Chapter 12: 12: Selling braised meat

As the sun rises at the door of the Gu family, the crowds are bustling, and more and more people come to the market.

Some people also looked for the aroma of braised pork and walked to the stall and asked for the price.

At that time, An Chuxia set the price not high, and pork outside was sold for fifteen or sixteen cents per pound.

After a pound of raw pork is 607 taels after braised with mature meat, the price of raw pork will be worth twenty cents.

Finally, An Chuxia discussed with her brother and set the braised pork to thirty cents per pound.

Those who asked about the price of braised pork felt that the price was not too expensive, so after tasting the braised pork, those with a wealthy family would buy a few kilograms.

In ancient times, the family had a large population, unlike now, when a family of three bought a pound or two, it was enough to eat.

If you are tight, you will buy less and try it for your family.

Gu Shi couldn't stop smiling because more and more people came to the stall to buy braised pork because they smelled the fragrance.

It was just at noon that the braised pork was sold for more than half.

There are two nimble pubs and restaurant owners on this street. When they saw the Gu family's door, they came over to smell the fragrance.

I squeezed in and saw the braised meat sold by Gu, which was different from the cooked meat they usually saw.

So he didn't mind his hands being unhygienic, so he took a piece of meat from the plate and chewed it in his mouth.

The strong braised meat aroma fills the taste buds, and such meat is suitable for wine.

So the owner of the tavern said first: "Sister-in-law Gu's family, I want all your cooked meat."

The owner of the restaurant swallowed the flesh in his mouth and was intercepted before he could speak. How could he agree?

"Boss Luo, you don't care about this anymore!

We both come at the same time, even if we want to buy cooked meat, we should be divided in half!"

Luo Donglin, the owner of Guangyuan Tavern, is a tall and thin middle-aged man. He saw a gleam in his eyes and said with a smile: "Since Brother Du also wants to buy this cooked meat, why not give it to you half."

The slightly fat restaurant owner Du Qiuzhi choked in his heart, "Don't you bet... I want me to take his favor!"

However, a smile like Maitreya Buddha appeared on his face, "Haha! Whatever Brother Luo said is what he said!"

Afterwards, Gu Shi smiled and happily shared the remaining eighty kilograms of braised pork with the two.

I took the small basket with copper coins and packed the stove and pot, and returned to the backyard happily.

In the study, An Chuxia, who has never forgotten his talent when he was assigned by Gu Tongsheng, was not a problem to memorize the Four Books and Five Classics.

It was a lot of effort to answer the Five Classics and the Five-character and Eight-Rhyme Poems.

Fortunately, she has the memory of the original owner. Even if it is not good, the original owner has read the book for eighty or nine years.

Not talented enough, and you can learn basic knowledge to a solid extent.

The original owner failed the first county exam many times, so it cannot be said that her knowledge is bad, but the original owner has a bit inferior and cowardly personality.

This caused her to have a serious examination phobia, which is why she almost passed the test paper every time the county test was given.

An Chuxia flexibly applied the knowledge learned by the original owner, solved the problem, started the rhyme, and wrote poems.

Although the poem may not be written very well, at least it is a very regular and elegant style.

Gu Fangmiao is exactly the opposite of An Chuxia. She is her strength in writing five-character and eight-rhyme poems, and it is difficult for her to solve the problem.

She spent most of her time memorizing the Four Books and Five Classics.

Gu Tongsheng asked her to memorize not only the Four Books and Five Classics, but the most important thing was the memorial annotations in it.

When Gu returned to the backyard, he stretched his head to look at the study room and saw An Chuxia and his granddaughter seriously lowering their heads to do the exam, while the other shaking their heads to memorize the book.

She married a scholar, and of course she knew how important it is to concentrate when studying.

Gu did not disturb them anymore, and silently put the stove and cleaned the pot.

Then he went into the house and poured the copper plates in the basket on the table, counting them to a hundred and they were worn in a string.

Except for the tavern, Luolin Dong and Du Qiuzhi, who gave silver ingots, most of the others used braised pork bought from copper plates.

After counting, he put the money in place and Gu started making lunch.

Children living in town go home to eat and take naps.

There were only a few children from the village who paid the meal fee for lunch at Gu Tongsheng's house.

After school at noon that day, Wang Wenyu, He Zijie, and Han Feng, three children who came to study in the village of seven or eight years old.

As usual, when I came to the backyard kitchen for dinner, I found that there was a plate of braised meat on the table where they usually ate.

An Chuxia also paid the meal fee and had lunch at Gu Tongsheng's house every day.

The Gu family also invited her to have a meal together, but An Chuxia refused.

When she saw several children eating, they only had two plates of vegetables in regular manner. However, after all, the villagers didn't eat meat, so they couldn't help but look at the plate of braised meat.

An Chuxia stood up and took a pair of clean chopsticks and distributed a plate of braised meat to the three of their children.

Looking at their surprised eyes, An Chuxia smiled and said, "Eat, this is what the master's wife has left for us."

The three little guys looked at each other and said in unison: "Thank you, Master's wife!"

“…Thank you, too, senior sister!”

After saying that, he started eating in big mouthfuls.

Standing at the kitchen door, she was about to tell An Chuxia to go to her room after dinner, so she could hand over the silver money selling braised pork to her Gu family.

When I heard An Chuxia say that the braised pork she brought herself was kept for several children, I was stunned.

An Chuxia was called into the room by Gu before school, and she took out a heavy package from the cabinet.

After opening it, An Chuxia saw that it was a string of copper plates worn into strings.

"Xiao Xia, here are all silver for selling braised pork today, a total of six taels and three cents." Gu pushed the cloth bag at her.

"Sold so much... Master's wife, you are so awesome!"

An Chuxia took out a silver ingot of more than one or two taels from it and handed it to Gu Shi with both hands, "This is the filial piety of the students to the teacher and the teacher's wife!"

Gu's eyes slanted down Anchuxia, "Put it away quickly, what kind of filial piety will be collected for the New Year or the Festival?"

The braised pork you gave is the best filial piety. I didn’t see your teacher eating an extra bowl of rice at noon.”

An Chuxia's moist eyes flashed for a moment, and she did not force them.

Although she also knew that her master's wife had sold her braised pork for half a day, she must have been tired and troubled, but she couldn't say she would give her money for labor fees.

If she really wanted to say this, she would probably be heartbroken by the teacher and the teacher's wife.

I thought that the Dragon Boat Festival was about to come soon, and she would buy some heavy gifts for them, so I guess the teacher and the teacher’s wife would not be able to refuse.

"Thank you, Master's wife! The student accepted it with disrespectfulness."

Then Gu said happily: "What are you polite with your master's wife? If your brother catches prey next time, just take it over and sell it for you!"

An Chuxia respectfully bowed to Gu, "As for your order! Master's wife!"

It made Gu chuckle very loudly.
Chapter completed!