Although the head of the Lu family thought his idea was ridiculous, it was actually the real situation. Ji Yuan's attention was now focused on the big black dog next to the delicatessen.
This so-called ferocious dog king behaved extremely docilely in front of Ji Yuan and allowed Ji Yuan to stroke the back of its head. Even Hu Li, who had been scared to death, gradually relaxed his nerves. Of course, he still didn't dare to get close, at least he didn't dare to get within the maximum distance of the chain.
Ji Yuan asked about the last time the fox was bitten, which surprised Hu Li a little, but he obviously understood the actions and facial language of the big black dog. Apparently Ji Yuan did the same, so when he saw the big black dog's reaction, Ji Yuan also smiled.
“It is true.”
Ji Yuan moved his hand that was touching the dog's head to the dog's mouth, pulled up the dog's lips, revealing the sharp fangs inside, and turned to Hu Lidao.
"Perhaps your little fox should thank the big black dog for not killing it. If the dog really wanted to kill it, it wouldn't be as simple as biting its neck."
At this time, the eldest brother of the Lu family just picked out a lamb leg bone, walked out of the shop, and threw it towards the big black dog.
"Dahei, go on."
"Woo woof..."
When the big black dog was barking, Ji Yuan had already stood up and stepped back two steps, but Yang Gu spun a few times in the air and was bitten by the jumping black dog before he landed on the ground.
"Click...Click..."
Even though it had been braised for quite some time, the thick lamb leg bone did not last long in the big black dog's mouth. Soon, under its powerful bite, it made a series of crisp bone-breaking sounds, which made Hu Li feel his scalp tingling.
While chewing the sheep bones, the big black dog actually raised its head and looked at Hu Li with an extremely human expression, as if mocking him, but Hu Li couldn't get angry at the moment.
"Sir, except for the pig's trotters, can I remove the bones from the other meat for you?"
"You don't need to remove the lamb chops, they are more chewy."
Ji Yuan returned to the front of the shop again. At this moment, the two brothers of the Lu family were very busy. Both brothers had excellent knife skills and their movements of deboning and slicing meat were very skillful, which was almost like an art.
"Hey, sir, you know how to eat! When some wealthy families order meat, they always ask us to remove all the bones so that it is more elegant to eat with chopsticks. Little do they know that this will take away a lot of the fun of eating meat!"
People who run shops are indeed more talkative. The eldest brother of the Lu family seized the opportunity to talk to Ji Yuan. Ji Yuan looked at the chopping boards on the counter and saw that many packages of meat had already been processed.
"The shop owner's surname is Lu, or are they two brothers?"
Ji Yuan would now take the initiative to talk to the shop owner, who would of course be happy to chat more.
"That's right. Our cooking skills are passed down from our ancestors. We are quite famous in Luping City. People who have eaten the braised meat and roast chicken in our shop are full of praise. The skills were taught by our grandfather, and he passed the shop to us. Oh, and Dahei was also passed to us."
"Oh... I heard you said you've raised this big black dog for at least twenty years, but it's still so energetic."
When he heard Ji Yuan asking about Dahei, the second son of the Lu family spoke up for the first time. He was not as talkative as his eldest brother, but he was not introverted either. He smiled.
"Don't be embarrassed, sir. Dahei is older than us two brothers. Dahei has been a big dog since I was a child. I heard that he followed my grandfather back from a long journey to collect sheep."
Ji Yuan was slightly stunned, and looked at the Lu brothers carefully. It sounded like the two brothers were only in their twenties? They looked a little anxious. Ji Yuan thought the two brothers must be in their early forties.
Hu Li also came over to talk, of course he still stayed far away from the big black dog. They chatted idly, and soon all the meat was processed and piled up on the counter.
"Oh, well, the total is nine hundred and fifty-six coins. I'll round off the amount for you two and charge you nine hundred and fifty coins!"
The head of the Lu family rubbed his hands. This business deal was worth almost one or two taels of silver, which was a lot of profit.
Ji Yuan smiled and nodded, looking at Hu Li, who directly grabbed a handful of silver from his purse and handed it to the head of the Lu family.
"Here, pay with silver."
"Hey, okay, I'll weigh it right away!"
Seeing that the other party really paid with silver, the Lu brothers were very happy. This was more profitable than Zu Yue's copper coins. However, when receiving the money, they did not see clearly how much change Hu Li grabbed. But as soon as they received it, the eldest brother of the Lu family felt that the amount was not right. It was not even one or two taels.
"Here, sir, you gave me too much, didn't you?"
Having said that, the eldest brother of the Lu family still put all the silver on the silver scale on the side, picked up the small scale to weigh it, and sure enough, there was almost two taels.
"There are two taels, I have to return some of it and give you change..."
"No, no, no."
Hu Li shook his hands repeatedly and refused the shopkeeper's request to return the money.
"Shopkeeper, you don't have to return the money. In fact, I came here today to apologize to you."
"Where did this come from?"
The Lu brothers looked at each other in confusion. Hu Li looked at the big black dog not far away and then at Ji Yuan. He calmed down and answered.
"The store must have lost a lot of burning ** a few days ago?"
"Well, that's true, but since I moved Dahei here and tied him up in the shop a month and a half ago, he hasn't been lost since."
The eldest brother of the Lu family recalled and answered, and Hu Li quickly took over the conversation.
"Yes, to be honest, I also have some dogs at home. A while ago, they seemed to have brought back some roasted chicken and braised meat. I have been looking for the owner, and later I found out that they were lost from our shop. I came here to apologize!"
The big black dog at the side looked up at Hu Li, and the corners of its mouth twitched. Ji Yuan also smiled gently. This method was not taught by him, but only by Hu Li himself, which was considered to be quite standard.
The Lu brothers over there also suddenly realized.
"Oh! I see. But, but this doesn't cost as much as one or two taels of silver. Four hundred coins at most will be enough..."
"Well, that's what I should do. The rest is my apology!"
Hu Li also gradually showed his talent in negotiation. He went back and forth with the store owner, and finally the other party accepted the money reluctantly with a half-serious and embarrassed expression. He also enthusiastically offered to help deliver the meat to his house, but of course he was rejected by Hu Li and Ji Yuan.
When Ji Yuan and Hu Li left together, both of them had their hands full of things. After walking to a relatively secluded place, all the cooked food disappeared and merged into Ji Yuan's sleeves.
After that, the two men went to several shops and wine shops that the foxes had stolen. Hu Li bought a lot of wine and food in a similar way and with similar excuses, and finally spent a huge sum of five taels of silver.
When he finished all this, Hu Li's face was full of excitement. He felt a sense of relief as if he had accomplished something big. Walking on the street with Ji Yuan, he felt a lot more relaxed from the inside out.
This feeling is actually not as exaggerated as a qualitative change, and may even be very weak, but when staying with Ji Yuan, Hu Li's grasp of this feeling becomes very clear, which naturally amplifies this feeling.
"Mr. Ji, I didn't feel anything before, but now I feel much better!"
Ji Yuan just smiled and said calmly.
"Whether you are a human or a demon, sometimes you just can't have a knot in your heart. Once you have a knot in your heart, it will cause a mental disaster over time. So if you are not the kind of person who will do anything to achieve your goals and has no burden, it is best to resolve the knot in an appropriate way. It will help your life and your cultivation."
Hu Li nodded as if he understood, then he seized the loophole in Ji Yuan's words and suddenly asked.
"Mr. Ji, what you mean is that if you use whatever means necessary and approve of your behavior in your heart, you won't have any knots in your heart?"
Ji Yuan looked at Hu Li with a smile and nodded.
"Yes, you may not have any grudges this way, but the calamity will be even more dangerous when it comes, and you will have to suppress it in various ways or find a way out, which will eventually form a vicious cycle. So don't be a deadbeat."
"Well… "
Hu Li was speechless and didn't dare to say more, and Ji Yuan didn't elaborate. In fact, he knew that the evil demons in the practice also had their own methods, but these methods only delayed the disaster and even destroyed their own future, at least that was the view of the righteous.
While Ji Yuan and Hu Li were going around the city paying off debts, Jin Jia, with the little paper crane on his head, was not around. Ji Yuan specially allowed Jin Jia and the little paper crane to wander around the city on their own.
Or to be more precise, it let the little paper crane take Jin Jia for a walk. Normally, the little paper crane would most likely fly away on its own after entering the city, but this time it stayed with Jin Jia, taking the big guy under its feet for a stroll. After all, it knew very well that without the master's orders and without it following, the big guy would probably just find a place to stand for a day.
So the situation on Jinjia's side at the moment was that he was moving forward slowly without looking to the side, but every time he reached a street corner or encountered a situation where he needed to turn, the little paper crane would flap its wings and shake its head above his head to ask Jinjia to turn.
“Chirp~”
They arrived at the intersection again. The little paper crane flapped its right wing towards Jin Jia's head. The latter looked up slightly and saw the little paper crane flapping its wings towards the right, so he walked towards the right.
Because of his physique and his cold and powerful aura, wherever Jin Jia goes, people there will subconsciously avoid him on both sides, trying not to provoke such a man who is obviously not easy to mess with. After all, the security in Luping City is not good these days.
In front, two people were ransacking the house, and were pushing and shoving as if they were about to start a fight.
"You tricked me and caused my wine jar to break!"
"What do you say, you bastard, you knocked over my basket of braised meat and stepped on it?"
"You were the one who broke my wine first, and I didn't mean to do it. You should pay for my wine."
"What? You said it was unintentional, then it's unintentional. I spent a hundred coins on three pounds of braised pork, and your inferior wine cost twenty coins at most!"
"Bullshit! This is Huajiang wine, and a jar costs two hundred coins!"
"You're the one who farted!"
"Pay compensation!" "Pay compensation, apologize!"
The two men were swearing and wrestling with each other, and the people around them quickly dispersed. The two men thought that they were afraid of being injured by accident, but suddenly they found that this was not the case.
After feeling themselves covered by a shadow, they turned to look to the side and found a ferocious red-skinned man standing in front of them, looking up and looking down at them with contempt.
Jin Jia said nothing, but just standing there brought tremendous pressure to the individual.
"What, what? You're asking for help?" "Isn't this your helper?"
The two looked at each other, visibly relieved.
"Well, I think we should just call it quits?" "That's exactly what I was thinking. It's only a couple of hundred coins. I can afford it!"
“Hmph!” “Hmph!”
The two men each snorted, not daring to look at the golden armor, and quickly left to the left and right.
The little paper crane on Jin Jia's head flapped its wings happily, as if it was very happy. But when it looked down at Jin Jia, it found that the big guy had no reaction, so it had to flap its wings at him, and the latter continued to walk forward.