Chapter 24 Pigs and Dogs
There are really a lot of livestock in the cattle, donkeys, horses, sheep, pigs, dogs, rabbits... As long as you raise them at home, there are everything, but they are dirty. Livestock have to shit and pee. They don’t care whether you are a public place or not, the smell of shit and urine is rushing towards people’s noses.
Yang Ming found a small stall selling piglets next to a dog-selling stall.
The person selling piglets was a middle-aged man in his forties. He looked honest and wore a straw hat on his head and his black face was covered with sweat. Behind him was a shabby 28 bicycle, and the sign was no longer visible. In front of him was a small basket, and the piglets were all in the basket.
"Uncle, where are you selling piglets?" Yang Ming squatted in front of the stall and fiddled with the basket. He saw four little pigs whispering inside. The four little pigs were all round, with soft and tender fur, and white and pink.
"Well!" the middle-aged man nodded.
"I think you are quite strong, how can you sell it?" Yang Ming asked.
"Two hundred and one head, one male and three mothers, I am not a dealer, I am a piglet, all of which are from old sows at home. I can definitely support you if I buy it back." The middle-aged man said silly.
"I said you are not like you, right? What's wrong with the dealer? The dealer is all unscrupulous? I'm a dealer. I dare to guarantee the dog I sell. As long as it doesn't take rat medicine, it will definitely be big." The dealer selling dogs next to him listened to the middle-aged man's words, and couldn't help but interrupt.
The middle-aged man smiled and stopped talking.
"I see that these piglets are quite strong, and I won't bargain with you anymore. I will take all 200 and one head," Yang Ming said, taking out a stack of money from his pocket, citing eight old heads, and handing them to the middle-aged man.
"It's done! I'll give you the basket too!" The middle-aged man nodded after checking the money, then loaded the money, got on the bicycle, rode away.
"Oh! Big brother, do you want a dog? Greyhound, Soviet red, black-backed, Tibetan mastiff, everything..." The dog dealer saw that Yang Ming was quite generous and that pile of money was still too heavy, so he quickly called him and started introducing the business.
"Let me see?" Yang Ming was frightened by his gimmick and went to see it, "Where are the dogs you mentioned?"
"Isn't this? This is a greyhound..." The dog dealer said, pointing to a small black dog like satin.
"Is this a greyhound? Is this a beautiful boy?" Yang Ming had seen a greyhound. Although this dog is indeed quite thin, it is not as thin as a greyhound.
"Look at what you said, how much does a greyhound cost? I'm not cheap? A purebred greyhound is thousands or tens of thousands, and I only have fifty. Don't think it's a greyhound, but it works better than a greyhound. Greyhounds run faster and they don't care when hunting. But look at this one, this is a hybrid between a stupid dog and a greyhound in our country. They are good at hunting. Fortunately, they don't have the bad temper of those noble dogs." The dog dealer's mouth was quite straightforward, and he pointed at a young dog with a black back and a crimson limb. "Look at this again, this is Soviet red."
"Is this Soviet red color not right?"
"Why are you saying this? Why is the color not right? Look at its eyes, isn't it red? This Soviet red, its father has a black back, its mother is a Soviet red, this is not bad. If you want it, it's fine for fifty yuan." The dog dealer pointed at a young dog with a green back and yellow limbs. "This is a black back. You are also an expert in dog watching. I'll tell you straight. This black back is a pure-bred black back and a green wolf in the mountains. It has wolf nature. Just one hundred..."
"Yeah! Not bad, this dog looks good." Yang Ming nodded.
"Look at this one again. This dog is a hybrid between a Tibetan mastiff and a bear..." The dog dealer pointed at a fat black puppy and said.
"What a joke? Can dogs still cross-breed with bears?" Yang Ming's eyes widened.
"Don't believe it! This is true! When I took this dog, the seller said it clearly that the Tibetan mastiff they raised entered the mountain and met a big bear. The two fought. In the end, they didn't know what happened. The Tibetan mastiff hooked up with the bear, and after returning, they had a cub. Look..." The dog dealer lifted the front legs of the "Tibetan Mastiff", revealing the V-shaped white hair on his chest. "Isn't this tuft of white hair just telling me?"
(The fact that the bear and dog crosses is indeed true. The incident happened in Tangshan, Hebei. Of course, the locals have never seen a cross-breeding scene of bear and dog crossing, but the puppies born look very much like bears, and bears often appear in that area. It is said that this dog was sold for hundreds of thousands of yuan later, but it didn't matter if it was true or not, no matter how low the chance of a cross-breeding bear and dog crossing, I directly took it into a certain fact. Don't be serious.)
"It's really..." Yang Ming looked at the puppy and thought it was really strange.
"Look at its tail again..." The dog dealer directly grabbed the dog's short tail, "If you don't believe it, check it out, you will definitely not cut a piece."
"It's really strange. If you offer a price, I'll ask for it!" Yang Ming said.
"You big brother is honest, and we won't cheat you. Our dog was collected the day before yesterday. The seller thought it was unlucky, so he charged us 20 yuan. If you want it, you will be fine. If this guy can eat it, he will have to eat four steamed buns a day..." said the dog dealer.
"Come on, fifty is fifty!" Yang Ming took out two 100 yuan and handed it to the dog dealer, "I want all of these four dogs, exactly two hundred and fifty..."
"Okay, you are so happy..." The dog dealer happily took the money, and after checking it, he stuffed it into his pocket, "Do you choose two more? We have all kinds of dogs here! Jingba, fox dog..."
"Okay, okay, what do I want that thing? That thing is useless except playing with it." Yang Ming waved his hand and stuffed the four puppies into the basket containing the four piglets.
"What you are talking about is Jingba, fox dog, etc., which is like women and children. Those who guard the house and protect the house must be big dogs. If you want to guard the house, you have to say that we are stupid dogs in the countryside. We have all kinds of colors here. Do you think?"
"No need, I have bought five stupid dogs." Yang Ming smiled, picked up the basket and left. Not to mention, he had packed four little pigs. The baskets of four little dogs were really good.
After leaving the livestock market, Wei Qingqing, Sun Fangfang and Liu’s sister-in-law and daughter have bought chickens, ducks and goose cubs, and they are packed in three cardboard boxes.
"Ha, it looks very energetic..." Yang Ming opened the box and glanced at it.
"What is in the uncle's basket?" Zheng Baoer ate a candied haw and ran over curiously, snatched the basket and looked at the basket. When he saw the eight little guys inside, he immediately said in surprise: "Ah! It's the pig and the puppy. Uncle bought four more puppies..."
Wei Qingqing also came over and took a look and complained: "What are you doing for buying so many dogs? These are nine."
"All of them are big dogs, and you still don't have to eat too much when you grow up..." Sun Fangfang also glanced at him and said.
"That's it!" Wei Qingqing nodded in agreement.
"It's okay, our family can raise it," Yang Ming smiled and said, "You guys wait a little while, I'll buy two more fish. Zhang Yang will come here today, let's eat fish for lunch..."
"Uncle, I'll go with you too." Zheng Baoer stepped forward and grabbed Yang Ming's hand.
"Okay! Let's go together..." Yang Ming smiled.
"Didn't you say you want to buy the right pigeon? The pigeon seller will leave later. You go buy pigeons, I go buy fish..." Wei Qingqing said.
"No need to delay the matter, isn't the pigeon seller right next to you?" Yang Ming smiled and pulled Zheng Baoer to the pigeon collector. "Master, get me a pair of the hybrid, don't fool me!"
"Look at what you big brother said, we are not a one-time deal. We often collect pigeons here, so what can we cheat people?" The vendor said, grabbing a pair of colorful pigeons from the cage, then tied up their wings and weighed them on the scale, "This pair is eight kilograms in total, a total of 64 yuan. Don't let me lose money, right?"
Yang Ming gave the money and directly gave the pair of pigeons to Wei Qingqing.
"Big brother, remember to cut their wings after returning home, otherwise they will fly back to their former home by themselves." The vendor reminded.
"Thank you, Master!" Yang Ming thanked, then took Zheng Baoer's little hand to buy fish.
The fishy smell of aquatic products is not far from the livestock market. Because the fishy smell of aquatic products is also very unpleasant, let them smell together.
Fish sellers are filled with large square iron basins. The basins are filled with water. Smaller fish can see their black backs, but the big fish can't do it anymore. They can only lie in the iron basin, with their big cheeks twitching, and even their belly is exposed to the water.
"Big brother, do you want fish? They are all alive!" A middle-aged woman was wearing rubber clothes and rubber gloves, and holding a net in her hand.
There are three large iron basins in front of her stall. One is a large carp that is more than one foot long. Lying in the iron basin, the scales are shining with golden light. One is a small fish that is one inch long, obviously wild, and the other is a half foot long crucian carp. These three types of fish are all lively.
"How do you sell these fish?" Yang Ming asked.
"Seven big fish, five small fish, ten crucian melon seeds..."
"What kind of fish does Baoer like to eat?" Yang Ming asked Zheng Baoer beside him.
"Everyone loves to eat!" Zheng Baoer whispered.
"Give me three plastic pockets..." Yang Ming said to the middle-aged woman.
"Crafting and accomplishing!" The middle-aged woman responded happily. She asked for three plastic pockets. Isn't it all the same?
As expected, Yang Ming weighed some of them. He asked for four carp more than one foot long, each weighing five or six kilograms, which was 25 kilograms. The fish weighed ten kilograms, and the crucian carp weighed ten kilograms. Finally, when the money was calculated, it cost more than three hundred.
Yang Ming brought some water to all three pockets to avoid thirst. Then he bought some shrimp, loach, and black fish at other stalls, and took Zheng Baoer to meet with everyone.
Chapter completed!