It's late at night and the moon is quiet.
Butcher Chen went home after selling meat at night. The meat in his burden had been sold out and only the bones were left.
He was thinking about going back to make bone soup and going to the market tomorrow to buy a two-foot red rope for his daughter. Suddenly, his body trembled and he realized that something seemed to be following him closely behind him.
Wolf? Or two?
Based on his many years of experience, Butcher Chen judged that the things behind him were two vicious wolves. He was so frightened that he quickly threw back the bones in his load.
Behind him, one wolf stopped after getting the bone, and the other wolf still followed. The butcher threw the bones again. The wolf that had got the bones stopped behind and the wolf that had got the bones before came up again.
After repeating this process several times, Butcher Chen's load had no bones left in it, and the two wolves chased him together, just like before.
Butcher Chen was very frightened, worried that he would be attacked by wolves from both sides. There are large wheat fields to fight, and the masters of the field have piled firewood in the wheat field to fight, covering them into a hill-like coverage.
So the butcher ran to rely on firewood pile under a pile of firewood, lay down his burden, and picked up the butcher's knife.
In the darkness, he saw a wolf that did not dare to step forward and stared at him with its faint eyes.
After a while, one wolf left directly, and the other squatted in front of him like a dog. After a while, he also left silently.
Butcher Chen was about to leave, when he turned to look behind the pile of firewood and found another wolf digging a hole, planning to enter from the passage and attack him from behind. Butcher Chen was so angry that he was filled with anger and fear. He grabbed the wolf's hind legs and raised his knife to chop off the wolf's thighs from behind!
Just as the knife was about to fall, suddenly, the evil wolf poked his head out of the haystack and said with a horrified look: "Didn't I just take a few of your bones? Is it necessary to kill someone?"
Butcher Chen was stunned on the spot. After a closer look, he found that the person in the haystack was not a wolf at all, but a... cute girl?
At the same time, a voice sounded from behind him: "Stop, I am Master Qingtian who is visiting in private!"
Butcher Chen turned around and saw a man holding a pile of meat bones in his hands. He stretched out his hands in a panic and made a stop motion.
Butcher Chen: "@#￥%￥#@......"
He has seen a lot of Mr. Qingtian, who pretends to be a wolf and defrauds the butcher of meat and bones. This is the first time he has seen him...
It's really a beast that can change and deceive a lot, how can it be like the ear of the great master in the sky?
Butcher Chen's cheeks twitched violently for a few times. When he saw clearly the official uniform Zhang Xiu was wearing, he hurriedly stepped forward to salute, dumbfounded: "I've seen Mr. Qingtian, a common man named Chen Guanxi. Others call me Butcher Chen. I never sell meat to the folks." He is a man with a lot of talent, and he is quite famous in Lanxi. Just now I thought I was being targeted by a wolf, and I was not sincerely going against the great master, so please forgive me."
Zhang Xiu breathed a sigh of relief and said: "Don't worry, I have a broad mind and won't be the same as you. You only need to chop two kilograms of lean meat, without a trace of fat, and then chop two kilograms of fat meat into mince, without any fat." A bit lean, and then two pounds of crispy bones chopped into pieces, not a trace of meat.
In this way, I will send you to the inn at five o'clock tomorrow, and I will forgive you. "
Butcher Chen: "..."
Otherwise, you should kill me! !
Butcher Chen couldn't laugh or cry. Suddenly, a bearded man appeared from the side, pulled Zhang Xiu away, bowed politely, showed his big white teeth, and said with a flattering look on his face: "He is joking with you, father-in-law." Don’t take it seriously!”
Butcher Chen: "@#￥%￥#@......"
Good guy, not only am I encountering difficulties from corrupt officials, but they are also trying to rob my daughter? ?
Do you really think that Chen Guanxi is a vegetarian? !
Seeing Butcher Chen's eyes were about to burst and he looked like he was about to fight for his life, Zhang Xiu quickly became serious and explained: "Today, I am busy with spring plowing. Seeing that it was getting late, I wanted to find a place to stay for one night. I happened to meet You, I just made a joke with you, don’t take it seriously.”
Butcher Chen was stunned for a moment, and then he remembered that today was indeed the day of spring plowing, and that the magistrate of Jinhua did indeed like to joke with people. He quickly put away the knife and said with a wry smile: "It turns out that it is really the Lord Qingtian in person. If the Lord If you don’t mind it, just go to my house and spend the night suffering.”
After a while, Zhang Xiu and others followed Butcher Chen to his home. The door of the house opened, and a girl with a beautiful face and a jade hairpin in a cloth skirt opened the door.
Seeing several people following her father, the girl said with a puzzled face: "Dad, these guests..."
Butcher Chen smiled and introduced: "This is Zhang Zhifu, the Qingtian Master of our Jinhua Mansion. Next to him is his friend."
Yan Feng looked at the girl, as if her soul had been taken away from her. He puffed up his chest, clasped his fists and said, "I am Yan Feng, whose ancestral home is Shushan. I am the chief arrester of Jinhua Mansion!"
Ao Xue puffed up her little chest and said imitatively: "I am Ao Xue, my ancestral home is the Huaihe River, and I am the Dragon King of the Huaihe River!"
With a burst of joy, the girl let the few people into the house, took the bones in the load, and skillfully stewed the bones on the stove, saying at the same time: "Please wait a moment, distinguished guests, I will cook for you."
Zhang Xiudao thanked him and looked around the room. He found several wolf skins hanging on the wall. It seemed that Butcher Chen walked a lot at night and encountered evil wolves frequently.
Sitting on the fire bed was an old lady with a kind face, who looked like Butcher Chen's wife.
Zhang Xiu went over to see the gift, sat on the fire bed and chatted with her about home affairs, and said with a smile: "Old man, will you live a long life this year?"
The old lady laughed and said with a tight mouth: "Not thin, more than a hundred pounds!"
Zhang Xiu was very happy and asked again: "Old lady, what do you think of the bearded man at the door? How old is your granddaughter? Is she ready to marry someone else?"
The old lady glanced at Yan Feng and covered her face shyly: "Old lady, I'm already ninety, so I can't get married again..."
Zhang Xiu's mouth twitched slightly, looking at the somewhat deaf old lady in front of him, he hesitated and said: "Then... let me ask Brother Yan if he is willing to marry you, old man?"
Yan Feng glared at Zhang Xiu fiercely, then took a few steps forward and flattered the girl to hand him the firewood. The girl blushed and lowered her head, looking shy.
Butcher Chen looked at his shy daughter, and then at Yan Feng who had a silly smile on his face. He felt as if the cabbage he had worked hard to raise for many years was about to be eaten by a long-haired wild boar. He looked at Yan Feng's face. , suddenly became a little bit more unkind.
At this moment, a loud wolf howl sounded, and Butcher Chen's expression suddenly changed. He picked up the knife and came to the door.
Zhang Xiu was shocked when he saw this: "Butcher Chen, forget it if you don't agree with this marriage, there is no need to use the knife!"
Butcher Chen's expression was solemn, and he turned around and said, "Sir, you don't know something. There is a den of vicious wolves near Lanxi River that specially eats pedestrians at night. After I killed a few of them, the remaining ones came to seek revenge from me. There will be a few of them every day. The horses come and howl near my house!”
Zhang Xiu frowned after hearing this: "Human life is at stake. The government doesn't care about this matter. Brother Yan, go out and take a look!"
Yan Feng nodded, feeling that his opportunity to show off had come, and immediately ducked outside the hospital.
Butcher Chen was not in a hurry to stop him, and said anxiously: "Sir, let him come back quickly, there seems to be a monster among those wolves!"
Zhang Xiu said calmly: "Don't worry, this Yan Baotou is a swordsman with a high level of cultivation. He is not..."
Before he finished speaking, Yan Feng's panicked voice suddenly sounded outside the yard: "Brother Zhang, save me!"
Zhang Xiu's smile froze, and he continued: "I'm a man who eats hard food."
(End of chapter)
