Chapter 16 Pigs go into the water

Tang Xiaoqi giggled and said, "What's this? I have a lot of skills. I'll show you another trick..."

"Qiqi!" Huang coughed and shouted.

"I understand!" Tang Xiaoqi pouted and felt a little unhappy, "My uncle doesn't let me show my martial arts in front of others. You are lucky. Anyway, I'm more than enough to protect you from going home. Your master taught me a lot of fortune-telling skills just now, so I'll give you a reward and send you back for free."

Manager Huang from the pharmacy coughed heavily and said, "Qiqi, don't joke, it's dark, you girl's house cannot go out. The old man can go back by himself, so what's the fear of Lang Lang Qiankun?"

Tang Xiaoqi said oh.

Gongsun He hurriedly said, "Thank you, girl, no need to send it off. Indeed, in a peaceful and prosperous era, how could there be robbers who block the road? Don't worry, we have said goodbye, thank you."

As he said that, Gongsun He stood up, put his purse in his arms, and walked out.

Yi Xingchen quickly carried the two benches of the stall on his shoulders, and then lifted the wooden box for fortune-telling. The signature white banner was still wrapped around the master, so he didn't have to carry it. He just needed to hold the bamboo pole.

He followed the master out, and Tang Xiaoqi chased after him, called Yi Xingchen and said, "I'll come to you tomorrow. Can you teach me how to tell fortunes?"

Yi Xingchen shook his head: "Sorry, I am still an apprentice and can't teach others."

"I'll teach you the silver needle hidden weapon in exchange. Is this OK?"

"No, I'm sorry." Although Yi Xingchen really wanted to learn that silver needle hidden weapon, he probably had to start from elementary school and practiced hard for several years before he could learn it. The key is that he could not teach her fortune telling, and she understood the three-dimensional hexagrams that appeared in his mind were probably given by his ancestor Guiguzi, so he could not teach it.

After saying that, Yi Xingchen quickly caught up with his master. Tang Xiaoqi pouted, stomped her feet, and returned to the medicine shop in a depressed mood.

Gongsun He said: "The pork in the pork shop may still have the remaining pork that has not been sold out. Let's knock on the door and buy a knife to go back to celebrate the festival."

In the memory of the apprentice inherited by Yi Xingchen, there are only a few times when their master and apprentice can eat pork. Except for one or two meals during the Chinese New Year, it is difficult to see even the star of lard. This time, the master actually proposed to buy a knife of pork and go back to celebrate the festival, which is a rare thing.

For Yi Xingchen, before traveling through time, there were chickens, ducks, fish and meat, and there was nothing rare. But the inherited memories told him that ordinary people in the Ming Dynasty were still very poor, and eating meat was a luxury. No wonder children in the people liked to celebrate the New Year, because they only had meat to eat during the New Year. The money they couldn't bear to spend a year was saved until they spent it during the New Year.

I followed my master Gongsun He to a few alleys and came to a street shop. Although there was no curfew in the Ming Dynasty, most shops closed when it was dark, but the lights came out of the crack of the door indicating that the people inside were not sleeping.

Gongsun He stepped forward and slapped the door, shouting: "Pig is high, open the door, buy pork, I am Gongsun He who tells fortunes."

Gongsun He screamed a few times before he heard the sound of agreeing from inside, and then he heard footsteps. After a moment, a door panel was taken off, a fat head poked out, he looked up and down at them, and said, "So it's Mr. Gongsun, is it selling pork? It's so late."

"Yes, I'm thinking about the holiday, I'd better buy some back if I want to go there? Is there any remaining pork?"

"Sold out! Today is Zhonghe Festival, and there are many people buying pork. Moreover, I usually don't dare to buy too much pork. I just sold it out, so I dare not put it on for the night. I will be picked up by mice or broken. I usually sell it out in the afternoon. Today is Zhonghe Festival, and I have bought some more pork, but it still sells out after noon. You are late."

Gongsun He was disappointed and looked back at Yi Xingchen with a little apology on his face.

With the light inside, Yi Xingchen saw the Master's eyes and face, and smiled and said, "It's okay, Master, don't we have two big vegetables to hold in our family? We just need to cook vegetables for the festival today, it's okay."

When Gongsun He saw his apprentice say this, he felt even more apologized. Because today their master and apprentice are very lucky, they even guessed the hexagram correctly and exchanged them for 150 cents. He was very happy and wanted to celebrate. In addition, today is the Zhonghe Festival, a very important festival of the year, so he not only wants to buy some meat, but also wants to buy a pot of wine, go home and have a drink with his apprentice to celebrate. But there is no meat, so you can't use vegetables to go to the bar!

So Gongsun He turned his head and looked at the pork taller, saying, "Can you look for it again? Maybe there is still some left and unsold? Or maybe your family has saved it and prepared it for me to eat a little, okay? No need to have more, just two taels, if not, one tael is OK."

Pork paste smiled bitterly and said, "I am just a meat seller. How can I have the money to stock up on meat at home? You look down on me too much. I only eat a meal of meat for ten days and half a month. Who dares to eat it every day? Then I will lose all my pants! Today, I left two taels for my home and cooked it in the vegetables. I ate all the meat and vegetables, and there was no soup left. I really didn't have any pork at home."

Gongsun He said with a saliva: "Stop kidding, you must have it. I just want one or two, okay? If you look for it again, maybe there will be one or two."

"Is it really gone? I open the door to sell pork. Is it not selling pork? I really don't have it. You'd better go back."

Gongsun He was disappointed and said, "I don't know if there are any other pork shops?"

Pork paste shook his head and said, "Or, go and have a look, but I guess it's impossible for them to have it. They are more careful than me and have less pork in them. In addition, during the holidays, I'm afraid they will sell it out earlier than me."

Gongsun He wanted to say something else, and Yi Xingchen's voice came from behind: "Don't you have a pig in your house? It's okay to have a pig in the water. Let's go back to make a fat intestine."

Pork Gao was shocked and stared at Yi Xingchen and said, "How do you know I have a pig in the water? I put it in the kitchen cabinet. It was prepared for my father-in-law. He will come to get it later."

Gongsun He didn't know why his apprentice could accurately tell that pork was tall and a pig was in the water. He couldn't help but feel surprised. He heard that the fat intestines were so fat that he swallowed his saliva and said to pork, "Your father-in-law is his family after all, when can't you eat it? Sell it to me first. If it really doesn't work, you can give it a little to me."

The pork paste smiled bitterly and said, "Okay, since you all know that there is a pig in the water, then this is enough. I will divide it into two, half of it will be sold to you and half of it for my father-in-law. Is it okay? Half pig in the water, save food, and there is still a meal tomorrow."

Gongsun He was overjoyed and expressed his gratitude. He followed Pork Gao into the house. Pork Gao asked him to wait and entered the kitchen. After a moment, he came back and took a semi-hanged pig in his hand, tied it with a straw rope, and handed it to Gongsun He.

Gongsun He asked about the price, took the purse from Yi Xingchen, counted the copper coins to give the pork high. Seeing the pork paste put the money in his arms, he was a little reluctant to leave. He sighed and took the half-carved pig into the water, saying thanks and went out.

Gongsun He said to Yi Xingchen: "Let's go, let's go and buy a pot of wine and go home, cook pigs and eat them, and then cook some vegetables. Today's Zhonghe Festival is so beautiful, hahaha."

Yi Xingchen said: "Master, you won't cook the large intestine of white water pig again, right? It doesn't taste good and it's not delicious. Otherwise, I'll make a dish for you to pick up fat intestines!"
Chapter completed!