Chapter 14: Into the City
"What to raise?" Cheng Linchang was stunned for a moment.
There is only one old sow in the family, which is left in the younger brother's house, and it also takes money to buy piglets. Cattle are a rarity, and most people can't afford to buy them, let alone raise them. Other chickens and ducks can be raised, but they are all for laying eggs, so how much money can they be sold for?
"Quail." The fragrant flowers are amazing.
"Quail?" Cheng Linchang blinked twice, then smiled and waved his hand, "It's hard to catch quails, let alone raising, I've never heard of anyone feeding quails." ”
"I said yes, and I did. Daddy, you believe me once. "Xianghua's dark eyes are shining, not like nonsense.
"Okay, how can you sell it after you raise it?" Cheng Linchang asked honestly.
"It's not difficult, rich people like to eat quail eggs, and they sell them more expensively than chicken and duck eggs." Taro suddenly sounded.
Cheng Linchang nodded, and suddenly reacted: "Taro, how do you know this?" ”
Xianghua helped to play the round: "Oh Dad, taro must have seen it before." Don't talk about this, when you enter the city, I'll go too! ”
"What are you going to do?"
"Let's find a buyer for my future quail!" Xianghua smiled.
It took a day to walk from Qingshan Village to Taiping Town, so Cheng Linchang and Xianghua set off in the bright sky and got on the rickety ox cart of Cheng Tiezhu's house, while Taro and Xianghua stayed to watch the house.
Xianghua glared at Cheng Tiezhu before getting into the car, but Cheng Tiezhu pretended not to see it.
At first, Xianghua was still remembering the route with great interest, looking at the wildflowers and weeds on the side of the road, but it didn't take long for her to get distracted - no way, her butt hurt too much, and she didn't know how many times she had been bumped along the way.
She turned her head to look at her father, but saw that Cheng Linchang's face did not change, and she even wanted to sing a little.
Cheng Linchang took out a steamed bun from his arms: "Little Hua'er is hungry, right?" Give, eat steamed buns! ”
Xianghua waved her hand and rubbed her ass with bared teeth: "No, Dad, I don't want to eat anything now, how long will it take?" ”
"It's coming." Cheng Linchang said with a smile.
Xianghua lamented in her heart, this is the eleventh time her father said that it was soon.
When they arrived in Taiping Town, it was still an hour before noon, and it was the time when the streets were lively. Taiping Town can be regarded as a rich town, the road pedestrians are in a hurry, the dress is obviously better than a few of their villages, there are many street vendors, peddling all kinds of gadgets, fragrant flowers pay attention to watch.
The two were walking, and suddenly heard someone in front of them shouting "Get out of the way", Xianghua looked up and saw that someone was riding a black horse galloping towards the crowd, and the pedestrians on the street were caught off guard and were frightened into a pot of porridge.
Cheng Linchang took the fragrant flowers and taro and hurriedly hid to the side, but some people on the road didn't have time to get out of the way, seeing that the horse's hooves were about to step on an old man, the front half of the horse's body was pulled up, the horse's front legs were lifted high, and the person sitting on the horse fell to the ground with the horse.
"Whose horse is this, it's scared to death when it runs rampant on the street!" Onlookers blamed.
Xianghua saw the man who got up through the crack in the crowd. It was a boy of about twelve or thirteen years old, and for some reason he got up from the ground in embarrassment, and said sorry to everyone, and was about to turn over and get on his horse, but the black horse neighed for some reason, and could not stand up at all.
At this moment, another group of people rushed from the other side of the street, and someone shouted, "The county magistrate is here," and the crowd automatically split into two sides and gave way to the road.
The county order was a little fat, and there was a little joy on his chin with a pinch of beard, he trotted over, knelt in front of the young man and kowtowed: "The little one doesn't know that Zhao Gongzi is coming, and he has missed the distance, forgive the sins!" ”
Everyone didn't know what the identity of this Zhao Gongzi was, and they all knelt together with the county order, and Xianghua was also pulled to kneel down together.
The young man said: "The county order doesn't need to be polite, I just passed by here, I don't know why the horses were frightened and almost hurt people, please don't blame the adults." ”
The county magistrate lowered his head: "How dare you!" Zhao Gongzi is the son of the general of Dingxi, and he has followed General Zhao to fight in the north and south since he was a child, this time it is ......"
Zhao Gongzi hurriedly coughed and interrupted the county order: "Your Excellency can know." At the moment, I'm afraid that I won't be able to use it for a while, but can I have a good horse? ”
"There are good horses, but compared to the wind chasing by adults, I'm afraid it's not as good as ......"
Zhao Gongzi thought for a moment and said, "Then please invite the most famous veterinarian to come." ”
The county magistrate carefully invited this Zhao Gongzi away, and the black horse named Chasing the Wind was also carried away, and everyone was not lively to see, and they all dispersed.
Xianghua asked, "Dad, who is General Dingxi?" Is that Zhao Gongzi's father very powerful? ”
"That's nature." Cheng Linchang was full of energy when he said this, and put on the posture of a storyteller, "General Zhao can be described as the god of war in the world!" I think that the group of barbarians in the west repeatedly violated our border, and no one in the imperial court dared to fight. At that time, the fashionable and young General Zhao asked for orders to go on the expedition and won a complete victory, and later won consecutive battles, which scared the courage of those barbarians, and we raised our eyebrows! ”
Xianghua seemed to understand: "Then why is Zhao Gongzi in such a hurry?" ”
Cheng Linchang couldn't think of it.
The two didn't stay long, Cheng Linchang took Xianghua to buy things, and Xianghua finally found the goal of his trip.
"Xiangmanlou?" Cheng Linchang's eyes were full of surprise, "This is the best restaurant in Taiping Town." ”
Xianghua squinted and smiled: "This is what I am looking for!" Dad, you just wait here for me, I'll go in for a while. ”
Cheng Linchang never thought of entering a place like Xiangmanlou in his life. But Xianghua wanted to go, but he didn't have a reason to stop him, so he waited outside with his things.
Xianghua ran to the door, and the shopkeeper stopped her and asked a few words, but she really let her in.
After a while, the fragrant flowers came out, and they were personally sent by a person who looked like a shopkeeper, and the two were still talking and laughing.
When Cheng Linchang saw her walking back, he couldn't help but be curious: "Little Hua'er, what did you say to someone?" ”
Xianghua raised her chin with a smile and said proudly: "Our quail business has been negotiated!" ”
Cheng Linchang felt that the sun was coming out in the west.
That's a fragrant building. That's the shopkeeper's. Xianghua is only nine years old! Why did he believe her?
Cheng Linchang felt a little confused and a little like a dream, Xianghua saw him dizzy, so he pulled him to the city gate. They had to get to the ox cart before the gates were closed, but after a few steps they saw a lot of people running in one direction.
Cheng Linchang stopped a person and asked what was wrong, and the man said, "Something is wrong, Zhao Gongzi's horse is not good!" And he ran.
The second monk of Chenglin Changzhang was puzzled: "What big thing can happen to the horse?" ”
Xianghua thought of the cautious appearance of the little Zhao Gongzi before, and felt that it might be a big deal, so she said, "Dad, let's go and have a look." ”
Cheng Linchang looked at the direction of the city gate, and his face was entangled: "No, if you don't leave, you won't be able to get out of the city." ”
"Out of town? I can't get out of the city today! A passer-by, "The county order has ordered, the city gate has been closed, and you can only wait for tomorrow if you want to go out!" ”