Travel through the farmhouse leisurely

Chapter 31
Lin Xiaoqiao's words were very vague, and he passed them by in a few words, giving people the feeling that everything went smoothly during the trip to the restaurant. In addition, old man Li was not there, so he passed the customs easily.Of course, old man Li doesn't know how many recipes he sold and how much money he took.Lin Xiaoqiao wanted to wait for the four of them to go back, then hand over the money to Mrs. Sun for safekeeping, and then explain...

After explaining, Lin Xiaoqiao told Old Man Li about the one thousand catties of Fuguoer that he had negotiated with shopkeeper Zhou to deliver to his door, and in batches. I did this myself because I didn't want others to discover Fu Guo'er's true face as soon as possible.Old man Li immediately ran into a problem, the two of them couldn't get Fuguo'er, which was a thousand catties a day, and the family didn't have a car to transport it.

So Lin Xiaoqiao mentioned his original plan to old man Li, and suggested that old man Li buy a cow as soon as possible, so that the problem can be solved, and in the future, the family can use cows instead of people to farm, which can be easier up.Old man Li thought about it and agreed.

So, a group of four people ate and drank enough, paid [-] Wen for noodles, asked the owner of the noodle stall about the direction of the bull market, and went to buy cattle together.

For the matter of buying a cow, Old Man Li seemed particularly enthusiastic. Lin Xiaoqiao had never seen Old Man Li so excited before.His face was red, his feet were windy, and he was walking fast, running towards the direction of the bull market. Lin Xiaoqiao and the others almost trotted to keep up with his pace.

Since Lin Xiaoxi just ate such a big bowl of noodles, he really couldn't stand the speed, so Lin Xiaoqiao dragged Li Erhu and Lin Xiaoxi to walk slowly behind.

Lin Xiaoqiao looked at Old Man Li's back as he was drifting away, and asked suspiciously: "Little uncle, why is our grandpa acting like a chicken blood, walking so fast, he left us so far away?" After hearing this, Li Erhu immediately resolved her doubts, and said, "Xiaoqiao, you don't know. Buying cattle is a big deal for our peasant family. It can be compared with marrying a wife and having children. Father, he is an old man. I have been farming all my life, and I have wanted to buy a cow for a long time. It’s just that my family was poor and people couldn’t get enough to eat. How could I have money to buy a cow? In our Xiaowan Village, there are so many families, only Zhang The big family has a cow." It turns out that this cow is so precious in the countryside, and affording a cow should be a symbol of wealth, no wonder my grandfather is so excited.

Old man Li arrived at the bull market after walking for a while, but found that his granddaughter and three were not behind him. He slapped his forehead and blamed himself for being too excited and walking too fast, leaving the three of them behind.

So old man Li stood at the street corner waiting for them, and saw three figures of different sizes from a distance.Lin Xiaoqiao and the others swayed slowly behind, seeing old man Li standing not far away as if waiting for them, they quickened their pace and walked in front of old man Li.

Old man Li smiled embarrassedly, and said, "Grandpa forgot when he was happy, and left you behind, don't blame grandpa." Lin Xiaoqiao and the others naturally expressed their understanding, saying that they were not to blame, but Lin Xiaoqiao felt a little funny in his heart, he didn't expect his grandpa, who was a lot older, to be so cute, it was really rare.

After chatting a few gossips, the four of them walked around the bull market slowly. The so-called "bull market" is a street, and the street is full of cattle sellers, horse sellers, sheep sellers, and others. There is a donkey seller...

Old man Li led the three of them almost through the entire street, and he had a rough grasp of the prices of these livestock. The price of a cow ranged from five taels to ten taels of silver.The whole street was full of stench, and Lin Xiaoqiao couldn't stand the smell, so almost no idlers came to wander in this street, who would come here to find the smell after eating and eating.

Therefore, all the people who come here are those who want to buy or sell livestock. The guys in the store watched the four of them stroll around attentively without holding the livestock, so they all knew that they were here to buy livestock, and all of them were enthusiastic. greeted.

Old man Li carefully selected, and when he saw the cow he was looking for, he carefully asked the man to break open the cow's teeth and show it to him, feeling quite adept.A few people wandered around, walked around the entire bull market twice, compared and selected one by one, and finally selected a cow in a store.

This cow is young, has good teeth, looks good, and is quite pleasing to the eye, so old man Li chose it, and the two sides spent some time negotiating the price, and finally bought it for eight taels of silver.What Lin Xiaoqiao didn't expect was that after buying the cattle and paying the money, the two parties actually made a contract, and old man Li cherished the contract and received it in his arms.

If you have an ox, you must have a cart, so it can be called an ox cart.So the few people spent another tael of silver to buy a ready-made flat cart frame, and the waiter in the shop enthusiastically helped them set up the ox cart, and gave them a whip for driving cattle.Since then, the Li family has become a family with cars and cattle.

The three of Lin Xiaoqiao happily sat on the bullock cart, their mood was really beautiful.However, it was Old Man Li who was in a better mood than them. He was sitting alone in front of the frame and driving the bullock cart, with a cheerful face and constant smiles on his face.So Lin Xiaoqiao took advantage of the fire and said, "Grandpa, we have a big deal today and bought a bullock cart, shouldn't we celebrate?"

Hearing what his granddaughter said, old man Li turned around and said, "Okay, let's talk about Xiaoqiao, how do we celebrate?"

Lin Xiaoqiao suggested: "Let's go to the market to buy some fish, meat and other delicious food to take home, and let grandma make it for us."

Hearing this, old man Li felt something trivial, and glanced at Lin Xiaoxi who was sitting next to Lin Xiaoqiao, who also had an expectant expression on his face, so he made a decision to buy more food for the two girls later.

So a group of four people drove an ox cart to the market and bought some pork belly, big bones, crucian carp, and tofu. Lin Xiaoqiao saw that there were still garlic sprouts, so he bought some garlic sprouts.

After buying these, a few people went to the grain store to buy ten catties of fine rice and noodles, and went to the grocery store to buy two catties of brown sugar and white sugar.A total of nearly half a tael of silver was spent, mainly because the food was a bit expensive, and a catty of fine rice and fine noodles cost [-] Wen.

Originally, old man Li wanted to go to the pastry shop and buy some exquisite pastries for Lin Xiaoqiao and his sisters to try, but Lin Xiaoqiao felt that he bought rice noodles and could make some pastries by himself, so why spend money? As for Lin Xiaoxi, seeing how much money was spent today, she was a little distressed and couldn't bear it.So the two sisters stopped old man Li from spending money on pastries.

So, a group of four people took the purchased food and got on the bullock cart to go home.Sisters Lin Xiaoqiao and Lin Xiaoxi sat head to head on the bullock cart, looking at the scenery along the road, and felt that the scenery was pretty good for the first time.

(End of this chapter)