Uma Musume: Become a Legendary Trainer

Chapter 157: Japan's No. 1 Horse Girl (w)

She ate and drank all afternoon wearing the little chestnut hat. After dinner at a seafood restaurant in the evening, she touched her round belly and said contentedly that she was full.

"Hmm, it seems like I haven't eaten this full in a long time."

Patting her belly in a very unpresentable manner, she smiled with satisfaction and said, "Usually I eat until I am 70% to 80% full for training, but this time I ate until I was 90% full. I feel so comfortable."

"Kitahara, should we travel then?"

"……what?"

Beiyuan, who was asking the waiter to pay the bill, was stunned. Then he didn't know whether to laugh or cry. "Aren't we traveling? How do you understand traveling?"

"Ah? As for traveling, I used to go on family trips with my mom, usually to hot springs."

Oguruma was very confused. "Other travels... I haven't tried them before. I asked Xiaoyu and the others before coming to Hokkaido. Only then did I know that there are many fun things to do while traveling."

"So if we've been eating all afternoon, that shouldn't count as playing, right?"

“When traveling, eating and drinking can be considered fun.”

The waitress has come over, and from her shocked expression you can tell that there is one more person in the world who is shocked by Oguruma's appetite.

I've seen this expression a lot this afternoon, and Kitahara is no longer surprised. He skillfully took out his bank card, which he had taken out several times today. After the waiter left, he thought for a moment and said to Oguruma:
"But if you want to visit some attractions, we can go there later or tomorrow."

As he said this, he took out his cell phone, flipped through the travel guide he had simply compiled earlier, and then handed it to Xiaolimao.

"Look, if you're just visiting Sapporo, the clock tower, Hitsujigaoka Observatory, and the Dome Stadium are all quite famous."

“As for hot springs, Jozankei Onsen is very good.”

"You can also try skiing, Teine Ski Resort is also good, it's closer."

"If you want to experience both hot springs and skiing, Sapporo Kokusai Ski Resort is a good choice. Although it's a bit far from the city, it's very close to Jozankei Onsen, and there are places to stay there."

"If we talk about the whole of Hokkaido, there are even more places to go."

"You can take a look. There are introductions on your phone."

Xiaolimao's movements in operating the phone were a little clumsy.

She was not very good at using these electronic devices. When she was in Kasamatsu, she used an old mobile phone that her mother had used. It took her a long time to learn how to make and receive calls freely.

After arriving in Tokyo, she followed Xiaoyu and the others to change to a smartphone, and she recently learned some basic operations other than making and receiving phone calls.

For example, when setting wallpaper for her mobile phone screen, she asked her companions to set photos of her mother and sister only after her mother and sister came to Tokyo.

She just wasn't good at using it. She still looked very serious at this moment. After reading the travel guide on Beiyuan's mobile phone bit by bit, she thought for a while and returned the phone to Beiyuan.

"If we're going to go out for fun...are there any fun places in Monbetsu or Urakawa?"

Hmm? Those two places...

Beiyuan was surprised because those two places were two of his destinations this time.

In the parallel dimension, Tokui Shu was born at Hidaka Taiyo Ranch in Monbetsu Town, Hokkaido, while Good Opera was born at Kiusu Ranch in Urakawa Town, Urakawa County.

There are no such ranches in this world, but these two places do exist. Kitahara also asked Luduo to help check. Good Opera and Special Week studied at the Umamusume Elementary School in these two places respectively.

It is spring break now, and these two lolita horse girls have not started school yet. If they want to know the specific situation, they still have to contact the local Tresen College.

Before coming to Hokkaido, he asked the Tresen College here to help contact and see if it would be convenient for Fang to visit the home of the two little guys.

Although the local Tresen College is gradually gaining attention, it has been relatively lacking in resource support for a long time, and its efficiency is still a little hard to describe. No clear situation was given over the phone at the time.

According to the reply on the phone, it would take a day or two to confirm the situation, and by the time Kitahara and others come to Hokkaido, there should be a result.

Calculating the time, he should be able to contact her now, but Kitahara had been eating and drinking with Oguruma the whole afternoon, so he didn't rush to call her and planned to wait until he returned to the hotel in the evening.

That is why he was very surprised when he heard Oguruma mention his plan.

"Why do you want to go to those two places? I actually plan to take some time to visit Urakawa-cho and Monbetsu-cho."

He had not mentioned these detailed plans to Xiaolimao before, but now he directly explained:
"Through some special channels, I learned that there are two very talented horse racing girls there. I want to go and see them when the tour is over."

In his opinion, with Zhou's talent for opera, it would be better for him to go to the Central Academy as early as possible. If he could go to Tokyo now, perhaps he would be able to achieve better results in the future.

On the other hand, perhaps because he saw too many familiar horse girls from the original work at the orientation ceremony, he always felt a little regretful that he didn't see them in his sight.

"That's really the case. It seems that what I heard was correct."

Oguruma nodded with a smile, "When we were at the airport in Tokyo earlier, I heard you making a phone call..."

After saying this, she waved her hands, then touched her long ears, and said with an expression that meant to explain, "I didn't mean to eavesdrop, it's just that our horse girls have good hearing, so I heard it."

"Then I heard about those two places, and you said you wanted to find two children."

"Do you want to invite them to join Eternity?" she asked curiously.

"I have this idea."

Nodding, Beiyuan did not hide anything, "It just so happened that your sister's enrollment reminded me that she will also join the Eternal World in the future, so it is not too early to consider her companions now."

"I have some ideas about Xiao Xiaoli's classmate," he said, and the image of the two sisters he saw at the welcome ceremony that day came to his mind, and then he continued:
"Maybe we can take a look at the next session."

"Oh, so I thought the same as Kitahara."

Oguruma jumped for joy. "Before coming to Hokkaido, I wanted to bring my mom and sister with me, but they had to go to school and couldn't come."

"At that time, I was thinking that after my sister entered school, she would also be like me, with partners like Tama and Inari to train and compete with."

"I think Kitahara must have thought about these things. I just happened to hear your phone call at the airport...ah, I really didn't eavesdrop, I just have better hearing."

She touched her ear again, and emphasized it, fearing that Kitahara wouldn't believe her.

Seeing that she was a little cautious, Kitahara couldn't help but laugh.

"You don't have to think so much. In fact, if you want to know a lot of things, I can tell you. I'm just afraid that it will be difficult for you to understand."

"Well, there are a lot of things I don't quite understand, but when you say that, I'm very happy."

Xiao Li Mao showed a relaxed smile and continued:
"At that time, I guessed that you, Kitahara, might have thought of finding some companions for your sister, and it turned out to be like this... Well, it's not right."

She shook her head. "Rather, you already had an idea during the orientation ceremony, and now you want to think about it later."

"I think that although I promised the chairman to make sure you rest well and travel well, if it were you, Kitahara, you would probably feel uncomfortable if you didn't do many things seriously."

"I don't want you to feel uncomfortable."

"So I thought, if you want to go to those two places, I can go with you."

"In this way, even if you take me on a trip all the time, it won't be considered as busywork."

"Then I will complete the chairman's task well, and you, Kitahara, won't feel uncomfortable."

She became even happier.

Kitahara was suddenly very moved.

He knew that his number one horse racing girl was not very good at thinking about things. Apart from eating, she was also interested in running and racing.

She would fall asleep during normal classes because she found it difficult to understand, let alone think straight.

For a girl like her to think about him to this extent, she must have been thinking about it secretly for a long time, and she did this because she cares about him.

"...Thank you, Oguruma."

He chuckled and reached out to touch Xiaolimao's head. Seeing her comfortable smile, Kitahara couldn't help but smile.

"In that case, let me think..."

He thought for a while, "It seems that there is no hot spring in Urakawa Town. As for Monbetsu Town, I remember that Monbetsu Hot Spring is very famous. We can go and try it."

"Hey? Is there a hot spring there too?"

Xiao Limao's eyes lit up, "Great! I really like hot springs. When I was in my hometown, I often went to a hot spring with my mother. Everyone there knew me."

Seeing her happy look, Beiyuan smiled even more deeply. After pondering for a moment, he picked up his mobile phone and made a call.

"Then I'll check with Teresen College over there to see if the horse girl I know is at home."

"If it's there, we can stop by on the way to the hot springs."

"Mmm Good!"

As Xiaolimao nodded repeatedly, the call was connected.

On the other side of the phone was the dean of Sapporo Teresin College. Through the call, Kitahara received good news and not-so-good news.

The good news is that Te Bie Zhou is at home. Her family runs a small ranch, and during her holidays she helps her mother herd sheep on the ranch.

The not-so-good news was that Good Opera went on a trip with her father, or rather, her father went on a business trip and took Good Opera with him.

Beiyuan was naturally very satisfied with the former situation. Especially if Zhou was at home, he could just contact him in advance and visit him in person when the time came.

The latter situation was naturally a little regrettable, but he was relieved in an instant.

The fact that the father of Good Opera is a businessman probably corresponds to the fact that in another world, the owner of Good Opera, Masatsugu Takezono, is also a businessman.

Masatsugu Takezono didn't know anything about horse racing.

The reason he wanted to get into the industry was simply because he saw his childhood friend Iwamoto Ichizo riding a horse and he looked very handsome, which shows how unreliable he is.

This unreliability did not change much after he came into contact with Good Opera. After Good Opera won the G3 Daily Cup, he still failed to recognize its outstanding talent and almost did not plan to sign up for the Gaoyue Award.

Not only that, the entire team of Takezono Masatsugu was a complete makeshift group. The horse trainer was slightly better, as he was Iwamoto Ichizo, his childhood friend who was quite experienced.

As for the main rider Ryuji Wada, he is a complete novice.

Of course, it is precisely against the backdrop of such a grassroots team that Good Opera can still achieve a series of honors such as undefeated throughout the year, dominance in ancient horses, triple crown in autumn, seven wins in G1, and hall of fame titles, which shows how strong its talent and strength are.

...So in this world, the father of good opera can’t be as unreliable as Masatsugu Takezono, right?
Even more so, the unreliability of the entire "grassroots team"...

No, we have to find a way to get the good opera to Tokyo as soon as possible to avoid any messy accidents.

After learning that Good Opera's father was a businessman, Kitahara couldn't help but feel a little worried.

It would be a bit troublesome to find the father and daughter directly at this moment, so he tactfully told the dean of Sapporo Tresen College that he was interested in the horse racing girl, and if possible, he hoped that she could contact him when she and her daughter returned to Hokkaido.

Kitahara already has a certain reputation in the industry, and with the endorsement of Central Tresen College, the dean of Sapporo College naturally agreed and said he would definitely contact him.

"Looks like we can just go to Monbetsu-cho later."

After hanging up the phone, Kitahara explained to Oguruma, "You should have heard that among the two children I wanted to see, only Tezhuo is at home."

"There happens to be a hot spring in Monbetsu-cho, so why don't we go and soak in it?"

"Yeah, no problem."

Oguruma was looking forward to it. "I wonder what the difference is between the hot springs here and the ones in Kasamatsu."

As Oguruma was looking forward to it, Kitahara drove her to Monbetsu Town the next day.

Before leaving, Kitahara called Zhou's mother to say hello. When she learned that he was a trainer from Central College, she agreed to his request for a visit in a generous tone.

Xiao Limao did not hide the call from her. After listening to the general content, she said that in this case, they could go to the ranch to take a look first.

"As for ranches, there are also ones in Kasamatsu, but the ranches in Hokkaido should be different. I want to go and see them." She said.

So after settling down in Monbetsu Onsen, the man and the horse girl drove to the address given in the previous phone call.

"…It doesn't look much different from Kasamatsu's ranch."

After getting off the car, he excitedly rushed to the side of the road, leaned his hands over the tree and looked around. Little Chestnut soon showed a disappointed expression and his long ears drooped.

"It's also a forest, a cabin, and a normal pasture."

Beiyuan got out of the car from the driver's seat and just as he closed the door, he heard complaints from outside the other door. He couldn't help but laugh and shook his head, saying with a smile:
"All ranches are like this. What else can they be like?"

Just as Oguruma said, there was a very ordinary ranch in front of them.

At the farthest point is a dense forest. The temperature in Hokkaido is relatively low. Although it is already late April, the forest here looks like early spring.

Most of the deciduous trees are just turning green, with the grayish-white branches and the tender green leaves forming two distinct colors.

The crowns of evergreen trees such as pine, cypress and holly are rich emerald green, with occasional gray and tender green, making the forest look quite vibrant.

A little closer, there is an inverted "奥"-shaped courtyard with a sloping eaves roof, Japanese sliding doors, fences, etc., all of which are dark brown wooden structures.

The sun-shaded corners under the eaves and on the wooden base at the bottom of the house are covered with dark green moss, indicating that this courtyard has been built for a long time.

The courtyard faces the direction of Kitahara and Oguruma, and there is a long compacted dirt road extending out, with fences half a person's height on both sides of the road.

Outside the fences on both sides is a grassland, and extending beyond that are fields planted with soybeans, corn, and hay, as well as pastures mixed with mud and grass.

On the pasture, a group of about ten sheep were leisurely walking and eating grass.

Around the flock of sheep, three or five skinny sheepdogs were napping on the ground.

Perhaps because they heard the sound of the car, the sheep gradually stopped grazing and cast a dazed look over here, while the sheepdogs stood up and looked over here vigilantly.

After a while, the barking of dogs sounded one after another, and it seemed to be full of warnings.

"Hey? This is a little different."

Looking at the sheep and sheepdogs on the ranch, Oguruma showed a curious expression, "There don't seem to be many dogs on the ranch over at Kasamatsu, why are there so many here?"

"Maybe it's because Hokkaido is so vast and sparsely populated."

Beiyuan thought for a moment and guessed, "I remember that the population here is less than 500 million, but the area is more than 8 square kilometers, so the ranches are very large."

"Although the population of Kasamatsu is not large, the area is not large, and the ranch is much smaller. One person can guard a small ranch."

"In Hokkaido, if there were no sheepdogs, sometimes people wouldn't be able to see the sheep in danger."

After guessing for a while, he suddenly had an idea.

"Then let's say..."

He looked around. "The sheepdog is barking so loudly, which means the owner is nearby? In other words, Ms. Aiko and Te Bie Zhou are not far away?"

Through the phone call, he already knew that Te Bie Zhou's mother was called Aiko.

"Hmm? Is that so...eh?"

Just as he made a puzzled sound, Little Chestnut's ears twitched.

Then, like radar, the two long silver-gray ears turned 180 degrees each, and soon they all pointed towards the direction of the forest.

"What's wrong, Little Chestnut?"

Looking at Xiaolimao curiously, seeing her ears moving around and then stopped, Kitahara asked curiously: "Did you hear anything?"

"Well, there are car sounds over there, and two kinds of footsteps."

Pointing to the forest, Little Chestnut nodded and said, "I came through there."

"It didn't sound too far from here, but it wasn't too close either. I couldn't quite make out what one of the footsteps was."

"But the other kind of footsteps should be the little pony girl running."

"It seems...she is very strong and has very good leg strength. If she is about the same age as Xiao Xiaoli, her strength and leg strength are even better than Xiao Xiaoli."

"I see... then it should be Special Zhou." Kitahara nodded.

Hokkaido is a vast island with a sparse population. There are many ranches, but they are far apart from each other. Only Tekou Zhou and her daughter live nearby. If there are footsteps of the little pony girl, it must be Tekou Zhou.

"If it's her...she's a little younger than your sister."

After thinking for a while, Kitahara said, "Although your sister is a female horse girl and has not received enough training, her strength and leg power are indeed weaker than most male horse girls."

"But Te Te Zhou is a little younger after all. If her strength and leg power are better than your sister's, then she is really talented."

"I also feel that way."

Nodding again, Xiao Limao's ears moved again, and then he showed a regretful expression, "It's just that she doesn't seem to have received very professional training, and the rhythm of her steps is not very consistent."

"It's a bit like... it's like I'm running hard relying on strength or brute force."

"You can hear all this?" Kitahara was surprised.

"Yes," shook his ears and pointed to the forest again, "Because the sound is closer, he must have rushed back because he heard the dog barking."

"By the way, he should be training as well."

Hearing this, Kitahara was about to ask when he heard a series of noises coming from the forest. There were the sounds of wheels, the sounds of animals running, and the running sounds that could only be made by a horse girl.

Compared to humans, although horse girls also run on their legs, their strength and speed are completely incomparable to the former.

When their footsteps slowed down, they sounded very similar to those of humans, but the thumping of their footsteps and the whistling of their steps were completely different.

As a trainer, Kitahara naturally recognized it immediately.

Then, the noises came closer, and he could hear the shouting mixed in with them.

“…Oh my! Come on, Xiao Te, don’t lose to the little sheep!”

"...Hi! Mom!"

Several voices mixed together, and after listening for a while, Kitahara could barely make out the content of the words. He subconsciously looked in the direction of the voice and soon saw a strange combination.

From a path in the forest, three figures quickly approached from afar.

On the left is a woman with conspicuous long golden hair and looks like a Western woman.

She was wearing a white helmet, a brown hoodie, and blue jeans, similar to the attire of the other ranch women she had seen along the way.

She was riding a small red tram, holding the handlebars with one hand and waving the other hand with a clenched fist. She turned her head and didn't look straight ahead at all, but shouted loudly to the side beside her.

First there was a sheep running forward beside her. The sheep was obviously running at its fastest speed. For a moment, it did not have the silly look of other sheep. Instead, it looked quite imposing.

The little horse girl on the other side of the sheep is quite silly.

She has a reddish-brown bob with ear-length hair, a touch of white highlights on her forehead, and a bunch of carefully braided white braids extending from her temples to the back of her head, tied with a purple bow headband.

He was wearing a white short-sleeved shirt that was stained with mud and grass, and his light blue denim overalls were also stained with a lot of mud and grass. It looked like he had been running for a long time.

It seemed that under the guidance of the woman, she was racing with the lamb next to her, and her speed was not much slower than the lamb.

That's Ms. Aiko and Tokugawa Shu. Are they training? The method is crude, but the effect seems to be good.

Like an occupational disease, Kitahara subconsciously began to estimate.

The running speed of a sheep is about 40 kilometers per hour. This little special Zhou obviously hasn't mastered the skill yet. Under such simple training conditions, he can already run almost as fast as a sheep. His talent is really well-deserved. The Japanese general...

However, it seems a bit strange that the strength to defeat the European king actually came from racing with sheep when he was a child.

Kitahara couldn't help but laugh as he silently muttered Te Bie Zhou's nickname and achievements.

However, he was soon stunned.

What...is going on...?
The strange group rushing out of the forest got closer and the situation became clearer.

It was quite abrupt. The girl named Aiko was so busy cheering for Te Bie Zhou beside her that she didn't pay attention to the situation ahead and suddenly crashed into a tree beside the path.

What was somewhat amusing was that she seemed to have long been accustomed to this situation. Not only did she not fall down after running head-on into a tree, she also quickly stood up from the tram and rubbed her nose.

Then she skillfully reached into her pocket, pulled out a Band-Aid, and put it on her red nose.

Then she raised her voice and shouted.

"Don't worry about me, Xiao Te! Keep running. Don't lose to the little sheep. Be the first one to run home and win the championship of this 'Special Week Sheep Special Cup'!"

What’s even more hilarious is that after his mother hit the tree with a bang, little Te Bie Zhou seemed not to notice anything and just kept running forward following the little lamb.

Hearing her mother's encouragement, she responded with confidence.

"Okay, Mom! I won't lose to the little sheep this time!"

Then after running a few hundred meters, he suddenly stopped with a cry of "Hey?"

She turned her head and was stunned for a moment. After realizing what had just happened, she screamed "Ah--" and ran back in panic, pulling at the corner of her son's clothes and asking worriedly.

"Mom, are you okay?"

...Should I complain that she is really racing with sheep, or should I complain that her reaction time is so long that it is abstract... ?
Kitahara was speechless for a moment at the very strange interaction between the mother and daughter, and couldn't help but cover his face.

"...What a strange mother and daughter. I always feel..."

Xiao Limao beside her also expressed similar doubts. She scratched her head and asked in confusion: "This kind of thing seems to have happened many times...?"

While they were talking, the sheep that ran out of the forest had already rushed in front of Kitahara and Xiaolimao. Without even looking at them, it skillfully turned a corner and rushed towards the small courtyard of Bie Te Zhou's mother and daughter.

After rushing to the courtyard, it jumped skillfully and picked up a red thing from above the gate.

Only then did Beiyuan realize that there was a carrot hanging on the gate.

…It looks like this is the champion prize for the “Special Week Sheep Special Cup”.

...Is this sheep already so skilled? How many times has it won...?
Watching the "champion" sheep chewing a carrot and returning to the pasture together with Oguruma, Kitahara covered his face again and pointed to the path extending towards the forest.

"... Maybe. This kind of interaction between them must have happened many times..."

After speaking weakly and looking over, Kitahara forced a smile, "Let's go say hello. They've already seen us."

Just as he said, little Te Bie Zhou and his mother both walked towards this side with some frustration. Halfway through, they were stunned at the same time, and then Aizi raised his hand and waved towards this side.

"Hello, who are you?"

"Hello, is this Ms. Aiko and Tokujou?"

While walking towards the other party and waving his hand, Kitahara raised his voice and responded:

"I'm Kitahara Joi who contacted you this morning. This is Oguruma." He pointed to the side, "I'm glad you accepted my request to visit..."

He froze.

When Ai Zi heard him introduce himself, her eyes suddenly lit up. She picked up little Zhou Te Bie, who had a dazed expression and obviously didn't understand what was going on, and rushed over on her trolley.

She did not slow down all the way until she was 2 meters away from Kitahara and Oguruma. Then she drifted very skillfully, relying on inertia and friction, and stopped the car steadily less than half a meter away from them.

"Hi! Hello, Mr. Kitahara!"

With a warm and carefree smile, the Western woman gave a thumbs up and laughed, "Yes, I am Aiko."

Then he picked up the little Te Bian Zhou who had been carried along, and said, "This is Xiao Te!"

"Quick, say hello to Uncle Kitahara and Sister Oguruma!"

Apparently he was already used to his mother's impetuous look. Even when he was being lifted up in the air by his overalls, little Zhou didn't seem to notice anything was wrong.

"Hello, Uncle Kitahara and Sister Oguruma, I'm Tokai Chou! My dream is to become the best horse racing girl in Japan. Please give me your guidance!"

She dangled her legs in the air, scratched her head, her big round eyes curved into crescents, and she grinned, greeting with a silly smile.

...I roughly understand why you have the nickname "Particularly Stupid" and who you learned this personality from.

It has been less than 10 minutes since he met the mother and daughter, but these short 10 minutes have given Kitahara an endless desire to complain.

Perhaps it was because everything has its limits. After he complained once more in his mind, he no longer had the desire to complain anymore.

"…Um, hello, Xiaote."

Kitahara nodded with a somewhat stiff expression, and the corner of his mouth twitched.

"Oh, hello, hello."

Xiao Limao nodded, revealing an interested expression. She stroked her chin and tilted her head left and right, looking at Xiao Te Bie Zhou who was still being held in the air, and then smiled and said:

"Do you want to become Japan's number one horse girl? That's an amazing dream."

"Yeah, yeah! Because I made an appointment with two moms!"

He put his hands on both sides of his cheeks, clenched his fists, and pulled hard, causing his little body to sway in the air. Little Te Bie Zhou said excitedly:

"When Champion Mom entrusted me to Aiko Mom, she said she hoped Aiko Mom would train me to be an outstanding horse racing girl!"

"So, Aiko's mom has been training me in various ways, and I can run really fast!"

"If that's the case, I'll definitely become Japan's number one horse racing girl!"

"As long as I can run faster than the little sheep, I can compete with other horse girls..."

She suddenly froze.

After a moment, her pair of round eyes widened, her purple pupils suddenly contracted, her hands clenched into fists and blocked her mouth, she looked as if she had been struck by a bolt from the blue.

"It's over! Ah! We lost the 42nd 'Special Week Sheep Special Cup'!"

"Hu, carrot, the champion's prize is carrot..."

Like a rusty machine, she turned her neck and tilted her head slowly, looking towards the courtyard entrance.

On the courtyard gate not far away, a rope with a bare end swayed in the wind.

“It’s gone!!! My champion’s prize carrot!!! It’s gone…?!!!”

Her long ears suddenly stood up, then drooped down in an instant. With an expression of disbelief, she stared in amazement for a long time. Her little mouth gradually began to pout, and her eyes seemed a little hazy.

"Wow... the champion's prize is a carrot..."

Seeing this, Beiyuan couldn't help but smile. He now realized that the little Zhou Tebai in front of him was indeed silly, but also lively, cute, innocent and simple.

He wanted to say something to comfort the child, and out of the corner of his eye he caught a glimpse of a sad and doting look on his son's face, as if he also wanted to be comforted.

However, their words of comfort were preempted.

"Xiao Te, right? Here, carrots."

He took out a red and tender carrot from somewhere and handed it to the tearful little face of little Te Bie Zhou. Then, looking at her expression of astonishment mixed with sadness and joy, Xiao Li Mao smiled and said:

"Eat. If you want to win the championship, you must fill your stomach."

“…Is this for me…?”

He took the carrot blankly, and seeing Little Chestnut Hat smiling and nodding, Little Te Bie Zhou suddenly became happy and ate half of the carrot in one bite.

“Mmmmm! Good time! Sister Oguri! Sister Oguri is a howling horse girl!”

"You're welcome. As long as you think it tastes good."

After being given a "Good Uma Musume Card", Oguruma's smile became even wider.

Suddenly, she saw Kitahara and Aiko beside her looking at her with a smile. She couldn't help but blushing slightly. She scratched her head embarrassedly and began to explain.

"I noticed that my sister always brought a lot of snacks with her, so I asked her about it and she said she did that because she was afraid I would get hungry."

"I think this is good, and I am used to carrying some carrots, corn, etc."

"Here, there's more."

As she spoke, she touched the pocket of her woolen windbreaker, took out a carrot and a corn from each pocket, and looked at Xiao Te Bie Zhou, "Do you want to eat more?"

…I really want to complain about when you put carrots and corn in your clothes, but…

Well, since Xiao Xiaoli can hide food in her clothes, it doesn’t seem strange that you, her older sister, can do the same.

Kitahara felt like he complained more today than he usually does in a week.

Maybe it’s because we’re seeing the special week, so this week will be special.

For example, becoming particularly good at complaining.

After secretly complaining again, he shook his head speechlessly and covered his face.

"Don't be so polite. You two are guests today. It's not right for you to eat guests' food all the time."

Patting his chest proudly, Aiko laughed heartily and said:
"Let me treat you two to a good meal!"

"After learning that you two were coming, I drove my truck to the department store to buy a lot of food. I'm sure you two will be satisfied!"

"Yeah! Mom really bought a lot of ingredients, including sea urchin, tuna, salmon, scallops, cod crabs, and lobsters!"

Little Te Bie, who had already eaten a carrot, nodded and said expectantly, "Mom's cooking is delicious, especially the seafood hotpot!"

"Oh, thank you so much, I'm looking forward to it."

When she heard about food, Oguruma's eyes lit up. Kitahara smiled, touched her head, and then bowed slightly to his son.

"Well, thank you for your help. In addition..."

He pointed at his son's hand, not knowing whether to laugh or cry, "Look, can you put Xiao Te down now?"

She had been holding her daughter in her arms, and she didn't seem tired at all. Bei Yuan felt that he understood why the woman could act calmly even after running head-on into a tree.

This physique is really strong.

At Kitahara's reminder, Aiko finally remembered that she was still carrying her daughter. She quickly put her down and motioned to Kitahara to drive the car to a flat dirt land behind the ranch.

There was a medium-sized truck parked there. The air was filled with the smell of seafood and water was dripping from the bottom of the truck. It seemed that this was the truck she had used when she went shopping before.

There are also several agricultural seeders and harvesters of different models nearby. The machines have a lot of wear and tear, and look a bit like they are full of battle scars.

When the car was parked, Aiko did not follow, but took Xiao Te Bie Zhou into the courtyard first.

Oguruma was sitting in the car with Kitahara. When Kitahara was about to get off, Oguruma suddenly called him thoughtfully.

"Beiyuan, the champion mother and the beloved mother that Xiaote mentioned..."

After hesitating for a moment, she showed a sad look, "Is it the thing you talked about on the way here?"

Hearing this, Beiyuan stopped pushing the car door, was silent for a moment, nodded, and sighed, "Yeah, yes."

Before bringing Oguruma over, Kitahara briefly told her about Tezuka Zhou's life story.

Just like in the other world, Te Zi Zhou's biological mother is a champion girl.

The mother died shortly after giving birth to her, and Ms. Aiko is her stepmother.

What Tokai Zhou said before were also what the champion girl said that year. She hoped that her good friend Ms. Aiko could train Tokai Zhou to become an outstanding horse racing girl, and Ms. Aiko agreed.

Ms. Aiko originally worked at another larger ranch. In order to fulfill this promise, she quit her previous job and gathered all her assets to buy this small ranch.

From the ranch itself, it can only be seen that it is used to make a living, but from the nearby terrain and the training scene just seen, the mother's original intention was to use these natural environments to cultivate Special Zhou as much as possible.

These are what she mentioned on the phone.

She also said that she learned the training methods late in her career, and that the level she has achieved now is probably her limit.

She also said that although she didn't know why Kitahara paid attention to an ordinary country horse racing girl like Tokugawa Shu, she hoped that he could give Tokugawa Shu some advice if possible.

She also advised that Tebi Zhou was a very strong child who understood and accepted the death of his biological mother very early on. The child was not shy about these things, so she mentioned them when she spoke, and hoped that Kitahara and Oguruma would not be too surprised.

"Ms. Aiko said that Xiao Te is very ordinary, but in fact she is not ordinary at all. She is very strong and outstanding."

After responding to Oguruma, Kitahara pondered for a moment and said with emotion:

"Moreover, the fact that she is so lively and cheerful now, or that she is so strong and outstanding, is all thanks to Ms. Aiko."

"Well, Xiao Te and I have a... well, she has two very good mothers."

Looking out the car window into the courtyard, white smoke was already rising from the brown, mossy wooden chimney.

The smoke from the cooking stove rises straight up into the sky.

After following the white smoke that looked like smoke towards the sky for a while, Xiao Limao suddenly looked towards Kitahara and laughed.

"Kitahara, I told you before that I wanted to compete in the first place because my mother wanted me to be a great horse racing girl."

"As for Xiao Te, it is because of the mothers' wishes that she wants to become the number one horse racing girl in Japan."

"I believe that with you here, I can do it."

“I don’t think that day is far away.”

"Beiyuan can help me realize my mother's dream, and can he also help Xiaote realize the dreams of her mothers?"

When Oguruma looked at the wisp of smoke rising straight into the sky, Kitahara's gaze was also there.

Hearing what Little Chestnut said, he looked at his horse girl and saw the expectation in her blue eyes.

After a moment, he looked straight ahead at the west through the car window, then raised his eyes too high to look even further west.

"Yeah, it won't be far."

(End of this chapter)