So the three of them went back to the village together, and of course it cost thirty dollars to hire a carriage. Of course, it's not that Ruixue doesn't know thrift and can't endure hardship, it's just that walking dozens of miles is too painful for her in her previous life, who drove at every turn. Therefore, it is good to save money anywhere, but this car must not be saved, naturally, this also strengthened her determination to buy a carriage.

In other words, early in the morning of the third day, Rui Xue Zhang arranged the lunch of the two men in the family, and told Wu Yu to take care of Zhao Fengnian, and was about to rush to the dock, Wu Yu had the heart to follow, and remembered his troublesome face, so he was deflated, Rui Xue was funny, coaxed him to say, come back and bring him a good thing, that tone was still like coaxing a child, which made Wu Yu even more depressed, turned around and ran to Zhang's house.

Rui Xue was funny, knowing that although he often made awkward things for no reason, he would not miss what she explained, so he rushed to the dock shop.

The ice edge by the river has not yet been completely melted, and the New Year's goods prepared by the shops in the city have not been sold to the point of shortage, and it is not yet the time to replenish them, so there are very few boats on the wharf, and it is very idle. The laborers gathered in the north house of the shop, drinking tea and gossiping.

After Sister-in-law Zhang was busy serving tea to everyone, she supervised the practice of the bolt and stone while doing needlework. Rui Xue opened the door and entered, the three of them came up, and after a few simple words, she entered the north house, and as soon as she mentioned the matter of buying horses, she jumped out of a seventeen or eighteen-year-old offspring, and said loudly, "My family originally lived in Northern Xinjiang, my father is a wrangler, and I have also learned three points of fur, but I can help the three masters." ”

Ruixue was overjoyed, "That's great, I don't know my brother's surname?" ”

The latter scratched his head and smiled, "The third master can call me Ma Eleven." ”

Ma Lao Liu also answered and said, "Sister, take him there, this is my own brother, if he can't pick a horse, I'll clean him up for you when he goes back." ”

Rui Xue waved her hand and said angrily, "Second brother, don't say that, it scared Eleven, what if you really can't choose a good horse?" ”

Ma Lao Liu laughed, "Don't worry, sister, this kid is fine, he is going to marry in half a month, and his daughter-in-law lives far away, I see, he is borrowing your carriage to welcome his daughter-in-law." ”

Ma Shiyi was debunked by his cousin, his face turned even redder, and he wanted to justify, but he was stopped by Ma Lao Liu's look.

Sure enough, when Rui Xue heard this, she smiled happily, "Marry? This is a good thing, it just so happens that the carriage can also be happy, let's buy a new and neat one today, and rush to the father-in-law's house when the eleventh arrives, and it looks decent. ”

Ma Shiyi was overjoyed, and thanked him again and again, and everyone also praised, "The three masters are really refreshing and righteous." ”

Rui Xue said again, "It is said that the cattle and horse market is not peaceful, and I brought a lot of silver today, which brother is willing to walk around, just go with me." Also, the wages that I don't earn for delays are all on my head. ”

Xu Kuan happened to come in from outside, so he smiled and said, "My sister is the third leader of the gang, the brothers are doing a favor, what else do you need, who will follow, just provide him with a good meal at noon." ”

There was not much work on the left and right docks, and a few warm-hearted men who lived not far from the city jumped off the ground, Ruixue counted, plus Ma Eleven, a total of six people, even if there was something to do, he could calm down, so he thanked them and took them into the city.

The cattle and horse market of Lingfeng City is in the northwest corner of the city, not far away is a low shantytown, living in the city living at the bottom of the poor people, across a small road, is the government set up a place for cattle to buy and sell, dozens of uneven thickness of the wooden stakes, no less than 200 cattle and horses, some of them drain feces and urine, and are trampled everywhere, very dirty.

Seeing Ruixue frowning, Ma Shiyi smiled and said, "Three masters, if you can be trusted, just stay outside to rest, and I can go in with a few brothers, it's too dirty inside." ”

Ruixue shook her head, "It's not that I can't trust everyone, but I'm also curious and want to go in and have a look." ”

Everyone continued to walk forward, Ma Shiyi looked around, suddenly his eyes lit up, pointed to the southeast corner and whispered, "Three masters, more than a dozen horses over there are from the northern Xinjiang, and they look better than the rest." ”

"Let's go, go over and have a look."

The owner of the herd was a black-faced man in his thirties, very burly, at this time it was not yet the first month, the weather was still very cold, he went to wear only a padded jacket, the middle coat also had an open neckline, looking extremely rugged.

As soon as he saw a buyer coming to the door, he jumped down from an unloaded flatbed carriage and beckoned, "How many of you want to buy a good horse?" These Marco of mine have just arrived from the northern frontier, so you can pick and choose. ”

Rui Xue nodded, "The boss's horse looks very good, wait for my brother to turn around." ”

After saying this, Ma Shiyi had already mixed into the herd, and after a circle inside and out, he walked out and whispered in Ruixue's ear, "Three masters, you want to buy a horse that pulls a cart, let's not look good like that, only choose those with good endurance and a docile temper, how about it?" ”

"I don't understand these, the eleventh brothers look at the selection, and ask for two."

Ma Eleven nodded, then pointed to the two horses nearby, who were slightly shorter and had dark red coats, and asked, "Boss, what is the price of these two horses?" ”

The boss turned his head and smiled, "Brother is going to buy it back and pull the car, this jujube flower is really the most suitable, with good endurance, docile temperament, and children and women can also control it." I bought a horse of fifteen taels of silver in northern Xinjiang, and sold it to my brother for a hard-earned money, just twenty-one taels, how about it? ”

Ma Shiyi rolled his eyes and said with some dissatisfaction, "Boss, are you bullying us for not knowing how to do it?" If you want to say those high-backed horses, the price is okay, but this jujube flower red is sold for ten taels of silver in northern Xinjiang, how can there be a high price of fifteen taels? If you are sincere in your dealings, give a real price. ”

The boss listened to him say the purchase price of jujube flower red, and knew that he would not be able to catch the wronged boss today, so he accepted those nonsense and said with a wry smile, "Brother, it is not easy to sell horses from northern Xinjiang, and there are many losses on the road, and a mare just died in the morning, leaving a foal to bark for half a morning, which made me stop for a while." Whatever you say, you have to add me a hard money, fifteen taels of silver a horse, no less. ”

When Ma Shiyi heard him say the foal, he curiously glanced under the cart, and his eyes widened instantly, but he immediately lowered his head and hid it, but the hands on his side began to tremble slightly.

Rui Xue noticed this detail carefully, and asked, "Eleven, what do you say about the price?" ”

Ma Shiyi secretly pinched his palm, forced himself to calm down, raised his head and frowned and said, "Three masters, the price is still a bit high, but the work of selling horses is really hard, it's better to... Well, I remember that the three masters have a younger brother, so it's better to let the boss count this little foal as a partner, and the three masters will take it back and give it to the younger brother to play. ”

Rui Xue immediately understood, guessing that he was abnormal just now, mostly because of the foal, so he covered the bulging purse on his waist and pretended to be hesitant.

The boss originally disliked that the foal could not be sold for forage, and at this time, he could get thirty taels of silver if he took it, how could he disagree, and immediately persuaded, "This foal is also three or four months old, and it is just right to take it home and coax the child." ”

Rui Xue nodded reluctantly, "Okay, it's not easy to come out once, so I don't have to say much." ”

So saying, she untied her purse, and paid three silver bills of ten taels, and the boss immediately untied the two mares, and pulled out the listless foals under the car.

Ma Eleven stepped forward and pulled the reins, strode the horse out, except for Rui Xue, the others were a little strange, I don't know why he was in such a hurry?

It wasn't until everyone was far away from the horse market that Ma Shiyi stopped, grinning at the root of his ears with joy, and said in a loud voice, "The three masters can take advantage of it today." It's a big bowl of hooves. ”

When the brothers heard the name, they were unfamiliar with it, so they went to look at the two jujube red hooves, but they were stopped by Ma Eleven, who pointed to the foal, "I'm talking about this foal." ”

"Ah, foal?" Everyone looked at the pony with a wizened head and a gray and dirty coat, and they were a little unconvinced.

Rui Xue said with a smile, "Since the eleventh brother loves it so much, and this foal is your help to take the lead, so I will give it to you to raise." ”

Ma Shiyi immediately shook his head like a rattle, "Then what's the matter, the three masters paid the silver, this is the horse of the three masters." Besides, I'm not talking nonsense, the third master took this foal back to the little brother to raise, not much, after a year you can see the good coming of this horse. ”

Rui Xue saw that he didn't seem to be lying, so he was not polite, and went to the largest carriage and horse shop in the city with everyone, spent twelve taels of silver, bought a brand new, a new eighty percent new, a total of two carriages, the carport can be disassembled, and the goods are pulled on weekdays with a flat plate, and people are installed on the carport, which is very convenient, Ma Eleven pestered the boss, and asked for two saddles, so he directly set the carriage and happily went on the road.

At this time, it was past noon, Ruixue wanted to find a restaurant and invite everyone to eat and drink, but several people said that it was too expensive, and they refused to live or die, so they had to go back to the dock to drink tofu soup and eat steamed buns.

Rui Xue did not force them, when passing by a time-honored roast chicken shop, she got out of the car and picked the six largest, the young man wrapped it in oiled paper and tied it with hemp rope, she paid to carry it to the carriage, and each of them was divided into one.

The aroma of roast chicken seeped faintly out of the oiled paper, so greedy that several people's stomachs were rumbling, but they only put their noses on the paper bag and sniffed and sniffed, but no one opened it, presumably they were all thinking about going home to share it with their parents or wives and children, Rui Xue was sad and envious.

He persuaded them, "There is no work on the dock, so you might as well go home and rest for half a day." ”

Everyone hesitated for a moment, and then they all responded, Ma Shiyi drove the carriage, detoured a few miles, and sent them to the entrance of the village, and then bolted the reins of the rear carriage to the tail of the front car, all the way to Yunjia Village.

There are often people walking around on the road in the village, seeing two carriages entering the village, they are curious, so they follow to see the excitement, but Ruixue jumped down from the car, Zhang Dahe also smiled and greeted him to help unload the car, and everyone knew that the Zhao family actually added two new carriages!

This is a major event in the village, you must know that there is a cow in the village, it is half of the belongings, there is an ox cart, and when you rush to your father-in-law's house, you are all looked down upon.

The Zhao family is good, directly crossed the ox cart, bought a carriage, and bought as many as two, how thick the family must be to afford it. When Gao Fuquan came back to pull tofu, Qian Heitan from the south of the village also came to help, and everyone completely figured out that this carriage was added to deliver tofu out, so it became even more sensational.