kingnovel Chapter 239 The child has grown up?
Chapter 239 The child has grown up?
The old man didn't even bother to look at him, and said unhappily: "You might as well get a white rabbit. Black rabbits are harder to catch than white rabbits."
"Gray rabbit? Gray rabbit is also good." Zhou Gu thought for a while and said.
Zhou Dacang and his companions were all laughing so hard that they wanted the gray rabbit skin.
The old man laughed at them for not knowing what was good. They didn't want all the good badger skins but insisted on rabbit skins.
This, the Zhou family really doesn’t understand. Not to mention them, even Zhou Guo doesn’t really understand it. She only knows that mink, fox, and badger skins are precious?
The old man said, "Badger fur is fine and wear-resistant. The cloaks made from it are gorgeous and beautiful. Unfortunately, there are only a few of them. I'll go catch a few more someday. But they're not easy to catch now."
Zhou Dacang looked at Zhou Guo and the others and said, "Sir, we are not picky. We only want rabbit skins. We'll leave the badger skins to you. We are very satisfied with just the rabbit skins."
Zhou Gu and others nodded. In previous years, they couldn't even afford a suitable cotton-padded jacket, let alone rabbit skin. They never thought that they would have such a good thing now and could wear fur.
Li smiled and said, "Sir, please don't spoil them too much. They are naughty monkeys. What good clothes do they have? Just make some clothes for each of them. It's not convenient to wear a cloak when working. It will get dirty when you turn around."
That's true. Zhou Dacang and the others thought about it and felt that it was not very convenient. They had to tuck in the cloak when squatting down.
Seeing this, Zhou Guo hurriedly said: "Master, my uncles and brothers don't want it, so please make me a cloak. I don't want clothes, I just want a cloak." What a nice-looking cloak.
Wouldn't it be cooler if you wore this while riding a horse?
Li looked her up and down and said with a smile, "You are so small, not even as tall as a hoe, how good will you look in a cloak? You'd better make clothes, which are clean and neat."
Zhou Guo: “…”
I looked down at myself and forgot how tall I was.
Seeing her so disappointed, Zhou Xing smiled and said, "It's okay. At worst, we can make it bigger so that we can wear it for several years."
Zhou Guo nodded immediately. That’s right, what’s wrong with being short? Does that mean short people are not worthy of wearing cloaks?
……
The next day, after finishing his breakfast, Zhou Guo left home alone, carrying a gourd on his back and leading a horse.
Li followed her and said, "Let the master go with you. Although you are strong, you are still young. I am afraid that someone will bully you. You are unfamiliar with this county. Be obedient and let the master go with you, okay?"
How can she feel at ease?
Zhou Guo smiled and said, "Mom, don't worry, nothing will happen. I can ride a horse very fast, and it will take me at most an hour to be back. It would be a waste of time for you to go with me. I will go buy a few boxes to store the ginseng. We can't just leave such precious things in the basket. It will spoil even the best things."
Li said, "Then you can't go alone."
"Aunt, I'll go with her, don't worry." Zhou Mi came over from the front yard, having changed into a clean cotton shirt. The young man looked really good, though a little thin.
Seeing this, Li's eyes lit up and she said without hesitation, "Okay, okay, you go with her."
Then he said to Zhou Guo who was about to say no: "Your third brother is good at bargaining. If you buy a good box, it will definitely not be cheap. It would be better to take your third brother with you."
Zhou Guo closed his half-open mouth again.
The two men walked out, leading the horses. The old man stood with his hands behind his back, looking at the wild pear tree he had planted earlier under the fence in the front yard. When he saw Zhou Guo and the other man leading the horses coming from the back door, he withdrew his gaze without making a sound.
Zhou Guo pointed to the wine gourd hanging on his waist and asked, "Master, do you have any more wine in this gourd? Otherwise, pour it out with a bamboo tube and give me the gourd. I have made a great trip to the county town and will fill both of your gourds."
The old man pulled the wine gourd off his waist and shook it, "There's still half a gourd left."
"Sir, give it to me." Zhou Xing took the wine gourd from him, took out a few bamboo tubes, poured the wine in, and handed the empty gourd to Zhou Guo.
Zhou Guo also hung the wine gourd on the horse's back, said hello to his family with a smile, and left without looking back, leading the horse.
Zhou Mi followed beside him.
Mrs. Li looked at her from the side, feeling somewhat sad, and said softly, "You are only eight years old... You don't need a mother anymore."
There was endless loneliness in his tone.
The old man had sharp ears and couldn't help but sigh in emotion after hearing this. He had finally accepted a little apprentice who was good in every way, like a little granddaughter, when he was old. However, he never expected that the child, who was only this young, would become so independent. In her second year, she could already go out on her own. The child was growing up too fast and there was nothing left for him to do.
Zhou Guo had just led the horse out of the village. He jumped onto the horse, pulled Zhou Mi up and sat behind him. He swung the reins and the horse started to trot.
The horse under me hasn't had a good run for a long time. It's not satisfying to just kick and stomp. It's a little irritable and snorts from time to time.
She felt it and said to Zhou Mi behind her: "Third brother, hold on tight, the horse is about to run."
Zhou Mi was stunned and grabbed her clothes.
Then, his body involuntarily jerked back, and he was so scared that he instinctively hugged Zhou Guo's waist tightly. The wind hit his face and he couldn't open his eyes for a moment.
Feeling Zhou Mi's stiff body and not daring to move, Zhou Guo held her waist tightly with both hands and comforted her loudly: "It's okay, Third Brother, relax, I won't let you fall, just relax..."
After persuading her for a long time, the hands on her waist showed no sign of loosening. Her bloated stomach was making her feel uncomfortable. She had drunk several bowls of porridge in the morning. If she continued to be pressed like this, she didn't know if several bowls of porridge would come out of her stomach.
The wind whistled past my ears and the trees on both sides receded. Unlike riding in a car, riding a horse was a really different kind of enjoyment.
The reins were thrown back with a snap, and then the horse's hooves were raised and it rushed out like an arrow, even faster!
Zhou Mi was so frightened that he dared not open his eyes. He closed his eyes and buried his head in Zhou Guo's shoulder, his hands trembling slightly.
Zhou Guo tried to persuade him several times but failed, so he just let him go. Courage needs to be trained, and with practice he will get stronger, and maybe he will be able to ride a horse by himself in the future.
When they were not far from the city gate, she pulled the reins and the horse slowed down. It stopped not far away and neighed happily a few times.
Zhou Guo patted Zhou Mi's hand, "Okay, Third Brother, we're here."
After a while, Zhou Mi raised his head from her shoulder and wanted to get down, but his hands and feet were too weak.
Zhou Guo pulled him off the horse, helped him sit down by the road, took the bamboo tube off the horse's back, uncorked it and handed it to him, "Drink some water, you'll feel better."
Zhou Mi took the bamboo tube with trembling hands, took a few sips, and spilled a small part of it on his clothes.
Seeing him so scared, Zhou Guo felt guilty and a little worried, and said, "I'm sorry, Third Brother, I just wanted you to be braver, and maybe you won't be scared after running for a while, and you will be able to ride a horse by yourself in the future. I didn't expect you to be so scared. Are you okay?"