The seafood and meat area of the vegetable market is smaller than the vegetable area, but there are at least twenty or thirty butcher stalls of different sizes. Those with strong capabilities rented a shop, while those with less capabilities rented a stall.
The butcher shop sells a wide range of meats. The stalls include mutton, fish, pork, chicken, duck, goose, pigeon, etc. Basically, except for beef, all the famous meats can be found here.
You can buy it.
There are even a few stalls selling shark's fin, one of the eight delicacies.
"What kind of meat is this? It looks like a sword."
Liu Dadao followed Zhu Pingan around and was very interested in shark fins. He had seen bear meat and venison, but he had never seen this shark fin before, so he couldn't help but asked curiously.
Liu Dachui was also curious.
"This is one of the eight treasures, shark fin." Zhu Pingan explained to the two of them, "There is a fish in the sea called a shark, which is as big as a house. This shark fin is made from its dried fins."
"A fish as big as a house? Master, he must be calling us."
Liu Dadao and Liu Dachui had their mouths hanging open, their faces full of disbelief, and their expressions of "I don't know much, so don't lie to me."
"Really, some sharks are bigger than houses, and some are smaller. I will show you some when I have the opportunity in the future." Zhu Pingan nodded seriously.
"This gentleman is really well-informed. The shark fins here are famous in the capital. Sir, would you like to take a few kilograms home to try." The owner of the shop came forward with a smile, complimented Zhu Pingan, and then
He spared no effort to encourage Zhu Pingan to buy a few kilograms of shark fins to take home and try.
The clothes Li Shu customized for Zhu Pingan were all low-key and luxurious. Zhu Pingan liked low-key and Li Shu liked luxury, so the two agreed on low-key luxury.
Therefore, if you only look at Zhu Pingan's clothes, you will think that Zhu Pingan is the young master of a certain rich family.
The boss who sells shark fins at the vegetable market naturally has a keen eye long ago. He can tell at a glance that the material of Zhu Ping'an's clothes is the most expensive Fu Guang Guang damask in the capital. This damask is the famous "soft gold" among fabrics.
"One foot of floating Guangling would cost at least several taels of silver.
Fuguang Guangling is made from the finest light, dipped in special Chinese herbal juices, then mashed with a variety of precious medicinal materials mixed with iron-rich river bottom mineral mud and sealed, exposed to the hot sun for several days in summer, and then immersed in it.
The Chinese herbal juice is made in a repetitive cycle, which takes several months and goes through more than 30 processes.
This kind of Guangguang damask fabric is coated with mineral pond mud, which makes it feel cool behind you when you put it on. It dries quickly when exposed to water and is not easy to get wrinkled. At the same time, due to the infiltration of a variety of Chinese herbal medicines, this kind of damask fabric has the effect of clearing away heat and removing blood stasis.
, it also has multiple functions such as insect removal, mildew prevention, sterilization, and deodorization. It can be called the best green fabric.
The people who can wear Guang Ling are the descendants of wealthy officials with very, very, very strong family backgrounds.
This is the kind of people that shark fins are sold to.
Most rich people care about face, and shop owners are still very confident in the way of doing business. I feel that people like Zhu Pingan who are not short of money, after what I said, even if I can't buy a few pounds, I still have to buy half a pound.
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But, what a pity.
"Forget it, it's too expensive."
As soon as the shop owner finished speaking, Zhu Pingan raised his head and shook his head with a smile, his white teeth shining in the sun.
Just kidding, I couldn’t afford shark fin before I went bankrupt, let alone being bankrupt now.
Zhu Ping'an refused so decisively and naturally, which made the shop owner stunned. How could a rich person say something like "it's too expensive" so naturally? It's so shameless.
Just when Zhu Pingan refused, Liu Dadao's voice rang out from beside him.
"How much does it cost per pound? The young lady has asked the manager to give us a monthly salary, which is a full two taels of silver." Liu Dadao asked the boss with a bold face at this time, as if I just paid my salary today and there is no shortage of money.
attitude.
Zhu Pingan had one or two years of salary deducted by the emperor and was fined one hundred taels of silver by the emperor. This was no longer a secret in the Linhuai Marquis Mansion. Liu Dadao and the others often followed Zhu Pingan, so naturally they knew better. They knew that Zhu Pingan had recently
Ping An's pocket is tight, ahem, he still has to rely on his wife for support
Therefore, Liu Dadao deliberately bought two kilograms of shark fins and asked Zhu Ping'an to take them back to taste them with the young lady. It was considered their thoughtfulness.
The shop owner stretched out two fingers and made a gesture in front of Liu Dadao.
"Twenty cents per catty? Well, it's a little more expensive than pork, but it's not that expensive. Give me a ten-eight-catty one." Liu Dadao thought the boss's two fingers were pointing at twenty cents per catty.
He couldn't help but laugh, and generously asked the boss to weigh him.
The shop owner seemed to be petrified when he heard this. He looked at Liu Dadao with an idiotic expression, and then slowly shook his head.
"Oh, that's two hundred cents per catty. Well, it's indeed a bit expensive. Let's go for five catties." Seeing this, Liu Dadao couldn't help but swallowed. The price was beyond his expectation, and his tone was not the same.
He was so generous just now.
The shop owner shook his head again and gave Liu Dadao the same expression and eyes as before.
"That's two taels of silver per catty?"
Not two hundred cents per pound?! Liu Dadao took a deep breath, raised his head and asked, looking surprised.
"It's not a pound, it's a penny." The shop owner was speechless and didn't give Liu Dadao a chance to guess. He quoted the price directly.
"What? Two taels of silver and one penny? That's not enough to fill the gap between your teeth."
After hearing this, Liu Dadao's eyes widened and he was dumbfounded. He couldn't believe his ears. He took a deep breath and took a long time before spitting it out!
Well, another vivid example of "poverty limits my imagination". In fact, when Zhu Pingan first heard about the price of shark fins, his expression was not much better than that of Liu Dadao, and he also looked like he had eaten one to two pounds.
"Ahem, now I understand what the young master means when he says it's too expensive. It's simply too expensive. Forget it, I might as well hunt a whale with my own hands in the future, cut off its shark fins, and then honor the young master and the young lady.
"Liu Dadao coughed and scratched his head in embarrassment.
"Yeah." Liu Dachui nodded in agreement. Together with their monthly money, he and Liu Dadao couldn't even buy a single shark fin.
"Well, okay, I've made a note of it. Let's go and see the pork." Zhu Ping'an smiled and nodded.
"Don't worry, sir, I will definitely hunt a big whale in the future." Liu Dadao and Liu Dachui assured him as they followed Zhu Ping'an and patted their chests.
The shop owner behind him looked like he was looking at an idiot bragging as he watched them leave.