"San'er, this wild boar?" A middle-aged man in the crowd stared at the wild boar and said with a smile.

Liu Yuan is the third in the village, and the elders call him San'er, and when he sees the middle-aged man, Liu Yuan salutes and replied: "Sixth uncle, don't worry, go back and send you some pork leg meat." ”

"Okay, San'er, the sixth uncle is waiting at home." The middle-aged man replied loudly, "We are grateful to have San'er in Jingyang." ”

"Yes, Brother Yuan, you see that I was bitten by a water snake, and now my body is still weak." Ergou shouted from the back of the crowd.

Da Niu pushed away the crowd, he stepped forward and slapped Ergou's head, and said with a smile in a rough voice: "Ergou, you are a kid, you are still playing in front of Brother Yuan." ”

"It hurts, it hurts, it hurts, Brother Niu. I don't dare! The two dogs begged for mercy aggrievedly.

Liu Yuan was also amused by Ergou, he waved his hand, and said directly and heartily: "Okay, you are indispensable." ”

"Brother Yuan, and me."

"Yes, San'er, my aunt hasn't eaten meat for a long time."

Seeing the eager expressions of the neighbors, Liu Yuan said again: "They all have a share, and I will send it to everyone after a while." With that, he asked Da Niu and Liu Fang to carry the wild boar to his yard.

Mother Liu looked anxious when she saw the dark wild boar, and she asked, "Where did this wild boar come from?" ”

"Auntie, this is what we hunted in the mountains. You, just wait for the broth. The bull replied.

"Into the mountains?" Mother Liu muttered, she looked at Liu Yuan, showing a worried look, "Son, you're not hurt, are you?" Hunting is dangerous, we can't go any further. ”

Liu Yuan sat his mother in the courtyard, he smiled faintly, and explained in a deep voice: "Don't worry, mother, the child is not injured. The boar was caught in a trap and was not dangerous. ”

"Really?" Liu's mother was skeptical.

"Auntie, you are too worried, what Brother Yuan said is true, how dare we deceive you." Liu Fang said at the right time.

Mother Liu calmed down at this time, she breathed a sigh of relief, a smile appeared on her somewhat thin face, and said, "That's good!" ”

Liu Yuan let his mother into the house to rest, so the three of them began to peel the skin and divide the meat, more than 30 families in Jingyang, after removing the pork bones, each family can get five or six catties of wild boar. Liu Yuan asked Liu Fang to distribute the meat, and he himself lit a fire to boil water, stewed a pot of pork bone soup, which was used by Liu's mother to replenish her body, and then he roasted a wild boar. On this day, the meat of every household in Jingyang was fragrant, and the greedy children finally had a mouthful, and their mouths were stuffed with wild boar.

In the thatched hut, Liu Yuan served his mother a bowl of hot soup and cut a roasted pork, and the mother and son ate very warmly.

The next day, Liu Yuan saw that most of the strong men in the village were at home, so he gathered everyone together, and he taught them how to make bamboo thorns and wooden rafts, as well as the arrangement of traps, and said: "The trap is very simple, but the person who seduces the beast must be very careful. Okay, let's work in a team of three. He told him what to do, and then asked everyone to start making bamboo thorn wooden steaks.

The strong men in Jingyang are all eager to try, the method of being able to catch wild boars is a priceless treasure for them, Liu Yuan can teach without hesitation, which makes everyone admire in their hearts, and unconsciously, Liu Yuan's prestige in Jingyang has increased again.

On this day, the strong men in the village spent their time cutting bamboo and making bamboo thorn wooden rows. On the third day, Liu Yuan personally led everyone into the mountain, and then demonstrated the hunting process to everyone, and then he said: "The method has taught you, whether you can catch the prey or not, it depends on your own." He waved his hand, and the strong men marched away in a team of three, each carrying his own wooden platoon.

"Da Niu, you and Liu Fang should pay more attention in the mountains, don't let people get hurt." Liu Yuan looked at his two good brothers and told him repeatedly.

"Don't worry, Brother Yuan, there is a big cow." Da Niu patted his chest and reassured.

Liu Yuan went down the mountain and returned home, Liu's mother was still weaving, so he went to the village and chatted with the elders in the village about the shortcomings of his parents. The day passed quickly, and at dusk the hunters returned to the village. However, some people are happy and some are worried, trap hunting is actually a kind of luck, but fortunately, most people have harvested something. Liu Yuan asked everyone to divide the prey equally, and now that his prestige is flourishing, everyone naturally has no objection, so that those villagers who did not catch the prey are also happy.

With the method of hunting, in the next few days, Jingyang set off a craze for hunting in the mountains, and many people entered the mountains every day, and the harvest varied. And the meat in the village has also accumulated a lot, the weather is getting hotter, and the meat is not easy to preserve, so Liu Yuan drove the ox cart, took the big cow and Liu Fang, and went to Pei County together.

The road to the county seat is not easy to walk, the ox cart is bumpy and undulating, but fortunately, the grass on the side of the road is fragrant, and the warbler is not aware of it, which does not make the road boring. Pei County is not big, the city tower is a little simple, Liu Yuan looked, the Great Qin flag in the city fluttered in the wind, which was intimidating. He inevitably sighed in his heart, as time progressed, such Qin flags would fall one after another, and at that time, the entire Qin Dynasty would fall into war, and Pei County would not be able to escape.

When I entered the county seat, the people were noisy, and all kinds of shouts came and went. The three of them walked along the street, and when they saw that it was noon, they found a tavern, and Liu Yuan asked for a pot of rice wine and two plates of side dishes to accompany the wine. After lunch, the three of them drove the ox cart, and after asking all the way, they finally found the butcher who sold meat in the east of the city. He bowed to the butcher and said, "This little brother, I don't know if you can collect wild boar at home?"

"Wild boar?" When the butcher heard this, he couldn't help but glance at Liu Yuan, and he said, "Are you sure it's a wild boar?" ”

"Nature." Then Liu Yuan asked Da Niu to take a piece, and he said again: "Little brother, please take a look." ”

The butcher was an expert and could naturally distinguish between wild boars and domestic pigs, so he nodded and said, "Yes, it's wild boar." In this way, as much as you have, I will take it all. As for the price, how about ten dollars per catty? ”

The so-called money refers to the Qin half tael, which is a copper coin with a square hole and a round shape. Liu Yuan saw that the butcher was so cheerful and did not bully the price, he also smiled and said, "But also! So he asked the two oxen to unload all the wild boar from the ox cart.

After the butcher weighed it, he said, "Fifty-two catties, a total of five hundred and twenty yuan." He took five strings of Qin and a half tael, a string of 100 pieces, and then added 20 loose coins, and said: "Hehe, little brother, you collect the money, if there are wild boar meat in the future, remember to come to me again." ”

After accepting Qin Banliang, Liu Yuan said a few words to the butcher, and then left with the two big cows. The three of them went around the county again and bought daily necessities such as salt and linen, which were all urgently needed materials in Jingyang.

"Let's go, go back to Jingyangli." Seeing that the purchase was almost over, Liu Yuan commanded.

At this moment, on the street behind him, I don't know who shouted: "Zhou Bo, wait for me." ”

Suddenly, Liu Yuan turned around!