The southeast corner of the county town, near the city wall, there is a shop. This shop is not big, there is a case in front of the door, with some meat, pork and mutton on it. This is a butcher shop in a slum area.
The owner of the shop is Zhang butcher Li Gan.
If you want to say that this butcher Li Gan is also the number one person in this slum area. Being able to have a shop is enough to illustrate the problem. Li Gan’s house has a house with six rooms in front and back. In this place where three houses are generally considered a luxury house.
But Li Gan is open-minded and easy to make friends. He is not the kind of person who is jealous of money and is profit-oriented. However, even so, in the eyes of ordinary people, this person has a hideous face and few people are willing to contact him.
Because in ancient times, under the influence of feudal consciousness, people had prejudice against killing, believing that Li Gan was evil, and most people chose to stay away from him.
Early in the morning, the butcher got up. Logically, he would feel refreshed after waking up. However, the butcher Li Gan had black eyes and obviously had a bad spirit. His wife also woke up. Seeing her husband like this, he wondered: What? Have a nightmare again?
Butcher nodded: That’s right! I have always had nightmares lately, and I woke up twice in the middle of the night.
When my wife heard this, she wondered: Could it be that you did this to anger the gods?
Butcher Li Gan listened and sneered: It is said that gods and ghosts are afraid of evil people, I I killed countless lives, am I still afraid of a ghost? Just kidding, let’s talk about it, I never believe this, it’s okay, maybe it’s okay in a few days.
The butcher got up after finishing his words, washed up, ate, went to the shop, and started the day's business.
The shop is not big, and he is the only one of the shopkeepers and the guys. He made out the remaining meat yesterday, put it on the case, and put it on the recliner, and Li Gan lay on the recliner.
Because the weather is warm, it doesn’t matter if you fall asleep, and a habit has been formed.
Street is gradually increasing. Although it is a slum, it has a large population. During the day, it is quite lively for people to set up stalls to buy things.
A woman came over, looked at the meat on the chopping board, and asked: Is this meat fresh?
Li Gan on the recliner said: I just killed last night, do you think it’s new?
The woman heard this, nodded and said: Give me half a pound.
Li Gan immediately got up when he heard this, looked at the woman, and smiled and said: Your head, is this money winning? Otherwise, how dare you buy meat?
The woman heard this and laughed: I really told you to tell me, my devil won two taels of silver yesterday!
Li Gan was amused in his heart, because the woman's husband, who had lost more than a few dozen taels of silver over the years, and then he started to show off after winning two taels.
But they are the customers and must greet them with a smile, so they weighed the meat and handed it over.
The woman was so happy that she paid directly, and left with her meat.
A moment later, a drunkard walked over shakingly, and when he approached the chopping board, he showed a drooling look and said: Butcher Li! Hurry up and get some meat for me to go home to satisfy my cravings.
Butcher Li Gan looked at the person and frowned and said: I said drunkard, you haven’t woken up in the morning, right? I owed me a tael of silver a few days ago and haven't paid it back yet. So I came to ask me for meat. Do you give me money? I'm hurry up and I'm worried that I can't find you.
The drunkard was stunned when he heard this, touched his head, felt a little embarrassed, and said with a wry smile: That's it! I'm not well-off and I'll pay you back next time!
As he said that, he ran away without looking back. Butcher Li Dan snorted and was too lazy to care. He had to pay it back sooner or later, and no one dared to owe him money to not pay it back.
It was noon in a flash. In this era, people usually only eat two meals, but they don’t want to eat lunch. It’s not that they don’t want to eat it, but mainly because they don’t have money, so they simply turn into two meals.
The butcher's family is in good condition, so he will have a meal every noon.
My wife was holding the food box and was already here. Seeing him lying down, she shouted: Come and have a meal!
The butcher quickly got up, took the food box, opened it, and the fragrant food came into his eyes.
When my wife saw him having dinner, she said: Sleep less during the day to avoid sleeping well at night.
The butcher heard this and said: I understand, but it doesn’t necessarily matter.
After saying that, he started eating. While eating, an old man walked in the distance. Seeing his clothes, he looked like a traveler, covered in dust.
The old man had already arrived near and happened to see the butcher eating. The man stopped and stared at the butcher for a while.
The butcher was a little stunned by the sight and asked: Why is my father-in-law staring at me?
The old man did not answer, but looked at the food box and said silently. The dishes his wife cooked for him were all meat dishes, so he felt appetite, and he could smell a fragrance in front of him.
The butcher was not stupid either. He pushed the food box over and said: My father-in-law hasn't eaten yet, right? It just so happens that you should eat it!
Hearing this, the old man didn't say anything politely, walked over, picked up the food box and started eating. The wife next to
looked at it and was speechless. She was originally made for her husband, but now she was cheaper.
The old man ate all his food after a moment, then wiped his mouth, showed satisfaction, and bowed to the butcher: Thank you!
The butcher smiled: Just a meal is nothing.
The old man looked at him and seemed to have something to say. After struggling for a long time, he said: Have you often had nightmares recently?
After hearing this, the butcher was stunned and said in a surprised tone: How do you know?
The old man heard this and laughed: If what I expected is right, you are not a nightmare, you are using a means by someone. If it is not solved, life and death will be unpredictable in the future!
Hearing the old man said, the butcher was shocked and quickly bowed and asked: Please help me, my father-in-law.
The old man looked at it again and said: It should be done by the carpenter! The carpenter wants to harm you!
Hearing this, the butcher was stunned and asked: Do the carpenter harm me?
When he saw the old man nodding, the butcher said in confusion: I did not offend the carpenter! How could it hurt me?
The old man heard this and thought for a while and said: This matter is easy to deal with. Don’t sleep at night. If you stay in the door, you will catch the person who harms you.
The butcher nodded when he heard this. Although he did not believe it all, he probably saw the old man's confident look, so he bowed to thank him.
The old man smiled and left immediately.
The wife thought for a while and said: Have you offended the carpenter recently?
The butcher thought about it, was stunned and murmured: Could it be that Carpenter Li did it?
The wife hurriedly asked: What's going on?
The butcher thought about it and said: That was something more than ten days ago. A idle man came to me and said he was selling me a dog. I didn't think much about it at the time, so I bought it and killed it to sell meat. But not long after, Carpenter Li came and said that the dog was his, and the idle man stole it. For this reason, I paid another portion of the money to the carpenter. It was a loss, but the carpenter was still refusing to give up.
When my wife heard this, she said angrily: He should settle the score with that idle man, how can he find you? We are also victims! You also paid two more money.
The butcher shook his head and said: Oh! Forget it, after all, that dog has been raised for many years, and with feelings, it will be hard for anyone to feel good. I hope it's not him this time!
Wife was too lazy to say anything after hearing this, so she turned around and went back.
On night, after dinner, it was completely dark. The butcher told his wife: You go to bed! I stared at it to see if what the old man said was true.
The wife nodded and fell asleep alone. The butcher simply moved a chair and sat in the door.
Fortunately, the temperature is good now and it is not cold. The butcher is glaring at him and is about to fall asleep. I don’t know when it was, but when he heard something outside the door, the butcher suddenly woke up.
The body did not move, and he listened with his ears, as if someone's footsteps were heard from far to near, and he arrived in front of his house.
The butcher thought to himself: It seems that the old man is really a master. If he is right, he just doesn’t know if it is the carpenter.
After this person arrived, he didn't know what he was doing. There was a rustling noise. The butcher couldn't help but open the door suddenly.
It was almost the full moon tonight. It was the brightest moment. With the moonlight, the butcher was stunned for a moment, then poked out his big hand and grabbed the neck of the future person, shouting: Damn carpenter, how dare you plot against me, I think you are looking for death!
The carpenter who was strangled was too late to scream, but he was dancing, but he couldn't do anything about it. This butcher is usually a good person, but in fact he is very strong and looks fierce. If he is really angry, it would be another scene.
The butcher leaned out his hand and looked at the carpenter with a few big mouths. The carpenter was bleeding from his mouth and nose, but struggled to no avail.
As the noise, the neighbors around also heard the noise, and they lighted the lights and walked out to check the noise. The same was true for the butcher's wife, and she came out with a lantern.
Everyone surrounded the carpenter and an old man asked: I said Li Gan, I don’t sleep in the middle of the night, why are you still catching thieves?
The butcher smiled and said: You are right, this damn thing is actually going to harm me, so I won’t catch you right.
Only then did people know what was going on. The butcher let go of his hand, threw the carpenter on the ground, and shouted: Tell me! Why harm me?
The carpenter listened, looked at the people around him, and argued: I didn’t harm you!
The butcher pointed to the brush and cinnabar on the ground with the light and said: It’s midnight, you are here at my gate. What are you doing? If you don’t say it, I will send you to see the official immediately.
Hearing this, the carpenter was a little scared and quickly knelt in front of the butcher and begged: It’s all my fault, let me spare this time!
Seeing this, everyone understood that the butcher was right. The butcher sneered: Or is it for the dog's business?
The carpenter nodded, and the butcher sneered: Is that my responsibility? You don’t go to settle the score with a free man, but you are going to harm me. Everyone will judge me.
Then the butcher told the matter out. After hearing this, everyone accused the carpenter of it, and it was indeed indistinguishable from right and wrong.
The butcher kicked down, the carpenter flew away, coughing up blood in his mouth, and the butcher shouted: I will let you go this time, and there will be another time, I will kill you!
The carpenter was so scared that he trembled all over and ran away quickly. Since then, this person has never appeared in the town again.
The butcher took ruthless measures against those who do not distinguish between right and wrong, in order to shock this person, so as not to have any follow-ups. Although the methods are ruthless, they are forced to do so.
The story is over!
