Lu Zhong is still negotiating the price with the Chinese, and the Chinese have changed their words to eight taels and five, and Lu Zhong is only willing to pay eight taels.

Livestock is a big object in the farmhouse, and it is a penny to be saved, and Lu Xiaoyi is not in a hurry, holding the little greyhound and waiting patiently.

In the end, Lu Zhong and the Chinese people each took a step back, and the transaction was made for eight taels and two hundred and fifty yuan, and since then, Lu Xiaoyi's family has added a new member.

After paying the money, Lu Zhong took the calf with a smile, went to the storage place to get the donkey cart, and then tied the cow's nose rope to the corner of the donkey cart, and drove Xiao Yi back slowly.

The puppy cub in his arms was still shivering, Lu Xiaoyi guessed that it must be cold and hungry, so he bought a big meat bun for it, the puppy wolf spit and ate it, the red little tongue licked his lips several times, and then began to lick Lu Xiaoyi's hand, who told her that there was a meat bun smell on her hand!

The palms of his hands were itchy and hot, and Lu Xiaoyi couldn't help but giggle.

Lu Zhong said with a smile: "Today is a good day, I have added cattle and dogs." ”

Lu Xiaoyi also thought so, rubbed the puppy in his arms, and said with a smile: "Xiao Geng must be happy this time." ”

Lu Zhong also smiled happily, "I said earlier that I would catch a puppy for him to raise, but it has been delayed until now, if you hadn't found this puppy today, I would definitely not remember it again." ”

"Hehe, go back and let Xiao Geng name it."

The puppy whined twice, arched his head into Lu Xiaoyi's diaphragm socket, although through the padded jacket, Lu Xiaoyi still felt itchy, grabbed the puppy's neck and slipped out, and pretended to reprimand two sentences.

Lu Zhong saw that his daughter was happy to play with the puppy, shook his head with a smile, led the donkey and walked slowly, looking back at the calf from time to time, for fear that he would walk too fast and let the calf suffer.

In ancient times, the farmer added livestock, just like a modern family bought a cart, and the pedestrians encountered along the way would look at it with envy, and when they entered the village, it caused heated discussions among the villagers.

"Yo, Brother Lu has made money by driving the car, and the cattle have been bought!"

"A calf isn't cheap, tsk, it's ten taels of silver, right?"

"It's definitely not worth ten taels of silver, and nine taels is over."

"It's a donkey and a cow, your family is doing well!"

"Look at how people are living these days, which is like my family, facing the loess and carrying the long sky and not seeing the planing cow come out, hey! This money is all about warmth, rich people are getting richer and richer, we have no money, maybe one day we will drink the northwest wind. ”

"You are greedy, you can also drive there, that road is not his Lu family!"

Lu Xiaoyi's ears were full of the muttering of the villagers, both openly and secretly full of envy, jealousy and hatred, Lu Xiaoyi didn't care, they could only stare dryly no matter how they made money.

With a smile on his face, Lu Zhong casually waved a few words to the villagers who asked, and then said no more.

When she got home, Magnolia was so happy that she led the calf straight to the backyard, where a clean cowshed had been prepared next to the donkey shed, which was the calf's new home.

Xiao Geng's eyes kept glued to the calf, and he jumped up and shouted: "Oh, I have a calf." ”

This kid, I haven't seen my eldest sister in the morning, and I don't know how to come up and smack twice, it's really not as good as a cow! Lu Xiaoyi sneered, hid the puppy behind his back, and silently followed up in the backyard.

"Eldest sister, what's behind you?" Xiao Ding came over.

Lu Xiaoyi pouted twice and motioned for Xiao Ding to look at it himself. Xiao Ding happily wowed, attracting Xiao Geng to look at it, Lu Xiaoyi took the opportunity to take out the puppy from behind, handed it to Xiao Ding with a smile, and deliberately said loudly: "Na, the eldest sister gave you the puppy, do you like it?" ”

Xiao Geng rushed over at an unprecedented speed, raised his hands and begged excitedly and pitifully: "Big sister, give me the puppy, give it to me, I want the puppy." ”

Xiao Yi lifted the puppy high and teased him: "Don't give, don't give, this is for Xiao Ding." ”

Xiao Geng couldn't reach the puppy, so he turned to hug Xiao Ding, "Second sister, let's raise it together, okay?" ”

Xiao Ding nodded with a smile and said to Xiao Yi: "Eldest sister, don't tease Xiao Geng, you will cry if you tease him again." ”

Xiao Geng said seriously: "Yes, I will cry." ”

Xiao Yi still held the puppy high and said with a wicked smile: "Then you cry to the eldest sister?" As soon as the words fell, accompanied by a puppy barking, the puppy in Lu Xiaoyi's hand was quickly seized.

followed by Lu Pozi's scolding: "A broken dog made Xiao Geng cry, believe it or not, I tore your skin?" After speaking, he handed the struggling puppy to Xiao Geng, and said kindly: "Take it and play!" ”

Xiao Geng was like a treasure, holding the puppy and smiling with crooked eyebrows.

Lu Xiaoyi was stunned in place, complaining in her heart that Mrs. Lu didn't understand taste, and it was most normal for sisters and brothers to play and frolic, but she had to make trouble.

Mrs. Lu glared at Lu Xiaoyi fiercely, and her tone was not good: "Where is the calf?" The surrounding neighbors have spread it all over, and my mother is the last one to know! ”

Lu Xiaoyi pointed to the corner of the courtyard, pouted, and said, "As soon as the front foot entered the door, the long-tongued woman passed the word to my grandmother's ears, and she was really full and had nothing to do." ”

Mrs. Lu ignored her and hurriedly walked to the enclosure, and then, Lu Shouzeng and Lu Yong both came.

Xiao Geng held the puppy to show off to his grandfather and aunt, but their minds were all on the calf, and they had no interest in the worthless puppy, Xiao Geng was a little disappointed, holding the puppy and asking Lu Xiaoyi, "Sister, what's it called?" ”

Lu Xiaoyi smiled: "Is it okay for Xiao Geng to name it?" ”

"Then call it Little Grey." Xiao Geng still remembers the little wolf in the past, it just so happens that this puppy is also gray, and it is quite appropriate to call it Little Gray Gray.

Lu Xiaoyi praised him for his good achievement, Xiao Geng proudly straightened his little chest, and relied on Xiao Yi Xiaoding to shout a few 'little gray ashes' before stopping.

There was a high-pitched voice from Mrs. Lu in the enclosure, and Lu Xiaoyi looked over to see that Mrs. Lu was judging the calf? Those who have been in the livestock market all the year round have a fierce vision and experience. Mrs. Lu was pure nonsense, pretending to look at it, and said to Lu Zhong: "Zhong'er, don't ask your father to go to the staff for such a big thing as buying cattle, you will make up your own mind?" ”

Lu Zhong explained, but Mrs. Lu didn't listen to it at all, and still expressed her opinion, "I don't think this cow is good!" She couldn't explain what was wrong.

Lu Shouzeng hated her, "You are indispensable everywhere, why don't you go among others if you are so capable?" ”

Mrs. Lu shut up and didn't say anything, Lu Shouzeng didn't bother to look at her, turned his head to Lu Zhong and said, "It's good to buy cattle!" It's more capable than your father, it's good, it's good, and it's a strong labor force in the family in the future. ”

Lu Zhong was in a good mood, and when he heard his father's praise again, it was even more beautiful, and he said to Lu Shouzeng: "Dad, it's better to choose a day than to hit the day, take advantage of the festivities, I will tear down the courtyard wall after lunch." ”

Lu Shouzeng immediately smiled, nodded his head again and again, and arranged for Lu Yong to say, "Don't go to the ground in the afternoon, help your brother tear down the wall at home." ”

It took an afternoon to tear down a wall, and it took an hour for the father and son to complete it, Lu Zhong moved the wall tiles to the backyard and stacked them neatly, and built a kennel in the corner of the courtyard with broken bricks.

There is one less wall, the east and west chambers are close in front of you, and the originally small courtyard of the Lu family is instantly connected, this is the small courtyard of the Lu family that Lu Xiaoyi saw in her dream before she came, despite this, she is still very uncomfortable, although the courtyard is usually small, but she is quite comfortable living behind closed doors, and now you can see a few people in the west courtyard when you raise your eyes, and the visual space on the bright side has become larger, but in fact, the privacy space has shrunk.

Lu Xiaoyi could feel that Yulan Xiaoding Xiaogeng was not adaptable, especially Xiaoding Xiaogeng, who had been living in half of the courtyard since he was born, and the yard had suddenly doubled at this time, and they were still used to playing in the east yard.

The Lu family is more or less uncomfortable, but Mrs. Lu has no effect, she gets up early every day to cook an egg, and runs out of the window of the east courtyard to call Xiao Geng to get up and eat, please, Xiao Geng only gets up for the third time every day, okay? The first time you crow, you came to urge, does this really hurt him?

After being disturbed for a few days, Lu Xiaoyi finally couldn't bear it anymore and scared Mrs. Lu and said, "Grandmother, don't you know that children have to wake up naturally?" If you come to call Xiao Geng so early, it will be easy to lose Xiao Geng's soul. ”

He also said: "Xiao Geng has been talking in his dreams for the past few nights, and it got worse and worse last night, and he couldn't wake up crying in his dreams, it's all your fault!" ”

Mrs. Lu was dumbfounded, and began to cry after a moment, "I hurt Xiao Geng, blame me!" Woo woo cried a few times, and immediately got up and said: "No, I'll go find Wang Daopo and ask her to give Xiao Geng a bowl of talisman water, and fix the soul first." ”

Superstition Superstition is obsessed with believing, Lu Xiaoyi protects his forehead, pulls Lu Pozi and says: "Grandmother, don't worry, my mother has made a soul-fixing bag with red cloth and put it under Xiao Geng's pillow, let's see it tonight!" ”

"Also, don't come over early to call Xiao Geng in the future, in order to give him an egg, it will make him restless and can't row! Besides, there is no shortage of eggs in my house, so you can keep them for your aunt to eat. ”

Mrs. Lu returned to the west courtyard depressed, sat on the threshold of the main room restlessly, and thought about it to let her come up with a good way, that is, to stuff Xiao Geng with a boiled egg before going to bed, which is beautifully named: Ma has no night grass and no fat, Xiao Geng has no night food and no fat!

Yulan took Xiaoyi Xiaoding to the vegetable field and came back after sowing vegetable seeds, and saw that Lu Pozi was full of smiles, but she didn't have half of her previous worries. Yulan didn't care about her, went to the stove room to see how she woke up, and prepared to scone the cake.

Today's scone sales are still in the expansion stage, Lu Xiaoyi calculated, about two hundred a day, excluding the cost of more than 100 yuan a day, more than three taels of silver a month, it is already very good, and then wait for January, after her scones are recognized by the merchants, the sales volume will double, and the income will also double, according to this, a new house can be built at the end of the year, and Xiao Geng can be sent to the school next year, and the days will get better and better.

Magnolia laughed at her, "Light, don't pestle the basin." ”

"If the pestle is rotten, buy it, our family is not bad for money!"

Lu Xiaoyi's words immediately caused Yulan to roll her eyes and preach, and Lu Xiaoyi hurriedly begged for mercy, "Mother, I was wrong, I must live frugally." ”

Yulan didn't spare her, and continued: "You want to be half as soft and well-behaved as Xiaoding, I don't want to train you like this, who wants to train you more and more skinny, it is completely the left ear in and out of the right ear, and it doesn't have a long memory at all." ”

Lu Xiaoyi rolled a small ball of dough into a small ball, and said to Yulan: "Na, I used this dough to block my right ear, won't I be able to get out?" ”

Yulan was angry and laughed, and wanted to reach out to poke Xiaoyi's forehead, but Lu Xiaoyi shouted instead, "Mother, you can poke my head so dirty, how disgusting it is to get into the dough, let's make food, be serious!" ”

Yulan glanced at Lu Xiaoyi, withdrew her hand and kneaded the dough cake while scolding with a smile.