bookcurios Chapter 173 The Crooked-Eyed Horse, Belated Compensation, and the Pain of Injury
Chapter 173 The Crooked-Eyed Horse, Belated Compensation, and the Pain of Injury
When Mrs. Lin saw her third son saying that Wang Miaomiao was unwilling and asked her to pay, she immediately became dissatisfied:
"Don't feel sorry for that girl Wang Miaomiao."
"Isn't all the money she has in her hands ours?"
"Have you forgotten the three hundred taels she extorted from our family?"
Lin Ze listened to his mother chattering incessantly.
I felt dizzy.
Wang Miaomiao was kidnapped from home?
Isn’t that the compensation that the family owes Wang Miaomiao?
How did it become extortion?
As for the betrothal gift, to be honest, it was just the shelter money paid by the family to Wangjia Village.
Otherwise, the journey would not be so smooth.
The only thing he felt was that Wang Miaomiao and Wang Laizi's family in the village borrowed grain at high interest rates, and finally used her failure to eat as an excuse to ask her mother to repay them.
Apart from that, he felt that it was all his family's fault that owed Wang Miaomiao.
"Mother!" Lin Ze stomped his feet while standing still.
"Wang Miaomiao really doesn't want to go. Can you persuade her?"
"Then mother will go and tell her. I will wait here for your good news."
As soon as he finished speaking, Lin Ze walked directly to his own cart and sat down leaning against it.
Seeing this, Mrs. Lin quickly reached out to hold him back and compromised:
"Forget it."
"Push the cart to the city to do some shopping."
"I'll give you money."
After she finished speaking, although Old Lady Lin was very reluctant, she still took out the silver note worth one hundred taels.
After all...she had no change.
They were all snatched away by that scoundrel Wang Lai Zi.
Handing the banknote to Lin Ze, Old Lady Lin solemnly instructed:
"Sanlang, this is one of the few banknotes our family has."
"Take it to Kyoto and exchange the banknotes for a fifty-liang note first, then exchange the rest for loose change."
"Go shopping again."
"Hide the money well, don't let any hooligans steal it."
Hearing his mother's reminder, Lin Ze nodded repeatedly.
At the same time, put the useless things on the cart down.
This way you can pack more things when you come back.
If possible...you can also buy an ox cart for yourself.
When we have a bigger ox cart, we can let Wang Miaomiao return home to raise it.
It saves the trouble of the village chief.
Thinking of this, he suddenly felt the weight of the hundred taels of silver in his hand.
Don't discuss it with my mother. If I do, she will definitely refuse.
Especially after buying the ox cart, he didn't think about moving all the things onto the ox cart and let Wang Miaomiao lie in the ox cart. Mother would never agree.
......
After entering the city, Lin Ze did not go to the money shop to break the silver bills immediately. After asking someone, he went straight to the livestock market.
The servant in front of the market gate looked at Lin Ze pushing a small cart over. Coupled with his worn long sleeves and dirty body, even the servants in the capital city looked down on him.
No one came forward to greet him.
"Who has an ox cart? Buy one." Lin Ze was angry when no one came to greet him, so he shouted loudly at the door.
There is this sound.
Finally, a servant moved.
If the business comes to your door and he actively asks to buy, then there is a high possibility that the deal will be done.
"Guest, please come this way!"
"We have everything from calves to cattle, cows to bulls."
"Even if it's a milk-producing cow, we can find it for you." The servant said, making a gesture of invitation to Lin Ze.
Although some servants at the back felt regretful, they were not too disappointed.
Customers like this are obviously not wealthy. At most, they just want a cow and a car, but they still have to be picky and bargain.
The final profit was very small.
"What's the price of this bull?" Lin Ze picked out a strong bull, touched the bull's head with one hand, turned to the servant and asked.
Seeing that the cattle Lin Ze had chosen were indeed good, the servant secretly admired his vision and praised him non-stop:
"You have a good eye. You picked out the best cow we have right away."
"If someone else asked for the price, I'm afraid I would have given you a higher price. I'm giving it to you at cost price, one hundred and fifty taels."
"One hundred and fifty taels for a cow?" Lin Ze widened his eyes, his face full of disbelief.
The servant felt a little contemptuous when he saw Lin Ze's appearance.
He opened his mouth and explained:
"You are a refugee from another place, right?"
"Recently, His Majesty has ordered the Supervisory Office to collect cattle in large numbers near the capital of Liang."
"That's why cattle prices have skyrocketed, and now you might as well buy a horse."
"The price of horses has dropped a bit, but it's still eighty taels a horse."
When Lin Ze heard the servant's explanation, his brows twitched.
Is your Majesty today foolish?
Why was there a sudden order to collect cattle?
Could it be related to the Fire Bull Formation used by Shen Qian in that battle? Could it be that His Majesty intends to use this Fire Bull Formation to defeat the barbarians?
Thinking of this, he felt that the current emperor was more and more absurd.
But he didn't dare to discuss state affairs.
I can only secretly criticize it in my heart.
Buying horses seems feasible? Lin Ze thought to himself that there were few horses in the south, and the price of horses would actually increase when they reached the southern border.
Thinking of this, Lin Ze nodded silently and said to the servant:
"Then we'll go see the horses."
"Eighty taels, including the horse and carriage."
When it comes to the price, he is very firm.
After all, we need to buy food and water later.
And some containers for water.
"Eighty taels, and you still want a carriage?" The servant jumped up in surprise when he heard Lin Ze's request:
"You might as well just go and rob it."
"No...it's not a horse-drawn carriage, it's a cart used to pull goods." Lin Ze naturally knew that the servant's reaction was a misunderstanding, so he explained immediately.
When the servant saw Lin Ze's explanation, his expression was still embarrassed.
A cart for pulling goods also costs five taels of silver.
He offered eighty taels for the horse, which was the lowest price for a horse.
That is to tell him not to bargain.
Who would have thought that this guy was greedy and wanted a cart.
Thinking of this, the servant shook his head repeatedly:
"Ninety taels, and I'll pick out a better horse for you and give you a cart."
Seeing this, Lin Ze hurriedly said:
"It's just eighty taels. I can't take out more."
"If it doesn't work, I can only buy it from another store."
The servant saw Lin Ze turn around and was about to leave.
There was no intention to stop him at all.
He had already left the house when the servant shouted:
"You walk slowly."
This made Lin Ze turn back.
"Hey, if you give up five taels, I will give up five taels too, eighty-five." This time, Lin Ze gave the servant the lowest price in his mind.
Seeing this, the servant nodded awkwardly:
"But I'm the only one who can lead the horses for you. You can't choose."
"Eighty taels of silver itself, that means you can choose one of the two worst horses."
As he was speaking, the servant walked ahead and took Lin Ze to the stable.
Seeing this, Lin Ze nodded without saying anything.
Before paying, he could just turn around and leave without buying anything.
As the two entered the stable, the tall and handsome horses attracted Lin Ze's attention.
Seeing this, the servant interrupted Lin Ze's fantasy:
"Forget it."
"These horses cost at least 150 taels each, which is enough to buy you two."
"Well... okay." Lin Ze felt frustrated when he heard the price.
Aren't horses supposedly cheaper than cattle? They're not much cheaper.
They are all one hundred and fifty taels...
As he was thinking, Lin Ze was brought to two horses, both of which looked very thin.
One of the horses was quite old.
The other one has some eye problems.
Seeing this, Lin Ze looked at the servant in disbelief:
"What do you mean?"
The servant looked at Lin Ze and spread his hands:
"That's what I mean. The cheapest horse over there is 120 taels. If they are all the same, how come these two are 40 taels cheaper?"
Seeing this, Lin Ze had no choice but to look at several horses again. In the end, they all cost more than one hundred taels, which he could not afford at all. He had to go back and buy another one from the first store.
Under the servant's smirking gaze, he led the horse with eye problems out of the livestock market.
After buying food and water, Lin Ze also bought two large pieces of pork.
After returning to Wangjia Village with the things.
Lin Ze went straight to Wang Miaomiao and held up a large piece of pork weighing fifteen pounds to the village chief Wang Dakuo and said:
"Uncle Dakuo, please make some dishes for Miaomiao these days."
"Let her body nourish herself well."
"I owe her too much."
After he finished speaking, he didn't care how Wang Dakuo responded and drove the carriage home directly.
Wang Dakuo walked up to Wang Miaomiao and said:
"More than ten pounds of pork. Judging from Lin Ze's expression, he wants to make it up to you, girl."
"I know." Wang Miaomiao's voice was cold, without a trace of emotion.
But in his heart he hated Lin Ze:
Why do you only feel guilty after you hurt yourself like this?
Why couldn't they have faced their feelings directly from the beginning? Why couldn't they have supported each other until now?
The damage...cannot be reversed.
Lin Ze's side.
He came back with the horse, and before he could say anything, he saw Old Lady Lin screaming and almost fainting:
"Oh my god!"
"You silly child, I told you to go to the capital to buy food, but what did you buy? And why are you leading a horse with a crooked eye?"