The history of struggle of peasant girls

Chapter 76 Buying a Cow
"Xiao Luo, the money we're making now is enough. We sold it for less than ten days before, and we made more than [-] yuan. Besides, we should be able to earn hundreds of dollars in one or two months. This much money is enough for us to use for a long time." Han Qingquan persuaded.

It seemed that he was not destined to make a fortune, Han Qianluo sighed in his heart, and decided to buy a few more cows to raise.So when I went to deliver the cake the next morning, I brought more than a dozen coins, and after delivering the cake, I went straight to the livestock market in Beishi.

Probably because Han Qianluo came earlier, there were not many hawkers selling livestock in the market, only a few people, and a few mules, donkeys, lambs, and calves.

As soon as Han Qianluo entered the market, a peddler who sold mules quickly asked, "Does the girl want to buy mules? They can work and the price is not expensive. Let's take a look." Ignoring the peddler, Han Qianluo continued on his way. After leaving, another peddler who sold lambs hurriedly shouted: "Miss, do you want to buy sheep? Let's take a look."

Han Qianluo ignored these enthusiastic hawkers at all, and focused on looking for hawkers who sold cattle. After walking around the whole market, he finally found two hawkers who sold cattle.Just as Han Qianluo was looking for it for a while, another man with a few cows walked into the market.

Seeing this man coming in, Han Qianluo immediately walked towards that man, and gave up the two cattle sellers he had just found. The reason is very simple. The peddler who just came in not only had calves, but also grown ones. Adult cows, while the previous two were all calves.

"Does the girl want to buy a cow, big or small?" The man said quickly when Han Qianluo came over, "Please choose whatever you want." After finishing speaking, he lowered his head and continued to tie the cow's rope.

Han Qianluo was very clear about the purpose of buying cows, that is for milk, so she only bought cows, but another problem came up again, she didn't know how to distinguish the gender of cows.

"Is your cow a male or a female?" Han Qianluo asked generously, causing the two peddlers on the side to turn their heads to look at her curiously.But Han Qianluo didn't care about other people's eyes at all, he looked at the peddler and waited for his answer.

The peddler tied up the cow in twos and twos, lowered his head to distinguish it, and then pointed to a cow that looked a little bigger and said: "This cow is a male, and the other three are females. Which one do you want to buy, girl? "

"How much is one?" Han Qianluo suddenly remembered this crucial question and asked quickly.

"The big one costs three pennies each, and the small calf costs five hundred yuan each." The peddler replied.

Han Qianluo is not good at livestock at all, so he didn't think much about it. Anyway, he couldn't see anything. He pointed to the three cows and said, "I want these three, can they be cheaper?" ?”

After some bargaining, Han Qianluo finally bought the three cows at a price of [-] Wen each.Han Qianluo took out the money and counted it to the vendor.

"Miss, your family has a lot of land, and you can buy so many cattle." The peddler said enviously.

Han Qianluo was counting the money, and he didn't get distracted, so he replied casually, "I didn't buy the farmland, I bought it for milk."

"Girl, what do you want that thing for? It can't be eaten or sold." The peddler said exaggeratedly.

It was only then that Han Qianluo realized what she had just said. Although the hawker acted exaggeratedly, she didn't care too much: "I use this thing for other purposes." After speaking, Han Qianluo suddenly realized, This peddler can bring out so many cows to buy, and there must be many cows in the family. Why don't you ask him if you can buy milk.

"Brother, do you know where I can buy milk?"

The peddler gave Han Qianluo a strange look, which was the same as looking at a psychopath, but he still replied, "Who would sell this thing? You can't be regarded as a lunatic."

Han Qianluo also knew that things would not be easy, so he was not discouraged, and continued to ask: "Brother, do you know which cows have extra milk, and I will pay for it."

Probably Han Qianluo's persistent attitude made the peddler feel strange, so the peddler asked suspiciously: "Why does the girl have to buy this thing, I have never seen anyone who is looking for this thing specifically?"

"Alas!" Han Qianluo pretended to sigh and said, "To tell the truth, my uncle, who didn't know what happened during the war, ended up living in those places in the Western Regions, probably because he lived in those places for too long. My uncle is fine, but because my uncle's son has been growing up in those places, his living habits have become similar to those of the people in those places, and the people in those places in the Western Regions just want to eat cow's milk and goat's milk."

"So that's what it means." The peddler obviously believed it after hearing it, and didn't continue to ask.

In fact, the reason why Han Qianluo dared to say this is because he has some confidence. This place is the capital and the political center of the country. Relatively speaking, the information is not so closed. He is vague about the living habits of the neighboring country in the Western Regions. I'll still know something.

When Han Qianluo paid the money, she didn't know that a malicious eye was staring at her not far from her.

"Girl, don't tell me, I have it at home, do you want it?" The peddler asked with a big smile.

This time, Han Qianluo was taken aback. Now her cows can still produce milk for more than a month, and they don’t need it for the time being. It is easy to be dismantled.

"Does it happen every day, and how long will it last?" Han Qianluo asked carefully, and handed all the counted copper coins to the peddler.

The peddler took the copper coins, lowered his head and began to count the coins, but he still replied, "This period of time is happening every day. As for how long it will last, I can't say for sure."

"How many per day?" Han Qianluo continued to ask.

The peddler didn't answer immediately, and after counting the copper coins in his hand, he replied: "It's not a lot, there are only two big bowls per day."

The big bowl at this time is really big, and the two big bowls are not too small, so Han Qianluo was very happy after hearing it, and quickly said: "Then can you sell it to me, five yuan, what do you think?"

At first, Han Qianluo was worried that the peddler would dislike the little money she gave, but he didn't expect the peddler to look happier than her, with a big smile on the corner of his mouth, as if he had picked up money: "Yes, no problem. Yes How can I get it to you?"

"Where is your home, shall I go to your house to get it every day?" Han Qianluo asked, and then said, "Then I will follow you back to get it after a while, and I will know how to get there in the future."

"Okay, no problem." The peddler readily agreed.

While waiting for the hawker, Han Qianluo carefully thought about how to preserve it. Usually, it is sealed and preserved, but the difficulty lies in the sealing. After thinking for a long time, he did not come up with it, but Han Qianluo Come up with another way, which can be made into cream and another kind of cake.

The hawker's remaining calves were quickly sold, and he took Han Qianluo back to fetch milk.This peddler's home is really a little far away from the capital, even farther than Han Qianluo's home from the capital, but fortunately this peddler's home is not too far away from Han Qianluo's home.

"It's here, girl, come in." The peddler stood in front of a large yard and said, then opened the door and went in.

As soon as the peddler opened the door, a loud middle-aged woman's voice came from inside: "The boss is back." As soon as the voice fell, Han Qianluo walked in and saw a forty-something in the yard. middle-aged woman is feeding the cows.

After seeing the situation in the courtyard clearly, Han Qianluo was really shocked, but the previous doubts were resolved.The yard of this hawker's house is very large. Han Qianluo estimated that it is at least 100 meters wide and 200 meters deep. In such a large yard, all cows are raised, so it is no wonder that there is surplus milk.

"Who is this girl?" The middle-aged woman asked with some doubts, and there was joy in her eyes that Han Qianluo didn't understand.

"This is for shopping." The peddler said quickly.

The middle-aged woman let out an "oh" in disappointment, turned around and went into the house to get a seat for Han Qianluo to cook, and poured her a cup of tea by the way.

Not long after, the peddler came out with a clay pot, and handed the pot to Han Qianluo: "This is what you want, girl." Han Qianluo looked at the contents of the pot, made sure there was no problem, and then Paid and left.

After such a long delay, Han Qianluo knew that it was very late, so he hurried home along the way, but it was still noon when he got home, and Han Qingquan had already made lunch, but he hadn't eaten yet.

"Xiao Luo, you are finally back. I thought something happened again." After Han Qingquan finished speaking, he walked to the kitchen, brought out his lunch and put it on the table, and said a word to the cows that Han Qianluo bought. No words were asked.

"Do these three cows belong to our family?" Han Sanwei was very happy to see the three cows, and then he was attracted by the clay pot in Han Qianluo's hand, and stretched his neck to look inside the pot, " Third sister, what are you holding?" After seeing it clearly, she was no longer interested.

At this moment, Han Qingquan came out of the kitchen with a plate of fried dishes, and said seriously, "Sanwei, wash your hands and eat."

Han Sanwei stuck out his tongue, and went to wash his hands obediently. Han Qianluo put the clay pot in the cupboard, washed his hands and ate.While eating, Han Sanwei suddenly said, "Big Brother, Third Sister bought a lot of milk."

"Xiao Luo, is it true?" Han Qingquan turned his head and asked, "Isn't there still at home?"

Han Qianluo replied while eating, and his words were a little vague: "Today I went to the cow, and it happened that the family had it, so I bought it, and it cost five yuan."

(End of this chapter)