A Blessed Daughter - Chapter 079

A Blessed Daughter
Chapter 079 – Father teaches horse riding and archery (1)

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After the Wei family finished sight-seeing in the street, Wei Mingting led everyone to the training ground*.

*training ground: In ancient times, it was a place for practicing or competing in martial arts.

The training ground was where the soldiers train, and in the past, outsiders were not allowed to come in here, not even the family members of the Colonel’s Mansion.

But recently, the soldiers had been holding onto the front line, so the training area had been moved closer to the east city gate. Therefore, this training ground was now unused, with only a few guards guarding the gate.

Wei Mingting brought his children here because he wanted to use this rare vacation time to teach them how to ride horses.

Except for his eldest son, he hadn’t had the time to teach everyone else.

Wei Mingting planned to have his two daughters try horse riding. He and his eldest son would teach one each. Wei Mingting chose to teach Wei Ruo and left the task of teaching Wei Qingwan to his eldest son.

As for the youngest son, Wei Yilin, he was watched by Yun Shi as he practiced riding a pony cub.

-pony cub

Wei Yilin usually behaves like a monkey at home, but today when Wei Mingting was present, he was more behaved and did not have any bad or childish temper.

Wei Mingting led his own horse “Lian Dao*” to Wei Ruo and asked Wei Ruo: “Ruo’er, do you dare to give it a try?”

*Lian Dao 镰刀: sickle / curved blade. The name that Wei Mingting gave to his horse.

Wei Ruo nodded. It had been so long since she had time-traveled, so she had not ridden a horse yet!

“Let Father teach you. This is the stirrup, you need to step on it, this is the saddle, this is the reins……” Wei Mingting explained the precautions for riding horses to Wei Ruo in detail.

-stirrup

-saddle

-reins

Wei Ruo listened attentively, and when Wei Mingting finished his explanation and asked her to try it, Wei Ruo didn’t hesitate, stepped on the stirrup with one foot, and sat on it with a flip.

Her movements were agile and natural, done in one go, without the slightest hesitation or fear.

Wei Mingting was still wondering if he should find a stool for his daughter to place her feet on, when Wei Ruo had already ridden up.

Wei Mingting smiled and said: “Ruo’er, you are braver than your eldest brother. When your eldest brother first learned to ride a horse, he hesitated for a long time.”

Wei Yichen, who was in charge of teaching Wei Qingwan next to him, heard his father’s words and protested with a smile: “Father, why do you even tell my sister about this matter? As the eldest brother, how can I keep my dignity?”

Wei Mingting replied: “Your dignity is earned by yourself. It’s not something that Father can cover up for you.”

Wei Yichen hurriedly said: “Okay, okay, okay, it’s this son who is useless, not as valiant as my sister, Ruo’er! Our Ruo’er is a heroine among women, a woman is not inferior to a man!”

Listening to Wei Yichen’s praise, Wei Ruo, who was praised, didn’t feel anything. Instead, Wei Qingwan, who was beside Wei Yichen, lowered her head in disappointment.

As soon as Wei Yichen turned his head, he saw Wei Qingwan’s sorrowful expression with her head down.

“Wanwan, what’s wrong with you? Are you feeling unwell?” Wei Yichen hurriedly asked.

“It’s fine…… It’s just that I’m a little too stupid to quickly grasp the essentials of riding a horse like my sister does……”

“Wanwan, do not think of yourself like that. Wanwan has things that Wanwan is good at. Wanwan also has many strong points. There are a lot of things that you are good at that Ruo’er isn’t. For example, Wanwan’s pastries are very delicious, and your embroidery, calligraphy, and poetry are excellent. 

These are things that Ruo’er can’t compare to. So Wanwan doesn’t need to be the best at everything, because that would be too tiring.” said Wei Yichen.

“Yes.” Wei Qingwan agreed in a low voice.

“Alright, eldest brother will continue to teach you.” Wei Yichen patiently explained the essentials of horseback riding to Wei Qingwan.

Wei Yichen had just said no more than a couple of sentences to Wei Qing Wan when he saw Wei Ruo riding a horse and running, circling around the grass of the training ground again and again.

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