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

To everyone's surprise, Wang Like glanced at Feng Chengmin, then turned to Wang An with a questioning look, asking:

"Fourth Brother, do you think this price is acceptable?"

Wang An didn't take this transaction, which only involved a few dozen yuan, seriously at all.

Wang Li's lack of independent thought and his desire for Wang An to make decisions left Wang An speechless.

The main problem is that Wang Li is already 19 years old by the New Year, but he still has no opinions of his own. He still has to ask Wang An to buy a few dogs. When will he be able to take care of things in the future?
So Wang An frowned and said:

Why are you staring at me like that? Give me a straight answer, will you?

Hearing Wang An say this, Wang Li hurriedly took money out of his pocket, saying as he did so:
"I think these four dogs are quite nice, so I'll buy them."

As he spoke, Wang Li counted out seven 7-yuan bills and handed them to Wu Yuejin.

After Wu Yuejin accepted the money, the four purebred Oroqen dogs became the property of Wang Li.

It's clear that although Wu Yuejin has only raised these four half-grown dogs for less than half a year, the way he looks at them is very affectionate.

After tying the four dogs to leashes and taking them to Feng Chengmin's house, they put them in a sack, loaded them into the car, and then Wang An, Wang Li, and Feng Chengmin drove away from Feng Chengmin's house.

The reason for using sacks to carry the dogs wasn't to abuse them, but rather to make them forget their way home and quickly integrate into Wang Li's dog gang.

On the way to Sujiatun, Feng Chengmin couldn't wait to ask Wang An:
"Xiao An, why don't we go take a look at that cow? I have a feeling there's a lot of bezoar in its belly."

Wang An looked at Feng Chengmin with a helpless expression, then blinked and said:

"That gambler is too reckless. If you ask me, let's not bother with the research. It's unnecessary."

Feng Chengmin said with a hopeful expression:

"I just want to see what bezoar looks like when it comes out of the gallbladder."

To be fair, Feng Chengmin, a man nearing 40, still retains his curiosity and remains interested in these kinds of things.

Wang An turned to look at Feng Chengmin's curious old face, thought for a moment, and said:

"Let's go check on the dog for Xue Li first, and then we can study the cow, okay, Uncle?"

Feng Chengmin opened his mouth, then smiled and said to Wang Andao:

“You used to be a scoundrel, always so upright and honest. How did you suddenly change your ways? If this were before, you would have taken a gamble.”

Wang An was taken aback by these words. He couldn't very well say that he had already lived once, so he couldn't possibly be regressing with each passing year.

So Wang An said with a smile:

"Normally speaking, the most you can get from a cow is a little over 50 grams of bezoar. In other words, if we spend 800 yuan to buy the cow, the best we can get is only 300 or 400 yuan."

After a pause, Wang An continued:
"And that's only if we calculate it according to the prices in Yi Province. If we calculate it according to the prices at our county's purchasing station, we can get it all for free. Oh, and we'll still have a cowhide left over."

Feng Chengmin remained silent, lost in thought.

Then Wang An said:
"If you can't make money, the most likely outcome is that you'll lose money. Why bother arguing with him about that? Is it even worth it?"

Feng Chengmin remained silent, lost in thought.

Soon, Wang Li drove to Mu Xueli's house, where Wang An and the other two sat for a while. They mainly chatted with Mu Hua and her husband for a bit. Then, Wang An, Wang Li, Feng Chengmin, and Mu Xueli drove to the house of Mu Xueli's uncles and in-laws.

Mu Xueli's uncle and father-in-law, who is actually the uncle of Mu Xueli's wife Li Xiuhong, is named Su Guangjun. He is also a hunter, but his skills are not very good, and his harvest is very limited every time he goes into the mountains.

Upon arriving at Su Guangjun's house, after a brief greeting, everyone got straight to the point and began looking at the dogs.

The moment Feng Chengmin and Wang An saw the five puppies, they both frowned almost simultaneously. The main issue was that these five half-grown dogs had four different color patterns: black, yellow, brown and white, and blue and white.

It's obvious that the female dog who gave birth to these five half-grown puppies had mated with several male dogs when she was walking around.

This is very disliked by those who hunt dogs, mainly because the quality of a litter of dogs is bound to vary greatly, and the chances of producing a good dog are very small.

But since they were already there, they couldn't leave empty-handed, so Feng Chengmin and Wang An started checking on each dog.

After a brief glance, Feng Chengmin and Wang An shook their heads almost simultaneously. Feng Chengmin even politely said:

"I can't really tell which dogs are which."

Wang An immediately chimed in:

"I'm not sure either."

In Wang An's eyes, Su Guangjun's few half-grown dogs were almost exactly the same as Wang An's four spotted dogs when they were puppies, and there was not a single outstanding feature about them.

Of course, such a dog would be perfectly fine as a guard dog, but if you were to take it into the mountains for hunting, it would probably be no different from Wang An's four spotted dogs, or even worse.

Although Feng Chengmin and Wang An spoke in a very cryptic manner, were any of the people present fools?

Therefore, Su Guangjun said somewhat unhappily:
“These five dogs are all puppies of our lead dog. Our lead dog is known as a good leader in Sujiatun. So what do you think of this?”

Su Guangjun was clearly getting a little upset that his dog was being looked down upon like that.

Upon seeing Su Guangjun's appearance, Wang An understood why Su Guangjun had no reputation whatsoever in the hunting community.

Because someone like him is not suited for mountain herding, and he doesn't even know what mountain herding dogs are!
Wang An didn't argue with him, and replied with a smile:

"Third Uncle, what are you saying? We didn't say your dog was bad, we just don't like it. Selling it to someone else won't hurt, hehehe."

As he spoke, Wang An took out a pack of cigarettes and offered one to Su Guangjun. After lighting the cigarette for him, Wang An immediately said politely:

"Then we'll be going, Third Uncle. If you don't have anything to do, come over and chat sometime."

The dog sale failed, and Su Guangjun's expression was indeed rather unpleasant, but he still managed to force a smile and said:

"Okay, then take it easy."

In the rural areas of that era, only dogs that hunters wanted were valuable.

It's no exaggeration to say that if a hunter doesn't want a dog, no one would want it even if it were given away for free.

From the perspective of those who don't engage in illegal animal husbandry, raising a dog is definitely not as profitable as raising a pig. The key is that the amount of food used to raise a dog is enough to easily feed a pig from a cub to adulthood.

As soon as Wang An stepped out of Su Guangjun's house, he couldn't help but complain to Mu Xueli:
"Are you blind? Those five dogs have eight different colors, what's the point of even looking at them? What kind of monstrosity is that?"

Mu Xueli said with a hint of grievance:

"Otherwise, why would I ask you and my uncle for help? I also think his dog isn't very good."

Wang An rolled his eyes at Mu Xueli, annoyed, and said:

"Go, go, go! Hurry up and drive to the next place. If you bring another litter of mutts and make me and my uncle look after them, you'll see if I don't beat you up!"

After Wang An finished speaking, Feng Chengmin immediately added:
"His dog is really no good. That female dog has probably bred with many male dogs. Dogs like that are usually useless."

Mu Xue got out of the car and went to two more houses. It wasn't until they arrived at the fourth house where Wang An and Feng Chengmin finally showed happy smiles.

To be honest, finding a few decent hunting dogs is really not easy. (End of Chapter)