Chapter 118: Red Rabbit
The future father-in-law and mother-in-law weave things, and Liu Junhao naturally spent the afternoon playing with the two pillowcases
He originally wanted the address to mail it directly, but he didn't know that Zhang Qian happened to have to go to the street to charge the phone bill, so the two of them rode bicycles together to catch the market.
The mountain breeze blows slowly, bringing a burst of coolness. This flat river stone road continues to extend in the shade of greenery, giving people a very refreshing feeling. Looking into the distance, you can see the waves of green and yellow wheat, and the wheat harvest season is approaching.
When I was about to reach the corner of the street, I ran into Liu Wuye and a few people in the village walking in front. The two hurriedly jumped off and walked with them.
After inquiring, I found out that Liu Wuye was going to go to the street to buy a calf to raise. His old man saw it this time, and said that he would not buy that kind of choking lean cow again.
On the street, several parted ways.
After finishing the business, Zhang Qian said that she had never seen it for sale, and wanted to take a look at the cattle store.
Liu Junhao was natural: With her mind in mind, she threw the purchased things and bicycles to an acquaintance's house, and the two walked towards the cow on foot.
If there is one place on the street that is the most lively, it is the cattle shop. Every time there is a fair, people come and go, and the cattle are full of trouble.
From time to time on the road, you can see leading the cattle to walk in the direction of the cattle line, and some anxious cattle economy is stopped at the intersection early.
These cattle economy although look at the center of the earth. But I'm not in a hurry to buy it. The real buying and selling usually doesn't start until noon. At that time, the cattle seller was in a hurry to return home. Naturally, I won't be too serious about the price. And then there is the point to which it comes. The ox had been hungry for most of the day. All of them look like listless bears. Therefore, it is easy to find faults.
The economy is looking for a hot time. will shoot again and again. At the beginning of the sale, both parties often make money with spit and red faces. In the end, the deal was made in the push and bluff.
Of course, there are many "unspoken rules" of the bull land. For example, one of them is not to buy a donkey at the beginning. Those cattle economies are a bit taboo. Thought to have just bought a donkey. You can't buy good cattle on this day. Therefore, if you don't know each other, buy a donkey early. They're sure to roll their eyes.
"Little brother. You came to see the cows too? Liu Junhao is standing in the shade of a tree. Suddenly, someone slapped him in the back.
"It's Lao Guo." He turned his head to look. It turned out to be Lao Guo, who sold beef on the street. Hurriedly pulled out a cigarette and said hello. "I'm just idle and have nothing to do to walk around. Have you seen Liu Wuye? ”
"Under that big poplar tree. A few people from your village together. After Lao Guo said hello. And he turned and departed. People are serious about buying scalpers. It's not like the two of them are just hanging out.
As soon as Liu Wuye arrived at the cattle store, he took a fancy to this heifer, and he was bargaining with the cow seller at the moment. Croppers and cattle have different economies, there are not so many curves, as long as you fancy it, the price is right, you can buy it.
Liu Junhao is a pure layman in this business, so he doesn't intervene, and only watches the excitement with Zhang Qian.
The price of selling cattle was bitten to death, and Liu Wuye didn't pay back much money for a long time, so he had to give up in the end.
"Look, there's a foal over there! Why don't we buy it and raise it? Liu Junhao wanted to follow, but Zhang Qian pulled him and pointed to the tall and thin jujube red horse and said.
"What are you buying it for, we don't have a car. Besides, if you look at this horse's skinny skin and bones, it is estimated that even if you get it back, you won't be able to support it," Liu Junhao analyzed one by one. Although he didn't know much about horses, he could see that this horse was really not very good.
Hearing her say this, Zhang Qian had no choice but to give up, but she still pulled Liu Junhao to follow.
The seller knew by looking at the two of them that it was not the buyer, so he did not come up to ask, but smiled at them.
This little foal is no stranger to Zhang Qian, and keeps sticking out her tongue to lick her hands.
"What, you have a crush on this foal?" Lao Guo happened to be walking around the neighborhood, and when he saw them, he came over and said.
"How can we, we just look blind, how much do you think this horse is worth?" Anyway, being idle is idle, so Liu Junhao asked casually.
"Little brother, I advise you not to buy it, this foal has a problem with appetite as soon as it seems, and no one has asked for two weeks" Lao Guo has bought yellow eels from Liu Junhao a few times these days, so the two are also familiar with each other. Seeing that he seemed to have moved his mind, he whispered in his ear to persuade him.
"How about nine hundred dollars, this foal was born half a month early, so it looks relatively empty, I'm ready to sell it cheaply, sell it for one money." The man who sold the horse saw the two of them muttering with their heads together, and thought that they were negotiating the price, so he hurriedly spoke.
Hearing him say this, Liu Junhao was a little moved. Nine hundred dollars of land is indeed cheap, and the average half-pile foal is a thousand.
Although he didn't know how to raise horses, if he bought the foal back and fed it with the sweet potato seedlings watered by the spring water in the yard, he might be able to train it.
"Can there be less?"
As soon as Liu Junhao opened his mouth, Lao Guo knew that he really wanted to buy it, and although he felt that it was not worth it, he also began to help him pay the price.
One buyer and seller are willing to buy and the other is willing to sell, and this business is very profitable. In less than half an hour, the price was negotiated, and Liu Junhao bought it.
After the horse, he immediately went to the small shop next to him and bought two boxes of white sand and threw them to the rules of the old cattle trade, and helped people to complete the business, and the buyer was to thank him.
Liu Wuye and the others wandered around for a long time and didn't see a suitable calf, so they were about to call Liu Junhao to go home together, but they saw someone leading a foal towards them.
Along the way, several people were arguing. Some say that Liu Junhao picked up a small bargain, and this foal is definitely worth one thousand and twenty-three if it is well raised; Some said that they lost money, and they looked like an old pimple, and they didn't grow tall just by eating materials.
Liu Junhao doesn't have so many ideas, the money has already been given to others, and it doesn't matter if he suffers a loss.
The foal was also obedient, and obediently let Zhang lead him along the way.
When I got home, the group ran over to see the strangeness, and the hairy child wanted to ride a horse secretly, but was kicked by the foal, and the bear child held his arms and screamed in the yard.
After Liu Junhao rested for a while, he went to the backyard and cut most of the basket of sweet potato seedlings to feed it. This guy is also a picky eater, and he eats very happily.
Zhang Qian was more concerned about the hygiene of the foal, deliberately got a few basins of water to pour it on the ground, and then picked up a broom to clean it.
I didn't expect that after sweeping away the long hairy shun of the horse manure, the appearance of this foal changed so much that it showed a bit of spirit.
Liu Junhao originally wanted to name it Xiaohong based on Yan_, but Zhang Qian didn't agree with anything, saying that it was too old-fashioned. It's better to call it Chitu, and it's the same name as the famous horse through the ages.
Khan, this skinny horse is still called Chitu, Jane is ruining the name. Although Liu Junhao objected, he had to nod and call Chitu at Zhang Qiandi's insistence.
After that, he had one more task: to herd the horses in his spare time. In fact, this is no different from playing, don't worry about taking the red rabbit to the river beach, and lead the little skin around by yourself.
Of course, more time, in order to be lazy and save trouble, Liu Junhao directly cut some sweet potato seedlings from the backyard to feed.
After more than a week, Chitu Sheng has changed a lot. The brighter the coat color, the more sparse the phenomenon stops.
The people who came to his yard said that the horse was worth it, and now it can be sold for at least a thousand yuan if it is brought to the cattle store.
"Uncle Xiaohao, do you want to eat ears of wheat, exchange ears of wheat for a reed?" Soon after school, the hairy child ran to the yard with a large handful of burnt ash ears of wheat.
Ever since the bear boy learned that there was soil honey on the reeds, he had been breaking one almost every day for a while. If it weren't for Liu Junhao's close attention, it is estimated that he would have cleaned the honey in a few days.
"Where did you light the fire again, and what if it started a fire?" Liu Junhao was startled when he saw the wheat sui, and at this time last year, those bear children also caused a fire.
"Don't worry, we burned it on the riverbank, and after it was burned, it was doused with water." The hairy boy smiled and handed over the ears of wheat.
This season is not yet ripe, but it is the most fragrant time. The wheat is plump and well-hydrated, and it tastes very firm when it is charred by fire.
Smelling the burnt ears of wheat, Liu Junhao was quite moved, and he was embarrassed to reprimand the hairy child again.
He went to the field to steal some wheat ear burning, and he did it when he was a child. At that time, as soon as school was over, a group of three or five people ran towards the wheat field. The sentry sentry, the sentry stealing the ears of wheat, the preparation work will be completed in five or six minutes.
Then they ran into the depths of the reeds, picked up some dried reeds and grass, and skillfully pulled out matches to make a fire. Each person took a handful of ears of wheat and burned them in a hurry, and when the wheat was scorched and the whole ear of wheat turned into a small black stick, it was also burned.
Hold the ears of wheat with both hands and rub them, then blow with your mouth and swap your left and right hands, and blow the burnt wheat husks clean after a few back and forth, and all that is left is the yellow and clear grains of wheat.
At this moment, no one cares whether their hands are clean or not, and one by one they impatiently throw the wheat grains into their mouths, and chew the fragrant roasted wheat grains......
When the ears of wheat are eaten, the following is the mark of destruction. Find a puddle and wash your face and hands, and then rinse your mouth, and when you get home, you won't be able to tell that they have just eaten an ear of wheat.
In fact, as long as it doesn't cause a fire, the adults will reprimand at most even if they show up.
The comfort of stealing wheat as a child is still vivid in my mind.
"Teacher Zhang didn't say when we will have a microphone holiday?" After the hairy boy broke a reed pipe, he ran over and asked.
"It's coming soon, it's estimated that there will be a holiday on the Dragon Boat Festival." This bear kid has been thinking about waiting for the holidays to have a good time for a few days.
"Then can you let Mr. Zhang put it for a few more days, the wheat grown by our family is too short to be cut."
"You go and talk to the teacher yourself...... It just so happened that your teacher came. Liu Junhao just said half a sentence, and when he looked up, Zhang Qian happened to appear.
"Oh, Mr. Zhang, I'm going home to do my homework." The furry child immediately looked like a mouse seeing a cat.
"Liu Changlin, did you burn this ear of wheat?" When Zhang Qian saw the ears of wheat on the table, her face suddenly became serious again.
"This time it's our own family, not the grandfather's house that stole Ermazi." The hairy child hurriedly argued