usatvline Chapter 272 - 269: Incredible—A Parrot That Bargains!
Chapter 272 - 269: Incredible—A Parrot That Bargains!
The next day, the last day of the Xilinhot Harvest Festival.
With Jiang Feng’s penchant for excitement, he certainly had to come and see.
This time, there’s no need to sell beef sauce; it’s purely to see if there’s anything to buy.
Just wanting to shop, having money to splurge.
Jiang Feng brought his gray parrot along for fun.
This guy now has full plumage and looks appealing, wandering around every day.
Bringing it along to expand its horizons is a good idea.
Moreover, Jiang Feng also unlocked a skill for the gray parrot, which was just right to test today.
The drone followed along to live stream.
Jiang Feng wandered through the marketplace and indeed found some good things inside a yurt.
This yurt was also surrounded by quite a few people.
The shelves were lined with many exquisite saddles.
Jiang Feng entered the yurt, and seeing the finely crafted saddles, couldn’t help but feel tempted.
Jiang Feng also explained to the netizens:
"Saddle making is one of the intangible cultural heritages of the Mongolian People, especially around the Kerqin Left Wing Rear Banner, where the craftsmanship for making saddles is excellent, much finer and lighter than saddles bought online."
"Such things are more comfortable when made by hand, bit by bit."
Saying this, he started to pick out suitable saddles for Red Hare, as well as the ponies July and September.
Saddles can be adjusted, not having strict sizes, but they do come in different sizes.
Jiang Feng eyed a few saddles and asked the boss:
"If I want to buy these three, how much?"
The boss looked at Jiang Feng and replied: "Master Jiang, these are all handcrafted, you’ve seen the materials, authentic top-notch craftsmanship, absolutely genuine."
"This one is a riding saddle, full leather with floral carvings, naturally twisted, costs 6000, suitable for running."
"This one is a ranch saddle, with a solid wood frame and whole cowhide seat, 5000, suitable for leisurely riding, very comfortable."
"This is also a riding saddle, with handmade carvings and turned cowhide seat, has better anti-slip properties, 5000."
"Total of 16,000"
"Expensive indeed, but they’re good items."
To be fair, an average of over 5000 per saddle is considered expensive.
However, if they’re handcrafted and beautifully made, the price is totally worth it.
Moreover, the prices on the grassland are quite high. Meat is cheap, but Mongolian robes, saddles, etc., can cost over ten thousand.
So some people really go to Outer Mongolia to buy clothes.
Jiang Feng took down one saddle, looking at it carefully.
The saddle is entirely made of cowhide, the frame has hand-carved patterns, in a deep brown color, reserved yet elegant, very beautiful.
One look and you can tell it’s high-end.
"Buying three together, how about 13,000?" Jiang Feng bargained.
At the Harvest Festival stalls, many things can be bargained for, and bargaining is common.
After all, unlike the formality of a shopping mall.
Farmers often discuss the price among themselves.
The boss and Jiang Feng started to haggle.
At this moment, the gray parrot, hearing their debate, impatiently flapped its wings and said, "14,000, at most 14,000, no more!"
The sudden words from the gray parrot left the boss dumbfounded, exclaiming, "Holy crap!"
This parrot, learning to haggle like a person?
The boss looked at the big gray parrot on Jiang Feng’s shoulder, surprised and said:
"Was it just quoting prices?"
Before Jiang Feng spoke, the gray parrot replied, "Yes, it was me, at most 14,000, no more."
This scene was live-streaming.
Netizens all laughed seeing the boss’s bewildered expression.
[Hahaha, the boss got scared by the gray parrot!]
[Is the gray parrot helping Master Jiang haggle? Unbelievable!]
[Wow, I can’t even haggle as well as a parrot!]
[This guy is too smart!]
The gray parrot naturally is one of the smartest among birds, very intelligent.
The shop owner, looking at the parrot, increasingly liked it the more he looked, from bewilderment to admiration.
He asked Jiang Feng:
"Master Jiang, why not sell me this parrot? I’ll offer 10,000."
"I’ve never seen such a clever parrot!"
The boss was a man of character, and not short on money.
On the grasslands, rich people are very rich, and ordinary people are quite ordinary.
Jiang Feng naturally wouldn’t sell it, having raised the gray parrot for several months, it was also part of the ranch.
Once again, the gray parrot refused the boss before Jiang Feng:
"Parrot not for sale, parrot not for sale!"
Jiang Feng couldn’t help but laugh, quickly saying:
"Boss, this parrot’s not for sale. The three saddles for 14,000, they really are good things, give a discount."
Hearing this, the boss glanced at the gray parrot, no longer argued, and agreed to Jiang Feng’s deal.
Jiang Feng paid, carrying the saddles towards the car.
These saddles are all fine saddles, if not the very best, they certainly are of good quality.
The riding experience was great.
The online friends were still laughing.
Especially the gray parrot’s line "The parrot is not for sale," which made everyone laugh uproariously.
This guy really knows how to entertain.
Jiang Feng put the saddle into the car, then continued to wander around the market.
The gray parrot stood on Jiang Feng’s shoulder, leaning forward and looking around curiously.
Suddenly, the gray parrot blurted out:
"There are apples over there!"
Hearing this, Jiang Feng looked at the fruit stall beside him and calmly replied, "Yes, I see them."
"Eat apples! Eat apples!" the gray parrot continued to shout.
"Not buying any," Jiang Feng replied again.
"Apples! Apples! Apples!" The parrot danced up and down on Jiang Feng’s shoulder, continuously shouting.
Its antics drew the attention of many passersby.
Jiang Feng was deliberately teasing it. Seeing that many people were watching, Jiang Feng reluctantly agreed:
"Okay, I’ll buy you some."
Hearing this, the parrot finally stopped making a fuss.
From then on, whenever the gray parrot encountered food, it would shout for it.
There were many stalls at the harvest festival, and it wanted quite a few things.
Apples, grapes, cookies, pastries, yogurt, and so on.
The online friends found it very amusing.
[Is the ranch owner flirting with the parrot?]
[Honestly, this parrot is better at being cute than I am!]
[Just imagining having such a troublesome girlfriend gives me a headache!]
[Being too smart isn’t always a good thing!]
Jiang Feng wandered around the harvest festival, bought a few things, then drove back to his ranch.
He didn’t need to buy much, as the ranch had most things.
After returning to the ranch, Jiang Feng first fed the parrot some fruit.
Then he went to change Red Hare’s saddle to a new one.
As the saying goes, a good horse deserves a good saddle.
A saddle can also enhance a horse’s overall demeanor.
"Looks pretty comfortable."
Jiang Feng put the saddle on and immediately mounted the horse.
The saddle was well-fixed and very lightweight. Sitting on it, with his feet in the stirrups, Jiang Feng could more clearly feel the movements of Red Hare’s body.
He rode around the grassland.
Red Hare was running joyfully too.
As the days went by, during the last two days of the National Day holiday, Liu Yiyi called Jiang Feng, saying that her parents wanted to meet him.
Thinking about meeting the in-laws, Jiang Feng felt a bit nervous.
The matter between the two of them was pretty much settled.
However, dating is one thing, getting married is another.
Marriage is a matter that involves two families.
So, Jiang Feng prepared gifts, paused his live streaming for three days, and went to Hulunbei’er Grassland to meet the in-laws.
The gifts he bought included premium tea and alcohol, as well as some homemade beef sauce.
The father-in-law was also a large ranch owner, with a staff of twenty to thirty people, and was very well-off.
Moreover, they not only had enclosed grasslands for grazing, but also ran a starry sky glass house bed and breakfast, engaging in tourism projects, with a large family business.
The father-in-law was neither too fat nor too thin, but had a dark complexion, and looked quite spirited.
After they met, the father-in-law initially said that he did not agree with his daughter marrying so far away, but because Liu Yiyi’s mother liked Jiang Feng very much, she let Liu Yiyi and Jiang Feng give it a try.
Now that the two had fallen for each other, they began to prepare for the wedding.
Jiang Feng was not surprised at all about getting married.
On the contrary, he thought it was the right thing to do.
When you meet the right person, you really want to get married.
Anyway, the conditions were good enough, so there were not too many material concerns.
During the two days on Hulunbei’er Grassland, Jiang Feng strolled around Liu Yiyi’s family ranch and even performed horseback archery on site.
The horseback archery performance was outstanding, and the ranch staff cheered endlessly.
Many people on the grassland could ride horses, but not many could do archery.
After this performance, the father-in-law felt proud and was quite pleased.
From then on, Jiang Feng and Liu Yiyi didn’t need to worry about the wedding preparations at all.
Jiang Feng’s parents and the father-in-law’s family started discussing the wedding arrangements.
The father-in-law was very generous, planning to rent the 30,000 mu of grassland next to Jiangfeng Ranch for ten years, and then give 500 sheep and 300 cattle as dowry.
The Hulunbei’er Grassland was good, but the short-tail sheep and Xi Banner sheep there were not as good as Xilingol’s Ujumqin Sheep and Sunite Sheep.
Ximeng League’s mutton was the best, and giving too many of other kinds of sheep was not ideal for breeding.
So, the number of dowry sheep was not large.
The wedding was planned for next summer, when the weather would be nice and the scenery beautiful, and Liu Yiyi would have graduated.
The whole wedding affair was handled entirely by the parents, which meant Jiang Feng and Liu Yiyi did not have to worry about anything at all.
To this, Jiang Feng simply wanted to say it was just perfect.