Return to 1983 Hunting Xing'an Mountains

Chapter 542: Black Bear Kills Sheep and Accidentally Kills Bear and Makes Money
Xu Feng was so heartbroken that she threw herself into Xu Ning's arms and cried bitterly. No one could persuade her. Liu Lizhen wanted to persuade her kindly, but Xu Feng was stubborn. Finally, Liu Lizhen picked up a broom and ran over. Xu Feng was so scared that she quickly jumped onto the kang, huddled in the corner and stopped crying. She rolled her eyes to assess the situation and shouted, "Mom! I'll go!"

Liu Lizhen rolled her eyes and put away the broom, causing everyone in the room to laugh. Xu Ning said with a smile, "I tried to talk to you nicely, but you insisted on making trouble. Why aren't you being stubborn now?"

Xu Feng pouted and said, "Mom has already picked up the broom, I'm not a fool. I'll go if I want to. Anyway, I have to come back when you get married! No matter if I'm in school or not!"

Liu Lizhen put down the broom, turned around and said, "I will definitely ask you all to come back. This is a happy event, and it won't work without the children present."

"Okay!" Xu Feng agreed quickly and jumped off the edge of the kang. Liu Lizhen still kicked him in the butt, but Xu Feng was tough. He just covered his butt, groaned twice, and ran away pretending to be upset.

Liu Fenfang, Li Fengxia and others have already come, but Meng Quezi and Meng Yinhe are at home. They have made a lot of jokes these days. Zhang Jinbao is gone, and Meng Yinhe makes the same mistake again while there is no one to compare with. Meng Quezi hits her twice with a wooden stick, almost breaking her legs.

Although Meng Quezi was a little scared, this kid would not learn his lesson without a beating. When Meng Yinhe saw Xu Ning today, he wanted to seek comfort, but when he thought of what Xu Ning had said to him before, who didn't get beaten with a stick in their childhood? You didn't get beaten, right? It's a good opportunity to make up for it now, so Meng Yinhe felt that it was useless to say anything, so it would be better to bear it all by himself.

Ever since Xu Ning came home, he hasn't had a good chat with his mother. He was either on his way to do something or on his way to do something. Before dinner, he finally had a chance to chat with his mother.

I heard from my mother that Da Laba and Zhang Guifang came often a few days ago and brought fish and two pieces of venison. Since the house was built, he, Li Feng and Lao Jiang went back to their old business and thought about selling meat for a living, buying it at low prices and selling it with little profit. Although sometimes they can only make a few cents a day, if they receive deer, roe deer or bear meat, the profit can be multiplied several times, so the three of them are very motivated.

Today Liu Daming went to see Lao Jiang. He came in at around 4:30 and told Xu Ning a funny story.

Didn’t the old Fang family in Taiping Village buy the two little black blind cats that Xu Ning and others picked up from the mountains? Now they have grown to over 100 pounds. The old Fang family is notoriously stingy. The two black blind cats have grown twice as big and their appetites have also increased. When the old Fang saw that the little black blind cats were eating and drinking excessively all day long and almost eating up all the remaining food in the house, he picked up a carrying pole and beat the two little black blind cats every day, trying to vent his anger!

Fang Min, the eldest grandson of Lao Fang, couldn't stop them. Of course, he didn't really stop them. Although Fang Min had been raising the two black bears for such a long time, they were animals after all, and Fang Min was not a man with much emotion. When he saw the black bears screaming after being beaten, he only tried to stop them twice, and then watched helplessly. Finally, Lao Fang said to starve them first, and if it didn't work, he would sell them at the market...

During the first four or five days, the two black bears were so hungry that they started to fight in their den. Fang Min pulled the two animals apart quickly. Old Fang picked up a carrying pole and started beating them again. However, the chain that tied the black bears was tied to a pillar. The shed of Old Fang's family was a shoddy construction. The black bears pulled hard and the pillar was pulled crooked, and then the shed collapsed.

Lao Fang, Fang Min and Fang Daquan were catching black bears all over the yard. Although the gate was closed, the wooden fence was very low. Two black bears jumped directly out of the wall along the wooden fence, scaring several people on the street. They hurried back to their own yards. In the end, they caught two black bears, but the three of them were scratched. They went to Lao Deng to buy medicine, and spent a lot of money in vain.

Two days had passed since this incident. The more Lao Fang thought about it, the angrier he became. He picked up a carrying pole and beat Hei Xia Zi again. Hei Xia Zi's screams scared all the dogs in the village. Only a few hunting dogs refused to obey and barked loudly, disturbing the whole village. Lao Hu, Lao Deng and several other older people in the village went to Lao Deng's house and chatted with Lao Fang, but they couldn't convince him. Instead, they blamed Lao Hu and others, saying that he beat his own Hei Xia Zi and it had nothing to do with them, and they were meddling in other people's business.

Old Hu, Old Deng and others were so angry that their beards flew off. They didn't want to argue with Old Fang, so they turned around and walked away with their hands behind their backs.

However, they did not expect that in the middle of the night last night, two black bears somehow broke free from the chains around their necks, climbed into the sheepfold and bit two sheep to death. These two sheep were the lambs that Xu Ning had saved when he hunted the old leopard.

When Old Fang heard the noise, he hurriedly called Fang Daquan and Fang Min. He saw that two sheep were bitten to death and the black bear was bleeding from its mouth and almost died. He picked up a carrying pole and hit the two black bears wildly. Fang Daquan was holding a shovel and hit one of the black bears to death!

Old Fang was now even more distressed. He raised his hand and slapped Fang Daquan in the face five or six times, leaving Fang Daquan stunned and standing there at a loss as to what to do.

The old lady and Fang Min's mother rushed out and burst into tears, waking up all the neighbors, but no one came to ask what had happened. It was obvious that the Fang family was worse off than a dog in Taiping Village. A dog could even ask for a bowl of water when it went to another person's house, but no one paid any attention to the Fang family when they went out.

After Old Fang slapped Fang Daquan, he threw away the broken pole in his hand and asked Fang Min to put the other black bear into the wooden cage. The cage was not big, and the black bear had no place to move after entering. It could only stand on two feet, with its front paws resting on the wood and howling miserably...

Afterwards, Lao Fang and Fang Min cut open the black bear's belly and took out the bear's gallbladder. They saw that the little bear's gallbladder was not very big and there was not much bile at all. Angrily, Lao Fang slapped Fang Daquan twice. The old lady and daughter-in-law also scolded Fang Daquan, calling him a spendthrift!
Isn't this the case? Today, Fang Min found Da La Ba and asked if they would accept bear meat and how much they would pay.

Liu Daming, Lao Jiang and Li Feng were riding their donkeys backwards to look for Da Laba. When they heard the cause, process and ending of the incident, they felt a little amused.

Black bears have a big appetite. If Lao Fang doesn't give them food, they will probably go crazy and angry, and it is reasonable for them to hurt people and kill sheep.

The four of them discussed it for a while and decided to go and take a look first and negotiate the price. If the price offered was acceptable to the old man, they would take it, if not, then forget it.

Lao Jiang and Liu Daming were a little reluctant to do business with Lao Fang. This man was a bad talker and would get into trouble even if they offered a high price. However, Li Feng and Dalabao had no prejudice. From this we can see that Li Feng and Dalabao were the real businessmen.

They arrived at Lao Fang's house and took a look at the black bear. The black skin was not peeled off, and the lantern in its belly was not taken out. Da Laba talked to Lao Fang for a few words and finally gave a fair price of 1 yuan. In fact, this price was already very high, because the Chang brothers had previously bought more than 200 kilograms of black bear at 9 cents. At that time, Li Feng earned 1 cents, and Liu Daming and the other two sold them at an average price of 1 yuan.

This price was unacceptable to Lao Fang. The black bear in front of him, even with its belt and lantern, weighed only 80 kilograms at most, less than 90 kilograms. However, the two black bears had harmed two sheep, which had been eating their food for free for more than half a year. The loss must have been more than 100 yuan.

According to Lao Fang's idea, it would be best if this black bear could be sold for more money, and the bear gallbladder could be regarded as a net surplus. How can breeding not make money? If it's a waste, who the hell would raise sheep?

After much negotiation, they still couldn't agree on a price. Lao Fang wanted a price of 1 yuan, but the average price that Liu Daming and his friends paid for the takeout was only 3 yuan, so the four of them turned around and left.

After leaving the house, Dababa curled his lips and laughed: "He will definitely be in trouble, so forget it if he doesn't want to sell it."

Li Feng said: "If we collect the little bear's gall, we can probably make some money."

Lao Jiang waved his hand and said, "Forget it. I don't want to have anything to do with his family. The price of meat has reached its peak, and he doesn't want to sell it. He is even less likely to sell you the bear gall."

"Well, if he wants to sell bear gall, he can just go to the drugstore on the street. The price he offers can be higher than what we offer."

After Liu Daming got home and finished chatting with Xu Ning, Xu Ning didn't have much to say, he just felt very speechless.

Lao Fang is greedy and ends up losing money, and the more he is stingy, the more he loses his conscience.

Unfortunately, the little black blind cat was killed before it grew up. Even if Fang Daquan didn't do it on purpose, he only used the shovel to beat it because he saw Old Fang hitting it with a carrying pole. One is made of iron and the other is made of wood. It must be painful if it is hit by the iron. If it hits the head, the already fragile head of the immature black blind cat must have been broken.

Li Fuqiang said: "Mr. Fang is stingy to a certain extent. He thinks the little black bear eats too much, so he lets it roam freely in the mountains."

"How could he bear to do that? He must be afraid of losing it. If these people run into the mountains and accidentally kill him, he will have to ask for compensation..."

Xu Ning smiled and said, "Uncle, there is nothing wrong with what you said, but don't let Old Fang hear it, or he will really do it. Uncle, when my brother is selling meat, tell others to be careful and don't let Old Fang's black bear kill him."

"Just tell the two of us in this village. We can't control others."

"Okay, then Lao Fang didn't sell bear meat, so what did he do?"

Liu Daming said: "He was pushing a cart, pulling the little black blind dog around the village, but when people saw him, they didn't come forward. When he talked to others, they ignored him."

"Hahaha, this is what he deserves!" Li Fuqiang clapped his hands and laughed. Everyone in the room also laughed out loud.

"We're going to the province tomorrow, will you come with us?"

Liu Daming shook his head: "I won't go. These days when I was away, it was your uncle Jiang and the other two who collected and sold meat. I didn't contribute, but they gave me some money. In the future, I won't participate in anything that is not necessary."

“How much do they earn these days?”

"Li Feng makes little. He makes a profit of 13 cent per pound for bear meat. The profit for wild boar, roe deer and deer is even less. Anyway, in the half month I was away, he gave me a total of 6 yuan. I didn't want it at first, but Lao Lao Jiang and Guo Xing insisted on giving it to me. In the end, they threw it on my kang, so I let your uncle take it."

Guan Lei nodded and said, "It's fine to accept it. Uncle, don't think they are at a disadvantage. Now when they go to buy meat or something, we are the ones who get the upper hand. This is fair."

"There's nothing wrong with what Lei Zi said..."

After a while, Wang Erli came back alone, but there was no sign of Xu Laonian. After asking carefully, he found out that Xu Laonian had to stay up late for a few more nights.

However, Xu Laonian did get the job done. He asked Wang Erli to buy some cigarettes, took two packs for Lao Zhang, gave two boxes to each of the people who came to help Lao Xu's family, and gave two packs to Guo Xingmin and Zhang Deyu. Then he bought meat and vegetables, and the canteen chef personally cooked a table of dishes and invited everyone to have a special meal.

When Wang Erli heard that Xu Feng and Jin Yu Mantang were going to the city to study, he slapped his head and said, "Oh my god, my elder brother would be in trouble for several days if he heard about this."

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"Whatever he wants! This is for the future of the three of them. Apart from my son, is there any other father like him who has such foresight?"

Wang Erli said with a smile: "Sister-in-law, my elder brother just can't bear to leave Feng'er."

"Don't bother with him..."

After that, Meng Quezi and Meng Yinhe walked into the courtyard. Everyone greeted each other and sat on the edge of the kang to chat.

Then two tables were set up in the east room, and Yang Shuhua cooked several dishes, including stir-fried pork with beans, braised carp, fried river shrimps, pickled vegetables, and stewed venison with radish...

Xu Ning was eating the food with big mouthfuls. Li Fuqiang beside him kept saying that the food at home was still better. However, Xu Ning said that the food prepared by his sister-in-law was the best. Everyone laughed and Yang Shuhua blushed.

Wang Erli and Meng Quezi had a few drinks, but Xu Ning didn't drink. He needed to conserve his energy as he had to go to the provincial capital tomorrow.

"Erning, what time are you leaving tomorrow?"

"It's still around four o'clock. Don't bother getting up. Let's just go to the street and eat something."

Meng Ziyan grumbled to her mother and whispered, "Mom, I'm talking to you, stop making tea eggs."

Liu Fenfang smiled and said, "Then I won't get up tomorrow morning. You can go by yourself."

"Don't worry about them. We have money in our pockets. How can we go hungry? We can eat better outside."

Liu Lizhen was quite open-minded, but she also carefully packed pencils, pencil sharpeners, erasers, books, clothes, socks and other things for Xu Feng, leaving almost nothing behind.

"Well, we can just wait until we get to the city tomorrow. It's not far to drive anyway. If you factor in the time it takes to eat, my sister-in-law and the others will be there by 4 o'clock."

Li Fuqiang nodded and asked, "How long does it take to get from the city to the provincial capital?"

"It's about four o'clock. If we leave at four o'clock, we won't arrive until one o'clock in the afternoon. This is when the road conditions are relatively good and there are not many cars."

Meng Quezi reminded them, "You need to take some weapons with you. There are many robbers on the road from the city to the provincial capital."

"Now is a time of strict control. Who would dare to run into the muzzle of a gun?"

Wang Erli said, "Oh my god, wealth and honor come with risk! We don't have to worry about food and clothing, but others may not be so. You should be careful."

Afterwards, Xu Ning finished his meal, put down his bowl and chopsticks, and asked Wang Hu and Guan Lei to stay at home to clean their guns. He and Li Fuqiang then went out, not to go anywhere else, but to visit Old Chang's house.

He remembered that Chang Danian said he wanted to sell the bear bile and skins that had been stored at home when he had time. Besides, he could see Xu Dapao by going to the provincial capital. The two old brothers hadn't seen each other for a long time. Although they usually could call each other every two months, since he was going to the provincial capital, he must tell Chang Danian.

What if Xu Dapao doesn’t come back after going to the provincial capital?

When they arrived at Old Chang's house, Chang Xiaobao was fanning himself with Chang Danian. The grandfather and grandson were having a lot of fun. When they heard the urgent whining of Heilang and the three dogs, they looked up and saw that it was Xu Ning and Li Fuqiang.

He welcomed the two men into the house, and after learning their purpose, Chang Danian thought for a while and asked, "Do you think the price of bear gall can go up?"

Xu Ning nodded: "The price will definitely go up. If you are not in a hurry to use the money, I don't recommend selling it. It's better to keep it at home. Uncle, the reason why I sell bear gall is because I need money to make money. Can I do business without capital? If you don't want to sell it, just keep it in your hands. When you need money, I will help you sell it."

"That's fine. We don't need the money right now. Can Lao Xu come back with you?"

"I don't know. I mentioned it to my brother He yesterday, but he didn't reply..."

"Ah, that's all right. Old Xu is going to the provincial capital to enjoy a few years of peace and quiet. Can I lure him back?"

What did this mean? Chang Danian said that he didn't want to lure Xu Pao's heart back to Qing'an just because of his words, and let him enjoy his life in the provincial capital, so he had nothing to say to him and nothing to bring to him.

Xu Ning nodded when he heard this, and then chatted with Chang Danian for a while, and then he and Li Fuqiang got up and went home.

(End of this chapter)