Chapter 102 Buying Cows

  Having been exhausted for a whole night, they had searched around the area within a radius of ten miles, but everyone who returned was rubbing their red eyes and shaking their heads, saying that they couldn't find it.

  He had to hurry up with the sowing, and it was impossible to keep dragging people to help find, Ye Mingyi thanked each of the helpers one by one, saying that he would treat them after finishing the work, and sent everyone away before going to find his sister with red eyes.

  Cao Ye stood guard at the door for a whole night and didn't see Cao Wei return home, so she knew he hadn't found him, and her heart was filled with sorrow.

  "Sister, the stone is this big now, it should be nothing, he must be hiding in that haystack and sleeping, he will definitely come back today." Yang Mingyi comforted in a dry tone.

  Shitou is Cao Wei's nickname.

  Cao Ye raised her head and looked at her brother with hopeful eyes: "Brother, can he come back? Xiang'er left and never came back, can he come back?"

  Yang Mingyi rubbed his hands together and laughed dryly, "If they can come back, why can't we? You're still here, so they'll definitely be able to come back."

  If she had known from the start that Cao Xin was gone, she would still have held onto such a hope. Now looking at her brother's expression, what else didn't she know? She only felt a dull numbness in her heart, oh her children!

  At this time, Ye Yu's wife had just woken up, stretching her waist and walking out. Seeing that the kitchen was empty and cold without even a hint of heat, she knew that no one had cooked yet. She opened her mouth and scolded: "Where are they all? Why hasn't anyone cooked yet?"

  Since Cao Yeshi brought her children back to her brother's house, she felt that they were taking advantage of her brother and that she was being divorced, so she couldn't hold her head up. She worked hard to make up for her guilty conscience. When she heard Ye Yu Shi scolding, she reflexively got up to cook, but she had sat up all night and was exhausted, and as soon as she moved, her whole body ached, and she fell back down. Ye Yu Shi happened to see her get up and then sit back down, thinking that she was trying to resist her. She raised her head again and started scolding: "You heartless and ruthless person, you were divorced and still have the nerve to come back, how did you bring disaster to the Cao family and now want to come back and bring disaster to your mother's house? How do you still have the face to live? There are so many trees on the mountain, which one can't hang you to death? If you're dissatisfied with your fate, why not jump into the river? You eat and drink every day, but still dare to show off in front of me. Do you think you're a Buddha, and I should support you?"

  Ye Mingyi saw that she was getting more and more outrageous, so he hastily stopped her, saying: "Don't scold anymore, little sister is also worried about Shi Tou, you go cook today."

  Yè Yú's family was furious. Yesterday evening, Yè Míngyì scolded her and she hadn't even settled the score yet, now they wanted her to cook for that stinky woman who had been divorced, what reason was there?

  Ye Lai Fu was worried that his uncle Cao Wei had been worried for a night, and he also wanted to go out and find people with him last night, but his mother did not agree, so he could only wait at home for news. Who knew that later on, he couldn't bear it and fell asleep? The noise in the morning woke him up. At this moment, when he went out, he saw his parents quarreling. His aunt's face was ashen, and she hastily smiled and said: "Dad and mom are early. Aunt is early, Mom, I want to eat your fried egg pancake today, it's been a long time since I had one, I'm really craving it."

  What Ye Yu loved the most was none other than her precious son Lai Fu. At this moment, Lai Fu said he wanted to eat the egg pancakes she made, and she couldn't help but agree. She busied herself in the kitchen preparing them. Ye Mingyi looked at him with a look of approval. The Ye household finally returned to calm, and after eating breakfast, everyone went about their own business. Cao Ye still sat listlessly on the threshold, her face pale.

  Zhen'er entrusted Ye Shiwei to find people, and he soon brought news that two households were willing to follow Zhen'er, with wages at the same price as Ye's family. Zhen'er thought it was very reasonable, and Ye Baiju also agreed, so they took those two people.

  As they had all been at Ye's house for a year or two, except for the first day when Ye Shiwen went to see them, there was nothing much to do for the next two days.

  There are few families in the village with oxen for plowing, most families rely on human power to till the land, and only a small number of families have oxen or rent them from others.

  These days, every family is busy with farming, where can you find idle cows for rent? Zhen went to the field twice and saw that two people were supporting the plow and pulling it, which was very hard work. She didn't want to exhaust anyone either, so she thought of buying a cow.

  The two of them were always busy with their daily chores, but when Zhen'er said she wanted to buy a cow, the look in her eyes immediately changed.

  A cow costs five taels of silver, even a moderately well-off peasant family wouldn't be willing to buy one. They often plow the land like this and don't think it's anything unusual, but as soon as this young girl opens her mouth, she says "buy a cow", how can people not be shocked?

  They are also frequent visitors to Yu Shu Village and have heard a thing or two about Zhen Er's affairs, whether true or false. This little girl is not simple at all.

  Zhen'er didn't understand buying cattle, and he had thought of entrusting it to those two groups of workers, but was afraid they would cheat in the middle. He had also stayed in a wealthy family before, although not proficient in serving underlings, but had also seen slaves deceive their masters, and knew that they couldn't be given too much power. So he had to trouble Ye Dabo again, entrusting this matter to him.

  Perhaps having seen too many incredible things from Zhen'er, Ye Shiwei was surprisingly calm when she said she wanted to buy a cow.

  Ye Shiwei brought a helper and spent the whole morning strolling around the cattle market, carefully examining several cows three or four times. He was quite fond of two of them, one being a yellow cow and the other a water buffalo.

  Water buffalo plows the land with great strength, one head can equal two yellow cattle. However, the yellow cattle have a faster pace. Moreover, if the water buffalo is hot or hungry, it won't move, in general, both types of cattle have their advantages and disadvantages.

  Ye Shiwei thought for half a day, he liked both cows very much, and really didn't know which one to buy. In the end, he walked around the cattle market again and bought both cows.

  Back home, Mr. Mao saw two cows and was stunned for a moment. Didn't Jian'er's family only have one cow?

  Ye Shiwei scratched his head and said, "I think our family's land is still quite a lot, so I was thinking of buying a cow to use it. Anyway, it can all be used." He repeatedly emphasized that it could be used, as if he was afraid that the Mao family would blame him.

  Ye Shiwei had a very harmonious relationship with the Mao couple, and they always consulted each other on everything. They were a model couple in the village. This time, he took it upon himself to spend five taels of silver, and was still worried that Mrs. Mao would blame him for it.

  Ye Lao's favorite thing was to see a harmonious scene between husband and wife. Seeing his son at a loss for words in front of his daughter-in-law, he hastily intervened, saying: "Buying cattle is good, buying cattle will save trouble when Su Mu falls to the ground."

  The Mao family had been holding back their laughter, and now that they saw the old master speaking up, they couldn't help but burst out laughing. "Dad, you really think I'm blaming him? He bought it, so what if he did? Can't a grown man even buy an ox? I just wanted to let him know that next time he spends money, he should tell us at home first, and not just bring back such a big thing without saying a word."

  Yeshi Wei saw that the storm had passed and hurriedly said: "I know, I know, next time I'll definitely say something."

  The last two cows let Zhen'er choose first. Zhen'er chose the yellow cow, mainly because the water buffalo was too powerful and she might not be able to tame it with Hu Zi.

  When Ye Shiwei led the two cows back, the village was in an uproar. When farming families had one cow, it was enough to boast about for a long time. When they found out that one of the cows belonged to Zhen'er's family, the noisy crowd didn't stop, but instead became even more boisterous. Zhen'er buying land and cows was something that couldn't be hidden, and this time she had spent a lot of money!