I'm a humble concubine. My acting skills are off the charts. You can check my performance.

The fragrant dew that was popular in the capital was also a rare and valuable item in Longxi. For a moment, the girls wanted to circle Zhao Fangyu, search her, and shake her so that some more good things would fall down.

As the social scene opened up, Zhao Fangyu did not bring so many perfume pills with her. She said that when she returned, she would give a bottle of perfume pills to each of the young ladies in her family.

None of the Zhao family girls had ever learned how to ride a horse, so Li Jiuniang and Li Shisiniang took them one by one to familiarize themselves with the horses.

The horse ranch is huge. In late spring, the grass is green and from time to time young men or women in bright clothes and riding horses would gallop past, some racing, some galloping. The grass trampled by the horses did not raise clouds of dust like that in the capital, but only the falling dew and startled grasshoppers.

Shisiniang saw Zhao Fangyu frequently looking at the figure riding past on horseback, and thought that she also wanted to ride the horse at a high speed, so she quickly advised her: "Sister Fangyu is new to riding, and if you run so fast, you may not be able to control the horse."

"There are so many fun things to do here. Sister, don't think that Longxi only has wind and sand."

After saying that, Shisiniang took Zhao Fangyu's hand and slowly placed it on the pony's forehead. The horse's hair was a little hard and a little prickly, but Zhao Fangyu was still very willing to learn.

Life in ancient times was not as stable as it is today, and being able to ride a horse meant mastering an extremely useful life-saving skill.

Zhao Fangyu not only wants to ride a horse, she also wants to learn archery!

This dynasty reveals the shadow of the Song Dynasty everywhere, but the Song Dynasty in history was not peaceful. She doesn't know whether the historical trajectory of this fictional dynasty will shift towards the Song Dynasty, but no matter when, it is always better to have the power to protect yourself than to sit and wait for death.

No longer looking around, Zhao Fangyu concentrated on building a relationship with the pony in front of him. Both parties would be easily frightened if they got on the horse suddenly, and only by coaxing the pony in advance could they avoid falling off the horse and scaring it.

"Shisi Niang! What are you doing?" The sound of horse hooves was getting closer. When Zhao Fangyu turned around, he was facing a huge horse face.

The dark pony blinked and snorted gently through his nostrils in a friendly manner.

Zhao Fangyu had never been in such close contact with a horse before. He felt a heat coming towards him. He couldn't help but take a few steps back and cover his chest!

My God, what a reckless person!

Seeing that Zhao Fangyu was frightened, Li Shisiniang quickly ran over and punched the young man's legs.

"Shi Er Lang! What the hell are you doing? You scared me!"

The young man immediately dismounted and apologized after hearing this. He lifted his long legs and got off the horse, which was as tall as a person. He was tall and thin, and had been exposed to the sun on horseback for many years. His skin was darker than anyone Zhao Fangyu had ever seen.

The young man touched the back of his head embarrassedly and laughed in a muffled voice. His sharp white teeth were set off by his dark skin. For some reason, Zhao Fangyu dreamed of returning to Africa.

However, the dark-skinned boy's face turned red the moment he saw Zhao Fangyu clearly, but his face was so dark that even Shisiniang beside him did not notice it.

Shisiniang wanted to pull the boy's ears, but the boy subconsciously slapped her down. Shisiniang was so angry that she slapped the boy loudly on the back. Only then did the boy calm down and quickly followed Shisiniang.

"Don't be afraid, sister. Brother Twelve is born stupid. He didn't mean to scare you."

The corners of Li Shierlang's mouth froze immediately, and he looked at Zhao Fangyu with an awkward look. He leaned forward and said in a muffled voice: "I was careless just now and frightened my cousin. It's my fault."

"I'm Shi Er Lang. I went to Fancheng a few days ago and just came back today, so my cousin probably didn't see me yesterday."

As he spoke, Shi Er Lang took a small box from his pony and handed it to Zhao Fangyu: "You were delayed on the way, otherwise I should have given it to my sisters yesterday."

Zhao Fangyu thanked him politely, but Shi Erlang said, "Sister, you can take a look and see if you like it. If you don't like it, I can take the stones off and make jewelry for you."

Zhao Fangyu: “…” Is it the rule from ancient times to the present that dark-skinned people are not smart?

Upon hearing this, Zhao Fangyu opened the brocade box and the object in it was revealed, which was a dagger used by women.

The scabbard was made of gold and inlaid with many gems, especially one on the handle that was larger than a cat's eye.

Thinking of the large gems his uncles gave him yesterday, Zhao Fangyu couldn't help but wonder, are gems the specialty of Longxi?

Perhaps it was because the gifts given by Li Shi of Longxi were all jewels, Zhao Fangyu could not help asking. Shisiniang smiled and replied, "This was sent from outside Jiayuguan."

"We, the Longxi Li family, are not like other families that value literature over martial arts or martial arts over literature. All our descendants, regardless of gender, must learn to ride a horse and finish reading the Four Books. If the brothers in our family want to be military men, they will follow their uncles to Jiayuguan."

"Most of the gems in the house were spoils of war brought back by my children and grandchildren from the wars outside Jiayuguan."

Shi Er Lang nodded innocently: "I brought all the gifts to my sisters back by myself." His words were full of the spirit of a local rich man. If it were put outside, no one would know that this could be the child of Li from Longxi.

Zhao Fangyu thanked him. Not long after, Zhao Fangjin came back and got the same jeweled dagger. Even Zhao Fangmo got one, but it was smaller and perfect for peeling fruit.

When he returned home at night, Zhao Fangyu found out that this Li Shierlang, whose real name was Li Botang, was a notorious idiot in the family.

"Shi Er Lang is the dumbest. The other sisters of the Four Books had finished learning by the age of ten at the latest, but he was the only one who was beaten until last year before he finished his studies. It was because his uncle was tired of beating him that he said that a rotten tree cannot be carved, and whoever can carve it can do it. Anyway, he would not carve it even if he was beaten to death. In desperation, his family let him go to Jiayu Pass."

When Shisiniang mentioned Twelve Lang's studies, she couldn't help but sigh, "This is the first time in the past hundred years that our Li family has encountered such a fool."

Zhao Fangyu looked at Shisiniang's rather disdainful expression and said with a smile: "This is nothing. After all, Shierlang seems to have a special talent in martial arts, right?"

Shisiniang tutted again: "My little uncle said that if you don't have any skills, you deserve to be sent out to beg for food, and don't even say you are a member of the Li family if you are beaten to death."

After saying this, he tightly grasped Zhao Fangyu's hand, as if recalling something sad: "In our family school, if one student makes a mistake, the whole group will be punished. Every time he can't recite the book, we have to copy it with him and be punished together..."

As if she was thinking of that dark past, Shisiniang burst into tears and murmured, "Too stupid... It's really too stupid..."

"I get punished every day. The calluses on my hands from copying books are two layers thicker than my aunt's!"

Zhao Fangyu didn't expect that there would be such a sad thing in this generation of the Li family. He took Shisiniang back to his room with a smile and coaxed her with a silver incense ball.

The eldest lady came back from outside, and after Shisiniang and Zhao Fangyu said goodbye, she called Zhao Fangyu to her and asked, "What do you think of Longxi?"

"Are you used to living here?"

According to the eldest lady's consideration, Zhao Fangyu's marriage is not easy to arrange. At least Zhao Minshan has to be persuaded.

After much thought, it is best to marry back into the Li family.

If she really married back into the Li family, Zhao Minshan would have to suppress all his ideas when confronted with her father.

I just don't know if Fan Yu is used to the customs of Longxi. After all, compared with Shangjing, Longxi still looks a bit rough.