Chapter 219: Buying The Castrated Pig
Xiang Chuan had almost forgotten the pig slaughter scenes she saw as a child, with only a few memories remaining, such as the scene every year before the New Year when her family went to the pig farm in the village to carefully select big fat pigs. At that time, as a little kid, Xiang Chuan was quite disdainful of the pig pens. Every time she followed her father and mother to the pig farm, it was mainly to buy some snacks or small things from the vendors near the pig farm. After her parents finished selecting the pig, she would then follow them to the slaughterhouse.
And while her parents discussed selecting the pig, they would occasionally mention castrated pigs.
The reason she still remembered this term was that after starting junior high, when reading some transmigration novels set in ancient times, she often saw the eunuchs in the novels referred to as “castrated people.” Every time she saw this term, she would think of castrated pigs, wondering if it was a pig that had that thing below cut off just like eunuchs.
However, at that time she was already boarding at school, with little time to stay at home listening to her parents chat. Moreover, there were class placement exams and the high school entrance exam pressing from both sides in her studies, leaving no spare time to research this thing.
Over time, it was forgotten by her.
If it weren’t for seeing this pig with its reproductive organs severed at the pig farm this time, Xiang Chuan probably wouldn’t have thought of it.
“Castrated pig… castrated pig…”
Xiang Chuan muttered, quickly opening Geegle to search. She felt that modern pork was so hard to swallow, and a big reason might be related to this castrated pig.
Half a minute later, Xiang Chuan hurriedly ran to Chief Steward An Jing.
“Chief Steward An Jing, if I may ask boldly, that pig—” Xiang Chuan pointed to the fat pig that had lost its manhood, “Can that pig be sold to us? I can pay in cash!”
Xiang Chuan was so anxious; if it dragged on any longer, this castrated pig that had finally appeared by chance would be sent to the farm and then made into feed to feed the carnivorous animals in the nature reserve.
Just thinking that up to now possibly many castrated pigs had been eaten by carnivorous animals, while they humans were still racking their brains to eat pork, Xiang Chuan could even imagine the scene of modern people being harshly mocked by 21st century people.
Of course, as a transmigrated 21st century person, Xiang Chuan couldn’t laugh now.
What she needed to do most right now was to quickly get her hands on this castrated pig.
Chief Steward An Jing was startled by Xiang Chuan’s anxious tone. He looked up at that individual whose size stood out somewhat among the pig group, feeling very puzzled in his heart. Why had Xiang Chuan just ignored the other high-quality healthy pigs and specifically chosen this one?
However, despite being full of questions in his heart, since Xiang Chuan, as an information turbulence contactee, had spoken up, Chief Steward An Jing didn’t mind doing her a favor.
“Of course, anyway these pigs are going to be dealt with soon. If you want to buy one, Classmate Xiang Chuan, I can even give you a discounted price.” Chief Steward An Jing said, opening his personal terminal and sending a message to the financial staff.
Coincidentally, the financial staff was checking the settlement with the meat processing plant employees loading the substandard pigs. As soon as Chief Steward An Jing’s message went out, the financial staff hurried over in less than a minute.
Hearing that someone wanted to buy a substandard pig, the financial staff looked at Xiang Chuan with eyes full of doubt, but in front of Chief Steward An Jing, she didn’t feel embarrassed to ask too much, so she officially displayed the price list from her terminal in the form of a light screen to Xiang Chuan.
The financial staff introduced: “A healthy pig averages around five thousand Star Yuan. The one this classmate wants to buy is a substandard pig, so we can give you a 30% discount. Is this price acceptable to you?”
When asking the last sentence, the financial staff was actually very nervous. You know, a whole edible cow costs only eight thousand Star Yuan, pork is cheaper than beef, but the taste of pork is simply indescribable, so almost no one considers buying pigs, let alone a whole pig.
This girl in front of her who looked very well-behaved seemed to come from a good family background. She was probably buying the pig with her own pocket money this time; otherwise, she wouldn’t consider buying a cheap substandard pig but would go for the healthy ones in the pig pens, the financial staff thought. Although it was a bit sorry to Chief Steward An Jing who had always put effort into the pig farm, letting her watch this girl’s pocket money go down the drain really went against her conscience.
It would be better to buy half a cow than a whole pig. The financial staff was brewing her words in her heart and was about to speak to persuade her when Xiang Chuan had already pulled out her personal terminal.
“Can I pay directly?” Xiang Chuan asked, blinking her eyes.
Seeing Xiang Chuan’s unhesitating appearance, the financial staff could only swallow the words on the tip of her tongue and honestly open the payment page. After three thousand seven hundred Star Yuan was credited, the worried financial staff returned to her work post.
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Xiang Chuan having paid meant she had transformed from a student visiting the farm into a small customer of the pig farm.
Although she only bought one pig, small money is still money. Plus, Chief Steward An Jing was curious about Xiang Chuan’s intention in buying the pig, so he directed the employees and AI robots to quickly transfer that castrated pig out of the line.
Taking advantage of the adults around them all going off to work, the three club members quietly approached Xiang Chuan. Ouyang Yating was the first to ask:
“Xiang Chuan, what do you want that pig for? If you’re going to buy one, why not buy those we just saw.”
Buying a good pig would at least reduce the degree of unpalatability when cooking it a bit. Ouyang Yating added in her heart.
“Hey, you guys don’t know about this. I just checked the information and found out that castrated pigs… that is, pigs without that thing, taste much better than regular pigs.”
Hearing this, Ainuo and Liang Gong complexly clamped their lower bodies. Although it was the pig that had its reproductive organs severed, this really made male creatures feel a vague sense of immersion and phantom pain.
“Is it that troublesome? Cows and chickens can be eaten directly, why did ancient people have to go through such trouble with pigs?” Ainuo said disdainfully.
“In the past, it was because pigs grew fast and had lots of fat, allowing poor people to eat more meat. Later, it was purely because pork, lard, and pork offal these meat products could satisfy the picky modern… 21st century people.”
Xiang Chuan coughed lightly. Close call, almost let it slip. Modern people aren’t picky; otherwise, why would they eat liquid food and solid food for tens of thousands of years without considering raw tomatoes or cucumbers?
Ouyang Yating and the other two exchanged glances. Although they still held a skeptical attitude toward whether pork could become tasty, they very much agreed with Xiang Chuan’s sharp critique of 21st century people being picky.
Regarding 21st century people’s picky eating habits, upon seeing the buns at Yue Xiang Restaurant and the school cafeteria, students at Nongda Affiliated High School had already formed this stereotype. After all, modern people could be satisfied with a single meat bun for life, while 21st century people tirelessly developed things like sugar buns, beef buns, and vegetable buns. Even a single chicken had preparations like stir-fried chicken, roasted chicken, and chicken soup.
Experts and scholars at the Historical Research Institute even believed that the reason the 21st century failed to develop advanced science and technology was because contemporaries put all their energy into researching food!
Xiang Chuan: No, that’s really not true… right?
