allonlinenovel Chapter 871 Hey, now we have a market!
Chapter 871 Hey, now we have a market!
After Bai Song learned that the giant insect had eaten their prey, he rushed over to check.
When he discovered that three rabbits were missing, he was so angry that he started cursing.
These three rabbits are enough for a dozen or so brothers to have a meal.
Besides, three rabbits are so hard to catch!
In their attempt to hunt a rabbit, they nearly fell off a cliff and lost their lives.
Not to mention three!
He grew angrier the more he thought about it, but for the time being, he couldn't do anything about the giant insect.
Despite their large number, none of the brothers had any experienced hunters.
Otherwise, they wouldn't have bothered to invite Lu Qingqing and the other person into the mountains to provide guidance.
He stomped his feet in anger for a while before finally sitting back down by the fire.
After this ordeal, most people were so frightened that they lost their sleepiness.
The group sat around the fire in silence for a while before starting to talk about the giant tiger.
According to the soldier who faced the giant insect head-on, he had no chance to fight back when the insect pounced on him.
All I smelled was a stench, and then I was sent flying.
This statement startled the soldiers listening nearby.
After listening, Bai Song's expression also turned solemn.
He may not care about the lives of strangers, but he is truly good to his brothers.
Although he craved meat terribly, he couldn't bring himself to exchange his brothers' lives for it.
In addition, there was the incident in the afternoon when he almost fell off a cliff because of a rabbit.
After thinking it over, he decided that he would set off back as soon as it was light the next day.
To be honest, the prey he has caught so far is far less than he expected.
According to his plan, he should be able to catch at least two or three hundred catties of meat on this trip into the mountains.
Ideally, it would be a big one like a wild boar.
So far, all they've caught are small creatures like pheasants, rabbits, and squirrels, and not many of them.
However, it's not their fault.
After all, at this point, his soldiers were only just getting started.
If we had stayed in the mountains for another day, the harvest would probably have been more than double what we got today.
After pondering for a while, Bai Song finally informed everyone that he would be leaving the mountain the next day.
The soldiers were overjoyed that they no longer had to live in fear because of the tiger.
A few soldiers felt they hadn't killed enough meat and didn't want to leave.
According to their thinking, there were large insects in these deep mountains, so they went to the outer edge of the mountains.
There are still some rabbits and pheasants on the outskirts of the mountain, and if you're lucky, you might even encounter a herd of wild boars.
After all, these were the things we got yesterday.
After taking it back, the two hundred or so brothers divided it among themselves, and each person didn't even get a piece of meat.
Then their trip into the mountains would have been a complete waste!
In short, the soldiers had different ideas.
But one thing is certain: they have all become accustomed to obeying Bai Song's orders.
No matter what they think, they will obediently follow orders.
Nearby, Lu Qingqing and Qin Lang were also very happy to hear that they could go back tomorrow.
Even with the items brought by the space, it was still freezing cold in the deep mountains during the dead of winter.
In this godforsaken place, if you're not careful, your ears could freeze off.
Anyway, whoever comes will suffer.
Thinking of the warm kang bed at home, both of them were eager to go back.
After making up his mind, Bai Song added a few more soldiers to the guard post.
Seeing that they hadn't collected much firewood, Lu Qingqing also contributed the remaining bag of coal.
After all, we'll be able to leave the mountain tomorrow, and carrying this thing down the mountain again would be very heavy.
I might as well do him a favor.
After the others returned to their tents to rest, the remaining soldiers became even more vigilant.
It's unclear whether the tiger was full or scared away by the crowd.
In short, no further problems arose overnight.
As soon as it was light, Bai Song got up and called out to everyone to hurry up and heat up their meals.
Since he didn't plan to continue hunting, he couldn't bear to eat the leftover meat.
For breakfast, the soldiers ate the thick flatbreads they had brought with them.
Lu Qingqing and Qin Lang, on the other hand, ate soft pancakes with salted cured meat.
As for the salted cured pork, it was naturally made by the amateur chef, Old Man Zhuang.
Old Zhuang lived up to his reputation as an amateur culinary master, and his salted cured pork successfully captivated Bai Song.
This guy stubbornly stayed to the side and managed to snag a palm-sized piece of cured meat.
Seeing him happily carrying the cured meat, he went back to share it with Yan Xu and the others.
Lu Qingqing even began to doubt whether this person was the same Bai Song she had known at the beginning.
Well, the more you get to know some people, the more complicated they become.
To those whose grain was stolen, Bai Song was a complete villain.
But in the eyes of his soldiers, Bai Song was the best big brother in the world.
If we have a single grain of rice, we can share some with them.
As for Lu Qingqing, Bai Song was a person, whether good or bad.
As long as he has principles and can coexist peacefully with them, that's fine.
Fifteen minutes later, the team set off again.
Knowing that there was a large tiger in the mountains, everyone was very careful as they walked out.
In this situation, even if they encounter small prey such as rabbits on the road, they will basically not chase after them.
There's only one chance; if you hit it, you can retrieve it.
If you miss, keep moving forward.
Therefore, the journey out of the mountains was much faster than the journey in.
Around mid-morning, the group arrived at the fork in the road they had taken to go up the mountain.
Looking at the fork in the road, Lu Qingqing remembered the wild boar herd she had encountered before.
I don't know if they're still in the same place.
Adhering to the principle that since we're already here, it would be a waste not to leave with some meat, we decided to stay.
Lu Qingqing found Bai Song.
"Boss Bai, we're planning to look for wild boars again on the mountain."
Are you planning to come with us, or go back first?
Bai Song secretly admired her for daring to go up the mountain, but still refused aloud.
"No, we plan to go back first."
But, is it alright for just the two of you to go up the mountain?
"Why don't you come back with us?"
Lu Qingqing politely declined.
Seeing this, Bai Song knew that the two were determined to hunt a wild boar and return.
The thought of wild boars made his mouth water again.
"Brother Lu, if you hunt any extra wild boars, you have to sell some to me."
Don't worry, I'll exchange it for real gold and silver.
As he spoke, fearing that Lu Qingqing might be worried, he quickly explained.
“We’re brothers now, I can’t possibly betray you.”
In these famine years, there is a shortage of both grain and meat.
Anything that can be eaten is very expensive.
In this way, if you hunt a wild boar weighing sixty or seventy pounds, you will be given one hundred and twenty taels.
If you hunt a wild boar weighing between 60 and 150 catties, I'll give you 250 taels.
If you hunt a wild boar weighing over 150 jin, I'll buy it from you for 400 taels of silver, how about that?
If you're not satisfied with the price, we can talk again.
Brother, to be honest, I only have those hard, unusable things in my hands that aren't good for eating or wearing.
This was the first time Lu Qingqing had ever heard someone flaunt their wealth like this in all the time she had been in this world.
It has to be said, this person really went to great lengths to get a bite of meat.
Suddenly, she thought of the wild boars she had previously hunted but hadn't been scalded.
Because it tasted bad, she and Qin Lang didn't eat it.
Hey, now we have a market!
She immediately patted her chest in confidence.
"Brother Bai, don't worry, I'll definitely hunt a few wild boars for you!"
Bai Song was just afraid that Lu Qingqing would hide the fact that she had hunted a wild boar from him.
Therefore, a financial offensive was launched.
Unexpectedly, it actually works so well, so I happily agreed immediately.
"Alright, brother, however much you beat, that's how much I'll take."
"Please be careful, we'll head back now."
Before leaving, Bai Song specially left a soldier behind to help them watch the carriage.
After all, Xiaobai is still waiting at the foot of the mountain.
After thanking Qin Lang, Lu Qingqing and Qin Lang took another mountain path.