Xiao Mu was overjoyed, ran to the kitchen to find the old man, and took the sugar out of his mouth.

"Grandma, look, this is the candy that Uncle Li gave me. ”

"Hey, have you ever thanked someone?" the old man asked by staring at Xiao Mu's eyes.

Thanking is naturally not thanking, there is not so much etiquette in the mountainous area, everyone is what they say, informal, and there is basically no scene of thanks.

Xiao Mu shook his head vigorously, "No, thank you, I'm embarrassed." ”

The old man said earnestly: "You don't want to thank others for eating other people's candy, this is unreasonable, go and thank that uncle." ”

Although Xiao Mu was reluctant, he still had to succumb to the danger of the old man, and slowly walked to the butcher with his head down.

I wanted to stop talking, I didn't know how to speak, and I looked back to see if the old man was paying attention to himself, waiting for an opportunity to escape this embarrassing scene.

It's okay now, the old man is eyeing himself, I'm afraid he can't escape.

"Uh...... Forehead ......"

After brewing for a long time, I still haven't been embarrassed to say it, it seems that it is really difficult to let Xiao Mu say thank you in person, and it is even more difficult.

Between the words, the butcher saw that Xiao Mu had been standing beside him for a long time, and he didn't say anything, but it looked like something was wrong, so he asked, "Little boy, what do you want to do?"

Xiao Mu was at a loss for a moment, and said with a shy face: "Uncle, where did you buy this candy, it's so delicious, thank you." ”

Actually, the candy is not something that can be bought, and the butcher also took it from someone else's house, but he just stuffed it in his pocket and forgot to take it out, but he just happened to meet Xiao Mu and gave it to him.

Therefore, the butcher directly avoided the topic, touched Xiao Mu's oily hair and said, "Hehe, it's really good, Xiao Mu, so sensible, he must be a good boy." ”

Xiao Mu cleverly took a few steps back, avoiding the butcher's big hand, and laughed at the butcher.

As everyone knows, Xiao Mu was forced by the old man, otherwise he wouldn't bother to thank him.

However, the forced apology was exchanged for the butcher's praise, which made Xiao Mu taste the sweetness of being praised again, so he thought that if he was so respectful to others in the future, would he praise himself, would he not cause trouble, would he make Zhang Laohan and them happier?

Since then, this seed has been buried in Xiao Mu's heart, and he secretly told himself that he must be a good child.

turned around and walked back to the kitchen, and proudly said to the old man: "See, I thanked you, and the uncle praised me." ”

But how could all this escape the old man's eyes, so the old man said to him: "You are the best at deceiving people, you say that you are the second, where do you dare to say that someone is the first!"

"Skimmed"

As soon as the words fell, Xiao Mu made a grimace and ran back to Zhang Laohan's side.

One of the butchers grabbed his trouser legs, climbed into the pigsty, and patted the pig's buttocks.

"Lao Zhang, your pork is not very thick, and it is not round enough, I can only give you 2,000 yuan a head at most. ”

Nancheng buys and sells livestock like this, it all depends on eyesight and experience to valuation, there is no weighing and selling like in the market, and there are many people who lose money in this kind of business, so the butcher did not dare to ask more.

2,000 yuan? The local pig that had been raised for a whole year could only be sold for 2,000 yuan? Zhang Laohan was naturally not happy.

"No, I don't know how much money I lost 2,000 yuan. ”

But then again, the local pig grows slowly, especially in that era when there was no feed, and all depended on cornmeal and pure natural herbs.

Moreover, at that time, the prices of agricultural and sideline products could never catch up with industrial products.

The butcher touched his beard and looked at the pig's body, "No, Lao Zhang, it's 2,200 yuan at most." ”

This is the time for the battle of wits and courage.

Zhang Laohan held the pipe in one hand, his eyes narrowed into a slit, staring at the two big black pigs in the pigsty, and was silent for a long time.

This has been raised for more than a year, and it would be a pity if such a little money was sold, but it was not sold and waiting for the money to be used, which made Zhang Laohan fall into contemplation.

"3,000 yuan, it can't be lower, it's lowering my blood loss. There was a bit of hardness in his words.

The butcher couldn't help but smile, and said calmly: "I said Lao Zhang, I'm also a businessman, isn't it obvious that you want me to owe 3,000 a head, less and less, oops!"

He pointed to the thin pig and said, "Look at it, this pig shelf is so big, there is not much meat, and the price you ask for is so high, don't you want me to go back and sell the skeleton." ”

A businessman is a businessman after all, and the bargaining is so aggressive.

And Zhang Laohan did not show weakness, got up and walked to the pigsty, "I said brother, you can't just look at that head, you have to look at the fat one, you have to consider it comprehensively." ”

At this time, Zhang Laohan pinched a handful of sweat, for fear of provoking the butcher and turned his head and left, if this is the case, the plan will be frustrated again, and the debts owed to the public will not be returned for a long time, and there is no money to fund the construction of the canal.

After thinking for a moment, Zhang Laohan took the initiative to ask the butcher, "Then how much can you produce!"

After all, Zhang Laohan still compromised the moment and pleased the butcher.

The butcher's face was full of spring, and he stretched out a finger and pointed, "2,500 yuan a head!"

Compromise is compromise, but this is still quite big with Zhang Laohan's prediction, so Zhang Laohan said: "Why don't you add 200 yuan per head?"

This made the butcher have the idea of giving up, but thinking about it, not long after the New Year, almost all the fat pigs in Shili and Eight Villages were killed, and he had collected it for more than half a month, and it was Zhang Laohan's pigs that were the fattest, so he dispelled this idea.

"Okay, okay, oops, it's up to you, add 200 and add 200, I'll serve you. ”

This can make Zhang Laohan happy, but he is respectful to the butcher, and the butcher is what he says, and he does not dare to slack off.

The butcher crawled out of the pigsty with difficulty, muddy water from the ankle down, and Zhang Laohan followed.

I went to the canal to wash my hands and took off my peeled wallet from my waist, which was very bulging.

"Come, I'll give you the money, and I'll drive the pig away immediately." ”

This business person is different, his wallet is full of big money, he took out one of them, dipped his fingertips in saliva, and gave it to Zhang Laohan one by one.

Xiao Mu has seen what big money is, but he has never seen so much money.

Zhang Laohan tightly dragged the money and said to Xiao Mu: "Xiao Mu, go and take off the glasses for your grandfather, right next to the pillow." ”

Xiao Mu walked like a fly, and in a blink of an eye, he took the glasses to Zhang Laohan.

Zhang Laohan put on his glasses and repeated the click, and then each piece of money had to be picked up and carefully studied in the sun for a long time.

This is not difficult to understand, after all, at that time, all cash was used, and there were many fake money circulating in the market, and you could see it every time you went to the street, so you had to be careful, and it has become a habit for the locals to distinguish between real and fake money.

After counting the money, Zhang Laohan took the butcher to drive the pigs away, and when he left, Zhang Laohan plucked a few pig hairs and threw them into the pigsty.

Xiao Mu was surprised and asked, "Grandpa, what are you doing here?"

However, Zhang Laohan did not pay attention to Xiao Mu, but helped the butcher drive the pigs.