horse Thief" Bai Defu
by Makino
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In the ravine on the south bank of the Songhua River, there is a small village called Lanhanzigou. There was a landowner in Lahanzigou, and the owner was Ma Fu. The remaining seven or eight households are all long-term workers and tenants of his family. Ma Fu made a fortune raising horses and hired two young stablemen to herd horses for him. At most, he had two or three hundred horses. Every morning, the horses were released from the compound like an army going out for battle. Horses, small horses, big horses, and small horses, with clattering hooves, were surging and flowing down the lazy man's ditch like a river. The two young horsemen, carrying gunpowder guns on their backs, greeted the horses majestically, very proudly. One of the ponyboys was named Bai, and everyone called him Bai Xiaozi. In fact, his face is dark and not white at all. Ma Fu, the shopkeeper, said: "You little white boy should have a big size. It's not a good idea to call you by your nickname. I'll give you a name. Let's call it Bai Defu."
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