After inspecting the cow for a long time, Grandpa looked at it from beginning to end, and finally asked the price: "How much is it?"
Seeing that Grandpa was also an expert, the seller held up three fingers and said, "Lowest price, thirty taels per head."
Jiang Wuli heard this and waved his hand to leave. "That's too expensive. How much is a plowing ox? You're just a milking cow, and you can't do any work. Why are you charging so much? No."
After saying that, he pulled Ke Xin away without any hesitation. As they were about to leave the shed, the seller finally agreed: "Twenty-five taels, no lower."
"Don't think my cows don't work, but they produce milk, which is very expensive..."
Jiang Wuli turned around and said, "What's wrong with milk production? We don't have any hungry children at home. What we farmers value is whether the product can be worked. To be honest, if my child doesn't like it and doesn't buy it as a toy for her, I won't even look at it."
Seller: ....
Buy a cow as a toy?
What kind of family is this? They spoil their children so much!
The seller hesitated for a moment and said, "Then you...you name a price. If the loss is too great, I won't sell it."
Jiang Wuli glanced at him and held up two fingers: "That's the price. If you sell it, I'll buy it, and also buy your other two oxen."
Twenty taels... This is a reduction of ten taels of silver. It means that he did not make any profit from buying this dairy cow, and even lost two taels. However, if he could buy the other two cows, that would be a different story.
"Okay, twenty taels is twenty taels, but you can't lower the price of the other two cows that much, otherwise I won't sell either one."
The seller was really afraid of the old man. He started bargaining according to a certain number.
Jiang Wuli glanced at the old man selling the cow and said, "I am the most fair and just person. I will definitely give you a fair price. You don't sound so unreasonable."
What if I could make him pay two taels of silver by talking to him?
He had long set his eyes on the yellow cattle; they were young, strong, and fat. The key point was that they were a male and a female. He pondered for a while, and wondered how much money the child had and whether it was enough to pay the bill.
He whispered in Kexin's ear, "These three cows will cost at least eighty taels. Is your silver enough?"
"enough."
That's good, now he has a bottom line in his mind. While Ke Xin went to see the cows, Jiang Wuli started bargaining with the seller. This time the bargaining process was not very smooth, and the price was reduced from thirty-two taels to the price that Grandpa had in mind, and this was only after he bought three cows in one go.
The cow seller gave Jiang Wuli a thumbs-up and praised him sincerely: "It would be a pity if you didn't become a shopkeeper. You have such a good eloquence."
Jiang Wuli smiled: "I am the village chief, so it won't affect my eloquence."
The seller suddenly realized: "No wonder, today I have finally seen the village chief's side."
While chatting and laughing, the old man selling the cows also specifically instructed how to raise cows and what things to pay attention to. Jiang Wuli listened carefully and wrote everything down in his mind.
Finally, he spent another two taels of silver to buy two cart buckets, and that was the end of the matter.
Jiang Shan drove his own ox cart with great pride, cracking the whip very gently, fearing that the oxen would be injured. He said with a smile, "I will take care of our oxen now. I must feed them until they are fat."
Jiang Yongtian drove the ox cart borrowed from the old bull head's family and looked at his second son with a smile: "Okay, your father is happy to agree to this job."
Where could you find such a good thing? Jiang Yongtian agreed without thinking. Along the way, everyone laughed and chatted as they headed towards the South Wharf. Now that they had a cow, the ladies wouldn't have to work so hard when they set up stalls to sell food.
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After closing the stall and returning to the village, he caused another sensation. This time, people not only gathered around the cow to look at it, but some people even touched it.
Hu Shunzi said, "Oh my! This cow is really good! Look at its hooves and teeth. It's obviously a mature cow." He sighed and said, "How much silver did this cow cost?"
Wang Xiu also liked it very much. She couldn't help but linger while touching the cow's hand, her eyes full of envy. "That's not too young. Shuzhen's family bought three cows at once... They're going to be rich."
After saying that, he turned his head to look at Jiang Yongtian who was grinning to the side and said, "Brother Jiang San, if you have any work in the future, just let me know. It's convenient for us to live in the front and back yards and do the work."
Then he added, "We don't want any wages, just that when we open up the land for cultivation, we can have your oxen help us plow the land."
This may seem like a joke, but everyone knows that the matter of borrowing cows is real. In the past, the old cow head family lent out cows to plow the land, and the minimum rent was thirty cents per day. Even then, people who wanted to use cows had to queue up.
Jiang Yongtian was reluctant to use his newly bought ox in this way, but it was hard to refuse. He said, "That will have to wait until we finish plowing our fields. Besides, you all know that I am not the head of the family, so my wife has the final say on this matter."
When Wang Xiu heard this, he smiled and joked, "Uncle Jiang is still here. You're saying you're afraid of your wife, but aren't you afraid that Uncle Jiang will break your legs when he gets back?"
Jiang Yongtian grinned and said, "It's no use breaking my legs. I'm afraid my wife won't be around for more than a day or two."
When he finished speaking, the people present burst into laughter. There was no element of watching the show, but rather a sense of envy.
The father knew what was going on at Jiang Lao San's house, so he said to everyone, "As the saying goes, men make money and women store it. Women are attentive and there's nothing wrong with being the head of the household. The main thing is that men have to earn money outside, isn't that right?"
Ji Tai quickly agreed, nodding his head like a chick eating rice: "Grandpa Village Chief's words make sense and hit the nail on the head, but there's not much work in our town except carrying bags!"
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