Chapter 45: Goose for Eagle
“I’m saying this, it’s you who comes to me to buy it, I’m not the one selling it to you! If you think it’s too expensive, go catch it yourself. I can only see an eagle this big a few times in a whole autumn. There are plenty of people who want it!” Wang Mazi had completely controlled Zhu Erhai and refused to give in.

Zhu Erhai turned his head and looked at his companion, who also had no money.

Those who catch eagles all say that you can only encounter a few big eagles in a whole autumn. You can’t expect to come across such a creature by chance.

“If you offer a lower price, I will definitely take it sincerely!”

“Five dollars, no less!”

Five dollars is a sky-high price for Zhu Erhai.

What should he do? The eagle was right in front of him, but he had no money to buy it. This uncomfortable feeling of wanting but not getting it was like a bug crawling on the sole of his foot, making him extremely irritated.

“I don’t have that much money. Otherwise, can I give you something else in exchange?”

A light bulb went off in Zhu Erhai’s head, and he thought of the big geese raised at his grandfather’s house.

Geese are large livestock in rural areas. The food intake of three geese is enough to feed a cow. This means there is no shortage of food on the hillside, and goose grass can be cut near the village. Goose eggs can be sold every year, and the goslings that hatch can be exchanged for some money, so some people raise them.

“Exchange something? What? I won’t do it if it’s cheap!”

Wang Mazi saw that the other party really couldn’t come up with so much money, and he was reluctant to give up this customer who came to him, so he asked.

“Take the goose! I’ll trade it with the goose I’ve raised for three years!”

A big rooster is worth two to three dollars on the market, and a big goose can definitely be worth four or five dollars.

“How old is the goose? Male or female?” Wang Mazi saw that the other party really couldn’t come up with five dollars, and when he heard that the other party was willing to exchange it for a big goose, he reluctantly accepted it.

A big leopard worth one dollar and two pieces of silver can be exchanged for a big goose worth four or five dollars. It is a huge profit no matter how you look at it.

“It’s a female. It’s been two or three years! It’s still laying eggs!” Zhu Erhai said without hesitation.

“Okay! Change it!”

“You wait here, I’ll go back to get the goose!” Zhu Erhai instructed his friend, then turned around and walked out of the yard.

Speaking of Zhu Erhai, he is definitely a person with a crooked mind. He even set his sights on his own grandfather’s house.

His father, Zhu Jianshe, is well-known in the village for not taking care of the elderly. Zhu Erhai’s grandfather, Zhu Maocai, is too old to do heavy work, and he and his wife are barely able to make ends meet every year, and their life is extremely hard.

The old couple had no source of income, but they raised a few geese at home and could sell goose eggs for some cash to buy some needles and thread. Even so, they could not escape the attention of their grandson.

Zhu Erhai was afraid that Wang Mazi would go back on his word and sell the eagle to someone else, so he hurried home. When he entered the village and went home, he found a bag of fertilizer in the warehouse.

The grass and trees have not yet completely withered and turned yellow. Several geese from his grandfather’s house are grazing and playing around near the water bubble behind the house during the day. Zhu Erhai went straight to his grandfather’s house.

Zhu Erhai had no intention of discussing the matter with his grandfather, for fear that his grandfather would disagree and make a big fuss, which would lead to his father Zhu Jianshe punishing him. So his first plan was to catch the person and stuff him into the fertilizer bag and run away.

Nowadays, people are simple and honest, and the geese raised by the old couple have never been lost, so they won’t watch them all the time when they go out to eat grass during the day.

This gives Zhu Erhai room to maneuver.

The guy walked to the small ditch behind the house with ease and quickly selected a large snow-white goose.

“Come, come, come and eat grass!” Zhu Erhai plucked a water chestnut that geese loved to eat from the grass, and slowly approached while greeting them in a low voice.

Normally, the big goose is not afraid of people, so when Zhu Erhai approached, the big goose did not hide. Seeing that the other party had his favorite wild vegetables in his hand, the silly big goose leaned over to greet him.

Once you welcome me, there is no turning back.

Zhu Erhai quickly grabbed the goose by the neck, then took out the fertilizer bag from his waist and shook it open. In three to five seconds, he stuffed the goose into the bag. After he succeeded, he turned around and walked away with the bag.

On the way out of the village, Zhu Erhai met a few villagers. Normally, when he met aunts or young wives, Zhu Erhai would deliberately chat with them, but today he was very abnormal and said nothing. As he walked, he could faintly hear the quacking sound of the big goose struggling in the bag.

They didn’t stop along the way, and in less than an hour’s time, Zhu Erhai returned to Wang Mazi’s house carrying the big goose.

“I brought the big goose! Take a look!” Zhu Erhai put down the fertilizer bag on his shoulder and opened the bag to show the other party.

Wang Mazi leaned over to take a look and found that it was indeed a fat and strong white goose. A smile immediately appeared on his face.

“Okay, I’ll trade with you! You can take this big eagle!”

“It’s a voluntary exchange. You are not allowed to regret it at any time!” Zhu Erhai said this very seriously.

“Well, it’s a voluntary exchange, no regrets!”

Zhu Erhai opened the snakeskin bag containing the big eagle and took a look to confirm that there was no problem. He winked at his companions and said, “Let’s go! Go home!”

The two of them walked out of Fang’an Village and finally breathed a sigh of relief.

“Humph, I have a big eagle now! In a few days, once the eagle is trained, it will be able to go up to the mountains to catch pheasants and rabbits! By then, those people in the village will look up to me!”

Zhu Erhai carefully opened his pocket and took another look, his face showing satisfaction and anticipation.

Wang Xiaonian, the lackey at the side, said, “Brother Erhai, did you go to your grandfather’s house to get that big white goose?”

“Well! My grandfather has six geese! One big white goose can be exchanged for a big eagle. We’re going to make a lot of money this time!

I borrowed it from my grandfather first, and I will return it to them after I catch rabbits and pheasants!”

Hearing Zhu Erhai’s remarks, Wang Xiaonian’s face fell: “Your grandfather doesn’t know?”

“Yeah, I took it directly from the ditch behind the house! I didn’t have time to tell my grandfather!” Zhu Erhai didn’t think there was anything wrong with what he did. After all, as the comic book said, in an emergency, you have to act according to your own wishes! !

“When your dad finds out about this, won’t he punish you?”

“It belongs to my grandfather, so it will be mine in the future! Besides, I am just borrowing it, not not returning it!”

“Okay, then when you train your eagle in the future, don’t forget me! I was the one who told you the news!” Wang Xiaonian talked about his own contribution.

“Don’t worry! When I’m done training you, we can go up the mountain together to catch rabbits and pheasants. You’ll get a share of the prey!”

“Brother Er Hai is so righteous!!”

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As the two brothers were rushing home, they were drawing up a grand blueprint for the future. When they got home, there was no one at home and the second child felt much relieved.

The eagle was brought back, but how to train it became a difficult problem.

Zhu Erhai also wanted to follow Yue Feng’s example and tie ropes on the eagle’s two claws, but he didn’t know how to make the professional two-way eagle tripping hook used to tie eagles. He and Wang Xiaonian worked for a long time but still failed to tie the eagle’s legs properly.

The thin rope was not easy to use to tie up the eagle. If it was tied too tightly, the eagle’s claws would not bleed, and if it was tied too loosely, the eagle would struggle and get out. Fortunately, the door was locked, otherwise the work of tying up the eagle would have been enough to make the big leopard run away three times.

In the end, it was Wang Xiaonian who came up with a solution.

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