Old Horse Winnie

Yunnan mountainous, inconvenient transportation, remote areas, and transporting goods all rely on animal power, so the horse gang is prevalent.

Called the horse gang, might as well be called the mule gang more accurately because even with dozens of foot power of the horse gang, there are only one or two horses, the rest are mules. The mule is a cross between a horse and a donkey, the body is generally larger than the horse, although not as good as the horse Mercedes like the wind, strong endurance, good at steep mountain roads with a heavy pack, and mules are not as picky as the horse mouth, half a basket of grass a bean cake can be fed, the cost is much cheaper than raising horses. Therefore, the calculating head of the horse gang is willing to mules.

But a horse gang, regardless of size, can not be clear are mules, at least one or two horses. Although mules are stronger than horses in other aspects, their guts are oddly small. Walking in the wilderness, inevitably encounter danger, mules are slow to react, more lack courage and wisdom to deal with the crisis must be the horse to take the lead to run away, and mules will follow the horse to escape. The horse is the backbone of the mule in critical moments.

The old horse Weini is a distinguished head horse, in our Manguang get in the cottage of the horse gang has served for more than ten years, according to the head of the horse gang called light dump, Weini has twice saved the horse gang. The first time is the horse gang in the hit Luo River resting tip, just unload the pack saddle, a male and a female two big bears from the river in a reed bush leap out, mules are scared lying on the ground can not get up, waiting for the bears to slaughter, Weini neighing, raised the front hooves towards the bears kicked, alone and two big bears around for ten minutes, insist until the horse rusher arrived on the news. The second time the horses crossed the river, stepping on the leg-deep water just came to the middle of the river, suddenly, the upstream thunderous boom, just in time for the flood, the flood is coming, high mountains, steep riverbed, a blink of an eye, the river rose to a depth of more than a meter, submerged the back of the mules and horses, this is still the flood in a small test, in a few minutes, the waves will be overwhelmingly flying straight down like the devil will swallow everything! The mules are panicked, no matter how the horse-driving people yell, how to whip, but also only in place gyroscope-like rotation, the critical moment, and the Weini neighing, mane flying, splashing, desperately running towards the other side. The power of the example is infinite, the mules are like lost in the night when looking up to see the Big Dipper, followed by Weini quickly boarding the shore, looking back, the middle of the river is already turbid waves rolling a vast ocean.

I was transferred into the Manguang Langzhai horse gang team when Willie has been eighteen teeth. The man 18 a flower, the horse 18 tofu dregs, its purple fur faded luster, mane dappled, spine sunken, like a lack of beauty of the sagging moon, eyes constantly secrete cloudy yellow eye droppings, attracting a group of flies always fluttering around its horse face, like a string of planets regularly orbiting the stars. Not only does it look haggard and senile, but its legs are also not strong enough, not to mention the heavy cargo, is a wooden empty saddle on its back, it will walk a long time, but also four legs will fight. But Zhaoguang dump still can't let it retire, he said: "With Weini in, my heart is strong, even more, dangerous road, I also dare to go. It can not carry things, let it go empty."

Spring is a busy season for horse gang transport, we set out to send a batch of Jingdezhen porcelain to Myanmar's Mong (mě ng) hold. Halfway over the Ghanong Mountain: this is a karst landscape of rocky mountains, cliffs cut out between a sheep's intestine path of only one meter wide, the left side is a hundred feet abyss, the right side is a pen steep wall, about a mile long, the terrain is very dangerous, like a hanging tightrope walking general, gag name on the ghost see sorrow. Not to mention mules and horses, people walking on it will also be frightened. Several mules swarmed at the intersection of a ghost sighting, cowering, how to push but not dare to go forward. The mules followed the mules with fear and trepidation only after Zhaoguang had led Winnie into the ghost sighting.

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The thatch at the exit of the ghost sighting, flashing a splash, dark grass deep, a pair of greedy and hungry copper bell eyes, shot two hard and sharp light.

Oh, there is a blocking tiger ahead!

Our situation is extremely dangerous, retreat is impossible to retreat, although with a few shotguns, but dare not use, the sound of the gun, the mules will be frightened to blow up, the consequences are unthinkable.

The mules would be frightened and the consequences would be unthinkable. The mules that followed did not know what was going on, but from the panicked expressions and movements of the old horse Winnie, they sensed some kind of threat was approaching and all stopped in unison, raising their manes and tails and looking around in fear.

A bunch of scared birds. The building is about to collapse. The critical moment of a close call. Zhaoguang flung his arms around the horse's neck, doing his best to keep it quiet. His hand stroked back and forth over its spine and chest, human face against the horse's, over and over. "My Weenie, oh my old Weenie, oh my good Weenie, now, you are the only one who can save the whole horse gang. You're a good, loyal horse, you know what you have to do now. I can only count on you, my good Weenie." He crouched in Weenie's ear and spoke fondly. Strangely enough, the old horse Weini seems to understand the words of the call light, the mood slowly calmed down, he no longer raised his mane neighing, and no longer jumped and turn, it dropped his head, staring at the ground, like a philosopher in meditation. It slowly reared its head, its face resolute and composed, and seemed to imply a hint of helpless sorrow.

"Go on, my good Weenie." Called the light flung on the horse's buttocks and gently patted twice.

The old horse Winnie eyes a damp, shaking mane, and strides forward. I do not know what kind of mood a life towards the tiger, towards the abyss, towards destruction, towards hell will be, I only saw, the old horse Weini trotted, no neighing, no turning, calmly through the ghostly intersection of the mountain thatch. The miserable wind and the strong stench of fishy smell also trailed the old horse wiener gradually away.

The whole horse gang passed through the ghostly sorrow safely, when walking down the mountain turnip, only then heard the tiger's whistling and horse's sad cry in the distance.