Yu Xiaocao waited until the young girl walked far away. Only then did she sprinkle the remaining water from her water pouch onto the fodder. She placed the improved fodder into the feed trough in front of Little Gray. The little donkey licked her hand and then cheerfully started eating. The other three horses apparently could tell that the fodder in front of Little Gray was different and stretched out their necks. If they didn’t have their lead ropes pulling them back, they would have long started fighting over the food with Little Gray. 

Xiaocao shook her water pouch, showing that it was completely empty. She stroked Third Young Master Zhou’s little red horse and softly said, “Just accept these less than ideal circumstances for tonight, I’ll make sure to give you guys something good to eat tomorrow!”

Little Gray somehow knew that its own food was being eyed with jealousy by the other three horses, so it rapidly inhaled all of the fodder until the trough was swept clean. Satisfied, it opened its mouth and nickered a few times. The other three horses had nothing to fight for so they had no choice but to eat what was left in their own food bins. 

Zhao Han had finished moving their items into the room and came over. He noticed Xiaocao in the back courtyard and asked, “Xiaocao, do you want to rest a bit?” 

“I’m not tired, let’s stroll around the vicinity!” Although riding a donkey for a long...