The door of the courtyard house has been welded dead

The north wind is howling outside.

In the dim stable, a young man was shoveling horse manure conscientiously.

Although he is called a young man, judging from his untidy beard, no one would be surprised if he were to be said to be in his thirties.

But his handsome appearance was not affected by the beard. With his long arms and legs, he attracted the attention of the girls just like the horses in the stable.

After shoveling an area, the young man picked up the wooden fork and added a few more pieces of hay to the haystack on the ground. He also patted it tightly with the fork. He looked like a horse-raising expert with many years of experience.

Outside the thick straw curtains, the girls from the production team were carrying hot water, throwing fodder, and when two or three of them gathered together, they looked through the gaps in the straw curtains and started pointing and criticizing the young people who were working skillfully inside.

The look was very strange, just like what Li Feng once said to Jia Haijie, people who are not handsome enough can never imagine how bold and proactive female comrades can be sometimes.

How could the young man in the stable not notice the scorching gaze? He subconsciously turned his body to the side, leaving only half of his face facing outside, to hide his inner panic.

"What a pity, Lingjun! If your elder sister Sun hadn't gotten married earlier, she would have brought you back to the house anyway~!"

The concept of love on the grassland is very different from that in the inland. Except for the educated youth who have come here, they still maintain an introverted character. The female men on the grassland don't care about these at all and are very direct.

To like someone is to like them boldly, to pursue someone is to pursue them boldly. There is no such thing as not daring to hold hands when dating someone. If there is no one around, the girls on the grassland will even dare to block the gay men in the alley and push them against the wall.

"They are all just like you, useless people. They are so hesitant when it comes to dating. A galloping horse will not take the initiative to ask you to put on the saddle. You have to be brave enough to pick up the pole in your hand and put it on~!"

Sister Caoyuan, who was being teased by other female comrades, was not at all timid. She put one hand on her waist and pointed at the people just now with one hand, and there was even a hint of disdain on her face.

A few girls who were joking just now, when they heard the eldest sister's straightforward description, they immediately dispersed with laughter.

Left hand, right hand, sometimes, they can still tell the difference clearly in their hearts. No matter how they look at it, Xu Lingjun is a good man suitable for marriage and starting a family. But it is useless for them to distinguish clearly, and what is in the file is the most important.

Regardless of everything, he abandoned his current family to pursue his own love. If Xu Lingjun's identity was not so troublesome, it would be fine, but the world is like this, and it is because of this trouble that he has avoided countless matchmaking attempts.

How could Xu Lingjun, who was working in the stable, not hear the flirting of the girls outside? He even knew who was making fun of him and Sister Sun.

But he still lowered his head, and his hands shoveled horse manure even faster. Only he himself understood the bitterness in his heart.

The young man was quite generous and didn't mind the girls making jokes about these things, but that didn't mean he didn't notice anything at all.

After settling down at the military horse farm, he had thought about finding a girl, getting married and starting a family. After all, he was indeed not young anymore, and it would be fake to say that he was not envious of others who were in pairs.

But the invisible shackles of identity seemed impossible to break free of. During the four years, the girl he liked gradually got married and started a family, which made him bury his feelings even deeper in his heart.

"Marriage, with my status, who will marry me? And who will remember me who is releasing the horse~?"

The horse herders living under the Yinshan Mountains seemed to have become the shriveled grass at this moment, and the pain in their hearts involuntarily surged up in their minds again.

“Squeak~!”

Horses understand human nature, especially adult military horses. They may have sensed that the guy who often brushed their fur was in a bad mood, so they snorted loudly, then rubbed their heads against his arm, looking at him gently with their big eyes.

Xu Lingjun also rubbed his head against the military horse. This guy who understands human nature is sometimes more considerate than humans, but he just can't speak.

"You are the only ones who understand me~!"

Beneath the superficial smile, there is a broken heart. Even if the people in the military horse farm are very nice, it is difficult for him to heal the trauma in his heart.

"Boom~!"

The sound of the car engine was faintly heard in the cold wind. Perhaps Xu Lingjun thought of something, and his face subconsciously looked very nervous.

"A car is coming, a car is coming from the village. Old Xu, you, you hide first, hide in the haystack over there, and leave the rest to me. I'll fool them away and then call you out. Don't come out even if others call you~!" The next second, Uncle Guo opened the heavy straw curtain, and anxiously asked Xu Lingjun to get into the haystack. Seeing that he was still in a daze, he immediately pushed him down on the straw mat where the military horses slept. Perhaps he felt worried, so he covered him with hay and gave him a solemn warning.

Xu Lingjun was still a little at a loss, his eyes were very confused, and there was a hint of innocence, as if he remembered something. The PTSD deep in his soul made his body tremble.

The sound of the car engine came closer and closer, becoming clearer and clearer. Xu Lingjun was trembling more and more violently. The sensible military horses temporarily stopped eating and gathered around the haystack, subconsciously protecting the young man who was brushing their fur and trimming their hooves.

Guozi came out of the stable and walked out of the yard in a hurry. Looking at the vehicles getting closer and closer, a trace of inexplicable disgust flashed across his eyes, and then he put on a slick smile.

The jeep arrived and stopped outside the yard of the military horse farm. The team members who were working subconsciously put down their work. Some of them secretly glanced at the stable, and then pursed their lips tightly.

The driver did not get out of the car, but a young man in a military coat got out of the passenger seat.

"Hello, comrade. Is this the military horse farm?"

The young man who got off the bus looked around, as if he was recalling something. He looked very unfamiliar. Guozi's vigilance was at its highest point. He did not answer the question immediately, but took a roundabout way and asked back.

"Hehe, hello, comrade, who are you looking for?"

Li Feng got off the car and carefully looked at Guo Zi, who looked a bit cunning. In his mind, he finally matched him with the character in the movie.

"You should be Guo Zi, right? I was introduced by Uncle Hadan Bater to come here to find someone from your place. His name is Xu Lingjun, and he is here~!"

Seeing this situation, Guo Zi became even more certain. When he heard that the deputy village chief had betrayed Lao Xu like this, he was so anxious that he stamped his feet. The key point was that he had no time to complain in his heart because people had already come to him.

"Old man, Xu Lingjun, this name sounds familiar. You must be from Team One. Did you go in the wrong direction? We are at the military horse farm, but we are Team Two, and there is no Xu Lingjun here~!"

It is impossible to hand it over. The people of the grassland are unreliable and will betray their brothers, but those who come from the northwest are very reliable and will not betray their own people.

No matter how hard he tried, Guozi would never admit that he was Guozi. He made up his mind that as long as he could fool people away and it snowed at night, he would have gotten through the day. No matter how serious a person was, he would not come here again and again.

"Don't pretend with me, you are Guo Zi~!"

Li Feng pointed his finger at Guozi. No wonder he looked so cunning. This guy was really sly. Most people might have been fooled by him.

"I'm not Guo Zi, you've got the wrong person, there's no such person as Xu Lingjun here~!"

Guozi didn't care if he told lies with open eyes, even if it offended people. Lao Xu had made up his mind today. The young man in front of him had to either turn around and leave or get out. There was no other way.

"I know Xu Lingjun~!" Li Feng was a little helpless. He looked around, trying to find the shabby house of Old Xu.

"It doesn't matter if I know him. There is no such person here~!" Guozi widened his eyes with an innocent look.

"He and I are classmates~!" Li Feng poked his chest with his finger, and it felt like his saliva was about to dry up.

"Even classmates can't do that~!"

"He'll recognize me when he sees me~!"

"He knows you, but I don't~!"

No matter how he argued, Guo Zi was determined not to let Xu Lingjun out. Although the person who came this time seemed very friendly, it was quite annoying to lie to someone.

"Xu Lingjun, I know you are here. Remember four years ago, at the Animal Husbandry Station, Veterinarian Hao~!"

Guo Zi was playing rogue with him, so Li Feng wouldn't do that. He clasped his hands and shouted loudly towards the military horse farm. (End of this chapter)