Don't panic in a famine, I live in the mountains with my golden finger

I got 250 coins for making a wish. Lao Gao also gave some small desserts to Xuanyu and Song Guozi, and said that they could bring them to the store if they had any in the future.

Xu Yuan took his three siblings for a stroll in the county town and inadvertently passed by a bookstore. Many people were stopping at the stalls, flipping through a book with great interest.

I looked closely at the title of the book. Wow, this is the book I just saw in the store. I became even more curious about what is inside.

The ancients did like this. This book of storybook would cost the price of two meat buns. If I had other uses for the money, I would make a wish to get one to see how salty it is.

Soon the four of them arrived at the place where donkeys were sold. Xu Yuan went forward to inquire about the cheapest donkey, but the price of an injured or old donkey started at 100 wen.

excuse me!

Xu Yuan decided to exchange the points for the gift, but he had to find a reason, otherwise it would be unreasonable for a donkey to appear out of thin air.

"Xiaozhi, take the copper coins and take your brothers to the store over there to buy what you want. Go and have a look. I'll come find you later. Guozi Xiaoduo, you two follow your second sister and don't run around. It's too dirty here. I'll take a look myself."

"Sister, I don't have anything to buy, so let's not go." Xu Zhi immediately rejected her elder sister's suggestion, wanting to save some money.

The two little kids also shook their heads and didn't want to buy anything.

Ugh.

"No, the cow you're selling is not strong and has a lame leg. If I buy it, I'll have to spend money to treat its illness. If you can offer a lower price, I'll buy it."

Just as I was about to continue persuading Xuyuan, I suddenly heard two children about twelve or thirteen years old squatting nearby, with gray faces. Beside them lay a yellow cow with hay underneath. The cow looked a little old, but in good spirits, and its injured hoof was wrapped with herbs.

"No, not a cent less than two hundred coins." The older boy did not allow for any negotiation.

The younger boy next to him gently pulled the person next to him, nodded, and whispered something, but the person next to him still shook his head slightly.

Hearing that Xu Zhi and his two younger brothers didn't want to buy anything, he didn't force them. He went forward to take a look at the cows.

For only two hundred coins, you can get a cow. If you make a wish for Xiaojiu, you can exchange it for a magic medicine, so the cow will be full of life in your hands in a few days.

"Little brother, I'll buy this cow. Here's the money." Xu Yuan gave the money directly and generously. After all, he could see the reluctance in the eyes of the two kids and the urgency of their family. Cows are an important production labor force. Looking around the entire stall, it was basically impossible to buy one so cheaply. The minimum price was eight hundred Wen.

The two brothers were surprised to see someone paying without bargaining.

"No, girl. I came here first. Why do you want to buy it? Besides, this cow is not worth so much money." The auntie next to her was still bargaining, but she was cut off from the deal before she even agreed on the price. She was very unhappy.

"Auntie, this is my cow. I can sell it however I want. I won't sell it to you."

"You, huh, I don't want it. You're a cow that will definitely not live long. I don't want to be a sucker, unlike some people who are stupid and have a lot of money." Seeing that her unreasonable insistence was futile, the old lady looked at Xuyuan with a sneer, then cursed in an unlucky tone and walked away.

The older boy saw such a generous customer and he didn't want to be ruined by this old lady, so he quickly stuffed the money bag that Xuyuan had handed to him into the ox, lowered his head and touched the ox's head reluctantly. A child nearby squatted down and hugged the ox.

He handed the rope to Xuyuan and said, "I hope you can treat it well, thank you! It just has an injured foot, it's still very healthy." The older boy bowed deeply to Xuyuan and gave him some instructions.

He picked up the things on the ground and took his younger brother with him. He took a deep look at the cow on the ground, turned around and left. The cow on the ground seemed to sense something, raised its head and mooed in the direction of the two brothers, then stood up and watched them leave.

"Good cow, let's go!"

"Let's go, Niu Niu, from today on we are your new family." Many people were small, and when the cow stood up, they could only reach the cow's thighs and knees. The small hands touched the cow's belly.

Xu Yuan patted the cow's back, and while the three siblings were touching the cow here and there, he exchanged some medicine and stuffed it into the cow's mouth.

The yellow cow's lifeless eyes immediately became energetic, and it even stomped its feet and mooed at Xuyuan.

There were only fifty copper coins left, so he went to the grain store to buy some coarse rice. Speaking of rice, Xu Yuan had almost used up the coarse rice he bought last time. He opened the bag given by Gu Qinghan and saw that the rice inside was actually refined rice. Xu Yuan was so panicked that he didn't know what to say about Gu Qinghan. He could only say that he was such a good person.

Xuyuan also bought some rice seeds. Fortunately, the policies of that era were pretty good and the reclaimed land was exempted from grain tax for two years.

After buying the coarse rice, Xuyuan saw some soybeans, which were placed in the corner and were almost gathering dust. There was no price tag on them.

"Shopkeeper, how much are these soybeans?"

"Here, two cents, all for you. It's been here for a long time, and it's not fresh anymore. I was thinking of throwing it in the warehouse sometime."

When the shopkeeper saw that someone finally wanted to buy soybeans, he really wanted to give them to her directly. But if no one bought them and they couldn't eat too much at one time, it would be a loss, really a loss.

No way, no one has discovered the charm of soybeans! Now Xu Yuan has found another way to make money.

Now there was an ox to pull the cart. Although the ox walked very slowly, four legs were much faster than two legs. The four siblings sat on the cart together and quickly arrived in front of the cave in Hsinchu Village.

They drove the cattle into the cave, where the view was vast. Lao Fan, who lived near the house and the field, was the first to notice the movement. He put down the whip and wiped the sweat from his head.

"Wishful girl, did your family buy a cow? How much did you pay for it? Why does the cow walk like this? Did someone cheat you? They used a sick cow to fool you."

"No, Uncle Fan, I spent two hundred coins. The cow was sick, so I sold it so cheaply."

"Let me see. If it can be cured, it would be a great bargain. The cow looks very strong and energetic, and it's only two hundred." Uncle Liu listened to the price of the cow with his sharp ears and wanted to see if the cow he had found was worth the price.

"Two hundred? Two hundred! This is a piece of cake. This cow of mine with a little problem is sold for five hundred coins." Uncle Wang was not happy when he heard the price. He yelled and wanted to go forward to take a look at the cow.

He touched here and there, and even opened the bandage wrapped around the cow's hoof to examine the wound.

"Girl, it's not worth spending these two hundred dollars. You might as well buy a healthy and strong donkey. Your cow is old, and two of its hooves are already rotten, and the other two are almost the same. You have to spend money to buy medicine to apply on it." Uncle Wang shook his head, feeling indignant.