Chapter 21: Why did you buy a dead horse?
On the other side, Yuan Liu heard that Yi Mingxue wanted to buy his sick horse.
He directly waved his hand and said, "That beast spent fifty taels of snowflake silver on me, but in the end I didn't get any money for a whole day! Instead, it brought bad luck to the Liu family. If she wants it, just give it to her with fifty taels of silver!"
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"But I have to agree first that she has to pay for the treatment herself!"
Yi Mingxue was overjoyed when she heard what Liu Yuanwai said.
Today, not only could I observe the carriages of this world up close, but I also unexpectedly picked up such a huge treasure.
But now the horse is sick and cannot walk at all.
Yi Mingxue had no choice but to give the driver a small amount of money and asked for help, "Uncle, do you know the veterinarian in this town? I have to make him walk first before I can take him home."
The coachman was quite worried because of the old horse.
Now, not only has someone bought it, but the person who bought it wants to treat it, so naturally he is very happy.
He accepted Yi Mingxue's money and said crisply, "You sit down in the next room for a while, and I'll call the veterinarian right away."
"Thank you." Yi Mingxue responded repeatedly.
After the coachman left, Yi Mingxue did not go to the ear room, but got into the stable and came to the side of her newly purchased sick horse.
She gently touched the horse's head, smoothed its messy hair, and said softly, "Don't worry, I will definitely cure you! After you are cured, just follow me!"
Na Ma opened his eyelids with difficulty, as if he really understood what she said, and pushed back her palm with a slight force.
Yi Mingxue curled her lips and responded, "You're so good."
The veterinarian rushed over quickly and administered strong medicine. Within half an hour, the horse was much better.
However, he became ill due to overwork and will need to take medicine for a while.
Including the prepaid fees for two follow-up visits, Yi Mingxueguang spent twenty taels of silver on treating him today.
In addition to the deposit given to Carpenter Wang in the morning, and the money spent on shopping yesterday.
The dozen or so taels of silver I had just earned had not yet warmed up, and suddenly I had less than two taels left.
However, Yi Mingxue is not discouraged, but is still full of energy.
She called for the coachman again, "Uncle, I thought about it carefully. I won't go to the next town today, and I won't bother you to see me off again!"
"Just see if you can help me find another puller. I want to transport this horse back."
The driver was a warm-hearted man, and he quickly found his brother who ran the bullock cart for Yi Mingxue, and together they put the sick horse on the cart.
Of course, Yi Mingxue couldn't ask others to make the trip in vain.
His ox-cart could originally seat ten people, and each person cost ten cents. She simply rented the ox-cart for twenty-five cents.
The wolf meat on this trip today was really not for nothing.
Yi Mingxue felt happy and hummed a little tune while sitting on the bullock cart.
She paid careful attention to the horse's condition along the way, and fed some hay to its mouth from time to time.
Because we took a bullock cart, we arrived at the entrance of the village in about half an hour.
Winter is not the busy farming season, so many people squat under the dead trees at the entrance of the village to bask in the sun.
From a distance, I saw an ox cart driving towards their village.
Some half-year-old children were so excited that they even trotted all the way to greet them.
After seeing Yi Mingxue clearly in the car and the sick horse lying inside, they all asked curious questions.
"Yi Daya, is this your horse?"
"Yes." Yi Mingxue was in a good mood and nodded to answer him.
"Why are you so lucky? You shot two mountain wolves a few days ago, and today you picked up a dead horse!"
"Oh no, this horse is still alive! Look at its mouth and ears moving!"
Yi Mingxue was a little funny, "I didn't pick this up, I bought it!"
At this time, adults had already gathered around.
Puzzled, he asked, "Da Ya, why did you buy a horse that is about to die?"
"Yes, and why do you buy this thing? You can't plow the fields, and you can't fatten it and kill it for eating! And I heard that horses are much more expensive than cattle. I'm afraid I have to spend money to buy concentrated feed to feed them.
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Yi Mingxue did not refute what everyone said, she just looked at her horse with a smile.
A large group of people followed her and her horse to the door of Yi's house.
A few carrots were originally fetching water in the village. When they heard that their eldest sister had bought a horse, they immediately ran home happily.
It turned out that although the horse was a horse, it was actually a sick horse that was about to die.
The third child was very puzzled and immediately asked, "Sister, what are you going to do?"
Including Aunt Li's family next door, they all questioned Yi Mingxue's decision.
Especially when they heard that she spent five taels on a horse and another two taels on medical treatment, they even called her a prodigal.
Yi Mingxue didn't explain much to them, and called a few young men to clean up the collapsed main room of his house.
A thick layer of dry straw was spread on an open space next to the wall.
He also found a pig stone trough and an empty bucket, and filled them with clean feed and water.
This can be considered as properly placing the newly purchased horse.
The fourth child is impatient. He held a pile of feed early in the morning and wanted to feed it himself.
But the horse was probably too tired to agree with him.
Instead, Yi Baoer boldly ran over, stretched out his increasingly rounded hands, and touched the horse's butt.
The horse actually seemed to be responding to him, gently curling his hand with its tail, making Yi Baoer giggle with joy.
Yi Tianlei saw this and reached out to touch the horse's butt. Unexpectedly, it raised its tail in annoyance and whipped the horse hard.
This made Yi Changle, Yi Qingqing and others who were watching outside burst into laughter.
Li Boniang pulled Yi Mingxue aside and said worriedly, "Girl, have you been deceived by others? Why would we, a poor family, buy this thing?"
Yi Mingxue patted the back of her hand and said comfortingly, "Auntie, don't worry, I know what's going on."
"By the way, I remember that Uncle Li can drive a car, right?"
Li Boniang nodded, "When I was young, I helped my cousin deliver goods for two years. I know how to do it, but I haven't done it for a long time, so I'm afraid I'm a little rusty. Why do you ask?"
"It's okay, just ask."
Yi Mingxue was not in a hurry to tell her her plans.
Now she has horses, a carriage is being built, and now she even has a driver.
It seems that this way of making money of mine will be opened soon.
Things went smoothly, which made Yi Mingxue very happy.
He simply called Yi Changle, "Go and light the fire. Let's eat fragrant white rice today!"
"Okay." When the kids heard that they wanted to eat white rice, they jumped up and down with joy.
However, at this moment, an inappropriate laughter sounded outside the courtyard.
Li Chunlan stood at the door of her house with a hypocritical and artificial smile on her face.
Pretending to be familiar, he said, "Oh, it seems I came at just the right time, and I can still have a meal of white rice!"
Chapter completed!