Traditional bull market intermediaries have a unique way of trading
1. The bull is the intermediary of the cattle ear, which is the intermediary of the private bull market transaction in Hejiang. The buyer and seller of the cattle are introduced and assisted in completing the cattle transaction through the introduction of the cattle ear. Bulls are paid for intermediary services in cattle trading. The picture shows a year of Fubao folk ear.
2. Bulls usually drink tea and chat at a fixed tea house in the town, learn about the bull market, and wait for the bull trading business.
3. Sell cattle to find cattle ear to understand the bull market market, verbally entrust the bull ear to contact the buyer. The cow prefers to the seller to see the cow, and suggests a market transaction price to the seller according to the gender and age of the cow. The cattle buyer understands the source of the cattle and proposes the intention to buy cattle. According to the needs of buyers, niu bias ear will bring buyers to the corresponding sellers to trade cattle.
4. The Hejiang region calls bulls as yaks, calls cows sand cows, and occasionally there are cows that cannot conceive and give birth, called floating sand. According to the purpose for which the buyer buys the cattle, the cattle that are bought to cultivate the land are called ploughing cattle, and the cattle that are bought to be slaughtered are called slaughtered. According to the age of the cattle, the cattle have the names of wearing the nose edge, teaching the burden (dān), pairing teeth, side teeth, four teeth, six teeth, white mouth, wearing flowers, and bud valley titi. Four teeth and six teeth are the youth and strength of cattle, so there is a saying of "four teeth and six teeth". Different uses and ages of cattle, the transaction price difference is large.
5. Bull bias in the bull market trading, there is a special statement on the number of bull prices, that is, the so-called "bull market black words". They said that the numbers one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, and ten became morning, taiwan, oblique, tea, turning, labor, strip, knocking, sand, and sea, and the largest number of transactions, such as hundreds, thousands, and ten thousand, as "stems", such as thirteen hundred yuan, said to be "early stem tea"; twelve thousand five hundred yuan, said to be "early stem Tai quan".
6. The price negotiation method of cattle trading is different from other commodity transactions, and there are traditional unique ways. This method is manifested as "face-to-face negotiation, concealed bargaining". That is, the buyer and seller bargain in person, put their hands in the hem or under the table, and pinch each other's fingers to adjust the price. Complete the cattle trade by mouth and hand touch.
7. The numbers represented by the fingers are: the index finger means "1", the index finger plus the middle finger means "2", the index finger plus the middle finger plus the ring finger means "3", the index finger plus the middle finger plus the ring finger plus the little finger means "4", the index finger plus the middle finger plus the ring finger plus the little finger plus thumb means "5", the single thumb means "6", the single little finger means "7", the thumb plus index finger means "8", the index finger bend means "9", and the fist means "0".
8. Negotiate the price of cattle under the hem.
9. Another cattle trade was successful.
10. Hejiang Fubao, Xiantan, Rongyou, Fengming, Hutou and other places are rich in aquatic grasses, suitable for cattle breeding, and are the main production areas of Hejiang cattle. The picture shows a meadow under the Fubao watershed.
11. There is a place in the northwest suburbs of Ganyuchang called "Niu Lu Stele", which is the place where the cattle gang who went to Fubao and Xiantan to purchase cattle in the old days stayed, and there was a niu lu stone stele that recorded the cattle production of Dacao (Fubao) and Xiaocao (Xiantan) and the cattle gang selling cattle. Now the Niulu stone monument no longer exists, and the old settlement has been transformed into a villager settlement.
12. Ma Street on the south bank of the Chishui River in Hejiang City is named after the "Cow and Horse Stack". There is an old place in MaJie called "Cowshed", which is the place where cattle gangs in Fubao, Xiantan, Rongyou, Fengming and other places in the old days stayed, fed cattle and traded cattle. The cowshed has been remodeled.
13. With the promotion of agricultural machinery, cattle cultivation in farmland has decreased. The steep slopes of the mountains and the narrow fields are not suitable for mechanical arable land, and the fields are still cultivated with cattle. To meet the needs of cattle farming, the bull market still exists, and the cattle ear is still playing an intermediary role in cattle trading. However, the traditional way of cattle trading, which is "face-to-face negotiation and concealed bargaining with hands", has been rarely met and is in a highly endangered state.
Photo: He Kaiming