“A skin from a distance, four hooves up close.”
After entering the courtyard, Zhu father gave Zhu Pingan the essentials of how to select a horse while tethering the black horse. Of course, all of this was also what Father Zhu had heard, but the old Zhu family had never bought a horse in such a long time. However, it was obvious that Father Zhu had also done his homework, at least this killer black horse still had a robust feel to it.
After seeing the black horse, mother Chen went to the stove room to prepare dinner, today Zhu father came back earlier, tethered the black horse, and then fed the big black cow feed and water, which made the big black cow very proud, mooing vigorously towards the black horse, as if to show off.
The black horse is not interested in the big black cow’s show off, throwing the horse’s tail, circling around the pillar, seems to be quite rhythmic.
After feeding the big black cow, the village blacksmith carrying a large box came to the Zhu family, this is Zhu’s father in the town to buy a horse is to run into an appointment, about to come over in the evening to give the newly purchased horse horseshoes.
This black horse has just come of age, and now there is no horseshoe. Zhu father thought that Zhu Pingan will go to the capital to catch the examination, the road may have to go over the mountains and so on, to the black horse with horseshoes will also be more adapted to the terrain.
Horseshoe is a piece of horseshoe-like iron, directly with nails to the horse’s palm inside, the horse’s palm there is a horny layer, painless, like human nails thickened like. The role is to prevent the horse in walking and running in excessive wear and tear of the paw, hurt the horse’s feet. Because the horse’s hoof is the bottom of the horse’s nails, to protect the horse’s palm, in nature the horse’s nails can protect the horse’s feet, but in the use of the horse, often let the horse’s nails wear more than the natural renewal, booked on the horseshoe is to protect the horse’s feet, so that the horse can walk on all sorts of terrain as flat as the horizontal and horizontal freely.
“I made this saddle in my spare time, consider it a congratulatory gift to Heian Lang.” The blacksmith pulled out a saddle from the box and placed it on the back of the killer black horse, then demonstrated by doing something to secure the saddle.
“Thank you Uncle Sun, but nephew can’t let you work for nothing.” Zhu Pingan arched his hand to express his gratitude, but still had to pay.
Father Zhu was also a truthful person and also said that he couldn’t let Blacksmith Sun work for nothing. It was also necessary to give money.
“If you guys have to give, then I’ll nail this horse’s palm.” Sun blacksmith shook his head and refused, insisting on not receiving money for not nailing the horseshoe.
“How can that be, the material money that should be given. It always has to be given.” Father Zhu had no choice but to take a step back and said.
After Sun Blacksmith excused himself for a while, he also agreed.
Although the black horse was a bit of a killer, although it looked a bit arrogant, it still felt a bit spiritual. When Sun Blacksmith fixed the saddle for it, this thing was only curious to turn its head to look at it, and did not stumble.
Although this horse is just adult, but the feeling does not exclude people, should be easy to ride it.
Sun Blacksmith found a bunch of horseshoes from the box, as well as nails, hammers, badly bent knives, and some other loose household items. Zhu Pingan curiously looked at the horseshoe, it was horseshoe shaped, like a small mouth c. There were seven holes around the perimeter, three on the left side and four on the right.
Nailing a horseshoe to a horse-killing black horse is a hard labour job, Sun Blacksmith bent over and half-squatted on the ground, with the assistance of Zhu’s father, he firstly used that badly bent knife to cut the hoofs that had grown too long shorter, and then chipped the front edge and inner part of the hoofs to give them the proper shape, and then trimmed them with a file.
On the other hand, with the charcoal fire burnt by the stove, four horseshoes were selected based on the size of the horseshoes of the killer black horse and thrown into the charcoal fire to burn red.
The black horse was unusually curious and stretched its head to look at all this. The horse’s face was full of curiosity.
This goods, also born with a big heart, if other horses, it is estimated that it would have long been down.
Sun blacksmith used a hammer to hammer the horseshoe on the iron anchor for a while to quickly beat the shape. Then clamped with pliers, quickly pressed on the hoof moved up by Zhu father, printed a trace, and then threw the still very hot horseshoe into the cool water on ice, said that it can increase the wear resistance of the horseshoe.
After that it was a matter of placing the cooled horseshoe on the horse’s hoof that had the mark on it, and using a hammer to pound the nail in diagonally. The nail was specially made to hold the horseshoe in place. Sun blacksmith, knocking and beating for a while, finally finished, four horseshoes all nailed to the horse’s hooves.
Killer black horse curious frequently stretching hooves hit the ground, seems to be very comfortable, four hooves very rhythmic knocking on the ground, one upside down, around the stake back and forth.
The horse’s face was raised high, and the parted horse hair on his head fluttered in the wind.
A proud and amusing look of a killer horse.
After sending Sun Blacksmith away, Zhu father also fed the black horse with some grass sprinkled with salt water, and the black horse ate it very happily.
That said, the killing horse black horse this goods do not have a strange feeling at all, self familiar like, to this new home as soon as the door adapted to seem, have to say this goods have a big heart.
After the big black horse ate some grass, Zhu father looked after it, Zhu Pingan tried to step on the stirrups and mounted the killer black horse.
Erm, it’s a bit heavy.
The killer black horse twisted its head to look at the poor creature riding on its back that could only walk with two hooves, then lowered its head again to continue eating its own grass.
After having dinner, mother Chen made another saddle pad with rabbit fur and coarse cloth overnight, saving Zhu Pingan from sitting on the cold saddle again on a cold day.
After making the cushion, mother Chen tied the cushion to the saddle with a strap, fixed it, touched it with her hand, it was fluffy and warm, satisfied, put the saddle on one side, and let Zhu Pingan sit on it to try.
“It’s so warm, thank you mother.”
Zhu Pingan put the saddle on the stool, sat on it and tried it, it was soft, comfortable and warm, he couldn’t help but thank his mother Chen.
In the following time, Zhu Pingan, apart from reading books, practicing calligraphy, and writing eight-legged treatises, he also added one more daily routine, which was to lead the killer black horse to the gentle hill below the academy to practice horse riding.
Before practicing horse riding, Zhu Pingan had time to liaise with this proud and amusing Killer Horse, feeding it, feeding it water, and stroking its fur.
It had to be said that this one had a big heart.
Zhu Pingan every time he turned over to ride on the black horse, this comical kill horse black horse always twisted his head to look at, and then spread hooves away, kill horse black horse spread hooves, Zhu Pingan tugging on the reins of the horse at the beginning of some difficult to control the balance, fortunately, there is a saddle stirrups to not fall down.
In other words, he has such a horse, put the modern words, is also regarded as a family with a car, Zhu Pingan rigid riding in the killing horse on the black horse mocking thought, in the modern envy and jealousy of those who have a car of the second generation, in ancient times to meet their own wishes.
“Cluck cluck cluck cluck Zhu Ping An, you are like a stupid toad stuck on the back of a horse.”
Just as Zhu Pingan was stiffly practising horse riding, he suddenly heard a lark-like sneer coming from the back.
