Chapter 46: Changing Faces
Zhiniang's father's face surprised Sun Dan. He stood still and looked up at his father-in-law.
Butcher Wan was picking a pig's leg bone with a knife, and his son was helping with one leg. After all, he was disabled and slow. Butcher Wan slapped his son on his back and said angrily: "You useless plague, if you ask you to shave your bones, it will take your life. For so many years, you have eaten and used me, and you went out like a stream of white water. Now you have grown up, but it is useless. You waste three meals of white rice a day. You are so slapping these two thigh bones, wrap them with lotus leaves, and give them to my baby daughter, and your son-in-law will go home to stew the soup."
"Dad!" Brother Zhiniang snorted dissatisfiedly, but his eyes were not bad and he stared at Sun Tan with kindness.
Sun Dan didn't care about the hostility in Wanli's eyes, but the enthusiasm of Wan Butcher made him wary.
"Hello Dad." Zhiniang greeted in a low voice: "Hello brother."
"Hmph." Wanli let out a muffled groan.
"Okay, all are fine." Butcher Wan responded with a smile, his eyes narrowed into a slit, and he looked at Zhiniang up and down: "Daughter, on the day you just had a full moon, I spent ten cents to invite a fortune teller to show you. The monk said that you have good fortune in your destiny and is a great appearance of great wealth. Haha, that guy was right, who are you? I am the seed of my butcher Wan, so he naturally looks rich and noble. How about it, I'm right."
Zhiniang thought that her father knew that Sun Dan had made a lot of money in the past two months, and now she was praised by her father, and she was also happy: "What is the matter with Dad? Sun Lang and I are just small families, so I can be satisfied if I can get a bite of hot food."
"What kind of small family, small family?" Butcher Wan suddenly opened his eyes, squinting his eyes. His eyes were like two round copper coins, and he could have been the first in the county examination. Now, the whole county town has spread all over the county. It is said that a young talented man from the Sun family will sooner or later pass the imperial examination, become a master. Haha, in the future, my son-in-law will become a master, and my daughter will naturally be a wife, and I can enjoy the happiness of being an old man."
Zhiniang hurriedly said, "It's not like that, Daddy, you've got it wrong."
"What's wrong, what's wrong?" Butcher Wan laughed and wrapped two pig leg bones with lotus leaves that were so shredded that they couldn't see a little bit of pork and stuffed them into Zhiniang's hand: "Take it back and stew the soup, it's been a pain for you in the past two years."
Next to him, Brother Zhiniang was unhappy: "Dad, these two leg bones were promised to be left to the Gongjia noodle shop for soup. You gave them to Zhiniang, how can you explain to others later?"
"Explanation, just give me a lot." Butcher Wan shouted angrily: "I know you can't stand your sister living a good life. What are you? You are my seed, but your sister is not my seed? They are all my heart flesh, and I feel sorry for anyone. Don't say two bones. Even if I give her the meat and property of my place, it's just my word. It's not your turn to be a face or a slut."
Zhiniang heard her father say such thoughtful words, her eyes turned red: "Thank you, Dad."
Sun Dan sneered in his heart. He understood that this old husband heard that he had won the first place and was optimistic about his future, but now he has come to please him.
Let's see how he performs.
The Wanjia Meat Case was very lively, and some troublemakers had already surrounded him and watched the fun.
Zhiniang took the pig bones and whispered: "Dad has misunderstood. Although the first place in the county exam is also called Sun Dan, it is my Sun Lang, but another Sun family with the same name and surname."
"No, good daughter, you won't lie to your father, are you?" Butcher Wan still didn't believe it.
"That's the truth." Zhiniang felt embarrassed and said, "Dad, don't forget, Sun Lang is ignorant, how could he take the exam? How could he get the first place?"
"Ah!" Butcher Wan was stunned and thought that this was indeed the reason. He slapped his forehead suddenly: "I'm confused, confused, how could a blind man get the first place in the exam? I'm so embarrassed."
The people watching the fun next to him started to cheer: "Lao Wan, you want to be the father-in-law of a scholar and think crazy, and you don't think about what kind of guy you are. You just want to be rich and powerful as a knife maker who kills pigs?"
Everyone was coaxing each other together, but Butcher Wan was very embarrassed. When he looked up, he saw Sun Dan standing there with a sarcastic smile on his lips.
When Wan Butcher saw it, it didn't matter. The more he looked at Sun Dan, the more he disliked him. An evil fire broke out in his heart.
He said with a stern face, "Zhi Niang, I forgot if your elder brother didn't say it. The pig leg bones urged me tightly from the Gong Family Noodle Shop. I can't regret it even if I promised someone else. You should give me this bone."
"Give it to me." Zhiniang's elder brother Wanli suddenly stretched out his hand, snatched the lotus leaves in Zhiniang's hand, and sneered: "Do you really think you are a wife, and you also want to stew the soup and enjoy it?"
"You..." Tears suddenly burst out from Zhi Niang's eyes.
This sudden scene calmed down the audience.
"It hurts so much, so hurts!" Sun Dan was furious and said to himself: "This old and a young man is really hateful. Is there anyone who acts like this? If I don't find this place back today, would I really think that my husband and I can bully you?"
He didn't say nonsense, walked up to him and pulled Kaizhiniang, stared at Wan Butcher quietly, and said lightly: "Old Taishan, have you done your business?"
"What, just go by, you waste." Butcher Wan threw the two leg bones on the chopping board disdainfully: "I want to eat my pork, buy the money, don't think about making a decision."
"Yes, don't think about striking our Wan family." Wanli interrupted at the right time.
"Hehe, you don't feel sorry for your daughter, or your biological sister. My Sun Tan still feels sorry for your women!" Sun Tan smiled, ignored the father and son, walked to another meat case next to him, and threw a silver over: "Boss Zhou, here are two taels of silver, how much pork can you cut?"
"Two taels of silver are enough to buy 150 kilograms of meat." The butcher Zhou next to him hurriedly replied that the prices in the middle of the Ming Dynasty were extremely low, and a kilo of pork was only thirteen cents. This street is the main distribution center of agricultural and sideline products in Zouping County, and there are many dealers selling pigs and ducks. Butcher Zhou is the main competitor of the butcher Wan's business. Today, when he saw such a big business coming, he was also happy and hurriedly replied respectfully.
"I can't use so much, I'll go back to the Sun Mansion soon. In this way, this ingot of silver will be temporarily here. You send half a pound of meat to my house and hand it over to my wife until all the money is spent. By the way, if there is a good water supply, I will also send it to me. My wife is in poor health and needs to be nourished with meat." Sun Dan said with a smile: "The same thing, my wife is in love with her, and others can't count on it. I, Sun Dan, never thought about whom I would like to count on."
"Okay, don't worry." Butcher Zhou sang a promise loudly and shouted to his apprentice beside him: "It's so quick, Boss Sun takes care of my business. Please be diligent and give me half a pound of the best front-clip leg meat to the Sun family."
"Get the bird!" The apprentice knew that Butcher Zhou was willing to find bad luck for Butcher Wan, so he responded long.
The Butcher Wan's face was blue and white, and suddenly snorted and shouted, "Old Zhou, I don't know what kind of family my son-in-law is. I suddenly took out these two taels of silver, not to mention that it was fake. Nowadays, many people are adulterating in the silver. As friends for many years, don't say I didn't remind you."
Butcher Zhou sneered: "Thank you for your concern. Lao Zhou has touched more silver than I have eaten. My eyes are poisonous. Once you pass the silver, you will know how good it is. This is full of snowflakes. Why? Lao Zhou doesn't believe it. Oh, I understand. You have never seen full of silver on weekdays and have no eyesight. Today I will open your eyes." After that, he lifted the bone knife and slashed it.
"Dang!", the silver ingot was cut into two pieces with one knife. The broken mouth was flashing with a round light unique to silver.
The onlookers laughed: "It's indeed a perfect silver."
The Butcher Wan stopped talking, his face was so gloomy that it was about to drip out of water.
Sun Dan was naturally not interested in caring whether his father-in-law was in a beautiful mood. He took out his arms and took out his silver in the market to buy it. He placed an order for the duck seller and chicken seller, and arranged the food for the month of Zhiniang's work properly. Then he left slowly with his hands behind his back.
After careful calculation, four taels of silver were gone like this.
Seeing that Sun Dan made a bold move, the onlookers suddenly became a little awe-inspiring, and silently flashed out a passage to watch Sun Dan and Zhiniang leave. Then they gathered together and whispered: "It seems that Sun Dan has been sent."
"Yeah, I heard I met a noble man."
"Yes, I walk at the Huichang Hou's house all day long, and the ground is full of noble people. As long as I meet someone who looks down on him and a little leaks in my nails, it will be enough for ordinary people to eat and drink."
"Good luck, I said, I think this young man is not an ordinary person."
Butcher Wan finally broke out. He spat hard and cursed loudly: "A girl is outgoing, I am also unlucky. She gave birth to a girl who is disobedient and unfilial. The white money actually made others cheaper! The unruly son, the unruly son!"
After cursing for a few words, the butcher Wan couldn't catch the breath, coughed a few times, and sat down on the greasy desk, unable to breathe.
"Dad, are you okay?" Wanli asked hurriedly.
"Damn it, you wish you died soon. I'm so good at my property. Go and marry the Tang family's fox boy." Butcher Wan became more and more angry as he thought about it. He slapped Wanli in the face: "Get out, I'll be angry when I saw you, I had known that I had given birth to you, so I would throw it into the moat to feed the fish."
Wanli was extremely angry when he slapped this time and shouted in a low voice: "Dad, you're welcome to hit me again."
"It's natural for me to hit my son." Another slap was slapped in the face.
Wanli stopped doing it, and untied the dirty apron on his body and threw it on the ground: "No, there is no way to do this work. I help others kill pigs, and I still have one or two taels of silver to get it for you. I have to eat three meals, and I don't have a penny of pocket money. I'll go home and lie down and raise meat. You can't give me food to eat, starve me to death. Humph, no matter how nonsense, I don't even eat food, I will never eat you."
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"Stop sending it, I'll go to Sun's mansion by myself." Sun Dan waved to Zhiniang.
"Remember to come back early on the first day of next month." Zhiniang said: "My father's place... I always feel that something is wrong today."
"Don't pay attention to him. The more you pay attention to him, the more he becomes." Sun smiled: "Some things you can't hide from. The weaker you are, the more others will bully you."
Zhiniang smiled slightly: "With you here, I can't stand the bullying of others."
Chapter completed!