Liu Xin was not there, and Wang Xiaohua was pouring soup and collecting money. Her mother and two sisters were still busy with their own tasks, and everything seemed in order.

Seeing this, Liu Xin couldn't help but think that the only 20 kilograms of pork offal he had left at home would be gone tomorrow. So he went to the butcher shop in the east of the city to see if there was any pig offal that he could buy.

"Xiaohua, this is all the pork offal left at home, and there is not much soup left. I have to go to the east of the city to see if there is any pig offal that I can buy. I will cut all the meat for you, leaving two kilograms of offal for you.

It belongs to the young owner." Liu Xin said to Wang Xiaohua.

"Brother Liu Xin, go and do your work! I will cut the meat. I have nothing to do in the afternoon." Wang Xiaohua said to Liu Xin.

In ancient China, girls from poor families got married relatively early. According to custom, Wang Xiaohua will marry Liu Xin next year. They are not a wealthy family and they are not very particular. Wang Xiaohua is very happy to be able to help Liu Xin.

"Well, after a while, I'll finish my work and I'll buy jewelry for you after I earn some money!" Liu Xin said.

Wang Xiaohua lowered her head and said nothing. Jewelry was a token of love between a man and a woman. When she got married to Liu Xin, she wanted one or two pieces of jewelry. Of course, this jewelry was the best Liu Xin could buy for her.

Liu Xin arranged everything and walked towards the east of the city. Passing by the main street in the city, he saw a wealthy family driving a dozen victims in rags through the street. These victims were all collected from the south of the city. Only in

Only after reporting to the government can they be used as servants. Those victims were all skinny and hungry. If someone hadn't been urging them, they would have struggled to walk.

Today is already the seventh day of February, and there are only two days left before the market opens on the ninth day of February. People in Zhuo County have already started leading their cattle towards Xishi Mule and Horse Market.

Liu Xin came to the east of the city and found a stall selling meat. Butchers in the east of the city only sell meat in February, March, September and October every year. This is the busiest time in the city and the most profitable time for the butchers.

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"Do you have pigs in the water here?" Liu Xin came to a butcher's shop and looked at the two large fans of pork placed on the chopping board, and asked.

"Over there! That's from the day before yesterday, and that's from today. Take them all if you want them!" The store clerk pointed to a pile of pig waste in the corner and said to him.

"How much are these?" Liu Xin couldn't help but asked happily when he saw that there were two pairs of pigs in the water.

"I'll give you 8 cents per kilogram! After you buy these, these pig lungs will be given to you." The butcher was wearing fine cloth and seemed to be the manager of a wealthy family. He saw that Liu Xin was really buying it and said to him.

"Can you bring the pig heart with you? I bought them all. Do you have any big pig bones here?" Liu Xin asked.

"Okay, pig bones cost two per catty. Have I given you the full name?" asked the butcher shop manager.

"Weigh them all! Add all the pig bones too," Liu Xin said.

Pig offal is cheaper in the east of the city than in the west because there are more rich people here and very few people eat it. Even poor people like Liu Xin who live outside the city are not very willing to buy these pig offal, which shows everyone's resistance to offal.

How big is it.

The main reason was that the smell of unprocessed pig waste was really unpleasant. Liu Xin watched the butcher shop clerk take out a pile of pig bones, and the meat on the bones had been shaved cleanly.

"The water is 117 pounds, the bones are 31 pounds, and the total is 1,098 yuan." The butcher shop manager looked at Liu Xin and said.

The total is 148 kilograms, which is 37 kilograms in later generations' kilograms. Liu Xin paid a deposit of 98 Wen and asked the other party to put the things away. He planned to go around again to see if he could buy some more pigs to go back to the water.

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I asked about there being a butcher shop in the east of the city, and it was owned by the famous Lu family in Zhuo County.

The head of the Lu family, Lu Zhi, is one of the three great Confucian scholars in the world. Now in the central court, the entire Zhuo County basically belongs to the Lu family's sphere of influence. It is considered a prominent family in the entire northeast of the Central Plains. Moreover, Lu Zhi has always been an official in the imperial court.

The power of the family can be imagined.

When she came to Lu's butcher shop, the store was very big. There were more than a dozen servants chatting inside. Most of the people who came here to buy meat were wearing brocade. Liu Xin heard that the price for buying meat here actually started at ten pounds, and it didn't cost more than ten pounds.

Receive copper coins, only silver.

"Brothers, do you have pigs for sale here?" Liu Xin asked carefully when he saw that most of the Lu family's servants were wearing thick fine cloth.

"Pigs in the water? Is that thing edible? We killed the pork and buried it directly... Do you want meat? One tael of silver and twenty catties." The servant looked at Liu Xin and said.

One tael of silver and twenty kilograms of pork, one kilogram is 80 yuan, which is nearly four times more expensive than Zhang's butcher shop, but Liu Xin saw people still buying it here, and most of them didn't allow change after buying.

"It seems that the people who come here to buy meat are here to do business with the Lu family. But the Lu family dares to sell pork at such a high price in such an open and honest way, how could the prefect of Zhuo County turn a blind eye? Although Lu Zhi is loyal to the court and has strong abilities, he has a hard time managing.

The family's ability is obviously not enough, and it is no accident that someone will be jailed if they offend someone in the future!" Liu Xin couldn't help but think in her mind.

"Are there any big bones for sale? I'll buy some big pork bones." Liu Xin asked about the big pork bones.

"We have pig bones, you can just take them yourself... By the way, we also have a donkey skeleton here. If you want it, you can take it for half a tael of silver." The servant of the Lu family said to Liu Xin.

Liu Xin followed the Lu family's servant into the Lu Mansion to get the donkey skeleton. The family didn't have enough pig bones, so the soup would not be good. To ensure the taste of [Mixed Liver Soup], bones are very important.

Liu Xin walked through the side door of the Lu family. This is where the people of the Lu family live. After entering the side door, there are rows of exquisite wooden houses. This is where the people of the Lu family live.

"Our Lu Mansion is the number one family in Zhuo County. Even the governor's mansion is three points smaller than our Lu Mansion. The Lu family has hundreds of retainers and generals and tens of thousands of servants. Our master in the capital is...

"The servants of the Lu family kept bragging to Liu Xin. In Liu Xin's mind, the Zhang family, who was already considered a landlord, was like a tadpole meeting a big whale compared with the Lu family.

The retainers of the Lu family hold important positions throughout Zhuo County, and many troops in Youzhou are also in the hands of the Lu family. A single hair of the Lu family can crush Zhangjiazhuang to death.

"That's it. How do you plan to transport it away?" The servant pulled Liu Xin to a small warehouse. Liu Xin saw a skeleton in the corner of the warehouse and a big bull's head next to it.

What kind of donkey bone is this? It is clearly a cow, and the cow is a strong cow. This bone weighs at least 100 kilograms. In the Three Kingdoms, it was more than 400 kilograms. Liu Xin could not lift it.

"Well, the donkey bones are too big. I have to go home and push the cart." Liu Xin couldn't help but said when he saw the big cow bones and the cow head.

After spending half a tael of silver to get such a lot of things, if the cow head is ready, it will produce at least 10 kilograms of meat, which will be enough for Liu Xin.

"You're quite smart. I'll find you a cart and you can take it away yourself. When you're done, return the cart to the butcher's shop and I'll wait there.
Chapter completed!