Ye Juaner also refused to give in and said, "It's true that you arrived at the village entrance before me, but I got to the car before you.
"If you don't believe me, ask everyone. In our village, there has never been a rule that whoever arrives at the village entrance first gets to buy meat first."
Huang said, "That's right. I've never heard of such a statement."
Aunt Liu was unconvinced and asked, "Then why were you able to buy it before her?"
"I've chosen first, so naturally I'll buy first. Why didn't you tell me that everyone else hasn't bought yet?" Huang said, and then she urged the butcher, "Have you weighed it? How much is it in total? Hurry up, don't dawdle."
"Okay, okay, a total of sixty-eight cents." The butcher didn't want to get involved in the women's argument, as it would do him no good.
So he quickly took the money and handed the meat tied with a straw rope to Ye Juaner.
"Take it and come back to take care of business after you've finished eating."
Ye Juan'er carried the meat and walked back with Huang.
The other people had also picked out the meat they wanted and went over to wait for it to be weighed and paid for.
Aunt Liu was left behind. She looked left and right but couldn't find the right piece of meat. Either the piece was in the wrong place or it was too big.
"Hey, cut me a piece from here, and I'll take a piece from this side."
"Oh, Auntie, this can't be cut." The butcher said, "The meat sold here is all cut. If you can take it, take it. If you can't, forget it.
"Unless you can find someone to share half of the meat with your family, I'll give you a cut of the meat, but I won't be able to sell the rest!"
It’s not that the butcher doesn’t want to do business with Aunt Liu, but mainly because the piece of meat she picked is already very small.
She even insisted on having people cut a thinner layer, leaving the remaining piece there, which would soon become dry and unsellable.
"I just said that I wanted to share a piece with Ye Juaner, but you refused to cut it for me!" Aunt Liu said this with a feeling of grievance. The piece of meat Ye Juaner had just cut was indeed the most suitable piece for chopping stuffing.
"Please don't make it difficult for me, a butcher. If they don't agree, what can I do?" The butcher was speechless. "Anyway, I only have this meat on display. If you don't want it, I'll go to the next village."
The butcher said this and was about to drive away.
Thinking of her grandson who was still waiting to eat meat at home, Aunt Liu had no choice but to call out to the butcher, "Alright, alright, I want it!"
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