Chapter 17 Playing tricks with her
Ma Zheng is just a little kid, so naturally he doesn’t think so much, and simply asks, “What do you want us to do?”
"In a while, each of you will carry a basket on your back and go into the mountain. Each of you will cut a load of grass for me and come back to feed the cows."
"Just feed the cows?" Gu Chan asked.
She always felt that something was wrong with Mr. Li, but she couldn't tell what was wrong for a while.
Mrs. Li smiled slightly, "Yes, just feed the cows, but the grass you cut must be white silk grass, and you can't cut other grass."
"Ah?" Ma Zheng opened his mouth and shouted.
Gu Chan rolled her eyes at Li in annoyance.
It turns out they are waiting for them here! She said that this woman would not take advantage of them easily.
Although she had only been in this world for a few days, she had heard about it from Zhang Wanshan before.
White silk grass is a kind of grass with extremely high nutritional value in the nearby mountains.
It is not a medicinal herb, but it can be used as medicine. People cannot eat it directly. If you eat it, you will be poisoned. It can range from total paralysis to life-threatening.
Mysterious beasts can eat it directly, and for them, this grass is a great tonic, which is extremely beneficial to their physical growth and strength improvement.
Since this grass has such high nutritional value, it is naturally not easy to find. Even if it is found, there may still be mysterious beasts guarding it. After all, this is a great supplement for mysterious beasts, and no mysterious beast will give up easily.
You can imagine how difficult it is to pick this grass.
Mrs. Li fetched two bowls by herself, and took out two and a half bowls from the steamer. The fragrant white rice was placed on the stove, "You must agree, and you can eat it now."
Ma Zheng turned his head and looked at Gu Chan, his mouth full of laughter.
Gu Chan glared at him, then looked at Li and smiled lightly, "Sister, we are just two children, and you ask us to cut two baskets of white silk grass. Are you kidding me?"
"That's right! It's hard to find white silk grass, and it's dangerous in the mountains. It's hard to cut the baskets on both sides." Ma Zheng hurriedly followed.
"Then carrying a basket is fine!" Mrs. Li said with a smile.
Gu Chan raised her head and glanced at the cowshed in the front right of the yard, with a curious look on her face, "Didn't my grandfather say that all the poultry and beasts from all over the country were requisitioned to fight on the battlefield? Why do you still have cattle to raise?"
"The two oxen were bought at the market yesterday, and they cost us two hundred taels of silver!" Mrs. Li winked, with a proud look on her face, and almost raised her tail to the sky.
When she said this, she deliberately raised her satin sleeves and reached out to dust the smooth satin fir.
Gu Chan almost vomited in disgust from her.
First of all, Mrs. Li is definitely not good-looking. She has a square face and her facial features seem to be forced onto her face, which is already ugly. She also puts some red powder on her face, which makes it even more uncomfortable to look at.
Secondly, she is the kind of woman who is tall and thick, with a wide body and a fat body. She has to put the long green satin dress that every little girl wears on her body. The whole look gives people a nondescript feeling.
However, she still felt good about herself. Gu Chan could only say that she didn't look disgusting in person, but it was disgusting when she was too artificial.
Really unable to stand it any longer, Gu Chan quickly pulled the horse and ran towards the cowshed, "Let's take a look at the cow you bought first."
"Okay, take your time and take a look. The rice is placed here for you. Come back when you have seen enough and think clearly." Mrs. Li waved her hand arrogantly.
In her eyes, she was destined to win over Gu Chan.
After all, she is so smart, how can she not be able to trap two children?
And from her point of view, even if Gu Chan and Gu Chan eat her rice and go into the mountains to cut back a basket of white silk grass, it doesn't matter. She can say that they owe her, and they will never come back again in the future. Just let them do other things. This is Li's shrewd idea at the moment.
Gu Chan didn't care so much. She saw clearly early on that this woman was not a good person. After she pulled Ma Zheng outside the cowshed, she quickly whispered in his ear, "She wants to trick us. We can't do this with half a bowl of rice." eat."
"What do you mean?" Ma Zheng asked stupidly.
"You think, if we go into the mountains and can't cut back a basket of white silk grass, we will have something to squeeze into her hands when we come back. When she asks us to do something else, are we embarrassed not to do it?"
"Oh! That's true!" Gu Chan's explanation immediately made Ma Zheng's mind clear.
Now he didn't dare to be greedy for the half bowl of rice.
Looking at the calf lying on the ground in the cowshed, Ma Zheng said with a sad face, "Calf, calf, we can't eat white rice, and you can't eat white silk grass!"
"..." Gu Chan.
Ignoring Ma Zheng, she stared at the calf.
The calf that Zhao Erniu bought for two hundred taels of silver was all black, only as big as a large golden retriever, and very skinny. At a glance, you could tell that it was probably sick and very unhealthy.
Generally speaking, the poultry beasts that can be bought in the market are basically the same kind of diseased animals. Because they are very sick and may be close to death, they will be sent even if they are dragged into the battlefield. It's not of any use, it can only be used for trading.
People like Zhao Erniu who have a little money often have the idea of gambling.
That is to buy back the sick poultry and beasts, cure them and make them strong, and then sell them at a high price. In this way, the cost can be recovered in one operation and a lot of silver can be earned.
Before time travel, Gu Chan ran a pet shop, and she had a deep understanding of this aspect.
But just when Gu Chan looked at the calf in front of her and wanted to understand the interests behind this, the calf lay on the ground and howled in his shirt, [Hey! It hurts me to death, you stupid Twoleg! Instead of giving me medicinal herbs, they tried to give me white silk grass, which was of no use to my illness. 】
"Little brother, you go and play while I think about whether to eat this half bowl of white rice." Gu Chan deliberately pushed Ma Zheng away.
Ma Zheng nodded obediently and ran back to the stove, staring longingly at the half bowl of white rice and swallowing his saliva.
Mr. Li laughed proudly.
Gu Chan took two steps forward, leaned half of her body against the bullpen, and whispered, "What disease do you have? What herbs can you take to cure it?"
[Oh my god, the two-legged beast actually speaks cow language. You... where did you come from, a monster? 】The calf was stunned when he first heard it, and then he quickly shrank back in fear, staring at Gu Chan with his two big bull eyes and screaming.
Twolegs speak cow talk!
It's so big. Isn't it amazing to see it for the first time?
Gu Chan said seriously, "Who can't speak a few foreign languages these days? Okay, stop talking nonsense and tell me what disease you have and what herbs you want to take to treat it. We will go into the mountains soon and I will help You look for it.”
【real? You're not cheating, are you? 】 Maverick calmed down, obviously distrusting the Twolegs.
"What's the point of lying to you? I still want to taste that half bowl of fragrant white rice!" Gu Chan replied angrily.
When Mavericks heard what she said, he lowered his guard.
(End of chapter)