The asking price for the strong dairy cows was thirty-five taels of silver each. After some bargaining, he agreed to reduce the price by three taels of silver per cow as long as he bought both cows.
Seeing that his wife was addicted to bargaining, Liu Feiyang felt that there was no need for her to waste time on a few taels of silver, so he waved his hand and said, "Thirty-two taels each, deal!"
After saying that, he waved to Xiaowu behind him and said, "Pay the bill, then drive the cows and sheep to the other courtyard. If you see any rabbits passing by, buy me thirty of each, male and female... I'll buy as many of the latter as I can!"
My lady, you have so much space, it’s okay to buy a few more!
Xiao Wu was immediately furious. This time, not only was he out running errands, but why was he also involved in the livestock business? It seemed like the Liu family's business was solely about horses, nothing else.
But, now that the young master had spoken, what could he do? He could only accept his fate and do it. However, he was also smart. He didn't pay the cowherd and the sheepherder yet, and would settle the bill once they delivered the goods.
Look, he's not a fool either!
Because of the limited space at home, we didn't buy a cow to plow the land this time. But when I think about the spring, the village will be busy and every family will need to plow the land, which will require manpower...
Standing in front of the herd of cattle, Ke Xin thought a lot, and finally hardened her heart and acted like a saint. She bought six cows with a stroke of her pen. Liu Feiyang was dumbfounded at the time.
"My wife, how much land does my father-in-law have? I need to buy these cows to plow it!"
Ke Xin looked at her silly husband and said with a smile, "These six are bought for the village. Plowing the land requires manpower, but our workshop also needs manpower. In order to avoid a reduction in the village's labor force, we should buy a few cows and let the villagers use them. This way, the land can be plowed faster, and our workshop won't lose people working!"
Liu Feiyang: .....
He suddenly felt that his brain was confused, but he also roughly understood that in order to keep the workshop running, his wife paid for cows out of her own pocket for the villagers to use to plow the fields!
"You... your brain really works quickly!"
He doesn't know what's wrong with his wife. If you say she is smart, she is not that smart. If you say she is stupid...she is actually quite smart.
Ke Xin had no idea of his ulterior motives, but smiled proudly and said with a raised eyebrow, "Of course!"
After strolling around the street, when I returned home in the afternoon, the six cows were already tied up in the ancestral hall.
The villagers gathered around, staring at the cow with envy and shaking their heads.
At this moment, Jiang Wuli was very confused. He couldn't understand why Jiuer bought these things again. Could it be that she wanted to cultivate all the wasteland in the village?
While I was daydreaming, the young couple came back strolling.
"Village Chief, your family bought six more? Are you planning to reclaim all the wasteland in our village?"
"Do you need a long-term worker? I'm capable and I definitely won't be lazy or slacking off!"
"I can do that too, I don't have a big appetite..."
Everyone was talking at once around Ke Xin. If it weren't for Liu Feiyang protecting her, Ke Xin would have been drowned in saliva.
"Stop!" Ke Xin stretched out her hand, looked at everyone's sparkling eyes, and said, "This is the cow I bought for the village!"
When Hu Shun heard about the cows bought for the village, his eyes widened. "What? A cow bought for the village? Village chief, are you crazy?"
Wang Xiu also felt that her husband Hu Shun's words made sense, and said worriedly: "Village chief, this cow costs more than thirty taels. If you give it to the village...what if..."
Ke Xin understood what everyone was thinking. She stood on the stage and shouted to the people below, "Everyone, listen to me. It's not too late for you to speak after I'm done!"
The sighing sounds from below gradually died down, and everyone waited quietly for the village chief on the stage to speak.
Ke Xin: "First, we have a lot of arable land in our village, and the cattle I bought are for you to plow the land. Each family will take turns using them. I will treat each of you fairly and equitably, but... there are families with disabled people in the village. Those with more elderly people and less labor will use them first. Don't tell me otherwise. I respect the elderly and love the young, especially the disabled."
"Secondly, since we bought the cows for the village, the responsibility of caring for and feeding them will fall on the village. Each household will have one day, and if we rotate it this way, each household will have a maximum of four opportunities!"
"Third, when the cows are not plowing the land, they can be used as carts to pull goods, and the copper coins earned will be left to the village. Whatever money is earned throughout the year belongs to the village, and then it can be used to distribute money to the villagers, or to buy things to provide welfare for the villagers!"
"Fourth, if the cows are killed by someone... someone with bad intentions, then I'm sorry, you'll have to use your shoulders to plow the fields from now on. So I hope everyone will take good care of the cows. Taking good care of them is also taking good care of you!"
After hearing this, Li San almost jumped up in cheers and clapped his hands under the stage: "Well done, Village Chief! You are truly the lucky star of our village!"
"Well done, village chief! You are the lucky star of Anjia Village!"
One by one, they started shouting, and soon after, everyone began to line up and take the initiative to feed the cows. Seeing this, Ke Xin quietly retreated.
Seeing the villagers' enthusiasm, she giggled happily and looked at Liu Feiyang: "Actually, they are quite cute. They used to make trouble when they had nothing to do."
"Now that everyone has some money and something to help them with their work, the villagers see hope in life, so they are so positive!"
Liu Feiyang didn't know what to say, but looking at the excitement of the villagers, he could tell that they were full of hope for the future.
When he got home, Jiang Wuli looked at Jiang Kexin with a smile and praised her: "My granddaughter is really smart. Someone with such a big belly can't be caught up by others even on horseback!"
I don’t dare to say how many people in a county there are who can make money, not keep it for themselves, and make such contributions to the village, but in the several villages in Jinping Town, there is only one such person, Ke Xin, and she is a girl who is less than sixteen years old!
"Well done, have a few drinks with grandpa tonight, grandpa will be happy!"
For the first time, Grandpa took the initiative to ask her to drink with him, and Ke Xin did not refuse. She knew that Grandpa was probably a mixture of happiness and sadness, and probably missed the original owner.
In the evening, the meal was very sumptuous because Han Ruyue pulled two whole carriages full of New Year's goods. As Aunt Qiao said, there was everything, even dumplings with several kinds of fillings, and a lot of rice cakes and glutinous rice balls, especially bean buns... a whole basket.
There were even several jars of pickled meat. Ge Shuzhen was at a loss for words. There were still two pigs left at home, and they couldn't even finish the fresh meat, so why did they have so much pickled meat...
Ge Shuzhen was moved and held her hand tightly: "Thank you for your hard work, sister-in-law. Come and take a rest!"
"I'm not as hard-working as you are. After finishing my business, I'm busy with household chores. It's hard to find two days off... and I have to prepare so much New Year's goods. I see that you only have a few days off this year!"
As they were talking, the two of them entered the house!
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