Fortunately, Ye Lao San was not that stupid and continued, "But since mother is worried about this, I will definitely not say it in the future. Thank you, sister-in-law."
The next day, as soon as she got up, Ye Juaner asked Liu Quan to clean the motherwort at home, and she ran out to cut pork.
There are few people in Rongxi Village and life is not very affluent, so there is no butcher shop in the village.
Normally, there are only three ways for villagers to buy meat. One is to go directly to the city to buy it; the other is to catch someone in the village slaughtering a pig.
The last one is from late autumn to early summer every year. People go to the village entrance early in the morning to wait. Before the butcher from the neighboring village kills the pigs and goes to the city to sell the meat, he will drive his car to the surrounding villages and towns to solicit some business.
But for this kind of thing you have to get up early and wait, otherwise it is easy to miss it.
So Ye Juan'er didn't even bother to eat breakfast today. She washed her face, combed her hair, and cleaned herself up, then immediately went out with the basin.
She thought she was early enough, but when she arrived at the village entrance, she found that there were already several people waiting there.
"Sister Dongkui, Aunt Liu... why are you here so early?" Ye Juaner greeted them as she walked over.
The other young wives also greeted Ye Juaner one after another, "Sister Juaner, come here."
"Everyone's waiting to buy meat!" Ye Dongkui's wife, Huang, moved aside to make room for Ye Juan'er. "Come and sit down!"
Aunt Liu said, "My grandson is clamoring for meat, so I have no choice but to go out and buy some!
"Tell me, why are kids nowadays so greedy?
"It's only been a few days since the Chinese New Year, and he's already clamoring for meat again.
“Thinking back to when we were kids, we didn’t have much meat to eat all year round. We could only eat some meat during the Chinese New Year, but we got through it all!
"If they keep eating like this, I don't know how much money it will cost to feed them!"
Ye Juaner knew her problem. She said so much just to find an opportunity to praise her son for his ability and money-making ability.
Everyone in the village has heard Aunt Liu's usual routine so many times that they can almost recite it by heart.
So Ye Juaner took advantage of her breath and said, "Aunt Liu, if you ask me, there's nothing to worry about.
"Your son is so capable, he can afford to eat meat every day, not just occasionally."
The people who were waiting to buy meat under the tree all smiled when they heard this.
Although Aunt Liu hadn't said she was satisfied yet, she was still very happy to hear someone praising her son.
"Oh, it's not as good as you say. I just work as a small manager outside and earn a little more money than others.
"But we still have to be frugal in our daily lives, otherwise..."
Before Aunt Liu finished her words, a familiar bell sound was heard on the road at the entrance of the village.
"The butcher is here."
Those waiting to buy meat at the village entrance immediately left Aunt Liu who was still talking and swarmed over to pick out the meat.
Ye Juaner held her basin in one hand and held Huang's hand in the other, and rushed to the first place.
She put her basin on the cart and asked Huang, "Aunt Dongkui, what do you want to buy? Come first."
"I'll take this one!" Huang picked up the pieces of meat from the cart one by one, looked at them over and over again, and finally chose one.
The butcher saw this and immediately praised her, "Auntie, you are very good at choosing. This is the best piece of pork belly we have today."
"Come on, I don't know you yet. You claim every piece of meat you sell is the best!"
"Oh, Auntie, look at what you said.
"Look at this three-layered pork belly, with just the right amount of fat and lean meat, how beautiful!
"Besides, if this meat is not good, would you still choose this piece?"
The butcher weighed the meat, tied it around the waist with a piece of straw rope, and handed it to Huang, saying, "That's thirty coins in total. Take it."
"Go back and eat it. If it doesn't taste good, bring it back tomorrow morning and throw it in my face, okay?"
"Alright, alright, I'm really impressed by your words. Otherwise, I'd say you're doing a good job in business!"
After seeing Huang pay the money, Ye Juaner immediately picked up a piece of meat that she liked and placed it on the scale plate.
"I want this one!"
"Oh, this auntie has really good taste. I cut this piece of meat separately. Take it back and chop it into stuffing. You can enjoy it. It's delicious!"
"You are good at selling meat. You know what I am going to do at first glance!" Ye Juaner said with a smile.
Aunt Liu tiptoed to look inside the scale and immediately said in surprise, "Oh, Juan'er, did you pick up gold or make a fortune?
"You two are at home, why did you buy such a big piece of meat?"
Huang couldn't bear to listen any longer and said, "Maybe it's my daughter and her husband who are coming back?"
The butcher quickly said, "Such good meat is hard to come by. Buy it if you see it, or you'll regret it if you miss it!"
The meaning is very clear, which is to ask her not to disturb others from doing business and making money.
But Aunt Liu couldn't tell the difference at all, and continued, "Even if your daughter and her family of four came over, they wouldn't be able to eat such a big piece of meat!
"Now that the weather is warmer, meat and other things won't keep well. It would be such a waste if we bought some and then let it go bad!"
Aunt Liu pointed at the piece of meat and said, "Cut it in half here. We can each have half."
Everyone then realized that Aunt Liu also liked this piece of meat, which was why she talked about it for so long.
Ye Juaner rolled her eyes in anger and said, "Why are you cutting it? I can eat as much as I want."
When Aunt Liu heard that Ye Juan'er was unwilling to give in, she immediately raised her voice and said, "I came here before you, so I should be in front of you."
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