"Master, try some strawberries. They are sour and sweet and delicious."

Song Shouye came out of the kitchen carrying a bamboo basket full of fruits.

"Junior brother, how do you know what's sour and sweet?"

Tianjizi asked knowingly.

"Hehehe~ When I was washing, I couldn't help but taste one, just one."

Two blushes appeared on Song Shouye's cheeks.

"Yeah, it's delicious."

True Man Yuxu calmly accepted the filial piety of his young disciple.

"Brother, you guys try it too."

"Little Guangzi, you eat too."

After giving way to everyone, Song Shouye picked up a bright red apple and took a big bite with a roar.

"My dear, go sit over there for a while. Idiot, serve tea!"

True Man Yuxu pointed with his hand, and Zhang Shuguang looked over. There was a stone table and several stone drums under the big pine tree.

"Old Master, please."

Zhang Shuguang respected Master Yuxu very much and let him walk in front.

"Master, please have some tea."

Song Shouye brewed tea and sat down beside him.

"Shouye, this is the money from selling the blind bear. Your steward grandfather and Grandma Guixiang asked me to bring it to you."

In front of Yuxu Zhenren and the two Taoist priests, Zhang Shuguang took out three bundles of black silk from his schoolbag.

"I don't want it, Xiao Guangzi. Didn't I tell you that when we were at home? This is my gift to the steward grandfather."

Song Shouye put his hands behind his back, stood straight and shook his head, just like a primary school student reciting in class.

"No, wait a moment, Junior Brother, have you taken over Bear Ridge? How many bears do you need to hunt to sell them for so much money?"

The Taoist temple can be self-sufficient in food, but clothes, fabrics, incense, candles and the like still need to be purchased regularly, so Tianjizi and Yuhengzi know the current prices.

Three bundles of black leather goods can buy a lot of things with this money, even more than ten or twenty of the 28-inch bicycles that are popular all over the country.

"Brother, I hunted two blind bears, kept one for home and sold the other.

Master said that hunting is enough to eat, and we should not kill excessively or become addicted to killing, otherwise we will have karmic obstacles. I will listen to Master's words."

After saying this, Song Shouye did not forget to look at Master Yuxu, letting the old master know that he was an obedient child.

"No, a blind bear can be sold for so much money? Little monk, are the prices going crazy again?"

The two Taoist priests were a little worried.

They had all experienced the inflation thirty years ago.

The Nanjing government was corrupt and the value of paper money was depreciating rapidly. Some people went to the grain store to buy rice and brought a sack of cash.

"No, Taoist Priest, don't worry, the current monetary system is very stable.

The reason a bear sells for so much money is mainly because the four bear paws are expensive. Each paw is worth 500 yuan, and the bear meat is two yuan per pound. Adding up, we sell for this much."

Zhang Shuguang answered respectfully and seriously.

When foreign enemies invaded, the Taoist priests went down the mountain to slay the evil spirits and support the country, fearlessly and bravely.

Now that peace has been restored, the people are still in my heart. Judging from the price of a blind bear, I am worried that there might be trouble with the currency again.

Great people are great because they do things that ordinary people cannot do.

"Who set this price? Black bears are born and raised in the wild, without any cost, so why are they priced so high?"

"Yeah! Something we're all tired of eating, and it's selling for five hundred dollars a piece."

Tianjizi and Yuhengzi simply couldn't understand why bear paws were priced so high.

"Masters, you should have some wild ginseng here, right?"

Zhang Shuguang did not answer their question, but asked them a new question.

"Of course. Although we in the Zhengyi sect don't make elixirs, we are also proficient in the art of medicine. We have all the necessary medicinal materials, including wild ginseng of all ages."

Tianjizi said with great pride.

"Excuse me, Master, how much did you spend on the wild ginseng in your temple?" Zhang Shuguang continued to ask.

"Why spend money? We collected these when we were young and training in the Greater Khingan Range."

Tianjizi was stunned and didn't understand why Zhang Shuguang asked this.

"That's right, you think these natural treasures are worthless because you are very powerful.

You can reach for the moon in the sky and catch turtles in the five oceans. You can take ginseng and Ganoderma lucidum as you need.

If you want tiger bones or leopard bones, you can kill them with a wave of your hand.

But ordinary people need natural treasures or materials from wild beasts, and they may have to pay the price with their lives."

Zhang Shuguang's words not only praised the powerful strength of the Taoist priests in Laojun Temple, but also explained why bear paws were so expensive.

"Existence is reasonable. What the young layman said is very true. It's us who haven't thought it through."

After listening to what Zhang Shuguang said, I thought about it carefully and realized that it was indeed the case. Ordinary people really have to put in a lot of effort if they want to hunt black bears.

"Shouye, take it quickly. Grandma said that this money is for you to build a house and get married in the future!"

When saying this, Zhang Shuguang paid attention to the expressions of Yuxu Zhenren and Tianjizi to see what their future plans were for Song Shouye.

What was his teacher's reaction when he openly told him that he wanted him to get married in the future?

"I don't want it. Leave it to Grandpa the Steward and Grandma Guixiang for their daily use.

I didn’t know that blind bears were so valuable before, but now I know. If the temple needs money in the future, I will kill blind bears and you can help me exchange them for money.”

Song Shouye still shook his head and refused, with his hands behind his back, refusing to take them out no matter what.

"My dear friend, please fulfill Chier's pure filial piety.

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