Chapter 25: Buying a Pig's Head
The vegetable market is not far away, and it didn't take long to arrive.
There are no vegetables in winter, and there are even fewer vegetables on the vegetable market, Wen Yao turned around and didn't see anything he wanted to buy, so he pulled Wen Jun straight to the stall selling meat.
Wen Yao has a pair of poisonous eyes, just by looking at it, you can see whose meat is fresh and whose meat is not.
In such weather, the meat is left to dry outside or hung in the well, and it is generally no problem to leave it for a few days, and people who don't understand it can't see anything with the naked eye alone.
After turning around, Wen Yao picked a stall with relatively few people, to be precise, there would be no one on this stall.
The stall is a man in his thirties, I don't know if the people who are butchers are born tall and big, this one is much taller and stronger than Li San, and he is also a standard Chinese face, which looks like a sense of righteousness.
Wen Yao and Wen Jun walked over, she was short, and when she got closer, she stretched out her head and sniffed the meat on the board.
Sure enough, her eyes were as good as ever, and the meat in this house was the freshest.
The man was not annoyed when he saw Wen Yao's small movements, compared to the previous few Wen Yao's heads that started to bombard people before they got close, this person's attitude was much better.
"Little girl, don't worry, my meat here is all from the same day, absolutely fresh." The man's voice was also hoarse, but it was very kind.
Wen Yao straightened up and asked with a smile, "Uncle, how much is your meat?" ”
"Twelve cents and one catty, you can pick whatever you want, every piece is fresh." Zheng Butcher said, and turned the meat up and showed it to Wen Yao.
Wen Yao glanced around, these meats are good, but they are not suitable for marinated goods, and finally saw a bunch of pigs put by Zheng Butcher in the bucket next to the stall, but after looking around, he didn't find the pig's head.
"Uncle, do you have a pig's head here?" Wen Yao asked.
Zheng Butcher was stunned, except for the big restaurant, few people would buy pig's head.
"Yes, yes, I didn't bring it out at home, little girl, do you want a pig's head? It's not as good as these pork belly. ”
Wen Yao was still worried that the pig's head had been sold, and asked again, "Uncle, is it fresh?" ”
Zheng butcher smiled: "Of course, my pigs are killed on the same day, send half to the restaurant, and sell the remaining half by yourself, if you can't sell it, take it back and sell it to the neighbors on the left and right, my old Zheng family has been selling pork on this street for decades, and Tong Su is not bullied." ”
Wen Yao was overjoyed at the moment: "Uncle, I want a pig's head, besides, do you sell these pigs in the water?" Wen Yao pointed to the wooden barrel next to the stall.
Zheng Butcher can be regarded as an eye-opener today, this ordinary person only buys meat for good meat, but this girl does the opposite and buys what others don't like.
He didn't want to hide it, but said: "Little girl, most people won't buy this pig because it's not delicious." ”
He is also telling the truth, the smell of this pig water is too big, no matter how you wash it, it smells, so unless there is really no such condition at home, no one will consider buying this, his daily pig water is half sold for free to sell, and few people will want it.
"That's what they won't do, uncle, I want these two, you can give me a cheaper." Wen Yao began to bargain.
Zheng Tuhu looked at Wen Jun, after all, Wen Yao was a little girl in his eyes, and he still had to ask the adults clearly about this matter.
Wen Jun just smiled: "Uncle, you can sell it according to what my sister said." ”
Zheng Butcher just smiled, okay, since everyone said that there was no problem, then he couldn't say anything if he didn't do this business.
"That's it, I'll give you ten cents a pound for this pig's head, and you can give fifteen cents for this bucket of pigs, do you want it now?" Zheng Butcher asked.
Wen Yao's eyes lit up, such a big bucket, to say the least, there are more than a dozen catties, but it only costs fifteen yuan, which is really a big bargain.
"Uncle, is this really fifteen wen sold to me?" Wen Yao pointed to the wooden barrel and said.
Zheng Butcher laughed: "I said fifteen is fifteen, don't worry, I can't deceive you." ”
"Uncle, I'll want the pig to go into the water every day from then on." Wen Yao is happy, such a big bargain, I'm sorry for myself if I don't take advantage of it.
Zheng Butcher was stunned: "Girl, what do you want so many pigs to do?" ”
Of course, it was the braised large intestine, and when she thought of the fragrant braised large intestine, Wen Yao swallowed her saliva and said with a smile: "Of course it's delicious." ”
Seeing her excited appearance, Zheng Butcher smiled helplessly and shook his head, this pig is not a water that no one has tried to do, but it is a pity that there is a taste of how to do it in the end, and gradually unless the family really can't open the pot, otherwise no one wants to eat this if the conditions are passable.
He didn't promise Wen Yao, nor did he refuse her, but said: "That's it, you buy it back today, if your adults don't talk about you, you will want it tomorrow, then you will buy it tomorrow, and the uncle will give it to you at this price, do you think it's okay?" ”
Wen Yao could feel the kindness of Zheng Butcher, and he was not reluctant, it was a big deal to make a good case of marinated large intestine tomorrow, so he would do business with this uncle so much, and bring it to him to taste.
"Okay then, then Uncle will weigh me today." Wen Yao said.
Zheng Butcher called a vendor who set up a stall next to him and asked him to help him go to his house and ask the family to bring the pig's head.
Taking advantage of the waiting time, Wen Yao and Wen Jun went around the vegetable market again, bought two chickens, and saw that there were dried tofu sellers, so they bought a few catties of dried tofu.
When he came back after buying, Zheng Butcher's family also sent the pig's head, which was tied to the stall with a thick straw rope, and the huge pig's head looked very scary.
Wen Yao was very satisfied, and immediately asked Zheng Butcher to weigh the money.
When I saw that Wen Yao really bought the pig's head, and even bought the pigs from Zheng Butcher, the stall owner who Wen Yao went to before really regretted his intestines.
Who would have thought that this little girl who didn't dress well would really buy it.
Before leaving, Wen Yao said to Zheng Tuhu: "Uncle Zheng, remember to help me keep it tomorrow, my brother and my father set up a stall at the dock to sell fried rice, you just collect the stall and send it to the dock, it's easy to find, you just ask the Wen family for fried rice and someone will show you the way." ”
Zheng Butcher realized that the family was setting up a stall, and he also said that how to eat it after buying so much.
However, looking at Wen Yao's serious appearance, Zheng Butcher didn't care whether she could use her pig in the water or not, whether she wanted it tomorrow or not, she still agreed, and it was a big deal to send it to her family, so she would bring it back.
"Okay, I've made a note of it, how do you go back? Is it easy to take? Zheng Butcher looked at the thin brother and sister and asked.
As a result, Wen Yao put the things in Wen Jun's back basket into his back basket, put the pig into the water and put it under the back basket, put a pig's head on it, and a back basket was stuffed.
Seeing that the brother and sister could take it, Zheng Butcher didn't say anything anymore, waved his hand to bid farewell to the two, Wen Yao and Wen Jun carried two baskets full of things on their backs, and returned to the dock.