Chapter 133 The Curse of Embarrassment When Entering the Mountains

There were four wild boars, two large and two small, and they looked like a family. They were struggling and howling, and the two largest ones were estimated to be nearly 300 pounds. The two large ones and the small one had injuries on their legs, which looked quite serious.

I really don't understand how they caught these two big guys. Seeing Zhang Xingwang's confusion, the old man pointed at the wild boar with a proud look on his face, saying that after discovering it, he quietly followed and waited for it. It took him four days, using all the ropes he brought, and setting traps all around to catch the whole family.

First, he caught a big wild boar with a trap. As for the other three, he tracked down two small ones and caught them with a trap. He then trapped the big one. Fortunately, the two small ones were fine because the man shot an arrow in the leg of the little wild boar and then tracked them down and caught them.

The big wild boar was in trouble. Not only did the rope almost break after being bitten several times, the old man was almost hit. Fortunately, the man rushed out quickly and shot the wild boar's leg, so the injured wild boar did not hit the old man.

At this time, the man's wife interrupted and said:

"If Dad hadn't insisted on catching them alive, he would have just shot them to death when he found them."

The man nodded in agreement, while the old man said to Zhang Xingwang with an expression that said, "You don't understand me."

"It's easier to deal with if he's alive. If he's killed and the guy comes too late, the smoked meat alone will be enough for the three of us to drink a pot."

Although we didn't catch any pheasants this time, we did catch eight rabbits, all of which have been smoked.

What followed was the weighing session that the family was looking forward to the most. The three of them worked together and lifted the weighing bar with a thick tree trunk. Despite the wild boar's crazy struggle, they managed to complete the weighing.

Watching the shiny scale rod squeaking under the weight, I was afraid that the next time I use it, the scale might break and the pig might die.

The four wild boars weighed a total of 841 jin, and the eight wild rabbits weighed 31 jin. The rabbits were 437.55 cents per jin, and the wild boars were cents per jin. The total was yuan.

The three of them had no objection to the weight of the rabbits. However, after weighing the four wild boars, the old man silently calculated in his mind for a long time. Looking at the couple who were calculating the weight with branches on the ground, he sighed and said helplessly to Zhang Xingwang that his calculation was correct.

Things became even more outrageous when they calculated the price of the wild boar. After hearing Zhang Xingwang's answer, the three of them immediately nodded in unison, indicating that Zhang Xingwang's calculation was correct and the same as theirs.

Things got a bit troublesome next. Zhang Xingwang only had a little over 300 yuan left in his pocket. He originally had more than 340 yuan, but he had to buy special skills and give them to his second aunt. Fortunately, there were corn and sweet potatoes in the space to replace them. The embarrassing thing was that he was just pretending when he came here, carrying a sack on his back, and now he could only pretend to use the Cloud Piercing Arrow.

Then Zhang Xingwang said awkwardly to the three people who were all happy:

"Well, the weight and price are fine, but I don't have that much money with me."

"What!"

Looking at the three pairs of regretful and disbelieving eyes, Zhang Xingwang became anxious and hurried to explain.

"Don't worry, listen to me..."

As a result, the old man interrupted him again, saying with a look of "I have seen through you":

"Stop talking. I know you want to lower the price. Just tell me how much less it is. I also know that it is such a long journey. I can give you a little discount, but don't go too far, brother."

Without waiting for Zhang Xingwang to get a word in, he gave him a look that said, "All you businessmen are like this," and then continued with a look of heartache:

"How about this? We'll leave tonight and return the wild boar to you at dawn. What's your price? If that doesn't work, I'll give you two rabbits."

The couple next to them seemed to understand after hearing this, and looked at Zhang Xingwang pleadingly, with a hint of dissatisfaction towards the profiteer in their eyes. The three of them were like they were meeting an old landlord.

Seeing the three people looking bullied and disappointed, Zhang Xingwang was overwhelmed. He quickly waved his hand to stop them and shouted:

"Let me finish, please."

After the three of them calmed down, Zhang Xingwang covered his forehead and said helplessly:

"It's true that I don't have enough money, but I have food here, I can just give it to you."

Seeing the old man's hesitant expression, he quickly posed like Erkang and continued:

"The price is also the market price, but you have to wait for me for a while."

Under the complicated gazes of the three people, Zhang Xingwang walked out of the valley. Seeing that the three people did not follow him, he found a big tree to lean against for a while, then "took out" two sacks of sweet potatoes and corn.

He carried it on his shoulders and walked towards the valley with difficulty, feeling depressed. Who would have known that these three people could kill four wild boars? It seemed that he could not escape the embarrassing fate of entering the mountains.

They walked to the valley holding their breath. The three eager eyes did not show any wariness as imagined. They just looked at Zhang Xingwang's sack with complicated eyes.

Zhang Xingwang did not explain too much, but just put down the sacks one by one, opened them and motioned for them to come over and have a look. The old man came over first, and his eyes widened when he saw the food in the bags. Then he asked in disbelief:

"Brother, what is your market price?"

"The price at the grain station. I won't rip you off."

The old man almost laughed out loud after hearing this, and the couple next to him also laughed like idiots. After all, food without tickets is much better than money.

Zhang Xingwang then skillfully picked up the sack he had carried on his back first and took out some purchased miscellaneous items, acting like a peddler.

When the old man saw Zhang Xingwang untying the sack and taking out the odds and ends, his eyes twitched noticeably, as if he was unable to bear the past.

His daughter-in-law was also quite cooperative. She immediately put down the bag of grain and started to pick with her butt raised skillfully. Although she was said to be picking, in reality there was nothing left.

The old man looked at Zhang Xingwang taking things out of the bag continuously, his eyes almost tap dancing. He turned his head and looked at his son helplessly, but only saw a bent back and shaking shoulders.

The old man then sighed resignedly and ran to his daughter-in-law. One could only vaguely see the old man begging for something with a bitter face.

Zhang Xingwang was quite impressed with the family's style. In the end, after deducting the sweet potatoes, corn and the miscellaneous goods he brought with him, he still had to pay them 215 yuan. This time the three of them were quite happy. Looking at so many things and listening to Zhang Xingwang's calculations, they nodded quickly and said in unison that there was no problem and it was the same as what they had calculated.

Finally, when Zhang Xingwang was paying, it was the woman who came to take the money. She took it and pretended to count it. She probably just glanced at the money and saw that it was all money and there was nothing else mixed in it, then she nodded seriously and stuffed it into her shirt skillfully. Maybe after two transactions, she trusted him.

The money was handed out so quickly that Zhang Xingwang didn't even have time to turn his head. The two men didn't care about the money at all, and stared at the cigarettes that Zhang the peddler took out.