Chapter 46: It's Not a Dog, It's a Man
"These dogs, make a price!"
The old man's words were very direct, and the butcher was not surprised.
After all, at night, he deliberately brought a few dogs to his place, if he didn't come to sell, then he would be a ghost.
At this time, the old man was no longer the old man who poured the night incense, and at some point, he turned into a thin old man with another image.
It is strange that such a thin old man can hold four big dogs.
You know, dogs are quite intelligent, and when you want to sell them, they can sometimes sense that they are being bought and sold.
Especially now, when the thin old man led the four big dogs into the courtyard, the butcher could clearly see the horror in the eyes of the four big dogs and the trembling limbs.
Apparently these dogs may have realised that they were likely to be slaughtered if they were sold, or that they would be slaughtered outright.
But even though they realized that they would be slaughtered, these dogs were terrified, but they did not have the heart to resist, which is really strange!
Moreover, the butcher killed pigs, sheep and dogs for a lifetime, so he could naturally see at a glance how many catties this dog had, or more than 100 catties.
Such a big dog, and it is still four, knowing that it may be slaughtered but not daring to resist, it seems that this old man is still an expert in dog training.
But that's not right!
An expert in dog training will be willing to sell the dog for meat.
I'm afraid that the dog that is not the master's family training will be stolen out and sold by him in exchange for wine money!
But what does this have to do with his butcher?
"Old man, what breed is this dog, why is it so tall and long-haired!"
The thin old man smiled: "This! They are all mastiffs on the plateau, and they have grown to more than 100 catties.
These mastiffs are all fierce beasts, and three mastiffs dare to fight tigers!
Our master's family bought these and wanted to take them to dog fighting, but I didn't want to buy a few cowards, and I was scared to pee before I even played!
In a fit of rage, the master wanted to kill and bury these dogs!
The old man pondered, he was also short of wine money, so he brought you here!
Give us a price!
If it suits me, I'll sell it! ”
I see, the butcher could see the horror in the eyes of these dogs, it turned out that they were frightened in the dog fighting ring, and they grew so much meat in white.
"This dog, skinned, stripped of the water and head, may have sixty or seventy pounds of meat!
Old man, it seems that you are also knowledgeable, we set up a stall to sell meat, dog meat 20 Wen!
According to the rules of the industry, we have to earn half of it, so we can only pay 700 for a dog!
Of course, if you think you need to go through the scales, then let's go through the scales!
However, the gross weight is overweighed, and the gross weight cannot be pressed by ten cents a catty, so I can only produce seven cents a catty, how? ”
It is naturally impossible to give such a low price to collect dogs, and it will cost ten cents a pound of gross weight, and if you estimate the net meat, you will have to give fourteen or fifteen cents to say the least.
And this dog can't only have sixty or seventy pounds of meat, and now the gross weight is one hundred and thirty or four, and after removing the skin, internal organs and head, ten thousand should be able to leave almost eighty or ninety pounds of meat.
But this is not a sky-high price, the land is repaid, and the business is like this, so the butcher is also waiting for the thin old man to pay the price.
But he didn't think about it, the thin old man was so refreshing, and nodded directly: "Okay, just press this price!" ”
was so refreshing, he directly stunned the butcher, and the thin old man saw that he didn't move, so he urged: "What are you doing in a daze, give money!" ”
"Oh! Wait a minute, old man! ”
Since the thin old man is so refreshing, what else can the butcher say? Is there a cheap earning?
So he went into the house, and asked the woman to count two thousand eight hundred wen, and wrapped it in a piece of cloth.
"Old man, the copper coin of 2,800 Wen is all here, and the 2,800 Wen coin weighs 20 catties to say the least, can you carry it back with your old man?"
The butcher said kindly.
Business!
This is how it is maintained step by step, and the business is done with integrity, but also with human sophistication.
Of course, it doesn't count to sell dog meat as mutton, the world is difficult, and he is also eating with a mouthful, the butcher said in his heart.
"It's okay, it's okay, if it's twenty pounds of bricks and tiles, the old man may have a little trouble carrying it.
But if it's twenty catties of copper coins, it's very light for an old man! ”
After speaking, the thin old man really picked up the bag of copper coins with one hand very easily, weighed it, the weight seemed to be enough, and then picked it up and planned to leave.
Unexpectedly, the butcher stopped him: "Old man, why don't you still count?"
Two copper coins plus 800 Wen, I don't recognize it when I go out! ”
The thin old man laughed twice: "Don't worry, there is really a difference, you don't need to admit it!" ”
With that, he left, and the butcher watched him go farther and farther away, and then disappeared into the night.
Back in the courtyard, he looked at the four big dogs in front of him, groaned for a while, and then said to himself: "Kill one first, and hang a sheep's head to sell as mutton!"
Hey, hey, hey, these four dogs can make us a few thousand dollars more! ”
His words made the four dogs tremble in fright, and they opened their mouths to speak, but the sound they made was similar to the wailing of a defeated dog after a dog was defeated.
The butcher naturally ignored the fear of this kind of dog, and if these dogs were still fighting, they would stay for such a big man, thinking about selling them for a good price.
But this dog's fighting spirit is gone, so naturally there is no pity, just kill and eat meat.
So he picked up the freshly sharpened knife and walked over to the four dogs, three black and one white, and the white dog was particularly conspicuous.
In this case, the black dog will be raised for a few days, and the white one will be killed first.
I just grabbed the white dog by the neck and pulled it out, and was about to give it a knife, when suddenly a voice came from outside the courtyard.
"If you don't want to get into a life lawsuit, put down your knife!"
In the middle of the night, there was a sudden sound, and even if the butcher was quite bold, he was startled.
Looking back, it turned out to be a young man in a soldier's robe, holding a long knife and striding in.
"It turned out to be a bad master!"
The butcher hurriedly greeted him with a smile: "The poor master is a little raw!" Still busy at night?
It's hard work, hard work, I'll slaughter this dog in a while, and I'll leave you a piece of the fattest! ”
For the people in the official face, even if they can't earn the money they earn in a day or two, they still greet them with a smile and occasionally cut a piece of meat to give them away.
Especially these face-to-face students, it is obvious that they have not been in contact with before, and it is necessary to build a good relationship.
But he didn't expect that the young Minzhuang in front of him didn't accept this feeling, but said coldly: "I don't dare to ask for your meat, these four dogs, you can't move now!"
Besides, you have to take these four dogs with me to the Yamen! ”
This time, the butcher was unwilling, and he didn't speak politely: "This poor master, you are new here!"
I don't look at the place when I fight the autumn breeze, do you think if there is no one behind my butcher shop, I can do it so safely?
Besides, the four dogs I collected cost three or four dollars, how could you let you take them when you said to take them?
Don't think that you can be powerful and blessed by wearing a military robe, you are just Ding Zhuang, in charge of the city gates, prisons and granaries.
If you are in charge of the fast catch on the market, I will respect you for three points!
Just a Ding Zhuang, can you control me?
Behind me is the ...... of the household clerk."
The butcher who was still chattering suddenly felt a burst of cold air suddenly hit the young Ding Zhuang in a military robe in front of him, which made him suddenly have the illusion of facing a colorful tiger, and actually made him a butcher who had killed an unknown number of pigs so frightened that he couldn't speak.
Young Ding Zhuang glanced at him, pointed at the four big dogs and said something unbelievable.
"These four dogs, not dogs, are people!"
This sentence pulled the frightened butcher back from his fear, what the hell are you laughing!
It's obviously a dog, but you want to say it's a human, when I haven't read a book, I don't know what it means to be a deer and a horse?
Lao Tzu has also listened to storytelling, okay!
Unexpectedly, this young Ding Zhuang actually looked at the four dogs and said, "I know that you are human beings and can understand what I say, but he doesn't know this butcher."
Now, if you're human, nod your head three times. ”
Talking to a few dogs so seriously, this scene is very weird at night, the butcher's helper, who walked in from outside the courtyard and was about to go to work, just happened to see this scene.
What made the guy and the butcher even more devastated was that the four dogs were really nodding with tears in their eyes, and the amplitude was very large, and the most important thing was exactly three times.
Exactly three hits per dog, no more, no less!
The butcher looked at the young soldier in front of him in horror, and confirmed to him in a trembling voice: "These four dogs are really people?" ”