Chapter 841: A stubborn calf ——2
What a joke! These two taels can buy not only the grains in the front but the entire shop if that was what Yu Dong wanted to do!
With the money in her pocket, Yu Dong was able to purchase more than enough grains and the shop owner was so polite towards her that she even sent the two of them outside of the shop with a smile on her face.
" I always wanted to do that," Yu Dong remarked as she walked out of the shop with a smile since the grains were too much the shop owner took the responsibility of delivering the grains to Yu Dong's house instead of leaving the entire stock to Yu Dong.
Village head Gu on the other hand did not even know what to say she had never seen someone throw money like that before, instead, she looked at the sky which was getting gloomier by the passing of each minute and then remarked, "It's going to snow tonight."
" You are right," Yu Dong followed Village head Gu's gaze and then looked at the gloomy sky, she wanted the villagers to finish levelling the fields but with the changing weather, it seems like they will have to wait until spring.
Usually, the farmers can continue working in their fields till the end of November but with the sudden flood, winter seemed to have arrived earlier.
" We should buy the sheep and cows as soon as we can even if the first snow might not be as heavy, it will still be dangerous for us to stay outside," Yu Dong said to Village head Gu who nodded and agreed, the two of them headed towards the cattle market where Yu Dong headed towards the shop which was bustling with the crowd.
As she arrived at the shop, she was stunned to see that the entire group of people were surrounding a young calf which was trembling under the gazes of so many people, next to the young calf was his mother who was dressed in a red cover which was draped over her back while the owner of the mother and calf was loudly advertising about the mother cow and calf,
" Everyone come and take a look at the calf, this little one was born just a few months ago, it is healthy and sturdy…once it grows up you will be able to use it to cultivate your fields as for the mother cow, she is still in her prime, milking her twice in a day is an easy feat!"
Yu Dong looked at the excited crowd and then turned to gaze at the calf which was standing on the platform where the seller was, to her surprise the calf was looking at her, she turned her head around thinking that the little thing was staring at someone else but she realised a second later that the calf was indeed looking at her, she turned to look at the calf which was standing on the platform before turning her gaze to look at the cow next to it.
Though the seller was speaking rather fluently, she could see that the cow was weak and undernourished because of the lack of care which was shown to her after she gave birth and the calf was in the same condition as well, the two have been draped with beautiful red fabrics to hide their sickly pallor but Yu Dong saw through the condition of the two right away.
Since she was no longer in the same condition as she was almost a year ago, Yu Dong decided to skip the sickly calf and his mother instead she decided to go and buy a sturdier cow but as soon as she turned around to leave, a bunch of gasps echoed in the crowd and then she felt something nudge her in the back.
She turned to look at Village head Gu who was standing next to her who raised her hands and then waved them in front of her as she denied that she was not the one who pulled Yu Dong from behind.
Yu Dong turned to look at her right side and sure enough, saw the trembling calf behind her, he was biting her sleeves while his big eyes stared at her.
" Let go," Yu Dong knew that this calf was sharper than the rest of the animals since it could sense her spiritual energy, this did not surprise her because there were some animals whose mind was sharper than the rest.
And she also had a feeling that this calf understood her given that it was smart enough to catch her sleeve, knowing fully well that she will be able to save it.
The calf did not let go instead it continued biting her sleeve, his eyes stubbornly glared at Yu Dong who looked down at it.
The owner of the calf realised that something wrong had happened which was why she rushed outside the fence where she was standing and then apologised to Yu Dong, " I am really sorry about this. It has never done something like this before —— I will take it away." As she spoke, she took out a whip which was thicker than Yu Dong used on her horse who was more healthy than this calf and started hitting the calf while pulling it behind her.
" Let go! This is not your buyer!" The woman told the calf while whipping its behind but the calf was stubborn as well, it was as if he knew that if it did not get sold today, it will be killed and eaten because its feet were still weak.
Seeing that the calf was not letting go, the woman could only turn to look at Yu Dong with an embarrassed smile and then said, " I am really sorry about this, you are the owner of that shop which sells berries, right? My cow once ate those berries …." As the owner said those words her face twisted as she glared at the cow with blame in her eyes which told Yu Dong that the cow did not have permission to eat those berries but couldn't resist the temptation.
Yu Dong looked at the calf and understood why it was smarter than the rest, it ate the berries which were infused with her spiritual energy.
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