14. Pioneering
A few people chatted for a while, and Times Zhang Niu Yu went out to pick up two orders of business. It's just that he told the guests that the next batch of cattle would arrive the next day, and let them come back the next morning.
The Guo family knew that Zhang Niu Yu did this because he wanted a good cow to be picked by his own family, and his gratitude in his heart was deeper.
Seeing that it was almost noon, while Zheng Rin and Zhang Niniuyu, who were chatting hotly, didn't pay attention, Guo Mianmian quietly said to Guo honestly: "Dad, this time they helped us a lot, and invited them to eat in the restaurant at noon to express their gratitude, what do you think?" ”
When Guo honestly heard this, he nodded without hesitation: "It's time to please, it's time to please!" ”
However, Guo Shu was a little entangled, and was about to say something, when he saw that his father and sister had already made up their minds, he swallowed the words that came to his lips again, and then touched the silver hidden in his pocket, and a trace of sorrow flashed on his face.
Guo Mianmian pursed her lips and snickered, she didn't know what her eldest brother was thinking, but this meal couldn't be saved anyway, not to mention that she wanted to take the opportunity to go to the restaurant to see if she could get effective news!
As everyone knows, her smile fell into the eyes of another person, and what a vivid picture she had.
Zheng Rin didn't know what was going on today after all, and his eyes were always catching another person involuntarily. When he realized that he was stunned again, he turned around sharply to hide the throbbing in his heart, but he didn't want to meet the teasing gaze of his close friend.
The gossipy Zhang Niu Yu looked at his close friend, then at the only woman sitting in the house, and then threw a disgusted smile at his close friend.
I really didn't expect that when this old iron tree had another flower, if it wasn't for the wrong place, he would have to take a good look at this twenty-six-year-old friend who hadn't opened meat yet, haha!
Zheng Rin was extremely poor, and he was so ugly that he wanted his close friends not to laugh, and he regretted that the rising heat on his face leaked his thoughts, and there was no deterrent effect at all.
I don't know if it's not in the situation.,I always think it's wrong with what I've written in the past two days.,What do you think? If you have a suggestion or initiation, I hope you can put it forward!
At present, the male and female protagonists have a good impression of each other, and they have not yet risen to love, and many things will happen in this process to further enhance the understanding between each other, and the emotional line is a little slower.
After Zheng Rin and Zhang Niuyu chatted very little, Guo Laoshi, who was prompted by his daughter, reluctantly invited the two to eat at the restaurant.
Although they didn't know the Guo family's background, from their simple clothes, Zheng Rin and Zhang Niniuyu saw that they were not enough, so they politely declined.
Guo honestly calculated his idea, where would the other party abandon it after a few words? In the end, Zheng Rin and Zhang Niniuyu had no choice but to agree.
Zheng Rin often goes to the city and is very familiar with the county, so he specially launched a tavern with delicious and cheap prices for the Guo family. Under his indication, Zhang Niu Yu did not drink alcohol during the meal for the first time on the grounds that it was not good to entertain guests in the next day.
The food in the tavern is indeed very cheap, and it costs less than 100 yuan for a meal, which makes Guo Shu, who went to the restaurant for the first time but couldn't eat in peace, greatly relieved.
However, Guo Mianmian regretted that he couldn't find out effective news in this tavern, but it was not easy to inquire with Zhang Niuyu, so as not to reveal something that should not be revealed.
Not long after returning to the "old Zhang Niu shop", the batch of cattle that Zhang Niu Yu said arrived.
"Dad, big sister, look, geometric cow!" As soon as he walked into Guan Niu's yard, Guo Shu, who saw more than 20 cows, shouted excitedly.
Without waiting for Guo Mianmian Guo to respond honestly, Guo Shu suddenly realized that he was very embarrassed to have never seen the world, especially when there were other outsiders present, he scratched his head in embarrassment for a while, and silently ran to the side of the bullpen to watch the cow.
Guo Mianmian and Guo Laoshi's mother and daughter naturally don't laugh at their brother (son), Zheng Rin and Zhang Niuyu are also not to blame, the truth is that many people also react this way when they see so many cows for the first time.
There were indeed a lot of cattle in this batch, twenty-five of them. Among them, there are 10 adult cattle that can plough the land, and the remaining 15 are all calves that are half a year to a year old, and they need to be trained to plow the land for several months or even a year.
The price of these cattle is not the same because of the difference in size, age and strength. According to the market, a very cheap calf costs at least seven or eight taels of silver, and a very expensive adult calf can not be bought for twenty taels of silver.
Guo Laoshi has never raised cattle, and he has no resume of screening cattle, he looked left and right for a long time, thinking that big cows and calves have their own benefits, and he couldn't help but ask his daughter on the side: "Sanya, which cow are you looking at?" ”
Guo Mianmian's vision swept over the more than 20 cows one by one, and he couldn't see anything, so he whispered to his father: "Dad, my daughter doesn't understand this, you can ask Zhang Niumian, the truth is that he is in this business, and no one present inquires more than him." ”
When Guo Laoshi heard this, he slapped his thigh: "Oops, why didn't Dad think of this?" Or three smart. After speaking, he hurriedly walked over to Zhang Niuyu and the others who were standing by the door waiting for them to pick the cattle, and said his request.
"Okay, since Uncle Guo has believed me, I promise to pick a good cow for Uncle Guo."
Zhang Niu Yu agreed very happily and sold the cattle to the Guo family, he only planned to take back the old capital, and never thought about making the Guo family's silver.
As a connoisseur, it didn't take long for Zhang Niniuyu to pick a five-year-old strong cow for the Guo family, which was in good condition among the ten adult cattle.
Guo Mianmian and the others looked at it again and again, and couldn't find a trace of this big yellow cow. Just when Guo Laoshi was about to make a decision, Zheng Rin, who had never spoken, suddenly pointed to another adult scalper in the cattle pen and said, "Uncle Guo, or buy that one!" ”
Everyone looked in the direction that Zheng Rin pointed out, and saw an adult cow tied in the corner.
Although they are both cows, the one selected by Zheng Rin is not as good as the one selected by Zhang Niuyu, whether it is the color of the coat or the head. Guo honestly compared, and didn't know who to obey.
But Zhang Niu Yu was not happy, and shouted at Zheng Rin: "You kid are questioning my brother's eyesight? Do you dare to say that the cow that my brother chose is not the best of this batch of cattle? ”
Zheng Rin's face was fixed, and he pointed to the scalper selected by his close friend and said in a harmonious voice: "The quality of this cow is indeed very good, but no matter how good a cow is, it will not be able to do work for twenty years, it is better to buy the one picked by the younger brother that has not yet fully grown, and after a year and a half, the quality is not worse than that picked by the elder brother." ”
There is another point that Zheng Rin did not say that the stamina cow he picked was cheaper than the strong cow picked by Zhang Niuyu, even if it was only half a tael of silver, it could save a lot of money for the Guo family.
Zhang Niu Yu was stunned for a moment, and made a careful comparison between the cattle he screened and the cattle screened by his close friends. In the end, he had to admit that his close friend's eyesight was very accurate, and he could let the Guo family buy better cattle for a small amount of silver.
Although admitting that his thinking was not comprehensive, Zhang Niniuyu was somewhat depressed at the thought of being demolished by a close friend who had been friends for many years.
He glanced at his close friend, and when he saw that his close friend's field of vision secretly fell on Guo Shi opposite, he rolled his eyes widely, and secretly scolded "forgetting his friend when he sees it", and he even calculated in his heart that he would have a good time with his close friend tonight, which is very good to get people drunk and get out of his heart.
Thinking of this, Zhang Niuyu's face showed a total and ugly smile.
In the end, the Guo family spent fourteen taels and five dollars of silver to buy the two-year-old scalper initiated by Zheng Rin at the old price. This cow and big yellow cow have been trained, and it is okay to pull the cart from the farmland, and it can be used when you buy it back, but it is very reassuring.
This price is five dollars lower than the physiological price of the Guo family, Zhang Niuyu did not say that it was sold at the old price, and the Guo family only thought that Zhang Niuyu had made less money on the acquaintance's explanation, and he was very grateful in his heart.
After another thanks, the Guo family took the newly bought big scalper to say goodbye to Zheng Rin and Zhang Niniuyu, and left happily along the way they came.
"Okay, what are you going to see when everyone is far away!" Seeing that the Guo family was gone, and his close friend was still standing still at the door, Zhang Niniuyu couldn't help but complain, and then incited: "If you really fall in love with someone, it's inconvenient to find a tooth woman to come to the door to propose marriage?" ”
Zheng Rin retracted his vision, didn't even look at Zhang Niuyu, and said as he walked into the house: "If you talk nonsense again, you will find someone else on this southward trip!" ”
When Zhang Niu heard this, he immediately closed his mouth, until Zheng Rin's shadow was no longer visible, and then he muttered in a low voice: "You know how to coerce an honest person like me, you guy has this ability, but you get people to the couch to be deceived by their wives!" ”
Guo Mianmian, who had already walked away and was figuring out how to stay in the city for a night, so that he could inquire about the news, didn't know about this little episode he provoked. She looked at her father and eldest brother who were walking in the wind and longed to fly back with long wings, and sighed silently in her heart, those things are not in a hurry for the time being, so she will not find a time to enter the city next time......
The days and nights are short in summer, and the Guo family hurried along the way and returned to Lijia Village before nightfall.
At this time, many villagers gathered under the big tree at the head of the village to enjoy the cool weather.
The adults shook the sunflower fan to expel the annoying mosquitoes, gossiped about the sky and the crops in the field, and enjoyed the precious leisure of the summer night; The children were not idle, chasing each other and frolicking, doing small games that they never got tired of; There were also a few small earth dogs that appeared out of nowhere, excitedly pounced on the crickets that came out of the grass...... The scenes were warm and peaceful.
Inadvertently looking up, someone spotted the big scalper walking in front of him not far away, and the big scalper who was walking in front of him and was very conspicuous, and the Guo family who was following the back of the big scalper, "Hey, isn't that Guo honest?" This person who doesn't plow the land or pull the cart right now, what is he going to rent cattle for? ”
When the rest of the people heard this, they also quickly looked up, and saw that Guo Laoshi was really holding a cow in his hand, so they immediately studied it.
Some people speculated: "Didn't you buy wasteland to open up?" The Guo family has three sons, and another is studying in a private school, so maybe he wants to give his children and grandchildren more land. ”
As soon as these words came out, they were immediately refuted: "Are you stupid at work, even if you pioneer a wilderness, you have to put a fire in the autumn to open it, who did you see pioneering?" ”