Chapter 26

On the official road, a donkey cart with gray curtains slowly drove into the city gate of Yanting County. The wooden wheels creaked along the bluestone street. It passed through the bustling market and stopped in front of an ancient-style inn. .

The driver of the carriage made a "whisper" sound on the handlebar and shouted to the people in the car behind: "Ms. Qian's wife, you've arrived."

Soon, the dusty curtain was lifted, and a man wearing a headdress came out of it. Wearing beads, a silver comb, and round bead earrings, she is a woman in her thirties. She glanced at the inn with phoenix eyes, then carried the package down with satisfaction.

After paying for the donkey cart, the money lady entered the inn and opened a medium-sized room number. Then she asked the waiter to run over and give her a greeting card.

The waiter took five cents of silver from her, happily informed the shopkeeper, and ran away with the post in his arms.

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It’s almost Shen Time, and it gets dark late in the summer, and the sun sets in the west, but the sky is still bright. The bullock cart coming back from the countryside stopped outside the county gate. People on it got off one after another and said goodbye to Xu Yi who was sitting on it.

Xu Yi didn't come down, so he paid Cheshashi a ride into the county alone and asked Cheshashi to take him to Duan Butcher's shop.

Butcher Duan opened a small meat shop in the market in the west of the city. He opened the business almost every day before dawn and did not close until the end of the day.

When Xu Yi arrived, Butcher Duan was chopping meat with his bare arms waving around. With each wave, the strong biceps on his arms trembled, causing the waitress waiting to buy meat to blush with embarrassment.

"Meat for sale! Meat slaughtered fresh every day!"

Butcher Duan said as he put the chopped meat on a hemp rope and handed it to the blushing female servant.

The waitress blushed and left quickly with the meat in hand.

Butcher Duan grinned when he saw such a scene. At this moment, an ox cart carrying a wild boar appeared conspicuously at the entrance of the shop.

The young man sitting above jumped out of the car, grabbed the wild boar, and dragged it in front of him.

Butcher Duan was shocked.

Xu Yi said, "Uncle Duan, do you collect wild boars here?"

Before Butcher Duan could speak, someone gathered around to watch.

"The smell is so strong. Is this the wild boar you shot? Why was it injured like this? It looks bloody and smells really bad." The shopkeeper next door covered his nose and said in disgust.

His family sells hand-meat items, but he was already very dissatisfied when he rented the shop next door to a butcher selling meat. As a result, the butcher often collected these strong-flavored game meats, which made it difficult for his family to do business.

Every time I get the chance, I have to say something.

Some people nearby also spoke in agreement, thinking that the wild boar looked very scary.

The handlebar type came to the rescue: "That was hunted by Xiao Langjun alone. His methods were a bit inferior, but a lot of meat was good."

"Real or fake?"

"Is Xiao Langjun really that brave? Can he kill? To kill such a big wild boar?"

The handlebar said, "You can't believe it. I watched him go up the mountain and then drag the wild boar down!"

"You hunted it?" Butcher Duan said in surprise. He looked the young man up and down, and when he saw the charm on his body, he was already convinced.

Xu Yi nodded and said, "Butcher Duan, take a look at it. If it works, I'll sell it to you. If it doesn't work

, I'll take it away." "Okay, let me take a look first." Butcher Duan walked out of the shop with a smile. , lifted the wild boar onto the board without any disdain.

Usually, when hunting wild boars, hunters select small ones, make a trap to catch the wild boars, and then catch them for sale, trying not to kill the pigs as much as possible.

It doesn't matter if it's dead, some rich people like to eat it, and some fine taverns will buy the meat and make it into delicious delicacies for those wealthy people to try.

This was the first time he had seen the wild boar's belly destroyed so completely. There were almost no good pieces of meat in the belly, and it was all bloody and bloody. The smell was scary.

Several people who came to join in the fun were so frightened when they saw this scene that they covered their faces and dared not look at it.

Butcher Duan has been killing pigs for more than 20 years. He has never seen any pigs before, so it was okay to see this. But I don’t know why this young man is not afraid.

He put aside his curiosity and made it clear to the young man: "I can take this pig, but the price is not good. I can only give you eight cents per catty, and you have to remove the pig's head and put the rest on the scale."

Xu Yi asked: "What's the normal price?"

Butcher Duan choked. He didn't expect the young man to ask such a question. He values ​​integrity in business and is never short of money. Seeing that this person was introduced by a regular customer, he told the truth. : "Normally, I am a little wild boar. The meat is just right and not smelly, so it sells for the highest price. I can sell it for 28 cents per pound. But you can't do this. The meat is too old, and you have to cut off all the good meat. It's rotten."

Xu Yi nodded, agreeing with what he said, and then he thought about it and said, "Can you leave the chopped meat to me?"

Butcher Duan said, "..."

After a while, Butcher Duan took the pig head and the meat. Cut off the chopped pieces of meat and put the rest on the scale. According to the current kilogram weight, it is weighed out to be one hundred and thirty-nine kilograms. According to eight cents per catty, it is always one hundred and twelve cents.

The usual money was exchanged for small silver cakes, and the extra copper coins were strung into bunches and stuffed into his arms.

Xu Yi carried the pig head and meat and got on the bullock cart again.

Zibo sent Xu Yi to Shijing Lane, South Street. Xu Yi looked at the extra blood on the cart and paid him double the price. It was hard for him to wash the car when he got back.

"The young man is still so generous." Chezi Shi smiled and took the money, then asked Xu Yi what to do with the pig's head.

Xu Yi frowned: "I haven't thought about it yet."

He didn't know how to handle pig heads, and he didn't know how to eat them.

He twisted the handle and asked, "How about you sell it to me, young man? My wife is good at cooking, so I made this pig head for her. It smells very good."

Xu Yi looked at his face. He had been driving for many years, and his skin was dark and shiny. With a layer of luster: "Old man, you're welcome. If you are willing to go to the city to guide me, why not give this pig's head to you."

Besides, if the pig's head is left here, it is just a waste. If he gives it to the old man, it is considered a waste. Make a good relationship.

The handlebar type is not polite. The butcher used to keep this pig head for himself. If others wanted to buy it, it would cost at least more than ten yuan.

Saying goodbye to the handlebars, Xu Yi put the bamboo basket on his back and headed home carrying the remaining wild boar meat.

When he was about to get home, Xu Yi saw Mrs. He waiting outside his door, twisting the handkerchief in her hand and looking towards the alley.

Seeing Xu Yi, she walked over quickly. When she got closer and saw the injuries on his body, she exclaimed: "Brother Yi, what's wrong with you? Why is your arm still injured? But on the way there, you met "Trouble?"

Xu Yi blinked sheepishly, smiled and briefly told her about the wild boar on the mountain, and then reassured her: "The injury is nothing, it just looks scary."

Before Mrs. He could finish digesting it, Xu Yi asked. But waiting for him.

Mrs. He remembered what happened and said, "Not long ago, a waiter came to deliver greeting cards. Seeing that you were not home, he sent the greeting cards to me."

Xu Yi was confused.

Mrs. He continued: "The waiter only told me that a lady named Qian sent him to deliver the post. I don't know what's going on in it."

After that, she took out the closed red paper and handed it to him. Go to Xu Yi.

Xu Yi took the post with one hand, and at a quick glance, he found that this lady from the Qian family was actually the aunt of the Wang family who was engaged to Xu Yi. She was entrusted by the Wang family and stopped by to visit Xu Yi.

Xu Yi couldn't help but frown. Now is not the day to send gifts. Why did the Wang family send someone here?