Jane Ning gently stroked the horse's neck and shoulders, then looked into the horse's half-closed eyes. The prerequisite for communicating with thoughts is that the two eyes must meet.

However, perhaps her touch made the horse feel comfortable, the horse's eyes, which were originally half-closed, actually narrowed into a slit.

Damn, how can I communicate with her through thoughts if the horse doesn’t even look at her?

There was nothing he could do. Jian Ning patted the horse helplessly and said, "Hey, buddy, what's wrong with you? Can you give me a hint?"

"It's just a cold, it's nothing serious." The guy next to him said with a smile.

Jane Ning ignored him.

"Horse, open your eyes, look into my eyes, and tell me what's wrong with you. I can heal you."

The man's eyes changed when he looked at Jian Ning, and he thought to himself, is this girl stupid? If horses could speak human language and actively tell us what's wrong with them, what's the use of veterinarians?

Jane Ning stroked the horse's neck. It was very long and connected well to the shoulders. She remembered her riding instructor once saying that a horse needs its neck to maintain balance when jumping. Conversely, if the neck is too short and the connection with the shoulders is too deep, it will put too much weight on the horse's front legs, making it difficult for the horse to maintain good rear-end driving force.

It should be a good horse, and Mr. Ding San was right. It was a pity that she couldn't buy a horse with an unknown disease.

"You stinky horse, tell your aunt where it hurts. I can cure you. Tell me quickly!" Ah Man suddenly pointed at the horse and ordered.

The eldest, second and third girls also pointed at the horse and shouted in unison, which made the waiter roll his eyes. He thought that this family might be collectively sick. He even regretted inviting them in. It was a waste of time.

"This horse is from Mobei and may not speak our language." Jian Ning stroked the horse's neck for the last time and was ready to give up.

At this moment, Erniu suddenly went around behind the horse's buttocks and looked left and right. The servant shouted impatiently, "Get away quickly, or it might kick you."

Ding Youtian hurriedly pulled Erniu away. Erniu looked at Jian Ning and shouted, "Mom, could it be that Ma's butt is itchy and there are long worms growing in his stomach?"

When Erniu was still living with her grandparents, she had an itchy butt for a while and was sick and listless every day. Later, Doctor Yang went to the countryside to provide free medical treatment, and the headman asked all the children in the village to go to the village entrance to get the medicine. After she drank it, she excreted a lot of worms.

One day she felt her butt was itchy, so she reached out to scratch it. Unexpectedly, a long worm came out of her butt, which scared her so much that she fell far away. She has always remembered this incident.

Jian Ning frowned after hearing what Erniu said. The horse is already an adult. It can't be ascariasis, but could it be hemorrhoids?

Animals usually do not develop hemorrhoids because they cannot walk upright. However, if a horse can only eat hay for a long time and does not drink enough water, its feces will become dry and the resistance to excretion will increase. Over time, it is possible that the horse will develop hemorrhoids.

While she was thinking, her hand was stroking the horse's neck. The horse's eyes were almost closed and it looked drowsy.

The clerk was worried the horse would collapse. It hadn't eaten much for several days, otherwise it wouldn't have lost so much weight. He was about to give up on the deal, but seeing that Jane Ning seemed reluctant to part with the horse, he couldn't help but try one last time.

As long as Jane Ning bought the horse, it would have nothing to do with them if it fell down after going out. He pulled the rope that tied the horse, fearing that if Jane Ning stroked the horse a few more times, the horse would really fall down.

Once a sick horse falls down, it is difficult to stand up again.

"If you like this horse, the price is negotiable. This isn't a foal, so it's impossible for it to have worms. It's just that the horse just ate too much, so you've made me feel a little sleepy after touching it so much."

What the waiter didn't expect was that as soon as he finished speaking, the horse knelt forward on all fours and actually fell down.

But the horse's eyes opened the moment it lay down, and it looked at Jane Ning with a hint of help.

"We can't keep this horse. It's lying down." Mr. Ding San shook his head.

The guy was so angry that he wanted to curse. This horse didn't fall down earlier or later, but it happened like this at the critical moment. It's really bad luck!

Jane Ning turned to look at Ah Man. Ah Man was a clever little girl. She hugged Jane Ning's thigh and said coquettishly, "Auntie, this horse is so pitiful. Can you buy it? Auntie, buy it."

The color of this horse is a bit similar to Yuanbao, brown-red. Sanniu likes that it has the same color as Yuanbao, and she also hugs Jian Ning's other leg: "Mom, let's buy it."

The waiter looked at Jian Ning and, with a desperate attitude, said, "This horse cost thirty taels of silver. If it hadn't caught a cold, it would have cost sixty taels. If you really want it, I'll give it to you for eighteen taels. You can only make money with eighteen taels. Take it home and take good care of it. It won't be long before its coat is shiny and smooth."

Ding Sanye saw that although the horse was lying down, it was not weak and its eyes were still looking at Jian Ning. Thinking that Jian Ning's medical skills were excellent and that if he could cure the horse, it would be a great bargain, he took the opportunity to lower the price.

"Your horse is already lying down, how can it be worth eighteen taels of silver? If you buy it back, you'll have to pay for a veterinarian to take a look at it, which will cost at most ten taels of silver."

Ding Youtian thought that if Jian Ning didn't plan to leave early, he deliberately said, "Let's go to other places to have a look. It would be unfair if the baby dies after being bought back."

Jian Ning patted Ah Man and San Niu's heads and said with a smile, "As long as the kids like it, a few more or less bucks won't matter. How about this, instead of asking for eighteen taels, or even ten taels, it wouldn't be good for the store to lose too much. How about fifteen taels?"

The shop owner came in at this moment and was shocked to see the horse lying down. But when Jian Ning mentioned fifteen taels, he was delighted. This horse was not one of the horses he brought from Mobei. He bought it from a man on the way for a mere eight hundred coins.

"Sixteen taels. This is a fine horse from Mobei. I have many horses and my business is busy, so I don't have the energy to take care of it. Sixteen taels is the deal."

"If it can stand up, I'll give you sixteen taels. If it can't, I won't take it even if it's free." After saying this, Jian Ning asked Ah Man and San Niu to let go of their hands. She didn't pull the reins to force it to stand up. She just stroked its shoulders and shouted, "Get up. I'll take you home!"

The shop owner and his clerk were so nervous that they were afraid that the money they were about to get would fly away. They stared at the horse, hoping that it would muster up some courage and stand up on its own.

Da Niu and the others also looked at the horse with great interest. Ah Man, Er Niu and San Niu were jumping up and down and shouting, "Horse, horse, get up quickly, get up quickly!"

I don’t know whether the horse understood what people said or was frightened, but in full view of everyone, it snorted and then slowly stood up.

The maids cheered and clapped their hands when they saw it, and the shop owner breathed a sigh of relief. Finally, the deal was settled at sixteen taels of silver. Including the shafts and other accessories, the total cost was thirty-eight taels of silver. Jian Ning calculated that if horses were sold at the normal price of fifty or sixty taels, a carriage would cost around eighty taels, equivalent to the price of a domestically produced car.

After paying half of the silver, the innkeeper asked them to come back in an hour to pick up the carriage. Anyway, the silver had been collected, so even if the horse fell down again and couldn't get up, it had nothing to do with him.