Princess of Nongmen

Chapter 145 A Little Lamb
Liu Ya looked at the back of the woman holding the curtain and leaving in a hurry, as if she was afraid that she would regret it and refuse to change it.She looked at the books she put down and didn't want. After thinking about it, she put them away together.

Although the poems in this are not very good, but after all, it is the author's intention. Liu Ya thought it could be a negative textbook or something, pick out the inappropriate sentences in it, and let Xiao Shu'er correct the mistakes in the future not bad.

Just as Liu Ya put away these three books, the middle-aged man who came to ask about cooking utensils came back.He probably heard what Liu Ya said to the woman just now, so he also asked: "Little girl, can I really exchange something for your set of cooking utensils?"

"That's right." Liu Ya nodded and said, "Just now, that sister-in-law exchanged two pieces of curtain cloth for me with her book. But I can't change everything, at least I need something I like, so we can do it together." discuss."

The middle-aged man said: "That's it, that's it, I know. But little girl, do you want a living thing? My family has a little goat, and I want to exchange it with you."

Liu Ya was surprised, and asked again: "Goat? Lamb?"Then he asked again, "How big is the lamb? I haven't raised it before, so I don't know if I can feed it."

The middle-aged man scratched his head, looked a little embarrassed or embarrassed, and said: "There used to be a female goat in my family. It was quite old, and I didn't plan to let it give birth to lambs. I don't know how it ran out later." , I got pregnant when I came back. This is not because I gave birth to a lamb last month, but it died suddenly a few days ago. The lamb will only be full moon and can only eat a little tender grass. My family is going to marry a daughter-in-law, and there is no It’s a pity to starve to death with this lamb all day long, so I just wondered if I could exchange it with you.”

After finishing speaking, the middle-aged man pointed back to a yard not far away and said, "That door is my house, why don't you go and have a look. If you can match, the lamb will belong to you, and the cooking utensils will belong to me. If you don't match , My family really can’t afford 170 Wen.”

Liu Ya thought for a while, nodded and said, "All right, I'll go and have a look."

After finishing speaking, he put his things on the cart and followed the middle-aged man to his house.

As soon as I came to the gate of the courtyard, I saw a middle-aged woman coming out of it.It must be the mistress of the house.Seeing Liu Ya coming, he said: "Little girl, you are here. You are here to see the lamb. It's in the sheepfold over there. Come with me."

Liu Ya put the cart at the door and followed the woman into the yard.

The woman walked back and said: "You were selling things over there just now, and I heard the commotion here. But there is cooking on the stove, and I can't get away. It's not like my man called him as soon as he came back. Go and have a look. Your cooking utensils, he said, are very good, so I thought of exchanging that lamb. You know, although a lamb sold in the market is a bit bigger than mine, it is at least as good as it is It will cost three hundred cash. If you are willing to change it, it will be very cost-effective.”

After hearing this, Liu Ya looked up at the woman, and said solemnly: "Auntie, although I have never raised sheep, I know that lambs also need milk. Uncle just said that the lambs were born only last month, and they are full of plans." It's only about a month. Even if you can eat some tender grass, it's not easy to feed the lamb when it's weaned in less than three months. If I really change it, I have to buy goat milk to feed it when I take it back. When I was weaned, I would have to spend three hundred cash. I didn't take advantage of it, and I had to buy a set of good cooking utensils for nothing."

Liu Ya is in business, not welfare.Although Liu Ya disdains playing clever tricks, if someone deliberately tries to take advantage of her by being clever, she won't pretend to be a fool.So I still have to say this clearly, don't think that she is easy to deceive, and deliberately take advantage of her.

From this point of view, the middle-aged man just now seemed more honest.After all, when he talked to Liu Ya, he seemed rather embarrassed, and worried that Liu Ya would not change.

But when he came to the hostess of this house, it seemed as if he had picked up a big bargain.

Hearing what Liu Ya said, the women in this family laughed dryly and stopped talking.He just led Liu Ya to the front of the sheepfold, pointed to the inside, and said, "That's the one. Although it looks a little dirty, it is quite strong. The old ewe also died a few days ago, and she has been eating sheep before. Milk, the old ewe has given birth to several lambs, and she can take care of the lambs, so they look pretty good."

Liu Ya heard what she said, but she didn't fully believe it.Then he looked into the sheepfold by himself.

The sheepfold is quite low, the light inside is very bad, and the cleaning is not clean, or the women in this house are lazy and don't clean it at all.So when you get close, there is a big smell of mutton and sheep dung.

Liu Ya frowned, she didn't want to change anymore.Just this condition makes me feel sick.

But when Liu Ya just approached, there was a cry of "baa baa" in the sheep pen.The lamb's cry was more like "Mom", and immediately a black kid ran towards Liu Ya, looking at Liu Ya with a pair of bright black eyes, as if there were tears in the corners of the eyes.

Liu Ya was stunned for a moment, but didn't come back to her senses for a long time.She knew that animals had spirituality, but she had never seen a little lamb that would shed tears when it saw people.

If you look closely, this little lamb is really dirty. The black hair on its body is sticky with dirt, and there are many balls of sheep dung on its hind legs.I don't know how long a pair of hooves have been trampled in sheep manure, and the four dirty legs can hardly see the hair.

In such an environment, the little lamb must have suffered a lot.Without the feeding of the old ewe, I don't know how long this little lamb can live.

Liu Ya's heart softened for a moment, and she felt very sorry for the little lamb.But let her change back, how should she take care of her?
Liu Ya thought for a while, then turned her head and asked the woman, "How have you been feeding the lamb these days? Also, this lamb is so dirty, it shouldn't be sick."

The woman curled her lips and said: "I also asked for goat milk from the neighbor's house to feed it, and I also gave it some rice soup and sugar water every day. The young grass can be eaten, so I eat young grass. It is dirty, but there is nothing wrong with it." That's fine. Little girl, do you want to change it? Don't worry about it if you don't change it. After two days, my family will hold a wedding, and this lamb will be added to the dish."

"You want to kill it?" Liu Ya was really surprised this time.This lamb is so small, how much meat can it have.Milk sheep?Isn't that too cruel?
The woman said: "Otherwise, what should I do? The sheep pen is dirty and smelly. There is a wedding at home to marry a wife. How can I have time to feed the sheep. Although it is a pity to slaughter it, but it will kill a hundred with one knife, and it will save you worry."

(End of this chapter)