Back in the 1980s, hiking in the mountains was also a way of life

In fact, by mid-September, in Hong Kong, the city most favored by ginseng diggers, Wang An had basically fully recovered.

After all, Wang An was only 21 years old, in the prime of his life, with a robust and vigorous body. Moreover, Wang An had been practicing martial arts all day before his injury, so his recovery ability was much faster than that of a normal person.

The key point is that Wang An received timely treatment after his injury, and after being discharged from the hospital, Fang Xiu'e prescribed him the herbal medicines he needed to drink at each stage, which he drank for three months.

Of course, even after drinking the herbal medicine, Wang An never stopped taking tonics.

Wang An would drink a bowl of ginseng soup every day, as it could nourish the whole body, replenish qi and blood, and promote the healing of internal injuries.

There's also deer blood, which can stop bleeding and promote blood production. Every few days, I steam a small bowl of deer blood soup to nourish myself.

Even when I drink water every day, I have to have a cup of water infused with deer antler slices.
Therefore, with the help of various factors, it is quite normal for Wang An to recover to a healthy state in just over six months.

However, his whole family insisted that he stay home and rest, and they did not agree to him going out or going into the mountains. In the end, they forced him to stay at home.

Based on his family's understanding of Wang An, they knew that whenever Wang An went out, he would almost always get into a fight, and in their opinion, Wang An was not yet ready for a fight.

What if someone beats you so badly that you become mentally impaired or even crippled?

As for going into the mountains, that's even more out of the question. It's not suitable for people without very good physical fitness to go into the mountains to hunt or dig for ginseng. What if they encounter some wild beasts and kill Wang An in the mountains?

Therefore, after recovering, Wang An was forced to stay at home for more than three months.

Therefore, Wang An's original plan to capitalize on the popularity of Langtou City this year and dig up those old hamlets has completely fallen through.

During these three months, although Wang An stayed at home all day, he didn't sit still or lie on the kang (a heated brick bed) like before. Instead, besides practicing martial arts to lose weight, he wandered around the mountains near the village with his four eagles and two lynxes.

There's no way around it; the main reason is that Wang An gained weight during the more than six months of rest he spent recuperating, and he's almost reached 200 pounds.

Although 200 pounds is not considered fat for someone who is over 1.85 meters tall, Wang An feels that he is not as agile as before.

Yes, I'm not as agile as I used to be, and my physical condition isn't as good either.

So, practicing martial arts to lose weight, training eagles, and training the two lynxes became his daily routine for the past three months.

To be fair, these four eagles have changed quite a bit in the past three months. Under Wang An's command, they can basically be controlled like an extension of their own limbs, hitting wherever they are told.

However, compared to the four eagles, the training of the two lynxes was not very good. In any case, Wang An was very dissatisfied with their performance.

Of course, the main reason is that lynxes are extremely wild, and no one has yet domesticated them for hunting.

The key issue is that Wang An didn't know how to train them either, so he could only train them using dog training methods.

Compared to dogs, lynxes are undoubtedly quite terrifying in combat. Even large dogs like Dahei and Xiaohei would be completely crushed by a single lynx in a one-on-one fight.

If a lynx decides to kill, it could kill either Big Black or Little Black in less than a minute.

It's important to know that lynxes are known as "wolf-slaying machines" in these mountains. Of course, lynxes can kill a single wolf or two wolves together, but they will avoid packs of three or more wolves.

However, it must be admitted that in areas inhabited by lynxes, there are indeed very few wolves.

The lynx, one of the three major feline predators in the mountains of Northeast China, is just that domineering and awesome!
However, although lynxes are incredibly powerful in combat, their obedience is completely different from that of hunting dogs.

Wang An felt that all the valuable "spirit-opening powder" that the two lynxes had eaten was completely wasted.

In the end, the training results for the lynx were inconsistent, sometimes effective and sometimes not.

If they happen to be in a good mood, they will follow Wang An's instructions to catch rabbits or pheasants.

But if they happen to be unhappy, oh my god, they will completely ignore Wang An's orders and won't even glance at him.

If Wang An dared to hit them, they wouldn't dare to bare their teeth and show any ferocity, but they would immediately run home on the pole, and once home, they would climb onto the roof, making it impossible for Wang An to even touch them.

Wang An was so angry with those two that if they hadn't been raised by him from kittens, he would have definitely taken up arms and shot them both in the head with a 7.62mm bullet.

To be honest, the fur of these two lynxes was truly exquisite—smooth, glossy, and incredibly soft to the touch. Standing on the rooftop, bathed in sunlight, it even subtly reflected the light. If they were skinned and sold, the two pelts together would fetch at least 3 yuan. Thinking this, Wang An thought to himself:
Well, after all, I've raised them from kittens, and I really can't bear to kill them.

Early that morning, right after breakfast, Mu Xueli and Wang Li rushed over from their respective homes.

The purpose of these two men's visit was to go to Anguo City with Wang An to sell all the bear bile and musk they had received before the Lunar New Year, as well as the bear bile, bezoar, musk packets, and several wild ginseng roots with less than five leaves they had received.

As for deer antlers and deer blood, most of the deer antlers and all of the deer blood were soaked in alcohol by Wang An, while the remaining small portion of deer antlers was also soaked in water and drunk by Wang An.

Therefore, Wang An has consumed all 11.2 jin of deer antlers he owned this year, and it's impossible for him to sell them now.

As for the ordinary deer blood, some was soaked by Wang An into deer blood wine and given to Zhang Shuya, Wu Dong, Fang Xiu'e, and the other seven. The rest was dried into deer blood powder and also distributed to them. There wasn't much left, so Wang An didn't plan to sell it this time.

The reason why Wang An and his two companions were in such a hurry to go to Anguo City was because their family was now very poor!
That's right, there's not much money left; it's all tied up in bear bile, bezoar, musk, and ginseng.

Before the Lunar New Year, including the bear bile that Feng Chengmin had collected, Wang An and his two companions had a total of over 14 yuan worth of goods tied up.

It's gotten even more terrifying since after the Lunar New Year. Wang An and his two companions have been stuck with over 44 yuan worth of goods, which is three times the amount before the Lunar New Year!
The total value of the goods, both before and after the Lunar New Year, reached a whopping 58 yuan!

The reason why so many bear bile and such were collected after the New Year was because many mountain hunters from the neighboring LQ County also heard the news from somewhere and all came to Wang An's house to sell bear bile.

Of the 58 yuan in payment, Mu Xueli's family and Wang Li's family each contributed 9 yuan, and the remaining 40 yuan was all taken by Wang An.

So, apart from Wang An's family being able to come up with another ten or twenty thousand yuan in cash, Mu Xueli and Wang Li's families really didn't have much money left, probably only a few thousand yuan.

After Wang An's rebirth, he certainly amassed a considerable fortune. He received 12 yuan from the Stone Mountain, 30 yuan from Jia Renlu's cellar, 10 yuan from Wei Cheng's doghouse (the loan shark's family), plus the money he earned from selling bear bile and fur, his share from Qiao Xiaohu, his share from the pharmaceutical factory, and so on. All of this added up to more than 60 yuan.

Although you can earn a lot, the expenses are also quite high. Building houses, constructing courtyard walls, buying tracked tractors, hand tractors, four-wheeled vehicles, GAZ cars, large color TVs, seed plows and harvesters, etc., each of these costs a considerable amount of money.

Furthermore, Wang An has always been extravagant with his money, never considering the price when buying things, and his expenses are definitely not a small amount.

So it's perfectly normal to run out of money after having over 40 yuan worth of inventory stuck in inventory.

Of course, this time when they went to Anguo, Wang An planned to take a GAZ truck with the three of them. Although the bear bile and bezoar were worth 58 yuan, the total volume of these items was not large, only less than two sacks, which could be easily packed in a GAZ truck.

Most importantly, Wang An also wanted to make a side trip to TL City, which is not far from Fengtian, to retrieve the two sacks of money and gold and silver jewelry.

Wang An clearly remembers that the train stopped in the area between CT County and DBS County, or more precisely, in the territory of DBS.

These two sacks of money and gold and silver jewelry were stolen in January, around the time before the Lunar New Year, when Wang An led Mu Xueli and Wang Li to Yi Province to find a medicinal herb supplier. They were secretly pocketed near the train tracks.

Of course, who cares if it's stolen money or not? As long as you get your hands on it, it's money, and you can spend it.

The only thing that worried Wang An and the other two was that the money was stored in a hole in the ground. They didn't know if the hole had been washed away by water after a year of wind and rain, and if the money had become moldy and rotten.

Or perhaps that little earthen cave was discovered by people herding sheep, chopping wood, or hunting cattle in the mountains, and then they took the money.

Of course, it's also possible that the railway security personnel found it and took it.

In short, all sorts of unexpected events are very likely to happen.

However, regardless of the circumstances, Wang An and the other two had to go and check on such a large sum of money; they wouldn't feel at ease without doing so.

After Mu Xueli and Wang Li arrived, Wang An turned around and picked up Xingfu and Kuaile, one in each arm, saying with a big smile:
"Dad is going on a long trip. Come on, you two, each of you give Dad a kiss."

Although the two little ones didn't know what going on a long trip meant, they still obediently kissed Wang An on both cheeks.

After the kiss, the two little ones hugged Wang An's neck very affectionately, calling "Daddy" repeatedly.

The kisses they gave each other, coupled with the string of "Daddy! Daddy!" calls, almost made Wang An not want to leave.

Yes, he really didn't want to leave. Wang An just wanted to stay with them forever, watch them grow up, watch them become adults, and then watch them each start their own families.
For some reason, Wang An felt increasingly like he was doomed. (End of Chapter)