I am the stepmother of my son, and the little villain has changed into a little cotton-padded jacket

Hearing what Zhou Yong said, Tian Zhi nodded repeatedly and quickly followed Zhou Yong's pace, walking into the yard with him.

Zhou Yong took him to his own stable and pointed at the two horses of the same size.

"These are my horses, one male and one female. Do you want to buy them?"

Tian Zhi walked forward and carefully observed the demeanor of the two horses. He found that one of the horses with darker fur looked very listless and seemed to be in poor health.

The other horse was eating grass normally.

Seeing this scene, Tian Zhi immediately had a guess in his mind. This listless-looking horse might have accidentally eaten some hard thousand-year-old jade, so it looked sick and had no appetite at all?

Thinking of this, Tian Zhi immediately became excited, turned to look at Zhou Yong and said, "Buy! Buy it! Brother Yong, can I just buy this horse?"

Zhou Yong pointed at the horse that didn't look very healthy and said.

Zhou Yong frowned and immediately refused: "No, my two horses are a male and a female, they are a perfect pair. If you want to buy them, you have to buy both, not just one."

After hearing what Zhou Yong said, Tian Zhi felt a little embarrassed for a moment. After all, the price of one horse was enough to give him a headache, let alone buying two horses together. He didn't have that much money.

Tian Zhi asked hesitantly, "Brother Yong, how much silver do these two horses cost?"

"Five taels of silver for a horse is not expensive, right? Two horses should be ten taels of silver." Zhou Yong counted the money with him while counting with his fingers.

When Tian Zhi heard that two horses cost ten taels of silver, he was completely dumbfounded. He thought that horses would be expensive, but he didn't expect them to be so expensive!

Ten taels of silver. Even if you sell him, he’s not worth ten taels of silver!

"Ah? So expensive? Brother Yong, we are from the same village, can you give me a discount? How about this, six taels of silver, and I'll take both horses, okay?"

Hearing what he said, Zhou Yong looked at Tian Zhi as if he was a fool, pushed him aside, and said in a bad tone.

"Hey, are you here to cause trouble on purpose? I charge five taels of silver for a horse, and you want to buy my two horses for six taels of silver? I think you must have been kicked in the head by a donkey to say such a thing. I tell you, if you are not sincere in buying, get out of here right away."

While combing the horse's mane, Zhou Yong muttered to himself, "Even if you don't want to buy it, there are still many people who want to buy it. I don't know what happened in the past few days, but many people in the village came to me to buy horses. Anyway, I don't lack people who want to buy horses."

Hearing what Zhou Yong said, Tian Zhi suddenly became nervous. From what he said, it seemed that many people had heard about the horse eating the thousand-year-old jade.

No, if Zhou Yong really sells these two horses to someone else, then the reward money will have nothing to do with him.

He absolutely could not let such a thing happen. If he really found a thousand-year-old jade in the horse's stomach, he would return the jade to the rich businessman.

If the rich businessman is happy, he might give him a reward of several hundred taels of silver. In any case, he will definitely be able to earn back the ten taels of silver.

Thinking of this, Tian Zhi immediately made up his mind. He stretched out his hand to grab Zhou Yong's arm and said with gritted teeth: "No! I'll buy them! I'll buy both horses. Ten taels of silver is ten taels of silver!"

After hearing what he said, Zhou Yong finally smiled: "Okay, give me the silver and I'll give you the horse now."

Tian Zhi gritted his teeth and took out the purse from his arms. Without even counting, he gave all the money in the purse to Zhou Yong.

"These ten taels of silver are all my savings. They are all here. Brother Yong, can you count them?"

Zhou Yong took the purse and counted the money carefully. After making sure there was no problem, he smiled and nodded.

"Okay, no problem, you can take these two horses."

Tian Zhi responded excitedly, turned around and went to lead the horse: "By the way, Brother Yong, I'll sign the document for buying the horse in a few days. I have something to do now, so I'll leave first."

Zhou Yong hoped that he would not sign the document, and nodded repeatedly in agreement: "Well, go ahead and do your work."

Tian Zhi led two horses out of the Zhou family's yard. Zhou Yong stood in the yard looking at Tian Zhi's back. A cold light flashed in his eyes. He weighed the purse in his hand, not knowing what he was thinking.

After Tian Zhi left, he immediately walked out of the yard to find someone to pick him up.

As soon as Zhou Yong reached the entrance of the village, he saw Wen Shutang and Wen Ruizhou standing there with government officials waiting for him.

The moment Wen Shutang saw Zhou Yong, he walked over and asked with a smile, "How is it?"

Zhou Yong nodded without saying anything, then turned around and led them in one direction.

Tian Zhi brought the two horses to an uninhabited hillside. He looked at the two horses as if he were looking at some treasure, with greed in his eyes.

"Hahahaha, I'm going to be rich soon, and I'm going to get several hundred taels of silver notes in my hands soon!"

As he spoke excitedly, he tied the sick horse to a wooden stake so that the horse could not escape.

Tian Zhi picked up the axe beside him and started to chop down at the horse's belly.

The horse sensed the danger and immediately began to neigh and struggle, but its hooves were tied tightly and it could not escape.

Just as the blade was about to fall on the horse, an angry shout suddenly came from a distance.

"Tian Zhi! Stop it right there!"

Tian Zhi paused and turned his head to look over in confusion, only to see Zhou Yong rushing over with a large group of people, and behind him there were many yamen runners in official uniforms.

Tian Zhi subconsciously threw the axe in his hand aside in panic, and then seemed to react and his expression became much calmer.

Anyway, he spent ten taels of silver to buy these two horses from Zhou Yong. So what if he killed his own horses? Who could care less?

Tian Zhi was thinking this, and before he could open his mouth to ask a question, Zhou Yong on the side spoke first, but he was not talking to Tian Zhi, but to the yamen runners in official uniform beside him.

"Sir, look, this man stole my two horses. If we hadn't arrived in time, both of my horses would have been chopped to death by him!"

After hearing what Zhou Yong said, Tian Zhi was stunned. He looked at Zhou Yong in disbelief and retorted loudly.

"You are talking nonsense! I spent ten taels of silver to buy these two horses from you just now! How can you lie with your eyes open! Didn't I just give you ten taels of silver? Why did you turn around and report it to the police!"

Zhou Yong was too lazy to pay attention to him and didn't say anything. Instead, the officer next to him walked up to Tian Zhi and asked with a frown.

"You said you bought this horse?"

Tian Zhi nodded quickly: "Yes, yes, I just bought it, right in their yard! I spent ten taels of silver! But I spent a lot of money to buy it!"