Zhou Lang looked at their mouths and asked: "What delicious food have you eaten?"
Man Bao looked at the faces of Zhou Lang and Xiang Mingxue and asked, "Fourth brother, why do you look so bad?"
Zhou Lang waved his hand and said: "Don't mention it, we walked all the way back from the grassland, is it okay?"
Man Bao was stunned when he heard this, "Fourth brother, have you been robbed?"
Zhou Lijun couldn't help but ask, "Uncle Fourth, are all the money and goods you brought with you gone?"
Zhou Lang: "...can't you just miss me a little bit?"
Xiang Mingxue couldn't help laughing, and Zhou Lang said: "I wasn't robbed, but I bought some cattle. The cattle were difficult to transport, so I had to hold them and drive them slowly to the pass, almost walking all the way back."
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Man Bao asked: "How many cows did you buy?"
Zhou Lang said proudly: "It's not a lot, maybe a hundred."
This time, each of their group led about five cows back. If he were not afraid of being robbed on the road, he could actually buy more.
However, this was his first time walking this road. Even if Xiang Mingxue was with him, he would not dare to bring too many such conspicuous goods at once.
Man Bao exclaimed: "Fourth brother, you are really powerful. You even walked to the grassland. By the way, are there many people and good things on the grassland?"
"Not much. Sometimes you may not be able to meet anyone for ten days and a half," Zhou Lang said, "If Brother Xiang hadn't taken him with me this time, I wouldn't have dared to enter the grassland."
Xiang Mingxue smiled and said: "The grassland is different from that in Guanhai. When we entered, we encountered the migration of sheep and cattle, so it is difficult to meet people unless we are in a place with abundant water and grass."
Zhou Lang said to Zhou Lijun: "Go get some food, I'm hungry."
Man Bao said to her: "Just bring some steamed buns and light vegetables. They are too tired to eat anything too oily and watery at once."
Zhou Lijun brought them a basket of steamed buns and desserts, plus a bowl of soup filled with vegetables.
Zhou Lang and Xiang Mingxue didn't mind it, and started to eat directly. While eating, they said: "After going to the grassland, I finally understood why A Liu Dun and the others like tea so much. There are no vegetables grown in that place. The vegetables they eat are
They are all dug wild vegetables.”
He said: "But there are only so many wild vegetables. It's not enough to eat. The most I eat every day is milk and meat. I've only been in the grassland for twenty days and I can't pull it out."
Learn from Xiang Ming and continue eating without being affected.
Zhou Lang continued: "I still feel like I have a bad appetite. I obviously like eating meat, but if I eat too much, I can't eat it anymore. Several of the three sons are not accustomed to the local environment, so in the end they still ate what you brought to us.
The medicine was so good that we each had a cup of tea every day, chewing the dregs of the tea leaves, and almost considered ourselves savages."
Man Bao and Bai Shan listened with great interest.
Zhou Lang continued: "Originally we wanted to buy the medicinal materials and leave, but we went back late with Ah Liu Dun. Many medicinal materials from their tribe were collected by people, and we only received a little. If we just turned around and came back,
"Although this trip was not in vain, and I couldn't make much money, I happened to see that they had many cows and they were cheap, so I bought a hundred of them."
He pointed at Xiang Mingxue and said with a smile: "Originally I didn't dare to take Sanzi and the others on the road. Thanks to brother Xiang's help, we can come back safely."
Xiang Mingxue smiled and said, "It just so happens that we are going back to Beijing."
Bai Shan looked at Xiang Mingxue and asked with a smile, "Why did Brother Xiang go to the grassland too?"
"I'm going to meet some friends I met before," Xiang Mingxue said, "I owed favors before, but this time I went to settle them."
Bai Shan and Man Bao looked at each other and guessed that they were probably people they knew from the previous fight against the King of Yizhou. At this time, the revenge had been avenged, so naturally there was no need to pursue the past, so they smiled and did not ask any more questions.
Seeing that they had no problem, Zhou Lijun immediately asked his most curious question, "Uncle Fourth, how do you sell cattle on the grassland?"
Zhou Lang immediately said: "There are two ways, one is to kill and weigh the meat, and the other is to divide the meat into sizes, estimate how many kilograms it is, and then calculate the price. Anyway, it is much cheaper than what is sold in Guan Nei."
"But the cows on the grassland are raised for meat and milk, and they are not very good at working." He said: "Fortunately, I have seen how the cattle shepherds in Mr. Bai's family pierce the noses of the cows and train them.
, otherwise we won’t be able to bring back these cows this time.”
The cattle and sheep are free-range on the grassland. Who will wear nose rings for them?
The reason why Zhou Lang went there for two months was to put nose rings on them, and he only dared to lead them back after a simple training.
Zhou Lijun asked: "How much did it cost to buy the cattle?"
Zhou Lang felt around on his body and took out a crumpled piece of paper, which was the account he kept on it. "No, it's all written on it. The price for oxen is two hundred and thirty-two taels. I guess I can raise it."
After a few days, when they are more energetic, divide them into three grades and sell them at different prices."
Man Bao immediately said: "I'll take twenty first."
Zhou Lang glanced at her and said, "Why do you want a cow?"
"Growing vocational land," Man Bao said, "Fourth brother, I have already made an agreement with the Ministry of Household Affairs that the 1,000 acres of vocational land allocated to me will be managed by our own family, as well as my husband's 200 acres."
Zhou Lang was stunned and quickly asked: "So my parents came to the capital..."
"My parents have decided to stay in the capital, and my eldest brother and sister-in-law are also staying. What do you think? Are you happy?"
To be honest, I'm not very happy!
Zhou Lang couldn't be happy when he thought about four mountains being knocked down on his head.
Before his parents and eldest brother and sister-in-law came, he was the most outspoken person in the capital besides Man Bao. Now...
Zhou Lang drooped his head and said, "Okay, I understand. I'll go say hello to my mother first?"
"It's better to go and say hello to dad first." Although Man Bao understood his frustration at this time, he still couldn't hide his happiness, "Mom is with a large group of female relatives. You haven't even washed your hair, so you'd better not come forward.
Already."
Man Bao reached out and patted Bai Shan's shoulder, and said with a smile: "Take my fourth brother to see my father. By the way, let my fourth brother go and offer a glass of wine to Senior Brother Bai. Don't let him drink too much. They are the most popular right now."
It’s better to drink less. When I get back, I’ll make a decoction for them, and they’ll be fine after drinking it.”
Bai Shan agreed with a smile and pulled Zhou Lang and Xiang Mingxue to the front.
Zhou Lang sighed for a while, then cheered up and asked, "Did Mr. Bai rent or buy this house?"
"bought."
Zhou Lang turned to Xiang Mingxue and smiled: "You originally said that you bought this house after making money from the grassland, but someone beat you to it, right?"
Xiang Mingxue said: "This is also fate, you can't force it."
After hearing this, Bai Shan turned to look at Xiang Mingxue and asked, "Brother Xiang, do you plan to settle in the capital?"
Xiang Mingxue shook his head and smiled: "It doesn't really matter. It's just that farming the farm at home requires a lot of money, so I plan to stay in the capital temporarily and make some money."