"Father, this land has also been bought, and the manure that has been piled up in a few days can also be used, and after the fertilizer has been applied, we will plow the land, I think, our family should also buy a cow!"

Ye Hao on the kang looked at her father's happy appearance and reminded again.

As soon as these words came out, Ye Zhengming's eyes brightened a little: "Yes, yes, yes, you should buy a cow, our family has a lot of land now, and your mother can save more when you buy a cow." ”

With the addition of the newly purchased six acres of land, the family now grows grain, and there are twelve acres.

The Shangye family is almost half of the original, but the only people in the family who can do farm work are him and his wife, well, the eldest son can barely be counted as half.

That's two and a half, which is not an easy thing for a few people, especially since his leg is just not long.

"It's nothing to buy a cow, but where is the cow going to be placed in the future?" Xing asked with a frown.

In the yard of the Ye family, there are chickens in the front yard and pigs in the back yard, plus the people who live there, where is there a place for the cattle to live?

For Ye Zhengming, buying cattle can be said to be second only to buying land.

He thought for a few breaths and said, "Isn't there a little place next to the corner of the third brother's house?" I'm going to go and talk to him about it. ”

"Tomorrow I will go to chop some wood, come back with some straw, build a simple shed, and the aggrieved cow will stay for a few days, and when our house is built, I will build a spacious and sturdy one!"

The significance of buying cattle is even more important to the farmer than building a house.

Although Ye Zhengming couldn't wait to buy the cattle back the next day, the matter of building a shed for the cattle was obviously also very important.

He was patient, went up the mountain to cut down a tree and came back, and went to Zhang's house to borrow some straw, and it only took one day to build a simple cowshed.

Early the next morning, he got up from the kang early, first went to see the cowshed, and made sure that the shed could not collapse in a short time, so he called his daughter up when he entered the house.

"Zhen'er, it's not early, hurry up, your aunt's meal is ready."

He originally wanted to buy the cow by himself, but his daughter had to follow, and the reason given was also very good, he would not bargain, so he could only take his daughter with him.

After eating, the elder brother and younger brother went to school, and Ye Hao followed her father out of the house and went to the town.

Still in an ox cart, they arrived in the town after more than an hour.

As for the place where cattle are sold in the town, Ye Zhengming is a door, because every time he came to the town in the past, he would go there uncontrollably.

Therefore, he still has some vision for watching cattle and selecting cattle.

There are not many cattle and horses in the town, and there are not many cattle and horses, and after the two of them entered, they swept their eyes and took the cattle and horses in front of them.

Ye Zhengming's eyes quickly stopped on a cow, and coincidentally, next to the cow at this time, a middle-aged man was looking back and forth.

"Father, do you have a crush on that cow?" Ye Hao followed his gaze and asked in a low voice.

Ye Zhengming nodded: "Well, as the saying goes, look at the cow, look at a skin from a distance, look at the four hooves closely, although I haven't seen it closely, but just a glance over, the skin of this cow is the best among the four cows!" ”

Ye Hao nodded: "Then wait for that Lang Jun to see it, and then we will go over and take a look." ”

"Hmm." Ye Zhengming nodded, and looked at the person in front of him a little nervously, as if he was afraid that this person would buy the cow he saw at a glance.

Ye Hao noticed her father's expression, smiled and didn't speak.

The man who looked at the cow in front of him certainly didn't have enough silver, and although he did need to look at the cow carefully, this man had obviously been looking at it for a little too long.

This can be seen from the impatient look of the younger man standing next to the middle-aged man.

"I said you can't buy it or not, you've been watching it for two quarters of an hour, right? If you can't afford it, say it sooner rather than later, and don't get in the way of others buying it. The young man finally couldn't help but urge.

When the middle-aged man heard this, he hurriedly said: "What you want to buy, what you want to buy, is whether this price can be cheaper, I... I don't have enough money with me. ”

The young man rolled his eyes unceremoniously: "This price is already very affordable, you don't have enough money, you can go and see the other ones!" ”

"But those ones aren't as good as this one." The middle-aged man whispered back.

The family finally scraped together enough money to buy cattle, and if they wanted to buy it, of course, they had to buy a good one.

"But those ones are cheaper than this one!" The young man pointed out the key to the matter in one word.

The middle-aged man hesitated for a while, and finally reluctantly left the cow and went to the second-best cow next to him.

Ye Zhengming's face showed a smile on his face, and he immediately walked over and took a closer look.

"This Lang Jun is really good-eyed, this cow is the best here, he is just four years old this year, and it is the time to be strong." The young man said.

Ye Zhengming looked around, listened to this and nodded: "This cow is really good, the front legs are straight like arrows, the strength is unlimited, the hind legs are bent like a bow, and the walking is as fast as the wind, it is a good cow." ”

The young man's face was happy: "Lang Jun is ready to buy it?" ”

"How much silver does this cow cost?" Ye Hao next to him interjected and asked.

The young man's hand was first a ten, and then a five.

"Fifteen taels? That's a bit expensive! Ye Hao frowned.

The price of an ordinary cultivated cow fluctuates between eight taels and ten taels, and the price is set according to the quality of the cattle.

Cattle are good helpers for people to cultivate the land, but except for big landlords and ordinary farmers, there are really not many people who can buy cattle.

Although there is a saying: ploughing cattle are resting and full, and ploughing the fields is forty years old.

But in fact, the lifespan of a cow, that is, about twenty years, rarely survives for forty years.

The price of buying a cow can buy an acre of good land, and the field has always been their own, but the cow has a useful life when it is bought, so unless there is a need for the cow's family.

Other families still prefer to work on their own, and the money they save can buy more acres of good land.

The price of this cow is almost half more expensive than ordinary cattle, isn't it too expensive?

"The little lady said something wrong....... the young man said a big call, and Ye Hao summed it up with a few words, that is, this cow is worth this price.

"This cow has been here for a while, hasn't it?" Ye Hao asked.

"Forehead ....."

"Is it because there are many people who see it, but they can't afford the silver?" Ye Hao continued to ask.

The young man looked at her with an expression that you know how do you know.

"Twelve taels of silver, we'll buy it!"

"This can't be done! Fourteen taels, fourteen taels, you can take this cow away. ”

"Twelve taels!"

"Thirteen taels, below this price, I might as well keep it for a while!"

"Come on, then thirteen taels of silver!" Seeing that this price was already the man's bottom line, Ye Hao nodded in response.

Turning his head to Ye Zhengming, he said, "Father, give the silver." ”

"Huh? Oh, okay, okay. Ye Zhengming, who was almost dumbfounded next to him, came back to his senses and hurriedly took out the silver to pay.