Rejuvenation of the Han Dynasty in the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 9 Where did the money for the meat go?

"Young master, I don't know. The raw pork that just came out is like this," the stall owner explained. "When I get back and hand it over to the kitchen, they will burn it with tongs, scald it with tongs, and wash it before putting it in the pot."

"Oh..." Liu He nodded, as if he wanted to get angry but didn't say it.

Grinning his teeth, he looked at the hair on it with distaste, then pointed to the ribs on the board and asked, "There's too much hair on it, can I use pig's trotters for ribs?"

"Of course, pork ribs and trotters are the same price, and the meat hasn't been picked yet. This pig is just fat and thin..."

The stall owner saw Liu He's noodles raw, but he didn't dare to offend him easily because of his clothes, so he chopped off a palm-wide rib.

When they were about to wrap the ribs, two women came over. One was a lady in her 30s, who looked gentle and elegant, and the other was a girl of fifteen or sixteen years old, with curved eyebrows and almond-shaped eyes, a beautiful nose and a small mouth, and she looked very attractive in a goose-yellow dress. The dust is refined, and it seems to add a bit of spring to this bleak street.

They were obviously regular customers, and the stall owner hurriedly said with a smile: "Madam came just in time, the pig that was slaughtered this morning, what kind of meat do you want to buy today?"

Before Madam could speak, the little girl pointed to the pig's trotter in Liu He's hand and asked, "Is this pig's trotter fresh?"

The stall owner said with a smile: "Of course, this is a pig's trotter that just came off, and my owner is still cleaning up the internal organs!"

However, Liu He frowned. The little girl was not tall, and her green fingers pointed at her from that angle, just facing his nose.

He moved the pig's trotters and said with a wry smile: "Girl, you... shouldn't you be pointing at me?"

"You're not a pig's trotter!" The little girl raised her chin arrogantly and rolled her eyes.

"Xiao Yue, don't be rude!" The lady took her hand and said to the stall owner: "The old lady wants to eat stewed pig's feet these two days, so wrap up the remaining two for me!"

Upon hearing this, Liu He simply handed over the trotters in his hand and said, "It happens that I don't want this one anymore. I want to replace the ribs, so I'll give them to you!"

The stall owner also smiled and said: "Ma'am, this is just wrapped, this young man wants to change it, if you don't mind..."

"Then these two, we are going back to cook!" Madam turned around and took the pig's trotters, and said with a smile, "Thank you, my lord."

"You're welcome!" Liu He nodded.

The lady paid the money, and before leaving, she glanced at Liu He and the three of them in surprise. Not to mention Liu He and Zhao Yun were handsome, even Guan Yu, who was tall, red-faced and long-bearded, was enough to attract attention.

Some people are born to be the focus!

Liu He looked at the backs of the two going away, turned around and asked, "Who are these two?"

"Master, you are new to Zhuo County, right?" The stall owner said with a smile, "They are members of Lu Shangshu's family, the wife is the eldest son's first wife, and the youngest is Lu Yue, the daughter of Lord Lu."

"So that's it!" Liu He nodded slightly, it turned out to be the family of Shang Shu Lu Zhi, no wonder he was so temperamental.

Lu Zhi was a great scholar in the late Han Dynasty. His reputation was as good as Cai Yong's. He was the teacher of Liu Bei and Gongsun Zan. He also led troops in war and suppressed the Yellow Turban Uprising. He was the ancestor of Fan Yang's Lu family and was currently the minister of the dynasty.

"Mr. Lu is the pride of our Zhuo County!" The stall owner shook his head and sighed with pride, "He has such a great reputation, but his family has always been poor, and there are few servants. It was the wives who did it themselves, much better than those dog officials."

In the near future, there will be a more powerful character in Zhuo County, right behind you kid!

Liu He secretly smiled inwardly, and glanced behind the stall owner. It was so dark that he couldn't see clearly in the shiny shop surface, and the people he was waiting for still didn't understand.

When he was in a daze, the stall owner wrapped the ribs and handed them over: "My lord, the ribs are wrapped."

"Haha, let's eat pork ribs hotpot today—" Liu He lifted the straw rope, turned around and left.

"Hey, son, you haven't paid the money yet!" The stall owner shouted hastily.

"Money?" Liu He turned around, shook the ribs and said, "I exchanged this with pig's trotters, what money do you give?"

The stall owner was taken aback and said, "But you didn't pay for the pig's trotters?"

Liu He smiled and said, "I don't want the pig's trotters. What kind of money did you give me?"

"This..." The stall owner was stunned, looked at Liu He with his mouth half open, and then at the ribs in his hand, but couldn't answer for a while.

"Let's go!" Liu He smiled and left with the ribs in hand.

Behind him, Zhao Yun's eyes widened, Guan Yu was pinching his long beard, and the two of them were also dumbfounded, standing there without moving.

The stall owner shouted again: "My lord, you can't leave without paying!"

Liu He turned back again and asked with a smile, "I traded the pork ribs for the pig's trotters, right?"

"Yes!" The stall owner nodded.

"But I didn't want the pig's trotter, it was bought by Mrs. Lu, I shouldn't have paid for it!"

"But... this, this, this..." The stall owner was confused, and his oily hands were grabbing at the air. Although what Liu He said seemed to make sense, he always felt that something was wrong.

"What are you two doing blankly?" Liu He pushed Zhao Yun who was blankly, "Let's go!"

"Yes...right?" Zhao Yun followed Liu He in a daze.

Guan Yu's crouching silkworm eyebrows were almost twisted into knots, and a strand of beard was twisted several times between his fingers, as if his brain was knotted and he couldn't react.

"Pig trotters for pork ribs, he didn't want pig trotters..." The stall owner turned his hands around, lowered his head, thinking, and when he looked up, Liu He had already gone far away.

Seeing the spare ribs in his hand, he still felt something was wrong, turned around and ran to the back hall, shouting: "Owner, owner..."

"Brother, where did the money for the meat go?" Zhao Yun caught up with Liu He, unable to figure out the problem just now.

"How do I know?" Liu He shrugged, handed the ribs to Zhao Yun, and said with a smile, "Today I will teach you how to eat hot pot."

Guan Yu dragged his beard and walked for a while before saying, "My lord, this seems...inappropriate."

Liu He wiped his fingers and asked, "What's wrong?"

"This..." Guan Yu's slightly closed eyelids trembled for a while, but he couldn't explain why.

"Boy, stop for me—"

At this moment, a thunderous roar came from behind, which could be heard on the whole street.

The three of them turned around, and saw a tall and burly man with a beard half rolled up his sleeves striding towards him, and within a few steps came up to him. This man was slightly shorter than Guan Yu, but stronger, with a pair of big eyes shining fiercely on his black face. Light, with a murderous look.

The black-faced man gritted his teeth and shouted angrily: "Dare you take my old Zhang's flesh for nothing, are you impatient?"

As soon as Guan Yu saw this man approaching, Danfeng's eyes suddenly opened wide, his muscles tensed up, he ran two fingers along his messy long beard, and already slightly took half a step forward, making a defensive posture.

This was the intuition of a master. In addition, the man had been slaughtering pigs all year round, so he had a ferocious aura. He rushed over aggressively, which aroused Guan Yu's vigilance.

The black-faced man came over, stretched out his hand to Zhao Yun who was carrying the ribs, and said in a deep voice, "Give me the money!"

"I..." Zhao Yun was intimidated by the opponent's fierce momentum and looked at Liu He aggrievedly, "Senior brother——"

"This must be Butcher Zhang, I misunderstood!" Liu He clasped his fists and smiled, "I traded the pork ribs for pig's trotters, and I don't want pig's trotters..."

"Fart!" The black-faced man opened his eyes wide, spit on the ground, pointed at Liu He with his sleeves and cursed: "If you dare to fool Lao Zhang in Zhuo County, let me see if I don't beat you to death, you glib dog!" Mouth."

(End of this chapter)