Chapter 33 Chapter 33 If You Hit Someone, Hit Them In The Face
When Yu Li returned to the butcher shop, the morning market was already halfway through, but there were still many people coming to the butcher shop to buy meat.
The alley where the butcher shop is located has a large flow of people, and there are many small stalls around it, selling home-grown vegetables, fresh fish and eggs, or seasonal fruits, forming a small market.
There were even people selling firewood, it was quite lively.
Everyone else in the butcher shop had gone to deliver the goods, leaving Zhang Yaoping alone. With so many people buying meat, it was inevitable that he was in a rush.
Yu Li put down the bamboo basket and went over to help, such as helping to count and collect money.
She had good mental arithmetic skills. As soon as Zhang Yaoping weighed the meat, she had already quoted the price. When giving the change, she didn't even need to count. She just reached into the basket of copper coins and took out the required amount.
With her help, Zhang Yaoping's pressure was immediately reduced and he only needed to concentrate on cutting meat and weighing it.
Most of the people who came to buy meat were neighbors who lived nearby and were very familiar with the butcher shop. They were a little surprised to find that there was one more person in the butcher shop.
As they were buying meat, they asked, "Xiao Zhang, are you hiring at your butcher shop?"
"How do you recruit a girl?"
"This little girl is really good at math. She can calculate quickly and accurately. She doesn't even need to look at the coins when she grabs them, and the number is correct. Was she a businessman before?"
"Hey, this little girl is a little thin. Did she not eat enough?"
“…”
Everyone was talking at once, and Zhang Yaoping also took time out of his busy schedule to answer enthusiastically.
"Yes, she is a new employee in our shop, her last name is Yu."
"Sister Yu can read, so arithmetic is no problem for her."
Although he was also surprised that Yu Li could actually count, he did feel much more relaxed with her around. He felt more and more that Yu Li seemed to know everything, which made him admire her very much.
Before today, he had never admired someone so much.
When they heard that Yu Li could read, the way everyone looked at her suddenly changed.
I used to think that such a thin girl must be from a poor family, otherwise she would not come to the butcher's shop to find work. I didn't expect that this girl could actually read.
With this literacy filter, Yu Li's impression in their minds is no longer that of a poor girl who has fallen on hard times.
She is a little thin and ugly, but she can read.
Customers who bought meat became a little more polite towards Yu Li, and some even dared not be as casual with him as they were with Zhang Yaoping.
Fortunately, Yu Li is not an enthusiastic person, and he cannot greet all customers with a smile like Zhang Yaoping, or even chat with them.
They ignored her, and she felt at ease.
After the people who bought meat left and the shop was not so busy, Zhang Yaoping took the opportunity to drink some water and take a break.
He wiped his sweat and asked, "Sister Yu, have you finished delivering the goods?"
Yu Li hummed.
"You're really quick. Uncle Qi and the others haven't come back yet." Zhang Yaoping exclaimed, and then added, "Thank you so much for what you did just now. I didn't expect you could do arithmetic. You're amazing!"
"Not bad." Yu Li's reaction was indifferent. He didn't think there was anything great about being able to count.
At this time, Zhang Yaoping said again: "I will treat you to dinner some other day, Sister Yu." Such a powerful sister must be won over.
Yu Li immediately said, "Okay!"
As they were talking, they saw Zhang Fu and Boss Tu coming back after delivering the goods. They came back together as the place where they delivered the goods was relatively close.
Seeing that Yu Li had returned, Zhang Fu was also surprised, "Mother Li, when did you come back?"
Yu Li said: "It's been a while."
Zhang Fu praised: "It seems that you are very fast. Do you want to deliver to a few more houses tomorrow?"
"Sure!" Yu Li did not refuse. If she delivered it to more houses, she could earn dozens more coins. She was very willing to deliver it.
If the meat didn't have to be delivered early, she would actually be happy to deliver meat to all over the county. It's just running errands, and she doesn't feel tired.
Seeing Zhang Fu and the others coming back, Yu Li took out the bag of braised meat from the bamboo basket and handed it to Zhang Fu.
She told them Chef Bao's instructions, "This is what Chef Bao from Fu Lai Restaurant gave you. He said he would need two more pig heads to make braised food tomorrow."
Zhang Fu nodded, "Okay, got it."
Letting Zhang Yaoping continue to guard the butcher shop, Zhang Fu invited Yu Li to go in to rest and eat something.
I got up before dawn and did physical work. After delivering the goods, I was already very hungry. There were still some big meat buns left from the morning, which I could use to fill my stomach.
The three of them didn't care and just sat in the yard, eating cold meat buns with braised meat.
The weather is hot, and the braised meat can be eaten cold, it tastes very good.
Zhang Fu commented as he ate, "Chef Bao's braised pork has improved again. This braised food will soon become the signature dish of Fulai Inn."
Tu Laodao: “Not bad.”
Yu Li ate the meat buns with the braised meat, his cheeks bulging with food, and could only nod in agreement.
The braised meat was as fragrant as the smell it gave off. The meat was braised until it was a little soft, glutinous and fragrant. This was another delicacy she had ever tasted.
Yu Li was very happy as he had already eaten several kinds of delicious food today.
Zhang Fu was amused by what he saw, "Li Niang, are you hungry again?"
"Yes!" Yu Li swallowed the bun in his mouth, "I have a big appetite, how about I pay for the food?"
Because the pigs are slaughtered too early, the butcher shop will provide them with free breakfast. For breakfast, they usually ask the buns shop to help make buns, noodles and other foods. Anyway, it's a turn, so if they get tired of buns, they can eat noodles.
Of course, the most important thing is that these are all made of fine white flour, which is incomparable to coarse grains.
Zhang Fu waved his hand, "How can I take your money? My butcher shop is not so poor that I can't even prepare breakfast for you! You came here before dawn and did physical work, so I must make sure you are well fed."
Yu Li hesitated, "But I eat a lot..."
"It's nothing, just eat as much as you want!" Zhang Fucai said generously, "We'll kill a few more pigs tomorrow, and we'll make some money. You can eat as much as you want."
This was Young Master Xuan's savior, so she would not think it was excessive to eat him in any way she wanted.
Eat, eat as much as you can!
It's just that you eat a little more, can't he afford it?
Yu Li didn't expect him to be so generous that he didn't mind her eating more. She was very touched and said, "Thank you, Uncle Zhang."
After coming into this world, she found that all the people she met were good people.
It seems that she is very lucky.
When Zhang Fu heard the word "Uncle Zhang", he was choked.
He hesitated for a moment, then said shamelessly, "Li Niang, can you please stop calling me Uncle Zhang? You've made me sound old by calling me Old Zhang, and I haven't even got married yet."
Yu Li blinked and said, "Then I'll call you Brother Zhang."
This is the boss who pays her wages and feeds her. It is only right for her to change her title to thank him for his generosity.
This time, it was Boss Tu's turn to choke.
He and Zhang Fu are only two years apart in age. Now Zhang Fu is Brother Zhang, but he has become Uncle Tu. What does this mean?
After eating the steamed buns and braised pork, Zhang Fu settled today's wages for Yu Li. They had agreed before that the wages would be paid on a daily basis, and since Yu Li was so capable, Zhang Fu paid the money very promptly.
She carried more than 100 kilograms of meat by herself and delivered it to 13 families, which was more than what he and Boss Tu delivered.
Even if he didn't have Xuan Huaiqing's relationship, he still felt that it was very cost-effective to ask Yu Li to do the job.
The butcher shop starts work early, but also leaves work early.
After delivering the goods, there was nothing left to do. Except for Zhang Yaoping who had to guard the butcher shop, everyone else could go back and rest. It was only the 9th hour now.
It's not even noon yet.
Yu Li took the one hundred and sixty-five coins that belonged to her, packed up her things, and prepared to leave.
Tu Lao Da said to her, "Mother Li, I will wait for you at the village entrance tomorrow to go to the city together. We don't have to go so early, we can go half an hour later." Then he muttered, "Young girl, you should sleep more, don't overwork yourself."
Yu Li naturally agreed.
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After leaving the butcher shop, Yu Li thought for a while and turned to Jinhua Embroidery Shop.
After she came back from Yu's house last night, Zhou finally made up her mind to try to embroider a table screen, and asked her to go to the embroidery shop when she went to the city today to buy some material and embroidery thread for the table screen and take it back.
There were not many customers in the embroidery shop in the morning. When Yu Li went in, the shopkeeper remembered her. Seeing her coming, he smiled and asked, "Miss, what do you want to buy?"
Yu Li talked about what he was going to buy.
The shopkeeper understood and said happily: "Is your mother-in-law finally going to embroider a table screen?" This is good news.
The county magistrate's wife liked Zhou's embroidery and once regretted that Zhou only had embroidered handkerchiefs and purses, but no large pieces. If Zhou embroidered a table screen and sent it to her, even if the county magistrate's wife didn't buy it, there would be a noble lady who knew the value of the goods who would buy it, and it would definitely sell.
From the shopkeeper's perspective, he felt that Zhou's embroidery skills were comparable to those of the embroiderers from the big families in the city, and she must have been taught by a master.
I just don’t know why someone with such embroidery skills always stays in the countryside.
Could it be that she was a former servant who redeemed herself and returned to her hometown to get married?
When the shopkeeper packed the material and embroidery thread that Yu Li wanted, a customer happened to come in.
The guests who came in were two girls and one boy, all of them were teenagers. One of the older girls was dressed very elegantly and it was obvious that she came from a well-to-do family.
The shop assistant recognized the elegantly dressed girl as the daughter of the Yang family, a wealthy merchant family in the county.
The girl from the Yang family is eighteen years old this year. She has an ordinary appearance, but her temperament is very good, and she is quite pretty when she dresses up.
I heard that she was engaged and would be getting married this month. Since she often came to their embroidery shop to buy clothes, as a big customer like her, they were naturally very familiar with her.
The man and woman next to the girl from the Yang family looked rather unfamiliar and seldom came to their embroidery shop to buy things.
When I heard the younger girl calling Miss Yang "cousin", I knew they must be relatives from Miss Yang's future husband's family.
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Yu Li got the things and was about to leave when a voice suddenly rang out.
"Leaving mother?"
Yu Li looked over in the direction of the sound and saw three young people not far away. He glanced at them and recognized one of them as a girl about fifteen years old.
She is Yuqin.
Yuqin was somewhat similar to her mother Chen. She was a pretty girl, wearing a honey-colored double-breasted bodice and a necklace, looking like a city girl.
Compared to her, Yu Li looked like a country bumpkin.
He was wearing a coarse linen shirt, the color of which was gray. In order to make it easier to work, his hair was casually tied behind his head, giving him the image of a poor working person from the lower class of society.
Especially since she looked pale and thin, she looked like a poor person who didn't have enough to eat.
Even the shopkeeper looked at her in surprise. He didn't expect that Yu Li, a poor country girl, actually knew people from the city.
Could it be a relative in the city?
That’s right, even the emperor has several poor relatives, and city people naturally have relatives in the countryside.
Yu Li didn't feel anything.
Even though Yu Qin appeared in front of her in all her glamor, making her look like an ugly duckling, she did not feel embarrassed or ashamed. Instead, she looked at her frankly and nodded slightly to her as a greeting.
Yu Qin seemed surprised to see her here and asked, "Mother Li, why are you here? You..." She looked at Yu Li, a little bit unbelievable, and blurted out, "You look a little fatter."
She hadn't seen Yu Li for more than a month. When she saw her for the first time, she found that she was indeed a little fatter than before.
Hearing this, the shopkeeper and the clerk looked strange.
They looked at Yu Li. This girl was already thin enough, but they actually said she was a little fat. How thin must she have been before? They couldn't even imagine it.
Looking at Yu Qin again, one can tell that she is a pampered girl at home, with fair skin and rosy complexion, which is in stark contrast to Yu Li.
Yu Li didn't say anything. Although she and Yu Qin were cousins, they had never played together since childhood and had nothing to talk about.
Just as she was about to leave, she heard a shrill duck voice: "Cousin Qin, who is this ugly guy? How do you know such an ugly person?"
"Don't talk nonsense!" Yu Qin scolded, "She is my second uncle's daughter."
The boy who was speaking was about fourteen or fifteen years old, with a good-looking appearance and decent clothes, but his look of disdain was so abominable that even the shopkeeper and others could not help but look at him. It was really rude of him, at such a young age, to call a girl ugly.
Yu Qin said to Yu Li, "Mother Li, this is my uncle's cousin Cheng Ge'er, Chen Jicheng. He is still young and doesn't know how to talk. Please don't blame him."
The girl from the Yang family standing next to her frowned slightly.
She glanced at the scene in front of her with some impatience, but still said nothing.
Chen Jicheng suddenly understood and sneered, "Cousin Qin, so she is your second uncle's sister! I heard that your second uncle only had four daughters, and they were all ugly. Oh, how could a girl be so ugly? She doesn't look like you at all. It must be embarrassing to have such an ugly sister..."
As he was speaking, he saw Yu Li walking towards him.
The young man was unaware of the dangers of the world and was about to laugh again when suddenly a slap came towards him and knocked him to the ground.
Everyone: “…”
Everyone was shocked by this scene.
Even the girl from the Yang family, who was originally a little impatient, widened her eyes and looked in horror at Yu Li who suddenly took action.
Yuqin finally reacted and screamed, "What are you doing?" She said angrily, "Li Niang, how could you just do that? Is that what your uncle and aunt taught you? I'm going to go back and tell grandma!"
Yu Li looked at her calmly, "Do you want to be beaten too?"
Yu Qin's eyes widened, she took a step back in fear, and then felt a little embarrassed and angry.
"You, you want to hit me?" She said in disbelief, "Li Niang, how can you hit someone? This is wrong!"
Yu Li said: "He is a mean person and humiliates me and my sister, why can't I beat him? If I humiliate him and his family, and he wants to beat me, I will have no complaints."
Yuqin choked.
What kind of fallacy is this?
Yu Li ignored her, walked up to Chen Jicheng who was knocked to the ground, grabbed his hair and pulled him over.
This was the first time Chen Jicheng had been beaten in his life. The slap made him dizzy and he couldn’t get up for a long time.
Yu Li pulled him in front of him and said, "Apologize!"
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