This borrowed trawl net is not too small, and it takes a lot of effort to wash it.
Moreover, there are many aquatic plants in Zhang An's pond, so now there are many grass blades hanging on the net.
The father and son cleaned it for a long time before it was clean.
"Anzi, someone is coming to your house."
Just back from cleaning the nets by the river, Zhang An and his son were holding bamboo poles in the yard preparing to dry the trawl nets.
Huang Ming's father called out from the road outside the yard, and then led people into the yard.
"Hey, Uncle Mingqian is here."
Unexpectedly, the person Huang Dabiao was asked to bring turned out to be Wang Mingqian, who raised sheep in Wangjiachong.
"Come, come, sit in the yard."
Zhang Jianguo called Wang Mingqian and Huang Dabiao to the courtyard.
"I won't sit down anymore. I just came back from the fields and am planning to go home. When Ming Qian asks for directions, I will bring him over."
After saying that, Huang Dabiao walked out of the yard carrying the basket on his back.
Zhang Jianguo invited Wang Mingqian to sit at home, while Zhang An was still laying out a few pairs of leather pants to dry.
"Big brother, how's your ewe doing?"
Wang Mingqian met Zhang An's family mainly because of the sheep in the family, so when they talk now, Wang Mingqian finds topics from the sheep.
"She's doing well. Your sheep are pretty good. The ewe at home gave birth to three lambs just half a month ago."
Zhang Jianguo was happy when he mentioned this. During the Chinese New Year, the family's ewe gave birth to three lambs.
That is a matter of prosperous domestic animals, and everyone will be happy if they encounter it.
"This is a good thing. Our black goats usually only have one or two lambs. It is rare to have three lambs in one litter. And I see that your ewes are so strong that they will not be able to nurse three lambs."
There is a problem."
Having said this, Wang Mingqian felt a little envious.
They have several ewes in their family, but each time the ewe gives birth to a single calf.
The ewe of Zhang An's family is as strong as three of their own.
After the two chatted for a long time, Wang Mingqian got to the point.
"Brother Zhang, the main reason I came here this time is to ask if your family wants to buy some more sheep."
Last time after the sheep were bred at their house, Zhang An brought up the idea of buying a few sheep.
But at that time, the sheep in the pen were being fattened, and they would suffer a loss if sold, so Wang Ming was reluctant to sell them.
"Why, are your sheep going to be sold for money?"
"Yes, I want to sell five or six sheep at home. Didn't Zhang An ask me last year if I would sell the sheep at home, so I came to ask today."
Judging from Wang Mingqian's behavior, his family must be in urgent need of money, so he is now asking Zhang An to sell sheep to raise money.
Zhang An told Teacher Xiao Su a few days ago that he would buy a few more sheep and put them away, and then they would roast the whole sheep.
It's just that I have been busy these past few days and haven't had time to ask Wang Mingqian.
As a result, they came to the door by themselves. Listening to Wang Mingqian's question, Zhang An was definitely willing to buy it.
"Uncle Mingqian, then sell them all to us. I was thinking of buying more."
Wang Mingqian breathed a sigh of relief when he heard Zhang An said that he wanted to take them all.
When others come to buy livestock such as cattle, horses, pigs and sheep, you can bid.
But when you take the initiative to sell it to others, you can't get the price at all.
Especially when you are in urgent need of money, others will not only refuse to give you a price, but will also lower your price.
Wang Mingqian asked several sheep traders in the past few days, but when everyone saw him like this, they all lowered the price very low.
"Then are you going to see the sheep now or when?"
Zhang An saw that it was still early, looked at Wang Mingqian and asked, feeling that he must be in a hurry for money.
"Then let's go first, I just have time."
After Zhang An finished speaking, he went back to the house to get the car keys and money.
He called his father and Wang Mingqian into the car and drove towards the Wang family.
When he arrived at Wang Mingqian's house, he had already isolated the sheep to be sold.
The small compartment that was used to breed sheep now houses one ram and two ewes, and the remainder are three kid goats.
In the large pen next to it, there are six adult goats.
"These are all ready to be sold, Zhang An, come and take a look."
Wang Mingqian took Zhang An and his son to the gate of Daquan.
These sheep are not very fat, but they are still passable.
It can be seen that Wang Mingqian did not lose any corn kernels this winter.
"Uncle Mingqian, what price do you plan to sell these sheep for?"
Just now at his home, Zhang An didn't see the sheep, so it was difficult to give a price.
Now that I saw it, I naturally started asking about the price.
"For fifteen hundred yuan, you can drive away these six sheep."
Wang Mingqian thought about it for a while and gave his own psychological price.
In fact, these sheep are not very big, most of them weigh sixty or seventy pounds.
Because Wang Mingqian sold all the big sheep that weighed more than 100 kilograms years ago.
Now these are what he originally wanted to keep and raise.
Zhang An didn't speak immediately after hearing the price.
Instead, he continued to look at the sheep and mentally estimated their weight.
"Then one thousand and five."
Zhang An thought about it for a moment and then agreed.
The price was similar to Zhang An's estimate. After saying this, he took out the money and gave it to Wang Ming.
And Wang Mingqian was smiling a little at this time.
Several people came to see it in the past few days, but they all kept the price down very hard.
When he said one thousand and five dollars, he thought Zhang An would negotiate the price, but he didn't expect that Zhang An agreed immediately.
This must be the last time Zhang An came to breed sheep and he confiscated the money. Zhang An always remembered it in his heart.
In addition, Zhang An could see that he was eager to collect money, so he did not try to lower his price.
Zhang An counted 1,500 yuan and handed it to Wang Ming, asking him to look at the money.
When there is no problem with money, these sheep will all belong to Zhang An's family.
After the sheep was bought, Zhang An thought about tying its feet and putting it on the cart to drive away.
But Wang Mingqian left the father and son to have a cup of tea.
We have made a big deal, and we can't even give someone a sip of tea. This is unjustifiable.
But in fact, Zhang An and his son didn't think so much. It was still early, so they just sat there for a while.
Later, Zhang An found out that Wang Mingqian's father was ill and needed to be hospitalized for surgery, which would cost about three thousand yuan.
That's why Wang Mingqian thought of selling sheep to raise money, because the disease cannot be delayed.
Moreover, after selling such a sheep, the family does not need to keep so much corn, and can sell half of it.
After sitting at their house for half a meal, Zhang An tied the sheep's legs and put it on the car.
If left untied, they all like to jump off the car when the car starts moving. These guys are not afraid of jumping off the car.
From now on, Zhang An's family will have ten sheep. Zhang An looked at the goats in the sheepfold.
I thought to myself that when Teacher Xiao Su comes over next time, I will kill one and roast it.
Among the six sheep bought from Wang Mingqian's house, there was one male, and he was not a gelding, but a breeding male.
Now Zhang An's family has three rams, because the family's ewes gave birth to three lambs, and there are also two rams.
If there was only one stud, he would probably be exhausted to death.
"Mom, can you cook mutton?"
During dinner in the evening, Zhang An asked his mother.
This mutton is rather muttony, so if it’s not cooked properly, it won’t taste very good.
Although many people go here for the smell of sheep, although Zhang An can tolerate some of the smell of sheep, he can't eat it if it's too spicy.
"That's for sure. When I was at your mother-in-law's house, I cooked it a lot, but this mutton is really not as delicious as pork."
When Wang Fang was a child, there was always mutton at home.
Because Zhang An's grandfather often showed people Feng Shui and the land, normal people would use live chickens as sacrifices.
But we often encounter wealthy families who are more generous and use live sheep as sacrifices.
The remaining chickens and sheep from the final sacrifice were all left for him to take away.
So when Wang Fang was young, mutton was eaten a lot at home.
"Then next time our family will kill one for ourselves. I have never eaten mutton before."
When Zhang An was young, Wang Fang only sold pork when buying meat.
Basically, I don’t buy mutton and beef because pork has a lot of oil.
So Zhang An almost never ate it when he was a child.
Zhang An of later generations must have eaten it, after all, he often ate mutton noodles, and there were at least three to five pieces in the bowl.
But as you go to the back, the meat becomes thinner.
Although it is not as transparent as the beef in Lanzhou Ramen, it is not much different.
"You know how to eat every day."
After eating, Zhang An went back to his room and called Teacher Xiao Su.
Ever since the two came back from the park last time, Su Ying had been very determined not to let Zhang An call her Teacher Su.
When she said this, she felt very uncomfortable.
Zhang An told Su Ying what happened at home these days on the phone.
Su Ying didn't care about selling fish, but when she heard that Zhang An caught a big red carp.
Su Ying was like a curious baby, asking questions about this and that.
"How about I pick you up, then you can watch whatever you want. Besides, I bought some black goats today, so we can roast the whole lamb."
After hearing Su Ying say on the phone that she wanted to see what the red carp looked like, Zhang An wanted to take her over.
"Did you really buy the sheep?"
Su Ying thought Zhang An was talking about it last time, but she didn't expect that this man bought it when he went back, and even bought several heads.
"That's not true. I always keep my word. Why don't you come over these two days? My mother misses you very much. I think you'll have to wait until summer vacation next time."
Now in the first half of the semester in recent years, schools have no holidays at all.
There are only normal weekends, but Su Ying also has to go home on weekends and go shopping with friends to buy some things, so there is no time.
"And you only have a few days before school starts. If you don't come, you won't have time. Just tomorrow, I'll come and pick you up."
"Okay then, I'll talk to my mother later."
After Su Ying finished speaking, she hung up the phone, probably asking for leave from her mother.
Zhang An originally wanted to talk to her more, but thinking about how much time he had tomorrow, we would talk then.
Anyway, I'm going to pick up Su Ying tomorrow, so I'll have plenty of time to talk.
After a while, Su Ying called and asked Zhang An to pick her up tomorrow.
The next morning, Wang Fang saw that her son had tidied up the work.
"Xiao An, are you going out today?"
"Mom, Su Ying is about to start school. I'll pick her up and come to our house to play for two days, otherwise the next time will be in June or July."
Wang Fang smiled when she heard that Zhang An was going to the county town to pick up Su Ying.
"Okay, then you have breakfast and then leave."
Wang Fang had already put the pot on the fire and quickly made breakfast.
Today I ate fish soup noodles. When I caught fish yesterday, I injured a lot of them.
So Zhang Jianguo killed all the fish that were seriously injured.
Zhang An drove out of the yard and met Zhou Yang and Sister-in-law Zhou at the bridge.
"Sister-in-law, Yoko, where are you going?"
Zhang An saw that Zhou Yang and Sister-in-law Zhou were wearing very formal clothes, and they didn't look like they were working for a living.
"Not long ago, I asked a relative to introduce Xiaoyang to a girl called Mao Maoqing, and we agreed to meet her today."
When Mrs. Zhou spoke, Zhou Yang was still a little shy.
"Why are you so shy? It's just about kissing and meeting this girl. You see me like this now. How will you behave when you see this girl later?"
"Sister-in-law, come on up. I'm going to the county. I'll take you there on the way."
Maomaoqing is a small village nearby, more than ten miles away from Changqing.
It takes more than half an hour to walk there, but I’m going to drop off Sister-in-law Zhou Zhou and Zhou Yang on the way.
"Anzi, I heard from some of my aunts and uncles that you are also dating a partner. When will you get married?"
Zhang An's mother didn't say much about this matter.
But with Aunt Zhang and Aunt Zhang around, there was no need for Wang Fang to step in.
People in half the village can know it clearly.
Because Zhang An's two aunts are important personnel in the village's information center.
"Auntie, I'm not in a hurry, Zhou Yang hasn't even gotten married yet."
Speaking of Zhou Yang, Mrs. Zhou sighed a little.
I made many introductions to people a few years ago, but none of them were successful.
Some girls originally said they were nice, but when they heard that Zhou Yang was no longer in the provincial capital, he was in the village.
I immediately disagreed. Such a person only wants to marry in the city.
Among those who were satisfied with Zhou Yang's family's conditions, Zhou Yang did not like some of them because their girls looked very special.
Others were shouting about prices at home, and Zhou Yang was unhappy.
"Hey, I hope this can be done today."
Sister-in-law Zhou has been worrying about Zhou Yang's life-long affairs for several years.
I wasn't around a few years ago, so I wanted to say it but didn't have the chance.
So as soon as Zhou Yang came back last year and the family's financial situation improved, Mrs. Zhou immediately took care of this matter.
"Sister-in-law, you should take your time when choosing a wife. You can't rush this matter, otherwise the couple will live an uncomfortable life in the future, and they won't be filial to you two. Anyway, if you take your time, you will always find the right one."
Zhou Yang's family is no longer the same as before, and finding a wife must be much easier than before.
So Zhang An comforted Sister Zhou all the way and told him not to be too impatient.
After talking to Sister-in-law Zhou, we arrived at the intersection of Maomaoqing.
"Xiao An, please put us down here."
Knowing that Zhang An was going to the county, Sister-in-law Zhou thought that she could just get off the car at the intersection and walk in.
"Sister-in-law, don't worry, I'll take you in. It's convenient for me to drive in and out. You have to walk for a long time."
After entering the intersection, Zhang An didn't know the road, so he followed Sister Zhou's guidance.
All the way into the village, the family that Sister Zhou mentioned happened to be on the roadside, so Zhang An drove in directly.
When we arrived at the door of Miss Ren's house, the relative of Zhou Yang's cat Mao Qing was already here.
Seeing Zhou Yang and his son get out of the car, the relative walked towards them.
Many people also came out of the woman's house and looked at them at the door.
"Then sister-in-law, just get busy, I'll leave first."
"It's okay, Xiao An. You go and do your work first. I'm really sorry to trouble you now."
"It's a matter of convenience. If it's not too much trouble, Zhou Yang hastily made the arrangements. It's important that we go out to have a drink."
At this moment, Zhang An saw a girl in her twenties staring at the crowd in front of the woman's house.
If Zhang An's guess is correct, this person should be Zhou Yang's blind date.
This girl looks pretty good, I hope Zhou Yang can succeed this time.