Republic of China: Guandong Ginseng King

Chapter 112 Divide the Meat
The six dogs fought with the running basket for a long time, and the other wild boars had already run away.

At this time, the dogs were tired and naturally could not chase the pigs anymore.

So, when the dogs were almost fed, everyone dragged the wild boar back.

After returning to Lao Zhou's house, everyone divided the wild boar according to proportion.

A pig weighing about 300 pounds would only weigh less than 200 pounds if the head, hooves, and other parts were removed.

Qu Shaoyang and Liu Dongshan brought two dogs and two guns, and it was Qu Shaoyang who shot the pig, so they got a lot.

There are four brothers in the Zhou family. Daqing is the leader and got a lot. Only the three brothers in the Wang family didn't have guns, so they got less.

Wang Jiaxiang was a little unhappy. What he meant was that Dahuang and Qinglongtou could not do anything once they went up the mountain, but they still had to take shares, which was unreasonable.

Qu Shaoyang was unhappy at the time and pointed at the injuries on his two dogs.

"Uncle Wang, just look at the wounds on my two dogs and you'll know they've worked hard."

When Dahuang and Qinglongtou went up the mountain for the first time, they had no experience and were inevitably injured in the fight with the wild boar.

There were two cuts on Dahuang's shoulder blade, and one cut on Qinglong's buttocks.

Just now on the mountain, when Qu Shaoyang was bandaging the dog's wound, he felt so heartbroken. Now when he heard Wang Jiaxiang say that, how could he be happy?

Wang Jiaxiang is not blind, so how could he not see? After being criticized by Qu Shaoyang, he immediately stopped talking.

The pig's offal was offered to the mountain god and fed to the dogs. The pig's head and trotters were left to the Zhou family. Finally, the three families divided the meat and took it back home.

After leaving Zhou's house, Qu Shaoyang started talking to Liu Dongshan.

"Master, we won't go hunting with them anymore, especially the Wang family. They look weird to us."

He didn't contribute much, but he complained a lot. I'd better have less contact with people like him in the future.

"Our Qinglong and Dahuang are good. There's no need to follow Daqing. We can find a way to delay it ourselves."

Qu Shaoyang realized that his two dogs had great potential. After all, dogs didn't necessarily have to be used to tow dogs. They could be trained slowly.

Hunting is a dangerous activity. Qu Shaoyang feels that he and the three men from the Wang family are not on the same page, so it would be better for him to stay out of it in the future.

Liu Dongshan nodded and said, "Okay, I'll listen to you.

I also think that Lao Wang is not a very honest person. We should stop fighting with him, lest he cheats us."

At this time, Liu Dongshan was extremely grateful. When Wang Jiaxiang had expressed his intention to get married, Liu Dongshan had simply ignored it.

If I become a relative with Wang Jiaxiang, I will have troubles ahead.

The father and son returned home with seventy or eighty kilograms of meat, which made Lin Ruolan very happy.

The snow had just fallen, and the wild boars were getting fat after having gained weight all autumn.

Lin Ruolan quickly shaved off all the fat to extract the oil, and cut the rest into large chunks, planning to freeze them and eat them slowly.

"Master's wife, don't keep this meat. I'll send some to the servants later and everyone can eat it.

The meat from the running basket is not very tasty. Wait a few days, my master and I will lead people up the mountain. If we can bring back a sow, we can keep some of that."

Seeing that Lin Ruolan was reluctant to eat the meat and wanted to keep it, Qu Shaoyang spoke up.

"Oh, oh, okay, I'll listen to you." Lin Ruolan really didn't understand all this. When she heard what Qu Shaoyang said, she immediately nodded.

So Qu Shaoyang took a large piece of meat and sent it to the servants' residence.

"Brother Jiang, well, my old boss and I went hunting in the mountains with some people and got some wild boar meat. This piece of meat is for you.

Who's going to cook today? You can ask them to slice the meat and add a pot of pickled cabbage, and stew it so that everyone can satisfy their cravings."

Jiang Chunfu, who is less than 30 years old this year, is tall and strong, and is good at his job. He is the leader of this group of guys.

When Qu Shaoyang left home in the morning, he told Jiang Chunfu everything that needed to be done at home that day. Jiang Chunfu led his men to the mountains to collect firewood, bring back corn stalks, saw the collected firewood into sections, split it, and stack it.

The guys at home are okay. Even without Qu Shaoyang supervising them, they work very hard and can save a pile of firewood today.

After a day on the mountain, everyone's shoes and socks were wet, so they put their shoes around the stove to dry. Everyone sat on the kang playing cards and chatting.

Qu Shaoyang came in carrying such a big piece of meat, and all the guys were staring at him.

When they heard that there would be pork stewed with sauerkraut in the evening, all the guys stared with their eyes wide open and their mouths were grinning so hard that they wished they could open their mouths.

"Oh, what should we do? The boss has brought us some meat. Well, boss, please come sit on the kang for a while."

Jiang Chunfu was so happy that he quickly took the meat and asked Qu Shaoyang to sit on the kang.

Qu Shaoyang didn't hesitate to take off his shoes and got on the kang. The servants gathered around him and asked him about today's hunting trip in the mountains.

There was nothing to hide, so Qu Shaoyang told them.

Everyone listened with great interest, and some of them who were quick-witted immediately came up with an idea.

When Qu Shaoyang left the servants' residence, two young men followed him out.

"Boss, boss, I have something to tell you."

Qu Shaoyang turned around and looked at the two people behind him, "Hey, Xingjia, Xingye, what's up, brothers?"

The two brothers' surname was Li and they were from Mengyin. Their family was having a hard time, so they went to Jinzhou through the Northeast.

It happened that Qu Shaoyang went out to recruit people, so the two of them followed him to Maoer Mountain.

"Boss, this is what happened. We used to go hunting with people from the same village and played with muskets.

If the master goes hunting again next time, we can follow him. If we can’t do anything else, we can carry him on our backs or anything like that.”

Li Xingjia rubbed his hands embarrassedly and said.

Qu Shaoyang had just deliberately mentioned the matter of hunting in front of these guys, just because he wanted to pick a few people from them to train.

Of course, this is a personal choice and Qu Shaoyang will not force it.

Sure enough, this trick is still useful. Aren’t the Li brothers here now?

"Oh? You two can use a musket? OK, next time I go hunting in the mountains, I'll take you two with me."

These two brothers are okay. They are usually smart and hardworking. They are not the kind of people who would try to be cunning or treacherous.

Qu Shaoyang had a good impression of the two brothers. Since they both knew some hunting skills, that would be great.

"Hey, thank you, boss. Thank you, boss." When the Li brothers heard that Qu Shaoyang had agreed, they immediately bowed and expressed their gratitude.

"Okay, it's cold outside, you two should go back.

Please help Brother Jiang more often. I will definitely think of you if there is anything in the future." Qu Shaoyang waved his hand, signaling the two brothers to go back to the house.

Although it is just the beginning of winter, the weather in Northeast China is quite cold after the snow falls.

The two of them went out without even wearing hats. If they catch a cold, he will have to pay for their medical treatment.

"Hey, hey, we listen to the boss and do whatever he tells us to do.

Boss, from now on, no matter what kind of work you need, just call us."

The two brothers bowed and nodded, expressed their loyalty, and then turned back to the house.

Qu Shaoyang smiled and went back home to make a fire.

(End of this chapter)