Li Zonggui followed Li Xiaoqi's fingers and looked at the shiny brand-new brown-capped tung oil car, blinked his eyes a few times, laughed out loud, and reached out to pat Li Xiaoqi's head: "Xiaoqi, what about the car, I'll buy it for you when my brother makes a fortune." Saying that, he was about to go to the wheelbarrow pile with Li Xiaoyi, and Li Xiaoqi grabbed him: "Earlier, in the place where we worked, I asked the shopkeeper Zheng about the price of the car, let's not buy a new one, buy an old one, you can afford it, go and see, this place must be cheaper than the place where we used to work, go and see!" ”

Li Xiaoqi dragged Li Zonggui to take a look, Li Zonggui rubbed his forehead, sighed helplessly, pulled Li Xiaoqi, and walked towards the obviously cold place.

In a new and old calf cart and sedan chair, an old green donkey with some white eye hair and a dilapidated brown calf cart were standing in a corner, and next to the old green donkey, there was a middle-aged man with messy hair, who was slowly gnawing on the hard black nest head in his hand.

Li Xiaoqi motioned to Li Zonggui, Li Zonggui pulled Li Xiaoqi, retreated to the open space next to him, wrinkled his brows and persuaded in a low voice: "Xiaoqi, this car and donkey, no matter how cheap it is, it will cost five or six taels of silver, let's all have those silver, and we have to walk for two or three months to Nanjiang City, Xiaoqi, we don't want a car, ah?" Brother carries you on his back, I promise not to let you get tired, let's go, let's go buy something else. ”

"Brother Guizi, listen to me, we have to walk for two or three months, but the next day it will be colder and colder, we still have to choose the remote road to walk, along the way, and can not go to the village to rely on the store, if you have this car, you and the eldest brother they can also suffer less, besides, if you really meet a •••••• or something on the road, as soon as you get in the car, people can't see it, with a car, let's buy a stove, a pot, and charcoal, along the way, we can also eat hot rice and soup, Brother Guizi, don't you say?" Li Xiaoqi shook Li Zonggui's sleeve and asked softly, Li Zonggui was a little moved by what Li Xiaoqi said, Li Xiaoqi struck the iron while it was hot: "I also feel sorry for my brother, I have been in such a hurry, if I am tired and sick and frostbitten one by two, what can I do?" Instead of spending money on medicine, it is better to buy a car! Brother Guizi, do you say it? ”

Li Zonggui turned his head and stared at the old donkey with the broken car for a while, gritted his teeth, looked at Li Xiaoqi and said in a low voice: "What you said is also reasonable, let's go and ask, if it can be made for five taels of silver, buy it, if not, forget it, will it be successful?" ”

"Okay!" Li Xiaoqi simply agreed, the two of them went around in a circle, turned to the old donkey's broken car, and circled around for half a circle, and the middle-aged man squatting next to him stood up with his head in the black nest, and greeted with a smile: "Two little brothers, this donkey is always old, but he has a good temper, and he will be able to do it for another three or five years!" ”

"This donkey is old like this, can his temper be bad, it's not good, and he doesn't have the strength to lose his temper." Li Xiaoqi muttered, Li Zonggui smiled and patted her: "Don't talk nonsense, Xiaoqi!" ”

Li Zonggui said, turned his head to look at the middle-aged man and asked, "Is it your car and donkey?" How much? ”

"Six runs•••••• no, no, five runs! Five and a half! The middle-aged man stretched out his palm a little uncertainly, retracted his finger back, and said the price vaguely, Li Xiaoqi bent his eyes, and smiled from the bottom of his heart, Li Zonggui looked noncommittal, let go of Li Xiaoqi's hand, twisted his brows, reached out and picked the white eye hair on the old green donkey and shook his head, and then turned to the broken brown calf cart and looked carefully:

"Can this car still work? Looking at it like this, I'm afraid that if I move, I will fall apart! ”

"Little brother, look, this donkey is old, but it's not old, and it will be successful in another three or five years, this car is strong! The car is sturdy, sturdy, you see, sturdy! The middle-aged man looked at Li Zonggui nervously, and when he heard Li Zonggui being picky about the car, he hurriedly raised his foot and kicked one side of the wheel to show Li Zonggui that the car was still strong! Li Zonggui didn't look at the sturdy wheel frame, twisted his brows, raised his head and only stared at the shaky brown cover, the middle-aged man followed Li Zonggui's gaze, and his voice suddenly became shorter: "Little brother, this green donkey, has been feeding in my hands, it's really a good livestock, I don't lie to you, this car, little brother, you see, a good locust wood on the water, there is still copper skin wrapped here, it turned out to be our owner's own car, little brother, it really can't be cheaper, five times, five times, money, little brother, you can give five times, it can't be less!" The middle-aged man looked at Li Zonggui eagerly.

Li Xiaoqi looked at the middle-aged man, and couldn't bear to look at Li Zonggui bargaining anymore, and asked the middle-aged man with a smile: "This uncle used to drive a car?" Are you going to sell this for a new car? ”

"No, I am working in the Sun family's mule and horse farm seventy miles away, this is not going to war, the horses and mules of the mule and horse farm have been requisitioned by the government, the main family simply scattered the mule and horse farm, moved to live in this and county, I did more than half a year of work, I divided this green donkey and a car, this donkey and the cart, it is useless to pull home, I have to sell, so I can bring a few money home." The middle-aged man said bitterly, Li Xiaoyi's heart was sour when he said it, he gently pulled Li Zonggui, and said in a low voice: "Forget it, five times will be five times." ”

Li Zonggui frowned, turned his head to look at the middle-aged man, and simply said helplessly: "Since my brother said it, five times will be five times, but!" ”

The middle-aged man stared at Li Zonggui nervously, waiting for him to be 'but', Li Zonggui pointed to the brown cover: "This car cover is rotten and can't be used, and the uncle also knows that such a car has no cover, it is better to push a wheelbarrow, look at you like this, it is also a good way to work, if you can fix this car cover for me, this car and donkey, I will buy it." ”

The middle-aged man turned his head to look at the brown cover, rubbing his hands and feeling embarrassed: "This little brother, it is very easy to repair, but there has to be something, this brown cover is useless, you have to change it to a new one, little brother, this brown cover?" ”

Li Xiaoqi pulled Li Zonggui and said in a low voice: "Let's buy it, just let the uncle help fix it." ”

The middle-aged man was overjoyed and hurriedly took over the conversation: "Don't worry, two little brothers, as long as there is something, it will be repaired well!" It's easy to make a ready-made car! ”

Li Zonggui rolled his eyes at Li Xiaoyi, exhaled angrily, but it was not good to say more, the three of them went to the car dealership to hand over the silver, and bought two brown sheds next to it, the middle-aged man went in and borrowed tools, simply knocked the car down on the ground, changed the brown cover very neatly, and carefully inspected and repaired the car inside and out, up and down, and touched a few big bucks to come out, bought a piece of lard, and wiped the wheels everywhere, then picked up the car, and said with a smile: "Little brother, use it with confidence, this car just looks not glamorous, But it's a good car! It's sturdy and durable! The two old brown sheds, I put them on the car, although they are not good-looking, but they are practical, and the car can be a lot warmer in winter, and it is not sun-drying in summer. ”

Li Zonggui and the middle-aged man helped the car together, and the middle-aged man helped the two of them set up the car, sighed, reluctantly patted the old green donkey, rubbed his face on the face of the old green donkey, and explained the habits of the old green donkey to Li Zonggui over and over again, and told the two not to treat the old donkey badly.

Li Zonggui and Li Xiaoqi drove the car, and went to buy a few clean old clothes and a few old bedding, bought a red clay stove, a bag of charcoal, an iron pot, a copper kettle, a few large bowls and other miscellaneous items, and bought some cooking cakes, pot helmets, bought more than ten catties of rice, a large bag of pickles, and found a porter to inquire carefully about the way to Nanyue, and then drove the car, leisurely out of the city, and rushed back to the grove.

Li Erhuai had long been looking at it behind a big tree, and last night's steamed buns didn't even last in the morning, it was almost noon, and he was so hungry that he was so hungry that he was close to his back, and he panicked. From afar, looking at an old donkey pulling a car, slowly coming towards the forest, sitting on the left and right in front of the car, how do you look like Li Zonggui and Li Xiaoqi!

"Big brother, come here! Look! That's Xiao Mi and Guizi, isn't it? Li Erhuai blinked his eyes and beckoned to Li Zongliang, Li Zongliang and Wei Shuisheng jumped up and hid behind the tree to look out of the forest. Li Xiaoqi sat in the car, dangling his legs freely, waving at the forest, Li Zonggui had already jumped out of the car, led the old green donkey, and came in the woods.

Li Erhuai half-opened his mouth and wide open eyes, looking at the car and Li Xiaoqi sitting in the car in disbelief, Li Zongliang raised his hand and stroked his forehead, looked at the two people with smug faces, and was speechless for a while, Wei Shuisheng glared at Li Xiaoqi and concluded: "This must be Xiaoxiao's idea!" ”

"Hmm!" Li Xiaoqi nodded proudly, jumped out of the car, moved the carriage door, came out with a bag of mulberry paper, and held it in front of Li Erhuai first: "Brother Erhuai must be hungry, this is Hexian County's pot helmet cake, and cooking cake, you take it first, there are pickles in the car, people can't eat salt, they don't have strength!" ”

Li Zongliang pointed to the donkey and the cart, turned his head to look at Li Zonggui and asked, "How much does this cost?" You bought this with all the money? ”

"I didn't use it all, I still had more than three taels of silver left, this car and donkey, a total of five taels of silver, changed to a brown cover, and spent one hundred and twenty dollars, and one person bought a long jacket, bought three quilts, two mattresses, and bought a red clay stove, an iron pot, a small copper teapot, three bowls, Xiao Qi was going to buy five, I said three is enough, and a bag of charcoal, as well as pot helmets, cooking cakes, pickles, and ten catties of rice, all piled up on the car, Xiao Qi also wanted to buy a red copper hand stove, I didn't let me buy it." Li Zonggui snapped his fingers and said one by one.