The peasant girl in Space is the group favorite

Chapter 25 Buying a Cow
Uncle Xu heard what Qibao said and felt that it made sense. It was okay to borrow it once or twice. No matter how good the family was, they would complain if they borrowed it too many times. He immediately decided, "Okay, just listen to Qibao. Let's go to the horse market first." Take a look."

Several children were very happy when they heard that their family was going to buy a bullock cart, and they followed their father and uncle to the horse market.

As soon as they entered the horse market, they saw an endless stream of vendors selling cattle and horses, all shouting hard. Uncle Xu walked around and finally stopped in front of a hawker. The hawker saw someone in front of him. He stopped at the stall and immediately greeted politely, "Brother, are you buying horses or cows? Look at my cows and horses. They are all strong and strong, and they are strong! Look, you are right. Which end?"

Uncle Xu looked at the cows in the entire shed, pointed at a big black cow and asked, "How did you sell this cow?"

The hawker immediately said, "Oh! Brother, you have such a good eye! This cow is the best one I have. Look at these four big hooves. It's a great way to do farm work. It's not expensive, only 12 taels of silver!"

After listening to the man's quotation, Uncle Xu found that the cow was worth the price, so he asked, "Can the boss give me a bullock cart?"

When the hawker heard this, he quickly said, "Ouch! Brother, it's not that I don't want to give it away. An ox cart costs one tael of silver. I can't make much money by giving it away. How about you add more? The ox cart is just What do you think of charging you [-] yuan?"

Uncle Xu replied, "Thank you, I'd better go look elsewhere!" After that, he took a few children and left!
When the hawker saw that the customer was about to leave, he hurriedly grabbed Uncle Xu and said, "No, brother, the price is negotiable, okay! Just be my brother and I'll teach you a friend! I'll give you this bullock cart, but next time I'll give it to you." If you want to buy livestock, you must go to me!" After saying that, he took the cow out of the shed, put the frame on the cow, tied it up, and handed the rope to Uncle Xu said, "Brother, I have already loaded the ox cart for you. Don't worry, it's secure!"

Uncle Xu thanked the hawker, took out 12 taels of silver from his pocket and gave it to the hawker, ready to say goodbye and leave!

The hawker took the money and put it into his pocket with a smile, and said, "Brother, go slowly. If you need anything next time, come back to me. I will give you an advantage!"

Several people were preparing to go back along the way they came. Suddenly, Qibao saw a man in a patchwork squatting in the corner. There was a small white puppy in a broken bamboo basket in front of him. Qibao liked it very much. Then he said to his uncle, "Uncle, I want to buy that puppy, is that okay?"

Several people followed Qibao's gaze, and the little ones' eyes lit up. The youngest Xiao Liu said, "Uncle, just buy it. Xiao Liu also likes it." The others also nodded.

Seeing that the children liked it so much, Uncle Xu agreed and walked towards the man. The children walked to the basket and squatted down to touch the puppy's head. Every one of them had great joy on their faces!

When the man saw someone wanting to buy a dog, his eyes suddenly lit up. He had been squatting here for an hour and no one wanted to buy his dog. When he saw someone finally coming over, he said, "This guy, do you want to buy a dog?"

Uncle Xu asked, "This dog should still be drinking milk, right? Why is it being sold at such a young age?"

The man sighed and said, "This little white dog was born to my family's Xiong Xiong half a month ago. Yesterday, my Xiong Xiong was beaten to death by some ruthless person at the door of his house. This little white puppy has no milk." Drink, there is no one at home to take care of this puppy, so I want to help it find a good home, it is better than starving to death at home!"

Qibao asked, "Uncle, how much do you plan to sell it for?"

The man said, "The farm dog is not worth much. If you want it, just take it for ten coins! Just feed it some leftover soup and water!"

Uncle Xu wanted to know which dog in the village had given birth to a puppy, and what he wanted was to lose two copper coins. Although the dog was a bit more expensive, he couldn't help the children liking it, so he said, "Okay, I want this puppy!"

The man said happily, "Then let's take this basket away too!"

After Uncle Xu paid the coins, Xu Zhiyong picked up the basket and put it on the oxcart. Xiaowu and Xiaoliu also climbed onto the oxcart and held the puppy in their arms for a while. The puppy was probably hungry and lay on the oxcart. Xiaoliu seemed to be looking for food in his arms. Seeing that the puppy was pitiful, Qibao came to the oxcart, picked up the puppy, stuffed his index finger into the puppy's mouth, and fed him some spiritual spring water. Maybe he was hungry, so he sucked it hungrily.When the puppy drank enough, Qibao felt that the whole dog was different. His eyes were much brighter, his energy was much better, and he looked around very intelligently.Qibao put the puppy into Xiao Liu's arms again and let it play with Xiao Liu.

A few people left the horse market and walked for about a quarter of an hour. They came to the door of a shop called Mo Baoxuan. It was a shop specializing in buying pens, inks, paper and inkstones. They walked to the door and stopped, and a waiter came out to say hello. He said, "Are you here to buy pens and ink? You guys go into the shop to choose, and I will watch the oxcart for you!"

After Uncle Xu thanked him, he walked in with a few children. The shopkeeper at the counter said, "What do you need to buy?"

Uncle Xu said, "Shopkeeper, I want to buy some pens, inks, paper and inkstones for the children at home who have just entered school."

The boss said, "Yes, but children who have just entered school don't need to buy a very good one, just a medium one. I wonder how many do you need?"

Uncle Xu said, "Get a set for each of the children behind me!"

After the shopkeeper took out the required quantity and packed it as instructed, he asked, "Do you need anything else?"

Uncle Xu thought about it, and the school would distribute the books to children, but they would have to be returned to the school when they were no longer needed. If they were damaged, they would have to pay compensation.So I asked a few children what else they needed, and they all shook their heads.

Uncle Xu said, "Shopkeeper, we need these. How much money do we need?"

The shopkeeper said, "Just give me eight taels of silver."

Uncle Xu secretly smacked his tongue, no wonder the farmers couldn't afford to pay for their children to study. Just these pens, inks, papers and inkstones can't be bought without money!The dark-skinned man paid the price without moving his face.

At this time, Qibao saw that there was a piece of white paper that was different from the ones his brother and the others bought, so he asked, "Uncle shopkeeper, what kind of paper is this?"

The shopkeeper looked at the white paper and said, "Little girl, you can't write on this kind of paper. Someone else bought it to paper the windows. This paper is bright and bright when it is pasted on the windows, and it also protects against wind and rain! It's not expensive at all." expensive."

After listening to what the shopkeeper said, Qibao had an idea in his mind, but he had to think about it in the long run. He said, "My family is about to build a new house. When the house is built, I will definitely ask the shopkeeper to buy this paper and take it home to paste." window!"

After hearing this, the shopkeeper smiled and nodded and said, "Then the uncle is waiting for the girl!"

The few of them said goodbye to the shopkeeper and left the shop. Xiao Wu said, "Uncle, can I have that?"

Everyone looked in the direction pointed by the little five-finger, and saw an old man shouting, "Tanghulu, two cents a string."

Uncle Xu saw that it was not expensive, so he bought a bunch for each of the children, which made the children very happy. This was the first time for them to eat candied haws!

(End of this chapter)