Chapter 194

"Uncle Wang! I've brought back some business for you!"

Hu San waved towards Fan Xiaoxiao's stall from afar, looking very excited and standing out in the crowd.

The village chief frowned subconsciously and whispered a reprimand: "This guy is getting more and more unruly."

"Hehe, Brother Tiger is quite the sentimental guy. But my bear meat isn't cheap, I'm afraid even the disciples of Tianshan won't want it..."

"Heh, don't underestimate the wealth of the Tianshan Sect. How much silver is your bear worth?"

Fan Xiaoxiao glanced at Village Chief Fu without making a sound, while Hu San had already walked to the stall while the two were talking.

He walked briskly and looked a little out of breath. Uncle Wang handed him a handkerchief, and Hu San thanked him before taking it and wiping his face haphazardly.

"Uncle Wang, Lady Xiao, these are chivalrous men from the Tianshan Sect. They just asked me if I knew where to buy bear meat, so I quickly brought them over!"

"oh?"

Fan Xiaoxiao's gaze fell on the group of Tianshan disciples. These people were dressed differently from Xiahou. Their sword tassels and belts were all cyan. She seemed to have seen this color belt before, but she couldn't remember where she had seen it.

"You must be the owners of this stall. How much is this bear?"

The young man's words brought Fan Xiaoxiao back to her senses. She bowed slightly to the man, then repeated the price of the bear meat, adding a final sentence.

“If you are truly interested in buying, sir, I will give you a discount. After all, this is our first sale. Besides, you were brought by Brother Hu, so since you are acquaintances, we should definitely offer you a good deal…”

"The first deal? You mean, all of Xiong's stuff is here?"

The young man in the lead interrupted Fan Xiaoxiao's polite greetings, his eyes scanning the meat on the stall with the sharpness of a hawk.

Fan Xiaoxiao slightly curled her fingers, then immediately revealed a businessman's smile: "Except for some inedible offal, almost everything edible is here, not even a single bone is missing. However, we don't sell bear skins."

"oh……"

The disciple nodded, then turned around and seemed to whisper something to the people behind her. However, their voices were too soft, and some of their words were in coded gestures, so she couldn't understand what they meant.

A moment later, the group seemed to have reached an agreement. The leader of the disciples turned around and said to Uncle Wang, "One hundred and eighty taels, we'll take the whole bear."

"You...you want them all!?"

Uncle Wang could hardly believe his ears. This was several hundred pounds of meat, and this person just wanted it without even blinking.

This exhilarating feeling even surprised Fan Xiaoxiao, who was stunned for a moment before she could react.

"Sir, you're taking them all? Would you like us to deliver them to the Tianshan Sect's gate for you?"

"No need, we'll have our junior brother bring the carriage over. You all wait here."

After saying that, he threw down a money bag, which Fan Xiaoxiao caught and counted; it contained exactly one hundred and eighty taels of silver.

When she looked up again, those people had already gone far away, leaving Fan Xiaoxiao and the others staring at each other in disbelief.

"Wow, so a bear is worth this much! Village chief, one hundred and eighty taels!"

Tiger Three was somewhat excited. One hundred and eighty taels of silver—that was at least twenty or thirty years' worth of expenses for a farming family! This one bear could solve the family's expenses; how could anyone not be tempted?

"Why are you getting so worked up! One hundred and eighty taels of silver was earned with their lives! You go and try hunting one! You might lose your life!"

"I was just saying... I'm not actually going..."

After a while, the Tianshan Sect indeed returned in a carriage, but this time there was only one person, a young man.

This person looked somewhat familiar, with naturally smiling lips, a round face, and smiling eyes, who seemed quite approachable.

The carriage stopped in front of Fan Xiaoxiao and her group's stall. The young man jumped off the carriage and bowed to Fan Xiaoxiao and Uncle Wang with a traditional martial arts salute.

"Greetings, gentlemen. My name is Sang Yu'er. Is this the bear meat stall that my senior brother mentioned earlier, the one where I was asked to transport some things?"

“Sang Yu’er? You’re Sang Lan’er’s…”

"Hmm? This young lady recognizes my sister?"

Fan Xiaoxiao was stunned for a moment, not expecting that Sang Yuer in front of her was actually related to Sang Lan'er. However, upon closer inspection, the two did look somewhat alike, although Sang Yuer seemed more likable.

"What a coincidence! We have met a few times. On the previous occasions in Tianshan, I was very grateful for your sister's care, including at my current residence. Oh, if you happen to meet your sister when you return to the mountain, please ask her to convey my thanks. She gave me some sesame cakes last time, and I haven't had a chance to thank her yet."

Sang Yuer smiled after hearing Fan Xiaoxiao's words and scratched his head.

“I see. My brother and I haven’t seen each other much lately. If I have the chance next time, I will definitely tell my sister.”

"Junior brother, haven't you finished getting things ready yet? We need to go back to the mountain."

As they were talking, the group of Tianshan disciples who had come earlier to order bear meat returned. The leader, a disciple with sharp eyes, glanced at the meat stall, which had barely been touched, and frowned slightly in displeasure.

"You're busy playing around again. We have important business to attend to back up the mountain. Don't waste time here. We'll help you carry the meat, and after we're done, we'll have to go around to the back of the mountain to get back!"

After saying that, the leading Tianshan disciple rolled up his sleeves and walked to Fan Xiaoxiao's stall, starting to move the bear meat on the stall.

Seeing him move, the disciples also began to move the bear meat in various ways. Fan Xiaoxiao asked Sang Yuer, who was about to join the moving team, with some curiosity.

"Are there any other roads in the Tianshan Mountains that are accessible by horse-drawn carriages?"

“Look at what you’re saying, madam. Of course there is. Not everyone in our Tianshan Sect practices martial arts. If an ordinary person had to make several trips back and forth to the summit, no one could endure it. So, there is a road leading to Tianshan in the eastern part of the mountain. It’s just that only Tianshan disciples travel that road, so ordinary people don’t know about it.”

"Junior Brother Sang!"

A somewhat displeased voice came from the leading disciple. Sang Yu'er shrugged and made a face at Fan Xiaoxiao.

"My senior brother is calling me. If I don't go soon, I'll make him angry. My dear wife, we can talk again next time. See you later!"

After saying that, Sang Yuer rolled up his sleeves, picked up a large piece of bear meat, and carried it onto the carriage.

However, because his sleeves were rolled up high, his clothes tucked in slightly when he turned around. And it was this movement that caused Fan Xiaoxiao's pupils to constrict sharply.

Ghost, face, tattoo, blue!

(End of this chapter)