Chapter 30 Buying a Cat
The next day, Yang Ming got up early and then made breakfast. Today, he was going to sign a contract with the village.
Wei Qingqing was frightened last night and didn't get up in the morning. She still fell asleep in a towel wrapped in a quilt. However, she may not have any dreams, her eyebrows were always locked and her face was a little pale.
"Qingqing, it's time to eat..." Yang Ming put on the kang table and gently pushed Wei Qingqing.
"Um..." Wei Qingqing frowned and opened her eyes, "You eat, I don't eat anymore, I just want to sleep." After that, she covered her head with a towel.
Yang Ming was helpless and knew that she was scared last night and was not energetic today, so he could only eat by himself. After dinner, he washed his own bowls and chopsticks, took a few clean bowls, and put the food on: "Qingqing, I won't move the kang table down. The food is on the table. Remember to eat when you are hungry. I went to the county to get some money today and signed the contract with the village."
"Yeah! Go!" Wei Qingqing said vaguely.
So Yang Ming first took out the password box, withdrew 50,000 yuan, and sent it to Mrs. Liu, asking her to pay the contract fee. Even if the rest is to repair the mountain, Yang Ming brought back yesterday, there is 228,000 yuan in the password box. When he was in the market, Wei Qingqing took away the fraction, and now he has withdrawn 50,000 yuan, and there is still 170,000 yuan left.
Yang Ming stuffed the remaining money into the large lying cabinet, emptied the password box, took the money to use it, and then went out.
Yang Ming first drove the truck to the village committee and met with branch secretary Zheng Dabao and village chief Wang Quangen. The two of them had been waiting at the gate of the brigade. Although Wang Quangen wanted to plot against Yang Ming, it was a real task to ask the village to build roads and it was necessary to complete it. Today, I took someone's free ride, so I didn't show them the face. I nodded and said hello. However, Zheng Dabao greeted Yang Ming with a happy face.
When the two village cadres got in the car, Yang Ming drove in the car and headed towards Yungu County.
Yungu County is a small county town, not rich, but not too poor. People's consumption level is average. Today, it happens to be a big restaurant in Yungu County. As soon as I entered the county town, I saw various stalls on both sides of the road, including flowers, trees, birds, pigeons, and dogs...
The markets in the county town are much larger than those in rural markets, and there are people on the roads. If the truck wants to move forward, it can only grind forward little by little.
"Okay, let's get off here. You go and withdraw the money. We will meet here at around 10 o'clock." Zheng Dabao said when he saw that the truck could not rise at all.
"Finish!" Yang Ming nodded, stopped the car, and the two village cadres got out.
The car couldn't move, so Yang Ming simply parked it in a parking space on the side of the road. Anyway, the car was advanced enough and could not drive without a key. It made the noise too loud and could still make an alarm sound. He called the police directly to the Public Security Bureau. Unexpectedly, there was a car thief who came to steal it.
Although it was Yang Ming's first time to enter Yungu County, he had a mouth open under his nose. After asking several people, Yang Ming easily found the bank, withdrew 350,000 yuan, put it in a password box, and then returned to the parking place.
After throwing the password box into the truck cab, Yang Ming waited for Zheng Dabao and Wang Quangen to return while wandering around the market.
"Uncle, why are there only dogs and pigeons in this animal market? What about those big animals?" Yang Ming looked for a long time and did not see a larger animal selling cattle, sheep, pigs, donkeys, etc., so he couldn't help asking an old man holding a bird cage covered with black cloth.
"The young man isn't a local, right?" The old man looked up and down at Yang Ming.
"Uh! I'm not a local," said Yang Ming.
"This is a big wonder. This is not a livestock market. Do you see the dog seller? It is the dog market, the flower market, and the bird seller. It is the bird market. The big livestock are too dirty and they are teeing everywhere. You don't let them sell here. Do you want to buy it? Do you see that dirt road? Follow the dirt road and you can see the animal seller..." The old man pointed out a dirt road to Yang Ming. This dirt road is a fork on the road, leading to the fields. If there is any animal manure, it is used as fertilizer nearby.
"Thank you, uncle..." Yang Ming thanked repeatedly, remembering Wei Qingqing was frightened by a mouse last night, so he wanted to buy a cat and put it on the kang at home, and said, "Uncle, do you know where to sell cats?"
"Cat? Cats are not yet available! If you want to buy, you can only rely on luck. Touch and touch the dog market and the pigeon market. The thing is clean, and those who are shitting and urinating are buried by themselves." said the old man.
"Thank you, uncle!" Yang Ming thanked repeatedly and began to wander around the Dog and Pigeon markets, looking for cat sellers.
"Master, how do you sell this dog?" Yang Ming fell in love with a pair of spotted dogs in the dog market and immediately came over it. When he got closer, he found that both dogs were disabled.
"My two dogs are purebred spots, and they are all discounted by clips on their left front legs. But they are well planted and taken back for breeding. There is no problem at all. These two dogs are one male and one female." The seller of the dog was a middle-aged man, and he had a hint of regret on his face. The two good dogs were ruined like this, and no one felt sorry for him.
Yang Ming looked at the two dogs. The two dogs were tied together with a chain. They couldn't run away from the male dog or the female dog. The male dog was quite big, but his spirit was a little depressed. It was probably because he had just been a breeding dog for these days, which made him feel a little weak. Although the female dog was in good spirits, the room was swollen. He squatted on the ground and squeezed out a trace of milk. It was obvious that this female dog was a breastfeeding bitch.
"You two dogs are not in good condition, especially this male, who is so tired that his legs are trembling. You have 80% of them have let them keep their seeds these days. And this female must have a baby..." Yang Ming said.
"Haha, since they are already destroyed, they will naturally have to leave a breed." The middle-aged man selling dogs smiled, "Big brother, if you want it, take them away for one thousand yuan."
"It's hard to say..." Yang Ming shook his head slightly, "I'm afraid this male dog has been squeezed out. This bitch can still raise a cub, but where can I breed it? I can only raise a bastard, so let's do it, four hundred, I want these two dogs."
"After, I'll give it to you four hundred..." The middle-aged man nodded happily. He had no intention of selling these two dogs for much money. As Yang Ming said, the male dog had already made him useless. Whether he could be a breeding dog was still talking about it. All those who know dogs shook their heads when they saw the male dog. That is, the bitch was okay, and it was a huge price. He was waiting for Yang Ming to land and pay back the money.
Yang Ming took out his wallet from his pocket and pointed to the middle-aged man four old heads. After the middle-aged man had a test, he directly got into the crowd and disappeared, so as not to regret it again.
Yang Ming took the two spotted dogs back to the truck, took them directly to the rear compartment, and tied the chain to the railings. The two dogs were honest and lay on the compartment when they got in the car.
Yang Ming went to the market again, but did not find any cat sellers.
"Hey, boy, what are you going to do? Haven't found a cat seller yet?"
Yang Ming was looking around, but suddenly someone was patted on his shoulder. When he turned around, he saw that it was the old man who was carrying a bird cage and introducing himself to the market.
"Yeah! I haven't found it yet!" Yang Ming nodded and said.
"Come with me. There is a cat seller in Bird City. It's our neighbor..." The old man patted Yang Ming on the shoulder.
"You are so enthusiastic, thank you so much..." Yang Ming was overjoyed.
"What are you grateful for? That smelly cat, I ate about ten yellow birds of my life. If their broken cat is not sold, I will beat him to death..." When the cat from the neighbor's house was mentioned, the old man was angry and furious.
Yang Ming was sweating: So that's the case?
There are many types of birds in the bird market, including parrots, yellow birds, starlings, yellow orioles, larks, thrushes and dozens of birds, all of which are locked in cages and chirping.
Under the guidance of the old man, Yang Ming found the cat seller. The cat seller was also an old man. When he saw the young man who was brought by his neighbor's old friend, he smiled bitterly. It seemed that the old friend really hated our Meow Meow.
The cat is indeed a cat. Looking at its sharp eyes, you will know that it is a powerful old cat. Its pupils shrink into a slit in the sun, which makes people feel palpitations. The black fur is shiny and shiny. Although the claws on the claws are shrinking, Yang Ming is sure that once its claws are extended, a mouse will definitely die under its claws.
"How did you sell your black cat?" Yang Ming asked.
"You were introduced by that old man, just 30!" The old man selling cat glanced at his neighbor and said bitterly.
"Can you catch a mouse?" Yang Ming asked again.
"I haven't seen this before, but I'm good at catching birds." said the old man who sold cats.
"You are so embarrassed to say, "Catching the bird in the cage is nothing?" When it comes to catching birds, the old man holding the bird cage is so angry that he blows his beard and stares at him.
"Come on, I want it..." Anyway, thirty yuan is not much, so Yang Ming likes this black cat very much, so he stopped bargaining. He gave the money and was about to leave while holding the cat, suddenly a voice sounded behind him: "I want it, I want it, I want it..."
"Who learned from me?" Yang Ming turned around in confusion and saw a big tiger-skinned parrot standing on a shelf, and was talking nonstop. There was a thin iron chain connected to the shelf on its legs.
"Young man, I'm sorry, my parrot is so naughty..." The person who sold the parrot was an old man in his sixties. When he saw Yang Ming looking over, he quickly smiled and apologized.
"My parrot is too naughty, my parrot is too naughty..." The big tiger-skinned parrot began to learn from its owner's tongue again. He was scared by the old man with a tiger face for a few times before squeezing his neck.
"Is this parrot really good at speaking?" Yang Ming's interest came.
"Young man, Old Liu's parrot is the best parrot in our county..." The old man who led Yang Ming to buy cats said this at this time.
"Old Liu's parrot, Lao Huang's bird, these are the two wonders of our county's bird city. Young man, you opened your eyes today, both of them are in front of you." The old man selling cats came over.
"What are you embarrassed to say? How much did the yellow birds raised by Lao Huang let your dead cat eat? Your old Li's name is even louder than our brothers in our bird market! You are afraid of anyone who sees you..." The old man selling parrots glanced at the old man selling cats, "You can sell the dead cat today..."
Lao Liu's parrot is the most good at speaking, Lao Huang's yellow bird is the most good at whistling, Lao Li's cat specializes in cage birds... This is the most catchy sentence in the Bird City of Yungu County.
"Uncle, your parrot is pretty. Will it be sold?" Yang Ming said.
"Sell, of course I will sell it. Old Liu just earns this bowl of rice." said Mr. Li, the cat seller.
"Young man, if you really want this parrot, I'll make the decision. It costs 300 yuan, you can take it away. Lao Liu's parrot has no accurate price. One hundred yuan is it, and one thousand yuan is it..." said Mr. Huang, who was carrying the bird cage.
"Is it your parrot? You're the decision for me?" Mr. Liu, who sold parrots, muttered.
"What is this saying? One hundred yuan and one thousand yuan are a lot different..." Yang Ming was a little confused.
"Old Liu is a great choice for a parrot to repair his tongue. No matter what kind of parrot, as long as it is Old Liu's tongue, he will definitely be able to speak. An ordinary parrot costs only thirty or forty yuan. If he repairs his tongue, it will take two minutes to do anything, and the cost depends on his mood." Mr. Huang explained.
Yang Ming looked up and down at the big tiger-skinned parrot and felt that this little guy was really energetic. Wei Qingqing was scared last night and bought her a talking parrot and coaxed her. He said, "Uncle Liu, if you agree, I will take it away for 300 yuan."
"I'm selling my face today. If you really want it, you can take it away for 300 yuan." Mr. Liu waved his hand, looked at the two old friends with resentment, and muttered: "My big tiger-skinned parrot cost 300 when I bought it..."
"You've been playing for a long time..." Uncle Huang said indifferently, lifting a corner of the black cloth on the cage in his hand, and gently whistled inside. A series of crisp responses immediately came from the cage.
Yang Ming ordered three hundred yuan for Mr. Liu and directly carried the parrot in his hand: "Three uncles, I still have to wait for someone, so I won't bother..."
"Well! Go and go! Young man, take good care of our Meow Meow, that is my granddaughter's favorite cat..." Uncle Li waved.
Yang Ming said goodbye to the three old men, holding the parrot in one hand and the cat in the other, and then returned to the truck. Not to mention, this black cat named Meow Meow is really thief. He stared at the big parrot in Yang Ming's hand, his eyes shone brightly, and must be calculating when the big parrot was beaten to the teeth.
"Meow……"
As soon as Yang Ming got into the car, the big black cat suddenly screamed and directly entered Yang Ming's arms. His claws grabbed Yang Ming's body with both claws. His sharp claws penetrated into Yang Ming's flesh. Blood immediately poured out, dyeing his T-shirt blood red.
“Woo…”
Chapter completed!