Chapter 15: Mother (3)

In just a few days, Han Bin was already hard to part with his four-year-old pony, "Yanfeng". "Yanfeng" was the name Di Jinghui gave this red stallion. According to Meng Dan, this pony is actually the species matched by Mei Yingchun's "Mofeng", so Di Jinghui took advantage of the topic and let it follow the word "Feng". The family of this divine horse is very special, with red and black fur mixed with each other, so "Mofeng" is black all over, while "Yanfeng" is red all over. According to the habit of thunder riding people, "Yanfeng" has been trained by the most experienced horse masters more than ten days after being born. In addition, its bloodline is pure and of excellent quality. Although he is only four years old, he is good at walking, running, and jumping. He looks at the stern kingly style, and is hard to match with ordinary horses.

The reason why the divine horse is a divine horse is its extraordinary ability. The key is that it is understanding and has the ability to communicate with people's hearts. From the first day when Meng Dan brought "Yan Feng", Li Yuanfang and Meng Dan let Han Bin approach it. Children and horses have a natural sincere friendship, and there is no need to be deliberately cultivated. Li Yuanfang and Meng Dan just taught Han Bin how to feed horses, and used clean water to help it wash it every day. As for being intimate with "Yan Feng", caressing its body, combing its mane, playing with it, and even talking to it in a nagging manner, no need to teach these things. Han Bin consciously began to practice it. The first thing he did when he opened his eyes in the morning was to see "Yan Feng". Before going to bed at night, he had to go to the stable to talk to it for a long time before returning to the barracks. He was completely fascinated by the pony.

In addition to the pony, Meng Dan also brought Han Bin a small bow. Every day when Li Yuanfang got up early to practice, he would pull Han Bin together, let him pull the bow and practice his arm strength and posture, and then put a bowl of water on his elbow to practice concentration. Han Bin was a little unwilling at first, muttering to learn good sword skills, but Li Yuanfang refused: "You can't think about learning swords, and the swordsmanship will be determined later." He pointed to Han Bin's energetic red Turkic outfit and said solemnly: "I won't teach you swords, I will only teach you riding and shooting, because you will be a warrior on the desert grassland in the future." "Oh!" Han Bin was so excited that he never mentioned swords again, but just focused on practicing riding and archery.

Practicing archery is boring and hard, but Han Bin is very patient. He has been wandering and turbulent since childhood. The influence of following Li Yuanfang these days has given this child extraordinary strength and perseverance. Throughout the morning, he stood up, pulled his bow, held his breath, and focused his clothes on his body. His clothes were wet over and over again, but he never complained about being lazy. At noon, when the sun climbed overhead and the temperature in the desert rose to the highest point of the day, and the spicy sunshine made people unable to open their eyes, Li Yuanfang took this lunch break from the outpost team and rode Han Bin to the endless wasteland.

As spring begins, the weather in the desert is even more unpredictable. The night is still cold and the noon is already hot. At this time, running under the scorching sun, the endless desert is also a test and tempering for people and horses. Moreover, the two people, one big and one small, have just passed the hard work of the morning and are hungry. But Li Yuanfang insists on doing this because this kind of training is necessary for strengthening physical strength and will.

Although it was very hard, Han Bin liked the time of whipping at noon the most during the day. His "Yan Feng" ran so well. After just a few days of familiarity, Han Bin was able to cooperate with "Yan Feng". He walked slowly for a while every time, and then gradually accelerated. When Li Yuanfang ran to his side and raised his whip, Han Bin shouted: "Yan Feng, run!" The impatient little horse spread out its four hooves and ran on the desert. Ordinary horses regarded it as a terrifying sandy land and hills, but they were not at all against "Yan Feng".

In the end, when he ran, he was like a cloud of fog, like a ball of flying fire, moving forward unstoppably. Although Li Yuanfang's mount was not bad, it was much worse than "Yanfeng". "Yanfeng" ran happily, and Li Yuanfang also had to chase after him. Every time at this time, Han Bin would kick the horse's belly lightly to slow down the forgetful "Yanfeng". When his brother caught up, he would ride side by side slowly together. At this time, they were usually silent and said nothing, only letting golden yellow sand marks appear under the sun.

After spring came, the few plants on the desert also became more active. The branches of poplar trees and red willows were drawn out, which became the best choice for quenching fatigue and quenching thirst after running tired. In the vast sky, birds often hovered northward, and one of them jumped out from time to time in the sand. Two desert foxes or gerbils with thieves heads and rats, if two big and small ones saw them, the animals could only think they were unlucky. Li Yuanfang would always instruct Han Bin to shoot arrows with a bow. Although the children were always lost, Li Yuanfang would make up for the last fatal arrow. He also knew that Han Bin could not shoot at all now, but taught him to be familiar with this process. From the official start of training Han Bin, Li Yuanfang asked the children to follow him to eat only two meals a day, but every meal guaranteed that Han Bin could eat the meat and milk of beef and lamb, as well as the small game he brought. So Han Bin came to the desert and became stronger and stronger.

They ran for a long time that day, and Yibotai had disappeared behind the sand dunes. They changed to slow stairs and rode. Han Bin was a little puzzled. He raised his head and looked at the sun slightly west. Usually, his brother must have urged him to rush back at this time, because he had to work with the Martial Arts Captain every afternoon, but why wasn't he in a hurry today? Just as he was thinking, he heard Li Yuanfang ask, "Bin'er, are you tired? Get off the horse and take a break." "Ah, OK." Han Bin agreed and looked around quickly. Sure enough, he saw a small poplar forest not far away. It turned out that they had run out so far, leaving the deepest part of the desert, and could see several small oasis.

Tied the two horses to the tree and let them chew the tender buds of poplar with relish. Li Yuanfang found a small piece of shade under a big poplar tree, and sat down against the tree. Han Bin took the sheepskin water bag and handed it to Li Yuanfang: "Brother, drink water." Then he turned around and took a cloth bag from "Yanfeng", walked back in his arms, squatted beside Li Yuanfang, and stuffed the cloth bag behind him. Li Yuanfang felt a heat on his back, and smiled unconsciously. The heated sand in the cloth bag could maintain heat for a long time. This was what Di Jinghui invented to give him a hot compress on his back, but he didn't expect Han Bin to carry it with him.

After resting for a while, Li Yuanfang sent Han Bin to play with "Yanfeng". The naughty pony rolled on the wasteland, snorting and rolling to the sky and left and right. Han Bin giggled and pounced on Xiao Ma's belly. "Yanfeng" turned slightly to press him under his body. Han Bin rolled to the side and reached out to grab the horse's hair. Just like that, the child and the pony finally had enough trouble. The quiet "Yanfeng" knelt on the sand. Han Bin put his face against the hanging horse's neck and whispered to the pony's ears. "Yanfeng"'s big eyes were full of tenderness, and he rubbed Han Bin's face with affectionately.

Li Yuanfang looked at all this quietly, and he felt very relieved. Han Bin had the most loyal good friend in the world. Recently, he always had a premonition that he and Han Bin would not be together for too long. Now with "Yan Feng", at least this child will no longer be lonely.

The sun was a little west again, and Li Yuanfang had already missed the routine arrangements of the outsourcing team with Wu Xun in the afternoon. Of course, this was what he did on purpose. The desert in the afternoon was surprisingly quiet. In this peaceful and lonely area, Li Yuanfang recalled again the conversation between them in Wu Xun's barracks that night when Meng Dan just returned.
Chapter completed!