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“At least he still has a brain,” Xue Dafu said. “He’s the smartest among the four of us. It’s just that he doesn’t always use it for the right path.”
Hearing this, Jiang Yue and Xue Yan immediately recalled that their first uncle, Xue Darong, had said the same thing about Dagui.
It was clear that many people could tell that Dagui was quite smart.
After a few seconds, Xue Dafu added, “Let’s leave some food behind, in case Erfu and the others don’t have enough food to eat in town.”
Liu Guixia couldn’t help but worry. “It’s already noon and they’re still not back. Did something happen?”
“Sifu is so smart, what’s the worst that could happen?” Xue Dafu said. He had always been most assured of his fourth son. Usually, when the family was doing something big and his fourth son was at home, he would let his fourth son go with them. “If they’re not back yet, it means that they’re still picking cattles. It’s not like they’re buying them directly. They’re worth so much money. It must take a while to pick a good one before they bring it home.”
“True, true.” Liu Guixia laughed and felt much more at ease.
Even if Xue Dafu didn’t say this, Jiang Yue and Xue Yan could tell that Xue Dafu trusted Xue Sifu the most.
Jiang Yue didn’t even need to ask Xue Yan to know that he had been smart since he was young and had never suffered any losses. That was why Xue Dafu was so at ease.
After lunch, they started to prepare the things needed to build the cattle shed.
There was a pig pen at home, so there was no need to build it. Only a cattle shed would be needed.
In this season, the nights were not as cold anymore, so the cattle shed could be built in a simple manner. It only needed four pillars and a thatched roof on top.
When the weather becomes cold again, it would not be too late to add wooden boards to the cattle shed as a wall to insulate the heat.
Jiang Yue and Xue Yan were also helping to comb the thatched grass. When they were done, they would move to the village entrance to build a cattle shed.
Tian’s cattle shed was also built at the entrance of the village.
It didn’t matter if the cattle shed was far away from home. Stealing cattles was a heavy crime, so no one dared to steal them.
Because Yu Hongyan was pregnant, Liu Guixia did not ask her for help. She told her to wait at the village entrance. If they bought the cattle, she would let them know when they came back.
Seeing that Xue Yan was carrying a small bundle of thatched grass and was about to go out with Xue Dafu and the others to build a cattle shed at the village entrance, Jiang Yue bent down and wanted to carry a small bundle of thatched grass with her two hands to help as well.
However, Li Hehua was shocked and quickly stopped her, “Jiang Yue, Jiang Yue, you can’t carry this! Be good and just follow Xue Yan.”
Jiang Yue had no choice but to give up and follow Xue Yan.
Xue Yan was afraid that his family would say that he didn’t care about Jiang Yue, so he turned around from time to time to check if Jiang Yue had followed him.
Jiang Yue couldn’t help but look up at the sky and sigh.
However, just as they were leaving the courtyard, they saw their second sister-in-law, Yu Hongyan, returning excitedly with a bulging belly. She was still far away, but she was already shouting happily, “Father! Mother! Erfu and the others have bought the cattle and the piglets back and they are surrounded by everyone at Grandpa’s house. The piglet was more than 12 kilograms. The cattle is great, it’s even bigger than Tian’s cattle and looks strong!”
“Really?!” Liu Guixia happily put down a small thatched bag of grass on her shoulder.
Xue Dafu, who was walking at the front, also happily put down a similar-sized batch.
Xue Yifu, who was carrying a cattle shed pillar, also stopped in his tracks. He was also very happy with this news and couldn’t help but widen his eyes in joy.
They couldn’t help but want to see the cattles and pigs that their family had bought.
“We have a cattle and a piglet now!” Li Hehua, who was walking at the back, also excitedly put down the small bag of thatched grass on her shoulder. She didn’t forget to greet her two precious children. “Let’s go, hurry, hurry, let’s go and take a look.”