Song Xiaoling thought for a moment and asked Song's father, "Dad, will our members let us raise sheep at home in the future?"

Father Song thought about it carefully, and returned, "This question, there is no explicit provision, I have to go back and ask you Uncle Changshan."

What's the matter, girl, you want to raise a lamb to play with??"

Song Xiaoling replied: "It's not Dad, I'm thinking of buying a ewe to go home, so that our family can drink goat's milk!

Father Song pondered for a moment and said, "Okay, let's buy a milk ewe." ”

After discussing, the two paid special attention to some stalls selling sheep on the way back.

But because people in this era don't like to eat mutton, there are only two people selling sheep in the whole market.

Finally, at the end of the bazaar, two people found a ewe with cubs. And it looks like I'm about to give birth.

When Father Song and Song Xiaoling saw this sheep, they were immediately overjoyed.

Father Song casually came to the stall and pointed to a ram and asked the price: "Comrade, how can this sheep be sold?"

The stall owner set up a stall all morning, and no one stepped forward to ask the price, so when he saw Song's father asking the price, he hurriedly returned: "Big brother, you really have a vision, you can see this gelding at a glance, look at this fat and strong man who can produce sixty or seventy catties of pure meat!"

Father Song didn't show any special preference: "Then how much do you sell it for?"

The stall owner saw Song's father's tepid attitude and said ruthlessly: "This gelding, you can give me 3 cents and 5 pounds!"

Song Xiaoling, who was on the side, heard this price and was surprised to think: The mutton at this time is really cheap!

Father Song thought for a while, then pointed to the pregnant ewe and asked, "What about this mother?"

The stall owner didn't understand what Song's father meant, which sheep he wanted to buy, but he thought about his own conditions.

Then he said, "This ewe has already brought cubs, and it will give birth in a month at most, so this can be regarded as two sheep." In this way, you can give me 4 cents and 5 pounds for this head. ”

Father Song thought for a while that the price was quite appropriate, so he said to Song Xiaoling, "Why don't you buy both?"

Father Song knew that Song Xiaoling liked to eat mutton, so he wanted to save more mutton for later.

Song Xiaoling also nodded in agreement after hearing this.

Father Song turned to the stall owner and said, "You help me kill this ram and clean it up, and then send me to the alley behind the market."

We'll take this ewe away now. ”

As soon as the stall owner heard that Song's father and the two sheep were wanted, he immediately said happily: "Eh, okay, then you wait a minute, I will weigh you to ask for a catty." ”

Father Song nodded in agreement.

The two sheep cost a total of 75 yuan, Song Xiaoling paid happily, and after Song's father explained to the stall owner again, he led the ewes to catch up with the large army in front.

Song's mother, who was walking in front, saw Song Xiaoling's father and daughter chasing after them, holding a sheep in their hands.

All of them looked at Father Song suspiciously, and Father Song quickly explained, "This ewe with cubs will drink goat's milk after keeping its cubs, so that the children can make up for it, and by the way, also make up for the cinnamon branches!"

When everyone heard this, they immediately understood.

Li Jian said: "Okay, Zhiyuan, you are much more careful than me!"

Father Song smiled and said, "Big brother, you are really praising the wrong person, the matter of buying sheep was proposed by Lingzi." ”

Grandma Li said at this time: "Eh, my good grandson, you are really sensible!"

Song Xiaoling playfully returned: "Grandma, I'm not sensible, I'm just hungry!"

When everyone heard Song Xiaoling's words, they all burst out laughing.

Father Song said at this time: "Good girl, let's go to the state-run restaurant for dinner." ”

In this way, after the group of people sent the things they were carrying to the ox cart, they walked towards the state-run hotel in a mighty way.

After the group of nine people arrived at the state-run hotel, there were not many people in the hotel at this time, so Song Xiaoling and they sat at a big table.

Father Song went to the counter and asked the waiter what dishes he had today?

The waiter returned with no hesitation: "Braised pork stewed potatoes, fried dried tofu with leeks, spicy tofu, scrambled eggs, staple food is two and noodles steamed buns, noodles and chaos." ”

As soon as Father Song heard that there were not a few dishes, so many people at his table said: "Comrade, give me all the dishes you just reported!"

Well, as for the staple food, it will be 9 bowls of chaos and 20 steamed buns with two noodles. Okay, comrade, that's all for now!"

When the hotel waiter heard that Father Song asked for these things, he looked at him suspiciously, but he didn't place an order.

At this time, Li Jian walked over and said, "Zhiyuan is invited by me today, don't fight with me." ”

As he spoke, Li Jian took out the money and food stamps from his arms and asked, "Comrade waiter, how much do you think these dishes cost and food stamps?"

Seeing this, Father Song did not compete with Li Jian to pay, because he knew that if Li Jian was not allowed to entertain, then he would always be thinking about this in his heart.

Seeing that they took out the money, the waitress of the state-run hotel began to write the menu unhurriedly, and then calculated the amount of money, "a total of five yuan and two cents, plus 4 catties of food stamps." ”

After hearing this, Li Jian drew out the same amount and gave it to the waitress.

The waitress took the money and food stamps, nodded the ground, gave him a number plate, and stopped talking.

Li Jian took the number plate and pulled the service back to their table.

Everyone was very happy with this meal, and the children were happy because they had eaten meat.

Grandma Li and Yang Xiu'e felt that from this meal, their new life began.

And Li Jian is because Song's father contributed money and effort for their family, although he couldn't immediately repay such a big favor, but he invited them to have some food, and he felt a little more comfortable.

After the meal, Song's father asked them to wait here first, and he led Song Xiaoling to the place where the stall owner had agreed to get the mutton.

Grandma Li said, "Let's go to the market and buy some chickens, ducks and geese! When we raise two, the children will have a chew in their mouths!"

Song's mother also agreed when she heard this, and Song's father said that he would go to them after finishing things.

In this way, the group of soldiers divided into two roads and set off towards their respective destinations.

Song's father and Song Xiaoling's father and daughter walked quickly and arrived at the alley first.

After waiting for a while, the stall owner also pushed a cart to the alley.

The top of the cart was covered with a sack, and the stall owner parked the car next to Song's father and reached out to take off the sack on it.

Father Song was very happy when he saw it, this stall owner was really a real person. Not only were the sheepskins peeled, but the meat was also removed.

In this way, he saved a lot of things.

Father Song said: "Thank you so much, this old brother, you have helped me to separate my flesh and bones, I really saved a lot of trouble!"

The stall owner said, "Well, that's as it should be, you're a big customer!"

In this way, Song's father and the stall owner chatted.

Through chatting, Song's father learned that the stall owner's name was Li Ergou, and his family lived in the Shizhuzi Brigade not far from the commune.

Because of the large collective, several sheep in the family had to be pulled out and sold.

Father Song heard that Li Ergou belonged to the Shizhuzi Brigade, and after thinking about it, that brigade was on the other side of the commune, which was completely opposite to their brigade, and the two directions were quite far away.

Thinking of this, Father Song said: "Ergou, you see this is the case, my family is going to hold a banquet recently, but there are no suitable pigs in our village, can you find me two or three?

Of course, I won't let you do it for nothing, and give you a dollar for your hard work. ”

After hearing this, Li Ergou thought: If you don't need your own things, you can get two yuan by running errands.

Thinking of this, Li Ergou readily agreed.