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 substances, the meat yield of live pigs is about 80%. Therefore, it is understandable that there is a price gap between live pigs and pork. For the wild boar that Zhu's father and others brought, the price given by the restaurant owner was 15 Wen per catty. The price exceeded the expectations of Zhu's father and his fourth uncle. It was half as expensive as the pigs raised at home, so they naturally agreed. The net weight of the wild boar was 268 kilograms. It should have been given 4020 Wen, but the shopkeeper gave it 4050 Wen for the sake of friendship, and gave him an extra 30 Wen. A total of more than 40 taels of silver was given, which was a small fortune. Of course, the shopkeeper earns more. A wild boar can make hundreds of delicacies and 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. Now seeing so much money all at once, the eldest aunt and the others' eyes widened, and they wanted to rush forward and hold all the money in their arms.
Zhu Ping'an's attention was not on the money, but on Zhu Pingjun, who should have followed 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! It's okay to run around and have fun, but if someone deceives you, it won't be bad. Based on Brother Jun's virtue, both possibilities are very high.
"Dad, where is Fourth Uncle, Brother Jun?" Worried, 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 found that Zhu Pingjun was missing.
Now the adults were worried, where did this naughty kid go? I remembered that there had been rumors of a kidnapping kid in the town before, and I couldn't help but get worried. Quickly put the broken silver and copper coins in the money bag, Zhu's father and others divided into several groups and hurried to find Zhu Pingjun, not daring to lose them.
After shouting several times, there was no response. The eldest aunt was so anxious that she almost cried.
Suddenly, Zhu Pingan saw a naughty child 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. They were both middle-aged and didn't look like good people. They were bargaining with the boss selling candied haws.
"Auntie, do you think that's Brother Jun?" Zhu Ping'an quickly called out to the 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. Looking at the middle-aged couple next to him, she 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, left Zhu Pingjun alone, dove into a small alley, and hurried away.
The eldest aunt pulled Zhu Pingjun into her arms and checked him several times. She took a deep breath after making sure that 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 truth without any logic.
While Zhu's father and his fourth uncle were busy negotiating prices with the restaurant owner and helping unload the wild boar, Zhu Pingjun was bored and counting ants next to the bullock cart. Then he heard someone telling a story in front of the teahouse nearby. It happened to be his favorite story about a hero who eliminated violence and brought peace to good people, so he walked over and listened.
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 left with him in a hurry.
Fortunately, Zhu Pingjun was greedy and saw that the manager of the candied haws stall asked someone to eat the candied haws. When the middle-aged couple was buying it, the sharp-eyed Zhu Pingan happened to spot it 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.
After almost a while, Zhu Pingjun was beaten until he whimpered and cried, his voice changed.
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 snot in his face, but after hearing these words, he suddenly became energetic.
He raised his head and looked at his aunt and asked quickly, "Where are you? Where is the hero?"
As a result, the eldest aunt gave me another beating with a black face...
Is this what children should do? The corners of Zhu Pingan's eyes twitched, something he couldn't learn from himself. Even if you think about it with your butt, it won't be like this.
Ms. Chen and the others quickly stopped her, fearing that the eldest aunt would be so angry that she almost vomited blood, 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 until he got home that the two middle-aged couples who had kindly taken him to apprentice just now were romantic partners. He muttered in his mouth that next time a hero must come so that he can follow him. If his voice hadn't been so low, 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. Ms. Chen was very dissatisfied with this. Her husband and eldest son had gone to great lengths to retrieve the wild boar, which was slightly injured. Why didn't they give them 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. Look better.
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