Chapter Forty-Eight: Buying a Horse
"The Law of Sighs"
In the vast horse farm, countless horses stand here, they either bow their heads to graze, or raise their heads and neigh, or they are led back and forth by people, which is really spectacular.
And the people on the horse farm are also walking together in twos and threes, some people are pointing and talking to the horses, some people are pulling the reins to find customers, a huge horse farm, people shouting horses are endless, it is really lively.
"This horse market is so big!"
Standing at the gate of the horse market, Chen Yan looked at the horse farm in front of him and couldn't help but marvel, because this horse farm is too wide, the brick and stone wall is nearly one zhang high, and the steel poured gate is two zhang wide and narrow.
"It's okay, so-so. ”
Yan Ling, who was standing beside Chen Yan, didn't be too surprised, and after looking at the surrounding environment, he looked at Chen Yan and said, "Brother Chen, aren't you going to buy a horse? ”
"General ......"
After hearing Yan Yan's words, Chen Yan couldn't help but twitch the corners of his mouth slightly, and as soon as she said this, Chen Yan instantly felt as if he had never seen anything in the world, which made him a little embarrassed.
"By the way, why did you follow me to the horse market?"
Looking at the girl in front of him, Chen Yan was slightly helpless, since he finished eating, this Yan Yan has been following him, and he said goodbye politely several times on the way, but the girl still followed unrelentingly.
Looking at Chen Yan's helpless eyes, the girl smiled and said, "Don't you want to buy a horse, I'll help you check it." ”
"Gatekeeping?"
After hearing the girl's words, Chen Yan was stunned for a moment, his face was full of puzzlement, why did he stop so awkwardly.
Looking at Chen Yan's stunned appearance, the girl smiled and said with her hands behind her back: "Yes, looking at your appearance, I know that you don't know about horses, what if you are cheated by the people in the horse market and buy a horse, of course I will come over to check for you." ”
"Little girl, don't talk nonsense when you go out, although I don't dare to say that they are all thousands of horses in this horse market, but there are countless horses and horses, and it is impossible to sell the horses to the guests!"
After hearing the girl's words, Chen Yan just wanted to refute, but he heard a voice full of energy coming from far and near behind him, Chen Yan turned around and saw a middle-aged man with a tiger's back walking up from the other side of the girl.
As soon as the middle-aged man's voice fell, then he stood in front of Chen Yan and Yan Yan and looked at the two of them with unkindness, after all, they were in business, and no one wanted to hear someone say that their things were not good, and now that he had met them, his heart was naturally full of dislike.
Seeing someone standing in front of her, and her words were full of unkindness, Yan Ying was immediately unhappy, and then she also replied in a cold tone: "Uncle, who are you!"
"Hmph, the old man is the owner of this horse market, you are here to ruin the reputation of my horse market, shouldn't you give me an explanation!"
Seeing that the girl was looking at herself arrogantly, the middle-aged man stared at him, clasped his hands around his chest, and suddenly exuded an aura that no one should approach, which made people look very uncomfortable.
Seeing that this man was not easy to get along with, Chen Yan didn't want to cause more trouble, so he arched his hand towards the other party and said, "I'm sorry, uncle, she just came out and didn't know anything, I'll apologize to you on her behalf." ”
After finishing speaking, Chen Yan didn't wait for the other party to respond, took Yan Zhen's hand and walked around the middle-aged man to the horse market.
After Chen Yan and Yan Yan left, the middle-aged man turned around with a calm face, and then looked at the back of Chen Yan and Yan Yan leaving, and waved his hand: "Go in and tell the people at the exchange, if they buy a horse, they will raise the price for me." ”
"Understood. ”
As soon as the middle-aged man finished speaking, a retinue in a black horse coat walked up behind him, and after bowing his head and saluting, he quickly ran into the horse market.
The two entered the horse market, and Yan Ying turned her head to look at Chen Yan while running with Chen Yan: "Hey, Brother Chen, why are you running so fast!"
After hearing Yan Chen's words, Chen Yan stopped, and then quickly let go of Yan Chen's hand and said: "That man is not easy to mess with at first glance, we have no grudge against him, there is no need to have any disputes, besides, I still have important things to do, I don't want to waste my efforts here." ”
After the words fell, Chen Yan turned around and continued to walk forward, after all, this horse market is so huge, if you want to find a suitable horse, it is really not easy, not to mention that he doesn't have much money on him, of course, he has to choose a good and cheap horse.
"Huh?"
Chen Yan just walked a few steps, and then he saw a tall and thin middle-aged man standing in front of him holding a yellow horse by his hand, and his eyes were bright, quite a sense of inscrutable.
Looking at the tall and thin man, Chen Yan unconsciously walked up to the yellow horse and looked at it, only to see that the yellow horse had slender hooves, developed gluteal muscles, a long neck, and a shiny coat, which made Chen Yan can't help but want to buy it.
"Uncle, how do you sell this horse?"
After looking around the yellow horse, Chen Yan negotiated the price of the horse with the tall and thin man, wanting to buy the yellow horse.
The tall and thin man smiled after hearing Chen Yan's words, but he didn't speak, but stretched out five fingers and shook them in front of Chen Yan's eyes, his face full of indifference.
"Five silver coins? Okay, I want this horse. ”
Seeing that the other party stretched out five fingers, Chen Yan's heart suddenly relaxed, and then he reached out to take out the money from his arms.
"Young man, you want to buy my horse for five silver coins, I'm afraid you haven't woken up yet. ”
When the tall and thin man saw that Chen Yan wanted to buy his yellow horse for five silver coins, he immediately showed a sneer, then stretched out his hand to Chen Yan's eyes and shook it and said, "You have to give me at least fifty silver coins for my horse." ”
"What? That's too expensive, isn't it?"
As soon as he heard that the tall and thin man asked for fifty silver coins, Chen Yan was suddenly a little surprised, you must know that the only gold coin on his body has been given to the old man in Ji Village, and there are dozens of silver coins left on his body, if it is all used to buy horses, then he can't even afford to eat.
Hearing that Chen Yan was too expensive, the tall and thin man immediately retorted: "Expensive, where is it expensive?" You must know that if you buy such a good horse elsewhere, you will have to spend at least two gold coins to buy it, if I don't have an urgent matter waiting for money, you want to spend fifty silver coins to buy such a good horse, dream about you." ”
"Uncle, can it be cheaper? If I give you all the money, I'm afraid I'll have to ask for food." ”
Hearing the words of the tall and thin man, Chen Yan's face suddenly turned bitter, he really didn't have so much money, but he was really a little moved when he looked at this yellow horse, which was really annoying.
"Huh, how much money do you have?"
After hearing Chen Yan's words, the tall and thin man paused, and then looked at Chen Yan and asked, in his opinion, the young man in front of him knew at a glance that he really wanted to buy this yellow horse, so the price was naturally negotiable.
"Well, I've got forty or so silver coins left. ”
After a little calculation in his heart, Chen Yan said the money on his body, of course, Chen Yan couldn't really say all of it, so he had to keep some of it.
"So, give me forty-nine pieces of silver, and the yellow horse will be yours. ”
After hearing Chen Yan's words, the tall and thin man said the price he wanted without thinking.
"Uncle, can you have a little less, how about forty-five silver coins?"
Seeing that the thin and tall man had reduced one silver coin, Chen Yan was naturally reluctant to pay directly, and wanted to engage in the price again.
"Well~, forget it, I think you are really in trouble, so I'll sell you forty-five silver coins. ”
The tall and thin man hesitated after hearing the price Chen Yan said, and then he agreed, and then said to Chen Yan: "Since we have negotiated, let's go to the exchange to register." ”
Before the words fell, the tall and thin man took the reins of the horse and prepared to leave, and after Chen Yan heard what the tall and thin man said about an "exchange", he was a little curious and wanted to ask the man about it.
"Hey, Brother Chen, you don't really plan to buy this horse, do you?
Chen Yan just wanted to speak, but suddenly heard a voice coming from behind him, Chen Yan turned his head to look, and saw that Yan Yan had been standing behind him for some time.
"What's wrong?"
After hearing Yan Chen's words, Chen Yan looked at Yan Cheng with a puzzled face, what's wrong with this horse? He looks very good, his coat is shiny, his eyes are bright, he looks like a good horse, why does Yan Cheng say that he is dizzy?
"You really don't know horses, do you?"
Yan Yan saw Chen Yan's appearance, and then smiled helplessly, and then said: "People who know a little bit about this horse know that it is a horse, Brother Chen, you still want to buy it, do you want to kill it and eat meat? Even if you eat meat, you don't need to spend forty-five silver coins!"
Hearing Yan Ling say this, Chen Yan was immediately unconvinced, and then retorted: "How can this be a horse? ”
"Brother Chen, you really don't understand horses, you look at this horse, the hooves are round, the nostrils are small, the ears are weak and not high and erect, and the corners of the mouth are not deep and long. ”
Seeing that Chen Yan didn't believe him, Yan Yan directly said what he knew, and after finishing speaking, he nodded with satisfaction and continued: "Well, that's right, that's it, hehe, Miss Ben is so smart." ”
Hearing this, Chen Yan was a little convinced, but he was still a little puzzled, so he looked at the girl in front of him and asked, "What does this mean?"
Seeing that Chen Yan still didn't understand, Yan Yan slanted at him and said: "Wow, Brother Chen, what I said is so obvious, this horse has round hooves, a good horse should be a slightly pointed hind hoof, it knows at a glance that it is unqualified, in addition, its small nostrils indicate that the lung capacity is insufficient, the ears are weak and obviously not energetic, the corners of the mouth are not deep, it means that it is not good to eat, and if it is not good to eat, it has no strength, well, that's it." ”
After finishing speaking, Yan Yan nodded again, which made Chen Yan feel like Yan Zhen was endorsing, but Yan Yan had already said this, and Chen Yan didn't understand that he had been cheated.
Thinking of this, Chen Yan immediately stared at the tall and thin man with unkind eyes, and then said in a cold tone: "Uncle, it's not suitable for you to cheat me like this!"
(ps: I'm really sorry everyone, Ngee An has something to update in the past few days is not very stable, I hope you have a big sea, Ngee An bows here.) )