Chapter 34: Master and Apprentice
Relying on the live signboard of providing hundreds of catties of wild boar meat every day for a week, Liu Daneng, who has been running a butcher stall business in Pigeon City for many years, can be regarded as successfully defending his 'hegemon' status, which makes other butchers quite envious and jealous.
Even if the other butchers were very sour, they complained that Liu Daneng was selling wild boar meat, not more fatty pork. But they know in their hearts that whoever has meat in the stall in today's pigeon market is king. Wild boar is not pork?
As an apprentice, He Xiaowu has also felt proud recently. It's just that seeing that the meat stored at home is decreasing day by day, he also has a little drum in his heart. But he didn't dare to ask his master Liu Daneng why he didn't go to the countryside to buy pigs in the past two days.
But on the night when all the stored meat was sold out, Liu Daneng whispered: "Xiao Wu, don't be in a hurry to leave when the stall is closed, go with the master to do some work." It's best to have someone bring you a message to your house, I'm afraid you won't be able to go home and rest tonight. ”
Hearing this, He Xiaowu instantly said with a heartfelt heart: "Master, there is a big job at night?" ”
"Hmmm! You're my apprentice, unlike anyone else. When you open up business on the back street, I will also find a way to rent a stall for you. Anyway, you've been with me for a few years, and it's time to become a teacher. ”
"Thank you, master!"
"This is what a master should do! There's just one thing, I don't say you know. It's easy to run a meat stall, but the real difficulty is to go there and find meat to sell. Now I don't have enough meat to sell, and if you open a stall, I'm afraid I won't be able to help you. ”
For the apprentice in front of him who has been with him for more than two years, Liu Daneng still trusts him very much. But he knew that the apprentice was also older, and in the past two years with him, he could basically easily win the skill of killing pigs and setting up stalls to sell meat.
You can set up a stall in the pigeon market to sell meat, and the real difficulty is not to attract customers, but to find pork!
The last time he bought three big wild boars from Xu Zhengdao, Liu Daneng faintly noticed that among the little brothers who came to help, some people had the intention of digging corners. If it weren't for Xu Zhengdao's habit of keeping a low profile, it would be difficult for this supplier to be pried by others.
What made him happy and relieved was that Xu Zhengdao took the initiative to make the transaction more confidential in the future. During the day, when he returned home from the stall, Xu Zhengdao, who entered the city, greeted him and asked him to close the stall in the evening market and go to the designated place to pull goods.
Both of them know what they are pulling. What really made him happy was that when Xu Zhengdao left, he shook three fingers at him. This means telling him that he will be able to pull back three big boars again tonight.
It's lucky to buy a big boar once in a while, but if you can buy three big boars every week, that's the real thing. Don't dare to say anything else, with Xu Zhengdao continuing to supply him with wild boars, Liu Daneng's dominance of the meat stall in Pigeon City cannot be defended by anyone.
Especially after the Spring Festival, Liu Daneng is keenly aware of the demand for meat in the city, which has increased much compared with previous years. In the previous two years, I recruited old and regular customers, and this year, the number of meat I bought each time has increased a lot compared with previous years.
It can be said that if he really wants to sell openly, there is no problem at all to sell a pig in a morning or night market!
Perhaps because of this, other vendors who set up stalls to sell meat in the pigeon market are now the same as Liu Daneng before, who are in a hurry but can't find meat. Pork from state-run slaughterhouses is not enough to supply farmers' markets and regular meat stalls!
In this case, if you want to buy unplanned meat from a state-run slaughterhouse, in addition to fighting for connections, the price is definitely not cheap. On the contrary, it is the wild boar meat sold by Liu Daneng, although the oil and water are not as good as domestic pigs, but it is pork after all!
After closing the stall and leaving the pigeon market, Liu Daneng didn't take care of resting when he returned home, so he quickly changed his clothes, pulled the cart in front of his house, and took his apprentice to the deserted and dilapidated house not far away.
When he walked to the place designated before, Liu Daneng immediately said: "Xiao Wu, you look at the cart, I'll go inside and take a look." ”
"Okay, master!"
After following Liu Daneng for so long, He Xiaowu knows what it means to 'do more and talk less'. And he knows better in his heart that if he really wants to set up a stall in the pigeon market and become a butcher in the future, I am afraid that the master will be indispensable to help him.
Liu Daneng, who was flashlight, stepped on the collapsed bricks and walked into this dilapidated house that was rarely patronized. After a while, he found three fierce boars piled up in the corner. Somewhat strangely, the smell of blood is not very strong.
Confirming that the three wild boars, each of which was more than 300 catties, Liu Daneng also grinned happily and said: "My brother, you really have the ability!" When these three wild boars are pulled back to the market, it is difficult not to attract attention, which is really painful! ”
Although I knew in my heart that buying three wild boars again would definitely attract the attention of some people in the market. But in Liu Daneng's view, everyone knows the rules of the pigeon market. If you want to be a butcher, you can only blame yourself for not being able to get the goods.
And everyone knows that wild boars can only be caught by those remote rural hunters outside the city. Some people may speculate that Liu Daneng arranged for a special person to buy wild boars caught by hunters in a township outside the city.
Otherwise, where do the three wild boars of this size come from every time, they will not be conjured out of thin air, right?
Hearing the whispered greeting of the master in the house, He Xiaowu immediately walked into the dilapidated house, and soon saw three wild boars stacked in the corner. But who put the wild boar here, presumably except for the master Liu Daneng knows, he also doesn't know.
"Wow, master, it's three big wild boars again, you're too good!"
"Average! It's a pity that the number is still a little less, and these three wild boars really want to be sold, I'm afraid they will be sold out in two days. ”
"That's right! At present, most of the people who buy meat in the pigeon market ask the price, and they are all very generous. ”
Although wild boar meat is not sold at the same high price as domestic pigs, in a market like the shortage of meat and the pigeon market, which does not require meat tickets, the price of wild boar meat sold by Liu Daneng is more expensive than that of domestic pork in state-run meat stalls.
Of course, the domestic pork sold in the pigeon market is certainly more expensive than that of the state-run meat stalls. Converted, the price of wild boar meat in the pigeon market, in fact, is quite cheap. If you think it's expensive, you can't buy it, but you can't buy it anywhere else.
In just this week's time, many old customers ordered other meat other than wild boar meat with Liu Daneng. For example, pork feet, pig's head, pig intestines and other seemingly inconspicuous meats, but these things may not be available in the pigeon market.
The reason is simple, these things are basically booked in advance. In many cases, if it doesn't matter, you may not be able to buy it by booking in advance. If Xu Zhengdao hadn't promised meat in advance, Liu Daneng would definitely not dare to agree to those regular customers.
Waiting for the master and apprentice to lift the three wild boars to the cart, He Xiaowu, as an apprentice, pulled in front, and Liu Daneng, as a master, pushed behind. When the boar was pulled back to the slaughterhouse next to the market, both of them looked extremely happy.
And He Xiaowu knows even more that he may be very tired tonight, but the bits and pieces he brings home tomorrow will definitely make his family happy. With Liu Daneng, the master, their family can also eat a meal of meat with oil and water.
Wait for the master and apprentice to clean up a wild boar first. Seeing that the time was not early, Liu Daneng ordered He Xiaowu to rest in the slaughterhouse. As for his words, he has to go home and rest. If he doesn't go back, the old lady in the family will be worried.
On the way back to the alley after leaving the slaughterhouse, Liu Daneng also really felt that he might really have to hurry up and find a daughter-in-law. In that case, he will be too busy outside in the future, and he will have a daughter-in-law at home to accompany his mother, and he can rest assured as a son!
As for letting the apprentice stay alone at the slaughterhouse, Liu Daneng also felt that there would be nothing wrong. Just those two wild boars of about 300 catties, he really didn't believe that anyone could steal them under He Xiaowu's nose.
When the morning market is finished tomorrow, he will also leave a little thing for his apprentices to carry home. Moreover, since last year, Liu Daneng has been paying his apprentices a monthly salary. Although the money is not much, for the He family, they finally see that their son can make money.
With Liu Daneng, he has a salary to receive, and he can bring back a little meat every once in a while. This is undoubtedly a great help to the He family, whose family background is not very good. It is precisely because Liu Daneng is particular about doing things, how dare He Xiaowu, as an apprentice, be disloyal?