Chapter 466 Blocking the door early in the morning
Jia Yanbing did not deliberately comfort Wan Laoer, but continued to answer his questions.
"There must be a reason for all price changes. Every year, prices of goods rise and fall slightly. As long as they are within a reasonable range, there is no problem. However, large changes must be a problem. For example, the price of mutton this time is 20% lower. There are two possibilities. The supply and demand relationship has changed. Supply exceeds demand, and goods are unsalable. The goods cannot be sold, so they can only be sold at a lower price to make small profits but quick turnover. Another possibility is that there is a large-scale plague among sheep, and the sheep have died of the disease, which has led to some unscrupulous merchants maliciously selling sick sheep and selling them at a lower price."
Upon hearing this, Mr. Wan immediately retorted: "Then why don't you say that the sheep got the plague? Instead of guessing that there are too many sheep?"
Jia Yanbing patiently explained, "Because we have not heard of any place where sheep have been infected with plague. If a large number of sheep were infected with plague, the government would definitely issue a notice, or the court would take necessary measures. I remember one year there was a sheep plague, and the government discovered it in time, and immediately buried all the sick sheep alive, not allowing sick sheep to enter the market. However, some people took advantage of the situation and sold them at a low price. In the end, they were fined and had their money confiscated and went to jail."
Wan Lao Er pondered for a moment and asked, "Why did you ask Old Sheephead to go to the town tomorrow? Your purpose should not be simple, right?"
"I don't have any purpose, I just want him to help us get information. As for what other news he heard, it has nothing to do with us."
Wan Laoer looked at Jia Yanbing with some disbelief. He felt like he had been kept in the dark again.
"Okay, stop thinking about it and go to sleep. We still have to travel tomorrow. Didn't we say we should travel at noon?"
Wan Lao Er muttered, "How is it possible to leave at 7:00 pm?"
Jia Yanbing had already closed his eyes.
Everyone slept very soundly that night. Jia Yanbing found that he had never slept so well before. Sleeping till dawn like this was simply a luxury for him. But his mentality was much calmer now, probably because he no longer had any responsibilities, and he felt a lot more relaxed. However, when he thought of his hatred, his eyes changed several times.
Wan Laoer got up earlier than him, and there was no one in the bed at this time.
At this time, there was a noisy sound coming from outside the yard.
Wan Laoer got up only a quarter of an hour earlier than Jia Yanbing. He was woken up by the noise outside.
He put on his clothes and went out, and found two tall men and an old man standing outside the yard of Lao Yangtou's house. There was also a thin woman next to them. The woman was about the same age as Lao Yangtou's wife, but not as pretty as Lao Yangtou's wife.
At this time, the thin black woman was making a noise.
"You release my man, or I will report him to the police and accuse you of kidnapping."
The old sheephead was driving the ox cart and preparing to go out. As soon as he opened the door, he saw the second uncle and his family standing outside, and the one who was shouting was Ronghua.
"Ronghua, do you have any shame? Back then, you were caught by the whole village for trying to get into my man's bed. Now your man comes to our house to steal sheep. You think you are right, right? Aren't you going to report it to the police? Come on, we are just going to send this thief to the county government office. I'll take you with me so we can go see the officials together."
The old sheephead's wife was furious when she saw Ronghua. If she hadn't gone back to her parents' home to beg for money every few days, how could her husband have sneaked into her home to steal sheep?
When Ronghua heard that she was really going to see the official, she immediately wilted. She couldn't help but take a step back and hide behind her father.
The second uncle glared at Ronghua fiercely, feeling a lot of anger in his heart.
They all slept yesterday, and only found out in the morning that Gousheng was missing when they woke up. The daughter then said that Gousheng had come to the end of the village to steal sheep and had not returned all night.
The second uncle felt that he had lost all face, but that was his son-in-law after all. If a quarrel broke out, it would be embarrassing for everyone and he would have no way to be a human being in the village anymore. It would be better for them to go directly to Old Sheephead's house in the morning when there were no people around and take him back.
But the words of this old sheep-headed woman were too harsh. However, no matter how harsh it was, he could only endure it now.
Who asked the people in their family to do something wrong?
"Old Sheephead, let's not talk about the past. You are all married now and have children. There is no need to talk about this anymore. Why embarrass everyone?" The second uncle spoke in a gentle tone with an awkward smile on his face.
The old sheep head didn't want to get entangled with this group of people. His parents died early and the second uncle was the elder. If he said something inappropriate and gave people a chance to talk back, then even if he was right, it would become unreasonable. If his parents were still alive, it would be okay to argue with the second uncle.
"Uncle, I don't want to talk about the past. It's disgusting. But I haven't had breakfast this morning, so it's okay. But what do you want to do by blocking my door so early in the morning?"
The old sheephead is no pushover either. Even if he can't say anything else, he'll feel good after criticizing the family.
The second uncle's face turned dark red and his breathing became rapid, and he was obviously angry at what the old sheephead said.
But the old sheephead felt very comfortable. He was happy to see the second uncle being humiliated.
The second uncle knew that their family was in the wrong now, and if they made a fuss, they would be in trouble. Their eldest grandson was about to get married, and they couldn't afford to ruin their reputation at this critical juncture. They had to cover up the matter and resolve it privately.
The second uncle closed his eyes, endured and endured, and finally caught his breath. He was really a character, he could even laugh.
"Old Sheephead, everyone in the village knows that your family is honest and friendly to the neighbors. Can you just let this matter go? Your family didn't suffer any loss, and Gousheng didn't steal anything from your house, right? If you take him to the government, the government will just give him a few beatings and then let him go. Why bother? If you want to vent your anger, you don't have to run so far. Second uncle will help you beat him so that you can vent your anger, okay?"
The old sheep was so angry at the second uncle's shameless words that he laughed. Of course he should beat him himself to vent his anger. How could he let others do it for him? This was obviously biased towards their son-in-law, fearing that he would beat him to death. However, he had already beaten him last night, and his anger had long subsided. Now he was going to send him to the county government and let him spend the rest of his life in jail.
The old sheep-head simply pulled open his cotton coat, revealing his shoulder blades to the others.
"Open your eyes and see clearly, what is this? It was your good son-in-law Gousheng who stabbed me. Didn't you say you would let me vent my anger? Okay? Can I stab him back?"
Ronghua immediately jumped out and said urgently: "No, you can't hurt my man."
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