TSBFL Chapter 97.1
Chapter 97.1: 宴請
[Feast]
Chen Xing with his shining eyes, took a look at the person beside the old hunter who was apprehensively staring at them, not cautious at all as he asked: “How do you plan to sell this pig?”
The old hunter who originally and already did not hold much hope on this transaction, this time, upon hearing Chen Xing actually wanted to buy, he also quite surprised as he asked, “Little Boss, you really want to buy this thing?”
Chen Xing nodded his head, ‘serious’ written on his face. Of course he wants to buy, but he has now thought of 108 ways to eat this pig, only waiting to drag it back to slaughter and put it in the pot (to cook)
The old hunter gritted his teeth and said the lowest price, “Twenty-five taels of silver, give us twenty-five taels of silver, and this wild boar will be yours.” He calculated that the money would be enough to pay for their medicine for a year, and they would even have some money left over to live on.
The price of ordinary pork is only more than 20 catties a catty, this pig is about 400 catties. According to reason, it did not cost that much money, but it is wildlife, it is also rare to grow so big, this kind of offer is considered generous.
Da Niu beside him, listening to his father’s offer, wanted to come up and say something, but was stopped by his father.
But Chen Xing shook his head, and in their anxious gazes, he said in one mouthful, “I’ll give you thirty taels of silver.”
The old hunter’s eyes widened, waving his hands one after another, wanting to refuse.
However, Chen Xing smiled and said gently, “Old man, this extra silver is not for nothing, more than that, I want you to accompany me for a show and do me another favor.”
The old hunter hesitated for a moment and nodded, “Okay”
As a result, that afternoon, in the crowded street, everyone saw the rumored young owner of the restaurant targeted by the Chen family, not knowing where he bought a huge wild mountain pig and dragged it back to the shop in everyone’s full view.
When people saw that pig’s looks, they were also shocked, thinking that the pig description was horrible, simply like the spirit or goblins in the novels or folk stories. Even a woman with a small child covered her child’s eyes when she passed by them.
There were people, seeing the people from this small restaurant move this mountain pig inside, they could not help but ask out, “Little Boss, you carry this pig into the shop, what are you intending to do?”
Chen Xing swept a glance to people beside who pretending to be careless, actually listening to the ears of the crowd, with a voice that everyone can hear, he then said loudly, “Today we are fortunate to be able to get this piece of wildlife, we decided to organize a banquet in a few days, to invite you to come to the taste the delicacies!”
When Chen Xing said these words at the same time, the wild boar was also carried in, he glanced around those people who still want to gossip, no longer speak. In the curious eyes of the people who walked into the restaurant, the door of the restaurant slowly closed, leaving people discussing it.
The people whose curiosity had been aroused by the wild boar stared at the closed door and discussed.
“What do you think he meant just now?”
“I think he said he was going to treat someone noble to a meal.”
“You want to invite them to eat? You have to be able to invite them to dinner ah! If he says he’s going to invite some nobleman, don’t let him invite a few lousy relatives, then that would be ridiculous!
“What if he really invites them?”
“Then I’ll gnaw the pillar of his house on the spot, I don’t believe that this shabby family can have any rich relatives.”
Shutting out the gossip outside, Chen Xing came straight to the backyard, only to see the old hunter’s father and son with knives waiting for him, as well as those few people in the shop who were shocked and curious at the same time.
“Little Boss, what’s this?” When Auntie Li saw that Little Boss had entered, she immediately leaned towards him, thinking that it would be safest for her to stay beside the shop’s treasure, “Why did you buy such a big pig, or a wild boar?!”
Seeing that everyone was his own people, the small boss didn’t hide his thoughts and said it out directly, “This is an opportunity, I have decided to use this pig for a banquet three days from now, and along with it, we will launch our new product, the stew meat. This stew meat can be eaten alone or with rice, so even if we don’t have rice here, guests can take it home to eat. It’s just that in the last few days, I’ll have to trouble you all to accompany me to work hard.”
“Little Boss, you are too kind, working for the shop is what we should do!”