I farmed in ancient times

Li Xiurong got up early in the morning, practiced his sword, washed and ate, sat in the courtyard with his hair stroked and waited for Cassia.

When Chen Shi was exactly (eight o'clock), Cassia Ming hadn't come yet.

Li Xiurong began to wonder whether Caesar had overslept, or forgot about it?

Annoyedly kicking the small stones in the courtyard, Li Xiurong walked indiscriminately with his hair in his hands, and the attendants who were far behind him couldn't help worrying whether Li Xiurong would pull himself bald if he waited any longer.

After another cup of tea, someone finally came over. Li Xiurong glanced at the servant who was often notified at home, and immediately raised his sword and waved to the followers behind him.

The entourage went to bring out the horse that had been fed early in the morning, and handed the reins to Li Xiurong.

Seeing Cassia, the anxiety on Li Xiurong's face disappeared, and the two exchanged a few words.After the attendants brought out Wu Yuan's horse, they walked slowly along the street.

Li Xiurong opened up the chatterbox, talking to Caesar Ming about which horse is better, citing scriptures and classics, discussing the past and present, refreshing Caesar Ming's view of Li Xiurong's ignorance and incompetence.

The few people walked all the way to the outside of the city, and after walking along the moat for a while, they arrived at a small dirt bag outside the city.

In the distance, the low yellow mud thatched wall first came into view. The yellow mud wall meanders around the entire small slope and marks out a large area.

It's hard to imagine that there will be a horse farm inside. Wu Yuan was waiting outside with two horses. Jue Ming followed Li Xiurong into the low wall, and someone immediately came to lead them in.

Behind the low wall is a row of small houses, made of yellow mud and straw. This kind of house is okay to live in when it is dry. Once it encounters rainy weather, the humidity is too high and it is easy to collapse.

It turns out that behind the low wall is a place for people to live.

There is another wall inside the low wall. This wall is built with bricks and stones. The guide saw that it was the first time for Jueming to come, and he was looking at the house at the door. Look at the broken outside of our racecourse, the outer walls were also made of blue bricks and black tiles a few years ago, but it was a pity that there was a heavy rain..."

Before the man finished speaking, he had already led him into the horse farm, stopped, pointed to the stables and said, "Your official, do you want to see for yourself first, or do you want me to talk about it?"

"Just look at it yourself, and I will come to you later when something happens." Li Xiurong took out a small string of copper coins, which were obviously prepared in advance to guide people. The man took the copper coins and waited at the door for them to watch the horse slowly.

Li Xiurong confidently guided Cassia towards the stables.

The stables were made of wood, with ventilation on three sides, and the inside was tidied up. Horses of various colors were tied up in the stables, and they bowed their heads to drink water from time to time, and neighed from time to time.

Many people in the racecourse wore short soap-colored robes and carried wooden barrels to and fro. Some led the horses to wash them, some trimmed the mane of the horses, and some checked the horses to see if anyone was sick.

Buyers come and go in the stables, and there are also people who are responsible for introducing and accompanying them.

Although there are many people, they are well organized.

Cassia Ming looked at each other in novelty, Li Xiurong scoured the ink in his belly, and introduced each of them to Cassia Ming.

When Caesar Ming was about to see it, Li Xiurong called to the person guarding the door, and led Cassia Ming directly through the first courtyard, crossed through the arch, and walked through two courtyards in a row, and there were suddenly fewer people.

The horses here are in good spirits, proudly raising their necks and flicking their tails, or lowering their heads and sniffing around. There is a dedicated person in front of each stable.

Li Xiurong pointed to a black horse, "This horse is a compatriot with mine."

"The official has a good eye!" The person in charge of the introduction praised: "Taxue has just turned seven years old this year, so he is considered to be in his youth."

"Do you like this color?" Li Xiurong asked.

This horse is black and shiny. If you look closely, you can see that its ears are exactly the same as that of Cassia Ming's horse. It is really a sibling.

There is nothing to choose in color, Caesar nodded, "The black one looks good."

Li Xiurong: "Pull it out and have a look."

The person in charge of raising took Taxue out. Under the sun, the black horse's fur was shiny, its sideburns were neatly trimmed, and its whole body was covered with black hair. Only the four hooves were white as if they were wearing boots.

No wonder it's called Treading Snow.

Looking at this horse again, the Qijia has round shoulders and neck, smooth and graceful lines, and the flesh is very tight from the outside, presumably it is often pulled out for a walk.

Jueming also doesn't know how to look at horses, so he can just let Li Xiurong look at it for himself. Li Xiurong touched it with his hand, turned his head and said, "It's pretty good, you can touch it too."

Caesar approached the black horse suspiciously. The black horse raised its head, and its two noses were blowing heavily. Caesar was a little afraid of it. Li Xiurong pointed out: "Touch its fur first."

Taxue's hind hooves scratched a bit, seeing that Jueming still refused to move, Li Xiurong raised his hand, just as it touched Jueming's sleeve, he quickly withdrew his hand, moved away and muttered: "I really won't kick you. "

Jueming gently put his palm on it, and seeing that Taxue didn't resist, he stroked his mane boldly, and Taxue let him touch it with a good temper, flicking his tail.

"Look, I said he won't kick you." Li Xiurong looked at Caesar with a smile.

Taxue gave a low and long hiss docilely, and flicked his tail slightly, looking very happy, Li Xiurong followed the two horses, but just as his hands touched, Taxue impatiently rubbed his heels on the ground, and directly sighed. Kick.

Li Xiurong was confused: "..." Does this, this, this horse have any enmity with him?

Seeing that Li Xiurong was stunned on the spot, Jue Ming couldn't help laughing and said, "It seems that Taxue dislikes you a little bit."

Li Xiurong gritted his teeth.

To Jue Ming, Taxue let him touch it docilely. Li Xiurong turned around and saw that it was not injured or surrounded by mosquitoes, it was very clean.

Cassia was very moved and said, "I bought it!"

The introducer hurriedly wrote a note to ask Jueming to pay, signed the contract, and handed over the horse on the spot.

Taxue was led by Jueming, and he followed wherever Jueming went. Apart from selling horses, he also bought saddles and bridles here. Go to town and buy.

After handing over the horse to the servant in the house, Jue Ming said that he would invite Li Xiurong to have a meal and asked Li Xiurong to choose a place. Li Xiurong obediently agreed, and chose a small place near Jueming's house, near the street. Restaurant.

The private rooms ordered by a few people are on the second floor by the railing. Open the curtain, go to the railing and look down from the top. The people in Kyoto seem to be unaffected by the weather. The street is very lively. .

Today seemed to be much more lively than usual, Jue Ming leaned on the railing and thought for a moment, today is Qixi Festival, the officials rest, the school is on holiday, women who seldom go out usually wear veiled hats and go out together today.

Seeing Jueming staring downstairs in a daze, Li Xiurong stretched his head to look, turned around and went downstairs, and after a while, he handed a small wooden Buddha statue to Juming.

Cassia: "?"

Li Xiurong stuffed the small wooden Buddha statue into Jue Ming's hands, and the two touched their fingers, Li Xiurong quickly withdrew his hands and said, "I saw you were staring at this Mohele all the time, so I bought two."

Grinding and drinking?

Cassia held it in his hand and looked at it. The wooden figurine was a Buddha statue. The knife was meticulously crafted, the lines were rough, and it was painted in seven colors, which looked familiar.

The two people who came to the house today gave two pairs of these, but the workmanship and coloring are obviously better than this.

The two that Li Xiurong bought were probably bought by adults to coax children.

Jueming pursed his lips and smiled, shook the wood carving in his hand and asked, "What is Mohele?"

Li Xiurong was stunned, he didn't catch up on the knowledge about Mohele...

Fortunately, the food started to be served, Wu Yuan invited the two of them back, Jue Ming took the drinks and didn't ask any more questions.

Li Xiurong quietly breathed a sigh of relief.