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  The mobile phone version is suitable for mobile phones, a free station with a good name, Guodu, that place except for never having been to Chang'an before, everything else is fine. Going west to Chang'an, there are several hundred miles of road, and it takes two days to ride a donkey past, which means it takes three days to ride a small horse. The little horse is really a horse that understands people's intentions, so-called understanding human nature is nothing more than this, when people are tired, it gets tired, when people sleep, it sleeps, I and Xile originally planned to take a nap on the horseback, but woke up to find that the little horse slept more fragrantly than anyone else. Xile clamped her legs together, and the little horse suddenly woke up with a snort, humming a sound, and moving forward slowly.

  For now, I have no choice but to go to Chang'an.

  Xile asked me, "Why is this horse sleeping standing up?" I said, "It's smart. If it lay down to sleep, wouldn't we both fall off?" Xile said, "What a good horse." I said, "This trip to Chang'an is not only mostly unlucky and few auspicious signs, but also truly has no meaning." Xile said, "How do you know it has no meaning?" I said, "Because I really don't know what we're going there for." Xile said, "I think it's okay. How can you know if something has meaning or not when you don't know what it is?" I said, "It's truly inexplicable." Xile said, "Then why did you say it was mostly unlucky and few auspicious signs?" I said, "I don't know. My master and senior disciples all say this when they go out on a trip: 'This trip will probably be mostly unlucky and few auspicious signs,' but I don't know why." Xile said, "Maybe that's what they say. If you go out and accidentally die, everyone will think it was meant to be. And if you don't die, it'll seem like you're really something special."

  I said: Jile, you're really clever. Jile said: You're also clever, and the way you observe things is so detailed and meticulous, I'm really envious of you. I said: It's nothing, just being observant. Jile said: But it seems like you haven't noticed that we've been standing still for half a day now? I looked down and saw that Xiao Bian had fallen asleep again. I asked Jile: When did this happen? Jile said: I suspect it was when I said "what a good horse" that it fell asleep again. I said: How are we going to get to Chang'an at this rate? Jile said: We can only try to wake it up first. After saying that, he kicked his legs again, and Xiao Bian let out another snort, but still didn't move. Jile said: It's over, this horse won't be waking up anytime soon.

  After finishing speaking, I jumped off the horse and pulled its tail, but the horse still didn't move. I said: "This won't do, this horse can't become a burden for us on our journey." You kick it twice. Xǐlè (喜乐) said: "For such small matters, let you handle them." So I also got off my horse and kicked it with force. Xiǎo Biǎn (小扁) let out a low hum, but still didn't react. I and Xǐlè looked at each other speechlessly. I said: "Is the only way to wake it up by digging out its eyeballs? Can we also dig out some more things to roast and eat?" Xǐlè said: "You really have no feelings for Xiǎo Biǎn, anyway today is very tiring, let's just rest here for a while and talk about it when the sky brightens up."

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