Chapter 243 Found Wang Er's Family
The price is not cheap, and ordinary people definitely can't afford it. Even those who can afford it, if they don't have a few hundred dollars at home, they wouldn't dare to eat like this.
Therefore, when the number was calculated, the butcher hesitated: "Look... am I right?"
Gu Tang understood what this meant. It was a test to see if they still wanted to buy it.
She smiled and said, "You are an expert at accounting. This amount is absolutely correct." Then she took out a piece of silver from her sleeve and handed it over.
Seeing the silver, the butcher felt relieved and smiled again. He took the silver and said attentively, "I'll weigh the silver for you first, and then I'll cut the sheep apart for you."
The butcher's shop was equipped with a scale. The butcher asked the boy to take out the scale and weigh the silver. He then picked up the boning knife on the chopping board and walked aside to start sharpening the knife.
The young man moved skillfully and weighed the silver in front of Gu Tang - three and a half taels.
Gu Tang nodded: "That's the number."
Since the amounts on both sides matched, the clerk kept the silver.
He took out a thin hemp rope, counted out one hundred and forty copper coins from the cash box, strung them together, and finally tied the two ends of the rope together, then handed it to Gu Tang with both hands.
"Three and a half ounces of silver, that's three thousand five hundred coppers in coppers. Minus the three thousand three hundred and sixty coppers for the mutton, I'll give you one hundred and forty coppers in return."
Gu Tang took it and without bothering to count it carefully, he handed it to his third uncle and asked the old man to count it to see if the number was correct.
She was now staring at the butcher sharpening his knife, and would later instruct the butcher to cut up the sheep according to her ideas.
After a while, the butcher stood up with the knife in his hand, apparently having sharpened it.
Coming to the chopping board, he patted the lamb leg twice with his greasy hands and asked Gu Tang how to disassemble it.
"Remove the four lamb legs, keep them intact, and chop the lamb ribs in half one by one. Also chop the lamb spine into pieces."
"Okay! I'll do as you say."
These requirements are common things for the butcher. He holds the sheep with one hand and the knife with the other, and removes a lamb leg in just a few strokes, very neatly and cleanly.
Gu Tang watched with great interest, the knife skills were amazing!
Third Uncle had already counted the copper coins, not a penny was missing.
He glanced at Gu Tang and his eyelids twitched.
Other girls love clothes, jewelry, rouge and powder, but the girl in his family either fights with others or curses at others.
Now he was staring at the butcher cutting up the mutton, looking excited, as if he was eager to try it.
The Third Uncle couldn't help but secretly tug at Gu Tang's clothes and whispered, "Stay away, be careful of the blood splashing on you."
Where is the blood?
Gu Tang glanced at the old man with a puzzled look on his face. The blood from the sheep had been drained long ago, and the sheep's blood could be sold for money. The butcher's shop would not let the sheep's blood be wasted in the mutton.
Seeing that he couldn't persuade the girl, Third Uncle didn't know what to say. He just sighed and felt a little worried. He was afraid that it would be difficult to find a husband for this girl in the future.
The butcher worked quickly and in a short while, the whole sheep was cut into pieces.
According to Gu Tang's instructions, the four whole lamb legs were chopped into two halves with each lamb rib and the lamb spine was chopped into pieces.
In addition to these, there was still a sheep's head left on the chopping board.
"Don't they chop off the sheep's head?" Gu Tang didn't understand what was going on. When he saw the butcher looking for a sack to pack the meat, he asked subconsciously.
This question confused the butcher: "Chopping off the sheep's head? I've never seen anyone chopping off a sheep's head."
Gu Tang was also confused: "How can I cook it if I don't chop it?"
Hearing this, the third uncle stepped forward and took over the conversation, smiling and explaining to the butcher: "This girl has never seen a whole sheep's head. The ones we eat at home are usually cooked and cut before being served to her."
So that's how it is.
The butcher picked up the sheep's head and patiently introduced to Gu Tang how to eat it: "You don't need to chop the sheep's head. Take it home, clean it, and put it directly in the pot and add water to boil it."
Gu Tang, who almost made a fool of himself, now took note of the butcher's words with a serious face: "I will cook the sheep's head according to your method next afternoon. If it tastes good, I will come to buy your short-legged sheep in two days."
"It's definitely delicious! Once you eat this mutton, you won't be able to eat any other mutton in the future!"
The butcher spoke with great confidence, and at the same time he called his boy and asked him to carry the bag of mutton and help Gu Tang take it home.
The young man was not very old, about fifteen or sixteen, and was probably an apprentice to a butcher.
He looked frail, but he looked relaxed even though he was carrying over 40 kilograms of flesh.
Gu Tang was afraid of tiring others, so he stopped chatting with the butcher, supported his third uncle, and led the group back to the courtyard through a shortcut.
Even if you take a shortcut, it's still not a short journey.
When he entered the yard, the young man was already exhausted and out of breath. It was a cold winter day and a thin layer of sweat appeared at the roots of his forehead.
Gu Tang led the man to the kitchen and asked him to put the meat in the kitchen. Then he went back to the house and grabbed a handful of copper coins and handed them to him.
"Thank you for carrying the meat all the way. These copper coins are your payment for running errands."
The waiter had received errand fees before, so he took the coins skillfully and bowed to Gu Tang repeatedly to express his gratitude.
"Thank you for your kindness, young lady!"
"Stop being so polite and go back." Gu Tang waved at him, asking him to go back quickly.
Life as an apprentice is not easy. If you come home late, you will definitely be scolded.
The young man responded and left the yard with a grateful look on his face.
Gu Ping'an followed him, and after seeing the people off, he closed the gate and couldn't wait to find Gu Tang.
Gu Tang followed behind his third uncle, and the two of them were sorting the mutton in the kitchen.
The lamb legs and heads were all tied with ropes, carried out and hung under the porch. They would be frozen solid in half a day.
The remaining lamb necks, ribs and spines are all washed with water and put into a large iron pot to stew.
Gu Tang gave this task to Gu Ping'an, asking him to do it well so that he could eat first when it was time to eat the meat and drink the soup.
When Gu Ping'an heard this, he knew that his second sister was fooling him again.
He didn't expose it and just let him do whatever he was told.
But there is too much mutton.
"Would it be too much to stew so much at once? How about taking out half of it and freezing it, and stewing it next time?"
"How is it more? The sheep weighs only about 40 kilograms in total. If you remove the legs and head, the remaining weight is only about 10 kilograms.
The three of us can't finish it, but you forgot that there's still Dad! Dad should be back in the afternoon, and when he comes back, he can eat half of it!"
Gu Tang had already calculated that there would be no meat left in the end.
"Look at my brain! I actually forgot about my father!" Gu Ping'an slapped his forehead and completely forgot that his father was coming back today.
Speaking of Gu Lianshan, Third Uncle calculated the time and felt that it was almost time: "If everything goes well, he should be back around 3 p.m."
"It should go smoothly, but I don't know if my aunt is really in Shanyao Village. It's been so long, if she is really there, I'm afraid she has suffered a lot."
Gu Tang sighed on his face, but kept thinking in his mind, after this disaster, he wondered whether Wei would change his temper and become a new person, or continue with his previous ways and even worse.
"I'm not afraid of suffering, but I'm afraid of..." Third Uncle paused and swallowed the rest of the words back without saying them.
The following words are not suitable to be told to children, so it’s better to swallow them back.
Gu Tang is not a real child, so she naturally thought of what her third uncle could think of.
In fact, she was extremely curious at the moment and was looking forward to her father coming back soon so that she could get some information about Wei from him.
She was very curious about the Wei family's situation in Shanyao Village.
How is the situation?
If Wei knew what Gu Tang was thinking, she would be furious!
Everyone can foresee what kind of situation a woman in her thirties will face when she lives with a man without a wife.
Just like Gu Lianshan and his group, after hearing about Wei's experience before coming, everyone felt a sinking feeling in their hearts and looked unhappy.
Wei is afraid that things are not going well...
Although they had prepared themselves mentally before coming, when they sneaked to the vicinity of Shanyao Village and saw the dilapidated scene of Shanyao Village, everyone shuddered.
It is said that poor mountains and bad waters produce unruly people. The poorer the village is, the more difficult the villagers living there are.
In order to survive, poor and crazy people can do anything.
When they arrived at the mountainside village, it was already dark. Taking advantage of the night, Gu Lianshan took a stroll around the village alone and found that there were not many people in the village, which did not match the shacks and thatched houses built in the village.
After everyone discussed it, they believed that many people in the village must have gone to Bei'an City.
But the journey was too long, so most likely he didn't come back. He just found a place to stay outside the city for a night and came back after the market was over.
It was too dark at night and they were not familiar with the roads in the village, so Gu Lianshan led everyone to sleep in a haystack outside the village for the night.
The next morning, Gu Lianshan used candy to lure out a little girl and asked her to point out where Wang Er's house was.
The little girl was about seven or eight years old, with unkempt hair and ragged clothes. This was the first time she had eaten candy in her life.
She put the candy in her mouth and obediently led Gu Lianshan to take a shortcut to Wang Er's house.
Gu Lianshan followed the little girl and slowly left the village.
"Wait a minute!" Gu Lianshan noticed something was wrong and hurriedly stopped the little girl, "Why did you leave the village? Don't Wang Er's family live in the village?"
The little girl nodded: "Wang Er's family is half a hunter. In order to go into the mountains for hunting, his family lives on a high slope outside the village."
As she spoke, the little girl pointed to the northeast, motioning Gu Lianshan to look in the direction she pointed.
"Do you see that high slope? Wang Er's house is on that high slope."
The high slope was visible, but there was no house on it. Gu Lianshan pretended to be impressed and said, "The Wang family is really brave. They actually live outside the village in a separate house."
"They don't have any children or parents. There are only three brothers living up there. They are naturally braver than others."
The little girl continued to lead people over there as she spoke.
No children, no parents, just three brothers?
Gu Lianshan suddenly felt relieved. They were far away from the village and there were only three of them. He didn't have to worry anymore. There were more than a dozen people hiding behind him!
The odds of winning are on his side.
The other people who were hiding not far away also heard the conversation between the two people. They immediately gained confidence and followed them with light steps. After a while, they went up the slope one after another.
When he reached the top of the hill, Gu Lianshan finally saw the houses, which were two low and dilapidated thatched houses.
When Gu Tianbao, who was standing behind, saw this scene, his eyes instantly turned red. His mother had never lived in such a shabby house in her life!
Gu Lianshan glanced behind him and signaled them to hide and not come out. Then he gave the little girl a candy and told her to go back first, but not to tell anyone about this after she returned, otherwise someone would come to snatch her candy.
The little girl was frightened by these words. She put the candy in her arms, covered her mouth, and promised not to tell anyone about Gu Lianshan.
After the little girl came down the hill, Gu Lianshan let the people who had been hiding come out. They quietly approached the thatched hut and hid on both sides of the door. As long as someone opened the door, they would be sure to pull the person out and suppress him!
When everyone was ready, Gu Lianshan raised his hand and knocked on the door: "Is anyone home? Wang Er asked me to deliver something!"
Gu Lianshan didn't know whether Wang Er was at home or not. If he was, after hearing this, he would definitely open the door and question himself in confusion.
If he is not at home, then it will be easy. No matter whether it is Wang Da or Wang San who comes out, they must lie down in front of him!
As the knock on the door sounded, a man's voice was heard from inside the house: "Who are you? What did my second brother ask you to bring back?"
Second brother?
So the person in this room is Wang San?
Gu Lianshan continued to lie calmly, "I was working with your second brother. Your second brother got a piece of meat, but he couldn't leave at the moment, so he asked me to bring it back for him..."
Meat!
Wang San in the room stood up immediately.
As soon as he heard the word "meat", saliva began to overflow from his mouth.
My family hasn't eaten meat for half a year.
Glancing at the woman tied at the foot of the bed, Wang San was afraid that she would push the cloth out of her mouth, so he tied a rope around her mouth and did not forget to respond to the outside.
"Wait a minute, the door will open soon!"
After tying the rope, he stuffed the woman into a large box and then closed the lid.
After making sure that no outsiders could see the woman, he went over to open the door.
He was thinking about the meat, and as he opened the door, he asked, "What kind of meat did my second brother get? How much is it?"
When the door opened, Wang San saw Gu Lianshan outside the door, and subconsciously looked at his hand: "Where's the meat?"
“Meat?” Gu Lianshan suddenly understood and reached out to grab him: “The meat is outside. Follow me out and you’ll see!”
Wang San was totally unprepared and was immediately grabbed and pulled out of the house.
Before Wang San could get angry, two groups of people suddenly jumped out from the left and right sides, rushed up and controlled the man without saying a word, and stuffed a ball of dirty cloth into his mouth to prevent him from shouting.
Gu Lianshan specifically reminded him: "Tie him up first, don't beat him yet. If you really find my sister-in-law in the house, then you can do it."
We have to make sure first that Wei Wei is really here. If we hit the wrong person, things will be difficult.
"Hey!" Everyone responded and dragged Wang San aside.
Gu Tianbao couldn't wait any longer and was about to go into the house.
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