Chapter Twenty-Five: Let's Raise It!
In the end, the guy also gave Liu Yue two extra circles of needlework and thread, and enthusiastically hugged the cloth on the ox cart and stacked it.
Liu Yue was still a little stunned when she looked at the truckload of goods, who would have thought that in the future, she would be a regent who would fight all the Confucianism and power, and now use her debating talent to bargain?
But you don't have to be in vain! It's all real money!
Liu Yue patted Shen Qingyan's shoulder with a smile: "I'll trouble you next!" ”
With the help of Shen Qingyan, Liu Yue bought all the red candles, Xizi paper-cuts, candy and wine to be used the day after tomorrow at a low price.
Wine is made from grain, which was considered a luxury in ancient times, and Shen Qingyan originally didn't plan to buy it, after all, he still expected this wedding banquet to take back the gift he had taken out with him, and if he bought wine, he would have to pay for it.
But Liu Yue had never tasted ancient wine before, and she was greedy, so after talking for a long time, Shen Qingyan reluctantly agreed to the other party to buy a small pot of wine.
Immediately afterwards, Liu Yue bought Shen Yixiu a new set of silver needles, which was convenient for him to learn acupuncture points and acupuncture after the medical hall, and bought a new study room four treasures for Shen Jingcheng as a meeting gift, and bought a lot of beads and hair bands for Shen Lingan and himself, as for Shen Qingyan...... No matter what Liu Yue chose, the other party said that she didn't need it, and in the end, Liu Yue remembered that the day she walked through was Shen Qingyan's sixteenth birthday, and bought a jade hairpin for him to crown his hair.
In the village, a man is considered an adult at sixteen, and he has to be crowned.
This time, Shen Qingyan did not refuse.
Walking through the restaurant, Liu Yue wanted to turn in and invite the cubs to eat a good meal, but no matter how the four of them persuaded them, they couldn't enter the ancient world, so Liu Yue had to invite them to eat the wontons on the stall. Fifteen wen a bowl, a large amount of full. All five of them were satisfied.
Liu Yue relied on Shen Qingyan to bargain, and wanted to buy some toys for a few little cubs, but was forcibly pulled by the four little cubs, and even Shen Lingan, who has always had a big heart, felt that her sister-in-law spent too much, and persuaded: "Sister-in-law, we really don't lack anything!" ”
Liu Yue had no choice but to interrupt her shopping plan in tears.
finally suppressed Liu Yue's desire to shop, and Shen Qingyan thought that he could finally go home this time.
Liu Yue said, "We're going to buy livestock." ”
Shen Lingan asked curiously, "Sister-in-law, what do you want to buy?" ”
Liu Yue smiled and patted the butt of the old Li Tou's cow: "To buy a cow, you can't borrow someone else's car every time, right?" ”
You must know that there are many people who ask Lao Li Tou to borrow an ox cart every day, and Lao Li Tou usually bids one hundred and fifty Wen, and this time he can rent it to Shen Qingyan at a low price because of his close relationship with the Shen family, and Liu Yue sends a lot of sweet soup and tea every day during the autumn harvest. But if you can use favors once, it's a bit too much to borrow at a low price every time, right?
There are more than a dozen people in Lao Litou's family, and this ox cart is their main source of income!
Moreover, if Liu Yue wants to do business, she has to go into the city every day, and it is still more convenient to have a car.
The cow's temper and endurance were really good, and he walked around with them for four or five hours, and he was not tired at all. Feed some grass cut at the edge of the field and you'll have fun for a long time! The low cost of fuel made Liu Yue cry.
It's too good value for money, a must have!
Shen Qingyan was puzzled: "What do you do when you buy cattle?" ”
They also went into the city twice a month when they sent food and clothing to Shen Yixiu and Shen Jingcheng, usually he walked and did not have many opportunities to use ox carts.
After all, Liu Yue still had to rely on Shen Qingyan to bargain, so she explained without the slightest impatience: "I want to go into the city to do business in the future, I can't go this way, it's better to have an ox cart!" ”
However, since all the businesses currently arranged by Liu Yue have declared bankruptcy, she is a little unconfident.
Shen Qingyan saw Liu Yue's weakness at a glance, and asked sharply: "What business does Miss Liu want to do?" ”
Liu Yue didn't think clearly now, trying to pass the level cutely: "Wait until I'm ready to surprise you!" ”
Shen Qingyan thought about it for a while, in addition to buying cattle heads can be used to hurry, they can also be used to plow land in spring, and when they finish plowing, they can also rent them to others for ploughing, and they can also be used to pull people and transport goods in other seasons to make more money. In addition, as an important productive force, cattle will not depreciate, and the price when buying and selling will not be too different, so it is a good deal on the whole.
Therefore, although Liu Yue did not say what specific business he did, Shen Qingyan persuaded himself by himself.
The group then drove to the horse market.
It is said to be a horse market, but in fact, all kinds of livestock are bought in this place, and there are cattle, donkeys, mules, horses, sheep, chickens, ducks, dogs, and so on in more than a dozen sheds.
Liu Yue originally wanted to buy cattle with a firm mind, but after listening to the dealer's introduction, she began to hesitate again.
Donkeys are a little smaller in size and faster, but have a little less stamina than oxen.
Mules are divided into horse mules and donkey mules, both of which are descendants of horses and donkeys, the former is born to a mare, with a relatively tall physique, fast running, and great strength, but is short-tempered and eats more, while the latter is born by a female donkey, with a small amount of food, strong stamina, a docile personality, a little slower, but a longer lifespan.
As for the horse, it is a noun for being strong and swift, almost perfect, but the price is too high and difficult to raise.
After this lap, the cow looks very unattractive.
Liu Yue is mainly torn between a donkey and a mule.
In the end, it was Shen Qingyan who paid attention and chose a donkey and mule with a docile personality.
The price quoted by the dealer was fifteen taels, but Shen Qingyan cut it to twelve taels, and Liu Yue was about to pay for the money, but was interrupted by Shen Ling'an's exclamation.
"This puppy is dying."
Shen Qingyan was negotiating, and Shen Lingan was bored, so he led his two brothers to wander around the horse market, and then found the dying pony in the shed in the corner.
Liu Yue looked in the direction of Shen Ling'an's voice and found that the three of them were squatting in front of a shed, observing something.
Liu Yue and Shen Qingyan walked over and found that the three of them were surrounding a weak puppy, and Shen Yixiu also reached out to probe the puppy's snort.
The puppy looked less than a month old, his eyes were not open, and he was lying on the haystack panting faintly.
The dealer came over and explained: "This dog suddenly appeared with us for two days, and I don't know which female dog left him here and ran away, and I also found a female dog to feed him, but I don't know what happened, none of the dogs dared to approach it, and I tried to feed some goat's milk, but he couldn't drink it, and he was hungry for two days, and he felt that he couldn't live." ”
Shen Yixiu also checked the state of the puppy, shook his head and said, "It's almost out of gas." ”
Shen Lingan acted as if he hadn't heard the words of the dealer and the third brother, cautiously touched the puppy's head, and muttered, "Don't you have a father and mother too?" Shall I take care of you? ”
Shen Yixiu's nose was sour when he heard this, and he squatted down and persuaded softly: "Ling An, it can't live." Shall we go? ”
Shen Lingan shook his head stubbornly.
Liu Yue looked at Ling An and the puppy, and inexplicably remembered herself when she was a child, when her father and stepmother had just married, her stepmother always beat her whenever something unpleasant happened, she was young, and she didn't even dare to cry when she was beaten, otherwise she would be exchanged for a more poisonous beating, she was intimidated by her stepmother and didn't dare to tell her father, so she always shrank timidly in a corner, and over time, her father disliked her gloomy, and he didn't like her even more. Later, once she went out with her parents to buy vegetables, she saw a kitten less than a month old in the grass, it seemed that it was also abandoned by the mother cat, lying on the ground and making a faint cat meow, she didn't know what to do at the time, she wanted to pick up the kitten but was afraid of hurting it, hesitated for a long time before she mustered up the courage to ask her father if he could raise it. In response to her, her stepmother's sneer, and her father's impatient scolding, she was finally dragged away by her father, and when she was dragged away, Liu Yue looked back at the kitten many times, feeling as pitiful and miserable as it.
Later, Liu Yue earned a lot of money and saved many stray animals, but she never forgot the kitten at that time. I don't know what happened to it, if it met "Aunt Zhang" who redeemed itself like herself. To this day, Liu Yue still clearly remembers herself at that time, and remembers her weakness and helplessness.
She didn't want Suzuan's childhood to have such a "kitten".
Liu Yue whispered, "Let's raise it!" ”