A car accident, our family of three crossed

Chapter 256: Mules are relatives of horses

In the end, they picked out a healthy and strong mule and bargained the price down from 18 taels offered by the seller to 16 taels.

Hang Shuheng was so shameless that he asked someone to give him a cart as a gift, which made the seller very angry. He gave them the cart with a gloomy face and almost picked up a stick to drive them out of the livestock market.

"Go, go, go, go quickly, don't come next time. I can't make much money from your business trip, and I have to give you a cart for free." What kind of person is this? He bargained so hard, just to the bottom line, so that they don't lose money but don't earn much.

Several people led mules and carts and left the livestock market in disgrace. Chen Laoer and others looked at their master who remained calm and admired him very much. They didn't expect that the young master was not only good at studying, but also so good at bargaining.

After the mule was brought back to the house, it became everyone's favorite. Everyone came to touch this precious thing, and some people almost stroked the mule bald.

Yangyang circled the mule several times and asked, "Daddy, is this a horse?"

Hang Quan, who was stroking the mule's fur, replied, "Young Master, this is not a horse, it's a mule."

"Mule? What is a mule?" It was the first time Yangyang heard of the animal mule. "But it looks a lot like a horse."

Uh...Hang Quan didn’t know how to explain it.

Hang Shuheng said: "Yangyang, mules are relatives of horses."

The others immediately looked at Hang Shuheng. Could this be an explanation? But thinking about it, it seemed to be okay. This explanation was so straightforward.

If so, Yangyang understood immediately and nodded, "No wonder they look so similar, they are relatives!" Then he looked up and asked, "Daddy, can I ride it?" He was full of anticipation. He had never ridden a horse before! Riding a mule is the same as riding a horse!

Hang Shuheng naturally would not agree. Not to mention the mule's temper, the child was so young that he could not keep his balance while sitting on it, let alone ride it.

"You are still young and cannot sit steadily on the back of a mule. When you grow up, I will let you learn to ride a horse."

"Okay then, Daddy, you have to keep your word. I want to learn how to ride a horse in the future." Although Yangyang cannot experience the feeling of riding a horse for now, he is very happy to get his father's promise.

"Yes! Daddy keeps his word." Hang Shuheng nodded, and then said, "Although you can't ride it, you can sit on the cart and let the uncles pull the mule around the yard."

Sitting on the cart seemed no different from riding on an oxcart, and Yangyang was not very interested. On the other hand, Chen Xiaobao looked at the cart with a pair of bright eyes.

Hang Quan and Hang An picked up a child each and put them on the cart. "Sit tight, uncle is going to pull the cart."

They were pulling a mule in front, and the mule was pulling a cart behind. Two little kids sat steadily on the cart, and they were circling in the open space in the front yard.

Yangyang didn't have much interest at first, but after seeing Chen Xiaobao so excited, he was also infected by his excitement. For a while, the house was filled with children's laughter.

Song Ning sat in the gazebo in the front yard, watching the children happy, and she smiled too.

Mrs. Xu also felt her nose a little sore and her eyes a little bitter when she saw her child's innocent smile. She thought it was because they, as parents, were incompetent and could not let their child live a good life.

Song Ning turned his head to look at Xu and smiled slightly, "As long as you work hard, your life will get better and better."

Xu quickly suppressed the emotion on her face, "Madam is right, life like this is something we never dared to imagine before."

They had been brought back by the young master and his wife for more than a month, and they had been idle all this time, and they were almost bored. They only did so much work every day, but they still had three meals a day and meat to eat every day. Everyone who came to this house became fat.

"It's not a good idea for us to just sit around doing nothing, ma'am. Why don't you find something for us to do?" Mrs. Xu said a little embarrassedly, "Ma'am, have you noticed that all of us have become fat because we are idle? If we eat meat and do nothing, we will all feel uneasy!"

Song Ning looked at her carefully, then looked at the young men in the yard, as well as Chen Laoer's father and mother. It was true that the flesh on their faces was much looser than when they first arrived.

"Yes, you've gained weight, which is good." Song Ning chuckled. "It's good to be a little fatter. You look much better than when you first came. When you first came, you were so thin! It was as if you didn't have enough food every day."

Xu's eyes began to feel dry again. Didn't they not have enough food to eat before? When they were in the dental clinic, although Manager Gong was a good man, he couldn't control their food and drink. It wasn't just their family that didn't have enough to eat.

In the dental clinic, they only had two meals a day, and the portions were not much. In fact, for them at that time, having a place to shelter from the wind and rain and having something to eat was already very good.

Compared with the past, the life we ​​live now is like a fairy tale, so good that it makes people feel more and more uneasy.

"That's because we are lucky to have met you, Master and Madam. So Madam, please find something for us to do! We are so idle and anxious."

"Why are you in such a hurry? The Master will make arrangements. It will be done soon. Look, I have bought you a mule cart." Song Ning pointed at the mule cart and said, "Tomorrow, you can drive the mule cart back to do your work and show off in front of that family to make them jealous."

Xu pursed her lips and smiled. As long as they didn't make their lady angry, she was quite easy to get along with. She didn't put on airs in front of servants like them, and would even joke with them.

But even if the lady said so, they would not drive back to the village. She knew the character of the Chen family best, and they would pluck feathers from the geese flying by.

If they drove a carriage back, who knows what the shameless family might do. If they secretly fed the mule something it shouldn't eat, it would hurt the mule, which would be bad.

Therefore, the next day, when they returned to the village, they did not drive back by car, but spent a few copper coins at the city gate to take a bullock cart. They set out neatly in the morning, and returned to the county town in the evening in a mess. Chen Laoer even had a few scratches on his face, but that is another story.

On that day, when Song Ning and his family of three returned to the village, they got on the newly bought mule cart and asked Hang An to drive them home and also let him introduce themselves to the place.

Before Hang An left, Hang Shuheng instructed them to come to Shangtang Village together the day after tomorrow. He planned to let them get familiar with the village with Shuisheng and the others and work together.