Chapter 42 I'm Giving Them All to You
Seeing that there was still some distance to go before entering the village, Shen Yiyi looked at the old man beside her.
"Grandpa, why don't you get in the car and sit for a while."
The old man’s waist can’t even be straightened, and he’s so thin, it seems like he can’t walk anymore.
Since the car is idle anyway, why not let him sit in it? Then we can go faster.
But as soon as he finished saying this, the old man kept shaking his head and waving his hands.
"No, no, I'm an old man who can still walk." The old man looked at Shen Yiyi with gratitude.
This girl is really kind-hearted. Although her movements are slow, she is not unable to walk.
What's more, everyone is walking here, he can't sit in the car alone, that would be too unreasonable.
Shen Yiyi wanted to say something else, but when she saw that the old man was so persistent, she knew he really had no intention of taking the car.
He gave up the idea and stopped forcing her. When he turned around, he saw the calf clinging to the little girl.
He rubbed his body against hers and licked her face, which made her feel happy.
"……………………"
Finally, that guy has found someone else to deal with!
She was almost tortured to the point of collapse along the way, but now she was finally let off.
But seeing that the little girl seemed to like the calf very much and was pestering her like that, he was not angry at all.
He touched it again and again curiously, and even when the big tongue licked his face, he didn't get angry at all.
If it were me, I would have slapped it away a long time ago.
As I was thinking about it, I heard the old man's voice.
"Girl, this calf seems to have just been born!"
As the old man spoke, he pointed at the calves surrounding his granddaughter, which looked like they were just born.
It seems that it was born while it was on the road.
"Grandpa, how did you know that?" Shen Yiyi's face was full of curiosity.
Staring straight at the old man, he could actually see this.
“Haha...my family used to raise cattle.” The old man smiled.
A hint of bitterness flashed across the corners of his mouth again, and when he looked at the old ox in front of him, emotions surged in his eyes.
His family once owned an ox cart, but unfortunately that was all in the past.
"Really? Does your family still have cows now?" Shen Yiyi looked at the old man curiously.
Seeing that the old man is in such a low mood, it seems that something must have happened in his family.
I didn't want to talk about this, but when I saw that the girl was so interested and she helped me so much.
The old man hesitated for a moment, but still said it.
"My family also had a strong cow like this in the past, but unfortunately we couldn't pay the rent during the famine, so we used the old ox to pay the rent."
When talking about this, the old man's face was full of loneliness. No one could understand how much he missed the old ox.
But the family really had no money, and they couldn't just keep the old ox and sell their granddaughter, so they gave up the old ox.
In the past two years, without the old ox to plow the land, she and her granddaughter had to endure a lot of fatigue, and the crops were not grown well.
This caused the fields, which were already not very productive to begin with, to produce even less grain, and life became even more difficult from then on.
"Oh." Shen Yiyi nodded.
Seeing that the old man was so sad, he didn't continue the topic and turned back to look at the calf beside him.
He was having a great time playing with the little girl, and she seemed even closer to him than he was with him, so he began to hesitate.
"……………………"
It was really not suitable for her to travel with this little thing, not to mention the energy she would have to spend taking care of it.
I can't stand it always pestering me like this. One day I might get annoyed and kill it in a fit of rage.
Since the little girl likes it so much, why not give the calf to her?
But if we just give the calf away as a gift, it won't have any milk to drink, and I guess the old cow won't agree.
After hesitating for a long time, he looked at the old man beside him.
"Grandpa, how about I give you this old ox and this calf?"
She looked at the old man, then pointed at the old ox and the calf behind it. They were about to reach Xianxia Mountain.
It would be impossible to take the cow and the calf into the mountains if they were tied somewhere.
I heard there are a lot of wild animals in Xianxia Mountain. I guess when I come back I will only see a pile of cow bones.
It would be better to give the mother and daughter to the old man and the little girl than to feed them to wild beasts.
The most important thing is that they also need it. With an old ox to farm the land, they don’t have to do it themselves.
"Girl, what did you say?" The old man was stunned.
He stopped in shock and stared at Shen Yiyi in disbelief, thinking he had heard it wrongly.
"I'm saying that I'm giving you my ox and cart. If you have a cart, give me one."
Shen Yiyi repeated it again and pointed to the old ox in front.
I thought if the old man had a cart, I would give him one, which would be enough to temporarily pull the things on the cart.
Otherwise, it would be really inconvenient to pull a ox cart into the mountains.
"This, how can this be possible!" The old man stared at Shen Yiyi.
Even though I understood it, I still couldn't believe it. After all, an old ox these days cost more than ten taels of silver.
A cow like this one, which is in the prime of life, may be more expensive, and it also has a newborn calf.
Together with the ox cart, it must be worth more than twenty taels of silver. The girl actually gave it to them just like that. I couldn't believe it.
Even Shang Zhanchen and Jiang Zuo, who were following beside them, were surprised. They did not expect Shen Yiyi to say that.
Shen Yiyi was too lazy to look at them. Seeing the old man's surprised expression, she guessed what he was thinking and nodded heavily.
"Well, it's inconvenient for us to carry this calf with us on the road, so I'll give it to you."
"No, no, I can help you take care of it for a few days, and then drive it away when you come back."
The old man shook his head. He didn't even know them, but they had already given them so much money.
How could they ask for such valuable things? It’s nothing to help them look after it for a few days.
"Yes, sister, I can help you raise it for a few days, and you can come and get it when you come back."
The little girl also looked at Shen Yiyi with a smile, and then she touched the calf next to her curiously.
Even though it is extremely rare, how could someone possibly want such a valuable thing?
Seeing that the little girl liked the calf so much, Shen Yiyi patted her shoulder.
"We are not planning to come back. The cow and the cart are yours. When we go back later, just help me boil some hot water."
As she spoke, she pointed to the village ahead, even though she had already taken a bath there once before.
But I washed in a hurry, without even a kiss, so I thought about going back to get some hot water and washing thoroughly.
Otherwise, in such a hot day, she felt like she was going to stink.
“……………………”The little girl didn’t say a word.
Instead, she looked straight at her grandfather. She really didn't dare to nod in agreement to such a big gift, but she really liked this little calf in her heart.
Meeting his granddaughter's eager eyes, the old man hesitated for a moment, then knelt down in front of Shen Yiyi with a plop.
"Miss, you are so kind to me. I can only repay you in my next life!"