The Beginning of Siheyuan: The Pig Killer of Qinjia Village

On the road, Chang Wei drove fast and steadily.

Qin Huairu looked at Chang Wei who was concentrating, her eyes full of tenderness.

Such a handsome and capable man, hehe... he belongs to me.

At 2:30 in the morning, I arrived at Xidan Vegetable Market, in front of the butcher shop.

The vegetable market was dark, with only a few shops having dim lights.

"Wife, wait a moment, I'll go open the door and turn on the light."

Having said that, Chang Wei got out of the car first, opened the door and walked into the shop. He wanted to take out the meat that he had received in his portable space last night.

After putting the meat away, he turned on the light and walked out of the shop.

Still unloading the pigs the same way as always, knocking them down one by one with one punch.

Qin Huairu walked into the shop carrying the wooden box and put it aside, then went into the warehouse and started adding coal to the stove and fanning it to make it burn brightly.

After unloading the pigs, Chang Wei was busy slaughtering them.

At three o'clock in the morning, Ding Cheng came with Liu Qing and Da Niu.

Qin Huairu and Liu Qing met for the first time, but they knew each other.

There was no need for Chang Wei to introduce each other. He just nodded and smiled and started to work.

Qin Huairu saw Liu Qing's appearance and passed the initial screening. Unfortunately, she had given birth to a child, but it didn't matter, since she wasn't going to marry her anyway.

She didn't know that the big girl was also a sister carrying a gun, and she was preparing a rice bowl with toppings.

After Liu Qing saw Qin Huairu's appearance, he understood why Chang Wei married her. With such a beautiful face and figure, and the fact that she showed no hostility towards him, which man would not like her?

Chang Wei was busy and had no time to care about them. They would not fight anyway, and he had already greeted them.

There were only twenty-three pigs, and they had been almost processed by a little before five in the morning.

Chang Wei began to remove the bones and separate the meat. He was very fast. Ding Cheng helped to put the meat in place. It was not even six o'clock yet.

The counter in the shop was filled with pre-cut and classified pork, with prices clearly marked.

The classification of pork is very simple, not as complicated as the dozens of types in later generations. In order to adapt to the modern times and make it easier to identify, Chang Wei only classified it into a few types.

Pork fat is the most popular and sells for 60 cents per pound.

Elbow!

Pork belly!

Lots of fat!

The three kinds of meat have the same price, 50 cents per pound.

The meat with less fat is 45 cents per pound.

Pig heart, pig's big and small belly, and pig's head with four hairs.

Spare ribs and other large bones and trotters, 25 cents.

The rest of the internal organs are 30 cents per pound.

It was already daybreak outside, and all the shops in the vegetable market had already opened. Old men, women and young wives began to arrive one after another to buy vegetables.

Especially the elderly, as they are old, they have shallow sleep and short rest time.

In this age without entertainment, people go to bed early and it is normal to get up at five o'clock.

Chang Wei checked the time and chuckled, "Wife, Sister Qing, stop it. Clean up and get ready to open the store."

After a few hours, the two women had already become familiar with each other.

Upon hearing this, Qin Huairu and Liu Qing, who were chatting while processing the internal organs, hurriedly washed their hands and came out.

Qin Huairu picked up the wooden box that had been placed aside, and Liu Qing took the scale and cash box and came to the exit of the shop.

Today will be quite busy. I will arrange Liu Qing to weigh the items and Qin Huairu to collect the money for the lottery. Chang Wei will come out to handle it after the grand prize is awarded.

Chang Wei felt that there would be a lot of people here today, so it was important to maintain order. "Ah Cheng, you stay at the entrance of the shop to maintain order and prevent anyone from sneaking out with the meat."

After saying that, Chang Wei carried the firecrackers that he had prepared long ago and came to the entrance of the vegetable market.

At this time, in many public toilets and roadside telephone poles within the city, there was a small advertising leaflet posted.

"Who posted this and what?" An old lady went to the toilet in the morning. As soon as she squatted down and looked up, she saw several identical flyers with black and white pictures posted on the wall opposite.

After the work was done, the aunt came forward to take a look. She didn't know many words, but she saw the word "lottery" on the top, which she happened to recognize, and there were black and white bicycles, watches and sewing machine patterns below.

After careful identification and using all the knowledge I have, I finally got the answer. "Can I win a sewing machine, a bicycle, and a watch when I buy meat?"

At this time, the aunties and young wives who came in one after another heard that they could win a sewing machine, bicycle, and watch by buying meat?

It's not even the hottest days of summer yet and I'm already talking nonsense due to the heat.

But everyone was curious and went forward to take a look.

When there are many people, there will always be someone with enough ink to read it word by word.

"The Huimin Pork Shop in Xidan Market has opened. Anyone who spends a certain amount of money on meat in the shop will have a chance to win a prize."

"If you spend 2.5 yuan or more, you will get one chance to win the lottery. If you spend 5 yuan or more, you will get two chances to win the lottery. And so on. There is no upper limit."

“First Prize: A Plum Blossom watch, valued at 290 yuan.

Second Prize: A Forever 168-inch bicycle, valued at RMB .

Third prize: a sewing machine, valued at RMB 126.

Lucky Prize: Various payment discount coupons. All customers who participate in the lottery and do not win the first, second or third prizes will have a lucky prize and can redeem the discount on the spot.

First come first served! "

After reading this, I was blown away.

It's true that buying meat can win you a sewing machine, a bicycle, and a watch...

The aunties and young wives present were all excited.

Sewing machine?

Who doesn’t like women in this era?

Anyway, I have to buy meat every day, so I can just buy some more and keep it at home...

"Aunt Zhang, go home and tell my mother-in-law that I have something to do and I won't be going home."

"Ergou's wife, you want to go to the lottery, right? Let me pass on a message for you? I won't go back either."

"You are in such a hurry, do you have money with you?"

After this reminder, everyone remembered that they had just gotten up and went to the toilet, so who would carry money with them?

then……

Everyone hurried home to get money, picked up their vegetable baskets, and ran to the Xidan vegetable market.

Some aunties and young wives were so excited that they even forgot to go to the toilet...

This scene was played out in many places in the city...

The small advertisements that only appeared in the 1980s and 1990s were brought forward by Chang Wei.

The day before yesterday, we had arranged to print a thousand leaflets, at 10 cents a piece. Then yesterday morning, we asked Qin Huaiyong to bring three or four young people from the village to post the leaflets in the public toilets in Sijiucheng and on the telephone poles in conspicuous places.

At this time, at the door of Huimin Pork Shop.

After Chang Wei moved the firecrackers to the entrance of the vegetable market, he ran back and put down the red cloth banners on both sides of the butcher shop's door.

It says:

For the opening event, every purchase of meat worth 2.5 yuan or more will result in a lucky draw, with no upper limit.

All customers who participate in the lucky draw are guaranteed to receive discount coupons, which can be redeemed on the spot.

He went back into the shop and moved the bicycle with the big red flower and the sewing machine to the platform in front of the butcher shop and covered them with red cloth.

I will open it in public later so that it will be eye-catching and attractive.

Chang Wei returned to the entrance of the vegetable market, lit a cigarette, and did everything he needed to do.

I don’t know how much meat I can sell today, so I prepared 133 pigs, which will weigh over 20,000 kilograms of meat.

As of last night, eighty-three heads had been collected from various villages, and there were still fifty that had been slaughtered in the personal space.

Anyway, I have my own space, so I don’t have to worry about the meat going bad. And I’m confident that I can sell a lot today.

After smoking, I looked at my watch again. There was still one minute left and the store would open at six o'clock.

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