The one who was swindled had a stroke patient at home who had always been drinking the Medicinal Wine sold by Yan Fei. Now, the patient could barely walk with a cane, but that was about it; there was no need to think about working, let alone taking care of oneself.
The scam was incredibly simple. This man didn't raise cattle for a farm; his cattle were old cows he raised himself. Because they were too old, the farms wouldn't take them, so he took the opportunity of the upcoming New Year to sell them off at the Cattle Market.
After selling them, he felt somewhat downhearted but, of course, rural folk wouldn't use a word like 'downhearted'—it was just a bit of a heartache. To think that the old cattle he'd raised for so many years were now exchanged for a few thousand dollars, and to imagine them being taken away to the slaughterhouse soon, it was a tough pill to swallow.
