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Chapter 55 Donkey meat smells better than horse meat

"It didn't appear before." Seeing the swarms of mice running and screaming in the street with their tails in their mouths, Liu Shi felt goosebumps all over his body.

And the dogs around didn't know if they were frightened or what happened, barking like crazy.

The nearest one is not far from her home, and it only takes ten minutes to walk. After crossing a bridge, I found that many fish and shrimps in the opposite river had been washed up on the bank, and the fish in the river were even more outrageous. Jump directly from the river to the bank.

Liu's eyelids twitched, and she suddenly said, "There won't be a plague!"

Xiaoxi kept her face sullen. She felt that this strange situation was more like the eve of a natural disaster. Many animals can predict natural disasters, but humans cannot.

Lao Liu saw many fishes and shrimps on the ground clamoring to catch them, and was given a training by Mrs. Liu before he survived.

It rained heavily last night, and the river here was full, and the fish and shrimps that washed down from the upper reaches frantically jumped to the bank.

Seeing the children staring at the fish and shrimps with envious eyes, Liu said: "Don't look, go to the market first, and then catch them when you come back from the market. Now you don't have anything on you, how can you take it back if you catch it?"

Hearing what Liu said, the little guys urged Liu to go to the market quickly, they must buy a lot of baskets and pick up a lot of fish and shrimp to go back.

Mrs. Liu shook her head helplessly, and walked forward through the mud. The older ones took care of the younger ones to prevent anyone from falling into the river on both sides.

The small market here is not far from their home. In the past, it only took about ten minutes to walk to the market, but it rained last night, and the road here became very muddy. Little Douding has short legs, so it took almost half an hour to walk to the market.

As soon as they arrived at the market, Xiao Douding yelled to buy bamboo baskets. They wanted to catch fish and shrimps, but Liu had no choice but to buy bamboo baskets first.

The bazaar is a street from east to west, and just to the west of the bazaar, there is a shop that sells bamboo baskets, and Mrs. Liu often went shopping before.

Because it rained last night, today's road is difficult to walk, so not many people came to the market, Liu Shi bargained with the store for a long time before buying a few bamboo baskets.

Remembering that his family was going to build a house in two days, Mrs. Liu asked if there were any carriages for sale in the store. Just a simple carriage with two wheels and a carriage, which is convenient for pulling things. It's inconvenient.

The storekeeper quickly said yes, and recommended a male mule to Mrs. Liu that could already be used for goods. The mule is a crossbreed of a male donkey and a female horse, and because male mules have never been sterile, the price is higher than that of ordinary horses and horses. Donkeys are low.

The carriage was also ordered by others and was not needed. If Mrs. Liu didn't dislike it, a carriage and a male mule would be enough for five taels of silver.

"Horses and donkeys are not as gentle and easy to control as mules. Although this mule is thin, it is still very good for pulling goods." The old man recommended the only mule left in the store.

Animals like mules are hard-working and docile. They are the best for pulling goods and working. The reason why no one buys them is undoubtedly because the poor can't afford them, and the rich don't like them.

In addition, mule meat is sour and smelly, and at the same price, poor people are more willing to buy an old scalper to work than to invest in a mule. The meat of an old scalper can be sold at a high price, while the meat of a mule , They have a saying to describe mules like this: "Donkey meat smells better than horse meat, I would rather die than eat mule meat." This shows how unpopular mule meat is.

(End of this chapter)