"Fifteen taels. My horse is only three and a half years old, and it's a good time to work, and as you can see, girl, I've raised this horse to be fat and strong..."

The old man was very clumsy in his sales, with an expression of fear that Meng Zhen would be too expensive.

He had already spent most of the day in this bazaar, and every person who came to ask for the price, as soon as he heard him say that he wanted at least fifteen taels, almost always turned around and left.

It's not that everyone thinks that his horse is not worth fifteen taels of silver, but after all, the people who come here to catch the market are ordinary people, and with their family background, they are still more willing to spend about five taels to buy a mule than to buy a horse with fifteen taels, so that they can also use the remaining ten taels of silver to buy fields, so that the family can live a better life.

The old man was almost desperate, if he couldn't sell it again, he wanted to go to the county tomorrow to try his luck.

"Then fifteen taels." Meng Hao didn't bargain, she saw on the old man's face that no matter how much he covered up the people in trouble, they would still unconsciously reveal the kind of sadness and despair.

Maybe it's because she's been in trouble too, and she's been forced to be sad by the coldness and cruelty of life, but anyway, she just can't step on this poor old man cruelly enough.

Fifteen taels and fourteen taels were not much different to her, and instead of haggling with this old man who was struggling on the edge of pain, Meng Hao felt that she might as well catch a few more pheasants and hares.

What's more, the old man's asking price is actually not too high, which is to catch up with the current waste to be revived, and the old man is in urgent need of money, otherwise such a good horse, how can the old man only need fifteen taels of silver?

She smiled at the old man, "The price is as you said, but you may have to go back to the village with me first, I only have thirteen taels of silver on me now, I have to go home and get the remaining two taels of silver for you." ”

The old man wiped his tears happily, he said "hey", and then said to Meng Hao with a blushing face: "Then, can I go and grab two pairs of decoction for my little grandson first?" ”

Meng Hao understood in seconds, "Of course you can." We will accompany you to the hospital to get medicine now. ”

Seeing that the old man was doing business, but his donkey was still unattended, the middle-aged man couldn't help but start scolding.

Meng Hao didn't bother to pay attention to him, Su Shen wanted to get angry but was dragged away by Guo Yang, and the old man, who also thought that more things were better than less, silently led the jujube red horse and followed behind Sanxiao.

The four of them bypassed the middle-aged man and went outside the market to retrieve the ox cart and pay for the medicine.

Incidentally, Meng Zhen also ordered a brand new wooden cart with a carriage suitable for her family's newly purchased horse with the carpenter who allowed them to store the ox cart for free.

Because he only had thirteen taels and two hundred and sixty-two dollars on his body, and thirteen taels said that he would give it to the old uncle, Meng Zhen only picked and searched and paid a deposit of 200 wen to the carpenter......

made an appointment to pick up the car tomorrow afternoon and pay the final payment, so Meng Hao accompanied the old uncle to the pharmacy to pick up medicine.

She had already given thirteen taels of silver to the old man, and when the old uncle grabbed a few packets of Chinese medicine, Meng Zhen let him get on the ox cart and go back to the village with the three people on his side.

The old uncle was holding the silver and the medicine bag, as if he was holding the only light in his life, and Meng Hao's heart was unbearable.

So, when Miss Meng, who was overflowing with sympathy, when she paid the balance of the two taels of silver, she couldn't help but stuff a pheasant and a small bag of white rice into the tearful old uncle.

The old uncle left with a thousand thanks, leaving behind a horse and a black boy (Guo Yang) who had thoroughly worshiped Miss Meng.

"I've worked hard for you today, and tomorrow you come over at two o'clock in the morning (half past five in the morning), and I'll take you up the mountain to check the trap."

Miss Meng waved her hand and drove away Guo Yang, the black boy who was stuffed with a bag of dim sum by her - the dim sum was not for the Guo family, but for Guo Yang to give away as a thank you gift for borrowing an ox cart from others in the past few days.

Living at the end of the village, and being separated from other people's homes by a clear water river is this good-clean, you can say whatever you want directly at the gate, and you don't have to worry about other villagers inadvertently discovering the common secrets of the three of them.

After Guo Yang left, Meng Zhen led the jujube red horse, formerly known as "Xiaohong" and now known as "Red Moon", into her yard, and Su Shen, who followed closely behind her, tied to the gate of the yard.

The two placed the horses, bandaged and loosened the sheep with medicine, cut off the wings of the newly caught pheasants, and put the wild eggs they picked up on the mountain into the shade of the house, and were busy until it was slightly dark.

Neither of them had ever raised livestock, but fortunately, the old uncle had explained it to them in detail, and Guo Yang, a "familiar hand" who had raised cattle, guided them from the side, so Su Shen and Meng Zhen quickly learned well.

When Guo Yang said goodbye and left, Meng Zhen hurriedly washed her hands and went to the stove room to prepare dinner.

The two of them had a very simple dinner, Meng Hao made a cold spinach, a cold fungus, and a cabbage vermicelli stewed tofu, and then spread two egg cakes for her and Su Shen.

Although Su Shen is a man, the amount of food is not as good as that of Meng Hao, a girl, that is, he has recently started to practice martial arts with Meng Hao, and his food volume has gradually increased.

After dinner, the two of them fed the pheasants with the bran they had bought from the town before, mixed with the wild vegetables they had dug up by the way today, and then threw the remaining grass to the rabbits who were still starving.

While throwing grass into the cage, Meng Hao said to Su Shen, who was cleaning rabbit feces beside her, "It's not a problem to go on like this, I think we should hire someone to help feed these things." ”

Today, the two of them didn't even think of mowing grass for rabbits, nor did they think that horses and sheep had to eat grass, so they could only rely on the grass sent by Guo Yang.

In addition, whether it is mowing the grass or digging wild vegetables, it is a waste of time, which makes Meng Hao can't help but have the idea of hiring someone to help.

After all, with the time spent mowing grass and digging wild vegetables, Meng Zhen can earn back ten times or even dozens of times the copper plate to meet her hiring needs.

Su Shen didn't want to continue cleaning up the livestock manure, so when he heard this, he immediately nodded in agreement, "Who to hire?" Aunt Guo? ”

"You don't have to fix it to someone, Aunt Guo or Brother Guo can be any one." In fact, Guo Xing'er is also very diligent and capable, but now that she has a horse at home, Meng Zhen is afraid that the little girl will be accidentally kicked by the horse when she is working.

Su Shen put down the cleaning utensils, "Then I'll invite them over?" ”

Meng Zhen moved the basket of grass to the corner, "Okay." ”

Su Shen and Meng Zhen are still guarding their filial piety, so the two of them will not easily go to the door of other people's houses, saying that they are calling someone to come over, and Su Shen really just shouted at the door of Guo's house.