Chapter 471: Different Times
Quanfu was startled by the old sheep head's whip, but after recovering from it, he immediately pointed at the old sheep head and roared: "Old sheep head, what are you doing?"
"What am I doing? What do you think I'm doing? Get out of here now, or I'll whip you. Just so you know, I won't pay for your medical expenses."
The old sheep has high cheekbones and looks a little scary when he looks cold.
Quanfu was frightened by the old sheep-head's threatening look and shrank his neck. He couldn't help but mutter, "Just talk, why use force?"
The old sheep-head took another step forward with the whip, and at the same time cracked the whip in his hand hard.
But Quanfu wanted the sheep very much. His family had not eaten meat for a year. Now the sheep was right in front of him, and he was reluctant to give it up.
But he couldn't defeat the tough old sheephead.
"Old Sheephead, what do you want in exchange for giving me the sheep?"
"Bring the silver. If you don't see the silver, you can't take the sheep away. Even if it's rotten or smelly, we won't give it to you. If you want to eat fresh sheep, hurry up and get the silver."
The old sheephead's attitude was very tough.
But Quanfu didn't have any money. Even if he had money, he wouldn't give it to Old Sheephead to redeem Gousheng.
"Okay, you old sheep, let's wait and see. Sooner or later you will come to me for help."
Quanfu said something harsh, turned around, squeezed out of the crowd and walked away.
The villagers burst into laughter.
"This Quanfu is quite arrogant. Everyone in the village knows that his family is the poorest. Old Sheephead has two scholars at home. How can we ask for help from him?"
"Quanfu, this kid, isn't he afraid of the wind blowing his tongue off when he speaks?"
"Hahaha, why don't you understand? He was scared and ran away, so he's just saying harsh words to save face. Let's give him some face."
"Hahaha......"
When Quanfu heard the laughter of the villagers behind him, he quickened his pace.
However, without Quanfu making a fuss, the old sheephead quickly sent away the villagers who were watching.
"Thank you for helping me out just now."
After returning home, Old Sheephead politely thanked Wan Laoer.
Wan Lao Er waved his hand nonchalantly, "It's not a big deal, don't worry about it. But I wonder how you are doing with the information I asked you to find out? Are those people who are chasing us still in the town?"
Wan Laoer was very worried that those people had not left yet. They were going to the capital now and had to pass through Baiyun Town. If those people were still waiting for them in the town, they would be in trouble.
The old sheephead immediately told everything he had found out.
After hearing this, Jia Yanbing and Wan Laoer were a little confused. Since the person who reported it was the owner of the fur shop, then the people he wanted the soldiers to arrest should be them, right?
This shopkeeper is really insidious. Jia Yanbing only knew that he was honest in business, but he didn't expect that he had such a bad character. It's true that you can't judge a person by his appearance. He wants to earn their money and make them lose both their money and their lives and put them in jail. He really plays a good game of chess.
But on the other hand, it was also thanks to the shopkeeper that the soldiers mistakenly arrested the wrong people and arrested those who were chasing Jia Yanbing as robbers, which bought them some time.
However, Jia Yanbing did not dare to be careless. Since these killers had someone behind them, the prison would definitely not be able to hold them. At the latest, they would be released at noon today. It seemed that they only had half a day to escape.
Jia Yanbing had to reach the capital alive, so he made a prompt decision and immediately set out for the interior.
"Brother Wan, let's leave immediately. I'm afraid the county magistrate won't be able to do anything to them. After all, the people behind them are not people the county magistrate can afford to offend."
As soon as Jia Yanbing said this, Wan Laoer understood. He nodded and said, "Okay, I'll go get the carriage and we'll set off immediately."
Wan Laoer stood up and was about to go out, but was stopped by Old Sheephead.
"Brother, don't be anxious. I have something to tell you."
Wan Lao Er was a little confused. Hadn't he said everything he needed to say? What else was there to say?
However, Wan Laoer did not continue to walk out. He just stood there and turned to look at Lao Yangtou to see what he had to say.
The old sheephead felt a little embarrassed. After all, they had already expressed their stance last night that they did not plan to buy his sheep, and his attitude last night was also a bit tough. Now he was begging others again. The old sheephead still felt a little guilty about his face, but when he thought of his two sons who were still in school, he felt that his face was not worth much.
"Well, big brother, Mr. Yan, I went to the town to ask around today, and the mutton is indeed cheaper, and I don't want to go through the trouble of slaughtering it again, so why not sell it to you at the price we agreed on, ten cents a pound? How about that?"
Jia Yanbing stood up slowly and put his hands in his sleeves. He was feeling a little cold and unconsciously wanted to put his hands together.
"Brother, we can't give you this price today. We'll sell it at nine cents per pound today." Jia Yanbing didn't even look at Old Sheephead and walked out.
As they walked, he said, "Besides, we have to hurry on our way today, so whether we can collect it or not is another matter."
The old sheep was stunned. This...
"No, Mr. Yan, we clearly agreed that it would be ten cents per pound, why did you change your mind again?"
The old sheep was a little anxious, really anxious now. Yesterday he was still in the mood to bargain with them and wanted to take it, but now he had completely let go of his face.
Jia Yanbing turned his head slightly and looked at the old sheep head with a smile, saying: "Brother, this is a different time. If my guess is correct, you should have found out the lowest price others are willing to pay for sheep, right? It shouldn't be more than nine cents, and no one will buy so many sheep from you at one time."
The old sheephead suddenly became like an eggplant hit by frost and stopped talking.
His reaction was seen by everyone, and everyone knew that Jia Yanbing was right, the price of mutton this year would not be too high.
Wan Laoer also started to wonder, this mutton is so cheap, even if they go to the interior, can they make money? Since they can get it inside, don't others know? If they lose money and time, it will be too worthwhile.
But soon, the old sheep head seemed to have made up his mind. He raised his head with red eyes and looked at Jia Yanbing and said, "Mr. Yan, are you sure you can finish it?"
"Of course." Jia Yanbing affirmed, not giving the old sheephead any chance to doubt.
Seeing that Jia Yanbing was so sure, and he had also gone to the town to inquire, the old sheep head knew that seeing was believing, so he had no choice but to believe it.
"Okay, nine cents is nine cents, but you have to pay a deposit first. I will go with you to deliver the sheep. After the sheep are delivered, you can pay me the remaining money."
"Deal. Do you have a pen and paper at home? Let's write a contract first. It will be a constraint for both of us."
Of course the old sheephead was willing. He was not too sure about it. After all, he had to send the sheep away, but he didn't know where to go. What if the journey was too far and he couldn't get the money? Wouldn't that be a loss of both the wife and the army?
"Okay, you write a contract and I'll put my fingerprints on it."
The woman hurried to her son's room to find writing brush, ink, paper and inkstone.
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