Chapter 261: The First Flutter of Zhenzhen’s Request (5)_1
Watching Little Black, Xiao Ruiyuan’s eyes twitched, believing that this horse hardly qualified as a horse, though it could just about serve to teach children.
Yet what followed took him by surprise. Not only was Little Black gentle, but after his teaching, it actually began to understand some simple commands. Had it not been so scrawny, he might have thought it was a retired war horse.
"Who picked out this horse?" Xiao Ruiyuan asked Zhenzhen curiously, impressed by the discerning eye for horses, thinking that, although small, with proper care, it might turn out to be a great steed.
"My big sister picked it. She spent only Eight Tael Silver! The day Little Black arrived, he had diarrhea. We all thought he wouldn’t make it, but my big sister said he would definitely get better, and sure enough, Little Black did and even grew prettier. Big brother, don’t you think my big sister has a great eye?"
Zhenzhen proudly rattled off, her heart and eyes filled with admiration for her big sister.
"Hmm, your big sister indeed has a good eye," Xiao Ruiyuan listened attentively, eager to learn more about the girl he fancied, "What does your big sister usually do at home?"
Zhenzhen tilted her head and thought, counting on her fingers, saying, "Sometimes she goes up the mountain with Little Flower, sometimes to the orchard on the back mountain, then she reads books, makes clothes, takes care of Little Fur Ball, cuts grass to feed Little Black, and Da Huang and Little Yellow and Little Little Yellow, and then she makes delicious cakes..."
Xiao Ruiyuan listened intently, picturing in his mind the many expressions of a woman doing these things—mischevious, stern, tender... He suddenly really wanted to stay, even if it was just to watch her do these ordinary things every day.
Zhenzhen prattled on and on and eventually looked up at the distracted Xiao Ruiyuan to ask, "Big brother, don’t you think my big sister is the best sister in the world?"
Xiao Ruiyuan snapped back to reality, the corners of his lips curling slightly, "She is the best."