Chapter 33: A Horse
"Dad, put the money away, I want to go to town after I go up the mountain the day after tomorrow."
Lin Yanniang thought about it again and again, and felt that she should go to the town to see the market, whether it was to understand the game market or to see the overall economic status of the town.
She can't have a body of martial arts, but she can only stay in this poor ravine all the time, and hunting once the next day can ensure that the family has no worries about food and clothing, and can always make a living.
But that's not her dream, and it's not the path she's supposed to take.
"Okay, I'll go with you, and I'm going to buy some things at home."
Lin Ping'an did not object, but he thought that there was not much oil and salt at home, and fine grains and clothes had to be purchased.
Although there is a grocery store in Xiaxi Village, they also know whether the price is expensive or cost-effective.
If it weren't for convenience, who would buy it in the village, then the shop would make money for their convenience, and the goods were also from the town, so it was impossible to sell them cheaper than the town.
Usually eat a lot of coarse grains, but always have to eat some fine grains, especially when children are still growing.
And their family has no land at all, except for some coarse grains that can be grown in the mountains, and then they can buy some in the village, and the rest still have to be bought from the town.
Haven't been to town this month.
Lin Yanniang nodded and strode out of the house.
Lin Can and Lin Jie also hurriedly followed, following behind with a look of hope.
"Sister, does it cost five cents to ride a donkey cart?"
"Sister, if we go in the middle of the night, can we go to the town in the morning?"
"Sister, if we use the run, can we save five cents?"
"Sister, aren't the meat buns in the town fragrant?"
“……”
The two brothers asked questions one after another, and Lin Yanniang didn't know which one to answer first, so she had to stop and look at them helplessly.
"Didn't you hear my father say, the family is going to buy some things, it's nothing more than food, do you say you can carry so many things on your back, go over the mountains and forests and run on the official road for half a day?"
"Even if I'm in the mountains, I can't run so fast with a basket of prey on my back, so I have to have someone else to help me share the weight."
That's why she has the opportunity to share the profits with others, and she doesn't always take the biggest advantage for granted, because many people usually take care of her and help her.
The brothers, who had been eager to get up early and run to the town, suddenly wilted, and sighed with their heads drooping and a little frustrated.
They want to go to town.
They remember being in town once last year.
"When we save up money to buy a horse, I will take you to the town and the outside of the mountain, where the sky will surely be bluer and wider."
Lin Yanniang knew what her younger brothers were thinking, so she couldn't help but smile, comforted, and opened her arms to gesture how far the sky was.
Infinite breadth, infinite breadth!
"Sister, a horse gets a lot of money, right?" Lin Jie blinked when he heard this, and began to pull up his fingers, wanting to count how much money he wanted.
Today they only counted the number of nine strings or ten strings of money, in short, this is already a lot of money for them, and the three of them counted it for a long time.
That horse is certainly worth more than a wild boar.
"......" Lin Yanniang bit her lip, she couldn't answer her little brother's question.
"Well, how nice it would be if my horse were still around......" Suddenly, a voice sighed not far behind him.
The three of them turned their heads and looked at the man with different expressions.
Lin Yanniang thought to herself, it seems that this guy's body has really recovered almost, and she can't help it for a moment, and she is getting more and more restless.
Lin Can and Lin Jie looked at him with bright eyes.
"Third Brother Yun, is your horse expensive?"
"Third Brother Yun, did you buy your horse in the town?"
"Third Brother Yun, why did you abandon your horse and run away? Should you run away on horseback? ”
"Third Brother Yun, what do the mountain bandits look like?"
"......" Originally, the brothers didn't really believe in the mountain bandits, after all, they hadn't heard of it before, but when it came to horses, they had to think about it.
They remembered that Third Brother Yun was riding a horse to go to Beicang to collect furs and do business.
Brother Yun has a horse!
The two brothers immediately surrounded Yun Jingning.
Yun Jingning looked expectantly at Lin Yanniang, who was not far away and looked up at the sky.
Seeing that she didn't plan to ignore herself, Yun Jingning had no choice but to say: "This horse, there are more than a dozen taels and dozens of taels, there are hundreds of taels of good horses, and there are even famous horses worth a thousand gold." ”
"The cheaper it is, the more ordinary it is to pull and grind, transport goods, and ride a person is okay."
"There is a saying: the road knows the horsepower, therefore, depending on what you buy a horse for, war horses, military horses must be expensive, and thousands of miles of horses are even more expensive."
"If you just want to camel something, or ride a horse to the town and carry too much weight, a few dozen taels of silver is enough for you, and if you put another cart, it will be a carriage."
Since Yun Jing was answering the little brother's words, he was also telling Lin Yanniang.
Lin Yanniang still looked up at the sky, but her delicate eyebrows were tightly furrowed, and she was in a very unhappy mood.
She clasped her hands in front of her and pursed her lips in silence.
But Lin Can and Lin Jie felt that their sister was angry, and hurriedly pulled Yun Jingning's sleeve, winked at him, and shook his head.
Yun Jingning looked at them as if they were going to be sneaky but stopped talking, and couldn't help but raise their eyebrows.
"How?"
"Third Brother Yun, let's just talk casually, it's still cost-effective for us to take a donkey cart." Lin Can explained in a whisper.
Lin Jie nodded repeatedly.
Riding in a donkey cart is five cents per person, and their family goes to the town for thirty cents.
Compared with the price of a horse, it is really a cloud in the sky and dust on the earth, the difference is too great.
"Well, hunting is hard, and you have to let the hunters make a lot of money, if you can directly transport the prey to the town to sell, you will definitely be able to make more, if you can transport it back to the Guannai......"
Yun Jingning understood what the little brothers were worried about, he smiled, looked at Lin Yanniang again, and didn't care about her attitude of ignoring her, and said again.
In fact, he was standing in the courtyard just now, and he heard everything the family in the hall said, and when he heard that the little girl wanted to buy a horse, he knew what she wanted to do.
Why does the prey brought by the hunters have to go through the hunters?
Just because they rely on the mountains to eat the mountains, it is not easy for the poor people living in the ravines to go outside, they are not familiar with the outside, and they have no personal connections and experience in trading.
They can only be left to the price of the hunters.
This is naturally passive, and the little girl obviously understands this cause and effect, so she wants to go outside and change the status quo.
He can naturally help her, and even lift her up to the sky with both hands.
But she didn't even look at herself.
Okay, if the mountain doesn't come, I'll go to the mountain.
He walked towards Lin Yanniang and looked at her sincerely.