Chapter 937: Dumbfounded
Originally, Xia Feng wanted to invite Maruyama to eat a popsicle, but unfortunately there were no popsicles here, not even a fruit seller, so he had to ask him to drink water, which was cold.
Drink water, 5 copper coins are not worth mentioning in Xia Feng's eyes, even if you add another zero.
At the beginning, Li Yuntian, the boss of Yuntian Group, directly slapped the 10 billion check from Longmen Bank on the coffee table of the barbecue restaurant.
When he saw the check, he smiled indifferently, coughed, and then quickly put it in his trouser pocket after the wait was gone.
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5 copper coins were nothing, but Maruyama still felt embarrassed and muttered.
"The last time I came to town, I didn't need money to fetch water, why do you have to collect money now."
In fact, this is not Maruyama's care, and later Xia Feng learned how cheap the dried fish that Minamino Village usually sells in the town.
Xia Feng took the water scoop and drank it violently, and then said while filling the kettle.
"It's okay, I have money, don't be polite to me."
"Alright then, thanks, brother-in-law."
“???”
....
Natsukaze said that he was rich, and it wasn't until they went to buy cattle that Maruyama didn't know what it meant to be rich.
After replenishing the water, Xia Feng first had a general understanding of the money needed to buy building materials, calculated the budget, and decided to buy cattle first.
At the entrance of the town, Xia Feng knocked on a resident's house with a big buffalo tied to the door.
The door was opened, and an old man with a straw hat held a cigarette pouch, looked at Xia Feng suspiciously, and asked.
"You young man, why are you knocking on my door? My family doesn't sell anything. ”
Xia Feng pointed to the big buffalo tied in front of the door.
"Uncle, is your cow for sale?"
Uncle shook his hand.
"Those who cultivate land do not sell it."
"Uncle, I can pay more."
"I said that it was cultivated land, and I didn't sell it for any amount of money."
Xia Feng dug into his pocket.
"I'll give 1 gold."
The old man's eyelids jumped.
"No, you can't sell it, if the cattle are gone, I have to borrow them from my neighbors, it's very troublesome."
Xia Feng dug into his pockets again.
"Add 1 more gold, and I will have a total of 2 golds."
The old man's cigarette pouch shook a little.
"This ..... It's not a matter of money, we have raised this cow since we were children, and we have feelings, and my wife will not agree. ”
"3 gold, if it doesn't work, I'll go to another house and buy it."
"Let's go!"
The cigarette pouch fell to the ground, and the old man grabbed Xia Feng's hand, as if he was afraid that he would regret it, and kept repeating it in his mouth.
"Sell, sell, sell."
.....
The prices on the entire south coast are ridiculously low, but spending 3 gold to buy a cow, Xia Feng feels that it is not a loss.
For farmers, cattle are the lifeblood of a family, and this is not an ordinary cattle, it is a professional "tractor cow" that knows how to plough the land and works hard.
It can be seen that this family still has feelings for the old buffalo, although the feelings are eventually defeated by money, but it is also for life.
After learning that they were villagers of Nanye Village, the old man also gave him a simple wooden ox cart, and prepared some forage, after the cattle were sold, they kept these things and it was useless, judging from their age, these 3 gold was enough for the old couple to have no worries about food and clothing in this town.
The old man and his wife were reluctant, and repeatedly confirmed that they would not kill the cow and eat meat, and only after receiving Xia Feng's affirmative assurance did they reluctantly close the door.
That's it, the tractor still doesn't have it, but with a replacement, family members like +1.
"Old Niu, let's go, go home with me."
Lao Niu's temper and personality are very docile, perhaps because he felt that he had been sold, so he followed Xia Feng with peace of mind.
"Moo~"
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Cattle are expensive because they are not an ordinary commodity, but an efficient labor force that takes time to care for from an early age and spend time on agricultural training.
In contrast, what you need to build a house is cheap.
All kinds of casings, iron frames, waterproof compartments, including delicate doors and windows, etc., cost less than 1 gold in total.
Because there were so many things that even the ox cart could not pull it all at once, after paying the money in one lump sum, they decided to ship it back in batches over the next few days.
Afternoon.
Natsukaze and Maruyama began to walk back with a full ox cart.
The mountain road is full of potholes, but fortunately, the old cow is relatively stable, and it is used to walking on muddy fields, and it will not be discouraged and not walk.
As dusk passed, the two of them worked together and spent longer than they had come, and finally returned to the cherry blossom forest in the middle of the night.
....
In the night, neither the bagpipes nor the wind treasure slept.
A man and a dog sit by the fire, the bagpipes are still planning the layout of the house, and Feng Bao is wagging his tail in boredom.
Suddenly, Feng Bao's ears stood up, and the swaying big jaw turned into a propeller, and when it heard the sound of the summer wind coming back, it immediately got up and rushed into the distance.
"Woohoo!"
The bagpipes looked up at the sound.
Because of the dim light, she could faintly see someone walking in this direction.
As she got closer, she saw the summer breeze clearly, and then saw the honest buffalo.
"Wow! Wow wow wow wow wow! Cow Cow! ”
Along the way, although Xia Feng didn't carry anything, his legs were still weak, tired and sleepy.
However, when he saw the bagpipes happy when they saw the big buffalo, he really felt that it was all worth it.
This gift was the closest thing to her dreams for bagpipes, more than all clothes and jewelry.
...
The next day.
The bagpipes directly ignored the title given by Xia Feng, and firmly gave the old buffalo a name she liked, called Dumb.
In the face of the name Dudu, this time Xia Feng stood from an objective point of view, put aside the second disease, and sincerely felt that the old buffalo might not like this name.
But since it's a gift for bagpipes, it doesn't matter what it's called, as long as she likes it.
Morning.
Xia Feng ran to Nanye Village again and called two young men who were helping, preparing to continue to the town to transport the rest of the things back.
As for Maruyama, who was the main designer and engineer of the house, he stayed behind and began construction.
..
The sun gradually rose to the middle of the sky, and then, slowly setting in the west, repeating the same transportation route as yesterday, the summer breeze came to "learn from the west".
He is indeed very tired, but along the way, the most tired must be the stupidity of being the main force.
Xia Feng wiped his sweat and gently patted the old cow's neck.
"It's heavy."
"Moo."
"Don't worry, I assure you, this is definitely not the norm of life, bear with it, pull everything back and it's over."
"Moo~"
....
When Xia Feng returned to the cherry blossom forest from the town with the goods, it was late at night.
But this time, instead of the open space and the fire, he was greeted by the open space and the fire, and in the place he and the bagpipes had chosen, the rudiments of the house had appeared.
Maruyama is indeed professional, not only professional in technique, but also professional in efficiency, and in just one day, the house has begun to take shape.
Of course, it was still open overhead, but three of the four walls had been erected.
These high-quality timber are all reserves of Minamino Village, and in order to speed up the efficiency, Uncle Nanno specially brought the young people of the village to help during the day.
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After unloading the goods, the two villagers who helped him transport the goods declined his invitation and went straight back to the village.
Tie up the old cow, Xia Feng rubbed his sore arm, and walked to this home that rose from the ground and began to take shape.
At this time, the doors and windows of this house were not yet there, and Xia Feng walked in directly through the gap.
"I'm back, oops, so tired."
The bagpipes sat against the wall, and for some reason, they didn't seem to be very happy, and when they saw him come back, they just let out an "oh".
Xia Feng was a little puzzled.
"What's wrong, where's Maruyama?"
"I've already returned to the village, and I said I'll come back early tomorrow morning."
"Grace ....."
At this time, Xia Feng turned his eyes and suddenly noticed that there was another person in the family where the wind was leaking.
This is a very young girl, dressed plainly, with a ponytail and pointed ghost horns on the top of her head, looking fresh and generous.
"You ......"
Originally, the girl was knitting something, but when she saw Xia Feng, she immediately put down the things in her hand and greeted her with a glass of water.
"You're back, you're tired, you're welcome, sit down, drink a glass of water first."
"Uh.... Thank you. ”
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Seeing the strange girl's expression as if she was the mistress of the house, Xia Feng seemed to understand why the bagpipes were unhappy.
Even he felt for a moment that this place didn't seem to be his home.