Drunk for the rest of my life

After coming back from last year's trip, Lao Ma's condition has not been very good. He is sick and has no energy, and is getting thinner day by day.This day he even collapsed in front of the small courtyard, only snorting occasionally.

When Nian'er, who was going to school, saw her, she was startled, and quickly called her master to have a look.

The two originally built a simple stable for the old horse, behind the yard.But this old horse likes to be free by nature, and he wanders around the hills on weekdays, but he doesn't often go back to the stable.Li Xin needed to use it, so he raised his hand and whistled, and it came back swiftly.

Li Xin squatted down to look at the old horse, the skinny appearance really looked like an old man.

After a while, Li Xin stood up, smiled at Nian'er, "It's okay, lovesickness."

Nian'er was startled again, how could it, an old horse in its declining years, suffer from such a disease in its prime?However, what the master said must have his reasons, and he went down the mountain with peace of mind.

When he came back, the old horse had been moved to the stable behind the courtyard.Nian'er took the schoolbag and handed it to her master, and went to see Lao Ma first.

When Li Xin bought this old horse, it was already past the prime of service age, probably because he wanted to avoid the fate of being slaughtered, so he was the only one who picked out dozens of good horses.

The old horse is also obedient, and he is docile and obedient when he is with the master and apprentice, and works hard without complaint.

At this moment, his limbs were stretched out, and he was lying on his side in the stable. Seeing the little master coming to look at it, he half-closed his eyes and shook his ears.

Nian'er looked at it pitifully, went to the firehouse to get fresh corn cobs to feed it, the old horse usually likes this kind of sweets the most.I couldn't help reaching out and stroking its temple hair, which was very distressing.

At night, the master and the apprentice sat crowded together at one end of the small couch to enjoy the shade. The pear tree beside it had grown very tall, with several heavy fruits hanging on it.This year is the first time that the pear tree has really produced fruit, unlike the sour pears of the previous year.

Li Xin took a cattail fan to repel mosquitoes, and fanned it casually.

"Master, why did Lao Ma get lovesickness?" Nian'er was already thirteen, and he could roughly understand the meaning of these three words.

Li Xin smiled, "Its heart is not here, but its body is trapped in this cloud mountain. Doesn't it hurt lovesickness?"

The master's words were vague and he couldn't make sense of it, so he asked again: "Which mare did the old horse take a fancy to?" He looked at him with a surprised face, "It wants to find a companion?"

It caused Li Xin to chuckle, put his arms around Nian'er's shoulders and shook his head, "It likes freedom."

Last year, the two masters and apprentices spent more than two months starting from Tanzhou, crossing Jizhou, and arriving at the vast prairie in the east of Bingzhou.Recalling the scene of the old horse running fast on the grassland, it was instantly clear that it was the vast world with endless fertile fields that caused it to suffer from lovesickness.

Not only Lao Ma can't forget that time, but Nian'er too.

The difference is that what Nian'er cares about is not the boundless grasslands or the beautiful mountains and rivers, but entrusts her heart to a trustworthy person, and goes wandering with him.

For several days in succession, the old horse did not improve at all, and became more and more skinny. With the autumn scenery of the mountains, it was very desolate.

In the evening of this day, Li Xin sat on the futon, playing the piano intently.Unfortunately, I chose a sad melody of Qiufeng Ci, which made Nian'er, a half-grown boy, feel sad.

After finishing the song, Nian'er suddenly said: "Let it go!"

Li Xin also understood what he meant, thought for a moment, nodded and said: "Okay."

The two came to the stable again, Li Xin hugged Nian'er who had reached her shoulders, bowed her head and said softly, "Close your eyes."

Nian'er did as she did, and hugged Master's waist tightly, and heard the firm and powerful heartbeat again.

When Li Xin signaled Nian'er to open her eyes again, the two of them had already reached the vast prairie in Bingzhou.

Nian'er bent down, touched the old horse for the last time, and said goodbye to it: "Get up quickly, you are free from now on!"

The old horse first curled up his limbs and looked up for a while.Then he snorted and stood up tremblingly.Rubbing Ceng Nian'er's arm, she turned and left, running faster and faster.Far away, its excited neighing can still be heard.

Nian'er looked at the direction where it disappeared, took Master's sleeve, and smiled warmly.

Now that the two had arrived, they decided to sleep here overnight.Randomly found a grass to lie down, looking up at the sky.

At night, the starry sky is gorgeous, and the cold moonlight shines on the vast prairie.The autumn wind blows gently, and the yellowish withered grass shakes with the sound of insects, which is very pleasant.

Li Xin put her hands on the pillow, raised the corners of her lips, amused in her heart: If this old horse stays with him for a few more years, he might become a master.It's a pity that I haven't given it a decent name for so many years, and I always call it so old and old.

Nian'er rested her head on Master's shoulder, thinking more.The master's ability to teleport thousands of miles away in an instant; the master's once said that he has the world in his heart; the master's saying that he can't help himself...

"As you said, stay with me forever!"

"Ok?"

Nian'er looked up, stared into Li Xin's eyes, and repeated seriously, "As you said, stay with me forever!"

Li Xin thought that Nian'er was because of Lao Ma's departure, so she was worried that she would leave too, so she prepared a series of lines to enlighten her, "There is no banquet that lasts forever..."

Nian'er shook her head, "You said..."

Seeing that he was so serious, Li Xin hurriedly replied, "En!"

An extremely simple monophonic sound, and Lai Nian'er's extremely reassuring smile.Li Xin raised her hand to ruffle the broken hair on his forehead, thinking silently: idiot.