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The first batch of more than 40 young bulls from Lao Zhou's family were divided up within a few days. Those who borrowed cattle from their family were mainly some farmers in the town with more land, such as Luo Meng and his family's Luo Luosheng, and others. From their village and several nearby villages.

When Romon and the others were young, big buffaloes and small buffaloes could often be seen coming and going in the village. There were mountains everywhere in their place, and there were a few fields, all of which were terraced fields. Mechanized planting was a no-brainer. If you want to save some manpower, you have to use cattle.

Later, the number of people farming gradually decreased, and so did the buffaloes, which almost disappeared a few years ago. In the past two years, the number of people farming in Dawan Village suddenly increased, and the buffaloes came into use again.When Liu Chunlan and Luo Laohan talked about the loan of the buffaloes in Niuwangzhuang in the village, several families were moved. After all, they lived in the village, and they built a cowshed, and pulled them to the nearby hillside when they had nothing to do. You don't have to worry about putting it on the ground. With a farm ox, it's hard to know how easy it is to do this farm work.

In fact, Liu Chunlan and old man Luo didn't quite approve of Luo Meng's doing this. The buffalo is indeed spiritual, but they can't bear it. What to do or what to do, the ancestors have been doing this for thousands of years.

But this Niuwangzhuang, after all, is still a bit evil. Many people in the village say that Luo Meng did the right thing.Killing buffaloes on the territory of the bull king?Then what if the Bull King is furious?Can he keep the good Fengshui of Niuwangzhuang?When that time really comes, the people in their Dawan Village will never want to follow suit.

Based on these considerations, the old couple murmured, but they didn't say anything against it. To be honest, they themselves had no idea.

Besides, if you don’t sell those buffaloes, the loss in money is indeed not small, but their family’s life is better now, and they won’t be hungry and warm because of the less money they earn. The stories are all about the lack of people's hearts and finally made themselves nothing, warning future generations to be grateful and content.Thinking about those stories, and hearing that everyone in the village was unanimous in their opinions, the old couple soon thought about it and stopped caring about the money from selling the cows.

The first batch of more than 40 young bulls, the people of Dawan Village accounted for nine of them at one go. Of course, there must be more than this few households farming in the village, but some people really find it troublesome, or they can’t spare the effort. Those who didn't have any manpower to take care of the buffaloes thought of leasing them. The buffaloes were raised by others, and they needed to use them at that time, so they borrowed them for a few days and calculated some money for them, which was the same.

As a result, buffalo farmers have another way to earn money. Of course, even if they want to rent it out to others, they have to take it easy and don’t tire the cows out, otherwise Zhou will have to take them back in advance. If this one is taken back, it will not be so easy to go to Niuwangzhuang to borrow cattle next time.

The people in Dawan Village have made a specialization. If anyone wants a cow, just say hello to Lao Zhou’s family. The people in the town still rent a house like last time. The form was stuffed into the wooden box outside the supermarket, and Lao Zhou took it back to look at it, screen it, and then supply it in batches in order.

The last time when the suite above the supermarket was rented out, Chen Jianhua almost knew everyone in the entire Buffalo Town. Now if he talked about any village, he knew better than Lao Zhou.

With the previous experience, he was more agile when borrowing buffaloes this time. Lao Zhou brought back a stack of forms, and Chen Guanshi sifted through the screening, and quickly brushed away a considerable number of unqualified and falsely filled forms. The form and the rest are left to Lao Zhou to decide. In the end, Lao Zhou has the final say on who the bulls of Niuwangzhuang will be.

After the list is determined, these people are notified to transport the rice to Niuwangzhuang to exchange for bulls. There are more than 40 bulls.

"Uncle, here is so much rice, can you finish it?" The day of the cattle delivery happened to be Saturday, and Luo Quanshun, the head of Dawan Village, also brought two thousand catties of rice to Lao Zhou to pick up the cattle. Come here to join in the fun, this kid has been running to Yongqing with his father on weekends recently, delivering food from street to street, and I heard that he has saved some private money.

"Do you know how much rice my farm eats in a day?" Lao Zhou smiled while holding a plate of walnuts.

"How much?" Luo Wenfeng was really too lazy to count the number.

"Take today as an example. There are nearly 300 people who come to work here, including those in our yard. Among these 300 people, more than half are able-bodied and capable laborers. Let's make a conservative estimate. There are two meals at noon and evening, and each person has a total of one catty of rice. You see, you will eat three hundred catties a day, and a cow in a week?" I know that Chai Mi is expensive.

"Ah? So many!" Luo Wenfeng was obviously surprised by such an intuitive number.

"Hey, it's just in this yard, and there are a few mushroom sheds we have in Shangshui Village, you know? That's the top one to eat." This is really not what Lao Zhou said, those guys really It is very edible.

"But, Uncle, if they bring back the buffalo at that time, don't you have to give them back the rice?" How did you say that?This is an overdraft!

"That must be paid back." Lao Zhou always said what he meant.

"Then you'll have to buy rice at that time. It's a lot of money. It's a pleasure to get the rice for nothing now. It's too late to cry." Luo Wenfeng looked at Luo Meng with a disapproving expression. Can life be like this?

"Hey, it's okay, we will almost have beef to sell by then." Old Zhou said with a smile.

"Beef? You want to kill cattle?" Everyone in the village said that the buffaloes in Niuwangzhuang cannot be killed. Although the teachers at the school said that feudal superstition should not be practiced, since Luo Meng brought Erlang back to their village, These days are getting more and more prosperous day by day, and they are all seeing this. Thinking of Lao Zhou's plan to kill a cow, Luo Wenfeng feels a little guilty. Maybe all their happy lives will be destroyed by then. It's like a bubble, and it's all popped all at once, right?

"Who said the cows are going to be slaughtered? Wait for them to die." Romon snorted.

"Is it still edible?" Luo Wenfeng opened his eyes wide.

"Why can't you eat it? It's not the medicine that died of illness. I will tell them clearly that it is the dead beef from our Niuwangzhuang. Whoever likes it will eat it, and the one who doesn't like it will get it." Otherwise, What to do after the cattle in Niuwangzhuang die?buried?cremation?

"Uncle, I think, your beef is so good, even if it's dead beef, the taste must be the same."

"Why, are you hungry?"

"Hey."

"Wait slowly, it's still early, when you marry a wife and give birth to a baby, and when the baby grows to your age, it should be almost ready."

"..."

This time, the town and nearby villages borrowed cattle from the old Zhou's family, and they were basically brought back to raise cattle for farming. There were also those who dared to think about taking a buffalo from the old Zhou's family back to raise it for fun.

For their spirit of being brave in innovation and wanting to keep buffaloes as pets, Lao Zhou thinks that they should be encouraged, but these batches of buffaloes must not be their turn. As far as Lao Zhou is concerned, he believes that no matter whether it is a human or a cow, Everyone should have their own career, and eating rice is not always a long-term solution.

This time the cows were received, and one of them was quite special. It was a middle-aged man named Yang Zhiquan from Buffalo Town. He was in his early fifties and had only one daughter in his family, who was already married.Yang Zhiquan had been working outside when he was young. He hadn’t gone out for a long time because of his poor health. He and his wife had done a few small businesses in the town, but they couldn’t do it in the end. Baskets live, because there is not much pressure, life is also passed.

Their family had no fields and no land, but they insisted on being together with others, and filled out a form to Lao Zhou's place, saying that they wanted to borrow a cow and set up a bullock cart to pull people and goods in the town.When the neighbors heard about this, they all said it was unreliable, and even his wife disagreed, but he insisted on going his own way, not only filled out the form, but finally managed to get a cow back from Lao Zhou.

"Brother, are you taking this cow back to pull people or goods?" Old Zhou asked this man when he brought a cart of rice to Niuwangzhuang.

"It's all done." The middle-aged man said.

"That won't work, you have to have a direction." Lao Zhou shook his head and pointed him out: "If you use a cart to pull goods, would you be willing? If you use a cart to pull goods, that's fine." It’s not easy to pretend.”

"Then what do you think is the right way?" The other party asked immediately after hearing that what Lao Zhou said made sense.

"I said you'd better find a carpenter and build a better-looking ox cart. When the big guy looks fresh, there must be someone sitting on it. If it doesn't work, lower the price and help people pick up and drop off children. You can earn some money." Well. Pulling goods is a hard job. You are pulling goods for others, but you can’t help them move them up and down? You are not in good health, so why don’t you do it, what’s the matter with your health?”

Lao Zhou now lives a leisurely life with little pressure in life, so sometimes he seems enthusiastic and likes to meddle in other things. This is not the case when he was still hanging around in the city.

"Hey, what you said makes sense, it seems that you still have to pull people."

After Yang Zhiquan went back, he really moved down a few pieces of wood from the top floor of his house. The carpenter was not willing to look for it. He found saws, hammers and other tools by himself, and he was busy at home for several days. It was to knock him out of an ox cart.

This is really a very simple bullock cart. At first glance, it looks like a cart with a few benches on it to build a shed. Looking at the bullock cart he made, Yang Zhiquan couldn't help but began to beat the drums in his heart. Such a broken car, how can anyone really want to sit in it?

After hesitating again and again, this morning, he still had the courage to pull out the young bull that he just brought home a few days ago from the cowshed in the backyard of their house, put it in a car, and slowly drove it out. own yard.

This little bull has been in their house for a few days. At the beginning, he seemed a little sullen, but now he has basically gotten used to it, and he is very obedient. Many neighbors of their house have visited and said that this bull is very smart. , as if you can understand everything you say to it.

The couple also took good care of it. Every day, they put it out on the stream beach to graze. There were several other young bulls in the town, all of whom had just come down from Niuwangzhuang, because the grass on the stream beach They are the most fresh and tender, and everyone likes to put them there. Once a few cows are put there, the owners of the cows can help each other take care of them.

It was just dawn in the early morning, and the streets were still a little deserted. Occasionally, some businessmen came out early with their loads and drove out. The breakfast shops had already opened, and steaming steamed from the stacked steamers of the steamed stuffed bun shop. bursts of heat...

"Yo, Zhiquan, have you finished the car?" Yang Zhiquan was driving the ox cart, and soon met several women, all of whom were older, and one of them lived close to their house. Yes, I greeted him with a smile.

"Yes." Yang Zhiquan smiled a little embarrassedly: "Where are you going, shall I take you there?"

"no, I'm fine."

"It's okay, idle is idle anyway."

"Well, why don't you send us to Dawan Village."

"Go there to buy food?"

"Yes, although there are supermarkets in the town now, we think it's more affordable to go to their village to buy. You can pick and choose and bargain."

"Just stay away."

"That's right, we are so stupid that we don't know how to ride a bicycle, so we always walk."

"Take a car, isn't it hard to walk every day?"

"The first few days of walking were okay, but now I walk a lot, and I'm tired of it. But there are few cars on their road, and there are no cars at the moment. There is only one class after seven o'clock when the children are about to go to class. Besides, it costs a few dollars to go back and forth, which is not worth it.”

These women got into the bullock cart, and they staggered along the way. The cart was not moving fast, and it was almost as easy as walking by themselves. It was much easier. They walked and talked all the way, and they will arrive at Dawan Village soon. .Although they didn't ask for money at the beginning, after these women got off the bus, they insisted on paying Yang Zhiquan the fare.

"How did this happen? I also said that I would send you over here. Is it still called a gift after giving money?" Yang Zhiquan was very embarrassed by them.

"If you want to send it back next time, you are an open business. How dare we use you for nothing?"

"No, no, you should take it back."

"Hey, you're just being polite. It's not a matter of course to pay for a ride."

After some concessions, Yang Zhiquan finally gave in.

"That's not too much, just give one yuan per person."

"Where can I go?"

"What's wrong? A cart pulled by oxen doesn't use oil or electricity."

"Too little, too little, that won't work."

"It's quite a lot. If I pull the five of you, I'll earn five yuan. That's all I need."

"Hey, if you want to say that, we will take your car when we go back later."

"That's a good relationship. It's ten yuan for a round trip. I was afraid that I wouldn't be able to open it when I first went out."

"Hey, we are also affordable. What can one dollar do for you these days?"

In just a day or two, Yang Zhiquan's business started to start. During these few hours in the morning, he mainly went to Dawan Village to pick up some grocery buyers, as well as the old people who worked in Niuwangzhuang. Piggyback an early riser or two.

Those who ride in his car are basically those who are not in a hurry. His car is too slow, and it is definitely not suitable for those who pursue speed.

When going up the mountain, Yang Zhiquan will control the number of people. This calf is still young, so don’t get tired. When he reaches a place with a steep slope, he will go down and walk a few steps by himself. Some people in the car will also go down for a walk. Fee, it’s cheap, what’s wrong with walking a few steps?

When going down the mountain, Yang Zhiquan has to press the brake. This thing is also figured out by himself. It works on the same principle as the two brake pads on a bicycle. The friction area is a little larger. Simple is simple, and it works well.

For Yang Zhiquan's bullock cart, people in the town have mixed opinions, but they can't stand it being cheap. No matter what others say, people still ride it every day.

At present, his customer base is mainly middle-aged and elderly people who are accustomed to frugality. Most of these people are not physically strong, and they are not very willing to spend money on a car. It doesn't count.

To put it bluntly, what Yang Zhiquan earns is hard money. He has to drive a car and take care of buffaloes every day. some income.

Although today's Buffalo Town is much more prosperous than before, there are not a few families like Yang Zhiquan who have no stable source of income. Some people see that Yang Zhiquan's driving a bullock cart every day is enough to earn money to support their families, so they started Follow the trend of mind.

When Lao Zhou was sitting in his hut looking at these forms this afternoon, he found that many people had written that they had taken the cattle back and planned to let them pull the cart.

"If there are too many bullock carts, then the business will be difficult, right?" Xiao Shulin took a few forms in his hand, looked at them, and said.

"Hey, that's not necessarily the case. There are many idlers in our town, few go to work, and there are very few times when they are in a hurry. Now they are still a little bit reluctant, and when they get used to it, there will be more people taking cars. "Romon still knows their Buffalo Town very well.