"Little girl, I don't want to accept this money, if you insist on giving me money, then this bucket, you can take it, just give me five cents for a bucket, I don't want more, and I will give you this bucket."

In fact, the reason why Butcher Chen wanted to collect Tang Xiaosu's five cents was because he collected the money from this bucket, this bucket was almost brand new, he had only used it a few times, and now he was going to give it to Tang Xiaosu, so of course he had to collect some money.

Butcher Chen felt that although he was quite kind, he had not yet reached the point of giving things to strangers, and as for the pig going into the water, it was just useless, and it was a burden to bring it back by himself, so it was better to be a favor.

Tang Xiaosu frowned and refused to give in: "How can this work, Uncle Chen, it is not easy for you to come out to do business, and you only said that we have five cents, I'm afraid it is the money of this barrel, your barrel is still very new, I'm afraid I can't buy it for five cents." ”

Tang Xiaosu didn't want to accept this discount, but she felt that she was not so familiar with Butcher Chen, since she was not so familiar, it was better for her brother to settle accounts, and she would use this pig to make something delicious in the future, and this Butcher Chen would come back to take the opportunity to get a piece of the pie when the time came, not to mention the trouble, and it would affect the business she had just started.

"Uncle Chen, let's not say more, this is seeing that the sky is getting less and less early, far away from home, if the cloth shop goes home, it may be dark when you return home, plus we have other things, or we will make a decision like this, a pound of pigs into the water for two pennies, you weigh it, how many catties of pigs are in the water here, we will pay as usual."

Butcher Chen still didn't beat Tang Xiaosu in the end, in fact, it's not that Butcher Chen doesn't want to be embarrassed, it's really Tang Xiaosu said that a pound of pigs go into the water for two pennies, for him, it's too attractive, so many pigs go into the water, I'm afraid it will cost more than a dozen pennies, he is a businessman, and now his family is in need of money, and the interest earned from selling meat is not particularly much, so he still wants to earn this money.

Thinking of this, Butcher Chen, according to her Tang Xiaosu's words, weighed the pig into the water, but he deliberately said two catties less.

Tang Xiaosu saw it, and deliberately pretended not to see it, after all, there was a reason why she refused to ask Butcher Chen's pig to go into the water for free, and this Butcher Chen was willing to put two catties of water on them, Tang Xiaosu felt that she was not a fool, and she was not panicked by burning too much money, so she would point it out when she was full, so Tang Xiaosu pretended not to see it, and went to see the pig bones that Butcher Chen put there.

In the end, the pig that came out and weighed out a total of twelve catties of water, excluding the two catties that Butcher Chen deliberately put into the water, that is, only ten catties.

So Tang Xiaosu only needs to pay Chen Butcher 20 yuan per catty.

Tang Xiaosu didn't rush to settle the bill, but asked Butcher Chen again: "Uncle Chen, how do you sell these bones?" ”

Butcher Chen stretched out three fingers and said in his rough voice: "Usually it is sold for five cents a catty, but no one buys it, if you want it, I will give you three cents, it is one penny more expensive than the price you just set for the pig to go into the water, do you want it?" ”

"In this way, Uncle Chen, if you sell it to us at the same price as a pig, for two pennies, then I will wrap all the pig bones you have here."

In fact, it was all wrapped, and there were not a few bones, and it didn't last more than fifteen pounds.

And the bones are all weighed, and the average of fifteen catties of bones is only three or four bones, that is, a bone has a look of about four or five catties.

Butcher Chen didn't bargain with Tang Xiaosu, after all, no one usually buys this pig bone, so he readily agreed: "Okay, then listen to your little girl, sell it to you for two pennies, and I'll weigh how many catties there are." ”

After Butcher Chen finished weighing, he deliberately let Tang Xiaosu and Shilang take a look: "Little girl, you can take a good look, here is a little more than fourteen catties, and I will count you according to fourteen catties, one catty and two cents, that is, twenty-eight cents." ”

Tang Xiaosu counted twenty-eight coins from his pocket, and did not hand it over to Butcher Chen immediately, but handed it to you Shilang first, and finally took out a copper plate from his pocket and counted twenty coins and handed it to Shiro, and then asked Shiro to hand it over to Butcher Chen.

Butcher Chen saw Tang Xiaosu and Shiro's movements, and saw that they really gave the money for the pig to go into the water, and couldn't help but feel a little complicated.

He didn't know whether he should take the money from the pig, and he knew that neither of them was a wealthy family when he looked at the two of them.

And they bought so much meat at once, and spent so much money to buy pig water and pig bones, and I don't know if those who are in charge will scold them when they go home.

However, in the process of worrying about them, Butcher Chen also sighed for Tang Xiaosu and his family.

Now the countrymen here, every family is very poor, although they can almost be fed and clothed every day, but no one can spend money so lavishly like these two people, and I don't know what the situation is at home with these two children, and whether they are lucky or unlucky to have such a pair of children. ”

However, he sighed and sighed, since the people had already sent the money to him, it was not sorry for himself if he didn't take it, not to mention that his own family also needed money, so Butcher Chen only hesitated for a moment, then reached out and took the money.

He didn't even count, he just put the money in his pocket.

Butcher Chen said to Shiro, who had been looking at him, "That's right, don't count." ”

Shiro couldn't help but be stunned when he saw this, but still said: "Uncle Chen, it's better for you to count, if it's not right, we can add more, otherwise after we leave, you find that the money is wrong, then you look for us and we can't find it for the time being, and we don't know when it will be next time we come to the market." ”

Shiro still felt that it was better for Butcher Chen to count, lest Butcher Chen find out that his money was less and he would not be happy, so he reminded Butcher Chen.

Butcher Chen knew the young man's kindness, and he also knew that if he didn't count, the brother and sister might not feel so at ease.

So he took out all the money he had just put in, and then counted them one by one, twenty-eight yuan and twenty yuan, exactly forty yuan.

Under Shiro's gaze, Butcher Chen counted them one by one, and when he counted to forty-eight, he still had a copper plate in his hand.

Butcher Chen was stunned for a moment, but he didn't stop, but continued to count until he counted fifty-three yuan, and his hand was empty.

Butcher Chen picked out five more copper plates in his hand and handed them to Shiro: "Little boy, you gave me more money, and gave me five more yuan, then I will return these five yuan to you now." ”

Tang Shilang shook his head: "Uncle Chen, we didn't give us more than five cents, didn't you tell us about the barrel that filled the pig's water before, and the price was five cents, we should take advantage of you, and buy your ninety percent new wooden barrel for five cents, how about it, Uncle Chen, you shouldn't regret it again, don't you want to sell this barrel to us, right?" This sentence was taught to Tang Xiaosu when he gave him money just now.

Butcher Chen was stunned, it turned out to be like this, regardless of the economic conditions of the two people in front of him, he really admired these two children.

Although these two children are poor, they do not take advantage of him, so he has a better and greater affection for these two people.

In addition, I just said that it would be good for them to ask for five cents for this bucket, and now that people have bought him so many pigs to go into the water, and they have already given him money, and so many ribs, all of which have been rounded by the people in front of him, and he can go home immediately, where are he still entangled in the matter of this barrel.

So he returned the five cents to Shiro again, and said to Shiro: "Little boy, even if you don't give me these five cents, I have decided to give you this barrel, and I don't plan to ask for money, so you should take the five cents back, after all, this countryman lives a life, and the five cents are a lot." ”

Shiro was afraid that Tang Xiaosu would be angry, so he was unwilling to accept it, so he gave it to Butcher Chen.

And Butcher Chen only thought it was funny, he Butcher Chen had been selling meat here for so many years, and he had never seen anyone who could only bargain and think that the price he gave was high.

He had never met such a person who thought that the price he gave was too low and kept asking him for money.

However, Butcher Chen said this time that he didn't charge the five cents anymore, so he returned the five cents to Shiro again: "Little boy, if you don't accept this money, then I will take back all the bones and pigs, and I won't do your business." ”

Shiro was stunned for a moment, looked at Tang Xiaosu, a little at a loss, and didn't know what to do.

Tang Xiaosu smiled at Shiro and nodded, but did not speak.

Shiro already knew what Tang Xiaosu meant, that is, to ask him to accept the five cents.

Since he got Tang Xiaosu's instructions, Shiro was not entangled, and directly accepted the five cents handed over by Butcher Chen, and then thanked Butcher Chen.

Butcher Chen showed a satisfied smile at this time, and when Tang Xiaosu and Shiro left, he didn't forget to tell Tang Xiaosu and them: "Be careful." ”

After Tang Xiaosu and Shiro left, Butcher Chen also packed up the remaining things and prepared to go home.

Shiro struggled to carry a large bucket and the fourteen pounds of pig bones.

And Tang Xiaosu was carrying five catties of fat pork, which was almost the same as pork belly, and two catties of lean pork, a total of 7 catties of pork.

The two of them walked all the way and rested all the way, and it only took ten minutes when they came, and half an hour when they went back.