Chapter 6: A Boy Who Loves Business

Xu is aware of the sight from outside the shop, and the young man who was sitting down with an old woman in the butcher shop raised his head, his eyes swept over, and he seemed to be a little confused, but he immediately greeted him with a smile, "Uncle, but you want to buy meat?" Why don't you come in and sit down? While speaking, his eyes glanced at Lin Zhenniang intentionally or unintentionally. Although it was strange why Lin Zhenniang kept staring at him, she still didn't stare at him politely.

Lin Zhenniang smiled and was about to respond, but Lin Dong had already said apologetically: "I'm really sorry for the less shopkeeper, let's just take a look casually, don't buy meat......"

"I can't eat meat now...... Lin Jing muttered, her mouth smacked, but she turned her head away with a greedy look.

Lin Zhenniang was stunned. You can't eat meat! They are all keeping filial piety now - they have to be vegetarians for three years!

Although it seems to be a little difficult, it has to be said that ancient people were much more serious about filial piety than modern people.

Looking up and down at the young man who was called "the young shopkeeper" by Lin Dong, Lin Zhenniang said in her heart: This guy really knows how to do business! Even those who didn't enter the door wanted to win over.

Although she was very curious about this young man who was wearing a silver and red satin and a scarf with her hair tied and looked like he was only fifteen or sixteen years old, Lin Zhenniang did not dare to enter the butcher shop in such a big way.

was regretting in his heart, but suddenly heard a loud shout: "Liu Yuan! You bunny! ”

"It's miserable......" The young man who was still smiling heard the loud shout, and the smile on his face immediately disappeared. muttered, the young man didn't even look back, he actually turned around and ran, and even before he escaped, he didn't forget to hug his fists and smiled: "Uncle, if you want to buy meat in the future, you must come to patronize us Liu Ji......"

Looking at the teenager who ran away all the way, Lin Zhenniang hadn't come back to her senses yet, and someone was already rolling over, "You little rabbit cub, and you don't go to school!" Watch Lao Tzu catch you and don't break your legs! ”

After chasing a few steps, he stopped, and the person who came jumped to his feet and shouted and cursed, turned his head, and saw the people around him who were staring at him, and busily straightened his face, and raised his hand to support the hard foot on his head.

According to the law, although ordinary men can also wear a hat, most of them are legless. It's just that now the people have some money, but they don't care so much, what soft feet, hard feet, domed right angles, square top hard shells, as long as you can afford to wear them.

And now this middle-aged man wearing a stiff-footed hat and a purple brocade gown is obviously a nouveau riche with money, he wears and wears whatever is good and expensive, and he doesn't care if he violates the rules or not, and he looks good or not. Even though it is already autumn, there is still a gold fan inserted in the jade-inlaid belt.

His hand had already grasped the handle of the fan, probably wanting to pull out the fan and fan it twice, but his eyes fell on Lin Dong's face, and the man suddenly raised his eyebrows, "This...... It's the housekeeper of Mr. Lin's house, right? ”

This sound butler is naturally an honorific title. just listened to Lin Zhenniang's ears, but she wanted to raise her eyebrows.

He who is not even a slave is a steward?

Lin Dong was uncomfortable, just smiled, "Shopkeeper Liu!" ”

"Don't dare, don't dare......" The man arched his hand, turned his eyes on Lin Jing and Lin Zhenniang, and said, "This is the son and little lady of Mr. Lin's family, right?" That day, Mr. went out to the funeral to see - really, why is Mr. like this - alas, don't say it, whatever the little boy wants to eat, go into the shop and get it - don't mention the money, I, Liu Da, the big official, are the most righteous. What's more, Mr. has taught our family Ah Yuan before! ”

Liu Daguan said to himself, only when Lin Dong's face changed, he didn't want to take advantage of others, but he didn't notice the increasingly ugly expressions of the three of them.

Lin Zhenniang sighed secretly, although I don't know if this Liu Daguan, who opened a butcher shop, is also the same as her, wearing - no common sense, maybe saying this, even if it is polite, it is enough to be polite, so she stepped forward and gave a blessing, and said softly: "Thank you uncle for your kindness, but my niece and others are keeping filial piety for my father, and I can't get into meat, so I can only live up to my uncle's wishes." ”

"Hey," was interrupted by Lin Zhenniang, Liu Daguan stared, and suddenly realized "ah", and stopped pretending to be a head, and was busy giving gifts and apologies, even if Lin Zhenniang waved her hand repeatedly, she still gave a salute again and again.

"Uncle is a rough man with no knowledge, it's really rude...... It's all bad to blame that little rabbit, if it weren't for him, how could I be rude? Damn bastard, I took the money to let him study, he didn't read well, he just wanted to learn to do business, and I would break his leg when I turned around, and I would see if he dared to step into the butcher's shop - I'm sorry, I'm sorry......"

Although he looks like a fierce person, his thick eyebrows are a little angry, and his speech is a little out of tune, this Liu Daguan still makes Lin Zhenniang feel a little kind.

In the past, she didn't have to deal with such a small person from a well-born background. People in the market, even if they are a little vulgar, a little weird, and have all kinds of problems, but in essence, most of them are straightforward and easy to get along with, and because they understand what kind of suffering people in the same situation as themselves have experienced, they also have a bit of rare kindness and sincerity.

Other Liu officials, Lin Zhenniang still couldn't help but say to Lin Dong: "Uncle Dong, this Liu Daguan is a good person. ”

"Good guys? Only you say this...... "Probably Lin Dong said more today than he said in a month, although he also felt that he had talked too much, but Lin Dong still said: "The shopkeeper Liu just now is named Liu Zhenshan, and he is known as Dingtao Yihu." Nicknamed Liu Dahu. Born as a butcher, he can be regarded as a tyrant in Dingtao, not only the pork shops in Dingtao Bancheng are his, but even some gangsters also respect him as a big brother - little lady, don't get too close to Liu Zhenshan in the future. ”

"Oh," Lin Zhenniang responded, her eyes swept over Lin Dong, but she secretly muttered in her heart: Obviously, Dongbo has only been in Dingtao for three years, and he hasn't gone out much, but he really knows everything about Dingtao. Could it be that when I was in the army before, I was meticulous?!

Shaking her head, she shook off the thought that had just risen, and said in her heart: This Dingtao is so big, there is something wrong, it will not take half an hour to spread from the east of the city to the west of the city, Dongbo knows more, and it is nothing.

Turning around, looking at the stalls selling vegetables, I couldn't help but feel kind.

Although it is a relatively large vegetable market, it is not like modern times with its own stalls, but very casual, except for those who buy vegetables from the countryside all year round and sell them, there will be a fixed location. Those vegetable farmers are all in one place today and another tomorrow, but although most of the vegetables sold by the vegetable farmers are only a few things, they are better than fresh, and many of them are picked in the morning.

As soon as she approached the vegetable stall, Lin Zhenniang immediately entered the state, and she didn't need Lin Dong to speak, she squatted in front of the stall, picked the vegetables, asked for the price, her eyebrows fluttered, and she didn't even notice that her skirt was dragging on the ground and stained with dust.

Annoyed, Lin Jing squatted to the side, supporting her chin with her hands, looking bored.

Lin Dong, on the other hand, stood aside silently, although he didn't seem to pay attention to Lin Zhenniang, but once Lin Zhenniang negotiated the price and bought something, he immediately took the money from his purse.

"The money for buying vegetables, the lady will give it to me every few days." The voice is flat, but Lin Dong is very insistent, he must pay from his purse to buy food.

Lin Zhenniang touched her purse, thinking in her heart that there were only more than 20 cents plus a small piece of broken silver, so she really didn't take out the money.

After going around a circle, I have an idea of the current prices.

Just now outside the rice shop, I saw that there was a price code card in the bucket, ordinary white rice is 400 wen 1 stone, and wheat is 300 wen 1 stone. Four pounds and one stone, thirty catties is one pound, and one stone is one hundred and twenty catties. Even calculation is three wen a pound of grain, and at this time the pound is sixteen taels of catty, if you talk about the price of grain, the grain at this time is really not expensive.

As for the vegetables, it is not expensive, a handful of green vegetables is about a pound and two pennies; A cabbage, that is, cabbage, five cents; a handful of shallots, a penny; The old cucumber in autumn is a penny and a pound; Old eggplant, a big basket of twenty dollars.

However, a pound of meat costs 20 wen, a catty of salt costs 25 wen, a dead rabbit costs 100 wen, and if it is a carp weighing more than two catties, it will cost 50 or 60 wen, to say the least. It's just a meat bun, and it costs two cents, which is equal to half a catty of rice. Not to mention the things she didn't even dare to ask.

In comparison, the big shops on the street are more expensive, right? What silk and satin, gold, silver and jade, she can't even touch the edge now.

Sure enough, it's really wise to be vegetarian at this stage.

Secretly sighed in her heart, Lin Zhenniang couldn't help but touch her purse again.

"Sister......" Lin Jing, who had been pulling her head, suddenly pulled the corner of Lin Zhenniang's clothes, and even slowed down.

Lin Zhenniang restrained her mood and followed Lin Jing's gaze, only to realize that he was looking at a Yali pear seller.

It was a wheelbarrow, surrounded by quite a few people. Before the person approached, he had already smelled the sweet fruity aroma.

Knowing that Lin Jing was probably greedy, Lin Zhenniang smiled and took Lin Jing over.

Before the person squeezed in, he heard the young man's slightly hoarse shouting: "The big Yali pear is fragrant and crispy, it is sweet to the heart when you eat it, and the lungs are moist when you eat two mouthfuls, two texts and one five texts and three words, and there is no next time if you miss this time!" ”

Familiar!

When I got closer, the young man holding the duck pear and shouting loudly was not Liu Yuan who I saw in the butcher shop just now. I didn't expect to be scared away after being scared away, but I was still in the vegetable market, and I actually sold Ya pears.

Looking at the fist-sized Yali pear on the wheelbarrow, Lin Zhenniang turned her head to look at the uncle who was squatting on the side, silent.

Liu Yuan's family is a butcher shop, how can he not do the business of selling fruits, I think this Liu Yuan probably relied on this uncle to help sell pears, looking at this uncle, it is clear that he is helpless to be troubled.

With a roll of her eyes, Lin Zhenniang didn't pick pears in Liu Yuan's hands like other people, but approached the uncle with a smile and asked sweetly, "Uncle, how much is your pear?" ”

"Shiwen ......" raised his head, before the uncle finished speaking, Liu Yuan had already shouted: "Six out of ten!" Little lady, come here to buy it! ”

Six out of ten? Listening to this uncle's tone, it is clearly ten cents and one catty. Sixteen taels and one catty, looking at the size of this Yali pear, how can one catty weigh seven or eight, but this Liu Yuan just came to sell it, and it sold for more than two pennies per catty! He's really a businessman.