Carrying a Jurassic on me
Chapter 1455 - 703: Broadening Horizons

Chapter 1455: Chapter 703: Broadening Horizons

The verdant grassland stretched boundless, with whimsical wildflowers blooming against the wind, and above the vast blue sky, fluffy clouds dotted around...

That’s the first impression most people have when it comes to horse riding grounds. However, when Yan Fei arrived at the riding ground mentioned by the Chen Yingsong brothers with a sense of curiosity, his first reaction was: Holy moly, this thing’s a riding ground?

Barely neat log fencing, bald grey-brown earth replaced the grassland from his imagination, and the occasional bunches of wildgrass became the scarce decoration—almost a vivid color to speak of.

If it weren’t for the row of nice cars parked outside before entering, Yan Fei would have thought he was taken to the wrong place.

After looking around for a while, he finally found a silver lining—the horse stables seemed decent enough, but what was that fenced sandy area next to it?

Chen Yingsong jumped out to explain: "Brother Fei, you don’t know, on sandy ground horses run slower, and it’s less painful to fall, so it’s safer for beginners to learn horse riding here!"

It did seem safer. There, Yan Fei saw a few youngsters cautiously seated on horses on the sandy ground, looking as if they weren’t sitting on saddles but on ticking time bombs.

And that’s not all, some had horse leaders; on average, every person was flanked by one and a half people to prevent them from getting hurt if they fell—males had one assistant per two, females had one each on both sides.

Come to learn horse riding, protected like this, when would they ever learn?

Although Sancha River Township had few horses, there were naughty children who could hop on and ride away without a perfectly good saddle, right?

Also, looking at the grey-brown riding ground, those who had just learned how to ride, despite holding the reins until their hands turned white, their faces beamed with pride, and their postures exuded arrogance—even appearing as if they had a hawk’s vigilance and a wolf’s gaze, what’s the deal with that?

Would you dare to let the horse go faster than a walking pace?

"Brother Xiaobian, Brother Xiaobian." While Yan Fei was busily musing to himself, Chen Yingsong had already started shouting. "We’ve come to ride horses, hurry it up, time is tight, the competition’s about to start. Help us get a few horses ready first! This is our Brother Fei, the treat is on us today, and he’s footing the bill."

"Did you two sneak out again?" A dark-complexioned, sturdy-looking young man said with a laugh. "You brought a friend too, huh! Hello there, I’m Wang Wei, what should I call you, brother?"

"Yan Fei." Yan Fei extended a hand and shook hands with the young man with a hearty laugh, unable to resist asking. "Are these two regulars around here?"

"Haha!" Wang Wei instantly burst into laughter. "Were you also fooled by their pitiful act to come here? In a moment, when you see their riding skills, you’ll know. Over here, they’re practically masters already, haha!"

Yan Fei was taken aback before realizing that these two "good children" were in fact naughty children.

"Brother, don’t be disheartened. You’re not the first one they’ve tricked here, nor will you be the last, trust me." As Wang Wei uttered the last words "trust me," he deliberately put on a consoling expression, making Yan Fei unable to help but laugh.

"Mhm, if they can ride, that’s good—it saves me from having to look after them. Get us three horses, do we pay first or settle the bill when we leave?"

"No need, no need, they are just messing around. Their Third Brother, Chen Yingjun, is my good buddy, and those two are like my brothers too, why bother charging them?" As Wang Wei said this, he probably remembered something because of mentioning Chen Yingjun. "Wait, Yan Fei, are you Boss Yan who raises cattle?"

Yan Fei nodded: "That’s right, has Old Chen mentioned me to you?"

"Of course, he’s mentioned you too many times. Because he talks about you often, I didn’t connect the dots when I heard the name just now." Wang Wei’s enthusiasm immediately increased. "You’re quite far away, I didn’t expect you here so early."

"I’ve been here for two or three days," said Yan Fei with a smile.

"That jerk Junzi." Wang Wei muttered through clenched teeth. "He didn’t tell me even though you’ve been here two or three days. I’m busy, anyway at our weddings, the young folks can’t really help much, so I thought I’d just wait for the wedding day. I didn’t expect to miss the chance to meet you; come, come, this way please."

As Wang Wei led Yan Fei inside, he continued: "Since he visited your place and came back, he’s been frequently saying how my place doesn’t compare. Whenever I retort, he brings up the tigers you raise to argue..."

"Brother Xiaobian, hurry up!" Chen Yingsong, unable to wait, called out. "We’re in a rush to watch the race, we’ll miss it if it’s any slower."

"Alright, alright." Wang Wei replied jovially. "Boss Yan, if I may call you Brother Fei as well! Brother Fei, did you also come because they told you about the competition? It’s really just two groups of people having fun... Alright, here are the horses, saddles all ready, you each can pick one!"

At this point, even Chen Yingfeng couldn’t wait any longer, darting out from behind the group straight toward his target. From behind, Wang Wei called out with laughter: "You two be careful, remember you absolutely can’t speed. If I catch you once, we’ll be over, remember that!"

Chen Yingsong, busy untangling the reins, replied without turning back: "Brother Xiaobian, how many times have you said that already, don’t worry!"

Wang Wei turned back to explain to Yan Fei: "Their riding skills are pretty good now, as long as they don’t try to show off, they’ll be fine. Brother Fei, just keep a slight eye on them later. By the way, you know how to ride, right?"