"Make a price for these dogs!"
The old man's words were very direct, and the butcher was not surprised.
After all, he brought a few dogs to his place at night. If they weren't here to sell them, they would be haunted.
At this time, the old man no longer looked like the old man who poured night fragrance. At some point, he turned into another image of a skinny old man.
It is strange that such a skinny old man can hold four big dogs.
You must know that dogs are quite smart. When you want to sell them, they can sometimes realize that they are being bought or sold.
Especially now, when the skinny old man led the four big dogs into the yard, the butcher could clearly see the fear in the eyes of the four big dogs and the trembling limbs.
It is obvious that these dogs may be aware that they may be slaughtered, or directly slaughtered.
But even though these dogs were aware that they would be slaughtered, no matter how frightened these dogs were, they had no intention of resisting. It was really strange!
Moreover, the butcher has been killing pigs, sheep and dogs all his life, so he can naturally tell at a glance how much the dog weighs, at least more than a hundred pounds.
Such big dogs, and there were four of them, knew they might be slaughtered but didn't dare to resist. It seemed that this old man was an expert in dog training despite being skinny.
But this is wrong!
An expert in dog training would be willing to sell the dog for meat.
I'm afraid that if it's not a dog trained by the gang leader, he will steal it and sell it for wine money!
But what does this have to do with him being a butcher?
"Old man, what kind of dog is this? Why is it so tall and covered with long hair?"
The skinny old man smiled and said: "This! They are all mastiff dogs from the plateau, and they weigh more than 100 pounds when they grow up.
These mastiffs are fierce beasts. Three mastiffs dare to fight a tiger!
Our owner bought these few, intending to use them for dog fighting, but he failed and bought a few cowards. They were so frightened that they peed before they even started!
The owner was so angry that he wanted to kill and bury these dogs!
The old man thought to himself, he also lacked money for drinks, so he brought you here!
Give me a price!
If it suits me, I’ll sell it! "
So it turned out that the butcher could see the fear in the eyes of these dogs. It turned out that they were frightened in the dog fighting ring and had gained so much meat in vain.
"If you skin this dog, remove the water and head, you may have sixty or seventy pounds of meat!
Old man, it seems that you are also knowledgeable. We set up a stall to sell meat, and dog meat is 20 cents!
According to industry regulations, we have to earn half of it, so if we accept it from you, we can only get 700 coins for a dog!
Of course, if you feel you need to weigh yourself, then we will weigh you!
But the over-weighing is the gross weight. The gross weight cannot be calculated as ten cents per catty, so I can only pay seven cents per catty. How about that? "
Naturally, it is impossible to pay such a low price for a dog. It costs less than ten cents per kilogram of gross weight. If the meat is estimated to be clean, it costs fourteen or five cents at least.
Moreover, this dog cannot only have six to seventy kilograms of meat. The current gross weight is at least one hundred and thirty-four. After removing the skin, internal organs and head, ten thousand should be enough to leave about eighty or ninety kilograms of meat.
But this is not the same as setting prices all over the place and paying back when you get there, so the butcher also waits for the skinny old man to pay back the price.
But he didn't expect it. The skinny old man was so happy that he nodded directly: "Okay, let's pay this price!"
He was so cheerful that he immediately stunned the butcher. Seeing that he didn't move, the skinny old man urged him: "What are you doing in a daze? Give me money!"
"Oh! Wait a moment, old man!"
Since the skinny old man was so happy, what else could the butcher say? Is it cheap to make money?
So he went into the house and asked the woman to count 2,800 cash, wrap it in a piece of cloth and take it out.
"Old man, these 2,800 copper coins are all here. This 2,800 copper coins weighs at least twenty kilograms. Can you, old man, carry it back?"
The butcher said kindly.
It’s business!
This is how we maintain it step by step. Business is done with integrity, and it is more sophistication.
Of course, selling dog meat as mutton does not count. The world is difficult, and he is just making a living, so the butcher said in his heart.
"It doesn't matter, it doesn't matter. If it's twenty kilograms of bricks and tiles, it might be a bit difficult for the old man to lift them.
But if it is twenty pounds of copper coins, it is very light for an old man! "
After saying that, the skinny old man picked up the bag of copper coins easily with one hand, weighed it, it seemed to be enough, and then he picked it up and planned to leave.
Unexpectedly, the butcher stopped him: "Old man, why don't you count?
Two coins plus eight hundred wen, I won't recognize it when I leave the house! "
The skinny old man chuckled twice: "Don't worry, there is a real difference, you don't have to admit it!"
After saying that, he left. The butcher watched him go further and further away, and then disappeared into the night.
Back in the yard, he looked at the four big dogs in front of him, pondered for a moment and then said to himself: "Kill one first and divide it, then hang a sheep head and sell it as mutton!"
Hey hey hey, these four dogs can make us earn thousands more! "
His words made the four dogs tremble in fear. They opened their mouths to speak, but the sound they made unexpectedly was similar to the whine of a defeated dog after a dog loses a fight.
The butcher naturally ignored the fear of such dogs. If the fighting spirit of these dogs was still there, even if they were so big, they would stay and think about reselling them at a good price.
But the dog's fighting spirit is gone, so there's no need to pity it. Just kill it and eat its meat.
So he picked up the newly sharpened knife and walked towards the four dogs, three black dogs and one white dog. The white dog was particularly conspicuous.
In this case, let's keep the black dog for a few days and kill the white one first today.
Just as he grabbed the white dog by the neck and pulled it out, and was about to give it a knife, suddenly a voice came from outside the courtyard.
"If you don't want to get involved in a life-threatening lawsuit, put down your knife!"
In the middle of the night, there was such a sudden sound that even the brave butcher was startled.
Looking back, it turned out to be a young man wearing a civilian soldier's robe and walking in with a long sword in his hand.
"It turns out to be Mr. Cha!"
The butcher hurriedly greeted him with a smile: "Master Chai is a bit unfamiliar! Are you still busy at night?
Thank you for your hard work. I will kill this dog in a while and leave the fattest piece for you! "
This is the humane sophistication that butchers have always insisted on. For people in the officialdom, even if they can't make as much as they make in a day or two in a month, they still greet them with a smile and occasionally cut a piece of meat for them.
Especially for strangers like these, who have obviously never been in contact with before, it is even more important to establish a good relationship with them.
But he didn't expect that the young Minzhuang in front of him would not accept the favor, but said coldly: "I don't dare to ask for your meat. You can't touch these four dogs now!"
Moreover, you have to take these four dogs with me to the Yamen! "
This time the butcher was no longer willing to speak politely and said: "This poor man, you are new here!
I don’t even look at the place in the autumn wind. Do you think my butcher shop can be so stable if there is no one behind it?
Besides, the four dogs I took in cost three or four thousand dollars. How could I just tell you to take them away and let you take them away?
Don't think that just by wearing a military robe, you can dominate. You are just a strong man, in charge of the city gates, prisons and grain depots.
If you are a police officer in charge of the market, I will give you three thumbs up!
I'm just a strong man, can you take care of me?
Behind me is the office clerk..."
The butcher, who was still chattering, suddenly felt a chill coming over the young man in military robes in front of him. He suddenly had the illusion that he was facing a colorful tiger, which made him unable to kill him. The butcher, who knew how many pigs there were, was so frightened that he could not speak.
The young man glanced at him, pointed at the four big dogs and said something incredible.
"These four dogs are not dogs, they are people!"
This sentence brought the frightened butcher out of his fear. You are so funny!
This is obviously a dog, but you insist on saying it's a human. Do you think I haven't read a book and don't know what it means to refer to a deer as a horse?
I’ve also heard of storytelling, right?
Unexpectedly, this young man actually looked at the four dogs and said, "I know you are human and can understand what I say, but this butcher doesn't know that.
Now, if you are human, nod your head three times. "
The scene of talking to a few dogs so seriously was very strange at night. The butcher's assistant walked in from outside the yard and was about to start work, and happened to see this scene.
What made the waiter and the butcher even more devastated was that the four dogs actually nodded with tears in their eyes, and the amplitude was large, and the most important thing was exactly three times.
Exactly three times for each dog, no more, no less!
The butcher looked at the young civilian soldier in front of him in horror, and confirmed with him in a trembling voice: "Are these four dogs really humans?"
