When Rehmannia was mentioned, Wu Jianye's eyes twitched, and a hint of panic flashed across his face.
"What are you talking about, Rehmannia glutinosa? I don't know anything about it."
"I don't know? What don't you know? Do you not know what Rehmannia is, or do you not know why you fed it to the mule?"
"I already said I don't know."
Wang Tianxiao smiled meaningfully, "Have you thought this through? Are you sure you didn't feed the mule rehmannia?"
"No, absolutely not."
"So, if I take that mule's feces for testing, do you think there won't be any rehmannia in it? Think about it, how long will it take for the rehmannia components in your feed to be completely metabolized, and guess when your mule died?"
"this……"
Wang Tianxiao turned around and patted the cow on Wu Jianye's back, laughing, "Or, we could examine this cow to see if it has taken Rehmannia glutinosa. Do you have the courage to do that?"
"What are you testing? My cow hasn't bothered you for no reason. Get out of my way and don't delay me from selling the cow. If you do, I'll never forgive you."
"Wu Jianye, behave yourself. If you keep going like this, we'll call the police and see if you can still talk back then."
"Go ahead and search, who's afraid of who? I haven't done anything wrong, you can search all you want. If there's nothing else, I'm going in now, so please make way, a good dog doesn't block the road."
As he spoke, Wu Jianye prepared to bypass Wang Tianxiao and drag the ox over.
But how could Wang Tianxiao let him leave like that? Without saying a word, he grabbed Wu Jianye's body, lifted him up with one hand, and slammed him to the ground. He then kicked him hard in the back and grabbed Huang Niu, who was about to run away, and handed him to Wu Wenhua.
His movements were incredibly fast; in the blink of an eye, Wu Jianye was knocked to the ground.
The onlookers were also taken aback when he suddenly became violent, a man who seemed so mild-mannered. They were all panicked and took a few steps back, making room for him.
Wu Jianye was knocked to the ground in one move, and only then did he realize what was happening. Like a turtle that had been flipped over, he began to struggle and fight back.
But Wang Tianxiao squatted down, pressing his body down with his leg, and stared coldly into his eyes. "You still have one chance. Whether you tell the truth or not is up to you. I'm busy today and don't have the patience to keep arguing with you. Since reasoning with you won't work, let's try a different way of speaking."
"You...how dare you hit me? Let me go right now, or...or..."
"Smack!"
Seeing that Wu Jianye was still struggling, Wang Tianxiao didn't say anything more and directly slapped Wu Jianye's face with his glove.
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With a sharp crack, Wu Jianye's face was immediately slapped, leaving a bright red mark.
"This is not the answer I wanted."
"you……!"
Wu Jianye wanted to continue, but seeing Wang Tianxiao's indifferent expression, he didn't dare to speak. He changed his tone and said, "I've already told you, it really has nothing to do with me. I was fine when I sold it to you. As for how I died later, I really don't know. Even if you hit me, it won't do any good."
"Slap! Slap!"
Wang Tianxiao didn't say much more, striking with both hands twice more, then asked calmly, "Useless?"
Wu Jianye turned his face to the side and remained silent.
Wu Wenhua, who was standing to the side, couldn't stand it anymore and advised, "Wu Jianye, you still won't admit it? We didn't even bring that mule home, that's no good. We're from the same village, do you think I'm wronging you?"
“You have the nerve to say that when we’re all from the same village? Then why did you bring people to beat me up? Wu Wenhua, you wait and see what people will say when you go back to the village after you help others bully your own people.”
"You...you're really shameless. How can you be so shameless?" Wu Wenhua was so angry that his face turned red, and he turned his head away, ignoring him.
Wang Tianxiao smiled, not flustered at all.
He said to Wu Wenhua, "Brother Wenhua, why don't you take this cow back first? Since he doesn't want to talk about the mule here, he can come to our station and talk about the cow. That's fine too."
"Well... okay."
Wu Wenhua listened to Wang Tianxiao and turned to leave, leading the ox.
"Hey, wait a minute, where are you taking my cow?"
“You sold me a nearly dead mule, and I’ll use this cow to settle the debt. Now we’re even, and I won’t tell you whether your cow is male or female, so you won’t keep arguing.”
"What nonsense are you talking about? How much is my cow worth, and how much is your mule worth? How can they be the same? Give me back my cow now!"
In those days, a mule cost about three or four hundred yuan, while a cow cost six or seven hundred yuan, almost double.
This is because mules are much less useful than oxen.
Mules can basically only carry loads, but oxen can both carry heavy loads and plow fields.
For people living in the mountains, cattle are especially useful for plowing.
There are no roads in many parts of the mountains, and even tractors can't get there. The only option besides manual labor is to use oxen to plow the fields.
Oxen are generally honest, have good endurance, and are strong, making them the most reliable and steady workers.
If you harness a donkey or mule to a plow, its legs often give out after a short time. They are also not very obedient and like to move around, resulting in uneven and crooked plowing.
Taking all factors into account, the price of mules just won't go up; they're generally much cheaper than cows.
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