Chapter 37: The Two Talk About Horses While Walking in the Suburbs

  Heartbreaking as it is, Wu Fu dare not refuse to acknowledge it.

  Although he is a big businessman and has some influence in Youzhou, Wu Fu is 41 years old this year. He has been traveling north and south for more than 20 years. Nothing else has been learned, but his eyesight is absolutely first-rate.

  At a glance, Ma Chao was not an ordinary person, and the fierce man in front of him would not be a good guy either. He didn't want to lose his life here, if that happened, it would be really unfortunate.

  "Alright, alright! This horse is yours from now on!" Wu Fu said with some pain.

  Ma Chao found this amusing, as Wu was always scheming against others and had finally fallen into his own trap. It's true that man's plans are not as good as heaven's plans. However, Ma Chao still admired him, if Wu really refused to admit defeat, then Cui An might do something drastic, and maybe even he himself wouldn't be able to stop it.

  "Wu Changzhu is really too polite, since that's the case, Fu Da, you should quickly accept the BMW, if not, it would be impolite to Wu Changzhu!" Ma Chao said to Cui An.

  Wu Fu's nose almost didn't breathe, and he could only say with a forced smile: "Young master is right, not accepting this horse would be a loss of face for me, Wu Mou!" Although his mouth said so, but in his heart, he had already scolded Ma Chao and others thousands of times, and his heart was bleeding.

  "Then thank you, Master Wu!" Cui An finally came back to his senses and hastily said.

  Wu Fu was speechless for a moment and could only stand by with a dry smile.

  At this time, Ma Chao happened to notice a stable next to Bao's horse stable, "I wonder what is here?"

  He asked Wu Fu, Wu Fu was in no mood to talk at the moment, but seeing Ma Chao ask him, he couldn't help but say.

  "There is also a horse here."

  Ma Chao heard this and walked to the edge of the horse stable. Upon taking a look, he was slightly startled in his heart. Inside, there indeed was a horse, but it was so skinny that its skin was wrapped around its bones. Its whole body was dirty and unkempt, and it was unclear how long it had been since it last bathed, making it impossible to discern its coat color.

  At first, he thought the horse was quite pitiful, but after taking a closer look, Ma Chao decided that no matter what, he had to take this horse away. Why was that? It was because he inadvertently caught sight of the horse's eyes, and what kind of eyes were they? They were proud, yes, Ma Chao was certain that he saw proud eyes.

  If you don't pay attention, it's impossible to discover. Nowadays, such eyes actually appear in the eyes of a horse like this, making Ma Chao extremely curious and eager to take it away. This is definitely not an ordinary horse.

  Ma Chao made up his mind and asked Wu Fu again, "Why is this horse so unusual?"

  Wu Fu heard Ma Chao's question and said it was hard to say clearly for a while.

  "What's the origin of this horse?"

  When Ma Chao asked this, Wu Fu had no choice but to tell Ma Chao the story of this horse.

  This horse was not bought by Wu Fu, but rather by one of his relatives. This relative is a bit of an old bachelor and lives a pretty miserable life. Being poor is one thing, but the reason this relative is poor is because he's addicted to gambling. He gambles all the time and loses almost every time, so it's no surprise that his life is particularly tough.

  Sometimes even Wu Fu couldn't bear it and helped this poor relative out. But this relative was really hopeless, once they had some money, they would immediately go gamble, not caring about anything else. Over time, Wu Fu also gave up, there was no way, nothing could be done.

  One day, this poor relative led a horse to Wu Fu, which is the horse in the stable today. He insisted on giving this horse to Wu Fu.

  He also said to him, "For so many years, you have helped me a lot, I remember them all. But the money you gave was all lost, and I only had you as my relative, nothing else, you know that too."

  "You're a horse trader, so I found a horse for you. Don't look at it like that, it's definitely a precious horse, unfortunately, it hasn't met its master yet. Alright, the horse is yours, I'm leaving." After saying this, Wu Fu's poor relative left.

  Days passed, and Wu Fu learned that his relative had passed away. As the saying goes, "Death is a big deal, and burial is a blessing." He took care of the funeral arrangements for his relative. As for the horse, he never paid much attention to it. Wu Fu didn't think this horse was any precious treasure, but since it was a gift from his relative, he kept it locked up in the stable all along.

  It's just a strange horse that eats very little fodder every day. The veterinarians have also checked and said it's normal, there's no illness. It's just that this horse is barely surviving, never eating much, always like this. And since nobody wants to buy this strange horse, it has been left here for a long time. If Ma Chao hadn't asked today, Wu Fu would probably have forgotten that such a strange horse existed.

  Ma Chao listened to the story and then said to Wu Fu: "I want to buy this horse, I don't know if Master Wu is willing to part with it?"

  Wu Fu shook his head like a rattle drum, "It's not that I don't want to sell it, but this horse is actually a family heirloom, so..."

  If someone else had bought it, he would have quoted a price and Wu Fu would have sold it, but today's affair really made this cunning merchant suffer for a long time, not knowing how many years he hadn't suffered such a big loss, this time if he didn't take advantage of the other party well, it wouldn't be justified.

  Ma Chao smiled and said: "I think it's just a hundred taels of gold!"

  Wu Fu's eyebrows slightly raised, but he still shook his head continuously, "This is fundamentally not a matter of money, after all this horse is..."

  "Eighty taels of gold!" Ma Chao raised his price again.

  Wu Fu almost fell over when he heard this. How come everyone else is raising their prices, but this guy is actually lowering his?

  He shook his head again, "Wealth is an external thing, this horse is even more...".

  "Fifty gold!" Ma Chao continued bidding.

  Wu Fu heard Ma Chao say that, he thought to himself that he was unlucky today, what kind of person did he run into. If he said two more times, this guy would probably not buy it anymore. "Alright, deal!" He replied helplessly, no way, if he didn't sell the horse today, it might be stuck in his hands for the rest of his life.

  Nowadays, being able to sell for fifty gold is already fifty gold, but selling for fifty gold, Wu Fu thinks it's absolutely a big profit.

  But now Ma Chao is secretly delighted in his heart, so it's hard to say who loses and who gains after all.

  "Good, Wu Changzhu is indeed a straightforward person, no wonder the business is booming!" After finishing speaking, Ma Chao took out 50 taels of gold from his bundle and gave it to Wu Fu.

  Wu Fu's face was expressionless, but he had already burst into joy in his heart. Fifty taels, finally got some back from these two kids, now he is trying hard to remember the faces of these two in front of him, and at the same time secretly praying that he would never meet these two kids again, because whenever he meets them, he will definitely lose money, absolutely nothing else.

  "I hope Boss Wu makes a lot of money in his business from now on and that wealth comes to him from all directions!" Ma Chao said to Wu Fu.

  "May your words come true!" Wu Fu cursed in his heart, as long as I don't see you two little brats again in this lifetime, I'll burn incense to celebrate.

  "Well, it's like this, we've been bothering Master Wu for so long, and now it's time for us to take our leave!"

  "Walk slowly, I must see you two off!"

  "Wu Changzhu, stay behind! Master Wu, stay behind!"

  Wu Fu thought to himself, you guys don't understand, if I don't see you two leave the horse farm with my own eyes, I won't be able to sleep well.

  He sent Ma Chao and two horses out of the horse farm. When Ma Chao and Cui An came, there were two horses for Ma Chao and one horse for Cui An. When they left, Ma Chao had three horses and Cui An had two horses. No way, more horses.

  The two had to go to the horse market again, Ma Chao sold his previous superior horse, and Cui An also sold his own superior horse. In this way, the two restored their original state, Ma Chao with two horses, and Cui An with one horse.

  Chui An had a BMW, of course he was no longer interested in ordinary horses. Ma Chao, on the other hand, was very curious about his newly purchased strange horse. Now the strange horse was still the same as before, but he noticed that there was a hint of excitement in its eyes. Yes, it was excitement. Ma Chao patted the neck of the strange horse and said, "You shouldn't be locked up in such a place!"

  "Fada, let's go!" After that, Ma Chao rode his superior horse forward, the strange horse followed beside him, and Cui An rode the precious horse closely behind.

  Two men arrived at a small stream, dismounted their horses and Ma Chao went over to pat the strange horse's neck, saying in its ear: "I know you're not like this, let me see your true form!"

  The strange horse seemed to understand Ma Chao's words, let out a loud neigh and jumped into the small stream. In the water, the strange horse was extremely lively, although it was very weak, but at this time no one dared to underestimate it because of its weakness.

  A strange horse galloped between the streams, letting the water wash its body. Before long, a white horse with a snowy coat and not a single stray hair appeared before Ma Chao.

  It let out a long whinny at Ma Chao, as if saying, "How's that? Look at me, General Ma!"

  Ma Chao was delighted and patted its neck again, then rode on it. One man and one horse began to gallop freely in the suburbs. Riding on the horse, Ma Chao finally thought of what horse this was. This horse should be the Zhāo Yè Yù Shī Zǐ (Night-Shining Jade Lion). Its whole body is snow-white without a single mixed hair, the legendary precious horse that can travel a thousand miles during the day and eight hundred miles at night.

  A horse like this naturally has its own pride, you keep it locked in that stable all the time, of course, it's quite unhappy. It should be galloping freely between heaven and earth, thinking of this, Ma Chao said to Zhen Ye Yu Shi Zi: "From today on, you will follow me to travel the world, we will make our names known throughout the land!"

  Zhuoye Yushizi responded to Ma Chao with a long hiss, "Good, you can call me Little White!"

  Ma Chao finished speaking, but Ma didn't react. Ma Chao laughed, "Looks like you also know that this name is too common! Then let's call it White Lion instead! How about that?"

  This time Ma Chao finished speaking, and the horse indeed had a reaction. "Alright, White Lion, you and I should head back now, can't run too far!"

  The white lion listened to Ma Chao's words and turned back. It was indeed a precious horse, with such a strong spirit, in the vast world, nothing is impossible, this time it has picked up a treasure. Ma Chao's heart couldn't be happier, when people encounter happy events, their spirits are lifted.

  Riding a white lion, Ma Chao returned to the edge of the small stream and saw Cui An waiting for him there.

  "Master, you're back!" Cui An hastily said.

  "What's wrong, can I still lose?" Ma Chao laughed and said.

  "That's not it, I'm just afraid you'll leave me here alone and go away yourself!" Cui An expressed his own concerns.

  "Haha, Foda, Master won't do things that way. If one day you can't find me, don't worry, maybe I'm just delayed by something. But if two days pass and you still can't find me, then go look for me again!"

  "Ah, Foda, this is our new friend, White Lion!" Ma Chao patted White Lion, who let out another loud roar.

  Chui An looked at Ma Chao and then at Baisi, "Sir, is this the strange horse you bought before?"

  The white lion let out another loud roar, as if it had heard Cui An call it a strange horse and was dissatisfied.

  "It was before that wasn't wrong, but the White Lion isn't a strange horse, it's a precious horse from Western Regions, the Night Jade Lion!" Ma Chao explained to Cui An.

  "Hey, Master, take a look and see what kind of fine horse this is?" As he spoke, Cui An led over his fierce horse.

  Ma Chao said again: "This, Fada, our lord's level is limited, indeed it's not very clear about this."

  He actually only knew a small part of the knowledge about horses, and even famous horses could only distinguish between five or six kinds. As for Cui An's fierce horse, Ma Chao really didn't know what kind of horse it was.

  Chui An was somewhat disappointed after hearing that, but he then said to Ma Chao: "Sir, don't you think my horse should also be given a bath? Maybe it's not like that either?"

  Ma Chao listened to Cui An's words and didn't know what to say to comfort him, "This...this is probably not needed anymore, it was originally like this anyway."

  "Very well, I shall listen to your lordship!" replied Cui An.

  "However, Master, your horses all have names, I think it's time for me to name mine too?" he asked.

  "It's true, Foda, you can see for yourself!" Ma Chao suddenly discovered that today Cui An had said a lot more words than usual, which was also a good phenomenon. It seemed that only when this kid was interested in something could he talk more, otherwise, he would just be silent and unresponsive.

  "Master, your horse is called White Lion because it's so white and also called Lion. My horse is so black, let's call it Black Son!"

  As soon as Cui An finished speaking, the fierce horse let out a loud neigh, clearly showing its disapproval.

  Ma Chao smiled and said, "Alas, Fu Da, you gave him a name that others don't agree with! What to do?"

  Choi Ahn scratched his head with his hand, "That's called Black Iron, how is it?"

  The result was another dissatisfied neigh from the fierce horse. This time, Cui An was a bit anxious. "This won't do, that won't do either... what name do you want after all?" Suddenly he looked at Ma Chao and thought to himself, "My own abilities are limited, but our lord is a man of great wisdom... why not ask him?"

  Cui An then asked Ma Chao, "Why don't you give the horse a name for me?" He smiled at Ma Chao in a flattering manner.

  "Alright, your horse is indeed black, so let's call it Black Cloud!"

  In the end, the fierce horse finally compromised and let out a compromising long sigh.