father - home

This is Zhao’s first time to really go out after being ill for more than a month. I suddenly felt very nervous. The fingers holding the handle of the wheelchair were a little white. When I walked towards the gate, my steps were a little awkward. Steady.

"Good morning! Master! Good morning! Mr. Fu!"

No idea where Mr. Reininger came from.I told my mother to avoid them, but the old butler still... black tie, black dress, white gloves, the old butler's clothes are meticulous, but this should not be a morning dress.oh!This is the costume worn on major festivals.He must be the same as me, at least he understands my mood at the moment - the moment of pushing Zhao out of the gate is extraordinary to me.Perhaps Zhao has not yet realized the significance of this moment, but I believe that for him, today is also extraordinary.

"Good morning! Mr. Leininger!" Zhao greeted the old housekeeper politely, while I just nodded reservedly.

The old butler opened the door for us.I pushed Zhao into the warm and bright sunshine of June.

Zhao raised his head upwards, closed his eyes, and took a deep breath, a comfortable and intoxicated smile slowly formed on the corner of his mouth.

I am also intoxicated by Zhao's warm smile like a spring breeze. "Zhao, let's go to the stables now. But it's not close, I wanted to drive you there, but look at the weather is so good, let's go for a walk?"

"I said, listen to you." Zhao did not turn his head to look at me, but raised his right hand.

I took Zhao's hand and squeezed it hard. "If you're tired, just say it."

One side of the white marble steps is paved with wooden boards to form a simple ramp, which was made by my mother after my father suffered a stroke to make it easier for his wheelchair to get in and out.For this reason, his father was not happy until his mother assured him that before his death, those wooden boards would be dismantled and the palace would be restored to its original state, so that his father was satisfied.This is what the old butler told me later.Fortunately, they haven't dismantled it yet, so it's just in time to use it today.

Originally, the roads in the manor were paved with small stones of the same color. After my father had a stroke, my mother worried that the wheelchair would be very bumpy and make my father feel uncomfortable, so I changed the main roads to cement. Road, but my father never walked it once.Fortunately, he didn't leave, otherwise, with his stubborn temper, even if his mother assured him, he might die with regret.Because it is not an easy task to restore the cement road to a stone road, and it is even more difficult to achieve it now that there are few people in the manor.

I pushed Zhao on the concrete road and told him about the things in the manor, including the fountain in the courtyard, the towering oak trees by the roadside, the blooming roses, sunflowers, and the vast vineyards in the distance.

Zhao has been silent all the time, and it can be seen from the back that he is tired.The sun dazzled him so much that he couldn't open his eyes, the scent of birds and flowers couldn't lift his spirits, and the breeze couldn't blow away the melancholy in his heart, so Zhao felt a little drowsy.This situation, but I did not expect.I had to push myself internally, trying to keep my emotions alive, keep my tone passionate and my voice contagious.Just when I began to doubt my decision, suddenly, there was a neighing sound from the direction of the stable.Upon hearing this, Zhao Wen woke up suddenly, and immediately straightened his body.

"That's Chitu." I glanced at Zhao and said with certainty. "It's very strange, how can it bark?"

There was obvious concern on Zhao's face, and his eyes were fixed on the stable with sparkling eyes.

The stables are in the southwest corner of the manor, without walls, and are divided into east and west parts by a fountain that not only beautifies the courtyard, but also serves as a water tank for horses.To the west, there are two rows of stables, a barn, a workshop with warehouses, and a carport for two carriages.Now that the horse is gone, the carriage is useless for the time being. They are all wiped clean, covered with a tarpaulin, and the metal parts are oiled, and then wrapped in oiled paper.To the east is an indoor driving range and a large enclosure.

There are 28 stables in two rows, and 26 horses were raised at the most, so the fence is quite large.For the only remaining Chitu and Yinjian, the facilities of the stables are really too spacious and extravagant.

Beside the fence, near the center of the fountain, there is a hundred-year-old purple-leaved beech tree with a huge crown and a whirling shadow. A small piece of sand in the fence is also shrouded in its dense shade.I pushed Zhao to the fence and parked the wheelchair.The sunlight pierced through the purple leaves and hit Zhao's body, casting a layer of lavender on him.In my opinion, Zhao had a dreamlike and mysterious feeling because of this. I watched it, and was in a trance for a while.

Zhao didn't notice this precious, peculiar and beautiful beech tree, his mind was completely on the neighing call; on the faint scent of horse dung wafting in the air.At this moment, he looked at me puzzled, shook his head, and pointed to the neighing stable. "There they are!"

I was woken up, and when I came back to my senses, I hurriedly said, "Yes, don't worry, I'll bring them over."

I don't want Zhao to enter the stable now, because I don't know the situation there now.

Yesterday, when I came to see it, it was really messy there, and there was a strong smell of hay, I was afraid it would make me uncomfortable.Silver Sword and Red Rabbit only occupied two stables, the rest were piled up with fodder and sundries, in a mess, the harness was not polished, and the stables of Silver Sword and Red Rabbit were not even cleaned.I lost my temper at the time, and it was the old butler who explained and interceded for Wedec.Thinking about it, it's no wonder that spring is the busy season for farming, but this year, there are no short-term laborers. All the boys in the village have joined the army, and the original people in the manor are getting less and less, and the rest have to do the work of several people. , I am really too busy.I didn't insist anymore, thinking that when Zhao's health got better, I would take care of the two ponies by myself.

In fact, my worry is superfluous, the old housekeeper must have come to warn me early in the morning.The fodder and sundries need to be tidied up. The most important thing is that the stables of Silver Sword and Chitu have been cleaned up, and the two horses have just been brushed. Although the brushing is not very careful, it takes at least 40 minutes for each horse to be carefully brushed. Wade Ke obviously doesn't have the time, but it's good enough, they look nice and in good spirits.The silver sword with soft eyes neighed as soon as it saw me, and approached me closer to let me caress its face.Chitu raised his head, as if looking out.

"Okay, you know, don't you? You must be waiting impatiently, and he's waiting for you too." I put a halter on them one by one, and led them out.

I didn't bring them directly to Zhao, but led them into the enclosure.