Chapter 8: Buying a Horse

"I'll go back in the evening and invite everyone to dinner." He Jin is not a stingy person in his bones, and he naturally saw the performance of the people in Shiqiao Village just now.

Now that the fat man was sent away, He Jin decided to invite everyone to a meal to express his gratitude: "Fifth brother, let's put your house when the time comes." ”

Even in a village, the relationship is also intimate, and He Jin really didn't treat Zhang Kun as an outsider.

"Okay, just put it in my house." Zhang Kun said with a smile and hugged his fists at everyone: "Don't shirk, everyone, Xiaodao has made a lot of money today, so it's a celebration." ”

The surrounding villagers did not give in at this time, and they responded to the chaos. This is also normal in Shiqiao Village, when there is a happy event, everyone goes to have a drink to celebrate, even if there is no happy event, several old drunkards often pull people to drink.

Shiqiao Village is close to the mountains, and the water vapor in the mountains is large, so every household has the habit of making wine. This is also a custom passed down from the ancestors, and there are several large water tanks in the backyard of each house, which are full of wine.

It is said that the old Taoist priest was also the No. 1 drunkard, and his friendship with so many people in the village was not only built by being a doctor and a teacher, but also a large part of the indestructible revolutionary friendship that was drunk from the wine table......

Immediately bought some cooked food and meat dishes on the street, and handed them over to the villagers to help take them back, Zhang Kun and He Jin took a ride to Chenjia Lane to watch the horses.

Shiqiao Village is located in the north of Qingshan Town, and Chenjiaxiang is in the south of Qingshan Town, so Zhang Kun did not drive his donkey cart.

As soon as he arrived at Chenjia Lane, He Jin saw a few ponies making noise on the grass in the distance, He Jin's eyes lit up, and as for a few big horses, they were quietly grazing.

The owner of the horse also saw He Jin and Zhang Kun, and beckoned to this side: "Is it Shiqiao Village that bought the horse?" ”

"Yes, Old Chen?" Zhang Kun responded angrily, and then handed over a cigarette with a smile: "Come, smoke one." ”

Although smoking is not good for health, strangers get closer to each other, especially in the countryside, and they generally have to smoke and drink to open the way.

Lao Chen was not polite, he nodded and pointed to a few horses: "Come, I'll introduce you to you." ”

The local mountain horse breeds are relatively small, and Lao Chen's horses are specially mated, so they are taller and have better physical strength. The four big horses, two males and two females, are only 6 years old this year, and as for the five ponies, two are more than one year old, and three are just three months old and have not yet been weaned.

The height of the big horse is about 1.8 meters, the height of the pony more than 1.34 meters is 1.34 meters, and the three three-month-old ponies are just over one meter.

According to Lao Chen's meaning, the three cubs can't leave the mare, either buy them all or don't want them at all.

"Tell me the price." Zhang Kun glanced at He Jin, saw He Jin nodded invisibly, and asked: "The price is honest, they are all from the villagers, if the price is right, take it all away." Lao Chen, you also know that now this horse is not as fast as cattle and sheep, and no one may buy it. ”

Hearing Zhang Kun's words, Lao Chen's brows furrowed, Zhang Kun was also telling the truth, a cow can be sold for tens of thousands of yuan, but horses are not necessarily, because there are not many local people who eat horse meat, and it is really not easy to sell.

Otherwise, after Zhang Kun expressed his intention to buy a horse, Lao Chen would not have let Zhang Kun come to see the horse in a hurry.

"My horse is in good shape, look at that one, it can not only camel heavy loads, but also run ......fast," Lao Chen was obviously talking about the advantages of horses, muttered for a long time, and said: "Four horses, one is fifteen thousand; two over a year old, one eight thousand; Three are smaller, two red ones are five thousand, and one white one is ten thousand. ”

The price given by Lao Chen is actually about the same, after all, this is a hybrid horse breed, which is not only tall, but also able to pull heavy loads. As for a white horse suddenly appearing in a group of red horses, of course Lao Chen offered a higher price.

"Eight thousand horses, five thousand for one year old, three thousand for two small dots, and five thousand for white." The price is all over the sky, and the money is repaid on the spot, Zhang Kun is not polite at all: "Lao Chen, don't look at me like that!" You also know that horses are not easy to sell, and if you have raised a horse for a few years, it is estimated that not a single one has been sold. ”

"Lao Zhang, but you can't bargain like this." Lao Chen smiled bitterly: "If I raise cattle, I can't sell them for more than this money." ”

"The point is that you're not raising cows." Zhang Kun pointed to the grass not far away, a large number of cattle and sheep: "You see, you mainly raise cattle and sheep, and you don't spend much effort on raising horses, just let them graze by the way." At the beginning, four horses didn't cost much. ”

Lao Chen's face was a little embarrassed, but he still shook his head: "That's not good, the price you gave is too low." In this way, if you sincerely ask for it, I will give you a little more, a total of 80,000 yuan, okay? This price couldn't be lower. ”

Zhang Kun felt that the price was about the same, so he pulled He Jin to the side to discuss it, walked up to Lao Chen, and said directly: "Seventy-five thousand, cash, we will ride away now." ”

"Seventy-eight thousand." Lao Chen's face was very entangled.

"Okay." Zhang Kun didn't bargain any further, and asked He Jin to order 78,000 yuan and stuff it to Lao Chen. Before coming, He Jin took out 100,000 yuan in the town.

Lao Chen stopped herding sheep now, brandished his whip, and drove the cattle and sheep to the village.

When he arrived at Chenjia Lane, he checked the authenticity and number on the money detector in the supermarket at the entrance of the village, and Lao Chen handed over the money to his family, and then took He Jin and Zhang Kun to familiarize themselves with the horse.

"This is the head horse." Lao Chen pointed to one of the sturdy horses, with some reluctance in his eyes, after all, he had been raising them for several years: "In fact, the horse has a very docile personality, as long as you are optimistic about the head horse, the other horses will not run around." ”

After speaking, Lao Chen beckoned to He Jin: "Come over and let it be familiar with you." ”

Of course, Lao Chen knew that He Jin was the one who really bought horses.

He Jin walked in front of the head horse, the way the horse is familiar with people is very simple, stretch out his head and rub the master's head, and lick the master's face and hands when he has nothing to do, and slowly become familiar with it.

However, it is obvious that He Jin didn't need these at all, he directly put his hand on the horse's head, touched the mane on the horse's head, and directly communicated with his consciousness: "Obedient ......"

Touma glanced at He Jin suspiciously, blinked, and then lowered his head obediently and leaned against He Jin's chest.

Feeling the kindness and obedience from the head horse, He Jin nodded with satisfaction, an obedient horse is a good horse.

Lao Chen next to him, his jaw was about to fall off in surprise, he didn't expect that He Jin would stop in front of the horse like this, and the horse would be tamed.

Even Zhang Kun didn't expect He Jin to have this kind of ability.

"The little trick passed down by the ancestors, specializing in taming all kinds of animals." He Jin explained simply, as for whether Zhang Kun and Lao Chen would believe it, it didn't matter.

Anyway, when it comes to ancestral inheritance, most people know the truth until the point, and they won't ask about it. It's like a cook who cooks, if he rashly asks him for the secret recipe of his exclusive dish, it is not impossible to directly smoke people with a big mouth.

He Jin also knew that he was too strange just now, and he was familiar with the memory in his head, coughed lightly, and pulled his throat: "Baby, ......."

Ying Long Ke not only knows how to communicate consciousness, it also knows the language of beasts, after all, Ying Long has been in the mountains for thousands of years, and the voice He Jin made just now was to let the horses gather around him and obey his orders.

At this moment, Zhang Kun and Lao Chen's eyes were about to fall to the ground.

Horses are docile, and there are people in the world who are always able to receive a welcome from a horse, and if these people show enough goodwill to approach a horse, it is understandable that the horse will take the initiative to accept the owner. For example, just now Touma took the initiative to rub He Jin's shoulder, in the eyes of Zhang Kun and Lao Chen, this is the reason, although he was a little surprised, but it was still within the acceptable range.

But what is this now? He Jin can actually learn how to bark a horse?!

Looking at a few horses barking and approaching He Jin, Lao Chen had to give a thumbs up in admiration: "Awesome!" ”

"That's it!" He Jin was not modest, he jumped directly on the ground, turned over and rode on the head horse, his legs clamped between the horse's belly, and sat steadily, not at all that this was the first time to ride a horse.

The two feet gently kicked the horse's belly, and the head horse obediently walked in front of the other stallion: "Fifth brother, you sit on this one!" Put a soft cushion on this horse. ”

Zhang Kun is no better than He Jin, if he doesn't lay the mat, he will bump all the way back, and Zhang Kun, who is in his fifties, will definitely not be able to stand it.

After laying out the soft cushion, He Jin slapped his hand twice on the stallion's head, and the stallion obediently knelt on the ground with his front legs so that Zhang Kun could ride on.

Swallowing his saliva, Zhang Kun rode on the horse in a decent manner, and when the horse stood up, although the horse's back was relatively stable, Zhang Kun was still a little frightened, and his two hands tightly grasped the horse's mane on the horse's neck.

After saying goodbye to Lao Chen, He Jin took the lead, patted the horse's head gently, and the head horse walked slowly along the road according to He Jin's instructions.

After all, He Jin is not the only one in the team, if he was alone, He Jin would have galloped wildly, but there are not only Zhang Kun in the team, but there are also a few ponies, which are not suitable for fast running.

The two of them walked and chatted.

"Xiaodao, it's a pity that these big horses are a pity......" Zhang Kun observed a few big horses, and shook his head with some pity: "These big horses didn't have much training when they were young, they basically walked around twice in the wilderness, and now the skeleton has grown up, and they can't run far......

Of course, He Jin understood what Zhang Kun meant, the ancient tea horse road, the story of horses has been circulated since ancient times, like this hybrid horse, not only can pull heavy objects, but also can be pulled out as a war horse at critical moments, galloping on the battlefield, hundreds of miles across the country is not a problem.

But now these horses, although the skeleton is very large, but they have not been trained since childhood, they are considered to be wasted, and there is no problem with galloping for dozens of miles, but it is unlikely that they want to run hundreds or thousands of miles.

"It's okay, I'm not going to run far away, go back and train, I can run hundreds of miles, I'm satisfied." He Jin was quite content, and pointed to a few ponies with a smile: "Besides, aren't there still these small ones?" I'll keep them in the woods when I get back......"

"Raised in the forest, you are not afraid of getting lost......" Halfway through the words, thinking that He Jin knew horse language, Zhang Kun couldn't help but shake his head and said with a smile: "Okay, you can raise it as you want." ”