When the young guard came over, Xu Yi was looking at the guard's past files.
Upon hearing what the young guard said, he immediately gathered the men still in the yard and hurriedly rushed towards the fat butcher.
They've already wasted so much time, and we still don't know how things are going over there.
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On the way there, Xu Yi had already inquired about the situation and realized that this fat butcher was a troublesome person.
Sure enough, by the time they arrived, the fat butcher's shop was already packed with people.
Before I even went inside, I could hear crying and roaring.
"Make way, make way, the guards are on duty, make way quickly." Two guards cleared a path in front, quickly parting the crowd to make way.
Xu Yi went inside and immediately recognized the fat butcher.
As his name suggests, the butcher stood beside the chopping board like a small mountain.
Perhaps because of his fleshy body and face, he actually looked somewhat kind, without any of the ruthlessness of a butcher.
Seeing the guards enter, he quickly greeted them with a smile, "Guards, you're here! Thank you for your hard work, and for making this trip again."
This warm and polite demeanor was completely different from what Xu Yi had just heard.
Before coming here, Xu Yi had heard that this fat butcher was the only one selling pork on this street.
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It was the only one that should have been doing well, and that was indeed the case at the beginning.
But later on, things gradually changed, and everyone on the street knew that this seemingly kind fat butcher was not honest at all.
When selling meat, they shortchange customers and sometimes even force them to buy meat, sometimes only offering pieces that are two fingers wide.
As he cuts with his knife, he can turn two fingers' worth of meat into three, and that goes up the price.
The customer was naturally unhappy; the meat, which was originally only supposed to cost fifty coins, ended up costing seventy coins.
Even though I'll end up eating the meat myself, I don't want to end up unhappy after buying something.
As a result, some people objected, and the fat butcher's expression immediately changed. He slammed his sharp cleaver onto the cutting board.
His entire face, with its prominent muscles, looked menacing, and the knife in his hand swayed back and forth.
It's as if the knife will be slashed at someone if they don't buy it.
In addition, he would occasionally exchange good meat for bad meat.
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For example, dead pig meat is mixed with live pig meat, and boar meat is mixed with sow meat.
Sometimes when people come to buy pork ribs, they find it difficult to chop them at home, so they ask him to chop them for them.
There was a crack on the edge of the cutting board, and as the fat butcher chopped, a piece of rib would fall through it.
If no one saw it, fine; but if someone did see it, he'll make up an excuse, saying he accidentally dropped it.
Then they picked up the ribs from below again. These kinds of things happened one after another. Some people wanted to argue with them, but they were all afraid of the fat butcher's behavior.
So later on, the neighbors rarely came to him to buy meat anymore, for fear that they would waste their money again.
The people who came to buy meat today weren't from the neighborhood, but from the street next door.
This man wasn't one to tolerate things; the fat butcher cut him too much meat, and he absolutely refused to take it.
The fat butcher naturally refused, resorting to his old tricks to scare the man, but the man wasn't buying it at all.
They refused to pay, and the two started arguing over the piece of meat. The fat butcher grabbed them and wouldn't let them leave.
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The man got angry and hit the butcher. Since someone made the first move, the two started fighting.
Fat Butcher's Shop already had a bad reputation, and when this happened, everyone gathered around.
Those who had been taken advantage of, in particular, were secretly hoping that this man could help them vent their anger and teach this unscrupulous merchant a lesson.
But the fat butcher's size was there, and he beat the man until he screamed in pain in just a few moves.
The man was still leaning against the wall, clutching his injured arm and glaring angrily at the fat butcher.
"Sir, sir, this is a shady establishment, a shady establishment!" The man struggled to his feet as he saw Xu Yi and the others enter.
The fat butcher sneered, "Sir, it's not easy for me to do business. This customer is here to buy meat."
"I cut the meat according to his instructions, and after I cut it off, he didn't want the meat anymore. Isn't he just messing with me?"
“He wants this kind of meat, but others might not. If he doesn’t buy it, how am I supposed to sell it?”
The fat butcher spoke slowly and calmly, and he didn't seem excited at all. He spoke each word very clearly.
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On the contrary, the person who bought the meat looked more like the troublemaker than he did.
"How much meat does that customer want to buy?" Xu Yi asked.
The fat butcher had dealt with the guards several times but had never seen Xu Yi before. However, judging from the way Xu Yi came in just now, this man was no ordinary guard.
"Reporting to Your Excellency, the guest said he wanted three fingers' worth of meat," the fat butcher said respectfully.
"Where's the meat?" Xu Yi asked the fat butcher, who then picked up a piece of pork from the chopping board behind him.
The flesh at one end is about three fingers wide, but it gets wider towards the back, almost as wide as a palm.
"Sir, look, this is only three fingers' worth of meat, but this is clearly a whole palm's worth."
The man was furious when he saw the piece of meat. He wouldn't have hit someone if it hadn't gone too far.
"You can't say that, sir. When the knife is used, it's impossible for it to be exactly the same; it will always be a little off."
The fat butcher quickly explained, then turned the tables, saying, "Hey customer, are you really looking to buy meat?"
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"I can tell you're just here to cause trouble and have fun with my little business. Sir, I work hard from dawn till dusk every day, it's not easy to run a business."
"You must stand up for me!"
His pretentious act aroused the dissatisfaction of the onlookers, who all began to talk about the fat butcher's evil deeds.
However, they didn't take it seriously at all and even pretended to be pitiful in front of Xu Yi.
Xu Yi glanced at the mountain-like man in front of him and asked, "How much does a three-finger meat usually cost?"
“Fifty coins,” the fat butcher replied.
People like them who sell pork use their eyes and hands as scales; although they can't measure with perfect precision, they can get it pretty close.
The way the fat butcher is marking people is clearly a deliberate attempt to extort money; he's just trying to get as much as he can.
"How much is the meat here?" Xu Yi thought to himself that this practice was shameful.
The most important thing in doing business is integrity. If the fat butcher had done business properly from the beginning, he wouldn't be resorting to such methods to make money now.
"This meat..." The fat butcher hesitated for a moment, looking at the meat in his hand, "is probably around seventy-five coins."
At the same time, he was also wondering why the guards who came today were doing things differently than before.
In the past, the first thing they would do was shout to disperse the crowd, and then give him and the meat seller a lecture.
People who buy meat are usually angry and agitated, but he wasn't; he just pretended to be the victim.
Sometimes, those who bought meat would get so angry that they would attack him in front of the guards.
That way, we'll have leverage over you. Even if the guards come, so what? They've already cut off the meat; how can you not buy it?
It's fine if you don't buy it, but once you've made a move, there's a lot to talk about.
Afterwards, the guards simply gave each of them a severe beating, said a few words, and that was the end of it.
"How many years have you been a butcher?" Xu Yi asked another question, which sounded less like he was making a decision for anyone and more like he was just chatting casually.
"Sir, I haven't been a butcher for long, but it's been about five years."
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Xu Yi nodded, understanding. "Three years is enough to make you a seasoned butcher. Since the customer said he wanted three fingers' worth of meat, you know how to cut it, so you can definitely do it."
"As you just said, the customer wants three fingers of meat, which costs fifty coins."
“In that case, the guest will give you fifty coins to buy the meat. There’s no need to argue about this.”
Upon hearing this, the fat butcher immediately realized, "That's definitely not going to work. This meat weighs seventy-five coins, how can you only give me fifty?"
That's a difference of twenty-five coins.
"Why not? Isn't this just three fingers' worth of meat?" Xu Yi's question left the fat butcher speechless.
He thought for a moment and then said with a smile, "Sir, this isn't a scale, so how could it be exactly fifty coins?"
Xu Yi looked up at him and said, "It doesn't have to be exactly fifty coins, or it can be a little different, but it shouldn't be more than twenty-five coins off."
"To be fair, a difference of about five coins is quite normal. You certainly wouldn't be willing to accept a difference of five coins less than fifty coins."
"But if it costs five more coins, would you be willing to buy this piece of meat?" The last sentence was said to the customer who was buying meat.
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