Chapter 55: Patting Flowers
By the time a 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 but not slaughtered) is 10 cents per catty. After all, the cost of slaughtering live pigs and removing blood, sewers, etc. The rate is about 80%, so it is understandable that there is a gap in the price of 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 was supposed to be following 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, fourth uncle, where is Brother Jun?" Worried, Zhu Pingan interrupted the adults surrounding Yinzi and reminded them that Zhu Pingjun was missing.
"Jun'er is with us." Halfway through his words, the fourth uncle swallowed it back alive. He also found that Zhu Pingjun was missing.
Now the adults were worried, where did this naughty kid go? I remembered that there were rumors in the town that there had been a kidnapping by a flower girl, 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 his eldest aunt who had no master.
"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 but be shocked. He shouted and ran over.
The eldest aunt's voice attracted Father Zhu and his fourth uncle who were looking for him not far away, and they ran here together.
The middle-aged couple over there who were bargaining with the candied haws-lub seller saw that the situation was not going well, left Zhu Pingjun alone, dove into a small alley and ran away quickly.
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.
At this time, the adults had 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 story without any logic.
While Father Zhu and his fourth uncle were busy negotiating prices with the restaurant owner and helping unload the wild boars, Zhu Pingjun was bored and counting ants beside 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.
This is a middle-aged couple, well, they are the same couple who slipped away just now. They told Zhu Pingjun that there happened to be a hero visiting their home, and they also said that Zhu Pingjun had strange bones. He must be a martial arts wizard, and he said he would take Zhu Pingjun to apprentice with the hero.
That's right, Zhu Pingjun immediately left with him in a hurry.
Fortunately, Zhu Pingjun was greedy and saw the man in charge of the candied haws stall asking for some candied haws. When the middle-aged couple was buying it, he was spotted by the sharp-eyed Zhu Ping'an, 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.
For almost a while, Zhu Pingjun was beaten so hard that he whimpered and 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 the aunt and asked quickly, "Where are you, where is the hero?"
As a result, the aunt gave me another beating with a black face and a crackling sound.
Is this what children should do? The corners of Zhu Ping'an'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 hurriedly stopped, fearing that the eldest aunt, who was so angry that she almost vomited blood, would kill her, 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 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 Pingan dumped a large basket of rags on the ground, took out the 270 coins he had hidden in the rags from selling honeysuckle and gave them to Mrs. Chen , Chen's face looks better. (End of this chapter)