Chapter 275： pity

   Mu Yangling stayed for a day, and after walking around the city, he brought back four stewards, and let them choose at the price of four taels of silver and one sheep.

The four stewards were stewards of well-known wealthy families in the city, and they were very dissatisfied with Mu Yangling's price increase, "Little girl, I heard that you only sold three or two pieces to others yesterday. One or two."

"That's right, even if our employer is rich, it's not so easy to take advantage of."

Mu Yangling hurriedly explained: "The uncles in charge misunderstood. I chose the sheep that I brought into the city yesterday. They asked for forty, and I brought in forty. Of those sheep, the youngest was born. The price that can be weighed is only 32,060 yuan, and I will sell it to them, the biggest one," Mu Yangling smiled embarrassedly, and said, "Although I haven't weighed it, I have raised it for so long. The sheep also know a little bit, the biggest one can be worth about three to five dollars, but you can see how many of you are choosing sheep here."

Mu Yangling pointed at the flock and said, "Excluding the six that Bai's family took away this morning, there are still two hundred and fifty-four, and I can choose one for three taels of silver. Okay, let me choose them all? My last one might sell for fifty taels."

"Fart, we are kind people, can we take advantage of you?"

"That's right, it's not that they are too poor to eat." The four stewards looked at the flock and felt that some of them were particularly strong and energetic, so they waved their hands and said, "Okay, okay, four taels are four taels. , how did we choose to pull it out?"

"You can choose with confidence, show it to me, and I'll catch you all."

The four stewards also thought it was dirty, so they stood outside the fence and walked around the flock for a while. Someone pointed to the fatter one and said, "I want this one."

Mu Yangling stepped into the fence, stared at the sheep tightly, and quickly pulled one of its legs and carried it out.

The four stewards froze for a moment, and then designated sheep one after another for Mu Yangling to catch. In the end, Mu Yangling caught a total of fifteen sheep.

Mu Yangling separated the sheep of the four families and tied them well, and then went to wash his hands and count the money with the four stewards.

They also knew that the sheep they chose was worth more than four taels, so they happily settled with Mu Yangling.

The fifteen sheep are worth sixty taels of silver. After the two pieces of silver are gone, each family drives back their sheep.

Xiuhong pouted and said, "They are really stingy, unlike the Bai family, they said they would like to buy one for five taels of silver, and then gave them two taels of silver as a reward."

Bo Wen smiled and said, "Cousin, the stewards of the Bai family are also smarter than them. Let my sister help them choose sheep. The six sheep were all selected by my sister, and their sturdiness is not comparable to the ones they chose."

"Bowen is right, we and the Bai family are a win-win situation, okay, throw some fodder for the sheep, don't forget to add water, and serve them well, we will also go to eat and drink, we will sleep in a while, and tomorrow We have to set off before dawn, or we won’t have time to find a place to stay when we arrive at Xingyuan Mansion.”

Mu Yangling sat cross-legged on the kang and counted the money he had earned in the past two days. After removing the copper plates, he recovered a total of 260 taels of silver. It looked like a lot, but it was actually not much in the shackles. , which is a little more than 13 pounds, Mu Yangling said, as long as it is silver, let it be heavier.

After counting the money, I put the shawl on the head of the kang, leaned against the wall and looked out. The window was facing the sheep, and as soon as I opened my eyes, I could see that Bowen and Xiuhong went to sleep, and the landlord did not know Where did they hide? The people who were lingering behind the tree outside had no courage to step forward. Mu Yangling yawned after looking at it. He was not interested in staring again.

Mu Yangling thought that the other party would do it in the afternoon when they slept soundly, but she still overestimated them. When she woke up from sleep, those people were still hesitating behind the tree and didn't dare to come forward, presumably because it was daytime. , so I still don't have the guts.

Mu Yangling sat on the kang and thought for a while, thinking that most of them were not habitual thieves, so he put on his clothes and went out and walked towards the direction where they were hiding.

Who knew that they had only walked twenty steps. Those people realized something was wrong and turned around and ran away. Mu Yangling could only stop and look at their disappearing backs helplessly. She didn't want to arrest them, but just wanted to chat with them. Talking about life, but the other party seems to be afraid of her.

After thinking about it, he turned around and went back.

Xiuhong and Bowen also woke up, looking at Mu Yangling with bewildered eyes, "Sister, where did you just go?"

"Just walked outside for a while, woke up and woke up. We made dinner, and we also prepared the dry food for the day tomorrow. I don't think there will be time to stop and rest at noon tomorrow."

Xiuhong woke up instantly when she heard the words, and immediately got off the kang, her cousin's cooking skills were like that, so the task of cooking had to fall on her.

Mu Yangling also knows that she is not very good at this. She feels that the home-cooked dishes she cooks are still delicious, but they are not comparable to the superb cooking skills of Shu Wanniang and her aunt. Even Xiuhong's cooking skills have been outstanding this year. Straight line progress, Shu Wanniang's opinion is that Mu Yangling has been dumped three streets.

So Mu Yangling gave Xiuhong a shot in the kitchen.

When they prepared the dry food for the day tomorrow, and it was getting dark, Mu Yangling and the others began to eat.

Their food is not bad, but it's not that good compared to the ones at home, but it's enough for the landlord's children to salivate.

Mu Yangling only ate a chopstick of meat when she saw two children hiding outside the door looking in, staring at... the meat on her chopsticks, swallowing saliva from time to time.

Mu Yangling waved at them and said, "Go home and bring a bowl of rice."

Big sister understood, pulled her brother and ran to the next door. After a while, the two little ones brought two bowls of rice over.

Seeing them standing cramped on the ground, Mu Yangling asked them to eat just timidly with a pair of chopsticks to guess. After thinking about it, he took an empty bowl and set aside some dishes for them, saying: "Eat Bar."

The two children took a careful look at Mu Yangling and the others, and devoured it.

Bowen's eyes widened, while Xiuhong stared at them in a daze. She remembered that when she first arrived at Mu's house, she was rushing for something to eat because she was so hungry and greedy that she could only see food in her eyes. Can't see it.

Mu Yangling knocked on the bowl and said, "Why are you standing still? Why don't you eat quickly?"

The two were busy bowing their heads to eat.

Mu Yangling and the others cooked a lot of food, but they only had enough food for themselves, but the two children obviously didn't need to add food. Mu Yangling was afraid of breaking it, and kept saying not to eat too much, be careful of breaking it.

Both children just bowed their heads and ate.

The eldest of the two children is only five years old. Although his face is a little yellow, the situation in their family should not be so hungry, right?

Xiuhong leaned into Mu Yangling's ear and said: "Farmers are reluctant to eat, and they want to save any money for emergency use later. I think their parents must eat worse than them, and everyone lives like this. of."