Chapter 419: Looking for a Young Master
There was no lantern hanging outside the courtyard door, but Hong Xiaoduo could see clearly because the person who knocked on the door was carrying a lantern.
The person carrying the lantern is an old man in his fifties or sixties, and next to him is another man in his forties, carrying a sack on his back and holding two sheep in his hands?
"Are you two looking for shopkeeper Yang? Then you have to go to the inn, others can't stay here." Hong Xiaoduo told kindly.
"Little lady, we are not looking for shopkeeper Yang, but a young master. When he was shopping for vegetables in the evening, he was looking for mutton." The old man explained.
ah? Tianxuan?
Hong Xiaoduo remembered that on the road the day before, he had said that if he found a suitable yard to stay, he would buy some mutton for barbecue.
We ate here twice along the way and everyone liked it very much. We also liked the mutton pot and mutton stuffed dumplings.
"Mutton? What about you?" Hong Xiaoduo pointed to the sheep in the man's hand in confusion.
"Oh, we can kill them now. Let the young master choose which one. My son also brought the guy who slaughtered the sheep." The old man said again.
Still carrying something like this? Hong Xiaoduo held back her laughter and asked again: "The young master said he wanted a whole sheep?"
"The young master said he wanted at least twenty pounds. Don't worry, young lady. After slaughtering it, what do you want?" It doesn't matter how many kilograms it is, we'll take the rest and we will clean it up after the slaughter." The old man's tone was a little cautious, for fear that Hong Xiaoduo would refuse and drive him away.
The man leading the sheep never spoke, and kept observing Hong Xiaoduo's reaction.
"The relationship is good, old man, wait a moment, let me ask and confirm." After Hong Xiaoduo finished speaking, he blew a whistle with his hand to his mouth, and the sound of fast footsteps came from behind.
"Hey, why isn't there that young master?" The old man looked at the children who were running out, looked around quickly, and became a little nervous.
The next moment, the old man's eyes suddenly lit up, he pointed behind Hong Xiaoduo and said, "That young master is with this young master."
"What's going on?" Quan Jinghuai stepped forward and asked. .
"When you two went shopping in the evening, Tianxuan was looking for mutton?" Hong Xiaoduo asked.
Hearing this, Quan Jinghuai nodded and his eyes fell on the man holding the sheep outside the door. He saw something in the man's robe.
Quan Jinghuai told her what happened at that time, focusing on telling Hong Xiaoduo that he did not notice these two people at the time, and Tianxuan did not mention living here to anyone.
Hong Xiaoduo also briefly learned about the situation from Quan Jinghuai, and then smiled and said to the old man: "Old man, are you so good at doing business?
I just heard someone on the side The half-grown children took it seriously when they said they wanted to buy mutton, but how did you find it here? "Is it necessary to sell mutton like this?
“Little missy, we are not bad people. The owner of the meat stall where the young master buys ribs is a distant relative of my family. He passed by here in the afternoon and happened to see you moving in.
I know. My family is in a hurry for money, and when I heard the young master talking about buying mutton, he wanted to help us." The old man explained quickly.
So that’s what happened. Hong Xiaoduo nodded and asked, “Do you live far away from here?”
"Not far, not far, we'll be there in about a quarter of an hour." The old man responded quickly, but he couldn't tell from her words whether she wanted the mutton or not.
"Old man, look at it this way, we want this sheep, and the money will be given to you now. However, it is best to come over tomorrow to slaughter it. It is a bit late today, is that feasible?" Hong Xiaoduo asked. When the old man heard this, he immediately said: "Okay, okay, there's no need to give me the money now. Madam, let's see which animal you want for meat. This sheep will stay here tonight, and we will come over tomorrow to slaughter it."
"Old man, if I don't give you the money now, why don't you feel free to keep the sheep? Aren't you afraid that we won't accept the credit tomorrow?" Hong Xiaoduo asked with a smile.
After the old man heard Hong Xiaoduo say yes and made sure that the business was stable, he felt completely at ease and relaxed. He said with a smile: "Don't worry, I can live in Shopkeeper Yang's house. Of course he is a good person.”
This shows that Shopkeeper Yang is a very prestigious person here, and Shopkeeper Yang's character is recognized.
“Little lady, keep whichever sheep you want for meat.” The person leading the sheep finally spoke, and he could hear that he was very happy in his tone.
"Brother, why don't we keep these two? We can eat them even if we leave after the New Year." Hong Xiaoduo turned to ask the person beside him.
When Quan Jinghuai heard this, he turned to look at her and said to himself, why are you still discussing with me about the two sheep? Make it look like I have the final say? Obviously you heard that people were eager to use their money and wanted to do something good to help them, so you already made the decision to keep two of them!
"Well, let's keep them all." Quan Jinghuai complained in his heart, but he still cooperated and gave the correct response.
After hearing this, the two people looked at each other, both of them unable to believe their ears.
“You heard me right, we want both sheep, the whole one, instead of waiting for you to kill and then just buy part of the meat. So, how much do these two sheep cost?” Hong Xiao Duo thought that her eyes were bright and she would never see the wrong person. There was really something going on at home between these two people and they were in urgent need of money.
The two people selling sheep are a father and son. They originally thought that if they could sell ten or twenty kilograms of mutton this time, it would be a big gain. But they didn’t expect that the other party would actually renovate the sheep. Still want two sheep!
Although the Chinese New Year is just around the corner, there are still very few people buying mutton in the market. In addition, there are many people who are eager to sell some poultry and livestock before the year and change their money to celebrate the New Year. Therefore, if a sheep is slaughtered and sold in the market, even if one sheep is sold for a few days, it may not be sold out.
I am really lucky. I have collected half of my money by selling these two sheep.
"Little lady, right now in town, the price of a sheep is about one, two or three taels of silver. It mainly depends on the portion. If you want two, can I charge you two and a half taels of silver?" The old man discussed with his son in a low voice. Finally, he asked tentatively.
"Two taels and a half silver, no problem." Hong Xiaoduo responded, reaching for his waist and feeling empty.
Suddenly I remembered that when I was resting in the afternoon, I took it off and put it next to my pillow because I thought it was in the way. When I got up, I was thinking about the evening, so I didn't hang it up.
"Whoever pays the sheep money first will pay it back to you later." Hong Xiaoduo asked the little guys around him.
Yu Heng and others immediately went through their pockets, but Tianji was quick and gave the money to the old man.
"Thank you, little lady. Let's come over tomorrow. When is the right time?" The old man gave the money to his son and put it away, then asked himself.
"Well, it doesn't have to be too early or too late." Hong Xiaoduo said simply.
After the father and son left, Hong Xiaoduo and others also closed the door and walked back. When they arrived at the dining room, A Ping was putting the last dish on the table.
Tianxuan took off her apron and asked: "I was just going to find you. What's the matter?"
Aping, who was pretending to straighten his chair, also pricked up his ears to listen...< br>