Rise From the Humble

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. The strong ones rent a shop, and the weak ones rent a stall.

The butcher shop sells a wide range of meats. The stalls include mutton, fish, pork, chicken, duck, goose, pigeon, etc. Basically, in addition to beef, all famous meats are available 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 ask 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, please 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 and try them home.

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. He can tell at a glance that the material of Zhu Ping'an's clothes is the most expensive Fu Guang Guang silk in the capital. This kind of silk is the famous "soft gold" among fabrics. "One foot of floating light in Guangling costs at least several taels of silver.

Fuguang Guangling is made from the finest light, impregnated with 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 The Chinese herbal medicine juice is made in a repetitive cycle, which takes several months and goes through more than 30 processes.

Because this kind of silky silk fabric is coated with mineral pond mud, it feels cool behind you when you wear it, dries quickly when exposed to water, and is not prone to snagging or wrinkles. At the same time, due to the infiltration of a variety of Chinese herbal medicines, this kind of silk fabric has the effect of clearing away heat and removing blood stasis, and 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.

Shark fins are sold to this kind of people.

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 kilograms, I still have to buy half a kilogram. .

But what a pity.

"Forget it, it's too expensive."

As soon as the shop owner finished speaking, Zhu Pingan raised his head, smiled and shook his head, his white teeth shining in the sun.

Just kidding, I couldn’t afford shark fins 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.

When Zhu Pingan refused, Liu Dadao's voice sounded next to him.

"How much is a 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, there is no shortage of money. attitude.

Zhu Pingan's salary was deducted for one or two years by the emperor, and he was fined one hundred taels of silver by the emperor. This is no longer a secret in the Linhuai Marquis Mansion. Liu Dadao and the others often follow Zhu Pingan, and naturally they know better. They know that Zhu Pingan has been strapped for money recently and, ahem, has to rely on his wife for financial 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 gestured 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 two fingers the boss was pointing at were twenty cents per catty. He couldn't help but smile, and he generously asked the boss to weigh him.

The shop owner seemed 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 coins 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 store owner was speechless and did not 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 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 waited for a long time before spitting it out!

Well, another vivid case 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 Liu Dadao, and he also looked like he had eaten one to two kilograms.

"Ahem, now I understand what the young master means when he says it's too expensive. It's simply too expensive. Forget it, I'd better 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 took 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 watched them leave with an expression as if he was looking at an idiot bragging.