Mountain driving career since 1982

Chapter 113 Transformation (Fifth Change)

Lu Lu led the horse back, and after leaving the livestock trading place, he saw Chen Xiuqing, brother and sister, who were waiting on the side of the road with the horse from a distance.

Seeing Lu Lu leading a skinny horse back, the two of them widened their eyes.

"Brother Lu, why did you buy such a horse? It's too thin!" Chen Xiuqing looked puzzled.

Sure enough, this is the first reaction of most people: thin!

"When the horse grows strong, it will look good!" Lu Lu said casually.

Lu Lu knew more about horses than Chen Xiuqing, and he had already talked to Chen Xiuqing about it when he was looking at horses.

Since Lu Lu thought it was good, it must be good, but Chen Xiuqing still couldn't help asking: "Brother Lu, how much did you pay for this horse?"

"One hundred and fifty, including the horse and the saddle!"

Lu Lu led the horse forward: "How much did you buy for this horse?"

"One hundred and three... is it too high?" Chen Xiuqing was a little unsure.

Lu Lu glanced at it: "It's pretty good, if it were me, it would be about the same price."

Hearing what Lu Lu said, Chen Xiuqing immediately became happy, as if she had received the greatest affirmation.

The three of them walked back along the bazaar and exchanged some food stamps, oil stamps and other bills along the way. Lu Lu bought a lot of corn, black beans and pancakes with the money. These things were going to be used for feeding. horse.

If you want the horse to grow stronger quickly, you have to be willing to feed it. It will eat grass on its own, and you will have to wait until the year of the monkey.

In addition, there is not much food in the cellar, so I have to buy some more, and there are some miscellaneous things such as sickles, nails, pockets, oil, salt, and miso.

Although it has been three or four years since the reform and opening up, the role of these bills has begun to weaken, but it is still something that cannot be completely bypassed.

Fortunately, at this time, it is not difficult to find someone to replace.

For ordinary people, there is no balance, but for those with a bit of status, the money is loose.

The skinny Ma Lulu couldn't bear to let it bear the weight, so after Chen Xiuqing bought a rubber-wheeled frame cart by the way, all the things were thrown on him.

With some money in hand, the brothers and sisters were reluctant to spend it, so it was Lu Lütui who bought them some canned fruit and gave them as gifts. He mainly hoped that Chen Xiuyu could get more sweetness, even if his face was covered with It's good to laugh a little more.

When things are done, I am in a hurry to rush back.

It was about two o'clock in the afternoon when I returned to the main road outside the cellar.

The brothers and sisters were busy going back to the village, and Lu Lu also rushed back to his cellar. After saying hello, Lu Lu put the things on the back of the skinny horse and led them back.

The four of Yuan Baoniang greeted him early, and when they saw the black horse, they kept barking at it, causing the black horse to back away in shock.

"Yuan Bao, you can't bite it either!" Lu Lu frightened it by gesturing to hit it.

Yuan Bao didn't dodge, but stopped barking, humming and turning his head to look at Lu Lu.

"walk home!"

Lu Lu led the horse and continued on, and Yuan Bao immediately stepped forward to lead the way.

Such animals are not like wild animals. They are familiar with each other in the village. Lu Lu won't let them bite, and Yuan Bao understands the meaning very spiritually.

It didn't bark, and the three puppies also shut their mouths, and followed behind Yuan Bao.

It's not like the doe and the two fawns, they wander around the fence when they have nothing to do, and the doe jumps in it at any time.

But they are not as fierce as when they were first brought in. They are gradually adapting to the presence of does.

When he arrived at the cellar, Lu Lu unloaded the saddle and the things on the horse's back, then led the horse to the meadow, tied it to a small tree growing on the cellar with a long rope, and let it circle around. grazing around young trees.

After feeding Yuan Baoniang four corn noodles, Lu Lu reheated and ate the leftover dumplings from the morning, and then ate two or three pieces of Luguo, which was considered to be enough for lunch.

The next time will be busy.

He first picked up the sickle, went to the hillside and cut some branches and leaves to feed the deer, then opened a few bags, and put the wild vegetables soaked overnight on the grass outside to dry.

The next step is to carry the chainsaw and go up the mountain to cut logs. He has to hurry up and get out a temporary stable and a manger, so that it is convenient for feeding.

Things can't be finished today, and I will still be busy tomorrow.

As for tonight, the black horse can only be wronged to sleep in the woods next to the cellar for the night.

Chen Xiuqing drove the carriage, while Chen Xiuyu sat in the carriage and walked home along the dirt road in Tunzhong.

"Qing Zi, whose horse is this?"

"I just bought it on Jishang today!"

"What a horse, old and strong..."

Along the way, most of the people we meet will look at the happy siblings with surprised eyes and ask similar questions, as if they have discovered something extraordinary.

This has not been the case for several years.

Chen Xiuqing's family also raised a horse before, and it was left by his father, but the horse was too old. After his father passed away, he took care of it for only a few years and could not survive the extremely cold winter.

Since then, their family has never raised a horse because they cannot afford it.

In the past few years, all the crops and animals used have been borrowed.

Borrowing animals to use them is not a small matter, and there is no free lunch in the world, so the family has to spend more time to help others, in exchange for the opportunity to use horses and oxen to plow the land , often have to change a few people.

Every year, the planting of crops is always lagging behind others. In autumn, when I see that other people's harvests are almost the same, when my own is still not harvested, I always hang in my heart for several days, for fear of sudden frost and snow.

Now, the days of exhaustion and fear are finally over, which is a great thing for the family.

And this is because of Lu Lu's transformation.

Finally at the door of the house, Chen Xiuyu excitedly jumped out of the carriage before it stopped, and ran to open the courtyard door.

Chen Xiuqing led the horse into the yard, unloaded the carriage, and tied the horse to the stable.

Hearing the noise, Ma Jinlan, who was blanching wild vegetables at home, opened the door and looked into the yard.

In the morning, the brothers and sisters had breakfast early, and only said something to Ma Jinlan to go to the market. She stood at the door and ran away without shouting.For this reason, Ma Jinlan was sullen all morning.

But this afternoon, why did you bring back a group of horses?
And brand new carriages.

"Where did you borrow the horse? No one in the village has such a horse."

Ma Jinlan thought that Chen Xiuqing borrowed it to farm the land, and it was a reliable thing to do. The sulking from the morning until now disappeared all of a sudden, and she walked out cheerfully and quickly.

As soon as Chen Xiuyu saw Ma Jinlan open the door, she had already grabbed the new clothes that Lu Lu bought for her and hid them behind her back. When Ma Jinlan was focusing on the horses, she quickly slipped into the house and hid them in the clothes cabinet on top of the kang. Then he hurried back to the yard again, when he heard Chen Xiuqing say: "This horse is not borrowed, it was bought at a fair."

Ma Jinlan couldn't believe it: "Where did you get so much money?"

"I went hunting with Brother Lu, and I got a share from the sale today!" Chen Xiuqing said excitedly, "Mom, from now on, our family won't need to borrow animals. We can farm tomorrow."

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