When Butcher He's wife saw the twenty taels of silver, she couldn't help but feel moved.
Although he relied on his unique skills in killing pigs, Butcher He had accumulated a lot of wealth over the years, built a shop, started a family, and lived a happy life.
But his family wasn't rich enough to ignore twenty taels of silver, and Lu Jing said it was just a deposit.
So Butcher He's wife swallowed her saliva and asked again, "How much money do you plan to spend on learning your skills?"
"Three hundred taels, maybe." Lu Jing said a price that Butcher He's wife couldn't refuse.
However, the latter also had doubts in his heart, "Three hundred taels is not a small amount. It can already provide an ordinary person with food and clothing for a lifetime. Why do you spend so much money to learn to kill pigs despite living a comfortable life... Tell the truth." You, making money in this industry is really hard work, and you need to work early and stay late.
"Besides, this skill can't be learned in a day or two. I don't know how long it will take to earn back your capital of three hundred taels of silver."
"It doesn't matter," Lu Jingdao, "I will give you the money to learn this thing. As for whether I can make money in the future, that is my own business."
Later, in order to make Butcher He's wife really believe that he had three hundred taels of silver, Lu Jing took out two more silver notes from his arms and handed them to her for inspection.
After seeing the banknote, Butcher He's wife was convinced again, but she still did not agree. After returning the banknote to Lu Jing, she sighed and said, "Hey, you come in first."
While talking, he finally opened the wooden door.
Lu Jing walked into the butcher shop and looked around. The first thing that caught his eye was a large chopping board with a boning knife inserted on it and polished to a sharp edge.
In addition, there are knives for chopping stuffing, iron hooks for hanging meat, lotus leaves and straw ropes for tying the stuffing, and other items.
Because the smell in the shop was not very pleasant, Lu Jing didn't stay long. He took a quick look and followed Butcher He's wife to the small courtyard behind the butcher shop.
This is also where Butcher He and his family live.
As soon as Lu Jing passed through the back door of the butcher shop, he saw a seven-foot-tall strong man drinking alone in the yard.
He seemed to be very drunk, his eyes were straight, but he still poured bowl after bowl of rice wine from the jar into his stomach. It looked like he didn't intend to stop until he was completely drunk.
Upon seeing this, Butcher He's wife stepped forward and tried to snatch the wine bowl from his hand, but was pushed away by him roughly.
Then Butcher He's wife turned to Lu Jing and said, "Look, it's not that I don't want him to teach you, the main thing is... the main thing is that he just wakes up and drinks every day, and he doesn't want to do anything else."
"Why did he become like this?" Lu Jing asked.
"About half a month ago, he drove his car to collect pigs from a nearby village. When he came back, it rained heavily and the road was slippery. The man and his car overturned down the mountain. Fortunately, the mountain was not too steep, so his life was not seriously affected. , but he hit his head when he rolled down, and he forgot some things after he came back."
"You don't mean to say that he has forgotten how to kill a pig, right?" Lu Jing's expression became a little strange.
Butcher He's wife nodded, "Since then, other things have gone well, but he has forgotten a lot about killing pigs. He felt awkward no matter how he used the knife, and he no longer had the smooth flow as before, so he decided to wash his hands. Done.
"So if you want to learn how to kill pigs with him, you have to wait and see when he can remember it again." Butcher He's wife was about to continue talking, but Butcher He suddenly shouted, "Where's the wine? The wine is over there. Come get the wine for Sajia!"
Then he threw the empty wine jar to the ground. Seeing that he was about to throw dishes again, his wife had to bring him another jar of rice wine, and then he calmed down again.
When Lu Jing saw this, he was very sensible and did not stay any longer. He said goodbye and left.
From this point of view, Butcher He was suffering from a normal case of amnesia, but he was unlucky and happened to forget that he was making money for his own business.
Seeing that there were no more new clues here, Lu Jing went to Ma Bancheng's mansion again.
Compared to He Butcher's butcher shop, Ma Bancheng, as the richest man in Lingyang County, his mansion is not so easy to get into.
However, Lu Jing had caught up with the special moment. Ma Bancheng offered a huge reward in the city to find a doctor who could treat his mother's illness.
So Lu Jing went to buy a medicine box, and then found a Taoist robe. He temporarily played a guest role as a wandering doctor, successfully sneaked into the Ma Mansion, and later showed off his medical skills in front of everyone.
He fed Mrs. Liu the Qi-boosting pills that could be found everywhere on the roadside, and then secretly used his internal power to sort out Mrs. Liu's meridians. As a result, Mrs. Liu, who had been bedridden, actually sat up from the bed and wanted to drink porridge.
Ma Bancheng was overjoyed and immediately rewarded Lu Jing with two gold ingots without saying a word. Then he told Lu Jing to cure his mother, and he would definitely thank him again.
Unfortunately, his request was beyond the capabilities of Lu Jing, a fake doctor.
Lu Jing did not know medical skills, but he had carefully studied the knowledge related to meridians in order to practice martial arts. He could see that Liu's disease did not come suddenly as Ma Bancheng said, but more like he had been ill for a long time, and his whole body The meridians above and below have shrunk.
In medical terms, it is late stage.
So it's not surprising that she is so sick. What's strange is that she didn't show it much before and could still eat and move normally. She even went out with Ma Bancheng to a nearby hill just three months ago. Climbed the mountain.
Lu Jing found out about this from Liu's personal maid. To be on the safe side, he also checked with other people in the house.
According to those people's words, Liu's complexion was indeed very good just seven days ago, but it was only recently that his condition deteriorated rapidly.
This also puzzled Lu Jing, and later he suggested going to the kitchen to have a look.
Ma Bancheng was already treating Lu Jing like a living god, and he agreed to all his requests, so Lu Jing entered the kitchen without much effort.
Lu Jing also checked not only the large kitchen in Ma's house, but also the small stove for Mr. Liu, and found nothing unusual. In addition, Ma Bancheng's nervousness about his mother did not seem to be fake. Lu Jing Finally, the possibility of poisoning was ruled out.
Afterwards, he declined Ma Bancheng's kind offer to stay and found an excuse to sneak out of Ma's house. By the way, he also got Ma Bancheng's handwritten letter to Zhang Yuanwai.
In the handwritten letter, Ma Bancheng highly praised Lu Jing's medical skills, and only praised him as if Hua Tuo was still alive and Bian Que was reborn. In this way, Lu Jing could use the excuse of seeing a doctor to get close to the little boy who was locked up at home by Zhang Yuanwai. Wife, if she really got something crazy.
