Fang Ning left the auction house. He was not in a hurry to practice the secret book, nor did he go home immediately. Instead, he went to the home of his friend Shi Zhengang.
Shi Zhengang's home is located in the north of the city. His family has been a butcher for generations. Over the years, his business has grown bigger and bigger. His family supplies almost half of the pork in Kezhou City and kills more than ten pigs a day.
Fang Ning entered Shi's house and saw Shi Zhengang working there from a distance, holding a steel knife and preparing to slaughter a fat pig. He was not a young man and had to work at home, so He Shiren laughed at him for having a pig-like temper.
Seeing Fang Ning arrive, Shi Zhengang shouted: "Brother Ning, here we come, come in quickly, I will go over to accompany you after I kill this big pig."
Fang Ning said, "I'm not looking for you, is uncle here?"
Shi Zhengang's father, Shi Qiang, came out and said, "Xiao Ning is here, what do you want from me? Gangzi, cut ten pounds of good meat for Xiao Ning and take it back to replenish your body."
One pound of meat costs fifty cents, ten pounds equals five silver dollars, which is a lot of honor. It would never have been like this before. It seems that Shi Zhengang told his father about gambling for Fang Ning.
Fang Ning said: "No, uncle, I have something to do here this time. I want to buy some of your Shi family's refined pork belly. I wonder if you still have it here, uncle?"
The pork belly is the most beautiful and best part of the pig. It is no more than a foot long and three fingers wide. Between the pig's chest and abdominal cavity, a pig can have at most one pound of pork belly. The meat is tough and fresh and sweet.
It has a special aroma in the taste and is not sold in the market. It is usually kept by butchers after killing the pigs.
The Shi family's refined pork chops are passed down from the family's ancestral secret method. When killing pigs, they use secret methods to kill pigs and stimulate the pig's body. This will cause wonderful changes. Each pound of pork chops will sometimes produce one or two to
Two taels of refined pork belly, the best of the best, is worth at least eighty silver dollars per kilogram.
Shi Bo heard Fang Ning's words and said:
"Buy whatever you want. I'll bring you two taels back to try it out. It's not that my uncle is stingy, but refining pork belly is really difficult."
This is a big favor. It takes at least three pigs to get these refined pork meat. But Fang Ning shook his head, took out two gold coins, and said:
"Give me a pound, and I will order another pound tomorrow. It must be purchased. Uncle, I am not eating this meat, I am doing it for others, so you must accept the money."
Shi Bo pushed back a few more times, as if in a fight, and finally had to accept it at Fang Ning's insistence. Shi Zhengang brought a pound of refined pork belly from the backyard, carefully wrapped it in oil paper, and looked over.
There is no difference from ordinary pork.
Fang Ning took the pork and said goodbye. When she returned home, Fang's mother said, "Mom, I remember that every Chinese New Year, you would fry some small meatballs for me and my father to eat. The meatballs were extremely delicious. I need to return the favor.
Mom, use this meat and help me make some small meatballs, the kind of meatballs our family eats during the Chinese New Year."
Mother Fang glanced at Fang Ning and said, "This is the Shi family's refined pork belly. This is a big favor. Okay, I'll make it right away, but it will take an hour before it's ready."
After talking about Fang's mother making meatballs, Fang Ning said to Butler Shi: "Uncle Shi, you go to Daoxiang Village to find Zhu Jian, who is my classmate. You tell him that I want to buy their four-color pastries, the best ones."
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Then you go to Tongfu Inn to buy me their best wine, Xian Ren Zui, then to Jade House to buy their special crystal elbows, and to Wumingju to buy their four most famous fried dishes..."
After Fang Ning finished speaking, he handed Steward Shi three gold dollars. What he ordered were the best drinks, cakes and delicacies in Kezhou City, and the prices were also the most expensive, so he asked for those three gold dollars to avoid not having enough.
Steward Shi immediately started to take action. Fang Ning sat on the bench and looked at the jade bamboo slip in his hand. This jade bamboo slip recorded the supreme swordsmanship of the Purple Green Two-Minded Light Sword. By practicing it, he might master the supreme swordsmanship.
Enter the innate realm.
It’s not that he’s not in a hurry. Cultivation secrets are not something that can be taken casually. Among Gu Tiannan’s professors, Fang Ning knows that this kind of secrets can only be practiced once and requires making an oath of inner demons. It requires bathing and changing clothes, calming down, and physically reaching the required level.
Only when you are in the best state and practice very seriously can you understand all the mysteries. If you just practice it, you may only understand seven or eight of the mysteries and miss out on countless essences.
So Fang Ning was not in a hurry. After waiting for an hour, Butler Shi returned and bought all the cakes, wine and dishes he wanted. Fang Ning also fried the little meatballs. Fang Ning packed up, carried a food box, and left home.
, and went straight to the second floor of the auction house.
Entering the second floor, Fang Ning came to Shopkeeper Xue. When Shopkeeper Xue saw Fang Ning, he frowned and said, "You're here again. What's new this time?"
Fang Ning smiled and said, "It seems to me that Uncle Xue is not from Kezhou. He should live in the dormitory of the auction house and eat in the cafeteria. The food there must be very bad.
So I went home and begged my mother to make some wine and dishes for Uncle Xue to try. Although these wines and dishes were simple, they were made by my mother herself and tasted like home."
After saying that, he handed over the food box. Hearing the smell of home, shopkeeper Xue did not refuse. His frown disappeared and he began to smile. He looked at Fang Ning and said, "The discount of five thousand gold yuan is just for a meal like this. I
I'll pay you to death."
Then he opened the food box and wanted to eat on the spot.
Fang Ning was shocked and said, "Uncle Xue, this is the second floor of the auction house!"
He reminded Shopkeeper Xue that this was an auction house. How could he eat on the spot when there were other people?
Shopkeeper Xue smiled and said: "Don't worry, they can't see anything I do under my spell.
Come on, come and have a drink with me, there’s no point in me drinking alone.”
Fang Ning walked over and said, "Being respectful is worse than obeying orders."
The two of them sat in the auction house and started eating and drinking. Both the shopping customers and the employees of the auction house ignored them. Even if they walked by them, they seemed not to be able to see them.
Although the wine and food that Fang Ning specially selected were among the best in Kezhou City, Shopkeeper Xue didn't care that they were just ordinary wine and food.
Shopkeeper Xue poured Fang Ning a glass of wine and said, "Come, have a sip with me."
Fang Ning raised his mouth and drank it all in one gulp. This was his first time drinking. He used to feel very happy when watching others drink. But when it was his turn to drink, he suddenly felt the pain in his chest was unbearable. He couldn't help but cough hard. Xue looked at it.
The shopkeeper laughed.
Shopkeeper Xue poured another glass for Fang Ning and said:
"Have another cup. It's the same as the first cup. The contents of this cup will make you feel happy when you drink the second cup."
Fang Ning gritted his teeth and took another sip. It was still so spicy, but in this spiciness, there was a hint of boldness and an indescribable joy. Life suddenly became clear, it was enjoyable, worries disappeared, and the mood
Comfortable, he couldn't help but let out a sigh of relief, followed the example of others, and said: "Good wine."
Shopkeeper Xue laughed even more when he saw Fang Ning imitating others. The two started drinking and chatting casually. Fang Ning intuitively felt that Uncle Xue might not be as old as him.