Chapter 471

However, immediately afterward, Wang An took several deep breaths, and after a while, his whole person returned to calm.

But the coldness and heaviness on his face were obvious!

In fact, the reason Wang An was like this was because in this kid's pocket, besides pulling out two-plus yuan and over a jin of grain coupons, he also pulled out a cigarette box paper.

Most cigarettes in this era were soft-packed; after opening the cigarette box, you could get two pieces of paper that weren't small.

On this cigarette box paper Wang An pulled out, there was a simple map drawn with a pencil, and this map depicted exactly where Wang An's home was.

It must be said that although this map was drawn very simply, it very clearly depicted the entire Kaoshan Village.

And the focus of the whole map was Wang An's home, and the several roads to reach Wang An's home were also very clearly marked.

Wang An didn't know who drew this map, but he could guess that it probably wasn't drawn by this kid, because this kid didn't have a pencil on him.

Most importantly, the direction was also wrong; this kid was clearly heading toward Kaoshan Village, not coming back from Kaoshan Village.

However, it was fortunate that this kid's shit came at a very timely moment; just because of the time wasted taking a dump, he was caught up by Wang An and shot dead.

After Wang An looked around, he loaded this corpse onto the sled.

When Wang An went to lead this person's horse, Wang An got to see what a truly fierce horse was.

Only to see that just as Wang An was about to approach, this horse turned its horse butt toward Wang An's side.

Seeing this, Wang An instantly became vigilant and took a step back directly.

Following this, the horse's two hind hooves kicked straight toward Wang An's face and chest.

Wang An looked at the two huge horse hooves in front of him, and his upper body subconsciously leaned backward.

Even so, the mud on the horse hooves was thrown directly onto Wang An's face.

Too busy to wipe the mud off his face, Wang An continued to retreat, and only when he was about 3 meters away from this horse did Wang An stand still, still shaken.

Damn it, it must be said that if Wang An hadn't taken a step back the moment he felt something was wrong, those two horse hooves would definitely have kicked Wang An solidly.

Not to mention being kicked by a horse, even being kicked by a donkey is not something a person can bear.

Wang An thought for a moment and moved toward the place where the horse reins were, because normally speaking, as long as you grab the horse reins, even the fiercest horse will become relatively obedient.

And the reason for this is not because the horse's head and neck have no strength, but because there is a "horse bit" and a "bridge" on the horse halter.

You have to know that all mules and horses must be given these two things when used, and they must be worn.

Even Wang An's big horse must be worn before use.

A "horse bit" is actually a tool used to tame and control a horse; simply put, it's something that constricts the horse's mouth.

It's something worn only when riding a mule or horse.

In the countryside, this thing is generally a leather rope with iron rings on both sides.

There is another kind similar to this leather rope, but it's made of two sections of iron chain; the length of these two sections of iron chain must be just a bit wider than the horse's mouth. But whether it's a leather rope or an iron chain, the premise is that the surface cannot be too rough, because if it's too rough, it will grind the horse's mouth.

When riding a horse, this "horse bit" is the key to controlling the horse.

Whether making the horse turn, slow down, or speed up, as long as you pull the reins, this thing will tighten, and the mule or horse will be very obedient.

Someone might ask, can a mule or horse be comfortable wearing this thing? Isn't this abusing the mule or horse? First of all, the mule or horse will definitely not be comfortable; imagine having a rope or iron chain constricting your mouth, how could it possibly be comfortable?

Secondly, regarding "abuse", that can only be said to be your excessive love.

It has been like this for thousands of years, so now that it's your turn, do you want to make changes?

Rest assured, no one will pay any attention to you.

And a "bridge" is something used when a mule or horse is pulling a cart or a mill.

This thing is relatively simple; it's actually the front end of the reins, that is, the end tied to the horse halter, with an extra section of iron chain.

But this iron chain needs to wrap around the mule or horse's nose bridge.

Because the nose bridge of any animal is very fragile and its pain nerves are relatively developed.

Therefore, when the mule or horse is disobedient, as long as you pull the reins hard, this section of iron chain will fiercely constrict the mule or horse's nose bridge.

If it's still disobedient, loosen the reins, then fiercely pull hard, then loosen and pull again... if there are no accidents, after a few times, this disobedient mule or horse will immediately become very obedient.

Of course, someone will definitely argue, what if this horse is still very irritable and disobedient? Then you can only beat it; if you don't beat it, there's no other way.

Many people might still be very puzzled, why do only mules and horses wear bits, while donkeys and cows don't?

Actually, it's all the same, it's just that a donkey as a thing is relatively small, and its strength isn't that great, so it only needs to wear a "bridge".

As for a cow, it's relatively fierce, because a cow's body size is larger than a horse's, and its strength is also much greater than a horse's; if this thing were to become irritable, just bumping into someone with its horns, that's truly... not worth mentioning!

Therefore, a cow wears a nose ring; a nose ring is an iron ring that passes through the cow's two nostrils; no matter how irritable the cow is, as long as you pull the nose ring, it normally becomes obedient immediately.

It must be said that humans are the most powerful; they can always find the weaknesses of livestock and easily bring them to heel.

Only to see that just as Wang An was about to touch the reins, this horse rushed toward Wang An, and while rushing, it opened its big mouth and went for Wang An's arm.

It scared Wang An so much that he reached out and gave the horse's head a slap; only to hear a "slap", and Wang An felt his hand go numb.

Immediately following this, Wang An retreated and ran far away, rolling and crawling.

To tell the truth, at this moment, Wang An still wanted to thank this person; if this person hadn't tied the horse to a tree before taking a dump, then in Wang An's current state, he definitely wouldn't have been able to run away.

After Wang An ran far away and looked at this horse, he gnashed his teeth fiercely; he no longer had a shred of patience.

Because now he was on the road, and if someone were to come and see the corpse on the sled, that would be a damn big deal.

No matter what kind of person the killed person was, and no matter how many evil things this person did while alive, Wang An had no qualification to kill him.

(End of chapter)