Chapter 209 Everyone has their own agenda
When Wang Junqiang heard that Wang Xiaonian had moved his second grandfather out, he paused.

I was so angry that I just left. I had a gun on me. As long as I was a little more careful and didn’t get lost, I would have been able to get home.

But what his cousin said was right. If three people climbed up the mountain together, they should go down together. If Wang Xiaonian told his grandfather that he jumped alone on the mountain because he was angry, the old man would definitely not allow him to go up the mountain again. He lacked the proper respect. There was no point in climbing the mountain. Sooner or later, he would die in the woods.

“Alright! Just let it go if you have a few words. We are buddies who grew up together. Why do you take it so seriously?” Wang Xiaonian pulled Wang Junqiang and winked at him again.

In Wang Xiaonian’s opinion, this cousin is a little too honest and straightforward.

If you dislike Zhu Erhai’s behavior, you can just know it in your heart. Why do you have to say it in public? Junqiang is carrying a gun, but he still has two shares of dividends. Isn’t this just going against the money you have earned?

After comforting his cousin, Wang Xiaonian walked to Zhu Erhai and spoke in a humble manner.

“Brother Erhai, Junqiang has a stubborn temper and is a bit sentimental, so he got angry when he saw you said to take the dog away, but he actually meant no harm!

You are the elder brother, you can’t disown the brothers who follow you just because of such a small dispute!

“This tiger-striped dog, if you want to drag it down the mountain, then let’s drag it down. I’ll drag it for you! Can you please give me some face and not argue with Junqiang?”

Zhu Erhai was also a person who would respond to soft words and not to hard ones. Now Wang Xiaonian was mediating with soft words, and his anger over the broken dog had also dissipated a lot.

“This is just this once. If you question my arrangements again, we won’t be able to work together again in the mountains!”

Wang Xiaonian nodded repeatedly: “Okay, okay! I guarantee Junqiang that there will definitely not be a next time! Junqiang, come over and get your things!”

While speaking, Wang Xiaonian picked up the shoulder bag from the ground, picked up the knife, handed the things he had with him to Wang Junqiang, and winked at Wang Junqiang for the third time.

Wang Junqiang actually knew that he would be at a disadvantage if he broke up now. Seeing his cousin constantly saying nice things to help him out, he calmed down a little after venting his anger.

He took the bag and the weapon, hung his head and said nothing.

“The dogs are injured. We can’t continue hunting today. Let’s go down the mountain now. We need to treat the wounds of these dogs. The two with the most serious injuries will need stitches!” said Wang Xiaonian.

“You’re right. One dog has already been killed. Nothing can happen to the other four dogs! Let’s dig out the wild boar and get down the mountain as soon as possible!” Zhu Erhai also nodded, and the atmosphere on the field gradually eased.

“Go back and dig for wild boars? Or come back tomorrow?” Wang Xiaonian asked back.

“It doesn’t matter if you take this little bit of time! Let’s dig it back. We only killed a pig, and we don’t feel safe leaving it on the mountain!”

“Okay, I’ll listen to you! Give me this dog, I’ll drag it for you!”

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Just like that, after an internal fight, the three men took the remaining four dogs and returned along the original route to dig out the trophies from the snow. They then cut the wild boar into two parts, and each of them dragged one part, and slowly went down the mountain.

When they returned to Zhu Erhai’s home in the village, the three of them divided the wild boar meat as agreed.

Zhu Erhai was the team leader, with two groups of people, one group for the dog, one group for Xiaonian, and one group each for Junqiang and his gun.

After cleaning the wild boar, there were about 130 kilograms of meat in total. The three of them divided it roughly according to their respective proportions. Xiaonian and Junqiang each left Zhu Erhai’s house with their own harvest.

From the time he came down the mountain until he returned to the village to divide the meat, Wang Junqiang had a stern face and never smiled. When he came out of Zhu Erhai’s house and walked into another deserted alley, the young man could no longer hold back his complaints.

“Brother Xiaonian, why do you always speak up for Zhu Erhai? What he did is not what a hunter should do, and you are still trying to make up for it!”

After listening to this, Wang Xiaonian gave Wang Junqiang a meaningful look and said, “Do you think I can’t see it? Or I can’t see what kind of person he is?”

“Then you still…”

“Some people you can confide in, and some people you can only cooperate with!

For a person like Zhu Erhai, isn’t it enough to just know his style of doing things? Is it necessary to tear your face off against him?
Look, I’ve caught you, and now I’ve got the wild boar meat. It’s better than you going home empty-handed with a big head of anger. Why do you have to go against the interests?
This society values ​​relationships and strength. Can people like us go hunting on the mountain by ourselves? Even if we have a gun, can you shoot more accurately than I?
Zhu Erhai is a good boy, but is he willing to play with us? Everyone says Yue Feng is kind and righteous, but we went to pay our respects to him, and he didn’t want to play with us?
Now Zhu Erhai has got a hunting dog, it will be easier for us to follow him up the mountain. We can walk back and forth for a day and get dozens of kilograms of meat. Is there anything better than this?”

“That’s true, but I just can’t stand his cold-bloodedness!”

After listening to his cousin’s words, Wang Junqiang still felt a little uncomfortable. “If I were the captain, I would not like him, but now I am following him! A wise man knows what’s going on. You are smart and should know what I mean!”

We are not afraid of him, nor are we in the wrong, but he is still useful to us!
Let’s follow him up the mountain and learn the skills of hunting first. Then we can go our separate ways. It won’t be too late to ask him to get lost then and we won’t have time to stop working with him!
I’ll set up a party at home later, and you and Zhu Erhai will drink and apologize, right?”

After hearing Wang Xiaonian’s calm words, Wang Junqiang came to his senses. It seemed that his original persistence and bottom line were not so important anymore.

Yes, anyway, I don’t plan to treat the other party as a brother. What kind of character or behavior he has does it matter. I just need to be careful and not suffer any loss.

“Okay… okay! I’ll listen to you!” Wang Junqiang was a little stiff, but still accepted his cousin’s advice.

“Well, now that we’ve found the tiger cub, what should we do? Otherwise, should we go find Yue Feng to sell some?”

Wang Junqiang recalled the last time he secretly went to Yue Feng to sell something and got a pig as a share, and his mind became active.

“Look, why don’t you boast about how upright you are and how good your character is this time? Have you turned around?” Wang Xiaonian said to his cousin with a smile.

“Brother Xiaonian, you are right! We are hanging out with him just to take advantage of him. From now on, I will say whatever he wants to hear and do whatever he wants to see! It’s enough for us to get the benefits!”

Wang Junqiang finally got over the hurdle in his heart, and this could be considered as the first lesson his cousin taught him in his life.

“After dinner tonight, come and call me, and we’ll go to Yue Feng’s house!”

“it is good!”

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On the other side, after dividing the meat, Zhu Erhai fed the four dogs in his family with cornmeal dog food, and then tied them to the doghouse. Then, he carried the dead tabby puppy into the house.

The Zhu family is realistic and utilitarian. It’s ingrained in their blood. Even father and son can turn against each other over a matter of interests. In Zhu Erhai’s eyes, skinning and eating the meat of a dead hunting dog is just natural.

Throwing them away on the mountain and burying them will only save the wild animals on the mountain. It is better to collect the waste and recycle it yourself. Even if you don’t eat it yourself, selling it at the market will also be an extra income.

Although dog meat is not as valuable as pork before, it can still be sold for 30 to 40 cents per pound. A dog can produce 40 to 50 pounds of meat, which can be worth more than 10 or 20 yuan.

Zhu Erhai slowly skinned and gutted the dead dog, then rolled up the skin, tucked it under his armpit and stuffed it on top of the shelf in the warehouse.

When going out and in, he didn’t avoid the other four dogs in the house. Bailong seemed to smell the scent of his companions, and he hummed softly with his tail between his legs, his tone sad.

Zhu Erhai touched Bailong’s head, turned around and walked out of the house and went straight to Wang Da Naotou’s house.

Among the four dogs, two of them had serious scratches. The wounds penetrated the skin and had to be sutured. Inflammation might occur over time and the healing process would be slow. In order to restore the dogs’ fighting capacity as quickly as possible, their wounds had to be treated and anti-inflammatory water applied.

By the time Wang Da Nao came to Zhu Erhai’s house to take care of the injured dog, it was almost dark. When his parents returned home, they saw the skinned dog in the basin on the floor of the house. After a simple question, they sighed and exclaimed that it was a bad idea.

The first time he went up the mountain to hunt dogs, he lost a hard-core dog, and he also encountered a rare creature like a tiger cub. There was no way he could reason with it.

“Dad! I want to go up the mountain and kill that tiger cub! The fur of this thing is very valuable. A complete lynx skin costs at least several hundred dollars!” Zhu Erhai said to his father.

Zhu Jianshe frowned slightly. “Lynx skin is valuable, everyone knows it, but that’s a tiger cub, ordinary people don’t dare to provoke him! We don’t even have a gun at home, what are you going to use to kill him? Are you going to use a door bar to knock him?”

“I can ask Wang Xiaonian to borrow Grandpa Junqiang’s old sleeve! We can hide somewhere and wait for the rabbit to come to us!”

“Still waiting for something to happen, why didn’t I realize you had such literary talent when we were in school?

If you go to hunt lynx, including Wang Xiaonian, Gun and Junqiang, how much can you get even if you kill it? The bulk of the risk is yours, so you have to give at least half of the profit!
Let me tell you, it’s better to find someone reliable and sell the money directly!
To hunt lynx, you can’t use dogs, you can only hunt them by roaming around, which is very likely to be done by just one or two people. If you hand in a little bit, it counts as a share, and you can get 30% to 50% of the dividends! Isn’t it better than doing it yourself?
Let’s take a step back and say we are not greedy and want to take the money. This news is worth cash. The news about the tiger cub, shouldn’t it be worth a hundred or eighty yuan?”

Zhu Jianshe’s words instantly convinced Zhu Erhai.

Last time, Zhu Erhai sold the wild boar king to Yue Feng for 60 yuan. Later, Yue Feng brought people up the mountain, but they couldn’t find the owner. However, Zhu Erhai’s money was safely in his pocket!

“How about, should I sell some to Yue Feng? He has someone with 56 and a half now, so the chances of winning it are higher!” Zhu Erhai asked.

(End of this chapter)