In the book, I was fed by my sister

"Sister, let's go buy a donkey!"

Song Ran walked out of the government office. Before she could recover from the shock, she suddenly heard her sister Song Li's sudden suggestion and was unable to react for a moment.

"If we buy a donkey, we can carry it back home without having to walk!"

Song Li had always dreamed of owning a donkey. She thought that if she had a donkey at home, she could ride it back home easily. The donkey was also windy when it ran, and walking in this hot weather was really tiring.

After her elder sister agreed not to treat her, she felt that buying a donkey could be put on the agenda earlier.

The stone mill at home was very laborious to grind things. She was short and could not help, so she could only stand by and worry. There was a donkey at home, so it would be much easier for her to push the mill.

Seeing that the elder sister was still unmoved, Song Li continued to persuade her, "We still have to go get that roll of cotton cloth later. The cloth is really too heavy. It will be very tiring to carry it back! Now that we have a donkey, we can let it carry things. In this way, you won't have to work so hard, elder sister."

Song Ran recovered and shouted, "I almost forgot! There is still a piece of cotton cloth. I wonder if the old lady and the others are at home."

So the two of them went back to the alley that had made them so frightened last night, stood at the door of the old lady's house, and looked inside.

The old aunt's daughter came over overnight and was packing up in the house when she saw someone lingering at her door. She walked out of the house with a trace of fatigue on her face and asked, "Girl, who are you looking for?"

"I stayed here last night..."

When Wang Xueyan heard this, she said, "Please come in. My mother asked me to thank you."

The two of them walked into the house, and Song Ran asked with concern: "Auntie, are you okay now?"

"I have come to my senses. If you hadn't returned in time, the consequences... would be unimaginable."

Song Ran noticed the large and small packages on the ground and asked, "What are these?"

"Alas, such a big thing has happened. I plan to bring my mother and father to our home."

"By the way, my mother said you left something behind today."

Song Ran nodded: "I just came back to get my things."

The two took back the cotton cloth.

Song Li suggested again: "Sister, do you want to go see the donkey?"

Song Ran was holding the heavy cloth, and this time he finally nodded and agreed: "Okay, I am a little tired from holding it, let's go and take a look."

The two men walked into the livestock market. It was hot and a pungent smell hit them in the face.

They walked slowly along the market aisle, and saw all kinds of livestock on the stalls on both sides. Some donkeys were leisurely eating grass, some pigs were grunting and digging the soil, and some cows and sheep were quietly watching them.

The picture is beautiful, but the taste is really bad.

Song Ran had just eaten something, and the strong smell of livestock made her feel a little uncomfortable. She tried hard to suppress the churning in her stomach, and after adapting for a while, she felt a little better.

She looked at Song Li beside her and asked with concern: "Xiaoguai, can you stand the smell here?"

"I'm fine." Song Li nodded. What's a little bit of stench?

The two walked straight towards the stall selling donkeys.

In this market, not even a donkey can be sold in a day, and business is quite quiet. Seeing customers coming, vendors stand up to greet them, but due to market regulations, they cannot force customers, so they can only politely wave to Song Ran and Song Li, signaling them to come over.

The two stood in front of three stalls selling donkeys, and were in a dilemma. They faced more than a dozen donkeys and didn't know how to start.

"Girls, look at my donkey. Look how smooth and shiny its fur is. It's obviously a good donkey." A stall owner shouted enthusiastically, trying to attract their attention.

Not to be outdone, another stall owner pointed to his own donkey and said: "My donkey has very good teeth. You can tell at a glance that it is a hardworking fellow."

The third stall owner showed off his donkey's hoof: "Girl, look at my donkey's hoof. It has no scratches at all and walks very steadily."

Song Ran carefully observed each donkey. Finally, she chose a donkey that looked energetic and asked, "Brother, how much is this donkey?"

Seeing this, the other two stall owners stopped shouting and lazily lay back in their chairs.

The stall owner who was chosen was very excited and boasted about his donkey: "Oh, you have a good eye, girl! This donkey is the best one in this batch! Look at how smooth its hair is, look at its teeth, and look at how energetic it is."

Song Ran didn't want to hear too much boasting, so he asked directly: "Boss, just tell me the price."

The vendor glanced at the cotton cloth in Song Ran's hand, and then said, "Nine taels."

Song Ran was a little surprised: "It's so expensive! I won't buy it!"

The other two stall owners looked at Song Ran and felt gloating.

The vendor was unwilling to lose this business, so he hurriedly chased after her and asked, "Girl, what's your price?"

Song Ran thought for a moment and said, "Five taels of silver!" This price was mentioned in the village a year ago when Li Defa bought a donkey.

The prices of everything are going up now, and she estimated that the price of donkeys will also go up, but she would set a minimum price first so that she could bargain with the stall owners later.

"You're kidding! How can you just call out that price?" The vendor was so shocked by Song Ran's price that his face turned red.

Seeing this, Song Ran added some chips: "Then it's at most six taels of silver. If it doesn't work, forget it. I won't make it difficult for you. Anyway, we are just here to take a look." She said as she fluttered the cloth in her arms, "I'm in a hurry to go to the tailor shop."

The vendor was almost scratching his head, and he gritted his teeth and said, "Girl, if you give me another half dollar, I will buy you a cart."

A cart costs two or three hundred coins. Song Ran thought about it and nodded: "Okay?"

After the donkey cart was delivered, the peddler gave some instructions.

Song Ran sat on the donkey cart with a smile. She waved the whip gently and shouted, "Gee!" The donkey cart slowly drove out of the market and passed through the streets.

"Sister, are we still going to the tailor shop?"

"Dumb, let's go home!"