As soon as the three of them arrived at the gate of the market, they saw Tian Lao and his wife waiting there, "What, the beef sauce is sold out?" Jiang Wanbai asked with some surprise.

"Sold out early in the morning. This morning, before we arrived, the people who bought Zizhi sauce arrived first.

We sued them that today we were not selling Zizhi sauce, but beef sauce, but they didn't even taste it, so they said that they believed that what our family made must be delicious, and then robbed it all. Tian Lao Er still felt a little unbelievable that what had just happened was true, so he spoke lightly.

This is the power of the brand, when the name Tian Ji is deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, then no matter what products they launch, they will be quickly accepted by everyone, Jiang Wanbai had long expected this result, but he didn't expect it to come so quickly.

Even if she had successfully taken the first step, Jiang Wanbai was also a little excited, and took Tian Lao Er and the others straight to the livestock market, but as soon as she got there, she was dumbfounded.

Is this deserted place a livestock market? She remembered the last time she came when she was about to disperse, and it was still very lively, so why this time it should be the most crowded time, but there were fewer people.

"Mother, the autumn harvest is coming soon, and it is the time to use livestock, except for those who are in a hurry to use money, few people will sell livestock at this time!" Tian Lao Er saw Jiang Wanbai's doubts and quickly explained.

So that's the case, Jiang Wanbai nodded, and regretted that she didn't come to buy it earlier, but now it's useless to regret it, so she took her eyes to look at the few people there were and wondered which one to go to.

"Mother, otherwise, we will buy it after the autumn harvest. After the autumn harvest, there should be more cattle sellers, and we can also pick and choose reads at that time.

The matter of buying cattle is not very urgent, and when there were no cattle in the past, we didn't also take back the grain. Tian Laosan hesitated.

"That's because we didn't have money before, so we had to work hard, besides, aren't there three or four cows here, not necessarily there are no suitable ones." Jiang Wanbai said, looking at the largest group of people opposite.

"There are so many people there, there must be something good, let's go and have a look." Jiang Wanbai said, and walked straight to the crowd, and Tian Lao Er and the others naturally hurried to follow.

When he arrived at the crowd, Jiang Wanbai found a place where there were relatively few people, tiptoed, and looked inside.

In the center of the crowd, there is a cyan half-big cow, oily and slippery, very strong at a glance, although it has not yet grown up, but it is used to pull the cart, there should not be much problem.

Next to the cow, there was an old man, who should be the owner of the cow, and this old man, Jiang Wanbai looked at it, and even knew him, it was none other than Zhong Laohan, who sold the cow to them last time.

Next to Zhong Laohan, there was a sturdy peasant man, who was talking to him, "I really like your cow, so I made a ruthless decision and paid ten taels of silver, old man, if you miss this village, there will be no such shop." The strong man seemed to feel that he had made a big loss, so he gritted his teeth when he spoke.

Zhong Laohan seemed to be a little moved, his lips moved twice, as if he wanted to agree, but in the end, he didn't know what was going on, he still shook his head fiercely.

"This old man, you cow, do you have to sell it for twenty taels? Let me say something, don't you don't like to listen to it, I think you are not sincerely selling cattle at all, you are playing with us.

You can ask Pingyang County, who would spend twenty taels to buy such a big cow, will your cow give birth to gold, or will it fly to the sky? The strong man felt that he had suffered a big loss, and the old man didn't let go, and his tone became a little bad.

Zhong Laohan's face turned pale, and he gave a salute to the strong man tremblingly, and then he didn't get up, just in that posture, he gave another salute to everyone, and then said: "Old man, I don't know what to do, but I really need these twenty taels of silver."

The cow was not sold, and I still had a hope that it would be sold for twenty taels of silver in a while, and if the cow was sold, I would really have no thoughts.

Otherwise, this cow will be sold for ten taels, no, it can be sold for nine taels, but whoever wants to buy it will have to give me twenty taels, and the remaining eleven taels will be counted as if my old man borrowed you, and he will definitely pay it back in the future. Zhong Laohan was forced to have no choice but to make such a move.

Not to mention, when he said this, there were really a lot of people who were moved, but at this moment, I don't know who came up with a sentence, "This old man shouldn't be cheating money, right?" Who knows when he will pay it back, maybe, he has no intention of paying it back. ”

As soon as this sentence came out, those who were moved also calmed down, eleven taels of silver, that is not a small amount, now this old man has begun to sell cattle, then maybe he has nothing at home for a long time, when the time comes, what will he pay back!

Zhong Laohan seemed to be in a hurry, "I am from Xiawa Village, I have lived there for generations, and my ancestors have never deceived anyone for generations, how can I not pay back." Don't worry, even if I don't go up, my son will pay it back. ”

Zhong Laohan originally wanted to prove his determination to repay the money, but as soon as he said this, everyone even lost their last thoughts, and when his son returned, when would he go, whoever got the money was tight, what was the matter with putting it in their house.

"Disperse, disperse, this old man is not sincere in selling cattle at all." Someone shouted this, and everyone saw that there was really nothing to see, so they really dispersed.

But the strong man really wanted to buy the cow sincerely, "Old man, I don't talk nonsense, ten taels of silver, if you agree, I will take the cow away, if you don't agree, I will turn my head and leave;." ”

The people around him were gone, Zhong Laohan's hope was instantly shattered, and he was forced by this strong man again, he almost fell to the ground, staring at the ground, he really couldn't make up his mind, whether to stick to his own ideas, or get ten taels is ten taels.

The strong man didn't get a reply for a long time, and as soon as he turned around, he also left.

As soon as he left, Zhong Laohan raised his head suddenly, looking at the back of the strong man, he raised his hand, as if he wanted to stop the strong man, but before he could speak, the strong man had disappeared without a trace.

At this moment, Zhong Laohan was stupid and stood in place like wood.

"Yinfeng, give this old man a salute in a while, you can be saved, but he has his credit." Jiang Wanbai whispered to Tian Yinfeng.

Tian Yinfeng was a little surprised, she was saved, what does it have to do with this old man, she just wanted to ask Jiang Wanbai, but when she saw that Jiang Wanbai had already walked over, she hesitated, and she quickly followed.

"Brother Zhong, do you still know me?" Jiang Wanbai said with a smile.

Zhong Laohan's eyes were a little straight, and he rolled his eyes several times before he successfully focused his gaze on Jiang Wanbai's face, and thought about it for a while before he suddenly said, "It's you, the one who bought my cow last time." ”

"Yes, that's me." As soon as Jiang Wanbai's voice fell, Tian Yinfeng came over and gave Zhong Laohan a half-squat salute, "Uncle, hello." ”

Tian Yinfeng now finally knows why Jiang Wanbai wants her to thank this old man, without this old man selling cattle to the Tian family, where did the Tian family get the bezoar, how could she save her, so this gift, she should give it, and even if it wasn't for the fear of exposing the bezoar, she would like to kowtow to this old man.

The old man was a little flattered when he received Tian Yinfeng's gift, and said hurriedly: "Hurry up, we countrymen, how can we pay attention to this." ”

Tian Yinfeng said, "Yes, you are an elder." After speaking, she got up and stepped aside, giving up her position to Jiang Wanbai.

"What are you ......" Jiang Wanbai pointed to the green cow and asked.

When Zhong Laohan met an acquaintance, he let go a lot, sighed, and said: "Didn't I sell that cow to you last time, after selling it, there was no cow at home, and it was inconvenient, so I scraped together some money, plus the money from selling the cow, and bought this cow."

I just didn't expect that it hadn't been used for two days, and I would sell it again today, it's really ......" Zhong Laohan wiped his face with his hand and covered the words in his hand.

"Why sell? I also heard a little bit just now, as if you are in urgent need of twenty taels of silver, is something wrong? Jiang Wanbai asked with some puzzlement.

"This ......" Zhong Laohan seemed to be hesitant, not knowing whether to tell Jiang Wanbai or not.

"If it's just a coincidence, I'm here to buy cattle. In this way, I bought your cow, and we are all acquaintances, so I will give you twenty taels as you say, and I will give you twenty taels for the price. ”

Jiang Wanbai had long wanted to compensate this old man, so she knew that lending him the money would be a waste, but she still agreed without hesitation.

Zhong Laohan was ecstatic, "Really? Do you want to buy? ”

"It's not true." Jiang Wanbai said, took out the silver from her arms and handed it to Zhong Laohan, "This silver is ten taels and one ingot, and two ingots are just twenty taels." ”

Zhong Laohan looked at the silver, and always felt a feeling of dreaming, for a while, he eagerly bit the silver with his teeth, and found that the silver was real, he finally believed it, while holding the silver tightly, he wanted to kneel down and kowtow to Jiang Wanbai reads;.

Jiang Wanbai naturally couldn't let him knock, so he hurriedly helped him, "What is this for, hurry up, if my brother can trust me, why don't you tell me about the difficulties you encountered." Jiang Wanbai changed the subject.

This time, Zhong Laohan only hesitated for a moment, and then whispered to Jiang Wanbai: "There are robbers in the town, you must be careful, don't let the children in the family run around." ”

"Robbers?" Jiang Wanbai gasped.

Zhong Laohan nodded, and said in a heavy voice, "My grandson was caught by the robbers, and they asked me to take out a hundred taels within three days, otherwise I would tear up the ticket."

In order to raise this money, I sold the land and the cattle, and if the oxen could not raise twenty taels today, I would have to sell the house. As soon as Zhong Laohan thought of his lively and lovely grandson, and the land that had been planted for a year and had not yet had time to harvest, he was full of sorrow.

"The robbers kidnapped, didn't you report to the official?" Jiang Wanbai asked subconsciously.

"Reporter? What's the use of reporting to the officer, and the robber said that if a second person knows about it, they will tear up the ticket. Speaking of this, Zhong Laohan hurriedly said, "Sister, you must not sue others about this matter I just said, otherwise you will ......."

Zhong Laohan was a little afraid to think about it.

"Don't worry, I won't sue anyone, but will this really work? What if you give them the money and they don't let them go? ”

"Probably not!" Zhong Laohan is a little ownerless, "I've heard of someone being tied up before, and it seems that if you pay the ransom, you'll be fine." ”

Are all the robbers here so trustworthy? Jiang Wanbai didn't know the customs here, and it was not easy to talk nonsense, after all, it was a matter of human life, and if she had the wrong idea, she couldn't afford it.

"Brother, you must be careful about this. If you need help, you can go to Tianjia Village to find me, and enter the first place in the village. Jiang Wanbai said.

"Thank you, thank you! Your great kindness, our Zhong family will never dare to forget it for the rest of our lives, you can rest assured, I will definitely return the ten taels of silver to you. Zhong Laohan said with gratitude on his face.

"Don't be in a hurry to repay the money, who hasn't had a difficult time."

"By the way, where can we find someone, I'll write you an IOU." Zhong Laohan looked around.

"No need, I still can't trust you, brother! If there is something at home, it's better to go back quickly. ”

Zhong Laohan was also anxious, and made up his mind that he would definitely return Jiang Wanbai's silver, and not ten taels, but eleven taels, so he handed the reins to Tian Lao Er and trotted out of the market.

"Mother...... "Mother " Tian Lao Er said with some concern as he led the cow, "Why did this robber come again, I don't know which one will be harmed this time." ”

Jiang Wanbai heard him say "again", so he asked: "This robber often comes?" ”

"I don't come often, but occasionally during the autumn harvest. The government also arrested them a few times, but each time there was no result, and in the end they were too lazy to arrest them. Tian Lao Er explained.

It turned out that this was the case, Jiang Wanbai nodded, "Let's go, let's go home quickly after buying the ox cart, our family lives in the village, but you have to be careful." ”