Chapter 16: The Value of Meat
The shopkeeper also wants to test whether what Li Jing said is true, if Li Jing is willing to pay a pound of spirit stones for this donkey, it means that the donkey is very important to Li Jing and others, and it is likely to be the legendary guardian saint, if Li Jing is unwilling to produce more spirit stones, then this donkey is just an ordinary donkey.
A pound of spirit stones is already a lot of wealth for the village chief Li Jing, and buying a bag of 100 catties of flour in the city is also a pound of spirit stones, but this wealth is also obtained because Tianzun took them to the demon mountain, and the most important thing is that if you don't arrange a room for Tianzun, your head will definitely be kicked.
So Li Jing decisively took out a handful of spirit stones and handed them to the shopkeeper, the shopkeeper took out a small scale and weighed the spirit stones, weighing more than a catty, and the shopkeeper wanted to return the extra spirit stones to Li Jing, Li Jing hurriedly pushed the spirit stones back and said:
"I want to use the extra spirit stones for two clothes, and I want the largest one. ”
Wearing clothes is also a requirement of Tianzun, and Li Jing does not dare not be satisfied.
The innkeeper glanced at Mao Xiaowei, who was standing behind Li Jing, holding his donkey's head high, and seemed to be a little unruly.
He guessed that the guest officer dressed as a turtle was going to buy clothes for this donkey, although this donkey was the patron saint sent by the ancestors, but a donkey wearing clothes still made the innkeeper feel very ridiculous, I am afraid that this donkey will become a big news on the street when it goes to the street tomorrow.
Thinking of this, the innkeeper couldn't help but smile, and then asked the shopkeeper to buy two good and largest clothes.
Mao Xiaowei held the donkey's head high and showed a rebellious appearance just to hide his embarrassment, it is indeed an unprecedented thing for a donkey to wear clothes, and a donkey wearing clothes will definitely become the focus of attention when he walks on the street.
It's just that Mao Xiaowei, who has a sense of shame, can't accept running around without clothes.
Li Jing saw that the shopkeeper had gone out to buy clothes, and took out three catties of spirit stones to the shopkeeper:
"Serve some more meat to my patron saint, and pick up the good ones. ”
Eating meat is also Mao Xiaowei's long-standing request.
Li Jing had to make a little more money.
The shopkeeper who was looking at Mao Xiaowei laughing saw that Li Jing took out three catties of spirit stones and was about to buy meat, and secretly scolded in his heart, and the smile on his face also carried a hint of mockery.
Then the shopkeeper pushed Li Jing's spirit stone to Li Jing and said:
"This guest officer, meat is a scarce thing in Wuzhou City, one or two raw meat will cost five catties of spirit stones, if it is cooked meat, at least eight catties of spirit stones and one tael, even if it is a big businessman in Wuzhou City, he is only willing to eat one meal of meat a year.
Li Jing knew that meat was a scarce thing, and the value was definitely not cheap, but he didn't expect it to be so expensive, one or two raw meat would be exchanged for five bags of flour, and the flour in front was a luxury that Li Jing could only eat once a year.
Li Jing touched the spirit stone in his pocket, it is estimated that there are less than ten catties, if you only eat steamed bread and vegetables, these ten catties of spirit stones can at least live with the demon for more than half a year, but if you eat meat, you can only buy two taels of raw meat.
Mao Xiaowei saw that Li Jing's face was embarrassed, but the shopkeeper was mocking, and his heart was suddenly unhappy, and he said to the shopkeeper with a mouthful of neat donkey teeth:
"Shopkeeper, we have cooked meat here, but we are tired of eating it and want to change the taste, so it is better to do this, we sell cooked meat in your inn, you help us attract business, if one or two cooked meat can be sold for ten catties of spirit stones, we will divide you with five taels of spirit stones, what do you think?"
When the shopkeeper heard the donkey suddenly speak, he was immediately startled, and almost called someone to catch the monster, fortunately, he knew that Mao Xiaowei was the guardian saint of the lower realm of the human ancestor faction, and the monsters could speak human words, and it was normal for the guardian saint who was more powerful than the monster to speak.
So the shopkeeper asked Mao Xiaowei with a smile:
"I wonder if the Patronus is selling roast pork or chicken?"
Mao Xiaowei had already learned from Li Jing's mouth that the human race in this world could only eat pork and chicken, and there was only one way to cook it, and that was barbecue.
So after listening to what the shopkeeper said, Mao Xiaowei didn't feel strange.
With a mouthful of neat donkey teeth, he bragged:
"The cooked meat I make is called sauce donkey meat, which is secretly made by the ancient immortal method, and it is the best meat in the world, so I want to sell ten catties of spirit stones for one or two sauce donkey meat. ”
The shopkeeper naturally didn't know what the sauce donkey meat was, but I heard that it was secretly made by the ancient immortal law, and guessed that this sauce donkey meat was not ordinary, and he himself was a confidant of the head of the Hongyun Hall of the Xuanwu Sect, and he had some connections in Wuzhou City, as long as the sauce donkey meat was a good thing, he could recommend the sauce donkey meat to every rich businessman and sect boss.
But seeing is believing, and hearing is false, so the short and fat shopkeeper said to Mao Xiaowei:
"Lord Patronus, before we cooperate, can you allow the old man to open his eyes and see what that sauce donkey meat is?"
"Of course you can, but you need a secret method to make sauce donkey meat, and I asked the shopkeeper to prepare a room for me. ”
Mao Xiaowei said.
After listening to Mao Xiaowei's words, the short and fat shopkeeper hurriedly said to Xiao Er, who was waiting beside him:
"Take the adults to the upper room to rest. ”
The thin shopkeeper ran to Mao Xiaowei's side with a smile, made a gesture to Mao Xiaowei and said:
"Come with me, the guests. ”
The shopkeeper said as he walked up the wooden staircase.
Mao Xiaowei, Li Jing and the others followed closely up, and the wooden stairs they stepped on creaked.
Due to the chaos of the demon clan, there were very few people who went out to travel far away, so the guest rooms in the inn were empty most of the time, and the upper room prepared for Mao Xiaowei was quickly cleared out.
The upper house is the house by the street, because of the good lighting, so it is called the upper house.
Mao Xiaowei, Li Jing and others entered a warm room illuminated by the sun.
Li Jing and the others who came out of the village had never seen a large bed with a mattress made of duck down and a mahogany table and chairs, and they were curious to touch the exquisite furniture in the upper room, and they were amazed.
Mao Xiaowei felt quite satisfied after taking a turn in the room, and after ordering the donkey's head, he was ready to make sauce donkey meat, making sauce donkey meat requires a lottery, and the hatred value used for the lottery has been used up, so he asked the disciples who were curious to study all kinds of exquisite furniture:
"Disciples, do you have any opinions on being a teacher along the way? If you have any opinions, you can change them. ”
Li Jing, Yang Jian and Zhu Gangguan all lowered their heads when they heard this, and Daji, who poked his head out of the basket, retracted back into the basket, while Sun Wukong, who climbed to the top of the wardrobe, lowered his body, as if he was afraid that Mao Xiaowei would see him.
Only Nezha walked in front of Mao Xiaowei, crossed his hands on his waist and said:
"Master, can you not face me when you fart? Your donkey fart smells so bad that I can't even breathe when I choke. ”
Li Jing, Yang Jian and Zhu Gangguan listened to Nezha's words and covered their eyes with their hands helplessly, unable to bear to see Nezha's retribution after death.
But after covering his eyes for a long time, he didn't hear Nezha's screams when he was beaten.