When we entered the city, the happiest people were the children.
Each family followed their parents, looking at this and that, very excited.
Si Niang secretly whispered to her sister Jinhua, "My father is studying in the county academy."
Jinhua gave a cooperative shout and said that her third uncle turned out to be so powerful. Liu Ji, who was eavesdropping, grinned so much that his face twisted.
Today at the city gate, he stole the show.
He wanted to see if the people in his old house would still call him a **** after he returned to the village.
Liu Zhong and He wanted to buy groceries, so Liu Ji took them there. Jinhua Jinbao followed Old Man Liu because it was inconvenient to buy things.
Old man Liu confirmed again that Dalang really didn't want to eat, and then he happily accepted it.
Qin Yao is going to the cattle and horse market. Although she doesn't plan to buy a horse for the time being, if there are farm cattle at a suitable price, it is not impossible to consider it.
Qin Yao raised her eyebrows in surprise and regretted asking.
Dalang didn't want to eat it, so he told his grandfather. Old man Liu really didn't expect it. Looking at the candied haws that was handed over, he was extremely moved.
Six and a half-year-old children were following behind, which was quite a scene.
Now that the family has two pairs of iron plows and two more iron hoes, plowing the land in spring will be much easier.
Old man Liu, since he can't afford it, why can't we take a look? Thoughts, follow with joy.
Dalang shook his head and stuffed the candied haws directly into Old Man Liu's hand, "You can eat it, it's sweet."
Qin Yao took the four elder men and accompanied Old Man Liu to see the farm tools first.
Liu Zhong has another banquet here. Although he receives gifts, he can barely make ends meet, and he has given up so many favors.
“Go to your parents if you want money, I have nothing to do with you.”
Seeing that Old Man Liu was not finished complaining, Qin Yao quickly changed the subject, "Dad, look over there, there are people selling cattle and carts together, let's take a look!"
“How much money are you talking about in such a loud voice?” Old Man Liu asked angrily. The raised hand did not strike, but was half withdrawn.
But as soon as I saw the vendor holding a target with red candied haws on it, I couldn't walk even half a step.
After reading it, he nodded with satisfaction.
Carrying an iron plow and two hoes on his shoulders, Old Man Liu felt both pain and joy.
Old man Liu came forward with an iron plow to take a look. He was not afraid of getting dirty. He opened the mouth of the cow and took a look. Then he squatted down and touched the cow's legs and tripe. He also picked up the cow's hooves and looked at the hooves. He was quite professional.
Qin Yao's family rented ten acres of land, and Old Man Liu never thought that this small amount of land could be plowed by oxen.
The seller was overjoyed and thought he was going to buy it. Unexpectedly, he turned to his daughter-in-law and said:
“The cow is really good, but it's a pity that we can't afford it. Let's go.”
Old man Liu said "Yo" and looked at Liu Jinbao, a fellow who loved to complain, in surprise, "You still go to the fields to cut wheat? Don't shout that you want to go home and go to the hut as soon as you get to the field."
Under Jinbao's disbelieving gaze, Erlang took out the pocket money of his brothers and sisters. There were four brothers and one sister, each with a candied haws.
Jinbao was shocked, "Why didn't my father give it to me?"
After Sanlang and Siniang finished eating the front piece and couldn't bite the back piece, they raised the candied haws in their hands and asked the eldest and second brothers to help break off the upper half of the bamboo stick.
Dalang Erlang scolded them for being stupid and broke the pointed sticks for the two of them.
Jinhua quickly took out the coins from the pocket that her mother had sewn. There were two coins!
Aniang gives the four of them fifty cents each as pocket money every month. They were deceived by the good-for-nothing father earlier and Erlang and the others regretted it. They would have spent it if they had known earlier.
Qin Yao also said: "Try it."
Old man Liu was amused by his greediness, but in the end he was soft-hearted and gave him all the candied haws without even eating a bite. Jinbao immediately made a proud face at Erlang, look, we also have candied haws!
Erlang rolled his eyes and was too lazy to argue with him. He ate his own candied haws, which was sour and sweet.
"How could it be!" Jinbao held his grandfather's arm, stared at the candied haws, and said sweet words that he didn't even believe, telling his grandfather to rest and let his grandson do it.
It turned out to be a second-hand bullock cart. It had just been bought less than a year ago. The seller was in need of money and was anxious to sell it. The price was low, including his cart, sixteen taels of silver.
When mentioning this, Old Man Liu's face fell, "It's not that good. He didn't like anyone. You said it's irritating or not. I don't know why I'm a coward." He even picked someone, saying he wanted to find someone with a good temper and a capable person. Yes, but also good-looking.”
The seller touched the cow with tears in his eyes, biting it to death and refusing to let go.
“Such a good girl doesn't want to think about whether others will like us. Even if she does, we can't afford the bride price.”
Jin Bao immediately rushed to his grandfather and said, "Master, I will go to the fields with you to cut wheat later. I have grown up and can do more work for the family, don't you think so?"
On the way, Qin Yao suddenly remembered Liu Fei's marriage and asked curiously: "Dad, how do you like the younger brother?"
Fortunately, the three elder brothers, Erlang and Jinbao, are very responsible as elder brothers. One leads the other and the younger one follows obediently behind the adults.
Otherwise, you never know when you will be deceived by the good-for-nothing dad again, and it will be wasted.
The children ate so fast that by the time they got to the place where farm tools were sold, all the candied haws in their hands were left were sticks.
Many people are interested and are bargaining there.
When Qin Yao gave them pocket money every month, the four brothers and sisters quickly spent some, whether it was asking Qin Yao to help buy paper, or asking people from the village to go to the city to buy some meat, it was necessary to spend it anyway.
I saw someone selling iron plows, so I gritted my teeth and bought a pair.
Old man Liu bought two iron hoes. The ones without handles can be used by cutting wooden sticks and attaching them to them.
They are all the sons of the family. Why did the second uncle give Jin money but his father didn't give it to him?
Seeing that Jinbao was exhausted, Erlang laughed unkindly, "Hahaha, you are the only one who doesn't have pocket money, we all have it!"
These farm tools are not cheap. Just these three items cost Old Man Liu three taels of silver.
Just spend the money, and there is nothing left from selling grain last year.
Old man Liu raised his hand as if to strike. Jinhua quickly said, "Dad gave us the copper coins, let's buy them ourselves!"
“Where are they?” Old man Liu was indeed attracted and asked Jinbao to lead his sister to follow. A group of young and old squeezed into the crowd.
“Then I, an old man, should give it a try. In the past, I only saw their little babies clamoring for food. Let me have a taste of it and make them miss it.”
“This is not fair, I want it too!” Jin Bao angrily stretched out his hand towards his father, and received a slap from Old Man Liu.
Liu Ji is not only afraid of plowing, but she is also afraid of it!
Dalang and Erlang can go to the fields to help a little, but it is very limited.
“Da Lang, my dear boy, you can eat it yourself. Grandpa doesn't like this.” Old man Liu refused with a smile and touched Da Lang's shoulder. He felt that the child suddenly grew up a lot and became more and more handsome as he grew.
So when Qin Yao took out the money and was about to pay, the old man was almost frightened and quickly reached out to stop him, "What are you doing! Put the money away quickly, we won't buy it, we won't buy it!"
The following sentence "Don't buy" is addressed to the seller.
Sellers who were already suffering from low prices finally saw hope and almost shed tears now.
Chapter end
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