Chapter 48: Asking for a high price, paying on the spot
The slovenly old man was determined to follow the three of them. "If I want to go to your house, then go to your house. I'm used to living in the open air all my life. I can enjoy delicious food, eat wild grass and vegetables, and even lie on the grass, not to mention a simple wooden bed."
Li Laoer, Li Baisong, Li Yulan: "..."
Li Laoer and Li Yulan poked Li Baisong's waist together in tacit understanding.
Li Baisong stumbled forward after being stabbed. He had no choice but to face it head-on. He rubbed his fingers together and asked nervously, "Big Brother, can I pinch your face first?"
The sloppy old man took a big step back, so agile that he didn't seem to be a drunk at all.
"You little brat, how can you touch my sloppy handsome face casually? What, you want to see how dirty I am? You wish!"
~_~
Li Baisong was already about 70% certain, but not completely sure, so he didn't dare to take the risk. He had a mother at home, and so many children...
The best way to deal with a scoundrel is to be even more scoundrel than him. Li Bosong said, "If you don't let me touch your face, I can't take you back. If you want to kill me, go ahead and cut me up."
Li Laoer and Li Yulan jumped up and stepped back repeatedly, their faces trembling with fear and turning pale.
"Little brother!"
They asked me to talk to them nicely, not to kill them directly!
The scruffy old man took in the expressions of the three siblings and chuckled, "Fun, fun, really fun. I never thought that a scruffy old man like me, who is also a scoundrel, would scare the shit out of people one day."
Li Baisong clenched his fists behind his back. If the sloppy old man opposite him forced him, he would not really accept his fate. He would bite off one of the man's ears no matter what.
"Alright, alright, so I don't have to sleep on the streets, you can touch my handsome face if you want. I've got a promise, if you touch me you have to take responsibility for me. Just taking care of me for ten days isn't enough, you have to take care of me for at least a month, even if it means just some vegetable porridge!"
"Okay." Li Baisong agreed and walked forward slowly.
Li Laoer and Li Yulan, who were doing long jump, were so nervous that their hearts were in their throats.
Li Yulan felt that she had a good relationship with her younger brother recently, and she couldn't just watch him die, so she pushed him out without hesitation while Li Laoer wasn't paying attention.
Li Yulan gritted her teeth and stepped forward to grab Li Laoer's waist. "Second brother, you are the older brother, you have to protect your younger brother."
Li Lao Er turned around and glared at Li Yulan, "Aren't you also a sister?"
"So I'll go with you, let's go quickly." Li Yulan used Li Laoer as a shield and pushed him forward.
Li Laoer: "..."
Li Baisong held his breath and concentrated until his fingers touched the wrinkled face of the sloppy old man.
The touch feels very real.
Li Baisong's fingers quickly touched the edge, and he tried to tear off the entire human skin mask from under the earlobe like he had seen in TV dramas before.
"Ouch!"
The sloppy old man was caught off guard and slapped Li Baisong's hand away with a loud slap. "You, you, you little bastard, you didn't say touch, why pinch?"
Li Yulan pushed Li Laoer over. Seeing this, Li Laoer and Li Yulan pulled Li Baisong back.
Li Yulan asked weakly, "Why are you hitting people?"
"He pinched me, this is my real face!" The sloppy old man rubbed his face to show them, "I, old sloppy, have never used a fake face in my life. I always use this face when I beg for food!"
Li Baisong and the other two were followed by a sloppy old man.
When they reached the livestock market, the scruffy old man pinched his nose and didn't want to go in with them. The wrinkles on his face were squeezed together. "Are you going to buy a cow?"
It was spring plowing time, and the sloppy old man thought of buying a cow for plowing.
After confirming that the sloppy old man was just an ordinary scoundrel, Li Laoer was no longer afraid of him and directly retorted, "What are you buying a cow for? A cow costs four or five taels. How can we afford that kind of money? Besides, who would buy a cow at this time? If they really want to buy a cow, they should wait until spring planting and autumn harvest."
The sloppy old man was puzzled. "Why? Aren't cows needed for spring planting and autumn harvest?"
"Yeah, so it must be expensive to buy at this time. You old man, have you never farmed before? You don't even know this."
"I have to eat, but I've never planted a field."
"You don't have any land at your age? Are you a refugee? The kind you'll be a refugee for the rest of your life?"
The slovenly old man raised his hand and gave Li Laoer a slap on the face. "Can you speak? You'll be a fool for the rest of your life."
"Hiss," Li Lao Er covered the back of his head, "You stinky old man, you hit me again. You clearly said so yourself."
The slovenly old man looked over and said, "You still say that."
"It's getting late, let's go in." Li Bosong said, "Big Brother, if you don't like it, just wait here for us. We want to go in and see if there are any piglets to sell."
"Roast suckling pig." The sloppy old man said as he slurped his saliva.
The three siblings all gave him an indescribable look.
"Hey wait a minute, I didn't say I wasn't going. What if I don't follow you guys for a while and you run away?"
There weren't many people in the livestock market, after all, it was the busy farming season.
There were four cows, an old cow, a calf, and two bullocks.
Seeing someone coming, the cattle dealer immediately greeted them.
Li Laoer's eyes were glued to the ox again and again. If he hadn't lost three and a half taels, his family could almost buy a whole cow.
Thinking of this, Li Laoer withdrew his gaze and silently quickened his pace, fearing that Li Yulan and Li Bosong would remember this and scold him.
well……
Who knows!
Li Laoer led his men to the pig dealer's side.
The merchants were all sharp-eyed. When they saw a few people running towards the pigs, they knew it was their business and immediately greeted them with a smile.
"Want to buy a pig? These newly born piglets are so lively and energetic. Buy them home now and raise them so you can slaughter them for the New Year."
Li Baisong and Li Yulan followed Li Laoer consciously without saying anything. Li Laoer ignored the pig dealer and walked over to look at the piglets.
There were three cages in total, and each cage contained two piglets.
Some of them were eating, some were lying down and sleeping, and they all looked very healthy.
The sloppy old man also walked over and took a closer look.
"Look around, bro. They're all good piglets."
Li Laoer half-knelt, his eyes glued to the piglet. "How much is your piglet? I have many children at home, so I can take two if they're suitable." (The word "two" here is an approximate number, not a specific number.)
"Brother, how many do you want to buy? It will definitely be cheaper if you buy them all."
"Let me hear a price first." Li Laoer did not follow the pig dealer's rhetoric.
"Six hundred coins each. If you buy them all, I'll give you fifty coins less each. How about five hundred and fifty coins?"
"You're a piglet, are you wearing gold trim? It's not like we haven't raised pigs in our family before, and you're asking me for an exorbitant price."
"My brother and I are talking about affordable prices, not exorbitant prices. Then, brother, please give me a price and I'll see if it's suitable. It's a good deal, buy or sell."
"Five hundred coins for two!"
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