After the whole family was swept away, I lay down flat

Chapter 52 Small School Field

As early as when Haitang first asked her grandmother and brother that she wanted to practice martial arts, Ma said that she wanted her to learn to ride a horse.But this matter has been postponed to this day and has not yet been implemented.

The Hai family has horses.Although most of the horses brought back from Guazhou were sold to Suzhou Wei, Hai Xiya still wanted to return to his hometown at that time, so he still kept the horses used by his family.There was also a pony among them, which was originally reserved for his grandson Haijiao. After Haijiao was reborn, he thought it was too docile, so he picked another one.Since Haitang wants to learn to ride a horse, this docile pony is ready-made, even with the matching harness.

But the Hai family has no place.The house is so big, and the small side yard where the stable is located can accommodate a few horses, but there is no space for the horses to move around.In the past, it was still possible to go outside the city. In such a vast wilderness, Suihai's family could do whatever they wanted.But there was a big battle outside Suzhou City not long ago, leaving many weapons and corpses of people and horses, and it was easy to hurt people if you were not careful.When the battlefield was cleared, the second and third groups of immigrants arrived.Ma was worried that there were too many people outside the city and it was not safe enough. Even the streets in the city were not allowed for his grandchildren, let alone the wilderness outside the city.
Therefore, these days, Haitang can only practice palm skills, boxing skills, kick skills, Qinggong, etc. at home. As for other things, because there are no knives and swords suitable for her, she can only practice sword skills and sword skills. Not to mention riding that requires a larger venue.

She was not in a hurry.She had already mentioned to Wang Chengfu's wife across the street that she wanted to learn whipping. Wang Chengfu's wife readily agreed to her request, but made a request about the whip she used, which needed to be modified.Before the transformation of the whip is completed, Haitang can just continue to practice the basic martial arts skills she currently masters.Her proficiency in palm skills, boxing skills, and light skills has exceeded 40.00%, and her proficiency in internal skills, mental skills, and kick skills has also reached 20.00%. The future is promising, and there is nothing to worry about.Anyway, after these two waves of immigrants left, she had plenty of time to learn to ride a horse before the next wave of immigrants arrived.

Unexpectedly, Hai Changan could find a suitable venue in the city, and Haitang was very surprised.

Hai Changan told her: "This small school ground is not far from the government office. Sun Yonglu originally got it for himself and his confidants in the name of military training. It is not private property, but is listed in the name of the guard station. Sun Yonglu has left, and will not be here in the future. He will not come back, and the place where he lives has been taken back by the guard, so the same is true for this small school."

But there is something wrong with the origin of this small school ground. It was originally used for residential buildings and workshops. Just because it was close enough to Sun Yonglu's residence, only thirty or forty feet away, and the terrain was flat, he took a fancy to it and used the name of the guardhouse to forcibly After occupying it, he wanted to use it as a school ground to facilitate himself and his confidants to train troops and race horses.

The generals of Suzhou Guard were very angry. However, his background was too strong at the time, and he found a high-sounding reason. The original owner of the land was timid at first. He did not want to offend the powerful people, so he would rather move out overnight without money.General Wednesday and General Gu could only pay the original owner of the land a sum of money in the name of the guard station to prevent him from suffering too much damage.

Now Sun Yonglu is gone.The news coming back from Ganzhou was that the Ministry of War had issued a document, convicting him of a moderate crime, removing him from office and recalling him to the capital.His deeds of protecting Hu spies have long been spread throughout the northwest. Even if he later defends that it was not intentional, he did not know about it beforehand, and it was just an "accident", his reputation will be very ugly.Everyone in the frontier army is not willing to work with such a confused person. It is impossible for him to achieve anything in the frontier army.Mr. Sun Ge had no choice but to call him back and keep a low profile for two years. When the situation changed, he would fill the vacancy again.However, his impression on the emperor was very bad. Even if he could make a comeback in the military in the future, he would probably be living in mediocrity and would not be able to hold real power.The northwest frontier army breathed a sigh of relief and had less worries about disposing of the things he left behind.

The official residence assigned to Sun Yonglu by the guard station can be taken back directly. If someone comes to fill the vacancy in the future, it can also be assigned to the latter to live in.But considering that this small school grounds originally had an owner and was the location of the original owner's ancestral home, the generals at the guard station planned to wait until they asked the original owner about his intentions.

After the original owner was forced to sell his ancestral home and workshop that year, he moved his family out of Suzhou and settled in Shazhou for fear of being embarrassed by Sun Yonglu.Now that the imperial court has ordered the Dachu people who have moved to Guasha Prefecture to settle in the customs, the original owner of the land must also come back after hearing the news about Sun Yonglu.When he returns to Suzhou, the generals will first ask him whether he wants to rebuild his former residence and move back with his family.If he gives up, the health center will use this small school ground for public use.

Until then, the small school grounds stood empty.After the second batch of immigrants arrived in Guazhou a few days ago, they were once used to house a group of young people whose origins were unclear. After everyone's identity was found out, they were separated and the young people were separated. The school grounds were vacated again.

Hai Chang'an went out to visit friends today and happened to pass by this small school ground. He found that several familiar military attachés were training horses there. He went to inquire about it and learned that it was currently idle. They were the family members of the guards or officials from the local yamen. , subordinates can borrow it, so I hurried home to report the news.He said to Haitang: "The small school ground is only two blocks away from our home. It only takes one stick of incense to walk. It is very convenient to go back and forth. Your brother can borrow the school ground of the health center to practice horse racing, but he will have to squeeze in with others. , it’s better to move to the small school grounds. You should also follow and learn to get on and off the horse and ride slowly. When you are two years older and taller, it will not be too late to learn to race. "

Haitang naturally had no objection: "Then when are we going there? Let's go today?"

Hai Chang'an thought for a while: "Okay. There are not many people going to the Xiaoxiao Ground to practice horses now. Let's take a break after lunch and go there early to avoid being crowded by too many people after the news spreads." As for his eldest nephew Hai Jiao, Over there, it depends on his time.He is busy with homework and has to go to the health center every day. I am afraid that he will have to wait until he returns home in the evening before he can find time.

Haitang quickly went back to the house to look through the riding clothes that her grandmother Ma had prepared for her. It was actually a set of old clothes belonging to her brother Hai Jiao. The clothes fit her perfectly, and the men's clothes made it easier to move.When everything was ready, Jin Guo came back. Haitang hurriedly asked Jin Guo: "Do you know how my whip is doing? Can you get it back today?"

Jin Guo was a little confused: "When I came back, I heard from the people at the saddlery shop that it was almost done and I can get it back tomorrow."

Then wait until tomorrow to get it.Anyway, it’s not a bad day’s work.

Jin Guo learned that Hai Changan had found a small school where he could practice horse racing, and he became a little interested: "I'll go with you. I can also ride a horse, and my riding skills are no worse than others. If you want to learn, I can take you with me." .”

Haitang knew after thinking about it that when she went out in the afternoon, Ma would definitely ask her to take the golden fruit with her. She did not refuse and just asked, "Did you find grape seeds at the market today? Are there any other seeds?"

Jin Guo sighed when he talked about this: "There are no grape seeds, only some vegetable seeds, and some onions, ginger, and garlic. But someone said that he knows someone who has seeds for sale, so I asked E Ming to find him again."

Haitang was not in a hurry: "Then you have to watch carefully, don't let others fool you with fake seeds." He then took her to look at the prepared wooden troughs, "Look, I even planted grapes and vegetables." Everything is ready. When the seeds are found, you have to teach me how to plant grapes well!"

Jin Guo grabbed a handful of the special soil in the wooden trough and smelled it. He hummed a few times. His eyes were bright and he couldn't help but grin.

(End of this chapter)