How can someone travel through time and space and become a beggar?

Chapter 192

Xia Chu wasn't unaware of the discussion going on over there; it was too obvious. The young men, with their gazes either overtly or covertly, were all looking in her direction. Undeterred, she looked straight over, "Hello everyone, is there something wrong with me?"

You Shaofeng quickly stood up and explained, "No, no, it's not your problem."

Xia Chu looked at him and smiled, saying nothing more. With such obvious dissatisfaction, the group of people, unless they were deliberately looking for trouble or were fools, should stop.

In reality, she didn't need to do that. You Shaofeng had already warned a few of the unscrupulous ones with his eyes. "If you don't want to be friends with me, You Shaofeng, you don't have to treat the friends I brought with me like this. Just say so. We're all brothers. Respecting my friends is also respecting me."

Now everyone fell silent and stopped looking at Xia Chu.

"Alright, alright, we're here to compete today," Qi Zijun said, smoothing things over. "Are you all ready? Even if we're not in the top few, losing would be too embarrassing, but we won't let you down just because we're brothers."

"What are you talking about? I'm definitely ahead of you."

"It's hard to say. I ride better than Shaofeng. Who knows, Shaofeng might be the last one among us."

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Jia Qingwu had been a little worried earlier, feeling that Xia Xia's handling of the situation was too harsh. After all, young people's minds were unpredictable, and this matter really depended on You Shaofeng. But now, seeing the positive atmosphere over there, it seemed You Shaofeng had handled the situation well.

Xia Chu ignored this little incident and returned to the table to drink tea with Jia Qingwu. Aunt Xu had also brought some snacks and set them up.

"Cousin, are you nervous?" Jia Wanqing whispered.

"I'm not nervous." Xia Chu smiled. "I've practiced hard, and I'll give it my all in the competition. Maybe I really want to win, but there are always people better than you. Don't worry too much about the result."

"It's okay. If you lose, Mom will buy you a pony at this stable." She glanced at Wan Qing and Jun Jie's expectant eyes and said, "We have both."

Jia Wanlin wanted one too, but a horse wasn't cheap, even a pony. If she bought too many, it would be bad if her aunt couldn't afford them. After all, she was divorced and had no husband. She made up her mind that if someone offered to buy her one later, she would refuse.

Jia Junting's idea coincided with hers, but neither of them said it out loud.

Not long after, someone came to inform us that we could go and pick horses. Xia Chu said goodbye to the others and went with Xia Tian and Jia Junjie.

They were taken to a stable where the horses looked well-maintained, their coats glossy and their spirits high.

Xia Tian looked around and saw that there were too many people inside. He didn't want to squeeze in with his sister. He checked the horses in front of him and chose a brown one and a bay one.

Jia Junjie didn't need any help and chose the one he liked by himself.

Xia Chu could ride a horse, but she didn't know much about horses. Out of trust in her brother, she readily accepted, but she couldn't help but be curious, "Brother, where did you learn to look after horses?"

Xia Tian chuckled, "Have you heard of that rhyme?"

"What?" Xia Chu became even more curious.

"Look at the skin from a distance, and the limbs and hooves from close up. Look at the width of the chest from the front, and the evenness of the buttocks from the back. Pinch the waist, stroke and squeeze the nose. Shake it three times in front of the eyes, and look carefully at the opening. Drive it for a walk, and it's best to ride it." He said as he led the two horses out.

Xia Chu followed behind, "Why haven't I heard of it?"

Xia Tian paused and said, "The elder brother who feeds the horses at the military farm often talks about it. You'll learn it if you listen."

At this time, Jia Junjie had also chosen a horse, and the three of them followed the instructions of the stable servant and arrived at the starting point.

A big brother who raises horses? Xia Chu was even more puzzled and asked, "Do you raise horses in the military camp?"

Xia Tian laughed awkwardly, "Not really, it's just that I make mistakes occasionally and get punished by brushing the horses."

Jia Junjie pricked up his ears and found that this Brother Wang was actually a soldier?

Huh? Xia Chu frowned, "Brother, do you often make mistakes? I've even memorized the jingle."

"It's inevitable when you first go there." Actually, it was also due to his temper. Although Zhao Huazhang was taking care of him, there were many people in the barracks. Some thought he was too powerful and gave him the cold shoulder, while others thought he was using backdoors to provoke him.

What should he do if provoked? At first, he endured it, but others thought he was afraid and became more and more unscrupulous, mocking and even abusing him. Xia Tian had become much calmer in his years at the Wang family. Unlike when he was a child, he often fought with the people in the beggar shed, even killing them.

But the other party was really too much, and he tolerated the scolding. But when it came to his family and parents, Xia Tian didn't like to argue with people, so he directly took action and beat the other person so hard that he couldn't get out of bed for several days.

Fights were inevitable in the military camp, with all the men involved. But few fought as hard as he did. He was already unable to get out of bed, so naturally, he couldn't hide it.

The superiors didn't listen to the reasons at all. Each person was given ten military sticks, and was required to clean the stables and groom the horses for a month.

However, it was precisely his ferocity that deterred those who were looking for trouble. Afterward, things got quieter, but the Ten Military Sticks still kept him bedridden for a day and limped for ten days. The one who was already bedridden to begin with was beaten with sticks after his injuries healed, and remained bedridden for half a month.

Zhao Huazhang didn't say much when he learned about this, but instead arranged a "revenge meeting," asking everyone with grudges to go up and fight, and declared that he wouldn't care as long as they didn't kill each other.

Who dares to go up there?

Summer dares.

He went straight up and pointed out the people who had verbally abused his family. He then single-handedly beat six of them, leaving them all begging for mercy. This earned him a reputation in the military camp.

Zhao Huazhang said that there would be a "revenge meeting" every two months from now, but anyone who dared to fight privately again would be punished with twenty strokes of the cane without hearing the reason.

While twenty isn't much, the military staff is made of solid wood. The enforcers are soldiers who have trained year after year, and two blows can rip flesh apart. Even someone like Xia Tian, who has practiced martial arts continuously for years, would be lying prone for a whole day after ten blows. Twenty blows from the military staff would be half dead.

Xia Tian didn't dare tell his family that he had been judged by military law, so he skipped the topic and taught Xia Chu how to look at horses.

There were about fifty people participating, and just selecting the horses took half an hour. Since there weren't enough people to run at once, the race had to be split into two parts.

The three of them arrived early and were among the first group. The two of them mounted their horses and went to the designated location to get ready.

I have to say that Qi Zijun chose a good location. Jia Qingwu was standing outside the shed and could vaguely make out Xia Chu's figure.

Jia Wanqing wanted to go further, but Jia Junting held her back. "Right here. It's dangerous ahead."

"How is it dangerous? I'm not going to go over the fence." Jia Wanqing was unhappy.

"If someone startles the horse or fails to rein it in, you won't even have time to run." Jia Junting said sternly, but facing his sister who pouted, he softened his tone and said, "Be good. We can see it from here too. It's not safe to get too close."

"Yes, Wanqing, just listen to your second brother." Jia Wanlin also advised.

Although Jia Wanqing was a little willful, she was not an unreasonable girl. After hearing this, she stopped throwing a tantrum.

Jia Qingwu no longer cared about them. She twisted the handkerchief between her fingers and looked nervously in the direction of Xia Chu.