On Tuesday, Sister-in-law looked at Lin Xue suspiciously, but considering the large handful of melon seeds, she obediently went to find Old Man Liu.

Lin Xue walked over to the family and looked down to check on the old ox.

Do you sell your cattle?

At first, when people came to check on the cow, the family didn't care. After all, the old cow was already like this, and they weren't worried that anyone would harm it.

"We'll sell, but we don't want money, we only want grain!"

The old woman, who was lying on the ground crying her heart out, saw someone wanting to buy the big yellow ox. She quickly wiped away her tears, came up to the ox, stroked its head, and said to Lin Xue.

"Big Yellow, Big Yellow! It's not that we don't want to keep you, but you're not going to survive..."

"You've lived in our family for five years. We really can't bear to let you go. Don't blame us when you're in the afterlife!"

The old lady started crying again as she spoke.

"Waaaaah..."

"My poor Big Yellow, why is your life so miserable?"

Actually, this big yellow ox had already been handled by another owner before it came to their home.

I stayed at their house for 5 years!

Even if nothing goes wrong on this journey of fleeing famine, I estimate that I won't be able to work for another year or two.

The ox was probably exhausted from the trip and didn't have enough fodder, which is why it caught a cold and had diarrhea.

"Grandma, please don't cry. How much grain do you plan to exchange this cow for?"

"Let's make this clear first, this ox is clearly not going to survive. I'm buying it, and no matter what happens in the future, you can't go back on your word."

"Of course, you can't ask for too much; we can't afford it."

When the family heard that they wanted to sell their big yellow ox, villagers from both villages gathered around. Everyone thought that they definitely couldn't afford the whole ox, but if they slaughtered it, they could get a small piece of beef in return.

After all, cattle are a precious commodity in this world, and they are not allowed to be slaughtered for meat unless they die a natural death.

"What the young lady says is true, we definitely won't try to scam you!"

"If you can give us 500 jin of grain, any kind will do, and we'll give you this big yellow ox!"

This old ox is too old, and there's not much meat on it. 500 catties of grain would be a good deal under normal circumstances, but it's really expensive in this kind of year.

"Look, ma'am, if you remove the internal organs and bones from this cow, it probably won't even weigh 200 jin (100 catties) of meat."

"I'll give you 300 catties of grain. If you sell it, I'll keep the ox. If you don't sell it, you can keep it and slaughter it for meat!"

If this cow is sold to Lin Xue, the family will also receive 300 jin of grain.

But if we kill them ourselves, we have many relatives in the village. Even if we can sell some of them, it's not easy to buy things from our relatives.

"Girl, 300 pounds is really too little!"

"Besides grain, if you give me another 100 jin of vegetables, I'll give you the cow."

It seems this old lady has been gone for many days; she's already eaten most of the vegetables in her house.

She noticed that Lin Xue seemed to have just left the village, and that she must have brought a lot of vegetables in addition to grain.

"OK!"

"We've traded this cow, but you can't go back on your word now. Whether I kill it for meat or keep it to raise, it's my business!"

The cow can be replaced, but the vaccinations must be given.

Don't let her cure the cow and then the family change their minds and want to take it back.

It's worth noting that she gave away 300 jin of grain and 100 jin of vegetables, which was already very generous of her.

Normally, this amount of food might not be worth much, but in times of famine, food is life itself.

The money that would normally be used to buy a strong ox probably wouldn't be enough to buy the grain that Lin Xue gave them.

After they finished talking, Zhou and Old Man Liu came over.

"Third sister-in-law, you're really going to ruin your life by exchanging all your grain for this sick ox. Aren't you losing a lot of money?"

"Look at this cow, it's in such a state. It definitely won't survive. If we kill it for meat, the meat won't keep as long as the grain!"

Although Zhou was very fond of meat, Lin Xue was, after all, her sister-in-law. If the third son's family ran out of food, they would probably take advantage of her family.

The Zhou family had no intention of raising two bloodsuckers.

"Third brother's wife, your second sister-in-law is right. Are you really planning to trade this cow?"

Although Old Liu knew that his third daughter-in-law had a secret, and that there was no idea how much stuff was hidden in that magical treasure, exchanging grain for a sick cow was really not worth it.

Moreover, this cow is so sick, I don't know if eating its meat will cause me to develop a disease.

"Father, I'm pregnant!"

As soon as Lin Xue said that, Old Man Liu immediately stopped himself from saying anything more.

"But this is a sick cow after all. If you really want to replace it, have your mother give it a good fumigation treatment and cook it properly!"

The Liu family has only had one child so far, Xiaodouding. Now that the third son's wife says she is pregnant, it means that the Liu family will be able to add another member to the family.

Although pregnancy at this time would be more difficult, the moment Old Man Liu heard that his third son's wife was pregnant, he had already decided that he would eat less and save the food to nourish his third son's wife.

"Third sister-in-law, are you really pregnant?"

Zhou circled around Lin Xue twice, looking at her belly with some disbelief.

Why did my third sister-in-law not get pregnant before I entered the house first?

However, Zhou felt somewhat fortunate. Normally it would be fine, but to be pregnant on the road of fleeing famine, one can only imagine the hardship.

Are you still going to exchange this cow or not?

The old woman looked worried as she watched the three people standing to the side talking.

If this person isn't replaced, other people won't have this much stuff.

The old lady knew exactly what the price of grain was like outside.

It's rare to see someone as easily fooled as Lin Xue.

"I'll go prepare the grain, and you drive this ox to my house!"

Although the old ox was quite ill, it wasn't completely unable to get up.

The old woman immediately instructed her sons and daughters-in-law to help lift the cow up.

Then, the group helped the old ox to Lin Xue's house.

"The grain is all here, you can take it back!"

Lin Xue pretended to move things around on the flatbed cart, piling 300 jin of grain and 100 jin of various vegetables on the ground.

Liu Qing's heart pounded as he looked at the big yellow ox lying on the ground again.

"Go and boil this packet of medicine. Add plenty of water and boil it three times!"

Lin Xue rummaged through her own flatbed cart again, took out a packet of medicinal herbs, and handed it to Liu Qing.

"Wife, why are you brewing this medicine?"

Why do we need to brew medicine when no one in our family is sick?

The medicinal herbs are so precious; we must save them for when it matters most.

Liu Qing had been cooking here the whole time, so he didn't know that Lin Xue was pregnant. Even though his wife had traded a lot of grain for a nearly dead cow, Liu Qing didn't say anything.

My wife wants to eat beef, and I'm craving it too.