"Isn't it almost the New Year? The debt collectors from the gambling house have come, and they can't pay, so they want to sell their cattle. People everywhere are talking about how the Jia brothers are bullies. Anyone who goes to see the cattle, whether they buy them or not, has to pay ten coins, or else they'll be beaten. So, no one goes to see the cattle. I heard they even took the cattle to the county early this morning, but they couldn't sell them either."
Zhou Dalang said, "It's almost the New Year, and not many people are at the cattle and horse market. Most of the cattle dealers have gone home for the New Year, so there aren't many buyers. They couldn't sell them, so they brought them back to ask us."
Upon hearing this, Old Zhou immediately put away his pipe, got up, and said, "Let's go, call Third, and we'll go to Dali Village to take a look."
