Chapter 549 Planning to sell the mule to the Su family
Luo Zhongqiang held Xiaobai's reins tightly and threatened: "Do you still want to eat grass? I'm telling you, if you continue to act like this, I won't cut the grass and go to the stable to feed you. Do you hear me?"
I thought Xiaobai would be honest after hearing this, but unexpectedly, it circled around the person and raised its hoof again to protest. After that, no matter how Luo Zhongqiang pulled it, it kept circling around him, but refused to follow him.
Walk.
"I'll do it!" The man who was slightly older than Luo Zhongqiang spat into the palm of his hand twice, and then went to pull the reins.
Unexpectedly, Xiaobai turned directly in front of him, raised his hind legs and kicked him with lightning speed.
"Ouch!" The man was suddenly kicked in the abdomen by the mule, and the man sat down on the ground.
Others hurriedly helped him up, "Brother Erniu, are you okay?"
"Fortunately, I hid behind me, otherwise I would have to go to the health center after being hit like this!" The man called "Brother Erniu" patted his butt, "This beast..."
"Ah! What happened to this mule today?"
Everyone was afraid of being kicked by Xiaobai, so they subconsciously avoided it. "Although I had a bad temper in the past, it was not as bad as today. Not only did I break the reins, but I also kicked people like this."
Su Jianmin heard the noise downstairs and hurriedly walked outside the courtyard gate.
"What happened?" He asked in a confused tone, "Aqiang, didn't you take Xiaobai away?"
Luo Zhongqiang said in a helpless tone, "I took it back to the production team, but it ran out again on its own and is still staying at your house."
Speaking of this, he couldn't help but sigh, "Hey, what should we do now? We can't just let it stay here, right?"
Everyone was at a loss what to do. They stared at the white mule and complained, "Who dares to pull it?"
"Just tie it up. Brother Erniu almost got kicked and injured by it. I don't dare to hold him."
"Don't think it's a mule. It's smarter than a human and doesn't do serious work. But it has a good way of riding. If you're not careful, you'll get caught by him. As long as he holds a grudge, you can't escape no matter how you try.
This stubborn mule can't be beaten yet. It has rough skin and thick flesh. The more you beat it, the harder it kicks..."
Su Xiaowu listened to their conversation and curiously asked his father: "Dad, what does Yiren mean?"
Su Jianmin patiently explained: "It's an attack method used by horses or mules. They use their hind legs to kick people backwards like just now."
"Dad, I think this mule is quite smart. Why don't we buy it?"
"Ah? Buy it?" Su Jianmin was stunned for a moment, then waved his hand and said, "No, this mule is used by the production team to plow the land and transport goods. How can it be sold to us? Besides, there is no point in buying it...
…”
Before he could finish speaking, one of the commune members said: "Comrade Su Jianmin, since your son likes this mule, why don't you buy it? It's lying in front of your house now. We can't pull it away. I really don't know what to do.
Already."
When everyone heard this, they thought this was a good idea, "Yeah, yeah, this mule can haul goods. Don't you always have to go to town to buy feed when raising pigs? It will be much more convenient for you to have this mule transport goods for you.
We can’t always trouble Aqiang to ask for leave to take you to town, right?”
"That's true..." Su Jianmin thought for a while and asked, "But Captain Luo is willing to sell it to me?"
"I'll go back and ask him right away. I think he will definitely be willing."
Without waiting for Su Jianmin to agree, the person who spoke hurriedly ran to the production team, as if he was afraid that he would go back on his word, and told the story about Xiaobai staying at Su's house, and then said: "Captain, I propose to sell that mule to Su Jianmin.
, do you agree?"
When he asked questions, the members gathered around said that the white mule was useless.
"Although it was cheap at first, and the captain bought it with three buckets of soybeans, it never went to the ground, and it was always acrimonious."
"Well, every year during the spring plowing, the docile horses and donkeys of the production team either go to the fields to pull columbians and sow seeds, or they pull harrows to level the ground, whether they are pulling mills or pulling plows, they are called diligent people.
Only this mule didn't work, and before it was even taken out of the stable, it started howling, and no one could hold it."
"Usually, Aqiang can lead him to pull people and goods. It depends on his mood. If he is just idle and bored, he may help pull the cart and run around by himself. It depends on his mood.
No, Aqiang can’t do anything with it..."
Everyone complained about Xiaobai, thinking that raising it was a waste of energy and it was better to sell it.
Luo Youlong was greedy for cheap when he bought it. He thought he had made a profit, but he didn't expect to buy a mule with such a bad temper. Although it has better endurance and strength than a horse, it is also stubborn and lazy. It only eats grass and does not work.
"Su Jianmin is really willing to buy it?" Luo Youlong asked in confusion, "Why did he buy this mule?"
"It seemed to me that he was not very willing to buy it, so his son suggested it, and then we said that this mule could transport pig feed for him, and it would be convenient for going to the town to go to the market. After hearing this, he seemed to want to buy it.
I'll come back quickly and ask you if you want to sell it."
Luo Youlong hesitated for a while and asked: "Did you tell him that this white mule has a bad temper? Most people can't control it, but to make it do some work, you have to beg it to be obedient. Normally, it can only be used as an ancestor's offering."
With."
"I didn't say it. If I did, who would buy it?"
Others laughed and said, "Yeah, I'm not stupid, why would I spend money to be my grandson?"
"Captain, why are you telling him this? Just give it to him cheaper."
"Oh, Captain, when I sold that white mule to you, I didn't tell you that it had a bad temper."
Luo Youlong thinks it makes sense. The mules exchanged for these three buckets of soybeans can be sold at any price without losing money.
Having made up his mind to sell Xiaobai, he rushed to Su's house and said to Su Jianmin: "I bought this mule at the township market when he was more than one year old. I have been raising it for five or six years now..."
Before he could finish speaking, Su Jianmin interrupted: "Captain Luo, I'm sorry, I just thought about it and decided not to buy it. I have bought too many things at home recently and the expenses are too high. I really can't afford this."
It’s a mule.”
"Ah? No," Luo Youlong said anxiously, "Comrade Su Jianmin, I haven't finished what I said yet. This mule is not expensive..."
Worried that Su Jianmin wouldn't take it, he originally wanted to ask for ten buckets of rice, but he changed his mind and said anxiously: "Five buckets, as long as five buckets of rice, the mule is yours. What do you think? It's not expensive, right?"
"Five buckets?"
Su Jianmin did the math and found that one dou of rice was about one yuan and eighty, and five dou of rice was about nine yuan.
What? Only nine yuan? Is this mule too cheap? He thought that such a big animal costs forty or fifty yuan. After all, a bicycle is sold for one hundred and fifty yuan. This mule is in the countryside.
It is easier to use than a bicycle and can carry goods and people.