Chapter 522: Talking About Money Hurts Feelings

Uncle Anba, upon hearing Wang An's words, subconsciously looked at Grandpa Kuma.

But Grandpa Kuma was looking at the surrounding horses with a smile, not paying attention to Uncle Anba's gaze at all.

So Uncle Anba helplessly withdrew his gaze and immediately said with a smile:

"Fine, young man, this is only the second time I've helped someone pick horses."

Wang An, upon hearing this, said with a laugh:

"Yeah, anyway, we don't really understand, I'm relieved to leave it to you, hahaha."

Oroqen people, although very honest and simple, and don't like to play tricks, this doesn't mean they don't understand human relationships, nor does it mean they are stupid.

One should know that the number of fools in this world is actually very small.

Many people evaluate others, saying this one is stupid and that one is clumsy, not knowing that people are just kind, or disdain to play tricks.

And your so-called cleverness, in others' eyes, is just a clown.

However, although Wang An was indeed playing little tricks, he absolutely wouldn't make people feel disgusted.

Because Wang An's attitude was: no matter what kind of horse you pick to sell to me, I accept it! Everyone just needs to rely on their conscience.

As he spoke, Uncle Anba picked up the horse halter and reins on the ground and drilled into the horse herd.

It could be seen that although the number of horses was large, in Uncle Anba's heart, the situation of each horse could be understood about right.

After one circle, Uncle Anba picked out six horses.

Immediately after, Uncle Anba distributed two to each of Wang An and the three.

When handing over the reins, Uncle Anba also said: "These six horses are all 4 or 5 years old, and they are all trained horses."

The meaning of "how many years old" is actually how many years old the horse is.

Because normally, distinguishing a horse's age is by looking at its teeth.

However, this looking at teeth is not counting the number of teeth, but looking at the degree of wear on the cross-section of the teeth.

Simply put, the longer the teeth, the lighter the wear on the cross-section, then the younger the horse's age.

Conversely, it represents the older the horse's age.

Of course, this skill of distinguishing age by looking at teeth, although it sounds simple, is not difficult to learn.

However, if you want to determine an accurate age number, you need enough experience; in a short time, you definitely can't learn it.

Wang An took the horse reins, and his mood was genuinely quite good.

Because the six horses the three were leading now, although picked by Uncle Anba, were also six of the horses Wang An had already taken a fancy to.

Wang An answered with a laugh: "Yeah, thank you, Uncle Anba."

Seeing Mu Xueli and Wang Li, upon hearing Wang An's words, also hurriedly thanked Uncle Anba.

To be honest, although these six horses were all very good, Wang An still felt a bit regretful.

Because these six horses were all geldings, they could only be used and couldn't reproduce offspring.

Wang An touched the horse's head and asked with a smile:

"Uncle Anba, how much are these six horses?"

Before Uncle Anba could answer, Grandpa Kuma said with a serious face: "Go back first, talk about it when we go back. Don't discuss this here."

Wang An was stunned upon hearing this, but didn't ask anything, and said with a smile:

"Yeah, talk about it when we go back, talk about it when we go back."

When the five people and six horses left, I saw Uncle Anba shout a few times at the horse herd, and the horses in the herd scattered one after another.

To be honest, this scene also looked quite shocking.

Because Uncle Anba whistled, and the horses would gather around one after another; this is not difficult to do, because almost all domesticated livestock or poultry can slowly develop this habit. It's nothing more than making a fixed sound when feeding them.

But being able to make all the horses scatter with a few words is not a simple matter.

The key is that there were still quite a few yearlings or two-year-old horses inside, and they were not very willing to listen.

When the few returned to Uncle Anba's house, there were two more people in Uncle Anba's house, two old men about the same age as Grandpa Kuma.

According to Grandpa Kuma's introduction, one was the clan leader, that is, the captain, and the other was the accountant.

Actually, in a Tuntun, there are basically no secrets, which is to say that as long as someone knows many things, it only takes a very short time for everyone in the Tuntun to know.

It could be seen that whether it was the captain or the accountant, they were all very happy about Wang An and the three coming to buy horses.

Maybe it was just as Uncle Anba said, the feed needed to feed the horses was already unaffordable.

After the pleasantries, they started talking about the price of the horses.

It was also until this moment that Wang An knew that even among good people, there are bad people.

And no matter how honest and simple the people around are, there will always be one or two people who are very shrewd.

However, this kind of shrewdness is very disgusting! Just as Wang An asked with a laugh:

"How much for our horses?"

I saw that when the captain, Grandpa Kuma, and Uncle Anba didn't speak, the accountant immediately opened his mouth:

"Our horses are 800 yuan each. You have 6 horses in total, that's 4800 yuan."

Wang An's smile immediately stiffened on his face upon hearing this, and Seeing Mu Xueli and Wang Li were also dumbfounded.

Even Grandpa Kuma and Uncle Anba were stunned by the accountant's words.

800 yuan, this is truly a sky-high price! It must be admitted that for mountain trekking, Oroqen horses are indeed very practical, because riding this thing to trek in the mountains is not only convenient but also increases safety quite a bit.

But safety is something that has limits.

Besides, even without Oroqen horses, various tasks of mountain trekking wouldn't be delayed.

And the best local horses can only be worth 500 yuan at most, and this price has already reached the top.

And 800 yuan, and it's a gelding! This price is genuinely a bit too hard.

Wang An's idea of buying horses back suddenly wasn't so strong anymore.

It was mainly because there were a pile of horses at home, although those horses were a bit lacking when riding into the mountains.

But let's be honest, they could still be used and didn't delay riding.

Therefore, Wang An put away the smile on his face and bargained without leaving any face: "400 yuan, 800 is too expensive, where is there a price of 800?"

According to reason, such trained Oroqen horses can be worth 500 yuan each at this time.

But even if it's 500 yuan each, it can be said to be the highest price.

It's just that when it comes to this step, feelings and emotions can only stand aside.

It must be said that talking about feelings hurts money, and talking about money hurts feelings.

Hearing Wang An's disdainful tone, the captain hurriedly smoothed things over:

"Batu, you're going too far, how can you do this?"

Immediately after, the captain said to Wang An: "Young man, Oroqen horses don't have a price of 400. How about 600? How about that?"

Wang An, upon hearing this, said in a very calm voice, but with a very firm tone: "450, one more cent, and I won't buy it!"

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 523 =====