Free Web NovelChapter 107: Chapter 107: Buying Livestock (Part 2)
Eh? Xiao Qingya stared at the cat in her arms, but her mind was focused on the mission.
[Mission Triggered!]
[Mission Objective: At the county market, the Zhou Wenzhi is deceived by an unscrupulous livestock trader into buying half-dead livestock. Help him to avoid losing money!]
[Reward: miraculous spring water.]
The reward caught Xiao Qingya’s attention. [System, the reward is not system points anymore?]
Nestling in her arms, the cat stopped licking its paws and went to check the mission. Its eyes visibly lit up. [This miraculous spring water is also a good thing, Host.]
[Since your family is looking to raise livestock, you can put this miraculous spring water into their drink. It can make them more resistant to all kinds of diseases and healthy.]
[This spring water is actually also useful for plants, but even if we finished the mission, we won’t have that much spring water, so it’s better to use it on the livestock first.]
Anyway, they already had the fertilizer and pesticide for the plants.
The little one nodded, and she turned to the conversation between the livestock trader and her grandfather.
Her eyes landed on the light brown ox. It was similar to the previous one, possessing a robust build, but it was even more healthy. Zhou Wenzhi was already circling around the ox, studying it.
"It’s a good ox. There was a huge merchant caravan who passed by here a week ago and they sold some good oxen to us." The livestock trader pointed at the ox proudly. "This is one of their best oxen. I was lucky to have snatched one."
He also gestured to the few goats, chickens, ducks. "We have just obtained these livestock too. Good quality with affordable prices."
[Little Master!] Ling Yu suddenly arrived with her brother.
She was looking for the Xiao family’s group and was taken aback when she found them there. Without wasting any more time, she hurriedly dragged her brother over in anxiety.
[Master Jing!] She also greeted Xiao Jingran, coughing softly and looked away. This young man always made her feel uncomfortable.
It wasn’t just about the bad start they had with each other, but the merits shining brightly around him.
For ghosts, even if they obtain merits, it would naturally convert into spiritual power for them. They wouldn’t have it like Xiao Jingran unless they obtained such considerable merit during their lifetime.
Xiao Jingran’s light of merit around him was even more dense than before, Ling Yu thought. If it were the previous her who approached him when she had such a dense resentful aura, it would have been her who suffered the backlash instead.
[Little Master, your grandfather seems to be interested in that ox.] Ling Yu pointed at Zhou Wenzhi in a concerned tone. [You have to stop him from buying livestock from that livestock trader!]
Xiao Qingya glanced at her eldest brother and let out a breath. The mission completion was already in the bag!
There was her eldest brother to the rescue, and she didn’t need to rack her brain to remind her grandfather.
[What happened?] She asked the Ling siblings like a little adult.
Ling Bo pointed at the ox, and shook his head. [That one is an unscrupulous livestock trader!]
At this moment, the livestock trader already told Zhou Wenzhi about the ox’s price, his eyes glinting with shrewd light. "Brother, you just need to give me 19 silver taels." freёwebnoѵel.com
It was far more cheap compared to the previous ox, and even the quality looked better.
"These chickens are also so plump, Brother. I can give you four for one tael of silver. Then the goats. Look at them, they look strong and mighty in their own way, not lacking compared to the ox at all." The livestock trader enthusiastically promoted all his goods.
He had seen this customer easily taking out twenty taels of silver without batting an eye. His ox had a similar breed to the one Zhou Wenzhi was interested in, so he tried his luck.
Unexpectedly, Zhou Wenzhi was interested.
Upon seeing the satisfied look on his eyes, the livestock trader knew that the ox had found its new owner. As such, he began to promote his other livestocks.
Zhou Wenzhi also began to look at chickens and goats. He turned to his descendants. "Do you see any you like?"
The Xiao family fell silent for a moment.
Xiao Yuyan didn’t want their grandfather to feel disheartened, so she was quick to answer. "Grandfather, we will look around a bit more. If we don’t find better ones, we will buy it from here."
The Xiao family was still busy listening to the explanation from the Ling siblings through Xiao Qingya’s inner thoughts.
[This is a bas... bad guy!] Ling Bo pointed at the smiling livestock trader.
"I am sure you will come back, Miss. There is no better livestock compared to ours!" The livestock trader responded to Xiao Yuyan’s words.
[He used some sort of medicine to make his livestock look plump and healthy, then selling them at a cheap price. But...in a week, the livestock will die.]
The Ling siblings had obtained the information from other ghosts.
Xiao Jingran became interested when he heard about such medicine. Alas, he couldn’t use telepathy to talk to ghosts like his little sister, so he could only restrain his curiosity.
The little one was taken aback, and she subconsciously gestured at the ox in Xiao Fenghao’s care with the System’s paw. [How about that one?]
[That one... the one who sold it is a good and honest man, Little Master. He bought a sick ox from a merchant caravan and took care of it.] Ling Yu told them.
The seller had a good eye for spotting good oxen and was diligent. The ghosts around had been talking about him.
Xiao Qingya glanced at her eldest brother and tilted her head, as if saying, ’How are you going to help Grandfather from losing money, Eldest Brother?’
However, Xiao Jingran pretended not to see her expression and turned his head away, as if still pondering about it.
Seeing Zhou Wenzhi reaching into his pockets for money, the little one became anxious and tugged on Xiao Jingran’s sleeve.
Xiao Jingran no longer teased her. He picked her up and walked toward the livestock trader, saying something that shocked him.
