Chapter Ninety-Three: Happy Events

The tractor in the courtyard of the brigade headquarters was finished after a group of people surrounded it for two days.

The main thing is that I can't, and I can help carry and deliver a part or something, and the rest has to rely on the technician Wang Gang to go up and down by himself.

The first thing was successfully completed, and the second thing was on the agenda.

There are many families in the village who want to buy cattle and horses, and many families have dispelled the idea because their children are getting married, and the money is not enough.

When I reported all the names, there were thirteen families who wanted to buy cattle, but there were only ten cows in the village. But there were only five families that bought horses, but there were six horses in the village. In this way, there are not enough cattle to sell, and there are still horses left.

One is because the price of a horse is more than a hundred, and the other is because in the eyes of the old peasant, although the horse's feet are lumpy, its work endurance is not as good as that of an ox, and there is no ox to be obedient and swayed, so few people buy horses.

The day before yesterday, the village chief gave a notice saying that two days later, that is, today, cattle and horses will be sold, and everyone who wants to buy them will go to the lottery.

Of course, there will be good and bad cattle and horses, and it is impossible to let anyone pick first. I was happy to pick the good ones, and no one wanted the bad ones left, and then I decided to draw lots.

Three of the thirteen lottery lots that want to buy cattle are empty, and you are going to draw the empty ones, so you can only say that you are unlucky.

It stands to reason that bulls are supposed to be more expensive, but cows also bring a calf, so they all cost the same price.

Seeing that the cattle buyers have decided to draw lots, and the horse buyers are also clamoring for them to draw lots, for fear that they will buy others and pick the rest.

Early this morning, Zhou Shujie took out 250 yuan from home and sent it to her uncle, and she gave her uncle full authority to take care of the cow.

The name reported to the report is accountant Zhou Zhiyou, that is, Zhou Shujie's uncle.

It was Grandpa Zhou Wen who went to draw lots.

Because the old man has been saying at home that he is lucky and lucky, he must draw this lot, and he will definitely be able to draw a good one.

The family, looking at this old man who is getting older and more children, all smiled and agreed, anyway, whoever smokes will smoke.

At ten o'clock, they all went to the courtyard of the brigade to gather, and there were many people who went to Hula, some bought cattle and horses, and some wanted to see the excitement.

On a simple wooden platform in front of the crowd, the village chief stood on one side and placed two boxes for the lottery.

On the left side of the wooden platform were six horses on the tether, and on the right were the ten oxen, and beside them were a few calves and foals who saw the crowd running to and fro.

Zhou Shujie's grandfather Zhou Wen, standing at the front of the crowd, staring at the herd of cattle with good eyes, when it was his turn to draw lots, the proud smile on his face was a little dazzling, it seemed that he was a few years younger in an instant, and he was simply radiant.

A few old men who were not on the same page as their grandfather on weekdays saw them behind the crowd, gritted their teeth angrily and glared at the old man next to him, and said, "Old Li Tou, you wait! ”

The more restrained old Li Tou, looking at the smiling old Zhou Tou, also twitched the corners of his mouth and returned: "Then you have to bear it, who makes us can't afford it!"

Grandpa Zhou walked to the lottery box with a smile on his face, put his hand in and touched it for a long time, and took it out when he touched one that he thought was more special.

I opened myself and took a look at it, it was a four-year-old cow with a small bull calf. Among these cows, although it is not good, it is also good. With a smile on his face, he handed the note to the village chief who was standing aside.

The village chief took the note and glanced at it, and announced loudly with a smile: "Zhou Zhiyou's family drew the number three, and the four-year-old cow led a calf." ”

When the Zhou family standing in the audience heard this, they all smiled happily.

Uncle Zhou also nodded and said, "Yes, yes, our father's luck is very good." ”

Uncle Zhou on the side looked at the two sons and knew that they were having a silly time, so she pushed it and said, "Listen to what number our family is, why don't you take it out and take it home." ”

As soon as he heard his mother's words, Brother Zhou and Brother Tuesday came to their senses, walked towards the herd of cattle in a hurry, and led the four-year-old cow out of it.

Brother Zhou led the cow in front and left, and Brother Tuesday pushed the calf who didn't like to walk behind.

The brothers were going to send the cow home and put it in the cowshed that had been cleaned up in advance.

Walking this way, I was also watched several times.

The children all circled the calf, trying to touch it but not daring, and scared the calf so much that it went straight under its mother's legs.

The adults gathered around the bull and each made their own comments.

When they got home, the brothers were tired and sweaty, and tied the big cow into the cowshed, wanting to go to see the excitement again, but they were a little uneasy. The two of them stayed at home to watch the cows, adding some grass to the cows in advance, and giving the cows some water to drink.

Da Niu didn't feel any nervous about changing the new environment, and was eating and drinking leisurely.

The calf was running all over the yard, familiar with his new territory, and also chopped the chickens, ducks and geese in the yard, and Hulun flew and hiccuped.

There is also news that Aunt Guo'er's family also bought a cow, and it was Uncle Guo who came to the stage to draw lots, don't say it, Uncle Guo's luck is quite good, and he directly won the only big bull.

This big bull is only six or seven years old this year, and he is half a head taller than the average cow in the herd. It can be said that it is in the prime of life, and if the cows in the village want to breed in the future, they will have to pay 50 yuan to Aunt Guo's family.

There was a commotion in the courtyard of the brigade headquarters! It took more than two hours to finish it all after 12 o'clock.

The rest of the horse was also released to the other villages, and it didn't take two days to sell it.

After a few more days, the ground was also drained by the wind because of the snow formed by the enlightened ears, and the soil layer also melted into a spade deep.

The village chief gave an order, dug a trap on the mountain, and all the people who had fallen under the trap went up the mountain.

The traps were filled with earth or wood, and the covers were found one by one.

Now that spring is coming, one is to start farming, and one is that it is time for the animals to give their young, so there is the order above.

Half of the young people in the village were busy on the mountain for two days after listening to the order, and they were all done, and some of them were more lucky, and they were still walking some prey.

The old people in the village are not idle, those who are going to get married are busy packing up their new houses, and relatives and friends are also going to help.

Because the village bought a tractor, the enthusiasm of the villagers is unprecedentedly high.

Even the brides who are about to marry to the backing team are particularly happy, the in-laws' village is so rich, which shows that the life of the in-laws' family must be better.

In the next half month, thirteen families married new daughters-in-law, and even two families got married in one day.

So I was able to eat a banquet almost every day in those days, which made the children very happy.

Some adults can't laugh, people do a happy event you go to the banquet, you must have a gift, this time with more than a dozen, the average family will feel a little pressure.

The news that the eighth team of the backer was the first to buy a tractor spread like a gust of wind, and everyone said that they could take out the money to buy it so quickly, which could only show that the village was rich and rich.

So this year, whether it's a young man or a big girl, there are many matchmakers who come to inquire.

There are those who want to marry here, and there are those who want to marry from here.

This spring, there were more than 20 families in the village who were engaged to get married, and the young men and girls who were old enough were basically all engaged.

Seeing that everyone was engaged one after another, Brother Tuesday was in a hurry, and asked behind his father's ass every day. Did you find out that the salesman of the supply and marketing cooperative, is it the girl of that family?

The angry aunt took a chicken feather blanket and whipped him several times, but she didn't stop him from inking at home.

The worried aunt had no choice, and said that Uncle Zhou asked him to hurry up and ask.