Chapter 27 Alas! Human nature!

"And dad, haven't you always envied the village chief's family for having a cow? Let's buy a cow too, so that we don't have to rent the village chief's cow every year during farming."

Beef hide, tendon and horn, these indispensable raw materials in the arms manufacturing and leather processing industries, played a vital role in the social economy, especially the national defense and security of the imperial court.

In order to ensure the supply of these important materials, the imperial court specifically stipulated that cowhide, tendons, horns, etc. were regarded as military supplies, and their trading was strictly restricted, and any violations would be severely punished.

Private cattle raising needs to go to the government to apply for "cattle registration" and register the cattle's detailed information, including coat color, gender, markings, age and body size, etc., to prevent someone from slaughtering them privately.

In addition, it is worth mentioning that as the Qi Dynasty became more mixed and went back, part of the land conquered by the founding Yellow Emperor was divided.

Today's cattle, sheep, and horses are all imported from the foreign countries.

When cattle and horses enter the customs, they need to pay a large tax. Cattle traders bring a fixed number of cattle, sheep, and horses each time.

When the cattle traders went all the way south to Qingfeng Fucheng, most of the good cattle, sheep and horses had been sold on the road.

One thing is: if your family wants to buy cattle, it will be difficult to know when the cattle dealer will arrive in time if you stay in the village all day without knowing the situation in the town.

Two points: In the village, the village chief’s family currently owns a cow. Every year, villagers with a small family will rent the land for plowing. Her family has to wait a long time to queue up every year.

It's not like his family couldn't afford one, so Gu Wu wanted to buy one. When he went to buy a house in the town, he always paid attention to what was going on in the town, and bought one when the cattle dealer arrived.

Gu Wu was a little excited after hearing this, but he did not immediately agree to buy it. He talked to Gu Yu about the housing prices in the town and said: "Your mother and I have lived in the village all our lives and don't know much about the housing prices in the town. If you want to buy, you need to know first." Make a decision based on the price. "

Gu Yu knew that Gu Wu was moved, but did not agree immediately, saying: "Hasn't the grass in the field been hoeed? The firewood is almost ready. There are not many things to do in the past two days. You can go to Guan Ya in the town to ask."

Guanya is the place where the government is responsible for selling houses, fields and servants. There are also private dental clinics. Gu Yu believes that the formalities of Guan Ya are more complete and safer than that of private dental shops, so it would be better to go to Guan Ya and ask for the price.

Gu Wu held his chin and said "hmm", indicating that he understood.

There is no such thing as "no words when eating, no words when sleeping" among farmers. At the dinner table, Gu Wu and Yang talked about the conversation between their father and daughter.

Yang glanced at Gu Wu and thought about buying a house for rent. Is there anyone renting it?

After thinking this way, he asked: "Isn't it impossible to buy a house? Is it just a matter of renting it out?"

Gu Yu: "..."

Why can't I rent it out?

As far as she knew, there were only 20 percent of the town's residents. Eighty percent of the people are ordinary people who have traveled from villages to villages to find a way out.

Only 20% of these people can afford to buy their own homes. The remaining 60% live in rented accommodation.

After telling Yang Gu Wu about this, the two of them remembered that most of the people who went to the town to find a way out were from nearby villages and seemed to be renting houses. The couple's eyes lit up and they thought it was feasible. "That's feasible according to what Yu'er said. Even if we can't rent it out, we can go to the town and come back at night. We don't have to travel all night. We can rest for one night before coming back."

Gu Yujian finally got through to the two of them, and pursued the victory: "I used to study in the town, and heard my classmates occasionally mention that a three-room apartment in the town only costs five or six hundred taels, and the one-room house is cheaper, and the good one-room house is cheaper." It costs about a hundred taels, and for some road sections, if the environment is poor, it only costs six or seventy taels.”

"If we really decide to buy it, we don't know how many people will come into the house. We'll go to Guanya first to find out."

The money she got in her family during this period alone amounted to 2,350 taels. Housing prices in the town were not high, so it was enough to buy a three-bedroom apartment.

And she not only wants to be a housewife, but also wants to buy a shop and start a business.

The three of them agreed that it would be better to choose a day than to hit it, and they planned to go to town today. The eldest son of Gu Shishan's family, Dabao, came to the house, took out five hundred coins and said, "My nephew thanked Uncle Wu for his help last night. I have nothing to do." If you can repay your uncle, please ask if you need your nephew in the future." He added: "My nephew is stupid, but he still knows that ginseng is expensive. I can't let my uncle and my five aunts use ginseng to save my father's life in vain. These five hundred coins I specially brought the money to my fifth uncle and five aunts, and I ask my fifth uncle and five aunts not to think it’s a small amount of money, please accept it.”

He was illiterate and didn't have much knowledge, but he knew that ginseng was a good thing.

If Yang hadn't taken out ginseng to save his father last night, the three siblings would have been accused of patricide.

Her mother was unwilling to give money to Gu Wu. She and her wife only had two hundred coins on hand, and the other three hundred coins were collected by her younger brother and sister.

Yang counted out two hundred coins and returned three hundred coins and said: "Although Xiaoyu dug this ginseng in the mountains, I won't charge a penny. I'm also afraid that everyone will come to me to get the ginseng afterwards. There are many situations in your family." I know more or less, so I’ll charge you two hundred cash, and you can take back the remaining three hundred cash!”

I once went to a drug store and heard someone ask about the price of ginseng. A few thin slices cost several taels. She didn't know the exact price of two slices of ginseng for two hundred cents. She thought that even if it was cheaper, the price would be about the same.

Let Gu Dabao take back the three hundred coins left!
Gu Dabao looked at the three hundred coins that were returned in front of him. Tears almost burst out of his eyes. He lowered his head and suppressed the urge to shed tears.

He raised his head again and said: "Fifth Aunt, the three of us, brother and sister, collected this money. Please accept it."

Gu Wu said from the side: "Take it back as long as your fifth aunt asked you to take it back. Live a good life in the future and discuss everything together. Brothers and sisters should live in harmony and not fight." He added: "Thank you this time. Father's fate is great, and everything will be fine. If... you know what I mean, if your father had died at that time, you three brothers and sisters and your descendants would not be able to raise their heads and live a good life."

well! Lin Zi just told him that day that he wanted to separate the family, and there has been no peace in the family. Now that this has happened, I don’t know what Lin Zi and his wife are thinking, whether they want to separate or continue to live together.

After hearing Gu Wu's words, Gu Dabao finally couldn't help it anymore, tears fell down his cheeks, and he said aggrievedly: "Fifth uncle! You don't know that we can't live together if we don't divide our families!"

Gu Wu frowned, looked at Gu Dabao and said, "What do you mean?"

Gu Dabao said with runny nose and tears: "Fifth uncle! You should know that my mother has always been the housekeeper of our house. We go to the town to do part-time work during the off-season. According to the rules, we need to hand over the money we earn to the public servant."

"But we got married." At this point, his voice began to tremble, "Fifth uncle! Whoever gets married in the village will hand over all the money they earn from part-time labor. The three of us sisters and the children earn ten cents each. Nine pennies, secretly hide one pennie in case the child has a headache or fever."

"But my mother could find us no matter where we were hiding, and she took all the money."

"My eldest grandson had a high fever and needed to see a doctor urgently. He couldn't afford a penny, so my mother didn't give him a penny."

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