By the time the group of people met up with Father Zhu and the others, Father Zhu and the others had already negotiated the price with a restaurant.
When Zhu's father, his fourth uncle, and Zhu Pingjun, who was lazily getting out of the car, were in the town and didn't know who to sell the wild boar to, the owner of a restaurant took the initiative to contact them. He was very sincere.
The price of ordinary pork is about 18 cents per catty, and the price of live pigs (fat pigs that have just been slaughtered) is 10 cents per catty. After all, the cost of slaughtering live pigs and removing blood, water and other things, the meat yield of live pigs is about 80%.
Therefore, it is understandable that there is a gap between the prices of live pigs and pork. For the wild boar brought by Zhu’s father and the others, the restaurant owner gave a price of 15 cents per catty. This price has exceeded the expectations of Zhu’s father and the fourth uncle, both of which were higher than the price.
The pigs raised at home were half as expensive, so naturally I agreed. The net weight of the wild boar was 268 kilograms, and I should have been given 4,020 Wen. The shopkeeper gave me 4,050 Wen for the sake of friendship, and I gave him an extra 30 Wen. The total was more than 40 taels, which is a small fortune.
Of course, the shopkeeper made more money. A wild boar can make hundreds of delicacies, and he can earn at least nearly a hundred taels of silver once it is resold.
The eldest aunt, the fourth aunt, and others were all so excited that the shopkeeper gave them four taels of silver and 50 copper coins. They had never had so much money in their hands.
Zhu Ping'an's attention was not on the money, but on Zhu Pingjun, who was supposed to be following Zhu's father and the others, but was not here at this moment. Brother Jun can go anywhere alone, and he doesn't know the way!
"Dad, where is Fourth Uncle, Brother Jun?" Zhu Pingan interrupted the adults surrounding Yinzi and reminded them that Zhu Pingjun was missing.
"Jun'er is with us..." The fourth uncle swallowed it back half-way through his words. He also discovered that Zhu Pingjun was missing.
Now the adults were anxious, wondering where the naughty child had gone. Remembering the rumors that there had been a kid abducted by Huazi in the town, they couldn't help but become anxious. They quickly put the broken silver and copper coins in the money bag, and Father Zhu and the others divided their forces.
I hurriedly looked for Zhu Pingjun, but I didn't dare to lose it.
After shouting several times, there was no response, and the eldest aunt was so anxious that she almost cried.
Suddenly, Zhu Pingan saw a naughty kid sucking his fingers at a candied haws stall. He looked a lot like Zhu Pingjun. But there was a man and a woman beside him, both of whom were middle-aged and did not look like good people. At this time,
I was bargaining with the boss selling candied haws on a stick.
"Auntie, do you think that's Brother Jun?" Zhu Ping'an quickly called out to his helpless auntie.
"Jun'er, who told you to run around?" The eldest aunt only took one look and was convinced that it was Zhu Pingjun. Then she looked at the middle-aged couple beside him and couldn't help shouting in surprise and ran over.
The eldest aunt's voice attracted Zhu's father and fourth uncle who were looking not far away, and they ran here together.
The middle-aged couple who were haggling with the candied haws seller over there saw that the situation was not going well, so they left Zhu Pingjun alone and ran away in a small alley.
The eldest aunt pulled Zhu Pingjun into her arms and checked him several times. She took a deep breath after making sure he was safe and sound.
Only then did the adults have time to ask Zhu Pingjun the whole story.
Zhu Pingjun bit his fingers, looked at the candied haws stand eagerly, swallowed his saliva, and told the story without any logic.
While Zhu's father and his uncle were busy negotiating prices with the restaurant owner and helping to unload the wild boars, Zhu Pingjun was bored and counting ants beside the bullock cart. Then he heard someone telling a story in front of the teahouse next door. It happened to be him.
My favorite story is about a hero who saves the country from violence, so I walked over to listen to it.
There was a middle-aged couple, um, the same couple who had just escaped. They told Zhu Pingjun that a hero happened to be visiting their home. They also said that Zhu Pingjun had strange bones and must be a martial arts wizard.
He said that he would take Zhu Pingjun to become a disciple of Da Xia.
That's right, Zhu Pingjun immediately went crazy and left with her.
Fortunately, Zhu Pingjun was greedy and saw that the manager of the candied haws stall wanted to eat candied haws. When the middle-aged couple was buying it, he was spotted by the sharp-eyed Zhu Pingan, and was chased back by his aunt.
After hearing this, the eldest aunt's face darkened, and then she grabbed Zhu Pingjun and gave him a beating, plus a persuasion and education, saying that he was a philanderer and a child trafficker.
For a while, Zhu Pingjun was beaten until he whimpered and cried, his voice changing.
The eldest aunt felt that her education was almost done, so she asked Zhu Pingjun, "In the future, if someone says there are heroes, will you follow them?"
Zhu Pingjun was crying with tears and runny nose, but after hearing these words, he immediately became energetic.
He raised his head and looked at his eldest aunt and asked quickly, "Where is it? Where is the hero?"
As a result, I was beaten again...
Is this what children should do? The corners of Zhu Pingan's eyes twitched, but he couldn't learn this. Even if he thought with his butt, he wouldn't be like this.
Ms. Chen and the others quickly stopped her, fearing that the eldest aunt who was so angry that she almost vomited blood would kill her, so they crossed their arms to protect Zhu Pingjun. After a while of persuasion, the eldest aunt calmed down.
Zhu Pingjun, who had been beaten twice, didn't realize the fact that the two middle-aged couples who kindly took him to apprentice just now were philanderers until he got home. He muttered in his mouth that there must be a real hero next time, and he
Only then could I follow him. If his voice hadn't been so quiet, he would have been caught by his aunt and given a lesson.
Zhu's father handed over the money from selling the wild boar to his grandmother as soon as he returned home. Grandma refused to give Zhu's father a cent. Chen was very dissatisfied with this because her husband and eldest son had to go to such lengths to get it back.
The wild boar was injured a little, so why wouldn't he be given a penny?
After dinner, Mrs. Chen was all gloomy, but after Zhu Ping'an dumped a large basket of rags on the ground, took out the 270 coins he had gained from selling honeysuckle hidden in the rags and handed it to Mrs. Chen, Mrs. Chen's expression changed.