Gu Chengyu and Daddy Gu were about to go to the end of South Street, Lao Wangtou's ox cart was parked there, they were not chartered today, so they had to go to the end of South Street to have a look when they went back.

"Xiaobao, why aren't you afraid when Mr. takes your exam? I don't understand what you're saying! Fortunately, Mr. accepted you in the end, otherwise we would have to run home. Father Gu sighed sincerely.

"Daddy! Actually, I was nervous at the time! Gu Chengyu was also afraid that Mr. Wen would not accept him at that time, because Mr. Wen was the most suitable for him.

"Daddy! Let's buy a cow! In the future, I have to go back and forth to the town when I go to a private school, and it is inconvenient to sit in the old king's ox cart, and it will cost a lot of money every day! Don't we still want to buy land? With a cow, you and your eldest brother don't have to work so hard. Gu Chengyu felt that it was convenient to have his own cattle.

"Buying cattle? When you say that, our family really needs it. But the ox costs a dozen taels of silver! "Daddy Gu was a little reluctant, he only brought a total of twenty taels of silver today, and he thought that he would only need ten taels at most, and if he still bought cattle, twenty taels would be almost the same. But thinking about Xiaobao, he has to go to the town to study every day, and it is really inconvenient to have no ox cart, not to mention, if he buys land, he will definitely not be able to keep busy relying on the three of them, not to mention delaying the work, and he will have to exhaust people.

Gritting his teeth, "Buy!" Let's go to South Street, where there is a market for selling livestock. ”

Gu Chengyu followed Gu's father to a large field on the side of South Street, and saw that there were many people selling livestock inside, all of them alive. There are those who sell chickens and piglets. There is also a place dedicated to the sale of cattle. As soon as Daddy Gu and the others came in, as soon as they walked to the place where the cattle were sold, a man in his thirties greeted them with a smile, "This old brother, but you want to buy cattle?" Just tell me which one you like, and the matter of reporting to the government is on me. Shall I take you to see it? My surname is Liu, and I know this piece very well. Do you have any requirements for buying cattle? ”

Gu Chengyu heard it, this person is similar to the intermediary in the previous life, that is, the tooth of this dynasty, but he is only responsible for the cattle.

Father Gu seemed to know the doorway here, and he didn't think it was strange. "Then it's troublesome Brother Liu, we want to buy a sturdy cow, if you can plow the land and pull the cart, you can take me to see it!"

"The farmer only buys strong cattle for use, and the calves have to be raised for two years. There are a few cattle here that are very strong and well fed! As Liu Yazi walked, he introduced Father Gu to which cattle were strong.

"Old man Yang, someone is here to buy cattle!" Liu Yazi shouted to an old man in the corner.

Gu Chengyu and the others walked up to them, only to see an old man wearing a patched coarse cloth and a short beat. "Dude, we want to see your cow."

"Just look, my cow is fed well every day! If it weren't for the fact that there was no money at home, I would have been reluctant to sell the cow! This cow is only five years old, and it is very strong! And it's a cow, and it can give birth to calves in the future. The old man touched the cow's back and sighed, and could see that he was really reluctant to give up the cow.

Gu Chengyu doesn't understand cows, but from the outside, this cow is indeed very strong. This is a big yellow cow, the hair on the back is oily and smooth, the eyes are very bright, and the four legs look strong and powerful, and there seems to be no problem on the surface.

Father Gu looked at the cow carefully, touched it again, and then nodded. "Brother, your cow is really good, how much silver are you going to sell?"

"Fourteen taels." After speaking, the old man sat on the small stool next to him, took the cigarette stick on his waist and smoked.

"Brother, I sincerely want to buy your cow, your fourteen taels are too high, right?" Father Gu frowned, this old man is strange, when he saw someone coming to see him, he didn't come forward to introduce him, the price was higher than that of others, so he sat there and ignored it.

Gu Chengyu felt that this old man didn't look like he wanted to sell cattle, how could anyone not promote his own products? It's more than the buyer!

"Old man Yang, I don't care about you anymore, several families have taken a fancy to your cattle in the past few days, you ignore people, and you scare people away at a high price, are you selling or not? Aren't you making fun of me? Liu Yazi was also a little angry, how many more times would he still be able to do his business? He also had no choice, so he happened to be assigned to this piece.

"Alas! It's definitely going to be sold, but it's a little reluctant! Liu Yazi, don't be angry. The old man sighed again, and stopped smoking.

"If you are reluctant, don't you still have to sell this cow? You just say a price, people are also very busy, you can't ask people to wait, right? If the deal doesn't work out, you'll have to go and see something else! ”

"That's twelve taels of silver, it's not too expensive, right? Other people's families are also at this price, and Niu Tie is definitely not as good as mine. "The old man made up his mind this time and offered a normal price.

"Good! Since my brother is so happy, I won't pay my brother's price back, so let's get two dollars? "Daddy Gu doesn't want to ink anymore, the most important thing is that this cow is worth all this silver.

The old man nodded, and finally glanced at the big scalper, "Okay!" Pay the money, this cow is yours, rhubarb is very obedient, as long as you feed it! There is nothing to say about driving cars and plowing the land. ”

"Of course, I will treat it well when I go back." When I go back, I have my own cattle, so of course I have to raise them well.

Daddy Gu took out the remaining silver ingot of ten taels from the innermost placket, and took out about two taels of broken silver from his belt and handed it to the old man, who led the rope of the ox to Daddy Gu.

"Then the deal is done! This old brother, I'll give your cattle a red deed, this red deed costs 480 yuan, and my you give 80 yuan. Gu Chengyu knew that the original intermediary fee for Liu Yazi had to be given by the buyer, and he didn't know whether the seller would give it or not.

"That's it." Father Gu gave another five coins of silver and sixty wen, which is all conventional, and the money of each tooth is about the same.

Gu Chengyu found that his father seemed to have several places to put money, and the peasant men all wore purses from time to time, the silver was placed in the placket, and the waist could also be placed, and the heavier copper plate was placed in the sleeve, and the sleeves of the shirt were different, and there were pockets sewn inside. However, there are many copper plates, and they are also very heavy.

Gu Chengyu watched Liu Yazi enter a small room, and guessed that this might be the office of the Yamen, which specialized in making red deeds for cattle. Sure enough, Liu Yazi came out after a while after entering, "Brother, Old Man Yang, come here, you have to go inside and press your handprint." ”

Gu Chengyu followed them into the hut, only to see a bookcase inside, a scribe was lying on the bookcase and writing hard, Gu Chengyu stepped forward to look, only to see that it was a red paper, on which was written the process of buying cattle, next to it was covered with the official seal of the county government, there was the name of the buyer and the seller below, and there was a "person in the middle" between them, and Liu Hong was written below, which was expected to be Liu Yazi's name. After the scribe finishes writing, let all three of them press their names, and it is counted.

In ancient times, it was also very complicated to buy a cultivated cattle, which was not allowed to be slaughtered privately, and it was necessary to report to the government when they died of illness or old age, and then they either sold it to the government, or killed and eaten by themselves, in short, it was not easy to eat beef. Gu Chengyu thought that there were still a lot of frozen beef in the space, as well as bagged and filled beef, and it seemed that he could only satisfy his hunger in the space in the future. At this time, Gu Chengyu didn't expect that this was an imperial society, and everything had privileges.