Chapter 185 Why Don’t You Listen?

When Zhang Xingwang entered the market, the elder brother came towards him again, trying to sell him his elegant wolfskin coat, but he obviously didn't recognize Zhang Xingwang.

After ruthlessly rejecting his elder brother with a bad memory, Zhang Xingwang began to stroll around and do the shopping.

After walking around, he didn't see anything new, but the black dried wild vegetables that an old man had eaten before attracted his attention. Seeing him stop, the squatting old man stood up and looked at Zhang Xingwang carefully, and then quickly introduced the wild vegetables:

"Hey, little guy, do you want some cat's paws? They're ten cents a pound and they're delicious."

Seeing Zhang Xingwang's disgusted expression, he immediately changed his words:

"How about you make an offer?"

Finally, Zhang Xingwang spent fifty cents to buy the old man's dozen pounds of dried wild vegetables, and then continued to stroll forward.

After thinking that the chickens at home should have grown up by now, I spent six dollars from a man and bought some dried mushrooms of various kinds, such as hazel mushrooms, diced hazel mushrooms, pine mushrooms, and Hericium erinaceus.

I can add two dishes to change the taste when I go back. I asked the man and learned that these are common mushrooms. He also assured Zhang Xinwang that they are absolutely non-toxic and harmless.

Listening to the man's solemn assurance and the way he turned around and left with the money, I couldn't help but recall the scenes of catching villains in the news in later generations.

I had originally been thinking of using the space to stock up on some vegetables for the winter, but the space was too small, so I decided to stock up on meat.

He had just asked two vendors about the boss of the market, and was still trying to find out more when two men who were squatting and smoking not far away stood up and walked up to Zhang Xingwang.

One of the men, who had a beard and a ferocious look on his face, looked at Zhang Xingwang, forced a smile, and whispered:

"Brother, what do you want from us? It's not a big deal."

Zhang Xinwang almost couldn't hold it in when he heard the gentle tone of the black-faced man. He felt that it was a waste of his big brother to look like a gangster.

Although this elder brother seemed a little awkward, at least he was connected, so Zhang Xingwang said:

"Are you collecting prey?"

When the eldest brother heard this, he came close to Zhang Xingwang, smiled like a black bear, and said in a blaming tone:

"Brother, don't disbelieve me, this is really not a bad thing."

"I have some red deer meat that I want to exchange for pork, raised...Brother, do you have any ideas?"

The black-faced elder brother carefully looked at Zhang Xingwang for a while. Seeing that he was delicate and had a foreign accent, he slightly put away his smile and said in a low voice:

"That's more valuable..."

Three hours later, Zhang Xingwang, carrying a sack of elk meat, and his elder brother arrived at the woods near the market.

The two men carefully examined each other's goods. The eldest brother was very dissatisfied with the hunter's skill in cutting the venison.

His face turned dark and when he was about to bargain, he discovered a fresh wound on the deer's head.

He quickly regained his smile and said to Zhang Xingwang:

"Brother, has your antler found an owner?"

Zhang Xinwang looked at the smile on the black-faced brother's face and felt that the old man was a little greedy, so he nodded at him seriously.

The velvet antlers have to be kept to enhance nutrition, as whether you can surpass your elder sister depends on them.

Besides, even if I sell it myself, I don’t think my brother can afford a good price.

Unexpectedly, after seeing him nod, the eldest brother's smile not only did not diminish, but became even wider.

"Brother, don't get me wrong. Judging from your appearance, you are probably here for the antlers. I have some right here. Do you want some more?"

After declining his elder brother's kindness and completing the transaction, Zhang Xingwang carried the pork in the sack and left the market.

This time I exchanged 146 kilograms of elk meat for 73 kilograms of pork, and I plan to keep the rest for myself.

All in all, I didn't lose out. The main reason was that I tried to cook it in a lunch box in the tree house, and after tasting it, the taste was not as good as wild boar meat, and the musk deer was okay.

As for the deer antlers that my elder brother mentioned, forget it. I can’t tell the authenticity of them, and I can’t use that much.

The next day at noon, Zhang Xingwang went to Aunt Liu's house carrying the food he had packed from the state-owned restaurant. He said goodbye to the two of them while eating and prepared to return to Yanjing the next day.

The two didn't react much after hearing this. Zhang Xingwang vaguely felt that Aunt Liu seemed relieved after hearing this, and said politely that she would come over and greet him properly when she had the chance.

Zhang Xingwang looked at the new shoes on Bai Xiaoya's feet and felt that something else might have happened between the mother and daughter after they came back this time.

After saying goodbye to the two people, Zhang Xingwang took the serious illness certificate issued by Director Wang and bought a hard sleeper ticket back to Yanjing tomorrow night.

Nowadays, everyone wants to go to the capital. I wanted to buy lunch or afternoon tickets, but they were sold out long ago.

I was thinking of going to the black market tonight to make some purchases, and this trip would be complete.

Suddenly, a stubborn little girl popped up in my mind, and I thought that she would not still be waiting for me there foolishly.

I called a tricycle and sat in front of the stall selling sweet potatoes.

It was around four o'clock in the afternoon and there were quite a lot of people on the road. The little girl was shouting loudly with her back to him. No wonder she had such a loud voice.

Walking forward and seeing that the little girl was still wearing the same clothes as before, Zhang Xingwang said:

"Call me brother, and I'll eat sweet potatoes with you."

The little girl seemed startled by his voice. She turned around and looked at him at a loss.

Then he hurriedly took out a coat from the cart and handed it over.

Zhang Xingwang's face turned dark when he saw the little girl's chilblained hands and her much cleaner coat.

He took the coat from her hand and put it on her again, saying with a straight face:

"Why don't you listen?"

The little girl pursed her lips and murmured:

"elder brother…"

After hearing this, Chang Xingwang took out the money and said to the bewildered little girl:

"I'm leaving by train tomorrow, and your disobedience is really bothering me..."

The little girl widened her eyes when she heard that, and without even taking the money, she moved her lips.

But no sound came out. Finally, he slowly lowered his head.

Zhang Xingwang smiled bitterly, took off the dog fur on his head, put it on the little girl, and asked with concern:

"How is your mother's illness?"

Seeing that the little girl didn't answer for a long time, Zhang Xingwang put down the money, turned around and walked away.

After he walked away, the little girl shrugged her shoulders and slowly sat on the ground. The tears in her eyes gradually soaked her almost new wool coat...

Following the advice of the temperamental elder brother, Zhang Xingwang easily found the black market. After paying a two-cent entrance fee, he started strolling around.

The atmosphere here was similar to that of the black market in Yanjing. Zhang Xingwang randomly found an old man leaning against the wall and asked about tiger bones.

After listening to him, the old man asked him for a cigarette, then gestured for him to follow him, and soon he arrived in front of the two men.