“I’m here!”
As the last ray of light faded, Lin Zhen and Feng Tingxuan finally found Song Wei.
But they never expected Song Wei to bring them such a huge surprise.
Not only had she tamed a horse king, but she was also followed by a herd of horses!
Yu Wei, who had also come along to search for her, was so shocked that his jaw nearly dropped.
This girl from the Lin family never ceased to amaze everyone.
“Have you prepared dinner? I brought back a wolf.”
With a bright smile, she took down the grassland wolf that was hanging on the back of the horse she had ridden earlier and held it up for them to see.
Beauty and the beast, though the beast was already dead.
But the impact of this scene was still quite significant.
“Where did you get that?!”
Three pairs of eyes stared at her in unison.
Lin Zhen remained calm, while the other two were utterly shocked, completely stunned!
“I hunted it. The horse herd encountered a wolf pack, so I took one down.”
“Some of the horses were injured. Uncle Yu, could you take a look at them?”
Yu Wei rubbed his hands together, his gaze at the herd of horses as passionate as if he were looking at a lover.
Song Wei: “Uncle Yu, these horses will return to the grassland once they recover. Your brigade can’t keep them. I promised Dahei, otherwise, it would run away.”
If a horse decides to run, it would be impossible to find it in the vast grassland.
Yu Wei’s eyes widened: “What? Just let them go?”
Encountering so many wild horses was a stroke of luck, and catching even one or two would be considered a blessing.
Song Wei had controlled the leader of the herd, and since she had helped the horses fight off the wolves, they were willing to follow her.
Letting them go would be such a waste.
Yu Wei looked at Song Wei with incomprehension.
Song Wei remained expressionless: “These horses aren’t mine. Even if I brought them back, they would have to be handed over to the collective, right? They wouldn’t belong to me or my uncle, so why should I bring them back?”
She wasn’t going to do something that only benefited others while she gained nothing. The people of Nankang Brigade would be happy, but she wouldn’t.
She wasn’t going to do something that only put her at a disadvantage.
Yu Wei touched his nose: “Actually, wild horses caught alive can belong to individuals, but since you’re not from our Nankang Brigade, you can’t own them. And your uncle’s status doesn’t allow him to own horses either.”
Song Wei nodded: “Uncle Yu, if you can tame a horse and make it willingly follow you back, I have no objections. But I won’t do something that only benefits others.”
Hearing Song Wei’s words, Yu Wei’s eyes lit up completely.
Encountering a wild horse herd was rare, and even if you did, it was hard to catch and even harder to tame them.
Especially when encountering them alone, trying to lasso a horse meant risking being attacked by other wild horses.
Not only might you fail to catch the horse, but you could also get injured. With the poor medical facilities here, getting injured would be a huge blow to any family.
Encountering wild horses as a group was safer, but any horses caught would belong to the collective, and they wouldn’t get to keep any.
Here, owning a horse was equivalent to owning a bicycle.
The difference was that you didn’t have to buy a horse, but raising one well would cost just as much as a bicycle.
Therefore, the number of people in the brigade who owned their own horses could be counted on one hand.
The horses they rode were collective property, and when they returned, these horses would be taken back.
Yu Wei rubbed his hands together: “Niece, are you serious about what you said?”
Yu Wei didn’t even call her Comrade Song anymore.
Calling her Comrade Song was too formal—it had to be “niece” to sound more familiar.
Song Wei nodded: “As long as they are willing.”
These horses weren’t hers; they belonged to Dahei. Whether they were willing to follow him or not had nothing to do with her.
Yu Wei was thrilled and walked into the herd.
Several horses avoided him and went to graze elsewhere.
Yu Wei tried to tame a brown steed he had his eye on, which was only slightly smaller than the black horse.
But he was thrown off, covered in dust.
Not everyone had the strength and control to hold onto a horse firmly.
Yu Wei wasn’t discouraged and stood up, patting his butt.
This time, he didn’t aim too high and chose a mare that seemed to have a gentle temperament.
He didn’t start taming her right away but instead took out a bean cake from his pocket.
This was a special feed made for horses, containing bean dregs and grass that horses loved to eat.
Even the brigade’s horses were well cared for, occasionally getting some fine feed.
What Yu Wei took out was one of the horses’ favorite treats.
Sure enough, the mare caught the scent and unceremoniously stuck her head over to eat.
Yu Wei patted her head.
“Good girl, come with me. My family will treat you well and give you lots of good food.”
After the mare finished eating, Yu Wei felt that she was less resistant to him and mounted her to begin taming.
The brown mare started to run but didn’t buck as violently as the previous horse.
Song Wei and the other two watched the horse run.
“Will he succeed?”
Feng Tingxuan was somewhat envious. He also wanted a horse of his own.
But he only dared to think about it.
Not only was it impossible given his current status, but even if it were, he didn’t have the ability to tame a horse.
“He should succeed. This mare doesn’t seem to reject Old Yu as much.”
Song Wei nudged Lin Zhen with her elbow.
“Do you want to try taming a horse too?”
Lin Zhen shook his head: “No, we can’t take horses with us when we leave.”
Song Wei: “I plan to release Dahei when I leave.”
Whatever decision Song Wei made, Lin Zhen supported her.
Besides, this was the black horse Song Wei had tamed. He felt it wouldn’t be right to leave it with anyone else.
After more than an hour, Yu Wei finally tamed the mare.
Both the horse and the man were exhausted, but Yu Wei was ecstatic.
As soon as he dismounted, he gave the mare another horse cake to eat.
“It’s done!”
Yu Wei was overjoyed.
“Niece, I won’t say much, but when we get back, I’ll give you some money and ration tickets. I won’t take advantage of you for nothing.”
Song Wei: “No need. You tamed it yourself.”
Yu Wei said: “That’s not the way to put it. Even if I had encountered this herd today, I wouldn’t have dared to approach them. But since you controlled the horse king, I had the chance to get close to the herd. I still have to thank you.”
Under the night sky, the group sat around a bonfire, roasting wolf meat.
Wolf meat wasn’t particularly tasty—it was gamey and tough.
But it was still meat, and everyone ate heartily without complaint.
Even the little boss had a full bowl of meat paste in his food bowl.
This little guy now ate to his fill every day.
Song Wei was telling them about the animals and scenery she had encountered that day.
She had also taken many photos.
“The Pallas’s cat is like a big cat, with a sad expression and short legs. When it hunts, its movements are jerky, which is really cute. There were also four little Pallas’s cats. I wanted to catch them and raise them, but unfortunately, I can’t stay here for too long.”
Yu Wei, chewing on the meat, said: “That thing might not survive elsewhere.”
Many animals depended on their environment to survive. Even if Song Wei wanted to raise them, she couldn’t, unless she stayed here permanently.
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