After leaving the pharmacy, Daniu pushed the cart to the back door of a restaurant. After knocking on the door, someone came to open it after a while.
"I'll take the pheasant in to be weighed. Wait here for me. Don't run around. I'll be back soon."
After saying that, he carried the pheasant and walked into the back door of the restaurant.
A little while later, Daniu came back and handed Tian An seventy-five coins. But this time she didn't take it.
"Brother Danniu, don't you have any private money?"
Without hesitation, Daniu said, "We agreed that you would be in charge of the money. Why would I do something so treacherous? If I need money, I will ask you openly. Why would I need to save some private money?"
Straight man! Brother Daniel, Brother Daniel, you will suffer a lot if you do this!
"What I mean is, if you don't keep some money with you, what will you do if you need money urgently and I'm not by your side?"
Daniel frowned.
Tian An added, "Besides, if you want to buy me a gift or something in the future, it's not right to ask me for money again! If you ask me for money, I will definitely ask you what you're going to do with it. If you tell me, then I won't be surprised when you give me a gift!"
Daniu looked at Tian An with a critical eye: "Do you like gifts and surprises?"
Tian An said as a matter of course: "Of course, which girl doesn't like it! Life is too dull, so we should have a surprise from time to time to keep it fresh! Living the same day every day is too boring, what's the point of life?"
Da Niu nodded to show that he understood, then he put away the seventy-five coins and pushed the cart out of the alley behind the restaurant.
After a while, he continued, "Then when I have saved up a tael of silver, I will give it to you for safekeeping, and I will keep the rest for myself."
Tian An turned around and gave him a big smile: "Brother Daniu, you are so kind."
Da Niu continued to push the cart forward with a stern face.
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The golden thread lotus sold for 51,200 wen, plus the remaining 2,870 wen and the money given by Brother Danniu...
When Tian An was calculating the income and expenditure during this period in his mind, the cart suddenly stopped in front of a garment shop.
When the shop owner saw someone stop by, she knew that business had arrived. She immediately and warmly invited the two people in.
As soon as they entered the room, Da Niu pointed at Tian An and said, "Are the shoes she wears made? They should be soft."
The shopkeeper looked at Tian An's feet and said, "Yes, yes, yes, I'll take it out and show you!"
Tian An then realized that Daniu was going to buy her shoes. She didn't need to be pretentious. If she continued to be pretentious, her feet would rot! The shoes on her feet were too small, so they rubbed her feet like this. But she had to wear them all the time because she had no replacements.
She only knew her feet hurt from the rubbing of her shoes, but she hadn't even considered buying a new pair.
The shopkeeper brought up more than a dozen pairs of shoes for the two to choose from.
Tian An picked and chose, and finally was left with a yellow pair and a purple pair. She couldn't decide for a long time, so she wanted to ask a senior expert for his opinion. Choosing too hard is really a common problem for girls! It's the same everywhere!
Daniel frowned and said, "Then take both pairs!"
Tian An thought so too. He had to have a spare pair! Then he thought about Xiaokang's shoes, which were too small. Children grow so fast, and the toe of the shoe had been broken by the big toe. Looking at Danniu's feet, those shoes were almost worn out too.
Okay! Since we're buying, let's each get two pairs! We've made a lot of money today anyway!
"Boss, can you show us some more men's shoes? We need to buy two pairs for Da Niu and Xiao Kang as well."
When the shopkeeper heard this, he thought, "That's six pairs of shoes! Big business!" He immediately became even more enthusiastic.
Finally, they chose six pairs of shoes and after some bargaining, they settled on a price of 650 Wen, and also asked the shopkeeper for a lot of scraps of cloth that they didn't want.
After leaving the garment shop, they asked their way to the house where cattle were sold in the county government office.
After some selection and comparison, Tian An picked out a big yellow cow with white patterns. It was good-looking and strong, and it looked like it was very capable of working.
I was originally thinking that I would be able to ride on the ox cart soon, and I was feeling very happy.
But when the yamen runners registered them, there was a problem. Tian An and Daniu were eleven and fourteen years old respectively.
The yamen runner looked at him twice and said, "A child cannot buy a cow. Let an adult from your family come."
Tian An looked at Da Niu. Is this true?
Daniu nodded helplessly, he had forgotten about it too.
Oh! It seems that she can only use the entanglement technique. In any case, she does not intend to return empty-handed today.
Tian An rubbed his eyes and said to the yamen runner, "Uncle yamen runner, can you please be flexible? My mother died early, and my father is in the military service and I don't know where he is. There are no adults in my family."
"Aside from your parents, are there no other adults in your family?"
Tian An wiped his eyes and said, "My uncle's family didn't give us food, and my brother and I almost starved to death. Later, our village chief took pity on us and decided to help us divide the family property. There are only my brother and I in my family."
The yamen runner looked at the big cow next to him. The meaning was obvious, if your family doesn't have it, then what about his family?
"It snowed heavily last year, and Daniu's parents are no longer around."
Yamen runner: "...then where did you get the money to buy the cow?"
The bailiff looked at the two men with strange eyes.
Oh my god, he wouldn’t think their money was stolen!
Tian An said hurriedly: "My brother Daniu is really good at hunting. We saved for a long time before we could afford to buy a cow."
The yamen runner still refused to give in: "But there are regulations from above. I can't sell the cow to the child."
"Uncle Yayi, we are not children anymore. My brother Danniu will soon become an adult."
"Then why don't you wait until you grow up before buying a cow!"
By that time the daylilies were cold, and she was so anxious.
"But we are still waiting for the cows to help us farm! If we wait until Big Ox grows up, it will be too late to grow food. Without food, we will starve to death. That would be too pitiful for us."
Bailiff: You sound like if I don’t sell the cow to you, I’m forcing you to die.
"Let me take a look at your household registration," the bailiff pointed at Brother Da Niu.
When Danniu handed the household registration to the yamen runner, Tian An also leaned over to take a look. She didn't expect that her casual remark would actually be accurate. Danniu would be fifteen in just over two months.
The yamen runner thought, "It's only been two months. Life is tough these days, and few people are buying cattle. If I can't sell this cow, I'll have to spend money on fodder to keep it fed. It's not worth it. I might as well sell one to them."
"Okay! Okay! I'll sell you one!"
Tian An said happily: "Uncle, you are such a nice person."
After thinking for a while, he said, "Uncle, after we bought the cow, we have no money left to buy food. Can you please give us a lower price?"
Yamen runner: "...I really owe you. I'll give you seven taels of silver!"
The yamen runner was kind-hearted. After completing the registration, he even helped Da Niu convert the cart into an oxcart.
Ah! She finally got on the ox cart!
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