For dinner, Xie Wang and Lin fried fried cabbage with lard, scrambled eggs with garlic sprouts, white flour steamed buns, and thick millet porridge boiled in the hall were all brought to the table of the eight immortals in the hall, and everyone gathered around to eat.

If it was usual, everyone would have eaten happily, and there was laughter and laughter at the dinner table, but this happened today, everyone was depressed, and even Xie Zhiyuan and Xie Zhicheng didn't dare to make a loud noise.

The slap marks on Xie Xuan's face were swollen, and Xie Wang and Lin were very distressed, so they soaked hot water in a hand towel and let her warm it.

Seeing the gloomy atmosphere, Xie Xuan covered her face with a handkerchief to comfort Xie Qingshan and said, "Grandpa, don't be angry, it's just bad luck to meet this kind of person!" It can't be because they don't eat or sleep all day long, how can we live and live? Don't be like him! ”

Xie Qingshan said: "I'm panicked! Why was he blind at the beginning, and he became a family member of the Li family? I have nothing to do all day long, and I can't see people living well...... I don't know what kind of life your mother is doing in his Li family......"

Xie Wang's heart was uncomfortable, and he couldn't help but bow his head and wipe his eyes, and said, "My good daughter, why do you marry that kind of family?" The evil woman of the Li family has always picked bones in eggs and fish bones in tofu - making something out of nothing, thinking about taking advantage of others all day long. My granddaughter, who I raised well, has never eaten a bite of food from his family, and when she is five or six years old, she wants to go back. If she wants to go back and raise it well, she still wants to sell it to people. What is the length of this man's heart? ”

Xie Pingtian came up with an idea and said: "It would be great if Hui Niang and the two of them could split up with his in-laws, and if they split up, they don't have to suffer the anger of that evil woman, we can also help Hui Niang and them, and their Li family can't come to our house at every turn to bring Xuanxuan back." ”

Don't say that they wouldn't let Xuanxuan be taken back before, after raising it for so many years, they have already developed their feelings, and they know what kind of ending Xuanxuan will have when they take it back, how can they let such a big child in their parents go out and suffer that anger again.

What's more, now that Xie Xuan has made a great contribution to their family, it is a living cornucopia, how can Xie Xuan be allowed to go?

Everyone agreed that if the Li family came to make trouble again, Xie Qingshan's father and son would beat them up and teach them a lesson, so that they would know that although the Xie family had always been kind to others, they were not easy to mess with.

Everyone silently finished their meal and went to sleep.

In the blink of an eye, the three-day deadline was up, Xie Qingshan took Xie Pingtian and Xie Ping'an to Zhuangzi to receive Zhuangzi, Xie Xuan remembered the attitude of Chen Yuanzhong's family a few days ago, and he was afraid of changes, so he wanted to go with Xie Qingshan to take a look.

Xie Zhiyuan and Xie Zhicheng watched Xie Qingshan take Xie Xuan there, and they were also making a fuss about going, and in the end, Xie Qingshan took them all.

When I arrived at Zhuangzi, I saw that Chen Yuanzhong's family was still living well, and they didn't even pack up their things.

Xie Qingshan sank, and felt that this time the matter was probably a bit tricky: this Chen Yuanzhong's family probably wanted to stay here!

Chen Yuanzhong's family saw Xie Qingshan coming, and there was an unnatural look on their faces, but they quickly covered it up.

Xie Qingshan frowned and asked Chen Yuanzhong: "Didn't you say that you would be given three days to move out?" Why didn't you even pack your things? ”

Chen Yuanzhong said with a bitter face: "We really have nowhere to go!" Aren't you going to kill them all? ”

When Xie Qingshan heard this, he was a little stunned in his heart, and asked him, "How can this be a complete extermination?" The land deed that bought the Zhuangzi clearly stated that the Zhuangzi and the house were sold to our Xie family. We have done our best, and we have given you three days to find another house to move out, and if you don't move out, you say that we will kill them all, aren't you a scoundrel? ”

Chen Yuanzhong's mother-in-law also stepped forward, pointed at the Xie family and pinched her waist, pouted her eyes, pulled her voice, and shouted:

"Why are we scoundrels? We've lived here for decades, so why do you say you're going to get rid of us? It's really an eight-and-a-half-pound turtle that swallowed a big scale - the ruthless king eight! We were only given three days, so how could we pack up our things and find the house? Besides, the chickens, pigs, and vegetables we grow, can these things be taken away? How can there be such a wolf-hearted person in the world, who doesn't give people a way to live! Stone in the hen's coop - a nest of bastards, sores on the back beam, pus from the bone and umbilicus, bad seed thing......"

Chen Yuanzhong's two sons and two daughters also glared angrily, looking at the Xie family, as if they had a common hatred.

What Xie Xuan is most afraid of is the shrews in the village scolding the street, because once you are confronted with this kind of person, even if you have a good reason, there is no reason to talk about it.

Her strategy is to pull you down to the same level as her, and then beat you with her rich experience in scolding.

The Xie family looked at this family and was a little speechless. If you can't get what you buy with serious money, you have become a wicked person who oppresses others, where can you make sense?

Xie Xuan pulled the corner of Xie Qingshan's clothes and said, "Grandpa, when we encounter this kind of shrew and scoundrel, we can't do anything ourselves." This matter should be found Uncle Han, he is a tooth fool, he must have encountered a lot of this kind of thing, let's tell him to go! ”

Xie Qingshan's eyes lit up, nodded yes, and didn't care about Chen Yuanzhong's family, turned around and took Xie Pingtian, Xie Ping'an and Xie Xuan to Linzhang County.

When he arrived at the dental store, he found Han Zhengye and told him about the situation, Han Zhengye slapped his hands, and his face showed a little shame, and comforted: "This is simple, I have been a toothman for so many years, and I have seen many scoundrels." This Zhuangzi was made by me, how can you bother Brother Xie? I'll leave this matter to me, Brother Xie, you just have to go home, and go directly to collect Zhuangzi tomorrow. ”

Xie Qingshan and the others thanked them again and again.

Out of the door, Xie Qingshan said: "Let's go, we said a few days ago that we wanted to buy livestock, let's take advantage of this time today, let's go to the livestock market to have a look!" ”

Xie Zhicheng jumped up happily when he heard it: "Buy a big horse!" Buy Big Malaysia! I'm going to ride a big horse! ”

Xie Qingshan and Xie Pingtian couldn't help laughing, there was an extra big livestock in the family, and the work in the future would be easier, and it would be more convenient and faster to go out, not to mention that they would have face in the village.

After careful calculation, it cost 500 taels to buy land, 30 taels of tax to apply for the red deed according to 6 percent, 10 taels to Han Zhengye's commission, 3 taels to invite guests to dinner, and more than 50 taels on hand.

In winter, the trees and bamboos used to grow vegetables in the mountains are used, and even if you buy some manure and garlic seedlings and leeks from your neighbors, it will not cost you a few cents of silver, and if you don't buy horses, you only buy a ploughing house, and the most expensive livestock is only five or six taels, and it is more than enough to buy a mule or donkey.

The horse market is located at the east gate, as soon as you enter the horse market, a unique smell of livestock will come to your face, Xie Xuan can't help but cover her mouth and nose with her sleeves, look at the horse dung and cow dung dotted on the road, and then look at her new clothes and shoes, and can't help but regret not wearing old clothes and shoes.

"Xuanxuan, come, brother-in-law carries you!" Xie Ping'an bent down with a smile and motioned for Xie Xuan to step up.

Xie Xuan smiled and honestly and unceremoniously got on Xie Ping'an's back.

Xie Zhiyuan and Xie Zhicheng didn't feel bad and dirty at all, they followed behind the adults and looked around, their faces were full of excitement, after all, they were at the age when they were curious about everything, but they couldn't go out a few times a year, and the outside world was extremely fresh and interesting to them.

On both sides of the road were cattle and people who bought and sold their animals, and some of them tied horses, mules, donkeys, oxen, and other animals to wooden frames built on the side of the road in the open air, and they did not care about the urinating and defecating of their animals, and there were also those who bought and sold in the horse market for a long time, so they built livestock sheds.

At present, the horse market is not very lively, after all, the autumn harvest has passed, and at this time, it is very uneconomical to buy livestock, and let the livestock be idle at home for a winter, which is very uneconomical for the careful farmer who calculates the accounts.

Xie Qingshan looked as he walked, looked at the cow's hooves and belly, looked at the horse's spiritual teeth, and asked the price of donkeys and mules for cattle, and seemed to be interested in everything.

In fact, he has not yet decided what kind of cattle he wants to buy, and each seems to have its own strengths and weaknesses: the horses are fast, and they have face when they are pulled out, but they are too expensive; Cattle have good endurance, strong load-bearing, and obedient and honest, but the speed is slower, and there is nothing urgent to count on; Mules are cheap, they don't get sick easily, and they live long, but they can't give birth to young mules; A donkey can give birth to a small donkey or a mule, but it is too thin and small, and if there are too many things and too heavy, it will not be able to pull......

Xie Qingshan chatted with his son, took his son and grandchildren back and forth in the horse market, and saw that he had already walked for the second time, and before he could get an idea, Xie Xuan was a little impatient, mainly because the taste of the livestock market was really bad, and she couldn't stand it a little.

"Grandpa, we've been going back and forth, which animal don't you have in your picture?" Xie Xuan asked on Xie Ping'an's back.

"Buying livestock is a big deal, so take a look!" Xie Qingshan said with a smile.

Xie Xuan put himself in his shoes and thought about it, this ancient farmer buying a livestock is equivalent to buying a car in later generations, and it really needs to be compared and selected.

In the evening, Xie Qingshan finally chose a young mule, the mouth of the tooth was exactly two years old, the seller asked for five taels of silver, Xie Qingshan bargained for a long time, and said that the mule could not get off the little mule, and picked the mule to be hungry and thin and bored, so he went to half a tael of silver, and four taels of silver took away this big guy.

I bought a cart directly at the carpenter shop next to the cattle market, and spent a tael of silver.

Although a lot of money was spent, Xie Qingshan had a smile on his face, after all, he had added these two big things to his family, and it would be much easier to plow the fields and plow the land in the future, and his face would be much brighter when he walked in the village.

spent a total of almost seven taels of silver, and was reluctant to throw money out, even a bowl of pork offal lo noodles for five cents was reluctant to eat, and the amount given by the family was too small to eat, so the Xie family and his party were ready to go home.

"When you go home to eat, isn't it more comfortable to have meat and vegetables at home than to eat on this street? Pork offal lo noodles are only given so little......" Xie Qingshan said.

Everyone knew that they had spent too much just now, and Xie Qingshan felt sorry for the money, so they all said yes.

Xie Xuan, Xie Zhicheng and Xie Zhiyuan all climbed into the cart, and the brothers happily touched here and there, happily unable to live in the car.

Xie Pingtian and Xie Ping'an followed behind, because the mule was really thin and pitiful, Xie Qingshan said that he had to feed him well for a few days when he went home, and he could only work when he was fattened.

Xie Qingshan also sat sideways in front of the cart, excitedly holding the whip he gave when he bought the cart, and gently whipped it on the back of the mule.

Xie Qingshan had cattle at home when he was a child, and then his father sold the cattle when the year was bad.

Xie Qingshan also had some regrets in his heart, and wanted to buy another livestock for his family, but unfortunately, their land here is barren, and the harvest in the field has not been very good, so they barely survive by picking some mountain goods from the mountains, where can they buy it?

At this time, the mule was still a little uncooperative at first, but Xie Qingshan was patient, and slowly, the two became more and more cooperative.

When I was about to leave the city, I saw that there was a yellow rice jujube cake selling on the side of the road, and it was still steaming hot when it came out of the pot, and the sweet fragrance of jujube and yellow rice noodles wafted over, causing Xie Xuan to can't help but secrete a big puddle of saliva in his mouth, Xie Zhicheng and Xie Zhiyuan also looked at the stall with blank eyes.

Xie Qingshan smiled, went down and spent nine dollars to buy three cakes, and handed them to Xie Xuan and Xie Zhiyuan.