noffsinger Chapter 1095 Getting Old, That's How It Is
Chapter 1095 Getting Old, That's How It Is
Meeting Qin Zizhou's devoted gaze, Shen Xuening suddenly felt a little embarrassed: "Don't look at me like that, you're making me shy. Come on, let's go horseback riding."
Qin Zizhou agreed without hesitation: "Okay."
The horse farm has doubled in size and now has forty horses, including thirty-five adult horses and five foals. It looks like a very large horse farm now.
Each horse works five hours a day and spends the rest of the time grazing on the grassland. Each horse is equipped with a tracking chip, so there is no fear of them running away.
Wei Jiaqian is in charge of the horse farm. Her family used to raise horses, but they stopped. Shen Xuening invited her to help raise horses. She is really good at raising horses, and every horse is well-fed, strong, and in great spirits.
She would occasionally lead her horse herds on galloping expeditions; she was a remarkably valiant woman.
Wei Jiaqian wore ethnic costumes and a headband woven from cloth strips, which added to her heroic spirit.
Right now, she's instructing a tourist to mount a horse.
There are staff members here. Those with strong learning abilities can learn quickly with just a little guidance from the staff. But if someone is timid and takes a long time to learn, they can be handed over to the staff for guidance.
She is very patient and beautiful. Many tourists like her and specifically seek her out for guidance.
The horse farm's net profit is quite good each month, around 300,000 yuan. After all, there are few horses and they don't work long hours, so it's already quite good that they can make money.
The horses here are very well trained. The most handsome horse was borrowed by the film crew for a daily rental of three thousand, and they made quite a bit of money from it.
The horse had just returned two days ago, and Wei Jiaqian had let it rest and not entertain guests. But it, which had been quietly staying in the stable, suddenly jumped out and ran towards the entrance.
Wei Jiaqian thought the horse was about to run away, so she quickly chased after it, but unexpectedly it was Shen Xuening who arrived.
It is generally acknowledged that almost all animals like Shen Xuening, including the horses at the horse farm. Upon seeing Shen Xuening arrive, they couldn't help but run towards her, and in the blink of an eye, Shen Xuening was surrounded by the horses at the horse farm.
Shen Xuening carried a bucket filled with well water that she had brought specially: "Come, come, I brought you water, each of you have a sip."
"President Shen." Wei Jiaqian ran over instead.
"Thank you for your hard work taking care of so many horses every day, even during the Dragon Boat Festival." Shen Xuening sincerely thanked the staff who were still working.
"It's alright, I love horses. I'd be worried if you didn't let me come," Wei Jiaqian said sincerely.
"Did you receive the gift box and the red envelope?" Shen Xuening asked.
"Received, thank you Mr. Shen, it's a pleasure working with you." Wei Jiaqian's red envelope was 1,000 yuan. She's in management, so management red envelopes are 1,000 yuan. General managers and factory directors get 3,000 yuan.
Three thousand is the highest, but it's already quite good. Only Shen Xuening's area in the whole country gives out red envelopes during holidays.
Even the Shen family did the same, giving gift boxes and red envelopes.
Shen Xuening smiled at Wei Jiaqian: "You've done your best, so I won't treat you unfairly."
Wei Jiaqian had also made up her mind that as long as Shen Xuening didn't fire her, she would continue to work here: "Then President Shen can rest assured, we will do our best in the future."
Shen Xuening patted Wei Jiaqian on the shoulder: "Then we're going in the same direction."
Wei Jiaqian nodded: "Yes, it's a two-way street."
Shen Xuening patted the horse closest to her: "You've had a hard time, being borrowed for filming. I'll treat you to good food for the next few days."
The horse snorted in response.
Wei Jiaqian picked up the bucket on the ground: "Come on, come and have some water. You all really like the water that President Shen brings over."
Shen Xuening said, "Go drink it quickly, and then we'll go for a run in the mountains together."
The horse looked at Shen Xuening with reluctance, and only left with Wei Jiaqian when it saw that Shen Xuening was not leaving.
Shen Xuening pulled Qin Zizhou along and followed him to the horse's stable.
When the horse saw Shen Xuening coming over, it finally followed Wei Jiaqian to the stable. As soon as Wei Jiaqian poured water into the trough, it immediately drank it down in big gulps.
Wei Jiaqian poured some water into each trough, and the horses that were running outside all ran back to drink.
However, when foals go to drink water, the adult horses will let them have their turn, and the foals will drink first and then give the water to the adult horses.
Soon, the horses finished drinking the water and then ran back to their original spot to continue what they had been doing.
The horse that went to film the movie ran up to Shen Xuening and nuzzled her with its head.
Wei Jiaqian laughed and said, "This horse is probably trying to express that it wants you to ride it."
"Then put the saddle on it, I'll go ride for a while." Shen Xuening looked at the stable, beckoned and found another horse, "Here you go."
The horse came running over, trotting happily, and stood next to Shen Xuening. It seemed to be quite proud of itself.
Shen Xuening gently patted the head of the second horse, saying, "Put the saddle on this horse."
"Okay." Wei Jiaqian went back to the storeroom to get the saddle, and called a staff member for help. The two of them put the saddle on together.
Shen Xuening asked Qin Zizhou, "You can ride a horse, right?"
Qin Zizhou smiled and said, "Do you look down on me that much? I could ride a horse when I was a teenager."
Shen Xuening put the reins in Qin Zizhou's hand: "Then you ride it and let me see."
Qin Zizhou held the reins, looked at Shen Xuening, his eyes seemingly oblivious to everything else: "I'll wait for you to ride together."
“Okay.” Shen Xuening took the reins from Wei Jiaqian. “Shall we have a race? I haven’t ridden in a long time, how about it?”
"Alright." Qin Zizhou leaped onto the horse's back, holding the reins in one hand and the whip in the other, looking very dashing.
Shen Xuening stepped into the stirrups and nimbly mounted her horse, looking exceptionally dashing. She held the whip in her left hand and the reins in her right: "Let's go."
The two men gently lashed the horse's rump with their whips, and the horse immediately galloped off like an arrow.
The two horses, with their lithe and graceful figures, carried the two people, facing the sunlight and mountain breeze, as if they were about to run to the ends of the earth to live happily ever after.
After running for about a kilometer, the two stopped and stood on the hilltop, gazing at the magnificent mountains and rivers in the distance.
Qin Zizhou turned to look at Shen Xuening: "Xuening, I don't want to go back."
Shen Xuening smiled slightly and said, "You are the one who will inherit the Qin family business, so you can't be so willful. But this is your second home, and you are welcome to come anytime."
“I love to hear that,” Qin Zizhou said again. “Home is wherever you are.”
Shen Xuening was quite pleased to hear this: "You're really good with words."
Qin Zizhou reached out and took Shen Xuening's hand, looking at her with great seriousness, and said, "Xuening, I really want to marry you."
Shen Xuening turned to look at Qin Zizhou: "We'll be getting married soon."
Qin Zizhou said with some urgency, "Time is passing too slowly. I really want to marry you right now. I really want to bring you home. Luckily, I don't have any rivals, otherwise I definitely wouldn't have left."
Shen Xuening said, "I keep my distance from all boys, so you can rest assured about that."
Qin Zizhou immediately replied confidently, "Me too. My company is mostly men, so I had my dad replace all the secretaries with men."
"I believe you, otherwise there would have been gossip about the future heir of the Qin family long ago." Shen Xuening said, feeling a little strange, "Why do I rarely see you in the news?"
Qin Zizhou coughed softly: "I keep a low profile, which avoids a lot of trouble."
Shen Xuening nodded in agreement: "That's true. Unlike me, I'm constantly in trouble. Although they're all small troubles, they're still annoying to deal with."
"As long as it doesn't affect the Shen family, it doesn't matter," Qin Zizhou said. "Just consider it a little bit of hype."
Shen Xuening said, "That's what I thought too, so I didn't pay much attention to it."
Qin Zizhou raised his whip higher and higher: "Since we finally have some free time, shall we go a little further?"
Shen Xuening smiled and nodded: "Okay."
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City A.
During the Dragon Boat Festival, a statutory holiday, the Qin family members were all free and went back to their old house to have dinner with their parents.
At noon, an unexpected guest arrived: Zhai Anqi, the granddaughter of an old friend of Mr. Qin.
Zhai Anqi has been living abroad for most of her life and only returned home a few days ago because her family is urging her to get married. However, she wants to find someone she likes, and the person she likes is Qin Zizhou.
A few years ago, she returned to China. At that time, Qin Zizhou had just graduated from university. She came to visit her family and fell in love with him at first sight. However, at that time, Qin's family was not in a hurry for Qin Zizhou's marriage. After making some inquiries, she temporarily gave up. She also needed to finish her studies and thought she would wait two years before making a decision.
In her mind, someone like Qin Zizhou couldn't possibly have a girlfriend so easily, or rather, he wouldn't easily fall for a girl. In fact, everyone thought so, but they were all wrong.
Qin Zizhou took a liking to Shen Xuening at first sight, and his feelings for her only grew stronger, and he became more and more attracted to her.
The Qin family did not announce Shen Xuening's visit to their home, so only close relatives and friends knew about it, and Zhai Anqi naturally did not know either.
Unaware of Zhai Anqi's true intentions, everyone welcomed her warmly, given that she was the granddaughter of Old Master Qin's old friend, and their relationship was extraordinary.
Qin's mother greeted her warmly: "Anqi, when did you come back to China?"
Zhai Anqi is a very pretty girl, fair-skinned and beautiful. She is also very eloquent, and she made everyone happy with just a few words: "I've been back in China for two days. Isn't this the Dragon Boat Festival? I came here specifically to visit my grandparents."
Grandpa Qin asked with concern, "Have your grandparents returned to China?"
Zhai Anqi shook her head and said with a smile, "No, so I came to say hello. My grandparents' health hasn't been very good these past few years, and they have to go to the hospital almost every month."
Old Master Qin said, "They are old, that's how it is."