Factory owner is king

Chapter 47 Buying a Donkey
"This...isn't that right?" Xu Ruyi looked at the scene in front of her in doubt, without stopping.

It has to be said that the folk customs during the Hongwu period were relatively simple.Of course, it may also be because the law is too harsh.Although it is not enough to not pick up lost things on the road and not close the door at night, it is not far behind.

On the wide official road, there are not many pedestrians coming and going, most of them are in a hurry, or riding a horse, or sitting in a sedan chair, but most of them rely on their own legs.

In the end, it was still after the rain, and the air was filled with the fragrance of earth.The ground is somewhat wet, but far from muddy.

Everything seemed normal, but Xu Ruyi saw something strange in it.

Not far ahead, in the middle of the road, a donkey walked slowly and slowly, its head swayed from side to side and its long ears swayed from side to side, its tail swayed from side to side, looking leisurely and comfortable.

There is nothing strange about the donkey. If you insist, it probably looks like it. It is covered in black and bright short hair, and it is big and shiny in the sun.The four legs are strong and the hooves are thick, the size of a sea bowl.Walking in front of the donkey was a man dressed as a farmer, who might have just returned from the market in Qiandeng Town.There is no weight on the donkey's back, and there is no bridle on its mouth.Just follow his master step by step.

These are nothing, but Xu Ruyi saw something unusual.

Occasionally, there are quacks or servants passing by on horseback on the official road, but every time the horse passes by the black donkey, it will always subconsciously dodge to the side, as if it does not want to get close to the donkey, and therefore, the rider is often I was taken aback for a moment, but it didn't cause any conflict.

From various perspectives, regardless of size or physique, horses should not be afraid of donkeys, let alone galloping horses.

"Brother..." Couldn't help being curious, Xu Ruyi took a few steps and caught up with the black donkey's owner.

"Uh... what, what's the matter?" The owner of the black donkey was a man in his 40s, wearing simple clothes and carrying two pieces of pudding.With dark skin, he looks like an honest farmer.Seeing the well-dressed Xu Ruyi coming up to talk to her at this moment, she looked a little at a loss.

Bowing her hands politely as a courtesy to her elders, Xu Ruyi said, "Old man, you are such a energetic donkey."

"Ha..." Xu Ruyi saw that Xu Ruyi was young and behaved politely, so the old man let go of his guard and replied, "I am not an ordinary donkey."

Maybe he was scratched to an itchy spot, or he was tired from walking, so the old man stopped and started talking, "My donkey, I picked it up on the mountain when I went up to cut firewood that day."

"Picked it?" Xu Ruyi asked with some doubts.

At that time, woodcutter mostly cut wood in order to make a living by selling it in the process.As for ordinary farmers who own land, most of them collect firewood from nearby mountains or woods for home use.

"It's not right to say that you picked it up." The old man looked mysterious. "That day, I was collecting firewood on the mountain. I don't have any hobbies, but I like to drink a few sips while working."

As he spoke, the old man took off the wine skin bag on his waist, unscrewed the lid, took a sip, and then wanted to unscrew the lid, but after thinking about it, he handed it to Xu Ruyi.

"Thank you, old man." Xu Ruyi took the skin bag, and was not polite, and took a sip from the sky.It's not that Xu Ruyi doesn't know how to push back, but that drinking can bring them closer.It's like when two people smoke, they can get closer by handing each other a fire.

"Hehe" the old man saw Xu Ruyi's joy, and he felt even more defenseless, and then said, "I finished reading the firewood and tied it up, so I was thinking about drinking a few sips on a tree stump, but just unscrewed the cover, this old guy I don't know where it came from."

"Ouch" was talking, the black donkey behind hit the old man with his big head, his eyes seemed a little dissatisfied.

Yes, dissatisfied, Xu Ruyi didn't know how she saw it, but felt that the donkey's eyes were really special.

"Okay, okay." The old man didn't get angry after being pushed. He just took out a broken bowl from his arms, poured some wine from the wine bag into it, and put it under the donkey's head.

"Hululu," the black donkey buried his big mouth in the bowl and drank unceremoniously.

"At that time, it snatched my wine bag directly, held its mouth in its mouth, tilted its head, and drank it all for me." The old man showed a smile on his face, "I was so angry at the time, I wanted to kill it and eat it. meat, but I am afraid that it has an owner.”

"Then I looked around and found that it seemed to be a wild donkey. But for some reason, it kept following me. I thought, I can't lose money if I pick it up for free, so I took it home."

"Who would have thought that this donkey is so strong, it can carry everything it can carry, and it is more powerful than an ox. But it is not allowed to wear a faucet or pull a mill. This is not a big deal, the key point is that it still grabs wine with the old man and me. drink"

"I told him to drink this wine. It drank more than the old man myself. It's okay if you don't give it." The old man said, stretched out his hand and hit the donkey's head, but it wasn't too heavy. You said no, I was afraid of being caught and eaten meat, after all, I have been raising it for a long time, and I have feelings."

"Is that so..." Xu Ruyi was thoughtful.

Before that, Xu Ruyi had been thinking about buying a horse as a mount.In Qiandeng Town before, he also took the time to visit the horse market, but the result was not satisfactory.The problem was not with the horse, but with himself.Leaving aside the difference in the crotch, the most important thing is that he can't ride a horse.

In his previous life, he had ridden twice on the Mongolian grasslands when he was traveling, and he was still the kind of horse that was led and not allowed to run. With his temper, people would believe that he was a cow.

Now that he was really riding on a tall horse, he was so dizzy that he almost fell off.

After trying three or four times in a row, Xu Ruyi finally gave up, realizing that she lacked horses in five elements, and she still couldn't make up for it.

It was also inertial thinking at the time, and I didn't think about finding a substitute, but now. . . . .

"Old man" Xu Ruyi smiled and bowed slightly

"how?"

"Look, can you sell me this donkey?" Xu Ruyi said, taking out ten taels of silver from her pocket.

This is the filial piety of his good disciple Gu Yunzhen.It has to be said that he is really a local tyrant, the luggage carried by his little book boy can be said to be full of gold, a lot of silver, and hidden jewels.Xu Ruyi wasn't polite to him either.

"Sell it to you?" The old man was taken aback for a moment, then looked him up and down, "Why do you want this stuff?"

"Look, old man." Xu Ruyi opened her arms and turned around in a circle, "I'm going to visit relatives at CD, but I can't ride a horse with my small body, and my family didn't say to prepare a sedan chair or anything, so I'm alone , walking is really inconvenient, if I can have you as a donkey, then my journey will be much easier."

Seeing the old man's concerns, Xu Ruyi said again, "Don't worry, I will take good care of it and will never kill it. That's right, my relative has a lot of money in his family, so even if he is raised at home in the future, it won't be bad for him." Order wine and food”

"Okay." The old man thought for a while, and finally agreed, "But I don't want the money."

"You take it, I'm not short of this money, after all, this is your donkey"

After some concessions, the old man finally accepted the ten taels of silver, and Xu Ruyi sat on the little donkey contentedly.

Buying a donkey for ten taels of silver is definitely not a bad treatment. At that time, a cow was only about five taels of silver. Now that he got ten taels of silver, the old man was naturally happy in his heart, and even gave Xu Ruyi his wine skin.

　Still the same sentence, if you save more manuscripts in your hand, you will give more to everyone~
　　
　
(End of this chapter)