't help but said: "When you saw those children just now, it seemed... not in such a good mood now?"

Bai Luochuan frowned, and said, "Their yelling is annoying, I don't bother to answer."

Mi Yang froze for a moment, and said, "Did I give you a nickname?"

Young Master Bai didn't want to talk about it, so he took a carrot and teased the pony to feed it, making it more comfortable to be with animals.

Mi Yang thought for a while and said, "Maybe they didn't mean it..."

Bai Luochuan interrupted him and said, "You haven't seen the stables yet, so I'll take you there to have a look." He led the pony and took Mi Yang there with him, the horse's hooves sounded, and the pony followed him very docilely. Let's go, probably because Mi Yang gave the candy just now, and it turned to look at Mi Yang, as if wondering why he didn't follow.

Mi Yang sighed and stepped up to follow.

Bailao asked someone to build a stable for the pony in the backyard, probably considering that it will grow up in the future. The stable is very spacious. The wooden walls are covered with ivy, and there is a small sign on the side that reads: happy.

Mi Yang looked at the small wooden sign curiously, and asked, "Is this its name?"

Bai Luochuan said: "Yes."

Mi Yang said: "It seems to be Mongolian, what does it mean when translated?"

Bai Luochuan took the pony in and settled it down, touched its head, looked at its bright black innocent eyes, and smiled, "Yuntu, doesn't it sound good? You don't know how handsome it is when it runs. The clouds are fast, when the weather clears up tomorrow, I will take you to see it together."