Natural disasters at the beginning, widows take space to raise cubs and get rich

Chapter 11 Buying a Mule and Matching a Car
The livestock seller was an old man. Before they arrived, he was sipping tea boredly. When he saw them coming, he didn't get up. He just said hello lazily: "You two, let's see what to buy."

Even so, the old man didn't think the other party could afford it.

Xia Huai didn't look too much, and said directly to the old man, "Old man, what are the prices of these livestock?"

Once the old man saw a customer who came up to ask the price without looking at the goods, he couldn't help standing up and looking at Xia Huai: "What do you want to buy, lady? If you want a horse, our ordinary horse will cost 18 taels of silver. If you If you want a mule, it usually costs 12 taels of silver."

Without waiting for Xia Huai to negotiate the price, Zhou Huiniang walked up quickly, pointed at the old man and scolded: "Good old man, the mule my family bought from you last time was only 12 taels of silver, how come it costs [-] taels to my daughter?" ?”

The old man's heart skipped a beat, and he took a closer look at Zhou Huiniang, then stroked his beard and smiled awkwardly: "It turned out to be the third daughter-in-law of the old Xia family. It's not that I asked for a high price. You also know that there are frequent earthquakes recently. You can ask around to find out which one Prices have gone up a bit!"

Hearing what the old man said, Zhou Huiniang paused, and although she felt that what the old man said was reasonable, she still raised her eyebrows: "The price increase is understandable, but your sudden increase of four taels of silver is too outrageous!"

The old man also felt guilty: "Damn, the main thing is that my batch of mules grow well. Take a look, which one is not more energetic and stronger than the mules bought by your family?"

Both Zhou Huiniang and Xia Huai looked together, and they found that what the old man said was true, these mules were really in good spirits!
"Well, for the sake of being a regular customer, if you buy a mule, I'll give you a cheaper price!"

Xia Huai just nodded: "Please help me choose a good mule." She is not very good at picking these things, at most she can tell if there is something wrong with it, and the rest still depends on professionals.

The old man did not refuse, and immediately led the two to see the mule.Seeing that both of them were women, Xu Shi began to show off as the old man stroked his beard:
"As the saying goes, 'Long-neck mule, long-tailed horse, buy it when you see it', look at how long this mule has a long neck, long neck, long endurance, and great work!"

"Look at the four legs first, and then buy a piece of skin. The hooves of mules are small and healthy, and the fur is smooth and smooth."

"The legs are long and the waist is slender, and they are old and useless. The legs of my mules are short and thick, and they are definitely good at pulling goods!"

"Horses look at their teeth, and trees look at their annual rings. This mule also needs to look at its teeth. Like this mule, I'll show you." The old man opened the mule's mouth and let the two of them get a closer look.

"Four years and four teeth, this mule is more than four years old, just the age to be able to pull goods!"

Rui Geer looked at the mule with bright eyes, eager to try.

Xia Huai couldn't help but twitched the corners of her mouth, stroked her son's hairy head and asked, "Brother Rui, do you like this mule?"

Rui Geer nodded like a chicken pecking rice.

"Okay, then let's buy it!" Xia Huai looked at the old man: "Old man, please help us with a carriage. The carriage should be made of wood."

The old man on the side was still annoyed that he was too selfless and talked too much just now. Now that Xia Huai really wanted to buy it, he couldn't help but be overjoyed: "Okay, okay, I must give you a good wooden carriage!"

When the carriage was ready, the old man stretched out three fingers and said, "One price, 13 taels of silver."

Xia Huai was not in a hurry, she took a step back and handed over the battlefield to her mother.

Zhou Huiniang rolled up her sleeves, crossed her waist and began to bargain, and finally reached 12 taels of silver.

In the end, the old man pretended to be very heartbroken and waved his hands. The two parties were very happy in the transaction.

Xia Huai took out a purse from her bag and took out 12 taels of silver, then calculated her family's wealth, and finally came to the conclusion that some money needed to be exchanged.

Zhou Huiniang happily led the mule and the cart away, and shook her head when she heard this, "Keep your jewelry for now, there's not much time to spend money on the road."

Xia Huai shook her head: "Mom, I know you and Dad love me." After thinking for a while, she said, "I also know that grandma can treat me too, but there are too many people in the family, so I still want to exchange some money to buy some food." Keep it up, if it really gets to that point, Rui Ge'er and I won't be hungry."

As for the extent, Zhou Huiniang could guess.

She wanted to say that there was no shortage of rations for her mother and daughter at home, but in the blink of an eye she thought of the ignorant second sister-in-law and the troublesome second nephew, and finally nodded with a sigh: "Okay, let's go find your father and the others."

When he arrived at the door of the grocery store, Xia Dashan came out with a cloth bag hooked up with Wang Tieniu.Seeing Zhou Huiniang leading the mule cart, she was stunned: "My mother, you stole a mule cart?"

Zhou Huiniang: "What the fuck, my daughter bought it!"

Xia Dashan scratched his head in embarrassment, and the next moment a scream almost pierced his ears.

"What! Xiao Huai bought a mule cart?!" Zhang Meihua shouted in disbelief.

Xia Dashan glanced at his sister-in-law unexpectedly, he didn't call out as a father, why was she so excited to be a sister-in-law? !

Zhou Huiniang tied the mule to a wooden stake nearby, stepped forward and said, "Damn, Huai'er has a little money on hand. I don't think it will be useful on the road. It's more convenient to buy a car!"

Without waiting for Zhang Meihua to answer, she immediately turned her head to look at Xia Dashan: "Father, Huai'er needs to buy some food, please help me."

Xia Dashan is an expert in business, and he knows better than anyone else in this town which food is good and the price is low.It would be nice to ask him.

But he was a little strange: "Our family has enough food, and we don't need to buy it for the time being."

Zhang Meihua and Xia Dazhuang also nodded: "Yes, yes, what are you doing with the money if you have food at home?"

Zhou Huiniang glared at Xia Dashan, then smiled and said, "Damn, this kid doesn't want to take advantage of the family. Son, father, go quickly, the village chief will be urging you later."

Xia Dashan was thinking, so he understood immediately, he smiled and pulled Wang Tieniu: "Let's go, Tieniu, let's go together!"

Xia Huai still plans to pawn some jewelry, and it will probably not cost much to buy food, but she also plans to buy something else, regardless of what she has in her space, but what excuse will she use to take it out?Therefore, it is best to buy some of each, and save time being suspected!
Her parcel contained two pairs of gold bracelets, a pair of golden hairpins, two pairs of jade earrings and several brightly colored silk flowers.

The town is still relatively small, and there is only one pawn shop. The so-called one is the only one, and I am afraid that the price will not be too reasonable.But no matter how unreasonable, she has to pawn.

The pawn shop is quite big, and as soon as you enter, you can hear the sound of the cashier pulling the abacus.

Generally, the accounting room of a pawn shop not only manages accounts, but also has the ability to recognize people and goods.So as soon as Xia Huai entered the door, the accountant looked up: "Please come in, lady, what do you need to pawn?"

"I have a few silk flowers, a pair of jade earrings and a gold bracelet. Can you help me see how many I can get?"

(End of this chapter)