Chapter 46: The calf and the donkey are in hand, plus 1 to end the village trip
Chapter 46: The calf and the donkey are in hand, plus one to end the village trip
What else could Li Jiayi say?
Everyone ate too much at this meal. We had never eaten like this during the Chinese New Year because there was too much meat.
After dinner, the family sat in the yard to enjoy the cool air.
Although it is still very hot during the day, it is about to enter autumn and it will be much cooler at night.
"Boom boom boom!"
There was a knock on the door.
Hearing the knock on the door, the uncle quickly stood up and said, "It might be someone looking for me. I'll go check it out."
They had already discussed it in the afternoon, and in the evening he and a few other people would go to collect food.
"Captain?"
Li Aiguo opened the door, but he didn't expect it was the team leader.
"Oh! Patriotism!"
The captain didn't expect that the person who opened the door would be Li Aiguo.
"Captain, what are you doing..." When he saw it was the captain, he knew he was not looking for him.
Because everything had been discussed in the afternoon and the captain had already made arrangements, there was no need to come to him in person.
"I was looking for Jiayi, and I didn't expect you to be here too."
"So you're looking for Jiayi! Come in quickly."
Soon the team leader followed uncle Li Aiguo into the yard.
"Uncle Lao Gen." The captain shouted first.
"Yeah! Are you coming?"
The name Lao Gen actually means the youngest in this generation, at least in Lijia Village.
Yes, in terms of age, the team leader is a few years older than Li Laogen, which explains the problem.
"it is good."
"have you eaten?"
"I've eaten." As he spoke, the captain also sat down.
"What do you want to see Jiayi for?" Li Laogen asked.
He didn't want Li Jiayi to get involved in village affairs.
"It's nothing serious, just something small to tell him."
Seeing that the captain didn't want to say anything, Li Laogen didn't ask any more questions and prepared to turn around and ask Li Jiayi.
"Grandpa, since the captain wants to see me, I'll go take a look."
Li Jiayi knew that it must be about the calf and the donkey, otherwise the captain would not have come to find him.
"Yeah! Go ahead!"
"Then Uncle Lao Gen, I'll leave first." The captain stood up and said.
"Ok!"
When they got outside the yard, Li Jiayi asked excitedly, "Captain, is there any news about the calf and the donkey?"
"Yes, four calves and three donkeys in total."
"Ah! So many?" Li Jiayi asked in surprise.
He thought there would be two or three calves and even fewer donkeys, but he didn't expect there would be so many.
"Yes, but two of the calves are very small. One is less than a month old, and the other is only about half a month old. Do you think we can keep them? If not, we can wait a little longer."
"No, Captain. I want any size."
Not to mention that it has been half a month, even if it was just born, it would be fine. Don't forget that he is a person with spiritual spring.
"There is also a very small donkey."
"Captain, no problem, just tell me how much money you need in total."
There was nothing he could do! He didn't have much money left. He originally had 1,700 to 8,000 yuan, and even with the compensation from the three old men, it was less than 2,000 yuan.
After coming here, he spent one hundred dollars on buying Ma Lei Zi and gave one thousand to his grandfather. Now he has only a little over eight hundred dollars in his hand.
And there was a limited amount. To be honest, he was really worried that it was not enough. After all, these were calves and little donkeys!
"Seven hundred yuan in total." "Seven hundred yuan?" Li Jiayi breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Isn't this a bit low?"
"It's not low. Even if I sell it in the commune, I can't get this price."
"But Captain, this is equivalent to one hundred yuan per head, but there are big and small ones. The small ones are still okay, but won't the big ones suffer a loss?"
"Don't worry! The big ones are more expensive, the small ones are cheaper, how can we suffer a loss?"
"Well! Where are the calf and the donkey now?"
"They are all tied up at my house. You can take them away anytime."
"What are you waiting for? Let's go now." After saying that, Li Jiayi walked forward.
The captain shook his head and followed behind.
The two men quickly arrived at the captain's house, and sure enough, there were four calves and three donkeys tied in the captain's yard.
When Li Jiayi saw these calves and donkeys, he immediately took out a handful of money from his schoolbag.
He knew it might be about the calf and the donkey, so he slung his schoolbag over his shoulder before going out.
"Captain, here is seven hundred dollars, please count it."
"No need. I don't trust others, but how can I not trust you?"
Li Jiayi shook his head and said, "That won't do. Let's put it one thing at a time. It's better for you to just give some pointers."
"OK then!"
As soon as Li Jia saw the calf and the donkey, the team leader counted the money.
After all, the money was not his, he was just a middleman, and he didn't get any compensation.
That's why Li Jiayi asked him to make it clear. In case there was a shortage of ten or twenty yuan, the captain would have to pay for it out of his own pocket.
"Add one, and the money will be exactly the same."
"Captain, can I take these calves and donkeys away?"
"Of course, they are yours now, you can take them away anytime."
"Yeah!" Li Jia nodded and went over to untie the rope.
It is not easy to lead seven calves and a donkey at once, especially the calves.
Otherwise it wouldn’t be called a calf. This thing has never been put on a bridle and is particularly uncooperative.
But in the end he was taken away.
After leaving the team leader's house, Li Jiayi did not go directly to his grandfather's house, but went to the west end of the village.
He couldn't take so many calves and donkeys to his grandfather's house, so he had to find a deserted place to put them in the space.
More than half an hour later, Li Jiayi returned home. With the calf and the donkey, Li Jiayi's work here was completely over.
So he plans to go back tomorrow, and this time he probably won't come back unless he has a holiday.
Since there was nothing to worry about here, if all the money he gave was used to buy food, it would be enough for my grandparents and my uncle's family to eat for four or five years, not to mention three years.
"Grandson, are you back? What does the captain want to see you about?" Grandpa came over and asked as soon as I got home.
Of course Li Jiayi knew that this was his grandfather's concern for him.
So he quickly said, "Grandpa, it's nothing. The captain just asked me if the village needs to prepare anything else."
"Oh, is it?"
"Yes grandpa."
"OK then!"
Li Laogen knew that Li Jiayi was not telling the truth, but he did not ask any more questions.
In his opinion, at most the captain would ask Li Jiayi to borrow some money.
It is normal to think this way. No one in the village is wealthy, and it will definitely cost a lot of money to buy so much food.
That's why he didn't continue asking, because Li Jiayi was also helping the villagers.
Besides, the village will definitely return the money to the eldest grandson in the future, so what's there to ask?
He never thought that his eldest grandson bought a calf and a donkey from the village.
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(End of this chapter)