Chapter 229: Pretending to Be Tough
oftly into her ear.'...hiss...'Yang Ruqing gasped, and goosebumps erupted all over her body.She gave him a quick, startled squeeze on the arm like a frightened rabbit."You little punk dared to mess wi...Meanwhile, Lao Yang wasn't idle either. Both sides started to haggle.
Yang Ruqing was not interested in the haggling. Seeing that it was getting windy, she turned and went back into the house to get a blanket for Yang Huazhong.
By the time she turned around, they should have reached an agreement on the price over at the pigpen and started tying up the pigs for weighing.
“Weighing two hundred and ten kilograms!”
Over there, Mr. Chen the butcher called out.
Hearing the price Chen, the butcher, quoted – every catty now cost one more penny – Lao Yang's head was filled with joy.
He was beaming and instructed his eldest son, Yang Hua'an, who was grinning beside him: "Eldest, you have read the most books here, come calculate this sum for me!"
"Hey!"
Yang Hu an shook his sleeves, revealing a pair of plump hands.
Both hands are busy, fingers counting and eyes rolling, muttering to themselves...
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Here, Yang Ruohua twitched the corners of her mouth.
Just like my uncle, he's like a fortune teller...
This account is a bit hard for someone who hasn't been to school to understand.
For those who have studied, this is very straightforward.
The grandfather explicitly asked my uncle to settle this account, clearly wanting him to appear subservient in front of everyone!
Over there, Yang Huayan hadn't figured out the result yet, but Chen the butcher blurted it out.
“Yang Lao Da, forget it. It weighs 210 jin, and it costs nine wen per jin, so that's a total of 1,890 wen!”
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“Ah”
Yang Hu'an's mental calculation was interrupted. He opened his mouth and stared blankly at Chen the butcher.
Yang Ruqing shook her head secretly.
Uncle, this is a little too much...
She was also drunk!
Over there, Lao Yang's face was a little ashamed. He glared at Yang Huai'an and said angrily, "There's nothing for you here, go to the front room and tell your mother, she's waiting for you!"
"Hey!"
Yang Huainan blushed, his face flushed red, and he walked away dejectedly.
Here, Lao Yang instructed Yang Huaming and Yang Huazhou to help drive the fat pig onto the truck parked outside.
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As the crowd dispersed, Lao Yang stopped when he passed by Yang Huazhong.
"Old Three, later when we kill the pig and get the pig's blood from Mr. Chen the butcher, let us scoop some home to cook. I'll also have them send a bowl over to you guys!"
"Hey, thank you Father!" Yang Huazhong said.
"Haha, it's nothing. Just relax and enjoy the sunshine here. I'm going over there!"
"Well, Father, goodbye!"
In the yard, Xia An, who was playing, heard the adults' words and raised her head to ask Yang Ruohqing, "Sister, can pig blood be eaten"
Yang Ruqing smiled and patted Xiao An's tiger head.
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"Of course, I can! Wait till the pig blood arrives at noon, sister will make a bowl of pig blood noodles for you, guaranteed to be delicious!"
Yay!
Xiao An happily agreed with a smile and turned around to play with his mud.
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The front courtyard's east wing entrance.
Wangcai ran all over the yard chasing that old cat, and when he caught it, he pounced on it and bit it fiercely.
Snatching and tugging, excitedly wagging its tail.
Yang Huamei stood aside, chuckling and bending over as she cracked melon seeds.
Tan sat at the foot of the wall doing needlework, occasionally looking up at Yang Huamei, a doting smile on her wrinkled face.
Mrs. Liu stood on the side with a large belly, arguing with Mrs. Tan about taking credit for something.
“Mother, elder brother just said that our pig weighs two hundred and ten jin, and it can be sold for one thousand eight hundred and ninety wen. Of this, Mother should reward me with ninety wen!” Liu shi said.
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Tan lifted her eyelids and glanced at Liu.
As usual, if he had heard such words, Tan would have spat out a mouthful of phlegm.
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Today, he sold a fat pig for a good price, and Tan Shi was in a good mood.
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"Old Fourth's family, how do you say this Why do you need to pay ninety wen" Tan Shi asked Liu Shi with a smile that wasn't quite a smile.
“Before the division of property, feeding the pigs was your third sister-in-law’s responsibility, and cleaning the pigpen was your eldest sister-in-law’s.” Tan continued.
After the split, feeding the pigs and cleaning their pens was all done by your sister-in-law. You've never even come close to the pigpen. Where did this ninety wen come from
Hearing Tan's question, Liu's eyes flickered. She leaned closer and whispered, "Elder sister-in-law is stubborn. Seeing that we are selling the pig today, she wants to save a meal of pig feed."
“I went over and scooped several buckets of it to feed that big, fat pig. The pig must have eaten ten or so pounds!”
“Nine ounces for a jin, ten jins wouldn’t be ninety ounces! Mother, don’t you think I’ve done a good job” Liu acted as if she was very pleased with herself.
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A flicker of unease crossed Tan's face.
"I ask you, how many hours have you been feeding that fat pig" asked Mrs. Tan.
Liu counted with her fingers, "Less than an hour."
Less than an hour
Tan's face changed abruptly.
Tan Shi ground her back teeth until they creaked, and smiled at Liu Shi: "You have really done a good job. Come here, and I will reward you—"
Liu truly leaned her face forward.
"Bang bang bang"—
Tan grabbed half a sole of a thousand-layer shoe from her hand and slapped Liu's face repeatedly.
"Aw!"
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Mrs. Liu cried out, covering her face and jumping to the side.
“Mother, why are you hitting me” She was so wronged.
Tan stood up and spat a mouthful of phlegm onto Liu's feet.
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"With your little bit of intelligence, you think you can outsmart everyone else" Tan Shi crossed her arms and scolded angrily.
Each line has its own way. We sell live pigs, we can't feed them overnight, we have to sell them on an empty stomach!
“Lazy and incompetent woman, you're going to ruin our Yang family! I'll settle the score with you later!”
After saying that, Tan followed after him to the front yard with her small feet in a fluster of anger.
Liu remained frozen in place, her face burning with pain and shock. She was speechless.
In the front yard, Tan chased after Old Yang to his doorstep. The pig was already bound and placed on a cart pushed by Butcher Chen.
Chen the butcher was talking to Old Yang, both of them with flushed faces.
Tan, however, stormed over with a face as dark as thunder, grabbed Lao Yang's head, and dragged him back towards the main entrance of Lao Yang's house.
“I was talking to someone, how can you be so disrespectful”
Lao Yang was dragged into the room, still grumpy.
Tan lowered her voice and said irritably, "There are still those who don't know the rules behind! It gives me a headache!"
"What do you mean" Old Yang asked in surprise.
“Your four daughters-in-law, being clever for nothing, fed the fat pig with pig food…” said Madam Tan.
"What"
Old Yang's eyes nearly popped out of his head when he heard this.
"When did it happen Was it three hours ago" Old Yang hurriedly asked.
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"More than an hour," said Tan.
"Oh dear!" Old Yang exclaimed, his face immediately clouded over.
Every line has its own rules.
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For buying and selling live pigs, the pigs awaiting sale cannot be fed overnight.
In the ten-mile eight-village area of Mianshan Mountain, everyone has to follow these rules.
> "After more than an hour, that pig feed is probably still stuck in the pig's stomach." Lao Yangtou said with a furrowed brow.
"When butcher Chen turned the pig over and opened its belly, he saw the feed inside. Our Yang family is doomed to be ridiculed!"
Old Yang sighed, his eyes flashing with rapidly changing emotions.
When Tan saw Lao Yang's appearance, she knew he was thinking of a way to remedy the situation. She wisely kept silent.轉碼失敗！請您使用右上換源切換源站閱讀或者直接前往源網站進行閱讀！