Chapter 523: Qingshangou Brigade

To be honest, if at the very beginning, the price was 600 yuan per horse, Wang An would definitely have taken out the money without saying a word.

After all, these 6 horses were not only the ones he had taken a fancy to, but also the ones Uncle Anba had helped pick out; spending a little more was just spending a little more.

The key problem is that whether it's gold panning in the mountains or digging for ginseng in the mountains, what one hopes for is a "smooth" word.

Although Wang An is not a superstitious person, whether going into the mountains is smooth has genuinely little to do with the horses.

But it must be admitted that anyone, before doing something, will silently pray in their heart, wishing themselves everything smooth.

If before doing something, everything is various kinds of unsmooth, then for the person doing the thing, it is absolutely a very big obstruction.

There is an old saying that goes well: "A good start is half the success."

If buying a horse isn't smooth, then for Wang An, this horse is really better not bought.

Otherwise, riding this horse into the mountains would feel especially awkward, and his heart would feel genuinely uncomfortable.

Some might say: good things take time, and if you don't experience some twists and turns, even if you succeed, you'll feel it's very meaningless.

Then Wang An wants to say: just get the hell away from me, and at the same time wish you: spill soup all over yourself when drinking, pee on your shoes when peeing, break the paper when wiping your ass, and fart out shit! Let's be honest, people who say "good things take time" are just forcibly comforting themselves.

Hearing Wang An's unquestionable tone, the accountant clearly couldn't hold up anymore.

I saw the accountant suppress his anger, but said sarcastically: "Then you'd better think clearly, our horses are not worried about selling at all. Once you pass this Tuntun, there won't be this shop."

Wang An, upon hearing this, laughed and said:

"Can you decide for the Heishan Brigade? Alright, if you can decide, we won't buy these horses."

After finishing speaking, Wang An turned to Mu Xueli and Wang Li and said: "Xueli, Lao Wu, return the reins to Uncle Anba, let's go."

At this moment, Wang An truly didn't want to buy horses anymore; to be precise, he didn't want to buy them here.

It could be seen that because of the captain and accountant's singing-in-harmony behavior, Grandpa Kuma and Uncle Anba were also very angry at this time.

But for some reason, Grandpa Kuma and Uncle Anba remained silent from beginning to end, letting Wang An and these two negotiate.

After finishing speaking, Wang An and the three turned and walked towards Grandpa Kuma's house. Since the horses weren't bought, Wang An wanted to leave and then make other plans.

In Heilongjiang, such Tuntuns full of Oroqen people are genuinely quite numerous; at the very least, in DJ County, there are several.

Only without acquaintances, they are very xenophobic.

To say they are xenophobic, one can't entirely blame them, because many people who thought they were very clever have made them suffer quite a bit, so they were made not to trust outsiders.

When Wang An and the three returned to Grandpa Kuma's house and harnessed the carriage to prepare to leave, Grandpa Kuma also returned.

Seeing Wang An and the three wanting to leave, the old man got on the carriage without saying a word.

Wang An and the three, upon seeing this, were instantly dumbfounded; it was mainly because the three really didn't know what Grandpa Kuma was doing.

Seeing the three's confusion, Grandpa Kuma said helplessly and angrily:

"Today's matter is my fault, the old man. I didn't expect that old beast to be so ignorant of things. But it's okay, let's go to Qingshangou Tuntun to buy them; their horses are also unable to be fed."

Hearing Grandpa Kuma say this, Wang An immediately said with a smile:

"It's okay, Grandpa Kuma, I'm the one buying horses and I'm not angry, what do you have to be angry about?" Although Grandpa Kuma remained silent from beginning to end, Wang An truly didn't have any resentment; after all, everyone has their own difficulties.

Besides, let's be honest, for the Heishan Brigade, Wang An and the three are outsiders; if Grandpa Kuma and Uncle Anba helped Wang An speak, they would be spurned.

Moreover, although that accountant was very disgusting, if one stood from the perspective of that accountant, the accountant's behavior of asking for an exorbitant price was actually not a problem.

People just wanted to sell horses at a high price, is there a problem with that?

Grandpa Kuma said: "You don't need to persuade me, I know what's going on, turn east directly in front."

Wang An didn't persuade anymore, but said with a laugh:

"Alright, Grandpa Kuma."

As he spoke, Wang An followed Grandpa Kuma's direction and walked east.

On the road, Grandpa Kuma's mood was clearly not good, but Wang An didn't ask much.

It was mainly because this kind of thing is considered an internal matter of the Heishan Brigade; even if one said one more word, it might be considered sowing discord.

However, although Wang An didn't mention the matter of buying horses, he had been changing the subject, wanting to let Grandpa Kuma get out of the angry mood.

To be honest, Grandpa Kuma is genuinely quite good, whether it was receiving Wang An and the three or taking Wang An to pick horses, he did it without any problems.

Although he was finally messed up by the captain and the accountant, Grandpa Kuma still wanted to help Wang An complete the matter of buying horses.

The distance between the Qingshangou Brigade and the Heishan Brigade is not very far, about five or six li.

Therefore, twenty minutes later, the four arrived at the place by carriage.

Although the Heishan Brigade didn't have many households, about forty or fifty, the number of households in the Qingshangou Brigade was even smaller.

Looking from afar, it seemed there were not even 20 households.

But it must be said that the three words "Qingshangou" in the Qingshangou Brigade are absolutely true to their name.

Because this brigade is completely in the ditch between two mountains, the whole ditch runs north to south, and one can see the end at a glance.

Under Grandpa Kuma's direction, Wang An drove the carriage directly into a courtyard.

It was only until this moment that Wang An discovered that each household in this Qingshangou ditch had no houses.

However, things like huts and conical tents were genuinely quite numerous, with each household having four or five, or six or seven.

It must be said that as long as one takes a look, one feels that everyone in the Qingshangou Brigade is a very authentic Oroqen person.

After the carriage entered the courtyard, the barking of dogs in the courtyard made a middle-aged man walk out of a hut.

This person, upon seeing Grandpa Kuma for the first time, knelt and bowed with a very serious expression.

This kind of etiquette is considered a unique etiquette of the Oroqen people.

For men, the whole is: left knee forward, right leg back and slightly bent, right hand slightly extended forward.

For women, the whole is: legs together, right hand or both hands supporting the knees, then slightly bending both knees downward.

Juniors to seniors, or between peers, are all this kind of etiquette.

But it must be noted that between peers, one must return the etiquette with the same action.

Otherwise, it's easy to get beaten! (End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 524 =====

But one thing to note is that among peers, you must return the gesture with the exact same movement.

Otherwise, you're liable to get a beating! (End of chapter)