PFC Chapter 259 An unexpected surprise
Chapter 259 An unexpected surprise
After hearing the quotation, Lu Tianming was quite satisfied.
He also knew something about the price of pork. Before fleeing the famine, the price of pork was around thirty cents.
As for a famine year like this, it is even more expensive.
When they went to Pingtong County before, the price of food in the county had increased.
Although the whole pig has gross weight and so on, the price is still worth it.
After thinking about it, Lu Tianming agreed.
After discussing with the old man, the price of grain was based on the price they had previously purchased in Pingtong County.
Each pig was bought with half grain and half silver.
After everything was decided, Lu Tianming started to pick pigs.
Led by the old man, we walked from the beginning to the end of the village and visited the pigpens of several households.
In the end, I picked the ones that looked a little stronger.
Those families who were chosen were all smiling and busy calling their family members to catch the pigs.
The sound of pigs howling could be heard in the pigsty.
While the host was busy catching pigs, Lu Qingqing discovered an unexpected surprise.
In this village, a family actually raises sheep!
The sheep farmer was an old woman. When she saw that several families in the village had sold their pigs, she couldn't help but feel envious.
I came over specially and happened to meet Lu Qingqing and Qin Lang standing at the door.
Seeing that the two were dressed better than the villagers, the old woman said to Lu Qingqing:
"Girls, are you here to buy pigs?"
After seeing Lu Qingqing nod, she continued:
"I don't know if you want to buy some sheep. My family used to supply mutton to the restaurants in town.
The mutton we make is not smelly and is very delicious. We have been supplying it to restaurants for several years.
Girls, if you want it, I can give it to you at a lower price!"
Lu Qingqing didn't expect to meet a sheep farmer, so she suppressed her excitement and asked:
"Auntie, how are you going to sell the sheep?"
The old woman thought for a moment, then said with a pained heart:
"If you buy a whole sheep, I'll give it to you at 20 wen per pound.
When my family supplied sheep to restaurants before, the whole sheep cost at least 25 coins per pound."
After hearing this, Lu Qingqing continued to ask:
"Auntie, how many sheep do you have in your sheep pen?"
When the old lady heard her ask, she knew there was hope of selling it, so she said hurriedly:
"Girl, I have four sheep and two lambs in total.
Come with me, my home is not far from here, I will take you there to see, I take good care of my sheep..."
As he said this, he pulled her sleeve and pulled her towards his home.
Seeing this, Qin Lang hurried to follow.
When Lu Qingqing saw the sheep in the old lady's sheepfold, she felt that the old lady was indeed not lying.
Although this sheep is not fat, it is still decent.
At least, they are better raised than those skinny and small pigs.
Lu Qingqing pointed at the two lambs in the sheepfold and asked:
"Auntie, which sheep gave birth to these two lambs?"
The old lady pointed to a ewe in the corner and explained enthusiastically:
"Look, it's the one born by the ewe in the corner and the big ram with horns."
As he spoke, he saw that Lu Qingqing was curious about the ewes and continued:
"In this sheepfold, except for the one ram, the others are all ewes, and all of them have given birth to lambs.
Girl, let me tell you, my family has been raising sheep for many years, and it is because of the sheep's breeding that we can continue to sell sheep."
As he spoke, he seemed to think of something and said with some disappointment:
“My family used to have a lot of sheep, but unfortunately my old man passed away last year, and I was too busy raising so many sheep on my own, so I disposed of some of them.
I didn't expect the town to be in chaos after winter, and even these sheep are hard to sell!"
Lu Qingqing looked at the sheep in the sheepfold and asked:
"Auntie, how many do you want to sell?"
When the old lady heard this, her cloudy eyes brightened a little. After a moment's thought, she said:
"Girls, I plan to sell them all. If you don't want so many, you can take a few."
Lu Qingqing had already made up her mind; she wanted all these sheep.
But I can’t buy it now, so I said:
"Okay, I'll talk to the people in the team. If you want to buy it, I'll come over."
With that, the two of them went back to find Lu Tianming and his group.
At this time, several families had tied up the pigs and even tied ropes around their mouths.
The old man led several families who were selling pigs and carried the bundled pigs to the village entrance.
Lu Tianming arranged for people to go outside the village and ask the waiting people to drive the carriage over.
The old man was leading people to weigh things when he saw them driving several horse-drawn carriages in. He was surprised, but also felt that it was as it should be.
Nowadays, anyone who can afford to buy four pigs must be a wealthy family that can afford a horse-drawn carriage.
At this time, all four pigs were weighed.
Lu Tianming accompanied him throughout the process and calculated the weight.
As agreed before, half silver and half grain.
After all the payment was made, Lu Tianming and the men in the team carried the pig into the carriage.
The old man and his companions watched the carriage leave.
After walking a short distance, Lu Qingqing called out to Lu Tianming who was at the front of the team.
"Uncle Tianming, Xiaolang's teething stick fell in the village. Let's go back and look for it. We'll be back soon!"
Lu Tianming knew that Qin Lang's teething stick was made by his grandfather when he was a child, and Qin Lang usually treasured it very much.
Hearing that it was lost, he hurriedly said:
"Okay, don't worry, I guess it fell in the village."
"Hey, let's go back and look for it, you guys wait!"
Lu Qingqing said this and turned the car around and headed towards the village.
Li Rui and his companions at the back were still trying to catch up and shouted:
"Da Ya, Xiao Lang, let's go look for it together!"
Lu Qingqing quickly refused:
"No need, we're just going to a few places and will be back soon, so don't come!"
As he said that, he stood up and looked back, and only breathed a sigh of relief after confirming that they hadn't followed him.
They didn't really go back to look for Qin Lang's teething stick, but planned to buy pigs and sheep.
At the entrance of Yongfu Village, most families have already returned home, and a few scattered households are still walking back.
When I turned around, I saw an ox cart entering the village, and the driver was the person from the team that had just bought the pig.
When Lu Qingqing saw the familiar villagers, she nodded and greeted them.
Then, we drove straight to the sheep-raising aunt's house.
Seeing that the group of people didn't buy any sheep until they left, the old lady was lying on the kang feeling lost when she heard someone knocking on the door.
"Auntie, we're here to buy sheep, come out quickly!"
When she heard the words "buy a sheep", the old lady jumped up from the kang.
Even his hunched back straightened a little and he ran quickly towards the gate.
When she opened the door and saw the familiar little girl and tall boy, the old lady smiled happily.
She took Lu Qingqing's hand and walked towards the sheepfold, saying as she walked:
"Girl, how many sheep are you planning to buy? I'll catch them for you!"
Lu Qingqing looked at the hunched back of the old lady and said hurriedly:
"I want both of these sheep. As for catching them, let's do it together!"
When the old lady heard that they had bought all the sheep, she smiled so much that the wrinkles at the corners of her eyes deepened, and she kept saying:
"Okay, okay! I'll go get you a rope right away!
Oh, and we need a scale. I'll go borrow one from the village chief!"
The old lady was so happy that she turned back and forth twice. She wanted to go into the house to get a rope, and then she wanted to go to the gate to ask the village chief to borrow a scale.