Shuiqing realized that she was indeed short of horses. One reason was that she needed to deliver medicine to Yuhang, and the other was that she needed horsehair to make brushes for her brush workshop. Unexpectedly, she got six horses at once.
She smiled and agreed, "Okay, then I won't be polite."
The smiles of the people in the study grew even wider.
Shui Qing was truly speechless. Even though she was the one who distributed a donkey to each family, she was so polite and courteous that it was as if she had gotten a great deal.
The men, women, and children who were outside circling around the livestock were thrilled when they heard that each family would get a donkey!
Last year when they were planting potatoes, they borrowed Shuiqing's donkey to plow the land. The speed and efficiency were amazing. Ever since then, they have dreamed of having a donkey at home!
Later, I heard that I could buy cubs from Shuiqing's family, and I looked forward to it day and night. I never thought that I would be able to get one today.
The potatoes in the field will be ready for harvest in a few days, and then the donkey will be very useful when baskets of potatoes are brought home.
“Each household should send out a representative to be in charge of drawing lots,” the old village chief shouted.
"Draw lots?"
"How do we draw it?" people whispered among themselves.
The old village chief wasn't in a hurry. He waited until the crowd quieted down before continuing loudly, "Put the corresponding number on each donkey, and write the number in a piece of paper. Whoever draws the corresponding number can take that donkey away."
We'll write it down and draw it on the spot, everyone's watching. From now on, whoever's donkey is stronger or weaker will depend on their luck!
"good!"
"That's fair!"
"I'll have the boss smoke!"
"No, no, no, honey, you should smoke!"
"That won't do. You're the head of the household, the pillar of the family. Of course, you have to be the one to smoke."
For a time, every household was exceptionally courteous.
Li Changlin cut the snow-white Xuan paper into neat, uniform pieces, wrote numbers on them one by one, crumpled them into balls of roughly the same size, and threw them into the bamboo basket.
The bamboo basket was wide inside and narrow at the mouth, just big enough to fit an arm inside.
On the other side, Wu Laoda, Xu Laosan, Fan Xiaoliu, and others arranged the donkeys in order.
The old village chief had a bamboo basket in front of him. He looked at everyone and asked, "Who wants to go first?"
The scene was unusually quiet, making the old village chief's voice sound exceptionally clear.
The atmosphere was so tense that you could hear the wind blowing.
"Let me go first," Li Dani said with a smile.
He then stepped forward, reached into the bamboo basket, grabbed a crumpled piece of paper, unfolded it, and announced the number: "Eight."
Everyone looked nervously at Number Eight, a strong and not-so-thin donkey. They breathed a sigh of relief, but the atmosphere became even more tense.
Li Dani, beaming with joy, led her donkey to the side.
Once you've got the first one, the rest will be much easier.
One after another, cheers erupted when a strong donkey was drawn, while low sighs followed when a weak one was drawn.
Regardless of the sound, it was all mixed with joy and pleasure.
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