5. Zhang Fei, the short-haired girl selling pork

  Sun Yu walked in front, Zhao Yun followed closely behind, not letting her out of his sight for a single step. Afraid of losing him to this extent, Sun Yu felt both amused and annoyed. It seemed that Zhao Yun had been abandoned as a stray cat for too long, and now that he had finally met a master, he refused to let the master leave his line of sight.

  Sun Yu put all the money in his bosom, 2,080 wen, a big two strings, heavy and slow to walk.

  Two people arrived at the market, Zhuo County is not a big county, the market looks pitiful, dozens of small stalls are placed on the side of the road, selling vegetables, meat, cloth, shoes, tofu... Although there are not many stalls, the variety is quite complete.

  Most of the stall owners were men, such as the tofu vendor, where a big-bearded man who looked like Zhang Fei was carefully helping customers wrap their tofu. In this world where women are revered and men are inferior, men do these miscellaneous tasks while women can go out and about freely, it's really interesting.

  Forget it, what's the point of watching so much gossip? Sun Yu thought to himself, I'm not here to save this world, I just need to earn enough travel expenses, tour the world, uncover the truth about this world, and find a way back to Earth.

  He took Zhao Yun and walked straight to a small meat stall. Sun Yu came from the future, eating without meat was really deadly, so the first thing he thought of was to buy meat.

  Behind the meat stall sat a girl, about fifteen or sixteen years old, with thick eyebrows and big eyes, short hair like needles, looking like a tomboy. However, although her appearance was somewhat masculine, her body was that of a first-class woman, curvaceous and lithe, exuding a powerful beauty. Her skin tone was slightly dark, the healthy wheat color that comes from being sun-kissed, making people feel good at first sight.

  Sun Yu walked up and clasped his fists together: "Shopkeeper, I'd like to buy some pork."

  The girl waved her hand and said, "Just pick whatever you want, if you're buying meat then just buy it, what's the point of talking so much nonsense?" After she finished speaking, she picked up a small gourd, took two gulps, belched, and contentedly said, "This really is good wine."

  Uh, wine-loving girl, I don't like it. Sun Yu furrowed his brow, he didn't like women drinking because he himself didn't drink: "I was asking you how much pork costs per catty, if I didn't ask the price clearly, how dare I buy?"

  The girl took a sip of wine, glanced at him and said in a low voice: "One catty of lean meat is 20 cents, fat meat is 10 cents, and five-flower meat is 15 cents."

  "Isn't that expensive?" Sun Yu was shocked, he already knew that a dan of glutinous rice sold for 200 wen, and one dan of glutinous rice was equivalent to 180 catties. Calculating it out, one catty of glutinous rice was worth less than 2 wen, so why was pork ten times the price of glutinous rice?

  No way, I have to make this 2080 yuan last for half a year until the salary is paid, and buying meat has to be done carefully. Sun Yu turned around to leave but saw little loli Zhao Yun staring at the pork cutting board in front of her with shining eyes, her mouth watering so much that it was almost dripping on the floor.

  Sun Yu thought for a moment and sighed, "Shopkeeper, I want three catties of lean meat, three catties of fatty meat, and three catties of five-flower meat." The lean meat is used to stir-fry shredded meat, the five-flower meat is used to stir-fry twice-cooked pork, and the fatty meat is used to simmer some lard. Sun Yu calculated it very well.

  But as soon as she said this, the girl selling pork suddenly became stupid. She stared at him with wide eyes and stuttered: "You want three catties of each?"

  "Yes! Three catties each." Sun Yuqi said: "What's wrong?"

  The girl was sweating all over, saying: "Wait a minute, let me calculate how much it is in total." She took out a pile of abacuses from under the counter and started calculating the math problem. It turned out that she was calculating how much three pounds of each of the three types of pork would cost.

  At this time, Sun Yu's mind recalled NM01's voice saying: "Master, the ancients used counting rods to calculate numbers. For them, multiplying and adding up the multiples of numbers was a very complicated arithmetic operation. So you buy three catties of each type of pork, and then add up these prices, ordinary people would have to spend half a day calculating before they could get the result, only a skilled accountant using an abacus could quickly calculate the result."

  Sun Yu woke up, the Eastern Han Dynasty did not have Arabic numerals, and there was no mixed operation formula for four arithmetic operations. Ordinary people found it difficult to calculate numbers. For people of this era, three kinds of pork, each weighing three catties, were not a simple math problem. He quickly spoke up: "Shopkeeper, you don't need to calculate, the total is 135 wen."

  The girl selling pork gave him a sideways glance and said in a low voice, "I'm the one selling meat, of course I'll be the one to calculate it. If you come up with some random number to cheat me, won't I end up losing money?"

  Hesitating, the stubborn little girl made Sun Yu sit down and wait for her to finish counting.

  But this question isn't that easy to calculate, the girl's math skills are obviously not great, she calculated for half a day and still couldn't get the result. She slammed her abacus on the ground in anger, stood up and scolded loudly: "Great, you're here to humiliate me? Ordinary people only buy one kind of meat, who buys three kinds each weighing three catties like you? You're obviously trying to humiliate me, I won't let you off."

  "I didn't fool you, I'm really buying meat." Sun Yu felt that he was more wronged than Dou E, and the little Zhao Yun next to him also helped to explain desperately: "Yes, we really want to buy meat... Ah, meat... I really want to eat meat, never had it before..."

  The girl selling pork didn't let them explain, and with a swish from behind the pork stall, she jumped out, raised her small fist, and threw a punch at Sun Yu.

  Her figure was extremely agile, her movements were very nimble, just like a female leopard. This punch was as fast as lightning, fortunately Sun Yu had mental preparation and saw her jump out at the same time, taking a step back to dodge the punch.

  "Hey, girl, don't hit people randomly. Can't I just not buy it?" Sun Yu was a civilized person and couldn't just throw punches around, especially since his opponent was only a 15 or 16-year-old girl.

  "I won't sell it to you even if I have to fight!" The pork-selling girl said stubbornly, "Who in this Zhuo County doesn't know the great name of Zhang Fei Zhang Yide? You dare to come and humiliate me, just watch me beat you until your teeth are all over the ground."

  Uh, I'm dizzy... Is this Zhang Fei? Sun Yu was shocked. Does Zhang Fei want to fight me? Oh my god, I'm just a scientist from the future, a civilized person, I don't want to fight with Zhang Fei! Sun Yu hastily pulled his official robe and urgently said: "Don't fight, I'm an imperial officer, if you hit me, you'll be finished, you'll be arrested and thrown into prison."

  He said this, and the voice of NM01 sounded in his ear: "Master, according to the Records of the Three Kingdoms, Zhang Fei was originally a butcher from Zhuo County. Ah, yes, Zhang Fei is not afraid of officials, he once whipped the county magistrate and even declared that he would kill Dong Zhuo. Based on the most scientific analysis, we are probably no match for Zhang Fei. I have activated your leg cells, so it's better if we escape. Do you want me to add a red glow effect to your escape with the martial general technique? Please give this martial general technique a name."

  Sun Yu wiped his sweat and replied in a low voice: "Let's just call it Divine Movement."

  He and NM01 were chatting there, Zhang Fei thought he was talking to himself, suddenly getting more and more angry.

  "Pah, I don't care what official you are, let's fight!" Zhang Fei roared loudly, his agile body leaping out several feet in an instant. His small fist created a whistling sound as it flew through the air, heading straight for Sun Yu's chest. Sun Yu even felt the airflow generated by the fist making a soft whooshing sound in mid-air, what a fierce punch! Even before it hit his body, the wind from the fist made his skin ache.

  "I'm running!" Sun Yu jumped back, his legs had been forcibly activated by NM01's cells, and he was incredibly powerful. This jump instantly propelled him two zhang away, then he turned around, took off in a sprint, NM01 quickly emitted a red glow on his body, and projected two large characters above his head: "Divine Speed".

  All of a sudden, a red light flashed, and Sun Yu had already run dozens of feet away. Zhang Fei watched as his opponent ran off, and was momentarily stunned on the spot. He stood there for half a day before saying: "Huh? This man... can use martial general techniques? Hmph, he can use mid-level martial general techniques in red, and dares to come provoke me, Zhang Fei? He really doesn't want to live."

  Zhang Fei sneered coldly, shaking her hand and stretching her legs. A faint golden glow suddenly appeared on her agile body, and a terrifying airflow whispered around her, as if some ancient giant beast was about to awaken within her. Two huge golden characters slowly condensed above her head, almost taking shape...

  At this moment, a gentle female voice came from the alley next door. The soft voice said: "Third sister, don't use your martial arts skills recklessly. This is a county town, do you want to flatten it?"

  As soon as the voice was heard, the golden light on Zhang Fei's body suddenly retracted, and the airflow surrounding her body disappeared in an instant. The golden characters that had slowly condensed on her head also scattered cleanly. Zhang Fei turned around with a surprised and delighted expression, laughing: "Big sister, you're here!" In an instant, she transformed from a female leopard into a small cat, jumping playfully into the arms of a woman.

  This person, whom Zhang Fei called "older sister", was a descendant of Zhongshan Jingwang, named Liu Bei, with the courtesy name Xuande. She was eighteen years old this year, with clear eyebrows and bright eyes, gentle and elegant, slender and refined, with delicate hands that didn't have a single scar. Liu Bei gently hugged Zhang Fei, stroking her head like one would pet a kitten, saying: "From now on, you're not allowed to randomly use your martial arts skills, who are you trying to deal with?"

  Zhang Fei coquettishly repeated what Sun Yu had said about buying meat.

  Liu Bei covered his mouth and smiled, saying: "Others may not necessarily want to get rid of you, elder sister can use an abacus, two or three times and she can help you calculate it out, next time something like this happens, ask elder sister to help you calculate."

  Zhang Fei chuckled and said, "There won't be a next time. This guy used his intermediate red general technique to escape, where would he dare to come back?"

  Liu Bei smiled slightly and pointed to a little loli Zhao Yun beside the pork stall, saying: "He forgot to take away his servant girl, he will be back soon."

  Sun Yu activated "Shen Xing" and escaped, leaving Zhao Yun forgotten at the pork stall. Zhao Yun was small and weak, and couldn't catch up with Sun Yu's speed. Seeing him run away, he thought Sun Yu didn't want him anymore and burst into tears. At this time, Zhao Yun stood by Zhang Fei's pork stall, crying sadly: "Master Zhen doesn't want me, I'm going to starve to death... I'm going to starve to death..."

  Zhao Yun had just cried out two or three times when a red light flashed and Sun Yu ran back again.

  Sun Yugang had just run out for a short distance when he suddenly thought of Zhao Yun, Ah, I left Zhao Yun at Zhang Fei's place, what a pity!

  Then Sun Yu ran back in a flash, and as soon as he stopped his feet, the red light disappeared. He saw Zhao Yun, Zhang Fei, and Liu Bei, three girls of different types, staring at him with six eyes...

  Zhao Yun's eyes were filled with joy!

  Zhang Fei's eyes were filled with anger!

  Liu Bei's eyes were full of curiosity!