There is a man named Niu Shitu in the village who specializes in this business. He can earn 3 daggers for pulling a load of dung into the city for others. Usually, a load of dung has to be paid 3 daggers for the cost and another 10 daggers for renting the animal power. , that is, whoever's cow is used to pull manure will be paid a drop of money. In this way, Niu Shitu would have to charge 7 tons of money for pulling a load of manure, otherwise he would lose money.
Of course, if you help the person who provides the animal power to pull manure, you will be exempted from renting the animal power. The livestock in Niujiazhuang are all cattle. There are yellow cattle, white cattle and black cattle. There are no spotted cows. There is a spotted cow that belongs to Niu Dali's family. It has not grown up yet and cannot be used as an adult cow. It has to be one and a half years old. can use. No matter what kind of oxen they are, they are not as good as horses, donkeys or mules in pulling carts. The south of the Yangtze River is not as good as the north. But if there is no such animal power, then they have to use oxen instead.
Niu Shitu really wanted to use Niu Dali's Hua Ni to pull a cart, but it wasn't that it knew how to pull a cart. It had never pulled a cart before. He had no idea, but one thing he felt was useful was that the Hua Niu pulling the cart was particularly eye-catching. Its white and white fur looked like an advertising poster.
As long as it pulls the dung truck onto the street, someone will definitely come over to look at it and browse it in a strange way, and then it is very likely to have a conversation with the truck puller: Man, there is dung water under our residential building, you can pull it out. Go for it! Go past this street and turn east...
Niu Shitu had a very market-minded imagination and felt that using Huaniu to pull the cart would bring him many benefits. At least it would be the most convenient way to grasp the layout of manure sources in the city.
The reason why Niu Shitu wanted to use Huaniu to pull the cart was because he had failed in this regard. Once he drove a black cow to the street to pull manure. The cart puller from another village was driving a white cow. The white cow was more conspicuous than the black cow. The black cow was dull in color and did not easily attract people's attention. As a result, everyone in the city They rushed to point out the corners where the dung was coming from to the cart pullers driving the white cattle.
Although he finally found the source of the feces, it took a lot of trouble. From this point of view, he realized that in order to control the market, the appearance of animal power is very important. It is the key to stimulating market interest and winning the market.
A year later, Niu Shitu took the initiative to haul several carts of dung to Niu Dali's house, asking for no money, not even Xie Di's. Niu Dali said, "You are not very rich. I can't bear to ask you to send manure and water for nothing."
Niu Shitu lost his parents when he was young and was raised by his sister-in-law. Later, his brother died of illness and his sister-in-law remarried. He had no one to take care of him. He was only about 10 years old at the time, so he took turns doing things like herding cattle and pulling pig grass for other people in the village. Things are mixed for a living. Later, when he was in his thirties and had not yet married, a fifty-year-old woman in the village lost her husband, so he went over and lived with her. People who didn't know the inside story thought he was the woman's cub. The woman had never given birth to a baby and had no cubs. People who knew the inside story always said in a low voice that Niu Shitu had become the woman's man.
At that moment, Niu Shitu said to Niu Dali, I don’t want money from you, I only have one request.
Tell me what you want? Niu Dali looked at him with wide eyes. He said, can you give me your flower cow to pull the cart?
Oh, why didn't you tell me earlier? OK! Cows are born to do things. Niu Dali immediately took him up the mountain to find the flower cow grazing. In fact, it is difficult to find. The mountains behind Niujiazhuang are undulating, with numerous peaks, winding canyons, and wild shrubs and trees everywhere. Niu Dali climbed several mountains but did not see his Huaniu. Niu Shitu said that cows generally like to eat bamboo leaves. Look at which mountain has bamboo growing on it. If you go to the bamboo forest to look for it, you might find it.
At this time, birds were chirping in the forest, and their chirping reminded Niu Shitu of something. He said, did your flower cow have a bell on its neck?
No. Niu Dali said that he wanted to tie a bell, but seeing that it was all gray and eye-catching, he didn't tie it. As he spoke, he looked around, looking carefully at the mountainous area with bamboos. Suddenly he discovered it. He shouted and pointed. Look, my Huaniu is on the edge of the cliff with bamboos.
Yes, I saw it too.
The two walked through a jungle, pushed aside thorns, and approached the flower cow, already sweating profusely. The Huaniu was alert, glanced at them sensitively, and then ran over the cliff into the forest with tall trees and deep grass.
Niu Shitu realized it and ran forward quickly to block the way. Huaniu had no choice but to run back, but a road under the cliff was blocked by Ma Dali. He also grabbed a firewood stick in his hand and raised it. Seeing fear, he turned around and ran around the cliff again, running upward.
Niu knew the way and chased after him. Huaniu was terrified. Seeing that the person coming was a stranger, he ran faster, but there was a dead end at the top. They were all blocked by cliffs. There was only one place that was not blocked by cliffs. There was a deep valley on that side. If you accidentally fall down, your body will be shattered into pieces.
Huaniu didn't know it, so he ran to the edge of the cliff and had no way to go. When he turned around again, Niu climbed up as nimbly as a monkey who knew the way. He took advantage of the opportunity when Huaniu tilted his head and lowered his neck and grabbed it. Cow rope.
One end of the cow rope is tied to the horn, and the other end is connected to the nose. Now Huaniu couldn't move much, so he obediently let the stranger untie the rope from his two horns and pull him down from the dangerous spot. When Niu Dali saw Hua Niu running away, before he could calm down, he hit it with a stick on its back. It was so painful that it blinked its eyes and jumped on its four hooves.
After that, Niu Shitu drove the flowered cow into the county town every day to pull manure. As expected, many people regarded the flowered cow as a rare animal. Sometimes, a group of people gathered around, carefully looked at the patterns on its body, and then discovered Feeling: Hey, it’s black here and white there, like a map. This was something Niu Shitu encountered when he was driving slowly or had stopped when he entered the city. He looked at the people who were teasing him and often started talking to him, "Brother, do you know which alley in the city is filled with excrement?" Much water?
You really stick to your craft.
I haven't said three sentences yet, and I'll get down to business in one sentence.
A big man was chatting with him indifferently. He pointed his hand and said that you should go straight along this street and then turn west at the cross street. There is a city gate there. After exiting the city gate, there are many places outside. cesspool.
Niu knew his way so he drove Huaniu over. After walking for a while, he came to the city gate. An old man saw that he was driving a dung cart, so he introduced himself, "I am a dung guard. I pay 3 ounces per cart. Pay first." Only then can you scoop out manure. Niu Shitu understood the situation, pulled the rope, stopped the cart, took out the money from his clothes and threw it to the old man. The old man only caught one, and two more ding-dongs rolled to the ground. One of them happened to have a pile of yellow excrement stuck on it.
The old man frowned and shouted, I don't want this sling of money, you have to give me another sling. Niu Shitu was unhappy and thought: Who told you that you can't catch it? But in other people's society, he didn't dare to be stubborn, so he endured his temper and took out another handful of money to give to the old man.
Then, he picked up a piece of paper on the ground that was not too dirty, took the shit-stained wallet to a ditch in front and washed it, then drove the bullock cart out of the city gate to load the shit at the manure tank.
He scooped it up ladle after ladle, and it started to smell bad. After smelling it for a long time, he no longer felt the stink. He started to look at the thin, yellow and thick feces and felt disgusting. After looking at it for a long time, he got used to it.
