Chapter 224: Bought a Sick Cow
There is a special livestock market in Fengwei Town. Anyone who buys or sells mules and horses will come to the livestock market to trade.
The livestock market is at the very end of the market, a deserted area.
After all, buying livestock is a big deal, so when the Su family arrived at the market, they went directly to the livestock market.
"Mother, you and your daughter should wait here. It stinks in there. Don't let the fumes get to you and your daughter."
As Old Man Su spoke, he glanced at the messy livestock market.
After listening to what Old Man Su said, Old Mrs. Su nodded.
"Okay, my daughter and I won't go over there. We just want to watch the carriage." said Mrs. Su.
She also didn't want to let her little daughter in.
When Old Man Su saw that his wife agreed, he looked at Little Tangbao and said with a smile, "My daughter, wait here with your mother. After we buy the animals, Dad will go buy you some delicious food."
"Dad, I think..."
"Oh my poor daddy..."
Before Xiao Tangbao could finish his words, he was interrupted by a burst of mournful crying.
I saw a man leading a skinny old ox, walking towards me with a miserable look on his face and crying.
The man walked to the entrance of the cattle market, put a wooden sign in his hand on the ground, and knelt there.
"Everyone who wants to buy livestock, please have mercy on me..."
The man was crying and kneeling on the ground, kowtowed.
Little Tangbao looked curiously at the wooden sign next to the man.
All I saw written on it was - sell the cow to bury my father.
When Old Man Su saw people rushing over, he quickly picked up little Tangbao.
Soon, a large group of people gathered in front of the man.
"Sell the cow to save my father."
Someone looked at the words on the wooden sign and read them out.
"Brother, what happened to your father?" someone asked curiously.
The man wiped away his tears and cried, "My father is seriously ill. In order to treat his illness, we have sold everything that can be sold at home. Only this old yellow cow is valuable. I beg you uncles, please buy the cow..."
As the man spoke, everyone's eyes fell on the old ox.
Anyone with eyes can see that this is obviously a sick cow that is about to die.
Who buys it?
Although people are compassionate, not everyone can afford to spend money to buy a cow to do good deeds.
After all, most people who come here to buy livestock use the money they have saved for most of their lives.
Seeing this, the man continued to cry, "My poor father, you have suffered for most of your life, eating coarse food and suffering vegetables. You raised us brothers with great difficulty, but you have never enjoyed a single day of happiness..."
The man accidentally started crying while singing.
“How pitiful…”
"Pitiful……"
Many people showed sympathetic expressions and began to sigh.
After all, it is still very contagious for a grown man to cry like this.
"Brother, how much silver do you want to sell this cow for?" an old man couldn't help but ask.
The man immediately said, "Sir, I only want ten taels of silver."
"Ten taels?" The old man gasped.
Not only was the old man surprised, but everyone around him also widened their eyes.
That's an outrageous price.
"Little brother, even if you buy a top-quality cow, it won't cost ten taels of silver." The old man shook his head and said, "I'm afraid your cow can only be slaughtered and sold for meat. It's only about two taels of silver, and you're asking for ten taels..."
"Ten taels of silver can buy a medium-quality horse. Who would buy a sick, dying cow..."
"you do not say……"
The people around shook their heads.
This is not buying a cow, it's simply giving someone money for free.
"Wow wow... Gentlemen, I have no other choice. The doctor said that curing my father's illness will cost at least ten taels of silver..."
The man cried with tears streaming down his face, his emotions were sincere and he kowtowed while crying.
"Dad, this man is so pitiful. Let's buy the cow." Xiao Tangbao said.
Old Man Su, “…”
He opened his mouth, and the word "buy" was on the tip of his tongue, but he almost blurted it out.
Fortunately, he thought of the ten taels of silver and swallowed it back.
However--
"father."
Little Tangbao called out again in a soft voice, looking at Old Man Su with his big eyes, and his little face was full of pleading.
Old Man Su surrendered immediately.
Not to mention ten taels of silver, he couldn't refuse even a hundred taels of silver.
"Buy it!" Old Man Su said in a strong voice.
Someone nearby was stunned when they heard that her father agreed to buy the cow as soon as Xiao Tangbao begged him.
Whose family is this? Why do they spoil their daughter so much?
Anyone who heard Xiao Tangbao talking looked towards Old Man Su and his daughter.
Then I saw a pretty little girl who said loudly and generously, "We bought your cow!"
The whole audience was shocked.
The man excitedly kowtowed to Xiao Tangbao and Old Man Su.
"Thank you, uncle, thank you, little sister..."
Since Old Man Su had promised his daughter to buy it, he certainly would not go back on his word. He immediately took out ten taels of silver and gave it to the man.
"You are a filial son. Take the silver and go back to get medicine for your father's treatment." Old Man Su said kindly.
"Thank you, uncle."
After the man finished speaking, he quickly put the silver in his arms, his eyes shining with excitement.
"Huang Laizi, you really came here to sell cattle and cheat people!"
Suddenly, an angry and disdainful voice came from behind the crowd.
The man selling the cattle's face changed drastically. He dived into the crowd and ran away.
Everyone: “…”
They looked at each other in bewilderment.
"Hey, old man, what's the matter with that?" Someone turned around and asked the person who had just spoken, "Didn't that cow seller say he wanted to treat his father's illness..."
"What kind of treatment? His father is fine, but his cow is dying. He's here to cheat people on purpose." The man shouted, "This kid is idle all day, lazy and greedy, and he's just looking for ways to cheat people."
Everyone, “…”
They all looked at Old Man Su and Little Tangbao.
The sympathy on his face was almost turning into reality.
The corners of Xiao Tangbao's mouth twitched as he looked at his father.
"Dad, we've been cheated."
"Yeah, I got cheated."
"It's all my fault. Why don't you give me a beating, Dad?"
"Dad can't bear to hit you, it's okay."
"But, the ten taels of silver are gone..."
Little Tangbao looked remorseful.
"Who said that? Didn't we get a big yellow cow?"
Old Man Su immediately retorted, fearing that the young girl would blame herself.
"That's right, don't be sad, sister. I'll buy you some candy later."
Boss Su hurriedly coaxed his sister.
Su Xiaoliu looked at the sick old ox and said calmly, "Sister, this ox is really good. Look how strong it is. I'll give it more tender grass to eat later. It will definitely be stronger. Hehe..."
Little Sugar Baby, "..."
The people around, "..."
Whose stupid son is this?
No, whose family is this that dotes on their daughter so much?
This is simply pampering to the extreme!
The spoiled little sugar baby looked at the old ox.
The old ox: "...moo..."
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