Begging You to Break Off This Engagement!

9.1 Plans

Edited by Hippo~

In the countryside, cattle are an indispensable animal. For whoever who owns a cow, it is sure that life will not be too bad for them. As for horses, only the really big families can afford to own them. Before, when Zhang Yangfan that scum and Jiang Baining got married, he was riding a horse; the horse was still borrowed. Even though Zhang House in Huaping Village is a wealthy family but even his family has no horses. He could just imagine how expensive horses are.

However, the Zhang family has a cow.

As soon as Luo Fei thought of Jiang Baining with that smug demeanor, it annoyed him. Isn't it just a cow?!

He also wants to buy a cow! Buy a better cow than the Zhang family's! He is not the kind of person who likes to one-up everyone, but he must compete with the enemy! Because of Zhang Yangfan and Jiang Baining, people often point at him. Whatever it is, that being said, he must fight back!

Luo Fei stood at the door of the Xi house: "Xi Yanqing, are you there?"

Xi Yanqing said: "Here, the door is not locked, come in yourself!"

When Luo Fei pushed the door, the door opened, but the door of the Xi house was slightly heavy, so the first time he pushed, he was not able to open it all the way.

It was dark and Xi Yanqing had lit up oil lamps. When Luo Fei went in, he saw him holding a very small needle in the light, clumsily staring at the clothes in confusion.

"Is there something you need?" Xi Yanqing raised his head.

"What are you doing?" Luo Fei casually sat down, "Sewing clothes?"

"En, I scratched it against something and it ripped while working during the day. It doesn't seem like it will be okay to work in without patching it up. It is at the knee area, usually, it would be okay, but when you squat and stand, the hole will get bigger and bigger.

"Hey, let me ask you, do you know how much you need to buy a cow?" Luo Fei finished saying as he watched Xi Yanqing mess with the clothes again.

"Around five liang of silver, for a normal farming cow."

"Five liang?" So chea—no! It is so expensive! His family of six spends a maximum of five liang a year. If no troubles occurred, it would suffice to save some and just use three liang of silver. Five liang! Doesn't it take two years of saving without food and drink?!

"A calf may be cheaper, a better one sells for about four liang of silver, and worse ones sell for maybe about three liang of silver. But if it is a female, it is more expensive, and a breeder cow is also expensive. Why do you ask?"

"I want to buy a cow. Hey, do you know? That Jiang Baining, who stole my original body's place, I met him when I went to the Han family to borrow their oxcart. He has a cow in his household and he won't let other people not know about it!" he paused, "But five liang is really too expensive." He didn't know if even selling himself would be enough to gather five liang. This was a horrible situation! A cow is so expensive, that was why not every household had one!

"If you make enough money, you can buy it. We are still young and can plan ahead slowly. Well, we have greater knowledge than those ancient people, so there is always an opportunity for us to innovate."

"You are right, but where can I start?" He also knows that making money is important, but how can he earn some? There is no way to receive advertisement deals or make any films here. (Remember LF went to film/acting school so that's how he knows how to make money.)

What Luo Fei thought for a long time but could only think of going up the mountains to plough more land and increase the food production at home. But with his small arms and small legs, it is estimated that even if he ploughs until next year, he still wouldn't be able to even plough one mu of land (Around 0.0667 hectares), which is definitely too bitter.

Other people who transmigrate and can just easily live and earn money with their skills. How come when it came to him he couldn't? This is so unreasonable!

Xi Yanqing watched Luo Fei who was deep in thought and smiled: "You want a cow that much?"

"Ah." Luo Fei squinted at Xi Yanqing. "You don't want one? If we really must work, it's better to have a cow. If there is no cow, the cow's work will have to be done by us." Thinking about it, I am already beginning to have back pain! Although he is a ger, and his body is not as strong, he still has to help out whenever they need help. It is impossible to really wait for a pie to fall from the sky. So they still really have to have a cow.

"Can you cook?" Xi Yanqing thought and said, "If you can cook, then in the future I can do the work in the field."

"... Does cooking instant noodles count?" Luo Fei asked.

"Do you think instant noodles are available for purchase anywhere here?" Xi Yan took a long sigh. "It seems like we can't expect to eat anything delicious for now."

Notes: They'll figure something out :3 I love to see how characters come up with ways to make that cha-ching cha-ching~