Chapter 544 Don’t want to be a fish in water

Suddenly, a big black dog jumped out from the yard of a house on the roadside, rushed in front of the carriage and started barking at her carriage.

"Shut up!"

Qiao Ran stopped the carriage and looked at the big black dog barking, feeling a little confused.

At this time, a little girl of seven or eight years old ran out of the yard, ran to the big black dog, hugged its neck, and strangled its fateful throat.

"Don't be afraid, big sister, my big black ones don't bite. I'm sorry for disturbing your carriage. I'm really sorry!"

The little girl was a little frightened. She hugged Dahei's neck and knelt down to beg for mercy.

When her father took her into the city before, he told her that only wealthy families could afford this kind of luxury carriage, so she had to be careful when seeing the carriage, otherwise even if she was hit by the carriage, she would have no choice but to Consider yourself unlucky.

Now the carriage just passed by her door, but her dog ran out and disturbed the noble man. She was afraid that the noble man would blame her. If Dahei was killed or the family was asked to compensate, that would be terrible.

At this time, several villagers passing by the village entrance saw this scene and stood aside and watched worriedly.

Someone wanted to plead for the little girl, but was pulled back. Suddenly remembering something, the person fell silent.

Seeing that the little girl was about to kneel down, Qiao Ran quickly jumped out of the carriage and held her small body up.

Then with a warm smile on his face, he asked: "Little sister, did your dog just give birth to a cub, so he is particularly wary of strangers?"

Qiao Ran took a look at the big black dog and found that its belly was drooping and its nipples were swollen, so she guessed that it was a female dog that was still lactating.

The little girl's eyes flashed with admiration, and she said in surprise: "Yes, big sister, my Dahei gave birth to a litter of puppies last month, and they are about to be weaned. How did you know, sister?"

Qiao Ran looked at the little girl's admiring eyes and said funnyly: "I can tell."

Qiao Ran stood up and prepared to get on the carriage and leave.

But the little girl saw the two cages of piglets on her carriage. She hesitated for a moment, and then asked aloud when she was about to get on the carriage:

"Sister, you...you bought so many piglets, do you want to buy some puppies?"

Qiao Ran turned around and looked at the little girl in surprise.

The little girl shrank, as if she was afraid that the big sister in front of her would accuse her of being ungrateful.

However, something came to mind, and he pointed to the pig cage on the carriage and asked calmly:

"Sister, did you buy these piglets and raise them yourself? Do you need a few dogs to look after the house? My dogs are very good at guarding the house."

Seeing the little girl's expectant eyes, Qiao Ran's heart was shaken.

Originally, she had thought about raising a dog to look after the house when she moved to a new home. Although she had a little white tiger, it was just a lazy dog. When Xiaobei didn't take it out to play, he would sleep at home and snore loudly. , the kind that won’t wake you up even if there’s thunder.

Want it to look after homes and homes? I'm afraid that a thief will steal everything in the house without even knowing it.

And the little white tiger still belongs to the mountains and forests after all. When it grows up, it will probably have to return to the wild.

Dogs are much more loyal than tigers. If you give them food, they will always be loyal to you.

Therefore, it is more appropriate to keep a dog when looking after the home.

After thinking for a while, Qiao Ran nodded:

"Okay, then I'll go see the puppies with you."

When the little girl heard this, she turned around happily and took her into the yard.

Several villagers watching the excitement might be afraid that the little girl would be deceived, so they looked at each other and followed her in.

The yard of the little girl's house is not much different from that of Yang Shugen's house. The mud brick and adobe yard walls are covered with a layer of hay to protect them from the rain and prevent them from being washed away and collapsed by the rain.

However, the hay in a few places was washed away by the rain, and holes were washed away in the mud brick courtyard wall. If it was not repaired quickly, I am afraid that the entire courtyard wall would slowly collapse.

The few mud-brick and thatched houses in the yard also looked a little dilapidated. The windows inside were opened relatively small, making it dark when looking in from the outside.

The little girl took Qiao Ran to a small house that seemed to be used as a stove. Next to the firewood pile, a handful of dry thatch was placed to start the fire, and a tattered old clothes was also laid out.

Several puppies of different colors were lying together in a kennel made of thatch and rags. Qiao Ran roughly counted them, and there were five in total.

Among them were two black dogs, two yellow dogs, and one white dog.

The little girl walked over, hugged the white puppy, reluctantly touched its fluffy fur, raised her head and said to Qiao Ran:

"Sister, my Dahei gave birth to these five puppies. Which one do you want to buy? You can decide the price as you like, but I hope to have three taels of silver. Otherwise, you can take them all away and give me three taels. Silver!"

Before Qiao Ran could answer, several villagers nearby exclaimed in surprise.

A woman couldn't help lowering her voice and reminded:

"Xiao Tao, you girl, why are you asking such a price? They are just a few little local dogs, how can they be worth three taels of silver? Even if you sell Da Hei together, they won't be worth so much money! Please set the price lower. , otherwise they won’t want it, and you won’t be able to make a penny.”

Another man also advised:

"Yes, Xiaotao, we all know that your family is in urgent need of money, but we can't trick people like this! People from rich families are not stupid, how could they spend three taels of silver to buy five little local dogs from your family. Hurry up and tell me Say, you don’t understand the price and talk nonsense, a puppy sells for three hundred cents, which is a lot of money!”

The other villagers also nodded in agreement, trying to persuade the little girl to offer a lower price, so as not to lose everything.

However, Xiao Tao shook her head and rejected everyone's advice, looking up expectantly at the big sister in front of her who seemed to be able to help her.

Qiao Ran was silent, wondering why the little girl named Xiao Tao wanted to sell the dog to her at such a high price.

Could it be that I bought ten piglets and thought I was rich, so I treated myself like a fish in water?

But it shouldn't be possible. I don't look like that easy to deceive, right?

You know, in this dynasty, native dogs are the least valuable.

Because wealthy families usually keep fierce wolf dogs to guard their homes and homes, while ordinary families rarely buy dogs. They give them away to neighbors, relatives and friends when puppies are born, and few people buy them with money.

Moreover, raising dogs requires a waste of food, and ordinary people are too lazy to raise them.

But pigs are different. If you buy a piglet at the beginning of the year and take it home, it will turn into a big fat pig by the end of the year. Before the New Year, you can kill the New Year pig to celebrate the New Year, so the price of piglets is relatively expensive.

Now, this little girl wanted to sell several puppies for more money than the piglets. Qiao Ran didn't understand her intention.

Three taels of silver was just a drop in the bucket to her, but she didn't want to be slaughtered for nothing.