Although the hunting team didn't explicitly object to bringing these two people into the mountains, they all had some reservations.
After all, more people mean more meat to share, and Zhong Wanwan, being a woman, would only be a burden to everyone. If it weren't for her good relationships with others and her frequent gifting of snacks to her family, no one would have agreed to take her along.
Now that Zhong Wanwan has spoken openly and honestly, and even brought several jars of stir-fried pickled vegetables for everyone, everyone feels much better.
Each person received a large spoonful of chili sauce and pickled vegetables, and nearly half of the entire glass jar was gone.
Neither Zhong Wanwan nor Xia Ning paid any attention, and each added another large spoonful to their lunchbox.
After finishing their meal, everyone was refreshed and the hunting team immediately took their homemade guns and went hunting.
Such a large group of people couldn't possibly have been together. After all, wild animals aren't stupid; if they made too much noise, they would have all run away long ago.
Therefore, the hunting teams, according to the annual allocation, split into groups of three to carry out their missions separately.
Excluding Zhong Wanwan and Xia Ning, there were a total of 6 groups. With the addition of Zhong Wanwan and Xia Ning, it became more difficult to divide the teams.
Brother Wei kept a record of how much loot each group had collected, and when it came time to distribute the loot, those who had collected the most loot would definitely be the first to pick up the wild items.
Brother Wei originally thought that he was with Zhong Wanwan and Xia Ning, who were both novices, and that he could make up for it by giving them extra help, so that the two girls wouldn't lose face.
Before he could even speak, Wang Erlaizi and his best buddy Zhang Liuzhi had already discussed it and the two of them volunteered:
"Let Master Zhong and Xia Zhiqing join our group. It'll be a good opportunity for us to see Xia Zhiqing's marksmanship."
Before Brother Wei could speak, Yuan Tiezhu, who was originally in a group of two, objected:
"Why should I be in your group? You two aren't very good hunters to begin with, and if you add two more, I don't want to be the last one picking wild game this year!"
Wang Erlaizi, hands on his hips, taunted Yuan Tiezhu:
"Whose cooking skills are so bad? Whose cooking skills are so bad?"
"Is it our fault for being second to last last year? You were the one who insisted on being the best, seeing a wild donkey and being unable to walk away. No matter what we said, you wouldn't listen and insisted on surrounding the wild donkey. And what happened? We spent a whole day surrounding it, almost exhausted, and didn't even catch a single donkey hair!"
"You're still complaining about us? We're complaining about you too!"
Zhang Liuzhi, filled with righteous indignation, said:
"Who says otherwise? If it weren't for my clever brother Erlaizi who ambushed a brood of wild chickens all night on the last day, our group would have been a sure thing in first place. How can you have the nerve to say that the two of us are no good!"
Yuan Tiezhu's face turned pale and then red as he was being teased by the two men, but what they said was true and he couldn't refute it.
But when asked to team up with Zhong Wanwan and Xia Ning, he absolutely refused, stubbornly insisting:
"I'm definitely not going to be in a group with them!"
Brother Wei also looked down on Yuan Tiezhu. If it weren't for his good hunting skills and the fact that Uncle Yuan was a good person, given his greedy and stubborn nature, the hunting team wouldn't have wanted to take him along this year.
Brother Wei frowned and said:
“Okay, if you don’t want to be in Master Zhong’s and Xia’s group, then you can join our group. I’ll go to Er Laizi’s group. We’ll be a team of five!”
Yuan Tiezhu was willing to join Brother Wei's group, but he was not willing to let Brother Wei leave. Brother Wei was the best hunter in the whole hunting team, and his group was always number one. If he left and their group couldn't get first place, the other two would probably complain about him!
Besides, can choosing wild game first be the same as choosing it last? The first person can choose any meat they want, but the last person is left with only pheasant, partridge, and wyvern, which have no meat!
Yes, it tastes good, but what's the use of good taste but little meat?
Yuan Tiezhu said urgently:
"Why should they? If you join their group, they'll have five people. That's not fair!"
Brother Wei gave Yuan Tiezhu a deep look and said:
"Isn't it always calculated on a per capita basis every year? Why is it unfair that I'm in their group?"
"Yuan Tiezhu, if you're really not satisfied with this distribution, I can stay put, but you'd better come down the mountain now, and you can skip the hunting trip this year!"
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