Chapter 148 Iron-Blooded

"Brother Xiping, I didn't know hunting was so profitable! A single pelt can sell for 480 yuan?"

My God, if we made ten or eight cards this winter, wouldn't we be rich?

After the group left the purchasing station, Zhang Zhijun was still very excited, almost jumping around as he walked.

"What are you thinking about? Ten or eight bills?"

Go ask those old hunters how many wild lemurs they've hunted in their entire lives.

This thing moves very quickly; it runs incredibly fast and disappears in the blink of an eye.

Even a seasoned marksman like my master had a tough time hunting that lynx that stole a sheep back then.

Sheng Xiping laughed as soon as he heard this. This guy is really good at thinking.

Ten or eight more? What? Does he think that lynx is his pet cat?

"We got lucky that day, we found their lair and bombarded it."

"It was stunned by the cannon fire and didn't run away immediately, which is why we got the advantage," Sheng Xiping said, shaking his head.

"Besides, whether it's hunting or mountain running, it's all just windfall gains, like eating rice from the pot."

To make a living, you can't rely on these things; you still have to go to work and earn money.

These extra jobs are good if we have them, but if we don't, it won't interfere with our lives.

In this era, people's deeply ingrained mindset is still to seek stability.

No matter how much money you make from hunting in the mountains, it's all dependent on the weather. If you work honestly, at least you'll have a stable income regardless of drought or flood.

This is why so many people want to be hired as workers.

At least as a worker I earn a wage. Rain or shine, the company pays me on time, and the benefits are pretty good.

From Sheng Xiping's perspective as someone who has been through it all, the so-called stability and guaranteed income regardless of drought or flood are only temporary.

With the withdrawal of the planned economy and the rise of the market economy, few of those who earned fixed wages became wealthy.

On the contrary, those who had no job or salary accumulated huge wealth through business.

Of course, this is not absolute; it is mainly due to the overall economic environment.

When the environment is favorable for business, and you catch the right opportunity, even a pig can fly.

If the economy is in a downturn and everything is in a slump, the more you try to make things worse, the more you'll lose.

At that time, many people envied those with guaranteed salaries regardless of drought or flood.

"Let's go to the purchasing department of the medicinal materials company and sell the bear gallbladder."

We need to get back to Sen Tie by 3:30 this afternoon, don't be late, or we won't be able to get home.

Sheng Xiping didn't want to say too much; he just wanted to sell the bear bile quickly. If he had enough time, he planned to buy some other things.

The herbal medicine company wasn't too far from the Songjianghe store. It was only about two or three hundred meters south along the north-south avenue in front of the store.

The group arrived at the purchasing department, where there were several other people selling medicinal herbs. They were all ordinary herbs and not worth much money.

Sheng Xiping glanced at the price list on the wall; it seemed to be a bit more expensive than the price at Sen Tie's place.

Ordinary medicinal materials are sold by weight, while materials such as deer antler, bear bile, and wild ginseng are sold by weight or by money.

After the two people in front sold their medicinal herbs and left, Sheng Xiping led his men forward and carefully took out the dried bear bile wrapped in white cloth from his pocket.

"Comrade, could you please take a look at this bear bile?" Sheng Xiping placed the cloth bag on the counter and gently pushed it forward.

Upon seeing that it was bear bile, the other party immediately picked it up with tongs and examined it carefully against the light.

Then they took out a small box from under the counter and took out a steelyard for weighing precious medicinal herbs.

When purchasing valuable medicinal herbs, large platform scales cannot be used; most are made using steelyards, and for more advanced purposes, balances are used.

That black bear was big, weighing over 400 pounds when it was alive, so it was also very bold.

After such a long drying time, this completely dried bear bile still weighs more than 18 taels.

After weighing the item and carefully examining its quality, the other party finally looked up at Sheng Xiping.

"Iron Gallbladder, weighing one ounce and seven mace and three qian, I'll give you five hundred and twenty."

The bear gallbladder that Sheng Xiping fought with the Liu brothers last time wasn't this big, and it was a grass gallbladder; it sold for three hundred yuan.

This one is big, and it's made of iron, so the price is naturally much higher.

Sheng Xiping considered it for a moment and decided the price was acceptable, so he nodded immediately. "Okay, sold it."

And so, to the astonishment of Zhang Zhijun and the others, a bear gallbladder was sold for 520 yuan and pocketed by Sheng Xiping.

The other party did the same thing again, not only giving the money but also a stamped receipt.

We absolutely need this, because it's something that many people hunt together in the mountains, and we need to share the profits with them later.

Sheng Xiping can't just say how much money it costs without others believing him. With this proof, no one can question it anymore.

After selling the bear bile, Sheng Xiping took out the snakeskin he had saved up earlier.

This thing has been at home for quite a while, and I haven't had a chance to bring it here to sell before, so I might as well bring it all together this time.

Snake skin can be used in medicine and for other purposes, such as for making erhu (a two-stringed bowed instrument).

The snake that Sheng Xiping killed was quite large, with a large snakeskin, so the staff member was quite surprised when he saw it.

After measuring the length and width of the snakeskin, the other party weighed it and finally said that the snakeskin would cost twenty-five yuan.

Snakes are common animals, so snake skins are not very expensive.

The main reason for the high price was that the piece Sheng Xiping brought was very large and rare.

If it were just regular snakeskin, it would probably only cost a few dollars, maybe ten dollars at most.

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