Ming Dynasty man

Chapter 6 Bear Gallbladder
The black bear weighs five or six hundred catties, but fortunately these guys are all strong and good guys.The five people took turns to rest, and it took more than an hour to carry the bear back.

As soon as they entered the courtyard, Chen Dazhuang and the others lost their original energy and sat on the ground as soon as the rope was thrown, panting.

"Brothers have worked hard, I'll get you a bowl of water to drink!" Li Jing said.

Seeing Li Jing as if nothing happened, Chen Dazhuang and the others suddenly opened their eyes wide, as if they saw a monster.

Li Jing pushed open the door and was about to ask Chen Dahu to come out to help, when he suddenly heard the old man Chen say in the back room: "Ma Langzhong, can you still trust me, old man Chen? I will definitely send you the money in a few days, and you will take some medicine for him first. When Erhu is ready, I will ask him to kowtow to you."

Then I heard a person say: "Old Brother Chen, I know you are in trouble, and it's not that I can't trust you, but I also have a big family to support, and life is hard for anyone in these years! Today, the money for medicine can be eased. I can't advance the money for the medicine after that, so go and raise money."

Startled, Li Jing hurried back to the West Room, disassembled the compound bow, put it in a box, wrapped it with a bundle, and then turned around and came to Old Man Chen's room.

When he entered the door, he saw Chen Dahu, a young man, standing on the edge of the kang, and an old man on the kang was pouring water for one person.

Li Jing took a look at the man's clothes and appearance, and then at the posture of the Chen family, and knew that this man was Ma Langzhong.And that young man is probably looking for the doctor's pillar.

Seeing the distressed expressions on the faces of Old Man Chen and Du Hu, Li Jing knew that the medical expenses would not be too low, and the Chen family could not afford them for the time being, so he had to lower his stance and beg for a little more time.

"Uncle, Brother Da Zhuang and I brought the bear back. Don't worry, you'll have money when you sell the bear bile tomorrow!" Li Jing walked to Chen Erhu and gently lifted the quilt, and saw Erhu's severed arm has been bound with a splint, his right arm has also been applied with muscle-enhancing medicine, and the broken bone in his ribs has also been connected.

Li Jingjing nodded, thinking that the doctor's medical skills are good.

"What? Did you really kill the bear?" Old Man Chen said in surprise.

"Go out and have a look together?" Li Jing said with a smile.

"go!"

Old man Chen finally regained his spirit.

As soon as they left the room, they saw a black bear parked in the yard. Old man Chen and the others were secretly startled when they saw it. They didn't know how such a huge bear was killed.

"Uncle! This bear can't just be left in the yard like this. It has to be cleaned up quickly. There are a lot of brothers who contributed this time. The bear's paw and bear skin are sold for everyone's money, and the bear meat is also shared with everyone. , our family will definitely not be able to eat it all." Li Jing whispered next to old man Chen.

"En! That makes sense, Dahu, you go to the village and ask the villagers to come and eat meat, Da Zhuang, you guys bring out the case in the house, Zhuzi, go ask the village butcher Zhang to clean up the bears." Chen The old man ordered.

Everyone was ordered to act immediately.

After a while, the case was settled, and after a while, Zhu Zi rushed over with a person.

The man looked like he was in his 30s, with a solid physique and a tough look.

"Uncle Chen, congratulations!" Butcher Zhang clasped his fists and laughed.

"You're welcome, you're welcome, I'm sorry!" Old Man Chen cupped his hands and said.

Zhang Tuhu was also polite, and immediately began to arrange people to work.He who boils water boils water, and he who carries the basin carries the basin.The people in the yard immediately became busy again.

For a bear, the most valuable thing is of course the bear bile and bear paws. The first thing Zhang butcher did after opening the bear was to take out the bear bile, tie it on a hemp rope and hand it to old man Chen.

This thing is worth 50 taels of silver, so old man Chen naturally quickly put it away carefully.

Next, Butcher Zhang cut off the bear's paw and handed it to old man Chen to put it away.

Butcher Zhang was quick with his hands and feet, and he chopped Xiong Da into eight pieces in a short while.

A big pot was set up over there, a fire was lit under it, and pieces of bear meat were thrown into the pot. Butcher Zhang had almost cleaned up here, and the smell of meat had come out from there.

At this time, folks from the village also came one after another.

The old man Chen's family hunted a bear, which is naturally a great event in the village. Apart from red and white, there is probably no more important event than this.

There are more than 30 households in Chenzhuang, and more than 150 people. Except for those who cannot move, they are basically all here in a short time.After a while, Old Man Chen's yard was packed to the brim.

"Big tiger! Big tiger!" Old man Chen yelled while greeting people.

"Father! What's the matter?" Chen Dahu rushed over upon hearing the sound.

"You bastard! Did you tell your in-laws?" Old Man Chen shouted.

"Not yet!" Chen Dahu scratched his head.

Seeing that Duhu was still in a daze, old man Chen kicked him on the buttocks: "Then don't tell me, I'll discuss it with my in-laws tonight, and I'll marry you in a few days, hahaha!"

"Okay!" Duhu was overjoyed when he heard that, turned around and ran out.

There are many people and things are done quickly. The villagers all know the old man's family background, especially since there is no woman to do the housework. The mothers-in-law and daughter-in-law in the village all come to help.

Li Jing hadn't seen such a lively scene for many years except that he had seen it at home when he was a child.

At this time, he was also considered half of the Chen family, and he was infected, so he also stepped forward to greet the visitors.

It was getting dark, old man Chen set up a few firewood in the yard and lit it, making the yard as bright as day.More than a hundred people gathered around several long cases, drinking and guessing, yelling, it was really lively.

The people in Chenzhuang were drinking lively, when suddenly there was a sound of horseshoes outside the courtyard.

Where can ordinary people afford to ride a horse these days?Most rich lords ride in sedan chairs, and only soldiers and some servants ride horses when they are on errands.

Everyone was stunned, not knowing who was coming, they put down their wine bowls one after another, and turned to look outside the courtyard.

There were three people who came, and these three people got off their horses outside the courtyard gate, tied the reins of the horses to the gate post and went straight into the courtyard.

"Excuse me, whose family is doing this? Who is in charge?" One person held a horsewhip and stood in front of the courtyard gate, pointing at everyone and asked.

Li Jing smiled, and said to himself, it came so fast, it seems that Zhang Ao talked a lot to people.It's just that I don't know whether this person is from the Xu family or the Shen family, but judging by his arrogant posture, it is likely that he is from the Xu family.

Before leaving, Li Jing had already thought up a plan for this first step. Zhang Ao spread the news, and it was Li Jing who let him do this. Li Jing felt that it was a step of success. The Shen family and the Xu family, hehe!
At this time, old man Chen was greeting his in-laws, Ma Langzhong and the others in the house, while Li Jing and Du Hu were making arrangements in the yard.

Li Jing didn't come forward to answer, but Du Hu saw that the person was dressed in style, but he didn't dare to make a decision, so he hurried into the room and called Old Man Chen.

After hearing the news, old man Chen hurried out of the house, and when he saw the three people, he cupped his hands and said, "The old man is the owner of this house, what can you do?"

The leader looked sideways at old man Chen, waved his horsewhip and said, "I'm the butler of Mr. Xu's family in Lin County. I heard that my father hunted a bear today, so I'm here to buy bear bile."

Although Chenzhuang is under the jurisdiction of Huguan, because it is relatively close to the county seat of Lin County, people from the village usually go to Lin County when they enter the city, and not many people go to the county seat of this county.Many people know that there is a master Xu in Lin County, who is rich and powerful, and he is a man of integrity in the county.

When old man Chen heard that it was the housekeeper of Xu's house, he hurriedly said: "So it's the housekeeper of Master Xu's house, the old man is neglecting you, hurry up! Please come inside!"

Steward Xu waved his hand: "No need, there are important matters in the master's house. I bought the bear bile and left. This is 20 taels of silver. Hurry up and get the bear bile!"

After speaking, he took out a silver coin from his pocket and handed it to old man Chen.

Old man Chen was taken aback, but he didn't pick up the ingot of silver, and turned to look at his son.

Chen Dahu didn't understand what Old Man Chen meant when he saw him, and thought: What are you looking at me for?I can't call the shots.

Seeing that Chen Dahu didn't understand, Li Jing shook his head, stepped forward and said, "I heard that the Shen family in the city issued an announcement saying that 50 taels of silver would be used to buy bear bile. I don't know why this housekeeper only paid 20 taels of silver?"

The butler was stunned. He didn't expect Li Jing to know the announcement in the city? "

But the housekeeper was not panicked, he shook his horsewhip and said, "I don't care about the announcement. I bought this bear bile for my master Xu. What does it have to do with the Shen family! Why? You don't think 20 taels of silver is too little." No?"

Li Jing shook his head: "It's not that it's too little. We don't know how much this pair of bear bile is worth, but the Shen family's announcement said that it will be 50 taels of silver, so of course it's worth 50 taels. You only pay 20 taels of silver now. Can't sell it to you."

Relying on Master Xu's power in the county town, the butler has always been flaunting his might, and has never been contradicted like this before.Hearing Li Jing's words at this time, he immediately became angry from embarrassment: "Who are you? I'm talking to the owner of this house, so it's not your turn to point fingers here."

Upon hearing this, old man Chen hurried forward and said, "Report to the housekeeper, he is the one who hunted this bear."

The butler has always been used to being domineering, so he sneered at the moment: "I don't care who hunted it, Master Xu said that 20 taels are 20 taels, why? Is what Master Xu said not easy to use?"

Seeing Steward Xu's overbearing attitude, Li Jing sneered and said, "I'm sorry, I don't know Mr. Xu. But no one can buy bear bile worth 20 taels for only 50 taels of silver. Wouldn't that be forced buying and selling?" ? Go back and tell your master that there is no way to buy bear bile for 20 taels of silver!"

As soon as Li Jing's words came out, the butler was extremely embarrassed and didn't know what to do for a while.

He originally thought that these grassroots people could be calmed down with the three words of Master Xu, but he didn't expect to meet a tough guy, and they would ignore him at all.

He wanted to buy and sell by force. If the other party had few people, he could use force. Forgive these grassroots people for not daring to fight back, but now that the yard is full of people, but he only brought two servants, how could he dare to fight back? OK to grab?

Seeing that the housekeeper could not get off the stage, a clever person behind him took a step forward and said, "Second Lord, the master only gave me 20 taels of silver, and they won't sell it. We might as well go back and report to the master, and ask him to make a decision."

The man spoke in a low voice, but Li Jing and the others could hear him clearly. His words were threatening, but also gave the housekeeper a way to exit.

The butler naturally understood what the servant meant, and pretended to ponder for a moment before saying: "In that case, let's go back and report to the master, and see how the master will deal with these ignorant idiots!"

After finishing speaking, he waved his whip, turned around and went out to get on his horse.

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