The five of them walked to the city gate, which happened to be the livestock market, and saw a showman outside the stable pulling a shopkeeper to talk, Situ Yan didn't go to his heart, but when he got closer, he heard the conversation between the two, and couldn't help but stop and look at it.

Xiucai was dressed in a coarse cloth robe, tied his hair and tied with a gray scarf, pulling a mule in one hand and the sleeve of the shopkeeper in the other.

The shopkeeper looked like he was not too old to be 25 or 6 years old, his eyes were shining, and he stroked Xiucai's hand and persuaded, "If it weren't for the fact that you have the fame of Xiucai, I would have driven you out, you don't have to talk to me anymore, your mule has less air in and more gas, and it is about to fail, you have to take it out and sell it, let alone sell it, even if I give money, I can't accept it, I'm afraid that I'm too sick, and the livestock in this stable can't be sold." ”

"If you sell it sincerely, I will accept the frame, but at most I will give you a tael of silver." Situ Yan could see that the shopkeeper really didn't want to buy it.

Xiucai is willing to let the shopkeeper go, there is no rice in the pot at home, if this livestock is not sold, I am afraid that this winter will not be able to pass. "The shopkeeper can't do this, without this car, no one wants this mule, you can do it, help take advantage of it, I will remember your good child when I win the move in the future."

"There is no certainty in what will happen in this future, and I will not accept this mule. ...... "The two of you, you can't discuss it."

Situ Yan took advantage of the time to carefully look at the sick mule, there was no meat on his body, he was so thin that only skin and bones remained, but he had a big belly, touched his stomach that was a little swollen, found that it was a little swollen and hard, and looked at his limbs and teeth. I had a calculation in my heart, this mule was a four-year-old mouth, and it was when he was strong, but his stomach was swollen, and it should be a strong stomach, and he thought that it was improperly fed.

She can cure this disease, if it can be cured, it will be a big bargain, if it can't be cured, she will treat today's business as if it is in vain. After thinking about it again, the shopkeeper didn't want to buy it anyway, and even if she bought it, it wouldn't be considered offensive, so she walked to Xiucai's side and interjected.

"This talented man, you bought this mule and the cart for 1 tael of silver, are you willing?"

"Your baby has a lot of mouth, I'm afraid I don't have eyes when I go out, it's a sick mule, and I'm not afraid of bad luck, be careful to go home and be beaten by your father." The shopkeeper didn't look at his boss Tu Yan, he felt that this baby was dressed in shabby, and more than 1 tael of silver was not a decimal number, how could he afford more than one or two silver coins for a little baby who had lost his teeth.

"It's okay, if Master Xiucai thinks it's okay, I can pay for it?" Situ Yan ignored the shopkeeper, anyway, she didn't do business with the shopkeeper.

Xiucai was afraid that the shopkeeper would scare people away, although he felt that the price was a little low, but he was afraid that there would be no store in this village after this village, so he had to nod his head. Situ Yan settled the money, and asked Xiucai to write a deed, lest she cure the mule in the future, and this Xiucai will come to the door again, she thinks about everything comprehensively, and will never leave a handle for others.

Li Dalang wanted to stop him, but he thought in his heart, the little sister knows medicine, maybe this mule can still be cured, otherwise the little sister would not have paid to buy this sick mule, so he stopped thinking about persuasion. Erlang didn't care at all, anyway, as long as it was something that Xiaomei was going to do, they would support it. What's more, in their hearts, this silver money was earned by Xiaomei, and it should be spent by Xiaomei.

After the matter was done, Situ Yan asked Da Lang to take the mules to the city gate first, and she also had to go to the pharmacy to grab some medicines, which gave the mules to heal the sick, rhubarb, Jiao Hawthorn, Banxia, and tangerine peel She still had some in her hands, but there were no Clematis, Xuanming powder, Jiao Shenqu, sulforaphane seeds, citrus aurantium, magnolia, and chicken gold. And in order to dispense medicine for Liangzi's daughter-in-law and Li Aniu before, she had a pitiful amount of medicinal materials in her hands, so she just took advantage of this opportunity to prepare more.

Entered the pharmacy, in addition to the medicine for the sick, some of the standing medicines were caught, and I was really distressed when I settled the accounts, and I bought nearly ten taels of silver in one go. After putting everything in the ring, he ran to the city gate.

Before he could get close to the ox cart, he heard Li Erzhu's daughter-in-law shouting in a sharp voice, "A group of losers, with our family's silver, that sick mule, died of bad luck." ”

"The second aunt of the Li family don't talk nonsense, until the brothers were kicked out of the house by you, they haven't taken any of you. Why didn't I know when I spent a penny on you? Situ Yan ran a few steps, but before the person arrived, she choked back two sentences.

"Do you dare to say that your money for the mule was not given by our family?"

"Auntie is really good at laughing, your family couldn't steal things and broke my fourth brother's head and bleed, this compensation for our family's medicine money, why did it become your family's. Uncle Muramasa still has your handprint in his hand, and he still wants to ask for the money he paid for his life. Then we will go to the official office to evaluate and judge whether it is your justification for stealing and beating people, or our justification for being beaten and injured. ”

was choked by Situ Yan's words, Li Erzhu's daughter-in-law gasped angrily but couldn't reply, these are all facts, watching the onlookers pointing at her, she was even more ashamed, glared at Situ Yan fiercely, got into the ox cart, and sat next to Li Sanzhu's daughter-in-law. Situ Yan saw that the people had stopped, and she didn't bother to argue, and just as she was about to get in the car, she was pulled aside by the little sheep.

"Little Wu, the mule has retreated, it's going to die, it's useless to buy it." Before Xiao Yang'er went out, his mother specially told Da Lang to give a few helpers, so that he could sell the things early. So when he went to the market today, he hid aside and watched for a long time, making sure that the Da Lang was selling well, and he didn't need his help, so he went to do his own business. As soon as he left on the front foot, a few people bought a sick mule on the back foot, although he didn't wait to see Li Erzhu's daughter-in-law shouting at this time, but he was also anxious when he looked at it.

Situ Yan knew that Xiao Yang'er had good intentions, and whispered in his ear, "Don't worry, I can cure it." "She knows about medicine, and both Murazheng and Aunt Fu know that this little sheep should have listened to the letter, and there is no need to hide it from him.

Xiao Yang'er glanced at Situ Yan and saw her face determined, so she felt at ease. Tie the reins of the mule cart to the back of the ox cart, and the sick mule will not be able to pull the goods for a while, and it will be good if he can follow it home safely.

After waiting for a while, everyone was all together, and Xiao Yang'er was not in a hurry to catch the car, so he first went around to Li Erzhu's daughter-in-law, stretched out his hand and asked her for the car money, "Pay the car first." ”

Li Sanzhu's daughter-in-law helped and said that she would give it back to the village, but Xiao Yang'er seemed to be stubborn, and if she didn't give them money for the round-trip car, she would drive them out of the car. was so angry that Li Erzhu and Li Sanzhu's daughter-in-law scolded in their hearts, but they didn't dare not give the money for the car. Except for Situ Yan, the other four people all paid for the car first, and Xiao Yang'er drove to Lijia Village.

Li Erzhu's daughter-in-law was unwilling, seeing that Li Dalang didn't give money, she shouted that it was unfair, Situ Yan wanted to go back and pay Aunt Fu'er's salary together, but she didn't want to argue over these trivial things at this time, so she took out ten cents and stuffed it into Xiao Yang'er's hand.

Xiao Yang'er thought about it, and didn't push it to accept it directly. Li Erzhu's daughter-in-law saw that she made a fuss, and in the end, she didn't make any trouble, and she was angry in her heart, and she always felt that the silver money on Li Dalang's body was the two taels of silver that their family lost, and the more she thought about it, the more angry she became. This way, he stared at Situ Yan with his eyes.

Situ Yan's eyes only begged for silence around her, she was feeling a little tired at this moment, as for not being stared at, she didn't care at all, and leaned on Li Dalang to rest with her eyes closed.

After entering the village, Situ Yan asked Da Lang to go home first, and followed Xiao Yang'er to the village Zheng's house. handed over the 100 literary money to Aunt Fu'er, and asked her to tell Aunt Niu and Aunt Si'er not to make women's shoes, only men's shoes, and chatted a few more words before going home. Xiao Yang'er chased a few steps to return the car money to Situ Yan, but Situ Yan smiled and waved his hand to push, and the matter was over.

When I got home, I saw that Da Lang and Ji Lang had taken the things in the car into the hall, and the car frame had been removed and piled up by the courtyard wall. Situ Yan asked San Lang to boil some hot water, and then he made a good diagnosis of the mule and determined that it was a "strong stomach", so he was brought into the utility room. If you have this disease, you can't eat or defecate, and of course the mule is thin. After boiling the medicine and feeding it to the mules, he went into the hall to settle the accounts.

Li Dalang made a total of 220 pieces of "Xiwang cake", except for four pieces to the county school king steward, sold 200 yuan, and the rest was kept at home. 200 pieces of dim sum cost 3 yuan a piece, and a total of 599 yuan was sold (the first customer, Shiro, received less than a penny). 20 pairs of winter boots cost 50 wen a pair, which happened to sell for one or two silver dollars.

Excluding the 300 Wen for the aunts, and the cost of used cloth, cotton, needlework, glutinous rice, red sugar, etc., Situ Yan can earn 1 tael of silver. Although it costs more to buy mules and catch medicine than to earn, if this animal is cured, it will not lose money but make a steady profit. Calculate the account and Da Lang, although the four brothers are also distressed about the money spent, but they all feel that what the little sister said is reasonable, the family now has a livelihood, although the income this time is not enough to spend, but next time, next time, slowly the family will be better, the days have hope, and the heart is happy.

Before a few people were happy, they heard someone knocking on the courtyard door, Li Dalang got up to open the door, Situ Yan put the copper coins and hemp paper into the east room, and then went out, and saw Dalang leading the village to see the sick mule in the utility room.

"Da Lang, you said that you are a big brother, why don't you know how to persuade you to buy such a sick mule, isn't this a waste of money?" It was a pity that the village was full of voices, it was not easy for these children to make some money, and he was happy at home watching Aunt Fu count the wages. Unexpectedly, his son told him that Xiao Wu had bought a sick mule, and he was so anxious that he didn't have time to ask in a hurry, so he ran over.

Li Dalang was a little embarrassed to be trained, but the money was earned by the little sister, and the little sister said that it could be cured well, and he believed that the little sister would not be untargeted, let alone persuade him, he didn't even stop it.

"Uncle Wangfu, let's go into the hall and listen to me." Situ Yan didn't want Li Dalang to be scolded for her, so she motioned for Dalang to go to the stove room to bring a bowl of water, and she pulled Cunzheng into the main house.

"Uncle Wangfu, this mule's illness can be cured, if it can be cured, the family will have more cattle to pull their feet in the future, and it will be convenient to enter a city or something. If I can't cure it, no matter how much I think about making a living, I won't let myself lose money. ”

"You! Before Muramasa could persuade again, he heard a shouting and scolding from outside the courtyard.