Ordinary clear day

Chapter 41
Shu Ning returned home and was about to go to the room to visit her mother, but saw that her elder brother Duan Ning had already returned, and was pulling a maroon horse in the yard.

She asked curiously: "Why did my brother come back so early? Where did this come from?"

Duanning's eyebrows and eyes were full of smiles: "Mr. has something to do at home today, and school is over early. How is this horse, my sister? This is a good horse that was just brought from Eastern Mongolia. Tongying managed to get a few horses. They are gifts from him. My, I begged him for several days."

Tong Ying is the little grandson who disclosed the inside information to Duanning several times. He is the best friend with Duanning on weekdays. Shuning has already heard his name, but he doesn't know which family he is from.

Looking at Duanning's happy look now, Shuning is a little funny.Just like modern boys love cars, what ancient boys loved was horses, let alone a horse that you know is a good horse just by looking at it?

Duanning brushed for a while, then suddenly remembered something, and said to his sister: "Tomorrow we have an appointment to go to the racecourse in the west of the city to test horses. Didn't my sister say a few days ago that she also wanted to learn how to ride a horse? Why don't you go together?"

Immediately, Shuning became interested, nodded her head quickly, and dragged her brother to find Mrs. Tong.

But Tong's two children begged and begged, and reluctantly agreed, but repeatedly urged: "Shuning is only allowed to watch, not to ride, if she falls, it's not for fun!" The brother and sister agreed, but looked at each other in private , snickering at each other.

The next day the weather was excellent, the sun was not strong, and there was still a slight wind.Duanning and Shuning followed the taciturn Master Cheng, took Ma San'er and Chun Xing to the racecourse in the west of the city.

When they saw that "Tong Ying", both Shu Ning and Chun Xing were startled. Isn't that the young master of Jian County Prince's Mansion yesterday?Tong Ying also smiled when she saw Shuning: "So you are Duanning's younger sister. This is because the flood has rushed into the Dragon King Temple. Brother, why don't you accompany me?"

Duan Ning was confused and asked: "Has Tong Ying met my sister? Why haven't I heard you mention it?" Shu Ning bowed and smiled: "I don't know that Brother Tong Ying is Jian Jun The one in the palace, yesterday was a servant who was rude, but it has nothing to do with brother, the girl can tell the difference between good and bad." Since the other party took the initiative to get close, she naturally knew how to beat a snake with a stick, there is such a prominent "" "Brother" is also beneficial and harmless.

Tong Ying also smiled, and the two of them unanimously revealed the matter, and didn't say any more, just let Duanning continue to be at a loss.

Tongying rode a black horse with shiny coat, taller than Duanning's horse, but he was very close to that bay red horse, even if you rub me against me, I can't even pull it away.Duan Ning smiled and said: "It seems that your black cloud is very close to my horse, why don't you just give it to me together." As soon as he finished speaking, he quickly jumped back to avoid Tong Ying's oncoming fist.Tong Ying scolded with a smile: "You greedy ghost, don't try to trick my Heiyun, what is Xiaohong, I will take care of finding a better mare for Heiyun."

Duanning said: "Why do you call my horse Xiaohong? It's too imposing." Tongying replied: "Then kneel down and call my Heiyun Hongyun, it's easy!" Duanning thinks it's too easy, But seeing Shu Ning secretly laughing at the side, she asked, "What are you laughing at, sister? You also think this name is too bad, don't you?"

Shu Ning smiled and said, "Actually, Xiao Hong and Hong Yun are both good, but wouldn't it be more appropriate to call them 'Red Dates'?"

Tong Ying laughed endlessly and applauded repeatedly.Duanning gave him a bitter look, and after thinking about it carefully, he smiled: "Well, let's call it Hongzao'er, you can tell it's the name once you hear it!" He patted the bay red horse's head, but saw that Ma's eyes seemed to be aggrieved, and he lowered his head, unwilling to get close to him, and all three of them laughed.

The process of testing the horse went smoothly, Hei Yun ran extremely fast, but Hong Zao'er was not much behind him, and seemed to run more steadily.Two and a half boys rode their own horses, chasing each other in the vast horse farm, very happy.

Master Cheng was waiting on the sidelines, smoking a bag of cigarettes leisurely.He is very confident in the riding skills of the two boys, so he doesn't care about it.

Shu Ning leaned on the big tree trunk beside the field, watching the two people riding horses and galloping in the racecourse, feeling the oncoming early summer breeze and smelling the fragrance of wild flowers, her mood also became happier.It's been really depressing recently, not only the atmosphere in the city is weird, but even the house seems to be covered by a dark cloud.Looking at the green grass and blue sky now, it seems that the recent depression is all a dream.In fact, where do children get so many bad moods?

As soon as her mood improved, she seemed to be less restrained. Looking at the green grass under her feet, she regained her childlike innocence, spread a handkerchief on it, sat down on it, and stretched her arms and legs.Chun Xing was startled when she saw it, and hurriedly said: "Girl, be careful, the place is dirty." Shu Ning waved her hand: "It's okay, there is a handkerchief on it, it's very comfortable, you can sit down and try?"

Chun Xing is not a little girl who grew up in the gate of a mansion, but also a girl who is used to playing in the wild since she was a child. Seeing what the young lady said, she was relieved and sat on the grass, stretching her hands and feet like Shuning. The two looked at each other smiled.

"Tat-tat-tat--" There was a sound of horseshoes not far away, Shu Ning looked up, but it was her brother Duan Ning.He stopped the horse in front of his sister, and asked with a smile: "Sister, do you want to try the feeling of riding a horse? Brother will take you to run, don't be afraid." His smiling face was extraordinarily dazzling in the early summer sunshine.

Ma San'er, who was waiting next to him, hurried up to stop him: "Brother Duan, don't mess around, grandma said that girls are not allowed to ride." Duan Ning didn't care: "What are you afraid of? There is me, and she didn't ask her to ride alone."

Shuning was eager to give it a try, now that she heard this, she no longer had any worries, so she immediately jumped up, ignoring Chunxing's dissuasion, and stretched out her hand to Duanning.As soon as Duanning pulled her onto the horse, she began to run slowly.

At first Shu Ning was a little scared, but slowly, she calmed down and quietly felt the ups and downs of the horse's body below her, as well as the faint pulsation in the flesh and blood.Duan Ning is young, but not weak in strength. He does not hug his sister's small body tightly, but holds it firmly, making Shu Ning feel very safe.

Hong Zao'er's speed increased, but remained at a safe level.Feeling the oncoming wind, Shu Ning looked at the grass field which was completely different from what she saw on the flat ground, and felt as if she was going to fly.Behind her was her always reliable elder brother, she was not afraid at all, instead she recalled the situation when she was a child.

She said, "Brother, do you still remember that when you were young, you often hugged me around and took me to the street to play?"

Duanning withdrew his gaze from the distance, nodded and said: "Remember, you were really small back then, I could hug you, but you are also very light now."

"I heard that when we were young, the aunt in the east wing pushed us into the water, and it was my brother who lifted me up high, so I was fine, but my brother was seriously ill."

Duanning chuckled behind his back: "Yes, that woman is really hateful. But why did you mention this all of a sudden?"

Shuning shook her head and said with a smile: "It's nothing, I just think it's nice to have a brother."

Duanning smiled, hugged his sister, and continued to steer the horse under him steadily. After two or three laps, he slowed down and stopped again at the side of the racetrack.

Tong Ying had already been waiting there, and said with a smile: "Obviously you are brothers and sisters, what are you whispering together?"

Duanning put down his younger sister, and handed her over to Chun Xing and Ma San'er who ran over, turned around and scolded Tong Ying with a smile: "What? I'm not convinced just now? Then let's compare and see if I beat you again." Make a fuss."

Tong Ying was also unconvinced, and shouted loudly: "Come again, I was negligent just now, now you don't want to win me again!"

The two swung their whips and went to the field to compete again.

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When she returned home in the evening, Mrs. Tong had already heard about Duanning and La Shuning getting on the horse from her servants, and she scolded her son a few times, but she loved him and her daughter was fine, so she didn't pursue it any further. After talking back and forth, she sent the two children back to the house.The two brothers and sisters went out of the upper room, looking at each other and giggling.

Ermo came to see Mrs. Tong at this time, but she came to report the news she had inquired.She looked around for no one, then lowered her voice and said to Mrs. Tong: "I have inquired about it. There was a man from the capital last month who was described as the son of Wu Xinda's family in the Earl's Mansion. I have met him before." Yes, there is a mole the size of a fingernail on the left side of his face. He stayed in an inn outside for two days, and someone saw him meeting a middle-aged woman a few times and exchanging something. Everyone who saw him said that the woman It's Aunt Yang."

Tong's brows frowned: "That day Aunt Yang came home to deliver new clothes, and the next day she made an excuse that she missed something, and came again. She sent the letter to that girl Qiu Ju?"

Ermo nodded: "It seems so. In order to avoid people's eyes and ears, the Wu family boy didn't go to our house to find someone, so he quietly bribed Aunt Yang and asked her to help deliver the letter. Grandma can't remember that time before Aunt Yang came, That girl Qiu Ju still looked so lifeless, but after that she became energetic and smiled when she saw people talking. It must be Jing Liqing who wrote a letter and said something that made her so happy."

Mrs. Tong thought for a while, and then ordered: "Don't worry about it, I don't even notice it. As an aunt, I don't care about the sneaky things that the juniors do. I just want to see what the girl will do in the future." Good luck. It’s just that Aunt Yang won’t be able to use her in the future, so you should pay attention to which tailors are good in the city, and replace them next time.”

Ermo took the order and went down.Mrs. Tong thought about it for a long time in the upper room, so she took out the four treasures of the study and prepared to write a letter to Mrs. Nala.

She didn't say clearly that Qing Ning secretly sent someone to contact Qiu Ju, but secretly pointed out that Qiu Ju has become more secure and her mood has improved recently, which is quite different from when she first came here.In addition, she also mentioned to Nala about the recent undercurrents in Fengtian City, and asked whether Zhang Bao's family could help him find a good job after his term expires next year.Tong also pulled out a bunch of other things about the health of the family and the children. Just like the homely letters in the past, he wrote several pieces of paper, sealed them in envelopes, and asked someone to open the box to pick up a few. Xia Tian specially made a purse containing anti-heat medicine, wrapped it in a handkerchief, and prepared to send it back to the capital early tomorrow morning.

(End of this chapter)