Chapter 1115

Playing "piaji" definitely has a certain technical content. Relying solely on brute strength is definitely useless.

The main thing is that no matter how great your strength is, what you hold in your hand is just a thin piece of paper.

Just like that, under Wang An's command, this child won the child who didn't listen to Wang An's command one after another, and one "piaji" after another ended up in this kid's hands.

After playing for a while, the kid who didn't listen to the command got anxious, pointed at his opponent, and said:

"You're cheating. If you listen to him again, I won't play with you."

His opponent naturally wouldn't admit that he could only win because of Wang An's guidance, so he immediately retorted:

"I can win you even without listening to him. If you can't play, just say you can't play."

Turning around, this kid said to Wang An:

"Big Brother, don't give me advice. Just watch if I can win him or not."

The child who didn't listen to the command and lost several "piaji" in a row also shouted at Wang An:

"If you dare to interfere again, do you believe I'll call my big brother to beat you?"

It could be seen that if it weren't for Wang An's tall and sturdy appearance, and the kid thinking he wasn't Wang An's match, the kid would have acted long ago.

It has to be said that Wang An was also quite annoying, because the children were playing well, but he had to be nosy and come over to blabber.

However, the reason Wang An did this was because he wanted to get close to these children.

You have to know that children in the countryside in this era run around all day once they are free, and there isn't a corner of the village they can't reach.

Even if parents let them work, it's usually in the meadows near the village, herding cattle, horses, or donkeys.

Several children or even more than a dozen children gather together, let the cattle and horses eat grass themselves, and then the children continue to play.

For example, climbing trees to dig bird nests, going down to the river to catch frogs and fish, or looking for hamster nests everywhere to catch hamsters. Anyway, most of the time they are trying to find things to eat.

And the way of eating is also very simple, just one word: "burn." That's right, burn. Everything can be burned, and once burned, it can be eaten.

There was no other way; children at this time were hungry and took the initiative to find snacks to eat.

And the reason Wang An wanted to get close to these ten-year-old children was that children who were older had to follow their parents to work in the fields, and children who were too young didn't know anything, and asking them was useless.

So, these ten-year-old children definitely knew better than anyone whose family had sick cattle or horses in the village, and asking them was definitely no problem.

Wang An obviously didn't take the kid's verbal threat seriously and asked the two children with a smile:

"How about you two wait a while before playing? A couple of days ago, the horse of Old Sun's family in our village got spooked and ran away. I'm here looking for the horse. Did you see a horse run into your village?"

Asking about the cow now was definitely a bit early, but after playing for so long and making the children anxious, Wang An felt it was about time, so he wanted to test the waters first.

After Wang An finished asking, the two children looked at each other and said almost in unison:

"No, no horse ran into our village, not in a year."

"Never heard of anyone having an extra horse. That horse probably didn't run to our village."

Immediately after, Wang An continued to ask:

"Then have you heard of anyone in your village selling horses or mules these days?"

The two children were stunned for a moment, and then he heard the child who won the "piaji" say:

"Ruan Xiaobing's family wants to sell their two-year-old mule, but their mule isn't very honest and likes to kick."

Wang An pretended to ponder and nodded, asking:

"Does their mule know how to pull a shaft?"

Buying livestock in this era is mainly for work. If the mule or horse doesn't know how to pull a shaft, it has to be trained. And wanting to make a mule or horse learn to pull a shaft is about the same as training a mule or horse for riding, which really requires a lot of time and energy.

The child who won the "piaji" said immediately upon hearing this:

"Definitely not. Ruan Xiaobing's father tried to make the mule pull the shaft and got kicked."

Wang An immediately changed the subject and asked:

"Then I don't want it. Bringing a raw one home still needs training. Everyone is busy plowing the land, where is the time to train it!"

Wang An pretended to slap his thigh and said again:

"Then what about a cow? A cow is also fine. Does your village have anyone selling a cow? Say it in advance, no calves, no raw ones. It has to be able to pull a shaft and pull a cart. It's best if it's seven or eight years old. It's needed for plowing the land."

"Raw one" is a local dialect, referring to animals and people who have never worked or engaged in a certain job since birth.

However, if it refers to a person, it carries a derogatory color.

Noticing the pondering expressions of the two children, Wang An continued:

"How about this, if you two can find me a suitable cow, I'll give you one yuan each, no, two yuan each, how about that?"

As he spoke, Wang An took out a bundle of "Great Unity" from his pocket, but after looking at it, he put it back, and took out a small bundle of change from another pocket.

To be honest, the reason Wang An took out a bundle of "Great Unity" wasn't that he forgot which pocket the change and the whole money were in, but he just wanted to show off on purpose to prove that he really wanted to buy a cow and wasn't bragging.

Ten-year-old children definitely can't resist the temptation of money. Don't ask Wang An how he knows; it's because Wang An never takes money seriously.

The two children saw the bundles of "Great Unity" and were naturally full of shock. In this era, seeing bundles of "Great Unity" in the countryside is definitely a very difficult thing, let alone children, even adults rarely have the chance to see it.

He saw the child who lost the "piaji" stare at the change in Wang An's hand and say:

"If we help you buy a good cow, will you really give us two yuan each?"

Wang An said very affirmatively:

"That's a must. A man's word is as good as gold. How about this, I'll give you 50 cents each first. If the matter is done, I'll make up the 1.5 yuan for both of you. If it's not done, then I won't give it."

As he spoke, Wang An very readily handed 50 cents to each of the two children.

Actually, the reason Wang An gave these 50 cents was mainly to filter out families that didn't raise cattle.

The main thing was that there were more than 300 households in this village. If Wang An and Wang Li asked every household, they would have to ask until the year of the monkey. The key was that many families didn't raise cattle but raised mules, horses, and donkeys.

The child who lost the "piaji" looked at the money with joy, then carefully put it into his pocket and said:

"We'll take you to ask the families that have cattle, so you don't have to doubt us."

What this child said was exactly what Wang An wanted!