Shanwa Small Rich Farmers

The so-called livestock market is not a special place, but a piece of land outside the town. All the livestock that want to be sold in the four villages and eight townships are traded here. The livestock market is not fixed. Generally speaking, it follows the market Moreover, it is a custom in small markets that there is no livestock market. Only when the town where the township government is located like Changping Township has a market, there will be a livestock market.

  Wen Xu has seen it before, but when he saw the livestock market again, he was a little disappointed. Both the number of people and animals were far smaller than the scene in his memory.

In Wen Xu's memory, apart from the stalls of department stores, the most lively place in the entire festival was the livestock market. At that time, there were fried dough sticks, pancakes, and chaotic sellers near the livestock market. Follow seven or eight people. If you want to distinguish the livestock economy, it's really easy, just look at the ears! Why do you say that the ears can distinguish the livestock economy? Because every farmer's ear has two or three machine-made cigarettes with mouthpieces!

Now, it is less than half of what it used to be. There are far more animals than people in the entire animal market, and the main transactions are not large animals, such as cattle, buffaloes, donkeys, etc., but pigs and sheep. It is rare to see big pigs and sheep, they are all half-sized piglets and lambs.

   "Old return! Old return!"

   Entering the livestock market, Wen Shigui clapped his hands and looked around, and then found the target, and while yelling, motioned Wen Xu to follow him.

  Wen Xu followed behind the old brother, thinking in his heart: Old turtle? ! The name is very creative! How big is the heart of these parents, they named the child Laogui!

  Thinking in my heart, I searched in the direction my second brother was going! Because there were not many people, the target was found quickly. An old man about seventy years old, his hair has fallen out, there are some spots on his bare head, his complexion is also that brown and black, his face is covered with wrinkles, and there is a hole on his shoulder. The blue towel, the blue color can hardly be seen anymore, the upper body is wearing a ripped green military uniform, the lower body is wearing camouflage pants, and a pair of sneakers are on the feet. Patches can be seen on the military uniform, camouflage pants and shoes, but the whole Although the clothes worn by people are torn, they are still quite clean. One can tell at a glance that an old farmer who has worked hard all his life is the kind who knows how to live.

   "What old Gui, old Gui! It's your mother's bastard!" The old man was very dissatisfied with Wen Shigui calling him Old Gui, and he started to curse.

  Wen Shigui was not annoyed either, he laughed loudly and said, "If I don't call you Laogui, what do you call you? Old bastard?!"

   After saying this, the people squatting next to him immediately laughed out loud.

  Wen Shigui saw that Laogui was going to be annoyed and immediately said: "Get up quickly, I'm looking for a job for you!"

  Lao Gui took a look at Wen Xu who was following Wen Shigui, and was still squatting on the ground, smoking his cigarette puff, without saying a word.

   Seeing Lao Gui's behavior, Wen Shigui laughed and scolded directly: "You old man, you don't say hello when you come to business, what's the matter? It's better to go home and be scolded by your wife, right?"

"This young man looks like he's from the city at first glance. He wants me to buy livestock. He buys the fat ones. Anyway, he kills and eats the meat. Who do you choose!" Lao Gui glanced at Wen Nu and lowered his eyebrows. The purpose is to continue smoking his cigarette.

Wen Shigui said with a smile: "Is it still necessary for you to buy livestock and kill people? A brother of my family came today to buy a donkey or a mule for pulling the old millstones in the village. That's why I let you go with me." Long eyes, if you don't want to, I have to find someone else to earn the hundred?"

  When Wen Xu bought a donkey to pull the mill, the eyes of the old man who smoked the pouch lit up, he put down the pouch and asked Wen Shigui, "Really?"

   "Who has nothing to do to play with you, an old bastard? Hurry up!" Wen Shigui said with a smile.

   Now Laogui stood up, biting the pipe in his mouth, holding the pipe in one hand while smoking and walking, and within a few steps, a man in his thirties passed Laogui leading an old cow.

Laogui stopped and let the man who led the cow pass by. Looking at the cow that was taken away, he shook his head with regret, sighed, and said with emotion: "Many of the big animals in the market are sold and killed. For the meat, there are fewer and fewer people who are actually sold back to plow the land, and many good cattle have been taken there for a knife.

   Listening to the old man walking in front rambling about the old days, Wen Nu became a little bored after a while. The times are developing. Now everyone plows the fields with a few cows. Who doesn’t have tractors, rice transplanters and so on? When agriculture is mechanized, cattle are naturally eliminated, which is the inevitable result of the development of productive forces. Wen Xu's willingness to torment the lives of small farmers does not mean that he wants everyone to go home to farm and weave.

When we arrived at the big cattle farm, there were only a hundred or so donkeys and cows in the whole market, and there were not many choices. The tall red donkeys that Wen Xu saw were only seven or eight. up.

  Lao Gui looked at each donkey carefully, checking the teeth, feeling the figure, looking at the hooves, etc. After checking all the donkeys, they stood aside and smoked without saying a word.

  Wen Xu was a little confused, so he glanced at the second brother next to him. Wen Shigui looked at Wen Xu and shook his head, signaling him to be patient.

  "Old Guitou, how about it? Which end do you think is suitable? Let's negotiate the price with this boss." An old man selling donkeys couldn't bear it anymore, and said directly to Lao Gui.

  Old Gui ignored the old man, thought carefully and said to Wen Shigui and Wen Xu brothers, "Don't look at the mule?"

   "Okay!" Seeing his second brother looking at him, Wen Xu agreed to Lao Gui's proposal. Anyway, the difference between a mule and a donkey is not that big for Wen Xu!

   "Hey! Don't go, the price is negotiable, I think you are too unreasonable, old man, people are going to buy donkeys, you old man let people buy mules." The donkey seller was a little unhappy.

  Lao Gui said: "Your donkey should be sold for meat, and fed as a pig!" After speaking, he continued to cling to his pipe and walked slowly.

  Wen Xu looked at the old man and looked around at the mules again. The old man had finally selected one of the mules, but it seemed that the old man himself was not satisfied, and stood in front of the mule with his brows furrowed.

   Pulling Wen Xu to the side, Lao Gui said: "Mr. Wen, the donkeys and mules in the market today are not very good. If you don't rush to buy them, you won't be able to get them together until the next one. Such animals are too ordinary."

  Wen Xu thought that it would be fine, but he wants to pull the mill, not a beauty pageant, so why are you so picky?

  Thinking of this, I was about to speak when I heard a cow bleating next to me.

   "Moo! Moo!"

  Although Wen Xu didn't understand the language of cows, he could still hear the cow's barking quite miserable. Following the barking, Wen Xu saw a half-sized buffalo.

Some people may think that all cows look about the same. In fact, scalpers and buffaloes are different. Of course, they can be distinguished by a quick search by Du Niang. As far as Wenxu’s hometown is concerned, buffaloes have a good temperament and rarely appear. The situation of taking the horn to cover the owner, but the scalper is different, the temper is violent, especially the male scalper, and the quilt of the cattle can be said to be commonplace.

   This little buffalo is different from other buffaloes, its whole body is white, and it looks like it has albinism! The white buffalo is very beautiful, but it is probably not a good thing for the cattle breeder. If it was put in the past, the owner might not take care of the albino cattle. They are also plowed to plow the land, and the appearance is not very important. , but now, I guess the fate of this cow is not very good!

Indeed, as Wen Xu guessed, the man holding the ox rope was holding a branch and driving the ox back loudly: "Go, hurry up, what are you afraid of, when you get to the place, bear the knife and go down! Don’t be reincarnated as a cow in your next life, live a better life as a poodle in the city than a human.”

  Hearing this, Wen Xu knew that the cow didn't have a long life to live. It was obvious that this person wanted to drive the cow to the slaughterhouse on the other side and sell it to the dealer who slaughtered the cow.

Just when the man was whipping the cow with a tree branch, there was a slap, and the little white cow knelt down on the ground with its front hooves bent, and then kept mooing. After a few times, the big bull's eyes popped out tears.

  Wen Xu has heard the story of a cow crying, but this is the first time I really saw a cow crying! At this time, Wen Xu didn't know how to describe his mood at the moment. In short, he felt a little flustered. The death of a cow can actually show human feelings, which really made Wen Xu feel unbearable.

   Niu wept and knelt down, which immediately attracted people around to watch the excitement.

  Seeing the cow crying, the man driving the cow raised the branch in his hand and put it down again. He sighed and said, "Don't blame me, I have no choice but to sell you and come back with a walking tractor."

   After speaking, the man stood beside the bull's head, stretched out his hand to caress the white bull: "Then wait until we go back?!"

  Wen Xu couldn't bear it, so he opened his mouth and asked, "How much do you sell this cow for?"

  The man said, "Four thousand!"

  Hearing that someone wanted to buy his cow, the pity in the man's heart immediately turned into colorful tickets, and he opened his lion's mouth directly to Wen Xu.

After hearing this, Laogui went up to take a closer look at the white bull lying on the ground, and then said, "Your cow is four thousand? How much do you sell for killing a cow? At most, it's two thousand and five! Four thousand yuan You should sell it to the butcher, and see how much they can give you!"

  After hearing Lao Gui's words, the man asked, "Who are you? I'm talking business with this little brother!"

   Before Lao Gui could speak, the people around opened their mouths one after another.

"You don't even know Lao Guitou, and you still come to sell cattle? Let me tell you, if Lao Guitou said that your cattle are worth 2500 yuan, then it is only worth 2500 yuan at most!" Someone in the crowd laughed. Get up man.

   "Yes, you still sell cattle like this!"

  The man said angrily: "I can sell my cow if I want, but if I don't want to sell it, why don't I take it back?"

"I am Niu Jiji hired by this little brother." After finishing speaking, the old man looked at Wen Xu, and when he saw Wen Xu nodded, he said to the man: "Your cow is still an albino cow, and two thousand and five is considered high." !"

The man suddenly became a little unhappy, and he also saw that Wen Xu felt sorry for the end in his hand, and seeing that Wen Xu was not dressed like a farmer, he argued: "No matter how you look at it, it's impossible for this cow to It's only worth two thousand five, at least three thousand!"

  Old Gui said: "Then you can sell it for three thousand! Two thousand four, whether you like it or not!"

After finishing talking, the old man didn't say anything, he directly pulled Wen Xu and walked out of the circle of people. Wen Xu felt sorry for the cow, so he subconsciously paused, and Lao Guitou grabbed Wen Xu's hand tightly, then let go, and sent it out. a password. Wen Xu understood, and immediately followed.

  Seeing that the old man was about to leave with the young client, the man panicked a little. The bidder who drove the cow over to sell it to the slaughterer was only two thousand and three, which is one hundred more here.

   "Sold you!" Seeing Wen Xu's figure disappear, the man immediately yelled loudly.

   Just like that, Lao Gui dragged Wen Xu back to the crowd, Wen Xu took out the money, and found witnesses twice, proving that the cow was neither stolen nor robbed, so the deal was done.

  Wen Wen originally planned to buy a donkey or mule, but before buying a donkey and mule, he bought a cow first!