CH 34.3

It was not the first time for Zhang Fangyuan to buy pigs. When he was looking for a purchase, he would give some benefits to the owner: "The pig's blood, pig heart and lungs can be kept for the family to eat."

The old man's complexion improved a lot, and he agreed immediately. Farmers who lived their lives knew that pigs were not strong enough to be sold at a high price. It would be great if the butcher offered some profit.

Zhang Fangyuan slaughtered the pig right away, and he handled it very quickly. It was rectified within an hour, and the pork was carried to his own carriage.

The old man didn't expect Zhang Fangyuan to move so quickly, he hurriedly put the money away, and then chatted: "Butcher Zhang, do you want to collect the sheep? There are two at home, and they are fat."

Zhang Fangyuan frowned . he was tight, and he hadn't sold the pork yet, he could try it, but it was definitely not going to work today, he had already promised to sell the mountain goods, so how dared he accepted the sheep.

"Okay, let's do it next time. In the future, if you have the goods, you can go to the stall to tell me, or you can go to my house."

The old man was not stubborn: "Okay, come and go often."

Zhang Fangyuan urged the horse back. When he got home, it was hot. The yard was still empty when he went out in the morning. This morning, someone dried the clothes and added a few big dustpans.

He jumped out of the carriage and took a look. In the dustpan, there were spring bamboo shoots and bracken that had been soaked in water, and the bamboo shoots were already sliced. Xu He dug out the pickle jar that hadn’t been used for a long time under the cupboard in the kitchen, and was preparing to make pickles with raw water from the jar. He was washing the jar when he heard the sound of a horse outside, and he immediately put down his work.

"So early? Have you eaten yet?"

Zhang Fangyuan said, "The master doesn't prepare any food."

Xu He frowned, that family was so stingy: "You go in and rest, and I'll cook for you."

"How about you?"

Zhang Fangyuan didn't care about the pork in the yard, and went straight into the kitchen, and was a little surprised to see that the kitchen seemed to have been cleaned, only after half a day. This little ge’er, how much work he could do?

"I haven't either."

"It's just right, let’s fry the pig liver."

Xu He wanted to say that eating meat all the time was too extravagance, but thinking about Zhang Fangyuan's physical work, he couldn’t eat it, but his husband couldn't, so he agreed.

"The pigs are not big this time, which ones do you want to keep?"

Zhang Fangyuan made arrangements for himself: "Let's keep the lard in a cage, so you can use it for cooking."

Xu He nodded.

"What else?" Zhang Fangyuan put the pork into the water: "Do you want to eat pork liver?"

Zhang Fangyuan felt that Xu He was not willing to choose, so he tore off the two thinnest pork tenderloins: "We will go to the stall in the city tomorrow, fry it and make it for lunch."

Xu He: This man... no wonder He Shi said that he had to control his extravagance.

The two were discussing what to eat at noon, and another person came from outside. Xu He recognized Wang Jiu who he saw on the mountain yesterday, and he came to deliver mountain goods this morning.

"Just came back from slaughtering a pig?"

"Yes." Zhang Fangyuan beckoned people to come in and sit down, and Xu He went in to pour water. Wang Jiu put the basket on his back under the eaves and asked Zhang Fangyuan to count the prey.

Two rabbits, four pheasants, and a 30 catties young sheep were all common prey. Fortunately, the sheep from the neighboring villages were not bought, otherwise they would had been piled up.

For example, these mountain meats were not considered fat, but the taste was different from the pork that ordinary people bought and cooked. They were said to be delicacies in the mountains by scholars. Rabbit meat was twenty copper coins, and chicken was more nutritious, the price was ten copper coins more expensive than rabbit meat, and mutton was even more expensive, forty copper coins a catty.

These were the prices of mountain goods. If they were domesticated, the price would be much cheaper. These were the price when the fur and meat had been processed. This kind of mountain goods were still raw, and the purchase price was not that high .

The two discussed briefly, and the purchase price was the market price minus ten copper coins. After a brief of weighing, Zhang Fangyuan gave Wang Jiu a total of 1,350 copper coins.

It was Xu He who counted the money.

Zhang Fangyuan politely aked Wang Jiu to stay for dinner, but Wang Jiu didn't stay. Instead, he chose a basket of pig liver and pig heart on the cart, and spent forty copper coins from the money for selling mountain goods, and carried it home contentedly.

Xu He felt a little distressed. Half of the gift money he received for the wedding was gone at once. He prayed that the mountain goods they received would sell well.