The two went to their third uncle's house to study in the morning, and in the afternoon they took their third uncle's old yellow ox for a walk. While herding the ox, they cut grass and picked up the cow dung to take back to their third uncle's house.
Two weeks later, the two oxen finally arrived, and Village Chief Ma asked Third Uncle to inspect them thoroughly.
Third Uncle stood to the left front of the ox, carefully examining its spirit, coat, chest girth, and belly girth. Hmm, everything was normal.
I walked to the left rear of the cow, looking at it as I went, and even touched its head, neck, chest and other parts. Hmm, it seemed normal.
I stood right behind the cow for a while, looking at its tail and other parts. Hmm, it seemed normal.
I moved to the right rear of the cow and looked at it; the right side was normal as well.
Finally, Uncle San even put his nose to the cow's nose and sniffed the cow's breath, then pried open the cow's mouth with his hands to check its teeth, his smile growing wider and wider.
"Village chief, these two cows are wonderful, both five-year-old oxen," Uncle San said with a smile, stroking the cows' heads.
In the village chief's mind, Third Uncle was the authority to judge whether a yellow ox was good or bad. If he smiled, the ox was good; if he got angry, the ox was doomed.
The two yellow oxen were only five years old, which is the most valuable age for an ox, so the village chief felt reassured.
Ma Mingchun and Fenqiu started herding the cattle. Following their third uncle's instructions, they first patted the cattle's rear ends, then selected the best fodder to feed the yellow cattle. After the yellow cattle had eaten their fill, they led them to the cattle shed.
The ox was very obedient. Once inside the cowshed, it stood on the ground covered with hay, its eyes fixed on the two boys in front of it.
Uncle San carefully inspected the cowshed and finally returned home satisfied. Before leaving, he reminded everyone not to forget to close the door.
Meanwhile, Dongnan was rushing home with Xuemei, whose belly was already quite prominent, and she was expected to give birth in another month.
Xuemei originally didn't want to go back to give birth. She calculated the dates and realized that June was the busy farming season at home. Going back to give birth would only cause trouble, especially since they also had two piglets at home.
Southeast insisted that Xuemei go home, reminding her that her workplace would give her holidays during the busy farming season.
Thinking that her parents were the only able-bodied people left in the family, Xuemei was also anxious. She hoped that Dongnan could help with the autumn harvest.
Southeast smiled; the family's workforce hadn't decreased, in fact, it had increased.
Xuemei then realized that Southwest, North South, and South South had all grown up and could help, and her heart settled down.
Bei Nan and Ye Chenming, who have grown up and are still remembered by Xue Mei, are in a tense escape.
The two of them bought 20 jin of pork today. Ye Chenming has a sweet tongue and knows how to read people, so he sold 11 jin of pork in just one morning.
The location of Beinan Station is rather remote, and seven jin have already been sold. Ye Chenming plans to sell one more jin before leaving. He hasn't eaten meat in a long time, so he'll keep a piece for himself. As for Beinan, he dares not keep any; he won't be able to go home and eat it all up.
But as soon as Bei Nan took the meat out, Ye Chenming threw it into the basket: "Run!"
Without asking any questions, Bei Nan grabbed his basket and ran towards the small hole at incredible speed. Ye Chenming quickly glanced around and found that everyone was running towards the back door, and no one was paying attention to this place at all.
He immediately took off running. When he reached the cave entrance, Bei Nan had already gone out. Ye Chenming pushed the basket out first, then climbed out himself, not forgetting to cover the cave entrance with dry grass.
When Bei Nan saw Ye Chenming come out, she tried to run towards Mushroom Village, but Ye Chenming grabbed her.
Bei Nan found it strange. Ye Chenming pointed to a few grass hides three hundred meters away. He and Bei Nan had made them intermittently. Anyway, grass hides were everywhere, so no one would suspect anything if there were a few more here.
Bei Nan immediately understood and ran over quickly. Just as the two of them crawled into the grass to hide, a series of chaotic footsteps came from afar.
"Stop right there! Don't run! Those over there, block both sides and see if any escapees get away!" a man's voice shouted.
Then came a series of footsteps, mixed with shouts, screams, and pleas for mercy, rising and falling in waves.
Ye Chenming and Yan Beinan dared not breathe, quietly hiding inside, even though their legs were numb and their whole bodies were uncomfortable, they dared not move an inch.
After an unknown amount of time, the outside quieted down. Bei Nan was about to go out when Ye Chenming stopped her again. Sure enough, not long after, some of those people returned, looked around the area, and left cursing.
Listening to their complaints, it was nothing more than that they had launched a counterattack but gained nothing, and that they knew they wouldn't have come back if they had known that would happen.
Once everything was quiet, Ye Chenming parted the dry grass and looked outside, telling Bei Nan to stay put while he went out to take a look.
Ye Chenming crouched down and looked around. Seeing that there was no one around, he called Bei Nan out. The two of them cleaned the dry grass off their bodies and ran quickly towards Mushroom Village.
At the village entrance, Mao Tou stood anxiously waiting. When he saw the two of them, he rushed over, looking as if he had just escaped a disaster.
Bei Nan narrowed his eyes: "Young man, how did you escape?"
Maotou replied, "There's a tunnel in my brother's house. I came out to look for you, but I didn't see you. I was in a hurry, so I ran away."
Seeing Mao Tou's open and honest demeanor, Bei Nan nodded: "We also found a dog hole and crawled out."
"We'll be taking a break during this time and won't be coming over for the time being," Ye Chenming said.
Mao Tou nodded: "This place is being watched now. My brother just ran away and specifically told me to tell you not to come here during this time."
Bei Nan thought for a moment and said, "Young man, why don't you run away with your brother?"
Mao Tou looked at Bei Nan and said, "If I run away, what if you get caught? I need to make sure you're safe before I run."
Bei Nan was moved: "Can you still catch up with your brother now?"
Maotou shook his head: "I've been waiting for you for too long, I can't catch up now, but my home is here, so it's okay."
Bei Nan thought for a moment and said, "A tiger fallen into the plains is bullied by dogs. Your brother has run away, so you have to be careful and find a place to hide quickly."
Mao Tou felt as if he had been enlightened, and said to Bei Nan and Ye Chenming, "Thank you for the reminder. Until we meet again."
Watching Maotou run away, Bei Nan shouted, "Maotou, remember, if you have nowhere to hide, come find me."
Maotou stopped in his tracks: "Brother Beinan, I'll remember that."
Bei Nan felt a little regretful, as the money-making method she had finally come to an end.
Ye Chenming didn't care. This kind of market was like weeds; they could not be burned out by wildfires and would grow back with the spring breeze.
Spring and summer are here, and there are more wild fruits and delicacies on the mountain. Let's collect some and store them for later when the market opens.
Ye Chenming became even more diligent, and Ye Chen'er was also inspired by his diligence. In addition to completing her own work, she also joined in picking mushrooms, harvesting chestnuts, picking wild fruits, cutting pig feed, and cutting cow feed.
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