Chapter 100 The Smart Old Man

It was almost two o'clock before I saw the father and son walking slowly back and forth in the distance.

Seeing this, the woman hurried over. Zhang Xingwang wanted to go too, but two pig squeals stopped him in his tracks.

After the three people came over, he took a closer look and was surprised to see that these two were really ruthless. No wonder they took so long to come.

It turned out that they went to catch a wild boar. The two men tied up the wild boar tightly and carried it all the way here. It’s incredible to think about it.

The old man was so tired that he was out of breath. Only the man was still relatively strong. He wiped the sweat off his forehead and motioned Zhang Xingwang to go over and take a look at the goods, while he ran to the stream to get some water to drink.

Zhang Xingwang was so annoyed that he thought these two were a little too professional. Then he asked them how they did it.

The man smiled and explained while drinking water:

"We were lucky this time. We caught it with a trap. We didn't know when you would come, and it would be too troublesome to smoke a wild boar. Pig blood is also a good thing, so we thought of keeping it for two days and wait and see."

"I mainly want to ask how you tied it up?"

"Just put the rope on and throw it over. It didn't take much effort to tie it up, but it was hard to get it up from the trap. I almost sprained my waist. In the end, I had to tie it to a tree and pull it up."

The young man and the old man were indeed experts. Looking at the two wild boars weighing more than 100 kilograms, it only took them three hours at most to drag the wild boars into the trap and carry them over. Zhang Xingwang felt that he knew nothing about the power of the working people.

The old man slowly took a breath, stood up slowly, and said weakly:

"You should also listen to what my daughter-in-law said. Can the prices of rabbits and chickens be raised a little more?"

"Um, then 5 cents?"

Zhang Xingwang thought that since it was smoked meat after all, the price would have to be increased a bit. He would test the other party first to see if the old man was the greedy type.

But the old man smiled and nodded at his daughter-in-law after hearing this. Then he turned to look at his son with an expression of disappointment. Then he quickly said to Zhang Xingwang:

"Then it's a deal. This will be the price from now on. It's cold recently, so we have no choice. We're worried that if you don't come, the food will be ruined. But don't worry, the bacon-smoking technique is inherited from our family, so the taste will be absolutely fine."

Zhang Xingwang watched the old man say so many words in one breath, and then he became out of breath again. He was very worried about him, fearing that he would be the first to kill after traveling through time. That would be ridiculous.

I quickly signaled to the old man to relax, drink some water and talk slowly. He could accept the price.

The old man's daughter-in-law also interrupted and said:

"Dad, when you two were taking the wild boar, I talked to this young man for a long time. Just like what you said, this young man should be a good person and he won't have any bad intentions."

Upon hearing this, Zhang Xinwang accepted the good guy card with tears in his eyes, and cooperated by putting on an expression of inexperienced, silly, yet righteous.

The old man finally took a breath, and after hearing what his daughter-in-law said, he interrupted with a smug look on his face:

"Of course not. I, your father, am very good at judging people."

After the old man finally recovered, the two sides started to talk about the price. The old man put on a shrewd and calculating look at Zhang Xingwang and asked tentatively:

"Young man, if I may ask, you must have brought someone else with you, right? Otherwise, you wouldn't be able to take away so many things."

"You are so thoughtful. They came over after you left. Otherwise, how could I send so many things back?"

Sure enough, the old man showed a confident expression after hearing this, and said with a big smile on his face:

"Then we have to talk about it. The price of the wild boar will be as we agreed last time. But these two are alive, so you have to give us some money, little brother."

Zhang Xingwang listened for a long time but couldn't figure it out. Since the price was the same as last time, why should he pay more? He asked in confusion:

"Please explain yourself clearly. What difference does it make whether someone is dead or alive?"

The old man smiled mysteriously at Zhang Xingwang, and said with an expression that said, "You kid, you're asking questions even though you already know the answer." He pointed at the wild boar and said jokingly,

"That wild boar blood is a great tonic."

After hearing this, Zhang Xingwang suddenly realized. He hadn't seen a living creature for a long time and had completely forgotten about this. This request was reasonable. No wonder the father and son went to so much trouble to carry the living creature over.

Suddenly I remembered the various ways to cook pig blood, and then my thoughts jumped to hot pot. After that, I didn’t know where else it went. In a trance, I seemed to feel tears at the corners of my mouth.

After being stunned for a while, I quickly wiped away my tears. I must have missed home too much just now!

Looking up, the old man was beaming with joy at his son and daughter-in-law, posing like a wise man with a proud look on his face. Seeing Zhang Xingwang come back to his senses, he turned to the couple and whispered:

"You two are still far from it, you still have to rely on me. I said it would be right to get him alive. He just wanted to play dumb and take advantage of me, but I saw through it at a glance.

I only showed him a little, you see how ashamed he is, how embarrassed he is, but you two should also learn more, look at him, although he is young, he is very smart. "

Zhang Xingwang listened to the old man's "whisper" word for word, and silently erased the inequality sign between "old man" and "shrewd" and replaced it with a question mark.

I didn't feel like chatting with them any more. Seeing that it was probably already three o'clock, I quickly asked them to weigh the goods and start the transaction.

As for the wild boar blood, if you are tired, just let them do what they want. Anyway, the old man will give Zhang Xingwang a "satisfactory" price.

When they weighed the boar, they found that the scale the man brought was not enough to weigh such a heavy boar, not to mention that the boar was still struggling desperately. Looking at the couple beating their chests and the old man who was too ashamed to face people, Zhang Xingwang was completely numb.

The question mark in Zhang Xingwang's mind quickly turned into an exclamation mark.

The old man then suggested that they kill the wild boar and weigh it, but Zhang Xingwang righteously refused. The three of them could only touch the wild boar dejectedly and estimate its weight with Zhang Xingwang.

Finally, after some unoriginal bargaining, the price was estimated at 320 kilograms. Together with the rabbit and pheasant, the total price was 201 yuan.

The three people on the opposite side counted on their fingers for a long time. Before they started to quarrel, the old man angrily snorted, saying that Zhang Xingwang's calculation should be fine, and the couple agreed instantly. As for the wild boar blood, the old man had forgotten about it.

Zhang Xingwang really couldn't think of any other plans these three people could have, so he swaggered out his sack from behind a rock.

He approached the three of them and asked:

"Do you just want money, or do you want something in exchange?"

After hearing this, the old man immediately looked thoughtful, but before he could figure it out.

His daughter-in-law said hurriedly:

"Things need to be changed too. What do you have?"

Afterwards, the three of them watched Zhang Xingwang take out dozens of kilograms of corn, snacks, candies, melon seeds, cigarettes, alcohol, and some miscellaneous daily necessities from the sack.

I took another peek and saw that the bag was still bulging and my head was about to break apart.