Chapter 42: Selling Bears 1
Back at Li's house, the three of them were too tired to sit on the ground. It's a pleasure to look at the bear. Li Xiao asked, "Which of you knows someone who can peel the skin?" In the end, Wu Shi recommended that there was a king butcher in their village, and he was a very good person.
Li Xiao asked Wu Shi to go back to the village to find Wang Butcher, and specially instructed him not to say who hit the bear.
There is a king butcher in Wu Village, who sells meat in the county town on weekdays. It is only in the village when the farming is busy. Wu Shi ran to find the Wang butcher, and when the Wang butcher heard that he had beaten a bear, he said happily: "The village chief is really powerful, I'll go with you to see." If he can take over this bear meat, he won't have to worry about this year. Butcher Wang put down the farm work in his hand, took the tools and followed Wu Shi away. On the way, I also asked how the bear hit, and the bear skin was intact. Where did Wu Shi know, so he said that when I saw it, the bear was already dead.
On the way, Wang Tuhu learned that he was not going to Wu's house, but to Li's house. When he arrived at Li's house, Li Xiao invited Wang Butcher to come in, and Wang Butcher began to look at the bear, and he needed to look at the wound before he could determine where to go under the knife. The king butcher looked at the wounds on the bear's body and marveled in his heart that it was actually killed by an arrow. The person who shoots this bear is definitely not simple. He knew that there were things he wasn't supposed to know, and he wouldn't ask more. He just said, "I can't peel this bear of yours, my craftsmanship is not so good, if you can trust me, you can go into the city with me and sell it whole." This bear can be sold for at least 20 yuan." The other three were all happy when they heard this, and they were able to live in a peasant family for ten years with 20 yuan of money, and they still had a relatively good life.
Li Xiao thought about it and said: "I naturally believe what the uncle said, but this bear is not mine alone, if I want to go into the city and sell it, I need to ask the other people what they mean." Li Xiao didn't know this person, so he didn't believe him very much. Their family's previous prey was handled by the old man, and there was no need to find a butcher.
When the king butcher heard that the bear still had someone else's share, he believed it very much. I think it might be Village Chief Wu, otherwise it wouldn't be Wu Shi looking for him. He didn't believe that four teenage children could kill a bear.
Butcher Wang nodded and replied, "You quickly call someone to come and ask." If you enter the city, you will have to leave in the afternoon, or you will not be able to return in the evening. ”
Li Xiao said: "Uncle Wang is thoughtful. I think this bear must be going to the city to sell. Uncle Wang went home first and told his family, and waited for us at the entrance of the village at three o'clock in the afternoon. I'll call someone back, and we'll take the car to the entrance of the village and wait for you. What do you think is good? I just hope that Uncle Wang will not mention the matter of the bear. “
Butcher Wang looked at the small man and asked, "Little brother has done the master."
Li Xiaodao: "According to what Uncle Wang said, if this bear wants to be sold at a good price, it must go to the city." Even when other people come back, this is also the result. Uncle don't worry. It takes some time to find an ox cart, and it's almost noon, and I have to have lunch before I go out. ”
When the butcher heard this, he said, "Then I will go back first, and wait for you at the entrance of your village at three o'clock in the afternoon." Don't worry about the bear, I won't say it."
Li Xiao sent Wang Butcher away, and called Wu Shi and the others over. "The three of you are not allowed to talk to anyone about the bear, remember?" ”
The three of them nodded and said they remembered.
Li Xiaoyou instructed: "Zheng Lin, you go to the field and call Wu Tian and Wang Wensheng back, and by the way, call my sister-in-law and my aunt back to cook." Li Geng, you take Wu Shi to your house to find your brother, and ask your brother to pull an oxcart for me. It needs to be able to fit the bear's ox cart. If the old man of the Li family asks, Li Geng, don't speak, Wu Shi, you will say that your brother wants it, and give him 20 Wen rent money from now until night. It must be said that it is rented, not borrowed. Remember not to mention the bear, so let's go. After the three of them answered, they ran away.
Li Xiao went to the backyard and got some straw to cover the bear, then went to the house and moved the round table out, put it on the outside of the bear, and set up a chair to block the bear from the outside. Then he closed the door, went into the house, and locked the bow, quiver, and knife in the chest. He took the bow off the wall and pulled it with his hand, muttering that he hoped he wouldn't need you. He took another quiver and went out of the room.
When Zheng Lin arrived at the field, he said, "The boss asked you two to go to her house." Then he ran to Xiulan and told his brother that Li Xiao asked them to go back to cook. Wu Tian knew that Li Xiao was looking for them at this time, there must be something wrong. So he hurried back. Xiulan thought that Li Xiao asked them to take a break and eat at home by the way, so she didn't think much about it.
When Wu Tianren arrived, his voice arrived: "Boss, is there something wrong?" “
Li Xiao sat in the courtyard and opened the gate when he heard the sound. said: "You guys are coming back so fast, come and see." With that, he led them around the table and inside, and then lifted the straw from the bear a little.
Wu Tian and the others were dumbfounded when they saw the bear. Seeing Wu Tian stumbling and saying, "Boss, this is not what you beat, right?" ”
Li Xiao glanced at the two who were obviously frightened and said, "Come back to your senses, I called the king butcher of your village to follow us into the city in the afternoon, and I want to sell this bear." What about the man who butchers the king? ”
Wu Tian said: "It must be Wu Shi's kid who found it for you, that person is a bit of a ghost, and he always sends things over on weekdays." The stone likes him, and there is nothing but ghosts. There are old and young people in the family, and with me following you, he doesn't dare to mess around. ”
Li Xiao put down his heart and said, "Wait a minute, you will enter the city with me, and then you will say that the bear belongs to everyone." ”
Wu Tian nodded and said, "Isn't this cheap for us, you are making us famous too."
Li Xiao went up and gave Wu Tian a slap, "Don't think it's a good thing, the gun shoots the first bird, and it's still a trouble to sell the silver obtained by the bear." As far as you are concerned, I owe you this thing. “
When Wang Wensheng heard what Wu Tian said, he was in a cold sweat, and he was very worried about Wu Tian. Later, when I heard Li Xiao's words, I was relieved. I thought to myself, this man is really a good boss.
Li Xiao saw that Xiulan and them were back, so he said, "Mother, sister-in-law help make more food, we have to go to the city in the afternoon." There were three pheasants and two rabbits over there, all done. Xiulan knew that she had hit the big guy at a glance, and the younger brother stepped forward to take a look at it, and said, "The fifth sister hit the bear again, don't worry, we won't say it." Then he followed Xiulan to the kitchen.
Wang Wensheng heard that he had hit the bear again, and he knew that he couldn't say it. He couldn't put into words. Li Qing has brought back many things before, and this is definitely not a woman.
Li Xiao saw that Zheng Lin was resting and said, "Zheng Lin, you are going to Zhang's house, just say that I hunted game, let Zhang Cheng come over to get game, and by the way, come over to harvest rice in the afternoon." Remember not to mention bears. “
When Zheng Lin heard the order, he said that he knew, and he knew, so he ran away.