Hunting 81: Gathering Goods in the Mountains, I Spoil My Ex-Wife to the Extreme

"Give Zhang San a hand, stand these two wooden sticks up, and hang the tiger skin on them."

Uncle Zhou said to Cai Er.

"Why."

Cai Er responded and began to work. He and Zhang San tied two wooden sticks, each about the thickness of a wrist and nearly three meters long, together with rope and placed them behind the tractor seat.

The tiger skin, which had just been peeled off and still exuded a strong smell of blood and the menacing aura of the tiger, the king of beasts, hung between two wooden sticks.

"Look, what's that thing?"

"That's... tiger skin..."

"Wow, it really is a tiger's skin."

"That's a tiger skin hanging there, so what are they selling? Tiger meat?"

"Let's go see what's going on. I've seen people selling roe deer meat before, wild boar meat, and red deer meat, but this is the first time I've seen tiger meat."

"This is really rare, I have to go and see."

"Let's go together."

"Hey, you're not buying groceries anymore?"

"Why buy anything now? I can buy it when I get back after I've seen the excitement."

"..."

As soon as Zhang Sange and Cai Er hung up the tiger skin, it immediately caused a sensation around them.

Those who were close to them had already surrounded the tractor, while those who were farther away rushed over and, seeing so many people watching and joining in the fun, tried their best to squeeze in.

"Hey, don't step on my foot, you bastard, you stepped on my foot, it hurts like hell."

"Damn, who pushed me from behind?"

With so many people around, things got a bit chaotic, and several shouts of cursing rang out from the surrounding area.

"Young man, is this really tiger meat you're selling?"

"Uncle, it really is tiger meat. Even pearls aren't as real as this. Look at this tiger skin hanging up. It was just peeled off yesterday. If you go over and smell it, you can still smell the tiger's pungent odor."

Seeing that the man was wearing blue overalls, Li Yunshan figured he must be a worker from some state-owned factory in the county. So he smiled and patiently explained, and the man actually leaned closer. He sniffed it and said, "It really does smell like tiger scavenger."

Actually, the man didn't know what the smell of tiger mutton actually was, but since Li Yunshan had said so, he assumed it was the smell of tiger mutton after smelling a muttony odor on the tiger skin.

"Uncle, would you like to buy some tiger meat? We hunted the tiger early yesterday morning, and it took us most of yesterday to clean it up. We set off from the village early this morning and came to the county town."

"Three yuan for genuine tiger meat. You won't lose out. Let me tell you, this tiger meat is good for strengthening the waist and kidneys, and it's incredibly effective for those who are weak, have poor libido, or have other problems."

"Is it really that amazing?"

"It's true, don't laugh at me, we ate tiger meat yesterday, and my wife didn't get any rest last night."

Li Yunshan said it casually, but to his surprise, Zhao Shuanzhu, Cai Er, and several others blushed.

Yesterday, we stewed thirty catties of tiger meat, and they ate quite a lot. Although they went home drunk, the effects of the alcohol wore off and they woke up, but they felt hot all over.

Feeling unwell all over, their wives had to share a lot of their anger.

"Then I'll have to buy some to try. Give me two pounds, please."

"Alright, Uncle Baotian, cut two catties of meat for this uncle."

Li Yunshan smiled.

"Okay, take the cut."

As Li Baotian spoke, he picked up a piece of meat from the wicker basket and cut off a piece of meat.

Uncle Zhou took out a scale: "Two pounds and one ounce, that'll be six yuan and thirty cents for you."

The middle-aged man in blue overalls readily took out his money.

With cash exchanged for goods, the first transaction of the day was completed.

Seeing their first deal completed so quickly, Uncle Zhou and the others couldn't help but smile. This was a good start.

It seems that doing business isn't so difficult after all.

But once someone started, and with that tiger skin hanging there, and Li Yunshan being so eloquent, a second and a third deal soon followed...

"Young man, cut me a pound."

"I want two pounds. My wife has been complaining about lower back and knee pain and irregular periods these past few days, so I'll buy two pounds for her to try and see if it helps."

"Hey bro, cut me a couple of pounds too..."

People kept wanting to buy, and Li Baotian's knife was flying around in his hands.

Seeing this, Cai Er also picked up a knife to help cut the meat.

Uncle Zhou was even busier on Friday. He had just finished weighing the meat that Li Baotian had cut and hadn't even caught his breath when Cai Er handed him the meat that he had just cut.

"I'll take five yuan and eighty cents from you."

"One pound and three ounces, three yuan and ninety cents, please take it, ma'am."

Li Yunshan was in charge of collecting money, and his hands never stopped moving as he continuously collected money and gave change to people.

Zhao Shuanzhu and others were responsible for maintaining order, calling out to those buying meat to line up one by one.

Those who wanted to take advantage of the situation immediately abandoned their bad idea when they saw Zhao Shuanzhu and Peng Youlian standing around like gatekeepers.

"Young man, do you sell tiger penis here?"

Just as Li Yunshan and his group were busy, someone glanced at the tiger bones in another wicker basket and asked a question.

Li Yunshan glanced at the man, his expression unchanged, and shook his head with feigned regret: "Boss, what bad luck! We just cut those tiger penises off the tigers not long ago, and they were bought up by the villagers."

Li Yunshan wasn't telling the truth. Tiger penis was known for its aphrodisiac properties, so how could he bear to sell it? Even the tiger bones in that wicker basket were the best ones that he and Uncle Zhou picked out and kept for themselves; they only sold the average ones.

The man stared at Li Yunshan for several seconds, seemingly trying to judge the truthfulness of the statement from the expression on Li Yunshan's face.

After a long silence, he finally asked, "Young man, which village are you from? Who in the village did you sell it to? Tell me, and I'm willing to pay a high price for that tiger penis."

The man asked hastily, "I couldn't find what I wanted to buy."

"I'm sorry, I can't say that."

Li Yunshan smiled and waved his hand.

Right now, that tiger whip is in his house.

Even if he wanted to sell that tiger penis, Uncle Zhou and Brother Zhang wouldn't allow it. After all, they had all worked hard to kill that tiger, and the tiger penis should belong to everyone, not just him.

Seeing that Li Yunshan had actually rejected him, the man quickly put his hands behind his back in disappointment and squeezed out of the crowd.

"Yunshan, collect the money."

At this moment, after weighing a piece of tiger meat, Uncle Zhou reminded Li Yunshan.

"Okay, sure."

Li Yunshan smiled as he took the money from a woman and gave her change. People kept coming to buy tiger meat.

Some bought one or two kilograms, while others bought half a kilogram to try it out, and Li Yunshan and his group accepted all of them.

In a satchel in front of Li Yunshan, as small bills and large bills were constantly being moved in and out, the originally empty satchel gradually became bulging.

Seeing how well the tiger meat was selling and how much money was flowing into their bags, everyone's faces broke into smiles, and they were overjoyed.

Tiger meat sells well, and even tiger bones, which have been stripped of almost all meat, are quite popular.

However, although tiger bone cannot compare to tiger penis or tiger blood, it still has considerable medicinal value.

In traditional Chinese medicine, tiger bone is considered to have the effects of dispelling wind and relieving pain, as well as strengthening muscles and bones.

Tiger bones can be soaked in alcohol to treat rheumatism, muscle and bone pain, and weakness in the lower back and knees, among other ailments.

As for whether it really has such miraculous effects, just look at how tigers can sleep directly in the snow and ice, and you'll know if it's really that miraculous.

However, many people spend money to buy tiger bones because of their reputation for relieving sharpness and strengthening bones, but most people actually know nothing about how tiger bones are prepared.

Having no other choice, Li Yunshan had to repeatedly teach the people who bought tiger bones how to prepare them.

There are generally three methods for processing tiger bones.

After scraping and washing the muscles and tendons from the bones and letting them air dry, the tiger bones are broken into small pieces. Ghee or sesame oil can be evenly applied to the tiger bone pieces, and then they are slowly roasted over charcoal until the surface turns yellow and the texture becomes crispy. This method is called the crispy roasting method.

Tiger bones processed using this method can be used to make pills and powders.

Secondly, there is the sand-scalding and vinegar-quenching method.

Put the sand into a pot and stir-fry until it's boiling hot. Then add the tiger bones and stir-fry until the surface of the tiger bones turns golden brown. After sifting out the sand, immediately put the tiger bones into rice vinegar to "quench" them, making them crispy.

The last one is much simpler and is a commonly used method: soak the processed and air-dried tiger bones in rice wine or white wine.

The effect of soaking tiger bone wine and then stir-frying or stewing it will be stronger than before stir-frying or stewing.

Most people who buy tiger bones use them to make medicinal wine, so Li Yunshan taught them how to make tiger bones into medicinal wine.

"Thank you, young man, you're such a kind person."

"If you hadn't told me, young man, I would have just thrown the tiger bones into the wine bottle to soak in alcohol."

"This young man is a good person; he actually taught us some real skills."

After listening to Li Yunshan's instructions on how to make tiger bone wine, everyone who bought tiger bones couldn't help but praise it.

"Hehe, it's all the duty, it's all the duty. We must do a good job in after-sales service, so that our fellow villagers' money won't be wasted."

Li Yunshan smiled and said.

Despite this, Li Yunshan's performance impressed even Uncle Zhou and Li Baotian, as if they were getting to know him all over again.

Previously, Li Yunshan was perceived as a good-for-nothing and idler; later, after he learned his lesson, he became known as a skilled hunter with good luck.

But now, when they heard Li Yunshan explaining the tiger bones to the people who were buying them in great detail, describing methods such as crisping, sand-scalding and vinegar-quenching, and wine-roasting, Uncle Zhou and the others were completely dumbfounded.

Who would have thought that Li Yunshan, who used to be a good-for-nothing, could actually glean so much wisdom from a single tiger bone?

Especially the wine-roasting method, which involves soaking tiger bones in wine.

Most people know that tiger bone wine is made by soaking tiger bones, and a few people know that tiger bone wine is made by soaking tiger bones after removing the muscles and flesh and air-drying them. However, very few people know that tiger bone wine is enhanced by stir-frying or stewing after soaking the tiger bones to improve its effects of dispelling wind and clearing the meridians.

Even Uncle Zhou and Li Baotian, who had been hunting for half their lives, had never heard of tiger bone wine being more potent after being stir-fried and stewed.

By 2 p.m., the tiger meat and tiger bones were sold out, and Li Yunshan zipped up the bag containing the money.

"Pack everything up. Put the door panels in the truck bed and take off the tiger skin and put it away."

"Put away the meat cleaver, bone cleaver, and cutting board."

"Check if the utensils you eat from are still in the tarpaulin. Don't be careless and lose them."

Uncle Zhou directed the packing up of the stall, giving earnest instructions.

Cai Er and Peng Youlian placed the door panel in the truck bed, and also took off the tiger skin and the two wooden sticks and put them away.

Zhang Sange and Li Baotian inspected the hunting rifles wrapped in tarpaulin. There were eight hunting rifles and one bird gun in total, and none were missing.

Wang Laojiu and Zhao Shuanzhu set out the meat cleaver, bone cleaver, cutting board, and weight.

"We'll go to the West City Pharmacy later."

Li Yunshan put his satchel in front of his chest and said with a smile.

"Hey, if we sell the tiger skin, we'll really be rich."

Hearing that we were going to the West City Pharmacy, everyone knew the main event was about to begin.

Selling tiger meat and tiger bones is just an appetizer; the real main attraction is selling the tiger skin and tiger gallbladder.