The middle-aged man immediately replied, "It takes five months for this kind of sheep to give birth to lambs. After giving birth, this kind of dairy sheep can still produce milk for ten months. Why don't you buy two and take them home to raise them?"
Li Yan was very excited after hearing what the middle-aged man said. If the sheep starts to produce milk, everyone in the family, young and old, can drink a bowl of milk in the morning, which can also provide more nutrition for the family!
Li Yan asked: "Uncle, how much do you sell this sheep for?"
The uncle hurriedly asked, "Miss, two taels of silver each, how many do you want to buy?"
Mr. Li hurriedly stopped Li Yan: "This price is too high, let's go somewhere else!"
Sheep are not a rare commodity in the Northwest market, so Li Yan was obedient and did not insist.
The middle-aged man hurriedly stopped him and said, "Old man, old man, don't be in a hurry to leave. How much do you think is appropriate?"
Mr. Li picked out two fat dairy sheep and said to the sheep seller, "I want these two for three taels of silver!"
The man selling sheep said with a bitter face: "Old man, this is not the way to bargain. Three taels and eight cents of silver, no less!"
As Mr. Li was about to leave with his beloved calf, the middle-aged man grabbed Mr. Li's hand and said helplessly, "Old man, three taels and six cents of silver, no less!"
Finally, after some arguing between the two, Li Yan bought the two sheep for three taels and five cents of silver.
The group returned with a full load. When they arrived at the pork shop, Zhu the butcher had been waiting for a long time.
Zhu the butcher looked at Mr. Li, who had just returned from buying an ox cart, and said with a smile, "It seems I won't be able to use my cart, and you bought this!"
The group chatted and laughed as they arrived at Zhu the Butcher's house.
Butcher Zhu invited everyone in, told his wife to cook quickly, and invited everyone to eat before leaving.
Mr. Li refused and said, "No need to bother today. We have to go back after we get the piglets!"
In this case, Zhu the butcher brought a few people to the pigpen in the backyard, and saw about twenty piglets of all sizes raised in the spacious backyard.
When the piglets saw people coming, they thought their owner was coming to feed them, and they all cried out.
Butcher Zhu smiled and said to Li Jianmin, "It's a good thing you came today. If you keep feeding me like this, I'll be eaten to death!"
Li Jianmin scratched his head embarrassedly.
With the concerted efforts of several people, the ten piglets were tied up and put on the ox cart in a short while.
Li Jianmin took out the money bag given by the shopkeeper Qian and paid twelve taels of silver to Zhu the butcher.
Zhu the butcher was delighted to receive the real gold and silver. He enthusiastically escorted the man out of the village before returning home.
The villagers who gathered at the entrance of Lijia Village to chat were shocked to see that Mr. Li had brought back so many animals.
Old Master Li straightened his back and walked to the village entrance amid the shocked and envious eyes of the villagers.
Li Jianmin, who had not been home for a long time, returned home because of this opportunity. Looking at the changed house in front of him, he couldn't help but wonder, is this still his home?
Li Yan looked at her stunned cousin and explained, "Brother, we've split up. Do you see the house next door? We live there now!"
Before Li Jianmin could digest the news, he followed his grandfather and pulled the ox cart down the mountain. Looking at the changed appearance of the foot of the mountain, he could not believe his eyes.
Without bothering to explain to her dazed cousin, Li Yan asked Old Man Zhao and General Zhao to take the piglets from the cart to the pen. She handed the two tied dairy sheep to Zhao Daya and asked her to feed them some water and grass.
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