Chapter 129 Bought Back the Cattle and Sheep
Gao Mingcheng never expected that he came here so easily, but when he leaves, he won't be able to go back!
On the road, many beauties were riding bicycles, with the front iron baskets and back seats filled with things.
Where is Gao Mingcheng?
Gao Mingcheng was leading a calf and two sheep at the back!
He was lucky, as he had not found a suitable calf before, but happened to find it at the county market today. As expected, if one wants to buy something big, he has to buy it in the county!
It was a rare opportunity to come across one, the calf was healthy and the price was right, so Gao Mingcheng bought it without hesitation. Not only that, he also bought two sheep.
Sheep also eat grass, so they can be taken out to pasture with the cows. It shouldn't be too tiring. When there is less grass in winter, we can slaughter the sheep and eat them during the New Year!
Manyuemei was riding on a bicycle, but she kept looking at Gao Mingcheng behind her. After hesitating for a moment, she said, "Do you want me to lead the way?"
Gao Mingcheng waved his hand and said, "No need, I'll do it!"
According to Gao Mingcheng's own pace, walking this distance is nothing, but calves and sheep walk slowly!
"Duomei, you can ride faster and go home first."
Gao Mingcheng asked Xuanyuemei to go home first, but Xuanyuemei refused. She wanted to go back with Gao Mingcheng.
So Gao Mingcheng didn't try to persuade them any more, and the two of them slowly walked back to Gaojia Village. Because they were delayed on the road, it was already past three in the afternoon when they arrived at Gaojia Village.
Fortunately, I had had lunch in the county town before, so I wasn’t too hungry at the moment.
When Gao Mingcheng led the cattle and sheep into the village, the villagers who saw this scene gathered around.
The family who raised cattle took the initiative to look at the calf, first looking at its head, then its feet, then its teeth, and then nodded and said, "Mingcheng, you bought a good cow. How much did you pay for it?"
Some people were more interested in the sheep that Gao Mingcheng bought. You know, in their village, very few people raise sheep.
You see, raising pigs can sell meat and produce pig manure to fertilize the fields, raising cattle can plow the fields and pull carts to transport rice, but what about sheep? Sheep cannot work, are light in size, and do not produce much meat, so it is not cost-effective to raise them.
Gao Mingcheng talked to people with a smile and said everything he could say.
Living in a village is like this; you have to socialize with people, exchange the latest news, and also get into conflicts with people because of disputes over interests.
After talking with the man for a while, Gao Mingcheng took the cattle and sheep back home. He did not lock the cattle and sheep directly into the house, but led them to a nearby hillside.
April is a beautiful month in the world, when all kinds of plants are thriving. The weeds in the field are as tall as children's feet.
"Woof woof!" Black Tiger and his elf jumped out from somewhere and started barking around Gao Mingcheng. Black Tiger even put his upper limbs on Gao Mingcheng's thighs, wanting to play with him.
The elf followed suit, but could only rest on Gao Mingcheng's calves.
Gao Mingcheng patted Heihu's head, pointed at the cattle and sheep grazing, and said to Heihu: "Heihu, I found three more brothers for you. From now on, they will be under your charge!"
Black Tiger was somewhat resistant to the elf's arrival at first, but after accepting the elf, the two dogs became as close as father and son.
As the saying goes, those who are capable should do more work. Look, Heihu has a younger brother to lead him!
The black tiger seemed to understand. It circled around the calf and the sheep, sniffed at them, and then called out to Gao Mingcheng in a low voice.
OK!
"Ming Cheng, are you thirsty? I poured you some water." Manyimei was standing at the gate of the courtyard.
While Gao Mingcheng was chatting with the villagers, Xuanyuemei had already returned home.
After unloading the things, I started pouring water to drink.
"Okay." Gao Mingcheng responded and walked towards home. He was indeed thirsty after walking all the way.
I had just finished drinking a glass of water when I saw Xuanyu walking towards me from the direction of the old village. Xuanyu had a smile on his face and looked in good spirits.
She was holding a large handful of bitter melon in her hand, as if she was bringing them some food.
Sure enough, after they met, Xuanyu said first: "Your vegetables were planted late, so they are not edible yet. The bitter wheat in my field has grown a lot, so I brought you a handful!"
Dandelion is similar to dandelion, but tastes better and grows taller than dandelion. And like leeks, you can pick the leaves and eat them from March to April or May.
Manyu Mei also planted bitter melon, but only planted about ten plants, because if they were not sold, ten plants would be enough for the whole family to eat.
Xuanyuemei took the bitter wheat, then took out some rice candy from the house and offered it to Xuanyueyu.
Manyu was not polite and sat on the stool, eating rice candy.
She looked at the brand new house with envy in her eyes. Then, she saw the cows and sheep grazing at the foot of the mountain in the distance, and she felt even more envious.
Her fourth sister, she married into a happy family!
"Duomei, when we plant rice next year, will your cows be able to plow the fields? Please lend them to me to plow the fields then!" Xuanyu looked at Xuanmei and made a small request.
The calf that Gao Mingcheng bought is not particularly small. After raising it for a few more months, it should be able to plow the fields when it comes to planting rice next year.
Of course, the speed at which a calf and a strong ox plow the field is definitely different.
But Gao Mingcheng's family only had one acre of land, and many Yu families only had two acres of land.
Xuanyuemei glanced at Gao Mingcheng, who nodded, so she said, "Okay, second sister, when you need a cow, come and tell me."
Ever since Xuanyimei got married, the conflicts between her and her second sister have become much less. When they lived together before, she was often scolded by her second sister, and Xuanyimei could only endure it under her second sister's roof.
But now, many beauties have their own homes and have confidence.
Gao Mingcheng watched the sisters chatting and didn't want to listen, so he carried his hoe and went out.
His land was cleared last year and this is the first year of planting. The soil is poor and there are many weeds. When the weather is good, the weeds grow very fast and need manpower to weed them out in time, otherwise the lush weeds will absorb all the nutrients in the land, so the vegetables will not grow well.
While weeding, Gao Mingcheng also noticed one thing, that is, he had not bought all the fruit trees yet.
There were few people selling fruit trees around, so he only bought ten orange trees and two chestnut trees, and didn't find any other trees for the time being.
People in their village hardly plant chestnut trees because there are many hairy chestnut trees in the mountains. Hairy chestnuts are similar to chestnuts, but are much smaller in size.
However, for the chestnuts from the mountains, you only need to go to the mountains to pick them when they are ripe. It does not require land, fertilizer or manual management, so it doesn't matter if they are small, you can eat them anyway.
However, when Gao Mingcheng saw someone selling chestnut trees, he bought one.
The chestnuts you grow yourself are much larger than wild ones and taste better.
He looked at the large piece of empty land and began to wonder whether he should go into the mountains to dig up some wild fruit trees.
There are not too many species in their mountains, but there are still wild peach trees, wild grapes, wild persimmon trees, wild bayberries and so on.
At Xiaoyuan Mountain, there is a large area of wild bayberry trees, which produce a lot of bayberries every year. When it rains, the bayberries fall to the ground under the trees.
Why are there so many bayberries on the ground? It’s because bayberries are too sour! People can’t eat them because they are sour. Only greedy children will climb up the bayberry tree to pick them. At first, the bayberries they picked were eaten seriously, but later they turned them into weapons to attack each other, and a bayberry fight began.
Of course, this happy day will end with the mothers beating their children.
(End of this chapter)
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