The Life Through Books of the Salted Fish Family Chapter 174

   "Do you want sheep?" The child was dirty, and he could smell an unpleasant smell when he got close.

mutton!

  Yan Er and Yan Yu's eyes lit up at the same time.

  Boiled mutton, kebabs, mutton soup...

  All kinds of delicious sheep and sheep floated in their minds.

   Saliva overflowed uncontrollably.

   "It's a live sheep, and it costs... six denarii." The child hesitated to quote a price.

   "Six hanging money?" Yan Lao Er thought about whether it was suitable.

   "No." The child shook his head sharply: "It's six renminbi."

  He repeated again, although his face was dirty, his eyes were bright, and he stared at Yan Lao Er without blinking.

   "Not all of them are the same." Yan Laoer said deliberately.

   "Silver is valuable, I know." The child looked at Yan's second child warily, and almost said, don't try to fool me. "I only want silver, not copper."

  Yan's second son looked at it and then teased the child. He should be anxious for the child, and asked with a smile: "Where's your sheep? I have to take a look first."

   "I have to take it to my house." The child said.

Afraid that they would not want to go, the child emphasized: "My sheep are well-raised and very clean. Pork is only 25 renminbi, and mutton is only 15 renminbi. They are all eaten as meat. I will give you a bargain. A few days ago On the scale, my sheep weighs sixty catties, and it must have grown a little these days, so I'll give it to you, it's not worth the money, it's a good deal."

  Yan Er Er laughed, seeing that the child really wanted to sell the sheep to them.

   "Is your home far away?"

   "Not far, walk along this street for a while, it's very close." The child said impatiently.

   "Go and have a look." Li Xuemei said.

  Yan's second child greeted the child to get on the bullock cart.

  The child shook his head and ran ahead.

  The group of people followed the child for a so-called section, which was really close, and almost reached the east end of the town...

  The child was afraid that they would run away, so he ran ahead and kept looking back.

  Until he ran to the entrance of the alley at his house, he shouted happily: "Mom! Mother! I found the sheep buyer! I brought it here, and it's at the entrance of the alley. Come out and have a look!"

   Not long after, a woman hurried out, saw a family in the ox cart, and hurriedly apologized: "I'm sorry, I'm not sensible, don't take it wrong, my sheep...sheep...have been ordered."

The child was running out of breath, and when he heard what the woman said, he became impatient: "No decision, we didn't take Feng Sanye's copper coin, and the sheep are still at home, mother, they really want to buy meat. I stood in front of the stall for a long time, I wanted to eat meat but thought pork was too expensive, our sheep just happened to be sold to them, we both agreed, six qian silver, we all agreed!"

  Yan Laoer coughed twice, and really wanted to educate the child. The price without a transaction is false, and the final selling price will be when the money is in hand.

  But seeing that the child was about to jump in anxiety, he swallowed the words.

   "Six coins?" The woman blushed when she heard that, and said, "I'm sorry, I'm sorry, the kid is talking nonsense, it's not worth the price, it's not worth it."

The child said loudly: "I asked someone, mutton is fifteen cents a catty, and our sheep is sixty catties, and it can be sold for nine cents. Mr. Feng bullied us and only gave us two and a half pennies. He also gave him money for the slaughter. Mother, let's sell it to this uncle, he will pay six dollars."

  Yan's second child: …

   Don't talk nonsense, he didn't bid.

"Sister-in-law, your family has sheep that you want to sell, and I want to buy them. Since I have confiscated the deposit, how about selling them to me? I'll have a look at the sheep first, and we'll discuss the price. If it's right, I'll give you the cash and take it away. .”

  Yan's second son doesn't want to care about the lawsuit between the mother and son, and the sheep are more important.

  As soon as the child heard this, Sa Yazi ran in, and after a while led the goat over.

  The sheep bleat twice, then stop bleating.

  Yan's second son went up to look at his teeth, and then touched his stomach.

   "Ewes? Have you just given birth to lambs? Are you going to sell them?" Yan's second child was surprised.

  He thought it was a ram. Generally, rams are sold, slaughtered and eaten.

  People who raise sheep do not sell ewes, but keep them for further breeding.

   "My father is not at home, grandpa is sick, and I am anxiously waiting to get the medicine." The child said.

  Yan Yu couldn't help but touch his forehead. He was a clever kid before, but he told the truth. No wonder Mr. Feng wants to lower the price.

  Yan Lao Er said: "Since you have been on the scale, it will be calculated as sixty catties. You don't need six renminbi, and I won't give you two hanging five or four renminbi. Sister-in-law will see if it is okay?"

  The woman only hesitated for a moment before agreeing.

   This price is very good, higher than the usual market price.

  The third master Feng relied on the only meat stall in the town, and bullied her family to use money urgently to severely lower the price.

  She thought that she would have to deal with it in the future, so that it would be difficult for others to offend him.

  But the money is face to face, and I can't care about it.

   It is important to treat the father-in-law.

  The child quit.

   "Uncle, how can you do this, we agreed, it is six silver coins."

   "Hey! Child, who made an agreement with you, you have always said it yourself, but we didn't agree." Yan Yu said.

"Besides, who did the math for you? Can live sheep and mutton be the same price? You can't even eat the sheep's head, sheepskin, and sheep's bones. If a sheep has been gone, its internal organs have been removed, and it is only half of the meat. Thirty I'll give you four qian and silver for a catty, four hundred and eighty cash for a copper plate, and sixteen cash for a catty of meat, and we're still in a loss!"

  The child was overwhelmed by Yan Yu's blabbering.

   Clenching her fists, she wanted to refute, but she didn't know what to say.

  The sheep weighed 60 catties last time when Mr. Feng came to receive the goods, he brought a scale and hung them up to weigh them. He eavesdropped on the price of pork and mutton at the meat stall, and he asked someone to help him figure it out.

  He vaguely remembered that when his father was at home, he said that live sheep are cheaper than slaughtered mutton, and he thinks that he has given up a lot, isn't it enough? Half as much?

   Not wanting to show cowardice, the child glared at her viciously, "Four qian is four qian, I want silver, not copper coins!"

  The woman took the money, and Yan Laoer tied the sheep to the side of the ox cart.

   They all walked a long way, and were chased by children.

   Touched the ewe reluctantly, and asked, "Will your family still accept sheep in the future?"

  He asked his mother, and knew that the child in the bullock cart was right, so he was somewhat embarrassed, and his eyes were slightly lowered.

  Yan Yu asked: "You still have them at home? Why don't you bring them out together?"

  This is a ewe, which is more cost-effective to raise than to eat.

   If there is still a sheep, hurry back and buy it.

   Sucking, saliva - back off!

   "I still have three lambs at home, and I still have to raise them, but I know someone who has them. If you take them back, I'll take them there for you." The child looked at her expectantly.

  Yan Yu looked at him carefully, no, she.

   You're very clever, and you know how to deliver the goods to your door.

   "The wasteland in Linxi is where our village is. My family name is Yan. You can find out if you go there."

  She guessed what this little girl was thinking, she wanted to sell it at a high price, maybe she wanted to make a little money in the middle?

   "But it can be agreed, you bring the sheep over, today's price is not available, we will charge whatever the market price is."

  The child thought about it and nodded heavily.

  She could figure it out that the family would pay more if they didn't want to kill the sheep than Mr. Feng gave.

Chapter end