books44 Chapter 236 Purple Flower
Chapter 236 Purple Flower
The little black colt was born about the same time as these rosy ponies, and had been following Chu Xiaomu among the herd, so he quickly became familiar with the ponies, chasing and playing with them, rubbing shoulders with them, and having a lot of fun.
One day, after the little black colt had eaten and drunk enough, it began to run around like crazy, sometimes rolling on the snow, sometimes swallowing a few mouthfuls of snow, and sometimes trying to eat a few mouthfuls of dry grass, having a lot of fun. A gray rabbit suddenly jumped out from the grass and circled around the little black colt. The little black colt thought it wanted to play with it, so it rolled in the snow, kicked its four hooves in the air, and made a happy "hehe" sound.
Unexpectedly, the gray rabbit suddenly bit the black colt's ear. The bite was not light. Qisheng's ear was bitten and the skin was broken. A few drops of bright red blood dripped on the snow. Chu Xiaomu was probably puzzled. It is said that rabbits bite when they are angry, but the black colt and he did not provoke it. Could it be a mad rabbit? So he took the whip to drive it away.
The little black colt also became angry and opened its mouth to bite the gray rabbit.
The rabbit was very agile, it turned and dodged, then ran up the hill. The little black colt jumped and chased after it, it seemed that he had the character of revenge.
Chu Xiaomu couldn't call out, so he had to follow the little black colt to prevent it from getting hurt or having an accident.
After walking several dozen feet up the hillside, they came to a brand new snowfield. The gray rabbit circled a slightly raised snow pile for a few times, dodged, and disappeared into a bush nearby. The little black colt rolled a few times, and began to use its nose to push up the slightly raised snow, making the brand new snow into pieces. Suddenly, it jumped to Chu Xiaomu's side, bit his trouser leg with its mouth, and dragged him away. Chu Xiaomu wanted to see what it was going to do, so he followed it. The little black colt took him to the snow pit that had just been dug out with its nose, and jumped around the snow pit, as if saying, "Look what I found."
Chu Xiaomu looked into the snow pit and was surprised and delighted to see a small lavender flower blooming in the dry grass that was originally covered by snow. The flower has eight petals, crystal clear like eight small pieces of purple jade; the stamens are bright yellow, with a small red core in the middle. The small flower is surrounded by a few green leaves, which looks not only strange but also delicate and lovely.
His heart couldn't help but beat fast, thinking, could this be the medicine Miss Jinglan needs? This must be the medicine Miss Jinglan needs!
He casually broke off a branch from his side, carefully dug out the plant with its roots and soil, and hurried back to the camp excitedly.
Everyone was also very surprised and asked him how he found it. Chu Xiaomu pointed at the little black horse and said that he dug it out in the snow. Everyone looked at this inconspicuous little black horse and couldn't believe it.
Only Wu Sheng said, "What's the fuss? Maybe it's just an ordinary flower and it can't cure Zhou Zhongjun's daughter's illness."
Zhang Hou said, "I don't think so. Xiaomu said that medicinal herbs for curing diseases can only be found by chance. Suddenly such a beautiful flower appeared on a snowy day. What else could it be but chance? Xiaomu is very lucky. It seems that we will all benefit from it."
Wu Sheng disagreed and said, "If there is any chance, it belongs to the little black horse. It was the one who found it. What does it have to do with the wood?"
Chu Xiaomu smiled and said, "You have a point. It seems you should stay away from me, or you will be unlucky someday."
Wu Sheng retorted again: "That's not necessarily true. I may not be unlucky for you..." Everyone hurriedly told him to shut up so as not to spoil everyone's fun.
Chu Xiaomu found a piece of kudzu cloth, wrapped the plant with soil, and carefully put it in his bag. He was extremely happy, thinking that he had finally found the medicine for Miss Jinglan.
The little black colt started eating grass more than a month ago, and now basically only eats grass and no longer needs to suck mare's milk. However, his appetite is much larger than other ponies, and he will lose his temper if he is not fed enough. Everyone said that they had never seen a horse with such a bad temper, and they didn't know what kind of strange species it was.
The foals were well fed and played on the snow. The black foal was born more than ten days earlier than the red foals, and ate and drank among the mares. It grew very strong, half a head taller than the other foals, and could run, jump, fight, and become the "king" among the foals.
Every day, they exchanged "嘬嘬嘬" and "嘬呼" and felt it was a bit inconvenient, so they thought of giving him a name. Among the ten people, except Yingdan who knew more words, the others could only recognize some common words, so they asked Yingdan to give him a name.
Yingdan thought for a moment and said, "How about calling it 'Feiwu'? 'Fei' means running fast, and 'Wu' means black. I hope it can run fast on the grassland when it grows up."
Wu Sheng was the first to object, saying, "No, no, my last name is Wu, how can he be called Fei Wu? Besides, it sounds like the word 'waste', which is totally inappropriate!"
Everyone laughed. "Feiwu" and "waste" have similar pronunciations, and it really sounds like calling this little black colt waste.
Yingdan blushed and said, "What about 'Feixuan'? 'Xuan' also means black."
Wu Sheng still shook his head, saying that it was not a nice thing to say, and asked Yingdan to think about it again.
Chu Xiaomu said: "He was born strange, so I think we should call him 'Qisheng'."
Zhang Hou said: "You picked it up, so you called it 'Qisheng', so it's called 'Qisheng'. But I think we can also give it a surname, such as 'Chu'. 'Chu Qisheng' is more handsome and cool."
Lin Zhen, Wu Sheng and others immediately smiled and agreed, saying, "Yes, yes, let's call him 'Chu Qisheng', it sounds better."
Chu Xiaomu smiled and said, "I think you guys are here to insult me. It was found in the forest, so I think it would be better to call it 'Lin Qisheng'. It's pitch black, so 'Wu Qisheng' is not bad either."
Everyone laughed, and the joyful atmosphere jumped on the snow.
There were nine other ponies with light red fur, and everyone wanted to give them names, but it was easy to give them one or two names, but it was difficult for everyone who could not read to give them nine names at the same time. Zhou Weide shouted, "Why bother? I think we should just name them 'Red Big', 'Red Second', 'Red Third'... 'Red Nine', which is simple and easy to pronounce."
Everyone thought about it and realized that many farmers in the major cities of Cangmu Kingdom named their children "cats and dogs", so why bother naming these ponies?
Zhang Hou said, "It's not wrong to call them Red Da Hong Er, but they all look exactly the same. You can tell which one is Red Da Hong Er and which one is Red Jiu, but I can't."