allonlinenovel Chapter 168 Buying a Cow
Chapter 168 Buying a Cow
Fang Tong stopped driving and got off the ox cart, letting them have a good look.
He pulled the ox cart slowly, which made it convenient for him to chat and brag. Soon many people heard the news and came to watch the fun.
"Oh my, this is really impressive, huh? Is this for delivery?"
Everyone came out to watch the fun, talking a lot, and felt that this man was different after getting rich. Look at Fang Tong, he even twisted his hips when he walked!
If Fang Tong knew what they were thinking, he would definitely have to explain it to them.
He didn't just twist his butt. He fell off the cart while Tiezhu was driving it. It still hurts. The ride was a bit bumpy, so he can't walk properly now!
"Hey, Third Brother, in this season, isn't this cow much more expensive?"
"Why haven't you changed your tune yet? He's already been adopted out."
"Well, I'm used to it!"
Everyone was having a great time, and having an ox cart in the village was quite a novelty.
"Alright, alright, we're already at the doorstep, stop following me! We can talk about this another day!"
Fang Tong chased people away, and everyone still felt that they had not yet finished their meal, but this was Old Qin's house, and they couldn't just go in and chat without saying hello.
The group of people dispersed in a hurry, but the man didn't stop talking. They quickly went to talk to those who hadn't come to talk about buying the ox cart.
At the Fang family, Mrs. He and Old Mrs. Fang were frying chestnuts.
Ever since she fried it for the first time, Fang Qingya never fried it again. She was afraid of scratching her hands when she picked up firewood and didn't want to roughen her hands.
If she wasn't afraid that these two people wouldn't be able to control the heat and sugar well, she wouldn't want to stay in the kitchen.
"Fang family? Are you here?"
He heard someone calling outside and tilted her head to listen: "Go and have a look, I think I hear your Aunt Bai's voice."
Fang Qingya went out and found that it was indeed the daughter-in-law of the Zhou family next door. Bai was winking at the gate of the courtyard, and as soon as she saw someone come out, she walked in.
"Where's your mother?"
As she spoke, she was about to walk towards the open kitchen door, but Fang Qingya stopped her: "Hey, I'll call you."
There is work going on in the kitchen, how can we let others see?
"Call your grandma over here too, I have something important to tell you!"
Just as the pot was finished, Mrs. Fang heard Bai stretching her neck and shouting, and slowly stood up from the stool: "That's right, let's go out and rest."
Bai didn't plan to chat with them for long, so she just stood there and drank some water.
"I just came back from the village. Fang Tong bought a cow!"
"What?!"
The three of them stared at her closely: "Buy a cow?"
"Yes! Not only did they buy a cow, but they also brought a cart behind it. They brought back a whole set. I saw it being led back home from the village entrance. Many people were watching just now."
"Where did he get the money to buy the cow?"
Bai looked at He and thought she might be crazy. "Where else could you get that from? You must be making money from these businesses. Doesn't your family do the same?"
She could smell the sugar when she was standing at the door just now, why is she still pretending?
Old Madam Fang was also a little confused: "How much silver is a cow worth, a few taels?"
"Well, the cow alone would cost several taels, plus the car and other things. All these odds and ends must be quite old. I see that the cow is in great shape, shiny and oily. You can tell at a glance that it was well-raised and sold to people, not just an old ox for plowing."
"You didn't see it, the cart is also new, very good!" She said, and saw that the three people's faces turned pale and no one answered her, which made her feel bored.
"Ah, it seems your family has driven away their most promising son. What a pity."
She waved her hand: "Forget it, I'm going home!"
As soon as she left, the three of them couldn't hold back their expressions. He lowered her voice and said, "This Li Zi has some greasy hair. He must have made his money from the cake business! How much does he earn?"
Fang Qingya patted her chest with her hand, feeling like she couldn't breathe.
Everyone said that Fang Jin was a scholar, but as a daughter, she didn't feel that she had gained any advantage at all. Instead, her family thought that her father was always tight-fisted. If her background had not been exposed, she would have been working every day like other children.
She hasn't left the countryside yet, and she wants to visit the county town or the provincial capital for no reason, but she doesn't want to push her bicycle or squeeze in a car with others.
Now that’s good, Fang Tong and the others can get in the car first!
He also felt a pain in her heart, and the more she thought about it, the more unbearable it became.
"Mom, I'm leaving home right now to buy a cow. I'd say his crying and howling are just fake, just to show off to others. We still have to get the cake recipe!"
Mrs. Fang glanced at her and asked, "What do you mean?"
He was anxious: "Oh, mother, we absolutely can't let him make a fuss once and then forget about the cake. We have to ask him! And he might have used the money he brought to the Qin family to buy this cow. He is not a member of our family anymore, how can he take the money away? We have to get this cow back!"
It would have been fine if she didn't mention this, but as soon as she did, Old Mrs. Fang got angry!
Her hands trembled. "How dare you say that? If you hadn't always bullied the third child, would he have been adopted out? This is the son I carried with me for ten months!"
He was speechless. "So it's all her fault? Isn't everyone in the Fang family treating him like this? You, as parents, don't care, so why would you let her, as a sister-in-law, serve her brother-in-law?"
"Mom, what you said is true. The third son is your son, and the eldest son is also your son." Since they all lived together, she couldn't say anything too harsh, and could only remind the old lady.
At this time, I thought about the fact that the third son was her son, which was useless. She didn't say much about adopting him yesterday.
Fang Qingya couldn't bear to listen to the two of them arguing about these things and looked impatient.
"Don't think about that for now. If you have time, you might as well think about what to do with the chestnuts. There are only about fifty pounds left at home. I can't stir-fry more than a few pots. What should I do next?"
She was thinking about the money she would share, and she didn't want to stop making sugar-roasted chestnuts. "Chestnuts are hard to come by in the village. For the same price, they'd rather sell them to the Qin family. Besides, there aren't many chestnuts this crop. The amount coming down from the mountains is getting smaller each time."
Mrs. He was worried, as she knew that her two sons had also been picking chestnuts recently. Together, they could only bring back five or six pounds each time.
Moreover, this thing is not available every time you go up the mountain. It becomes less and less each time, and sooner or later there will be nothing left to pick.
"What should we do? How about we charge a higher price? Isn't the Qin family charging five cents? We charge six cents?"
At this time, Fang Jin came out of the study and looked at He with disdain.
This woman is really stupid.
"You're only charging six cents, but how long can you keep doing that? Aren't there only so many chestnuts left? And if you raise the price now, it won't be easy to lower it later."
He curled her lips: "Then what do you say we should do? This won't work, and that won't work!"
Fang Jin didn't even look at her. "If there's nothing here, then we can go to other villages to collect chestnuts. We can tell the people there that chestnuts are edible and buy them for two cents. Since Fang Tong hasn't done that yet, we can collect more."