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

Upon hearing Li Yunshan's words, Manager Liu understood the meaning behind them. After glancing at him, he began to carefully examine the tiger skin spread out on the long table.

Manager Liu examined the tiger skin from its head down to its limbs, then its back and abdomen, and found some flaws.

The main flaw is the bullet holes on the tiger skin; there are as many as six in total.

After the inspection, Manager Liu took off his glasses and rubbed his slightly sore eyes.

Inspecting a tiger skin is a time-consuming and energy-intensive task. After all, it's such a large tiger skin, so it has to be carefully and thoroughly inspected.

This is being responsible to yourself and to your boss.

The manager of the West City Pharmacy earns a decent monthly salary, plus a year-end bonus. However, if a mistake is made and the boss blames the manager, it would be a huge loss.

His entire family depends on his salary to make a living.

"Master Li, I have something to say, please don't be upset."

After rubbing his sore eyes, Manager Liu put his glasses back on. He considered his words carefully before continuing, "It's not that I'm picking on your tiger skin, but you must know that there are six bullet holes in it."

"I know, Manager Liu. Just say what you have to say. I'm a straightforward person and I won't hide anything. Even if this tiger skin has flaws, I'll accept it."

Li Yunshan nodded and said.

"This tiger skin is in good condition and quite large, indicating that the tiger was quite big when it was alive. If it weren't for the six bullet holes in the skin, I could have agreed to the same price as last time. However, as you know, the tiger skin has six bullet holes, so the price will have to be lower."

"However, it won't be too low. I can offer Master Li and the other masters a price of 5,700. I wonder what Master Li and the other masters think? Of course, you can also discuss it and reach a consensus."

After finishing speaking, Manager Liu glanced at Li Yunshan, Uncle Zhou, and the others, then turned and left the tea room, closing the door behind him.

As soon as Manager Liu walked out, Cai Er, Zhang Sange, and the others all turned their attention to Uncle Zhou.

"What are your thoughts?" Uncle Zhou looked around at Cai Er and the others before slowly asking.

"Uncle Zhou, I think we can sell it now. After all, Yunshan said that the tiger skin he sold before was about the same size as the tiger skin from the tiger we hunted. He sold the tiger skin for six thousand yuan, and Manager Liu offered five thousand seven. I think that's good enough."

"Before we came, Yunshan said that the tiger skin had six or seven bullet holes and some flaws, so it would probably be three or five hundred yuan less than the tiger skin he was selling. Now that Manager Liu is willing to pay five thousand seven hundred yuan for our tiger skin, I think the same as Cai Er: we can sell it."

"Yes, I also think it's time to sell it. If we take it to the supply and marketing cooperative, we probably won't get this price."

"Uncle Zhou, I also agree to sell."

"The price is right, let's sell it soon and secure the money."

Zhang Sange, Zhao Shuanzhu, and others said the same thing.

"Yunshan, what are you thinking?" Uncle Zhou asked Li Yunshan.

"We can sell it. Just like Youlian said, if we sell it to the supply and marketing cooperative, we won't get a good price at all. In this huge Qinghe County, there's no other choice but the supply and marketing cooperative and the Chengxi Pharmacy. Manager Liu's price is also reasonable, which is what we expected. Let's sell it, turn the tiger skin into cash, and put the money in our pockets."

Li Yunshan also agreed to sell. Just as Cai Er and the others said, the supply and marketing cooperative couldn't offer a good price, while the price offered by Manager Liu was reasonable and within their expectations.

"Cai Er, go out and ask Lao Jiu and the others."

Uncle Zhou thought for a moment and then said to Cai Er.

Because they all brought hunting rifles to the county town, in order to avoid causing unnecessary panic, the rifles were wrapped in tarpaulins and placed on the tractor's trailer.

After they came in, they left Wang Laojiu, Wu Shenghong, and two others to keep watch outside.

The tiger was hunted down by everyone through hard work. Selling the tiger skin isn't just a matter of the six of them having the opinion; we also need to consult Wang Laojiu and the other two.

"I'll go right away."

Cai Er immediately got up and pushed open the door. After going out for a while, he returned.

"Old Jiu and the others all say they support you, Uncle Zhou," Cai Er said.

"Then let's sell it."

Uncle Zhou made the final decision on Friday.

Soon, Manager Liu came in.

Along with Manager Liu came a waiter carrying a tray.

On the tray, the contents were covered by a red silk cloth, making it impossible to see what was underneath.

However, judging from the high height and sharp edges of the cover, what was covered on the tray was clearly money, and a large sum of money at that.

Currently, there is no 100-yuan banknote yet. The largest denomination banknote is the 10-yuan note, commonly known as "Great Unity".

Five thousand seven hundred yuan, that's five hundred and seventy ten-yuan notes.

So many large bills of unity tied together naturally have a certain thickness.

Sure enough, as Manager Liu unveiled the red silk cloth, there were indeed two thick stacks of money on the tray.

However, on the tray, one stack of money was ten-yuan bills, while the other stack was five-yuan bills.

But upon seeing so much money, whether it was the two experienced hunters, Uncle Zhou and Li Baotian, or the younger hunters like Cai Er and Zhang Sange, their eyes widened instantly, and even their breathing became much heavier.

In those days, making money was not easy. Although hunters could earn extra income from village collective work points when they went into the mountains to hunt, not everyone had the opportunity to make so much money at once.

At least, Uncle Zhou had never seen it, nor had Li Baotian.

As for Cai Er and the others, they had never seen them before.

Among the hunters in Guapigou Village, and even among all the villagers, Li Yunshan was probably the only one who had ever seen such a large sum of money.

After all, Li Yunshan had killed a tiger and a bear before.

Those two beasts made him a lot of money.

However, after killing the bear, Li Yunshan donated most of the money he earned from selling the bear to the village, used it to rebuild the village primary school, and also gave compensation to the two injured villagers.

"Hehe, Master Li, you guys count them."

Seeing the greedy looks on Uncle Zhou's and the others' faces, Manager Liu smiled slightly and gestured for Li Yunshan and the others to count the money.

"Okay, just a moment."

Li Yunshan nodded and then asked Uncle Zhou, Li Baotian, and the others to count the money first.

On Friday, Uncle counted the ten-yuan bills, and after counting them once, he handed them to Li Baotian to count again to confirm that the amount was correct.

Li Yunshan counted the five-yuan bills, handed them to Cai Er to count again after counting them once.

"One, two, three... seven, eight, nine, ten..."

Uncle Zhou and Li Yunshan muttered to themselves as they counted the banknotes.

In this day and age, even banks don't have money counting machines; whether you're withdrawing or depositing money, you have to use a counter.

When ordinary people make transactions, they also use lots, but this makes it easier for errors to occur.

Therefore, both Li Yunshan and Uncle Zhou counted very carefully and meticulously, for fear of making any mistakes or errors.

It took them quite a while to count all the money.

"Three hundred sheets of Great Unity".

Uncle Zhou said on Friday.

"Five hundred and forty five-yuan banknotes."

Following Uncle Zhou, Li Yunshan also counted out the five-yuan banknotes.

In a hurry, the money was handed over to Li Baotian and Cai Er, and then the count was repeated a second time.

"One, two, three, four, five..."

Li Baotian and Cai Er counted the money while muttering to themselves, also counting it very slowly to avoid making a mistake.

After finally counting all the money and confirming that everything was correct, Li Yunshan put all the money into his satchel, and handed the tiger skin to Manager Liu.

Next, Li Yunshan took out the tiger gall bladder, and after some bargaining, sold it to the West City Pharmacy for 150 yuan.

They made over 5,800 yuan in one go, and the joy on Uncle Zhou's and the others' faces didn't disappear until they left the West City Pharmacy.

"Manager Liu, it's getting late, we'll take our leave now."

Manager Liu escorted Li Yunshan and his group to the entrance of the pharmacy. Before getting on his bicycle, Li Yunshan said to Manager Liu.

"Hehe, Master Li, and all the other masters, take care! If you have any good stuff in the future, please be sure to give it to our pharmacy."

Manager Liu smiled and cupped his hands in greeting.

"Definitely, definitely."

Li Yunshan and Uncle Zhou both spoke.

As soon as the tractor started, they would get on it or ride bicycles and quickly leave.

"Uncle Zhou, are you going back to the village or staying at the county guesthouse for the night?"

Not long after leaving the West City Pharmacy, Cai Er asked Uncle Zhou.

We had originally planned to explore the county town, but it was getting late and the sun was already setting. Whether to go straight back to the village or stay overnight at the county town's guesthouse and explore the town thoroughly before heading back was a decision for Uncle Zhou, since he was the head hunter of Guapigou Village.

"Let's go back to the village first. We're carrying such a large sum of money, which could easily cause trouble. Better safe than sorry."

"If we want to go to the county town, we can go after we get back to the village and distribute the money. We can go for a stroll in the county town when we have time."

Uncle Zhou said.

"Uncle Zhou is right. With so much money on us, we're afraid of being targeted. It would be safer to go back to the village first."

Li Yunshan also said.

He had been doing business at the county's farmers' market when he was targeted by highway robbers lying in wait. Although they were numerous and had eight hunting rifles and a shotgun in the back of their tractor, Li Yunshan didn't want to cause any trouble at this critical juncture and spoil everyone's mood.

"Let's go back to the village first. No matter how good the county town is, it's not as good as our village. Even a golden nest or a silver nest can't compare to our old home," Li Baotian said, taking a puff of his pipe and exhaling smoke.