My son sleeps lightly

The two of them finished eating the food that Taohua brought, Xiao Chong carefully rewrapped the oil paper, put it in his bosom, and found a place to throw it away after being punished.

He took out a cloth towel from his sleeve and wiped his mouth.

Ye Lan turned her head to look at him, "Isn't that mine?"

This is what he used to wrap the apricot core last time, and it was given to Xiao Chong for him to throw away.

Xiao Chong glanced at the cloth towel, which was still stained with oil from his own mouth, "Are you planning to go back?"

"Forget it," Ye Lan smacked her lips, and lay down again in another position, "When will we see the sunset?"

Xiao Chong was also tired from kneeling, so he sat up, crossed his legs together, and looked down at Ye Lan.

Ye Lan's nose is pointed and very delicate, just like a girl's, so he couldn't help but touch it with his hands.

Ye Lan didn't take it seriously, let him play, and hummed with her eyes closed.

After a while, Xiao Chong suddenly stopped moving, it must be boring, Ye Lan thought to himself.

He suddenly became playful, ready to scare Xiao Chong, took a deep breath, opened his eyes suddenly, "Oh!"

"Oh~" Ye Lan's voice softened.

It turned out that Xiao Chong wasn't bored, but that Ye Cang was standing beside them, waiting for Ye Lan to wake up.

Ye Cang raised his face, "I knew you weren't doing a good job of self-reflection."

Ye Lan pursed her lips, straightened her body with her left hand, and raised her head to look at his brother unhappy, "It's just to punish the teacher, why should you and mother be so angry?"

"Shen Yu is just a frail scholar, and he doesn't know much about human feelings. Just now he ran out of the mansion like a headless chicken. If he hadn't met me," Ye Cang didn't go on talking. Looking at Ye Lan's expression, he knew that he was about to admit his mistake. "Okay, he doesn't care too much about it, as long as you're fine."

"But he talks too much in a day, and I really can't learn it."

"Of course I will tell him about this for you." Ye Cang patted Ye Lan on the shoulder, "Get up," he pushed Ye Lan's shoulder again, "take a good rest today, I have something important to tell you tomorrow .”

"You want to teach me martial arts?" Ye Lan looked suspiciously at Ye Cang up and down.

Ye Cang was taken aback, "Mother told you?"

"What happened to your errand in the city defense battalion?"

"That." Ye Cang lowered his head and thought for a while, "It's nothing, you shouldn't care about it, just focus on preparing for the Marseille before winter."

"what!?"

……

Xiao Chong followed Ye Lan back to the room, saw Ye Lan throw herself on the bed as soon as she entered the room, rolled around a few times, and said angrily, "I knew I couldn't ride a horse!"

"What is Marseille?" Xiao Chong asked.

"Before winter, there will be such a horse race in Luobei City, and all the men of the right age from the noble families will be invited, that is, us," Ye Lan sighed and continued, "Whoever has the fastest speed and wins the first prize will be considered as If you win, the city lord will have a lot of rewards, and the top few may even be incorporated into the city defense battalion."

"Isn't it a good thing?"

"What's the matter?" Ye Lan said dissatisfied, "Do you know who will participate?"

People of the same age as Ye Lan, Xiao Chong couldn't help shivering when he thought about it, Chang Qin?

"You guessed right, he still has to beat me with all means," Ye Lan's worry was justified. Chang Qin started training horses at the age of three, and he was able to race with ordinary adults at the age of five, which he couldn't compare to. Coupled with the old enemy, he will not be humiliated to death by then.

"Then why did you agree just now?" Xiao Chong pursed his lips, expressing his confusion.

Ye Lan pursed her lips, "Look at my brother, can I refuse?"

"Then what can we do now?"

Seeing Xiao Chong's gloating appearance, Ye Lan suddenly asked, "Do you really want to go to the racecourse?"

Xiao Chong didn't hide it, "Yes."

Ye Lan said "I understand it very well", "I liked it for a while when I was a child, but it's another matter when you really sit on horseback." Ye Lan thought again, "But since you want to Go, Second Young Master will show you the world."

He seems to like to dig out Xiao Chong's childlike innocence, but he doesn't know that such behavior makes him look even more childish.

The racecourse was built in the south of Luobei City, not far away, but it took an afternoon to drive.

The owner of the racecourse is Liang Qiu's father, and the two families have a good relationship, so Ye Lan and the others can use it as they please.

Zhang Tao led a horse and came to Ye Lan, "Second Young Master, this is the most docile horse in our house, even the little lady is not afraid to sit on it, please rest assured."

These words didn't have any effect on Ye Lan. He lowered his head and scratched the ground with his feet as if he didn't hear it.

Seeing Ye Lan's reluctance, Shen Xiu said, "We're late today, and it's getting dark, why don't we go back to the tent to rest."

He was wrapped in a big coat, he really didn't expect it to be so cold in the empty racecourse, Ye Cang took the clothes to himself before begging.

"Get on the horse!" Ye Cang urged.

Ye Lan hesitated, she might as well get on the sedan chair as a new girl, "Brother, what the teacher said is, let's eat something at least."

"You almost ate the whole table at noon, can you still eat?"

Ye Lan reluctantly got close to the horse, her face was more bitter than Huanglian.

Who knew that as soon as he touched the horse's mane, the horse suddenly gasped, and the heavy breath that spouted startled Ye Lan, making him take a step back, and said in embarrassment, "Brother..."

"If you don't get on the horse today, you can just sleep in this horse farm tonight."

It will freeze to death!

Xiao Chong couldn't help it, if Ye Lan was punished, but he stayed in the camp and warmed up, he couldn't bear it. He stepped forward, grabbed the rein, stroked the horse's face twice, and the mare immediately nodded her head meekly. Sticking it to Xiao Chong's cheek, he rubbed it affectionately.

Ye Lan was dumbfounded.

He didn't know that Xiao Chong usually feeds Zhang Tao's horses, and he is very familiar with these horses.

Xiao Chong looked at Ye Lan at this moment, "Second Young Master, come up and try, we won't run away, I will hold the rein and take you for a walk."

What he said was so gentle that Ye Lan almost forgot his age, and nodded in a daze.

Ye Cang pushed Ye Lan down with his shoulder, and said, "It's not as good as a child," then put Ye Lan's waist, exerted some strength, and sent Ye Lan to the horse's back.

Ye Landong didn't dare to move, she only held the saddle firmly with her hands, her feet clinging to the stirrups, and she wished her entire upper body could be attached to the horse's back.

Xiao Chong looked up and down, seeing that Ye Lan was fine, he winked at Ye Cang.

Ye Cang nodded at him, and asked Xiao Chong to lead the horse and take Ye Lan for a stroll on the racetrack.

As Xiao Chong walked, he remembered to look back at Ye Lan's reaction, for fear that he might startle the horse instead of being scared.

Ye Lan took a few deep breaths, gradually getting used to the horse's marching rhythm, and dared to straighten her waist, but she didn't dare to lower her head, and only looked at Xiao Chong with her eyes, "You must hurry up."

No matter how Xiao Chong thinks about this sentence, he has to say it in reverse.

The horse farm occupies several hundred acres of grassland, and it takes a lot of time to go around it.

But Ye Lan urged Xiao Chong, he knew that there was an excellent scene in this racecourse, which was a small hillside.

It was a bit difficult to go uphill, Ye Lan grinned and closed her eyes tightly, for fear of falling down.

Xiao Chong could only comfort the horse in a low voice, and then comfort Ye Lan by the way, persuading both of them to be patient with each other.

By the time they climbed the hill, it was sunset.

The clouds are all over the sky, and the sun is covered by red silk, layered like a bride's wedding dress.

Xiao Chong had never seen such a scene, or it could be said that he usually endured the toil that shouldn't be endured at his age, and he didn't have the leisure time to pay attention to the scenery around him.

"Does it look good!?" Ye Lan said with a smile, he seemed to have forgotten that he was sitting on the horseback at this moment, and stretched out his hands, as if to hug the sun.

The horse also seemed to be moved by the beautiful scenery in front of him, and raised his head, his mane was dyed with a layer of luster.

Ye Lan quickly hugged the horse's neck in fright, Xiao Chong was amused by his funny look, and stretched out his hand to cover the back of Ye Lan's hand, "Second Young Master, don't be afraid."

At this time, Ye Lan's hand was much bigger than his.

The two of them stood together on a high hill, and the last rays of the setting sun stretched their shadows very long, very long.