Fu Lang told me not to mess up

Chapter 43 Buying a Horse

The two hurried and hurried, and finally rushed back to the village before dark.

Lu Jing first sent brother Yun home, and then drove the ox cart back to the village chief's house to return the cart.

The village chief's family was eating, and when they saw Lu Jing coming, they warmly invited him to eat. Lu Jing smiled and said no, and handed the oiled paper bag in his hand to Aunt Zhao who came out to welcome him, "This is the cooked food we bought on the way back, here you are Add some food."

Aunt Zhao refused, but Lu Jing smiled and said, "I'm too embarrassed to borrow your ox cart next time." Aunt Zhao couldn't say no to

him, and she knew that he really gave it, but in the end it was Reaching out his hand to take it, he said angrily, "You're welcome, kid."

Wu Dazhuang came over to help Lu Jing unload the cart at the back, and the two put the cart back together, and led the cattle to the cowshed in the backyard.

Aunt Zhao swiftly cut up what Lu Jing brought and put it on the table. It was wrapped in greased paper just now, but she didn't see clearly. What Lu Jing gave was actually a large piece of stewed pork head, which was cut out and piled up on a plate.

Everyone said that Lu Jing was generous, so they stopped their chopsticks and planned to wait for Lu Jing to eat together.

When Lu Jing finished his work and returned to the front yard, Aunt Zhao had already set up his bowls and chopsticks, and greeted him, "Boy Lu, come and have dinner, I'm afraid I didn't eat anything when I came back so late. "

She said and patted her head, "Look at me, I forgot about Brother Yun." She turned to her second daughter-in-law and said, "Chunhua, please help me to call Brother Yun, these two, even come to my house See you all."

The second daughter-in-law Chunhua nodded and said, "Oh, I got it, mother."

Seeing that she was about to get up in response, Lu Jing hurriedly stopped her and said, "I won't eat my aunt, Brother Yun is waiting at home. As for me, we bought cooked food in the town, so we don't need to make another dinner, you and your family can eat quickly, Brother Yun and I will come to visit some other day."

He didn't wait for Aunt Zhao to stay longer, he waved his hands and said goodbye to everyone quickly, then turned around and strode away.

Aunt Zhao chased after two steps, and saw him running so far that she couldn't even see his shadow, she couldn't help but smiled and said, "This child..." The village head

also had a smile on his face, and told her to sit down to eat quickly. He picked up a pig's head with chopsticks Putting the meat into his mouth, it smells delicious when he chews it. This is the signature of Wang's shop in the town. It tastes amazing and the price is not cheap. It's rare that Lu Jing has the heart to remember them.

He has been the village head for so many years, and he has helped countless young people in the village, and some of them started business or passed the exam. Most of them started to get Joe after their status improved, but Lu Jing was different. Such a person had no achievements. will be small.

After Brother Yun arrived home, he put the money box and account book back in the main room, and then went into the stove to wash rice and steam the rice. When they came back, they bought cooked food, but they were all meat dishes. He planned to go to the old house at the foot of the mountain to pick them before it was dark. Two cucumbers came back cold.

When Lu Jing came back, he saw that the gate of the courtyard was locked from the outside. After looking around, he saw brother Yun walking back from the foot of the mountain. With a full vegetable basket, he walked back slowly while holding his hand. Now that the weather is still not hot, the vegetables can be stored for two or three days after picking them back, so Brother Yun picked some more, so after a while, he turned his

head and asked Lu Jing: "Brother Lu, are you hungry?"

After eating a few buns, of course he was already hungry. He nodded seriously, "I've been hungry for several days.

" He had achieved good results on the first day, and the tension between the two of them had finally dissipated, and he was in the mood to tease people.

Brother Yun was about to say that if he was hungry later, he would wash a cucumber mat first, but he was stunned for a while after hearing his words. He didn't quite understand, but he could vaguely guess the meaning of the words.

He looked at the smile in the corner of Lu Jing's eyes, and knew that he guessed right. He wanted to break away from Lu Jing's hand and walk home, but found that his hand was pulled tightly.

He couldn't get away, so he turned his head to the other side, ignoring people, but the ear facing Lu Jing was red.

Lu Jing squeezed Brother Yun's hand. After two months of raising it, his hand has not even had many calluses. It is soft and feels good in his hand. He turned his head to see Brother Yun's anger Gu's side face, um... his temper is also good, much more lively than before.

He stretched out his hand and scratched Brother Yun's palm, "Don't be angry, I was wrong."

Every time Brother Yun heard his pitiful tone, his heart softened. Although he knew that he was probably pretending, he still His complexion eased, and he said, "Don't always say such things outside, what should you do if others hear you?"

Lu Jing still maintained a pitiful tone, "But there are only two of us here... I see, I will Just tell Brother Yun at home."

Brother Yun wanted to refute, but he didn't know where to start, he was not as thick-skinned as Lu Jing, and he was too embarrassed to bring this up so commonly, so he could only say sullenly in the end "You'd better be."

Liu Guihua went to her eldest brother's house for dinner today, and when she came out, she saw two people walking from the foot of the mountain. She joked with a smile: "Oh, the young couple are having trouble?"

Lu Jing said in a second She put away her pitiful and feigned aggrieved expression, raised her head and said with a smile, "No, we're just kidding around." While

they were talking, they had already reached the door, Lu Jing let go of Brother Yun's hand and asked him to open the door, he greeted Liu Guihua "Let's go back first, see you, auntie."

After entering the door, Lu Jing followed Brother Yun into the stove house. Brother Yun turned around and held out his hand to him, and he put his hand on it seriously. Going up, Brother Yun finally succeeded with his expressionless face. He smiled and patted Lu Jing's hand, "Give me the food."

Seeing him smile, Lu Jing also smiled and put the dishes on the stove, and asked him: "What do you want to wash, I'll do it."

Brother Yun picked two cucumbers from the vegetable basket, and made a cucumber shoot, no need to waste Regarding the matter between the two of them, Lu Jing still followed him attentively, scooping up water for a while, and handing out bowls for a while.

Brother Yun was so entangled by him that he had no choice but to say: "I'm not angry, Brother Lu, don't be like this."

Lu Jing still said in that pitiful tone, "Then I have been hungry for several days, what did Brother Yun say? What to do?"

Brother Yun could roughly guess what he meant, and he blushed suddenly, although his face had been thickened a lot by Lu Jing, but how could he compare to Lu Jing.

He stuffed a chopstick of the mixed cucumber into his mouth, trying to gag him.

Lu Jing chewed and swallowed, and was about to say something, when Brother Yun stuffed another cucumber.

Lu Jing: ...

Brother Yun has turned bad.

Brother Yun added some seasoning to the stewed vegetables he bought and mixed them with the greasy cucumbers. It was a great meal. Both of them were starving today, and they ate cleanly.

Lu Jing washed the bowls and chopsticks, left a stove to warm the water for washing later, then went to the main room with brother Yun, lit the lamps and began to settle accounts.

Brother Yun had already calculated in advance when there was no business in the store. Today, the deposit collected on the book alone is ninety taels of silver, and most of it is on brocade garments. The work time for fine cotton garments is not much different, but the total price Low, and profits are much lower.

Lu Jing discussed with Brother Yun, planning to only buy brocades in the shop for the time being, and consider making custom-made fine cotton garments after there are more embroiderers.

Brother Yun also agreed. Now they only have Brother Qi as an embroiderer. If there are too many fine cotton garments, it is really impossible to make them. It is better to keep the more profitable brocade garments for the time being, and then consider other things when they grow stronger.

The two poured out the money in the box and counted it. The box was heavy. If the young man who ordered three sets of clothes hadn't given him a bank note, they gave him change and found a lot of scattered silver. Can't fit anymore.

After counting the money and matching the accounts, the two of them looked at each other and smiled. Today, they earned back the cost of the fabric, which also gave them confidence that it will definitely get better and better in the future.

Lu Jing counted twenty taels to Brother Yun, and handed him fifty taels of silver notes, "This is Brother Yun's dowry, and Brother Yun will keep it for himself. This is the money we earned, Brother Yun Keep it, and use the rest for shop turnover."

Brother Yun didn't say much, they are a family now, no distinction between you and me.

After he put away the money, Lu Jing told him about buying a cow.

"It's inconvenient for us to go to and from the town now, but we can occasionally stay in the shop for one night, but the house is definitely more comfortable than living in the town. I think it's better to buy a cow, which is convenient for going back and forth." Brother Yun also

agrees , How can the outside be the same as home, even if it takes a long time on the road every day, he is willing to go home.

Seeing that he also agreed, Lu Jing said, "I still have more than eighteen taels in my hand, which should be enough to buy cattle. I'll take some time to go and have a look tomorrow.

" I didn't post it, but I will post it when it passes tomorrow morning, trying to recruit people as soon as possible.

Brother Yun said: "Since you plan to let Brother Qi take care of Xiuniang, shouldn't his wages be increased?"

They also plan to give two taels of silver to their newly recruited embroiderers, which is worse than the average embroiderers in Wanning cloth village. The average embroiderers in Wanning cloth village can get nearly three taels of silver, and good embroiderers will only be higher.

Lu Jing nodded, "That's right. I'm going to raise Qi Ge'er up to four taels of silver first. He is good at making clothes, literate and has rules in his work. I can rest assured that he will check on him." Speaking of Qi Ge'er, Lu Jing

and Brother Yun said his thoughts, "It's okay that our shop has less fabric now, but after the ready-made clothes and inventory increase, I'm afraid it will attract thieves. I want to ask Brother Qi and his wife if they would like to move to the shop. Let's look at the shop by the way, and we'll pay them an extra salary."

Brother Yun looked at Lu Jing with a smile and said, "I think so too, although the backyard of the shop is not as quiet as their current residence, but the living environment is good. There are many, the house they are renting is too damp, today I saw brother Qi had a lot of rashes, and I found out it was because the room was too damp after asking him." Lu Jing grasped the key point: "Why do you see that he grows up

? Have a rash?"

Brother Yun said helplessly: "If you're not careful, don't you even want to be jealous of this?"

Lu Jing nodded seriously, "To make it up to me, you have to take a bath with me."

Brother Yun didn't know that he was playing What kind of idea did he come up with, his face was quietly stained with a layer of blush, and he refused: "I don't want it, I'm going to wash and go to bed." How could

he escape Lu Jing's palm, and finally he was carried into the bathroom, almost The history of the day before repeated itself again, and there was a short whimper mixed with the non-stop sound of water.

The corners of Yun'er's eyes were condensed with water or tears. After another movement, he finally couldn't hold back and bit Lu Jing's shoulder.

The two of them were going to the town tomorrow, so Lu Jing restrained himself and only wanted one time. He wrapped up the glowing red brother Yun and carried him back to his room. Brother Yun was still awake, but he was too tired to move. He wiped his hair, put on his clothes and waited on him with massage.

Brother Yun felt the strength of Lu Jing's rubbing on his waist, and thought that he was getting more and more pampered. His mother said that he should not be proud of being favored, but his beloved was infinitely gentle to him. .

Lu Jing touched Brother Yun's hair which was already dry, kissed him on his still red face, hugged him and said, "Go to sleep." Then

Brother Yun also closed his eyes, and in Lu Jing Rubbed affectionately in his arms.

The next day, after breakfast, the two of them went to ride an ox cart. The money box was packed in their baggage, so they couldn't see what it was from the outside.

People in the village didn't know that they were going to open a shop in the town, and when they saw the two coming over holding hands sweetly, they all greeted them with smiles.

When they arrived in the town, they went to the store together. When they reached the entrance of Yuntang Restaurant, they met Nan Qi, and Nan Qi followed them in again.

At the door of the store, Lu Jing was about to open the door with the key, but suddenly frowned and stopped.

Brother Yun looked up at him suspiciously, and asked: "What's the matter, Brother Lu?"

Lu Jing said: "Someone has moved this lock."

The other two were shocked when they heard this.

Lu Jing opened the door after observing, and a few people walked in. Everything in the shop was normal, and it didn't look like anyone had been there before, so they were relieved.

Lu Jing went to check all over the backyard again, and came back and told the two people: "The locks on the door of the backyard and the storeroom have been touched, but they couldn't be pried open. They should have tried it through the courtyard wall. There was only one person, but I didn't expect that I was everywhere. They all installed locks, but failed."

Brother Yun said: "It should be because we saw our new opening, and there was no one on duty, so we made a temporary decision."

Lu Jing nodded and said: "That's right, this means that our shop has been targeted by someone, and we have to strengthen our defenses."

Now that we have reached this point, Brother Yun turned to Nan Qi and said, "Brother Qi, I talked to Brother Lu yesterday. After discussing it, I plan to raise your salary to four taels of silver a month, and you will be responsible for managing all the embroiderers in the future, and be responsible for the quality of the clothes they produce." Seeing Nan Qi looking at him in disbelief, he continued with a

smile : "One more thing, we hope that you and your husband can move to live in the shop, and take care of the shop by the way, we will pay you one hundred cash per month, would you

like it?" Regarding the wage increase, and hearing the news that they were asked to move to the shop, he blushed with joy: "No wages! We are willing to move, and we will take good care of the shop. Thank you, brother Yun!" He turned to Lu Jing

again , happily said: "Thank you, boss!"

His happiness is contagious, and Brother Yun also laughed with him, "You still have to pay wages, and everything is different. When can you move here?"

Nan Qi also wanted to move here as soon as possible. He had seen the house in the backyard of the shop, and it was much better than the house they lived in.

The house they live in is dilapidated and damp, which is not good for Zhou Yan's recovery, but he has paid in advance two months' wages, and he is seeing Zhou Yan to make up his health, and there is no money left to change places to live. Brother Yun's The proposal seemed tailor-made for him, he hesitated and said: "I can move today, but I'm at work, big... My husband's leg is still hurt and he can't pack up." The shop really cannot leave him,

Yun Brother thought about it, and came up with a compromise: "Well, you can find a woman to clean up for you, and your husband can watch and direct her to do it, and I will pay for it.

" If there are thieves, it is better for someone to live in as soon as possible to deter them.

Nan Qi quickly shook her head and said: "No, I'll come out, there is a woman near my house who helps people wash clothes all the year round, she should be able to do it." Brother Yun said: "Then you go find the person and explain it to me first

. The person who moved the things should also find it in advance, and after packing, let the person who moved the things come to the door and bring the things with your husband in an ox cart." Brother Qi nodded, and then hesitated: "Shall I go now?

"

Yun Brother Yun nodded, "Go, there are no guests in the morning, go early and come back early."

After he finished speaking, he turned his head and looked at Lu Jing. Lu Jing received Brother Yun's meaning, coughed, and said: "Go, Yun What brother said is the same as mine."

Only then did Qi brother feel relieved, greeted the two of them and ran away happily.

Seeing that brother Yun's arrangement was very organized, Lu Jing smiled and said to him: "Then what should I do next, Boss Xue?"

Brother Yun told Lu Jing yesterday that Lu Jing always frightened Nan Qi and made Nan Qi feel uncomfortable. He came to tell Nan Qi about this by himself, so he took the initiative to tell Nan Qi, but now Lu Jing used this to tease him, so he followed Lu Jing's usual serious look and said: "Hurry up and go Put up the recruitment notice, and then go to the bull market to buy cattle."

Lu Jing was so cute by his pretending to be serious, she probed him and kissed him, and said with a smile: "Of order, Boss Xue."

Then she went to the counter to get the recruitment notice go out.

Brother Yun ran away before he had time to say anything. He pinched his red ears, put the account book and money box in the bag into the corresponding places on the counter, and went to sort out the things that the guests messed up when they chose. Cloth, waiting for guests to come to your door.

Lu Jing quickly put up the recruitment notice and came to the bull market. This is called the bull market. In fact, there are donkeys, horses, mules and other livestock, so there is already a strong smell as soon as he walks to the door.

Lu Jing walked around without changing his expression. He had fought among the zombies before, so this smell is nothing.

He felt that there seemed to be no difference between the left and right cows, and fell into deep thought: how should I choose?

Suddenly, his eyes lit up, a red horse in the corner attracted his attention, he stepped forward to take a closer look, the horse's hair was a little frizzy, it seemed to be neglected, the horse's coat color was not pure, but its eyes were very Unruly, looks very energetic.

Seeing that Lu Jing was interested in the horse, the horse dealer didn't seem very enthusiastic. Anyway, no matter how enthusiastic he is to the customer, the horse will eventually drive the customer away.

Speaking of it, he wanted to find someone to cry about, this horse was bred by himself, and he delivered the baby himself, the front half of the body was red, but there were large spots of variegation on the buttocks, which forcibly lowered the appearance, so the foal was born They were not picked away.

Although the quality is average, such a horse can be sold for a lot of money when it is an adult, so he wanted to raise it and sell it for money.

The parents of this horse are gentle horses, and it didn't look wrong when it was young, but as it grew up, its temper became more crooked, and it provoked other horses all day long, and it didn't look like it was dirty. Got him to wash and ended up having to separate it from the other horses.

But when he became an adult, he was troubled. This horse was not loved by anyone, and he wanted to fight all day long. He tried his best to tame it, but how could he sell it?

Although there is a young master who likes to play with horses, he likes horses with this temperament, but the horse is not in good condition, and he will not want it after sending it to others, so he can only pull it to the market to sell.

Sure enough, as he expected, all the customers in the market would be driven away by it when they tried to touch it. Fortunately, no one was hurt, otherwise he would have to pay to grandma's house.

He lowered the price again and again, but he still didn't sell it. He had to spend money to feed the horse every day. If he couldn't sell it any more, he would consider killing the horse and selling it for meat.

Seeing someone coming to see the horse again, he said without much interest: "This horse is cheap, fifteen taels. If you want it, you can take it away." When

Lu Jing heard that the price was so low, his heart skipped a beat. The price is going up to thirty taels. Is this horse sick and eager to sell?

Seeing Lu Jing's doubtful expression, the peddler explained indifferently: "To tell you the truth, there is nothing wrong with this horse, but it is too wild and no one can handle it. I just want to sell it now. This is a loss. If you don't mind the price, you can take it away."

Lu Jing was dubious, and tentatively reached out to touch the horse's head, and the horse turned to look at Lu Jing, but did not make any other moves.

Hawker:?

Lu Jing:?

Lu Jing turned to look at the peddler suspiciously. The peddler was even more unbelievable than him. He also approached the horse cautiously and touched the horse's head. As expected, the horse headed towards him. If he hadn't dodged quickly, I'm sure I'm going to drop my ass and squat.

Lu Jing: ...

he suddenly believed what the peddler said.

Only then did the peddler believe that the horse hadn't changed its nature. He looked at Lu Jing curiously and asked Lu Jing to touch it again.

Lu Jing also found it novel, he tentatively stretched out his hand and touched it again, but Ma didn't even look at him this time, and just stood still to let him touch it.

Lu Jing really felt that this horse was destined for him. He looked at the horse's teeth again, and after confirming that there was nothing wrong with the horse, he turned to the peddler and said, "15 taels of silver, I'll take it." The peddler saw that Lu Jing

could After subduing it, he felt that the money was lost. He hesitated for a while, then turned his head and thought, if it wasn't for Lu Jing, this horse would have to fall into his own hands, so he replied heartbrokenly: "Okay, deal."

Seeing his hesitation, Lu Jing guessed what he was thinking, but he was not in a hurry. No one would buy this horse except him. Finally, when the peddler announced the deal, he also laughed. This peddler is good at business.

Lu Jing paid the money, and the peddler gave him some fodder, and told him to come to him if he wanted to buy fodder. The price he gave must be a good deal, so Lu Jing bought some more.

He put the fodder on the horse's back and led the horse out of the bull market. He only had three taels of silver left on him, but he was very happy in his heart. The speed of the horse cart was much faster than that of the bullock cart. From now on, he and Brother Yun went back and forth between the village and the town It's much more convenient.

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Xiao Lu: This horse and I have a relationship at first glance

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