Chapter 92: The Shepherd's Dream Comes True
Wang Guisheng stopped studying and wanted to herd sheep.
Wang Defa has been thinking about this matter, and since ancient times, the beloved son of his parents has far-reaching plans. What Guisheng can't understand, Wang Defa, as a father, can't help but understand.
Thirteen years old, not too young, Wang Defa also knows very well in his heart that he just wants to protect your students in a simple campus, and he knows that it is a fantasy to let your students read books.
What an ironic comparison, the two girls are talented and intelligent, Wang Defa is always thinking about how to let them get married early without studying, when he comes to Guisheng, he is entangled in how to let his son stay in school for a few more years, if the school can stay for a lifetime, it is estimated that he is happy.
In the end, even Wang Defa didn't know whether reason defeated blindness, or reality defeated tradition, so he decided to follow Wang Guisheng's decision.
The moment of making the decision was very fast, Wang Defa's struggle with himself was very painful. He remembered Mr. Lei's words, Guisheng studied in order to learn to communicate with his classmates, and now, he changed this sentence, and now, Guisheng herding sheep is also for him to better integrate into the life of society in the future.
"Xiu'e, I've decided, he doesn't want to read Guisheng's book, forget it." Wang Defa said to Ma Xiu'e while wrapping the book cover of the new semester textbook for Yuting.
"It's good to decide, no matter what you say, it's not my ruthlessness as a stepmother or it's not good for him, for Guisheng, I think that as long as I can live, I can eat a bite of food by myself in the future. Can't expect too much from him, but put too much pressure on the doll. ”
"Well, I also figured it out, but I definitely can't agree to him about herding sheep. I thought it would be okay to start collecting apples right away, take him with me, walk around, and show me a car. ”
"Old man, there is one thing I have to tell you, you'd better ask for the child's opinion, you forgot yourself, Jackie Chan is a good child, he used to solve problems with a knife, brother and sister, if you have to follow your son to do business, he doesn't agree, and does a thing that is long and short, then it is not cost-effective."
Wang Defa was speechless by Ma Xiu'e's words, smoking a cigarette, waiting for Guisheng to come back from outside, thinking about how to tell Guisheng about it. He didn't answer Ma Xiu'e a word, but he knew in his heart that what she said was honest.
"Guisheng, you see that your sister Yuting is going to school tomorrow, and Dad will ask you one last time, will you go to school this time?"
"No!" Two neat words.
"Okay, if you don't go up, you won't get on it. So what exactly do you want to do now? ”
"Herding sheep!"
Wang Defa can only say that the child he gave birth to is more stubborn than himself, and the blue is better than the blue.
"Guisheng, you listen to Dad first, now where to get a few sheep at once, immediately the fruit cellar will start to harvest apples again, Dad is also busy, or you follow Dad every day to collect apples everywhere? If someone sells sheep, they will bring it back to you, how about it? ”
"I, I just, I just want to herd, sheep!"
"Okay, you can herd the sheep, but you have to follow your father everywhere to buy sheep for you and come back, you can't rush."
"Okay." Wang Guisheng's one-word expression is very neat.
After Guisheng dropped out of school, he has been hoping that his father can get the sheep in order for him as soon as possible, and he is especially looking forward to the spirit of holding a slingshot in his right hand and a sheep whip in his left hand.
But what he was waiting for was Wang Defa who took him everywhere every day to contact and inspect the situation of apples, and some of the people who handed over apples to Wang Defa all the year round were also very talkative, as long as the price was reasonable, the apples were sold to Wang Defa.
Apples are still growing on the tree, Wang Defa has booked a lot of apples, as long as the apples are down the tree, he will come to harvest.
When Wang Defa took Guisheng around, he went to his house to keep an eye on a girl of the same age as Guisheng. The purpose is also very clear, let Wang Guisheng take a look at others, and he has to do more things in the future, so as to see if he can find a daughter-in-law for Guisheng.
Wang Guisheng's mind is on herding sheep, and he follows his father everywhere all day to be busy with business, but he hasn't bought a single sheep at home. He didn't want to.
One night, after dinner, Wang Guisheng said that he didn't want to follow him to collect apples anymore, he wanted to herd sheep.
Wang Defa respects Wang Guisheng's ideas very much, to put it bluntly, he is worried about what will happen if he does not meet his stupid requirements.
The next day happened to be a double day, and there was a market in the town, Wang Defa wanted to go and see it, so he bought two first, and coaxed Guisheng.
Now there is a problem, Wang Defa is not familiar with the livestock industry at all, since he wants to buy it, he must pick a good sheep.
"Xiu'e, do you know how to look at livestock?"
"You are joking, how do I know, I have slaughtered fish and chickens at most in my life."
"Oh, don't you embarrass me for giving birth to this child? There's an episode tomorrow.,I won't pick it when I go.。 ”
"On the team, the boss of the Wan family is not a big sheep farmer on the team, you can bring something to ask him to accompany you tomorrow, if he goes, he will definitely be able to fall in love with a good sheep at a glance!"
The boss of the Wan family in Ma Xiu'e's mouth is the brother of the buried Lao Wan. It is indeed the team, and even one of the few big sheep farmers in the town. Don't look at the smell of sheep all over the family, but life is no worse than others.
"You're right, but there are some things you don't understand, whether people are willing to help or not, that's another matter."
"I don't know anything, isn't it because of his brother's affairs, it's been ten years, besides, you didn't apologize to others and didn't lose money. I think it's because you think too much, I sometimes chat with his daughter-in-law, and I think the person is not bad, you go and try it. ”
"You're right, I'll ask, ask someone for help, we have to take the initiative."
Wang Defa took out a cigarette he smoked from the cabinet, found a black plastic bag and went to Wanjia.
Wang Defa hasn't been to Wanjia for many years, and the last time he went, it was because when Lao Wan's father died, he went to have a snort, and he was not of the same clan, and he didn't have any contact during the New Year's holidays. I guess we all have our own thoughts.
"Brother Wang, come in and sit!" Boss Wan was also quite surprised.
As soon as he entered the yard, Wang Defa could smell the pungent smell of sheep, and people who were not used to it were really uncomfortable. He thought that in the future, if Wang Guisheng made his yard smell of sheep, how would he eat the rice.
"Brother Wang, come, drink some water!"
"Oh, thank you!"
"Brother Wang hasn't been to the house for many years, my backyard is a sheepfold, and the smell is a bit big." Boss Wan tried his best to say to Wang Defa in a self-deprecating tone to better resolve the embarrassment between the two people.
"It's good, it's good, you go to my house and have a look, it smells like apples! Haha"
"The smell of apples is better than my sheep's smell!"
Wang Defa handed a cigarette he had wrapped to Boss Wan and said, "Boss Wan, now that I want to ask you for help, I know that it was indeed my mistake before, and you may have prejudices against me." ”
"Look at what you said, it's been so many years, so I won't mention it again, if you are busy, you can say it, what kind of cigarettes do you bring, you take it back, I can't take it."
"Boss Wan, you put away this cigarette, I'm so busy that I can tell you, otherwise, I won't open my mouth!"
"Okay, okay, I'll take it, you can say something."
"I'd like to ask you to join me tomorrow to go to the market and pick up some sheep!" Wang De's speech was concise and to the point.
"Picking sheep? What do you want sheep for? If you want it, you can go to the backyard and pick a few for you, and give it to you at the cost price! Boss Wan said.
"I can't do it, I can't do it. My stupid boy, your student, if you don't go to school in the new semester, you have to herd sheep! It's been a long time coming, I'm afraid that if I don't agree, this kid will go to extremes, so I'll buy a few for me first, and then talk about coaxing. ”
"Oh, that's right." When Boss Wan heard Wang Defa say this, he regretted it very much, and he was afraid that Wang Defa would go to the backyard to pick his own sheep, and the sheep he raised were the most sought-after when they were pulled to the market.
"You see you're inconvenient tomorrow, isn't it? I can't tell whether this livestock is good or bad, you are a professional sheep farmer, and you will definitely be able to help me pick a few good ones. ”
"Brother Wang, okay, I'll go with you tomorrow and pick up a few good sheep for you, just bring enough money."
"Oh, Boss Wan, thank you so much, I thank you for your life!"
"You're welcome, it's all as it should be." Boss Wan almost said that it was for the sake of this cigarette.
"Brother Wang, you have to be early to drive the livestock collection, otherwise the good ones will be picked up, early tomorrow morning, you come and call me, and we will go together."
"Okay, then I'll come to you early tomorrow morning."
After the thing was done, Wang Defa left Lao Wanjia in a hurry, and along the way, Wang Defa smelled the smell of sheep on his body, and he couldn't disperse for a long time.
"Coming back? Is there any help? Ma Xiu'e saw that the cigarette Wang Defa was holding when he went out was no longer there, and concluded that it should be done, just like Wang Defa confirmed.
"Please, it's pretty easy to talk!"
"I'm right, that eldest daughter-in-law is also a reasonable person."
"You know what I can't stand the most? It's just a smell of sheep, you smell it, you smell it, I stayed in their house for less than an hour, and the smell can't be dispersed until now. Wang Defa said as he approached Ma Xiu'e. You don't have to get closer, Ma Xiu'e smells it.
"Don't, don't, stay away!" Ma Xiu'e looked disgusted.
"With you like this, you can still agree to raise sheep in your life, it's really difficult for you." Ma Xiu'e said jokingly.
"Now there is another question, where are these sheep bought?" Wang Defa suddenly seemed to have taken him aback, and asked himself.
"Don't you keep a pigsty in the backyard, just keep it in the pigsty, and call it a sheepfold in the future."
"The smell of pigs is not as big as the smell of sheep! Hey, I'm really afraid of anything, my son is here to cure Lao Tzu's illness. I can only circle it in the backyard first. ”
Early in the morning, Wang Defa drank a few cans of tea, ate a few mouthfuls of steamed buns, and went to the livestock market with Boss Wan.
The whole market, as soon as it is close to the livestock trading area, the air is mixed with the smell of pigs, cows, sheep, horses, etc.
Early in the morning, every circle in the livestock area was already crowded with large and small livestock. Wang Defa followed Boss Wan, shuttling through the bustling crowd and fauna, covering his nose with his sleeve.
There are many acquaintances that Boss Wan knows, and he will be busy greeting each other, and then carefully inspecting the sheep.
On the road to the livestock business, Boss Wan is already familiar with the road. If it was to show someone else, he would definitely take it to those cattle dealers, be a middleman, and draw a layer of oil and water after the deal. What I brought today is Wang Defa, I can't see anyone who looks up and looks down, and the traffickers definitely can't go.
If you want to buy good sheep, you have to find strange faces in the crowd, new faces, such people, livestock are basically free-range, not much, at home as a baby to feed it, there is only one reason to sell, with money!
Everyone, including the traffickers, is staring at such people, because they have little experience, they are easy to talk about, the prices are easy to negotiate, and sometimes in order to reduce the price, the traffickers will invisibly link, either picking and choosing the livestock, or offering lower prices than the other.
At first, these new faces can still hold on to the price they want, and after a long time, when there are fewer and fewer people in the market, they are in a hurry, and their families are still waiting for money, but the price is too low.
These, if Wang Defa doesn't invite Boss Wan to help, he will definitely go into the pit, even if there are many dealers in the town, but they rely on this to support their families, and it is difficult for him to become a volunteer for free if he doesn't make money.
Wang Defa didn't understand, and he didn't mix with Boss Wan's selection, he followed Boss Wan for two roles, one, pay, and two, lead the sheep home.
In one corner, Boss Wan saw a man in ragged clothes with a willow stick as a whip in his hand, squeezing three sheep in the corner to prevent them from running away.
"This sheep is yours, huh?" Wan Lao asked.
"It's mine, do you want it?"
"I want to, come, negotiate a price!" Boss Wan said, his sleeve has been tidied up, and the sheep seller saw that Boss Wan was neat, feeling that he really wanted it, and reached out and stuffed it into Boss Wan's sleeve.
Wang Defa knew that they were talking about the price, and the two of them used their sleeves to shake hands and come up with the price they came up with, a bit like guessing boxing, and people who often come to the livestock market will do this.
The two talked about the price for a long time, and after a while, the two of them nodded, shook their heads, and pulled their hands out, and Boss Wan hurriedly stepped forward and pulled the man's hand in his sleeve again to continue to discuss.
Wang Defa looked at the two of them, as if he was watching a pantomime, and in desperation, he lit a cigarette and smoked it.
There are already many people in the market who have made deals, and those who have sold their animals have counted the money in their hands, some happy and some unhappy; The people who bought the animals dragged the animals that recognized them alive and scolded the animals that could not understand human speech.
"Okay, then deal!" Boss Wan and the sheep seller shouted almost at the same time.
"Brother Wang, Brother Wang, come here!" Wan Lao shouted Wang Defa.
Wang Defa hurried over.
"Brother Wang, these three sheep, one is six hundred, a total of one thousand eight, let's take it!"
"No problem, right?" Wang De asked.
"Don't worry, I turned around, if we hadn't come early, these three sheep would have been sold a long time ago, and the price would be right."
"Okay, I'll take the money with me!"
Wang Defa took out the money he had prepared from his innermost pocket, dipped his fingers on his tongue, and counted eighteen sheets to the sheep seller.
Wang Guisheng's dream of being a sheep herding baby came true the moment Wang Defa handed over the money.
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