Chapter 95 Sending Cows
"Then when Ziyi moves out, I will also move out." Yike took the opportunity to ask to leave the mountain.
"Of course, you are husband and wife. Although your household registration has not been transferred here, as long as the members know that you are husband and wife, you will be considered as members of the production team. It's just that you won't get any points when the production team distributes grain. Besides, we don't need you to earn work points to share the little grain."
"Dad, you don't know how bold she was. She actually went to look for cattle by herself when we were not at home, and ended up finding a herd of more than ten cows. You said she dared to do such a dangerous thing. I think we should not let her go back to our home in the mountains in the future, so that she won't sneak around and do dangerous things again." Ziyi also learned to complain.
"What! Niu Qun? Are you trying to kill yourself? How dare you provoke Niu Qun?" Li Haoran's face was full of anger. He was really angry.
"Dad, I just took a look and ran away. Really, I didn't fight with the bull."
"You still want to fight the cows. Even if you don't, what if the herd finds you? What if the herd wants to fight you? Can you run faster than the cows? Or are you stronger than the cows? Don't you know to stay away from danger? Why do you go looking for cows and want to fight? Tell me, why do you go looking for cows? What do you want to do?" The more Li Haoran spoke, the angrier he became.
"She wants to use the cows to open up the wasteland, saying it's faster." Ziyi didn't forget to finish him off.
"Are you short of food? Or are you short of money? Didn't you just make more than a thousand dollars by selling meat not long ago? Ziyi didn't give you anything? If you tell daddy, he will give it to you. Is it necessary for you to risk your life to open up wasteland?" Li Haoran glared at Ziyi.
Ziyi said hurriedly: "I gave her all the money. If you don't believe me, ask her."
"But tell me, did he give you the money?"
"I've handed it in." Yike muttered softly.
"Then why are you in such a hurry to open up the wasteland? We can just open up the wasteland if we have time, and if we don't have time, we can just take our time. What do you think is more important, life or food?"
"Life is more important! Dad, I won't dare to do it again! Really!" Yike admitted his mistake honestly.
"Now that you know that life is important, don't go out alone to do these dangerous things. Dad knows that you like hunting, but you have to go with Ziyi. You don't want your father and mother to worry every day that you will sneak out to do dangerous things again, do you?"
"Got it, Dad. I won't let you worry anymore. I promise to go hunting with Ziyi."
"Is that the cow outside the one you brought back this time?"
"Yes. Ziyi said to bring it out and sell it."
"No, we can't sell it. Let's give the cow to the production team. This production team is too poor and doesn't even have a cow. Since we have settled here, we should help them within our ability. When we see those skinny old people and children, we shouldn't be too calculative. Besides, it's good for us to build good relationships. People like us who don't work but have money are the most enviable. If everyone's life is good, their mentality will not be extreme and they won't be jealous of others."
"We have a few calves at home. Do you want to give us another one? Anyway, the kids have nothing to do, so they can herd the cattle. We don't have so many people to cut grass for the cattle. This big bull can be counted as one of our labor points." Ziyi suggested.
Yike glared at him angrily. Those cows were hers, hers.
"We really don't have the manpower to herd the cattle, and it takes a lot of grass to mow. Now that we have just gotten your cattle for free, it's okay for us to help you mow the grass, but you will be dissatisfied after a long time. Besides, you don't want to come out? If you come out, your mother can't do it alone."
"That can also be sold for money." Yi Ke muttered dissatisfiedly.
“Calves are worthless. People have nothing to eat now, and most people won’t buy calves that can’t work.” Ziyi explained patiently.
"Ziyi is right. That's it. Let's say that we are helping to take care of the calf at our friend's house and will bring it back next time. We will bring both calves back, give one to the production team and raise the other ourselves. This way no one can say anything. Is there anything else happening at home during this period?" Li Haoran said.
"It's so lively at home! Uncle Li, Uncle Hu and Uncle Chen have all moved out..." Yike chattered in detail about everything that had happened at home in the past two or three days.
"You did the right thing! I didn't expect Chen Shengli to be such a person. Try to have less dealings with his family in the future." Li Haoran was very angry when he heard that Chen Shengli not only blamed him for asking them to move late, but also wanted to take the sweet potato seedlings for free.
"His child is still okay and has not grown up to be a bad person." Yi Ke said something fair.
"The word 'filial piety' alone can suppress those children. Even if Da Wang knows that what his father did is wrong, there is nothing he can do. So it is better to avoid him if possible."
"Dad, Yike said to dig a cellar at the exit of that passage..." Ziyi told him what he and Yike had just discussed.
"Sure, that way it will be safer, and we won't have to worry about those people with sharp noses coming to our house." Li Haoran also thought it was a good idea, so the father and son discussed how to dig the cellar. Originally, Li Haoran was about to go back into the mountains when he saw Ziyi coming out, but now he had to dig a cellar, so he decided to wait a few more days until the cellar was dug before going back.
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When going to work, Li Haoran, Ziyi and Yike led the cows towards the team leader's house, attracting countless eyes on the way. Yike also truly understood the concepts of greed and poverty. The children playing in the village are almost all the same, with pale faces and thin bodies. The only difference is which one has fewer patches on his clothes and pants.
Now it is time for the members to prepare for work. Everyone knows Li Haoran and knows that this family has just settled down.
When the members of their village came, those who knew them would greet them and ask, "Li Haoran, where did you get this cow? Did you buy it? It's so strong!"
Someone tried to touch the bull's back, which made the big bull unhappy. It snorted at the man, scaring him so much that he quickly dodged.
Ziyi hurriedly shouted soothingly and tightened the nose rope in his hand.
Li Haoran said hurriedly: "This is a wild bull, caught in the mountains, it's very wild, everyone stay away from it, lest it loses its temper and hurts people." "Ah! Bison! Really? Bisons are very strong, and if they are hit, they will die."
"It looks like a wild bull. Which production team has such strong bulls now?"
"Look at those eyes, they look so fierce! Stand far away, don't provoke it and kick you."
The members who were watching the fun started talking to each other.
"Li Haoran, who has such great ability? He can even catch a bison, that's incredible." The person who asked the question just now asked again.
The people who were talking immediately shut up and listened attentively.
"Look! It's my son. He often goes hunting. He just happened to come across it this time and it took him a lot of effort to catch it." Li Haoran said proudly.
"You are so lucky! You have such a capable son." The man praised sincerely.
"Yes, yes! It's a pity that he got married, otherwise my daughter could have married him."
"You are such a shameless person. Only your charcoal-like daughter deserves such a good boy. Look at his wife, she is so fair and beautiful."
"That is, there is no Tathagata to preach the sutras - Buddha said."
"You are so silly, and you can say that."
Everyone criticized the man so much that he lowered his head and retreated behind the crowd.
Wang Guoqing, the team leader of Beishan Village, came out of his house and saw a group of people walking towards his house. He was frightened and thought something big had happened. So he took a few quick steps to meet them, and saw that it was Li Haoran, Ziyi and three others leading the way, and they were leading a cow. He was even more confused - he was totally bewildered.
"Captain, I have good news to tell you." Li Haoran shouted loudly from a distance. Although the two of them have a special relationship in private, they still have to pretend it in public. Now he is a member under the management of the team leader.
"Li Haoran, what good news is this? It's not that your son is coming back to work, that's really good news, Ziyi is quite strong. Hey! Which production team is your cow from?" Team leader Wang Guoqing said as he walked around the cow, clicking his tongue: "Not bad, not bad! Look how strong its bones and muscles are, how fat it is, how thick its legs are, and how big its hooves are. Do you think they are as big as a clay pot? What a cow! What a cow! It would be great if our team had such a fat and strong cow."
"Captain, this is a wild buffalo caught by Li Haoran's son." A member of the cooperative said loudly.
"What? Wild bull? I told you that people can't even get enough to eat. Which brigade has the ability to raise such a fat bull? How much food does it have to eat?" The brigade leader patted Ziyi and said, "Awesome! You're awesome! Tell me, what are you going to do with this bull?"
"Well, captain, to be honest, we still have two calves that we caught together with this bull. We haven't brought them back yet. We want to hand over the bull and the calf to the team. How about if the bull can be counted as one of our full laborers?" Li Haoran said.
"It's a good thing to hand this over to the brigade, and our brigade will also commend you. This cow is so strong, it is definitely worth the work of four full laborers. You only count the work points of a full laborer, which is still okay. I will call a meeting of the captains of each production team to discuss which production team to give it to, and let that production team count your work points." Wang Guoqing said.
"Captain, you don't need to call a meeting. This cow was handed in by Li Haoran, who is a member of our Team 5. So of course the cow belongs to our Team 5." Wang Jianjun, the captain of a production team in Beishan Village, squeezed in from outside the crowd. He was sweating profusely, and he must have heard about this and hurried over.
This was indeed the case. Wang Jianjun was lying in bed sleeping at noon, so he didn't know about Li Haoran leading the cow at first. He heard about this when he was about to leave for work. When he ran over, he just happened to hear the team leader's words. He hurriedly squeezed in, shouting as he squeezed.
All the members here are from one production team. They were anxious when they heard the team leader say that they would have to distribute the cow among three production teams. Who doesn’t want a cow? What’s more, it is such a strong cow. Seeing his captain coming, he quickly made way for him to come in.
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