Chapter 41 Too Spendthrift
"Girl, how much do you want to sell this pig for?" Yu Jiaoniang asked Su Ying.
"Ah?" Su Ying was stunned. She was in such a hurry to leave that she forgot to ask the price. "How much will you give, sister?"
"Jiao Niang, I am a fair and honest business man. Even though I am the only butcher in this village, I will still charge you according to the price in the county. The whole pig is ten cents per pound, and if you remove the offal, it is thirteen cents per pound." Yu Jiao Niang was generous for once.
"Jiao Niang, I'm afraid you're going to lose money on this business!" The old neighbor disagreed, and she was flattered by a few nice words from others.
Mutton is only fifteen cents per pound, and even if wild boar meat is sold at fifteen cents, after removing the skin, fur and bones, the profit per pound is less than one cent at most. The gross weight of about three hundred pounds, after removing the offal, is only about two hundred to sixty pounds, and the profit is only about two hundred cents.
If it were me, I wouldn’t bother to put in the effort.
"It's okay. I'm in a good mood today. It doesn't matter if I make less money. I'll sell them out earlier at a lower price." Yu Jiao Niang said indifferently.
"Then just remove the sewer." After hearing what the old neighbor said, Su Ying knew that the other party had indeed offered a high price, so she stopped bargaining.
"Okay! Let's weigh it!" Yu Jiaoniang took out a big scale.
Yang Dalang and his companions carried the wild boar and weighed it, and it weighed 326 kilograms.
We will have to remove the offal later. It weighs about 70 kilograms. If the net weight is 260 kilograms, it will cost 3,380 coins.
"Jiao Niang, we don't have that much cash here!" Dong Langjun took the money and naturally knew the amount in the cash box.
"How much is still missing? Go back and get it." Yu Jiao Niang boiled water on the stove next to the stall, preparing to scald the pig's hair.
"Oh!" Mr. Dong quickly put down his work and went home to get money.
Yang Dalang and his companions were also busy, helping to carry the pig into the trough.
"Can we take those offal with us?" Su Ying thought it would be a pity to throw away dozens of kilograms of offal.
"Okay, we agreed to remove the offal, so it's naturally yours!" Yu Jiao Niang was worried about what to do with it. "We still have some sheep offal, do you want it? Ten cents for it."
"Yes, yes!" Su Ying nodded quickly.
"Aying!", "Girl!" Su Bucheng and Yang Dalang shouted.
No one eats this thing, but you still spend money to buy it? Are you crazy?
"It's okay, let's talk about it when we get back." Su Ying turned around and smiled at her father.
After a busy day of shaving the hair and cutting up the pig, the offal weighed 75 kilograms, and the net weight was 251 kilograms.
"Three thousand two hundred and sixty-three coins, minus the ten coins for mutton offal, the total is three thousand two hundred and fifty-three coins." Mr. Dong was still counting on his fingers when Su Ying directly reported the number.
"?" Everyone was stunned. How could they figure it out so quickly?
Mr. Dong didn't believe it, and calculated frantically for a long time, and it was indeed 3,253 coins.
"How did you calculate it so quickly?" Young Master Dong asked modestly.
"Mental arithmetic!" Su Ying smiled.
"Can you teach me?" Mr. Dong became interested.
"We are not free today as we still have to go to the county town. Let's talk about it another day!" Su Ying said.
More than three thousand coins is not a small number. A string of one thousand coins is called a "guan" (a string of coins).
One guan weighs about 7.5 jin, three guan weighs 22.5 jin, plus more than 200 coins, it is quite heavy.
There was also a large bag of pig and sheep offal, which filled a large backpack.
"Girl, please sell it to me next time you have something!" Yu Jiao Niang said to Su Ying before leaving.
"No problem. We are in Huanggou Village. Sister is a straightforward person. Come to her if you have any good things in the future!" Su Ying said with a smile.
The group left the meat stall in a mighty procession.
"Everyone, protect Mr. Su and don't let anyone steal his money!" Yang Dalang ordered everyone.
"It saves money!" Everyone was very nervous as they hadn't seen so much money in years.
"Uncle Yang, let's go to the grocery store and the grain store and buy some things. They will go back to the village soon, so we can take them back." Su Ying suggested.
It’s a long and arduous journey to sell pigs in the county town and then buy things, so it’s better to buy here.
"Okay, let's go and take a look!" Yang Dalang thought it made sense.
"Hu Bing, Hu Bing!", "Tang Bing, Tang Bing!" Passing by a restaurant, the waiter was shouting at the door.
The Hu pancakes in the oven gave off an enticing aroma. Everyone stared at the Hu pancake oven and swallowed their saliva.
"Gurgle..." My stomach growled in unison.
The rice balls I had eaten in the morning had long been digested, and after carrying the big wild boar for such a long distance, I was now hungry and thirsty.
"How much are Hu Bing and Tang Bing?" Su Ying asked.
"A vegetarian Hu pancake is two cents, a bowl of soup pancake is three cents, and a bowl of porridge is one cent." The waiter said enthusiastically.
"Thirty Hu pancakes and fifteen bowls of porridge." Su Ying ordered.
"Okay, all right! Come in, girl!" the waiter said respectfully, shouting towards the lobby, "Thirty Hu pancakes and fifteen bowls of porridge!"
"Girl! This is too extravagant!" Yang Dalang looked distressed.
Three cents can buy a pound of old rice. This meal will consume more than 20 pounds of old rice, enough for the whole family to eat porridge for most of the month.
"Don't worry, Uncle Yang. How can people have the energy to work if they don't eat? The things we have to bring back later are not light. How can we do it without eating enough?" Su Ying said with a smile.
Su Bucheng didn't say a word. Along the way, the father and son occasionally took turns carrying the wild boar, but most of the time it was carried by the strong men.
My legs were shaking at the moment, and I thought the strong men must be having no easier time than me.
The backpack was placed at the door of the store, and everyone went into the store and sat down, waiting for the Hu pancakes and porridge to be served.
"Hurry up and eat, then it's Pei Sanlang's turn!" Yang Dalang said to the people carrying the wild boar.
There were six or seven people guarding two other wild boars at the edge of the market.
"That's a saving!" The strong men ate Hu pancakes and drank hot porridge with big mouthfuls.
Each person gets two Hu pancakes and a bowl of porridge.
Everyone only ate one Hu Bing. After a while, they stood up, wiped their mouths, put the remaining Hu Bing in their arms, and went to change people.
Pei Sanlang and his men came over quickly, their faces beaming with joy. "We've made a fortune today! We can eat this delicious food!"
"Hurry up and eat! You guys made a fortune thanks to the Su family girl!" Yang Dalang said with a smile, "You guys eat, let's go to the grocery store."
When paying the bill, Su Ying added another Hu pancake for each person, and the total cost was one hundred and five coins.
Looking at the copper coins he counted out, Yang Dalang covered his chest with his hands. What a waste! More than 30 kilograms of rice were gone.
When we arrived at the grocery store, it was not a big place, and it was filled with jars and pots, brooms and dustpans, large and small wooden basins, water ladles, as well as some farm tools such as hoes and plows.
"What do you want?" Old man Zhu came forward and greeted them.
Yang Dalang and Su Bucheng looked at Su Ying. There were so many things to buy, and they wondered what she wanted to buy first?
"Uh, old man, do you have a big water tank?" Su Ying only saw small jars and cans.
"A big water tank? Yes, yes! Please follow me!" Old Man Zhu led everyone to the backyard.
There were a lot of groceries piled up in the backyard, and there were seven or eight large water vats stacked in two layers. They were covered with dust and had been exposed to wind and sun for a long time.
"Just these few?" Su Ying thought they were a lot.
"How much do you want, girl?" Old man Zhu was delighted.
It is rare to sell a few of these large water tanks throughout the year. This batch of goods has been stockpiled for more than two years, and only four or five have been sold.
"At least a dozen or twenty!"
"Hiss! Are you sure you want so much? Are you kidding me?" Old Man Zhu couldn't believe it.
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