"Look, isn't blood dripping from that carriage?" A young man shouted in surprise, pointing at the slowly approaching carriage.
Others looked over quickly and became frightened.
"Oh, it seems so..."
"What's going on? Has the war reached us?"
"I haven't heard anything about it. Did someone kill someone?"
As he spoke, the people at the city gate began to commotion. Some ran into the city, some hid in carriages, and most shouted at the city defense soldiers to close the gate.
The originally lazy soldiers were almost scared to death. They were living a good life, how could something bad happen again!
Fortunately, someone soon recognized that the people sitting on the shaft of the carriage were Manager Min and Old Man Tai.
"It's the steward of the Min family. He just left the city with three carriages, saying he was going to Taijia Village. What's going on? Are there bandits causing trouble in Taijia Village again?"
"It shouldn't be that serious. I didn't hear any rumors!"
As everyone was discussing this, they no longer looked as frightened as before.
As they were talking, the small convoy arrived in front of the city gate. Just as the soldier was about to ask something, he saw the dead wolf on the carriage. His eyes almost popped out and hit his feet and faces!
"Where did this wolf come from?"
"So many, are they digging out a wolf's den?"
"Who killed the wolves? This is too many!"
The soldiers no longer cared about guarding the gate and gathered around to watch the fun.
Everyone in the Tai family tried to hold their heads high and chests out, showing off their heroic "medals", which were their bloodstained clothes and bandaged wounds.
And the soldiers did not disappoint their expectations and exclaimed in surprise.
"Oh my, these wolves were not killed by your villagers, right? This is too powerful!"
"Three or five would be fine, but there must be forty or fifty of them. Anyone who encounters them would be scared to death!"
"This fur is so nice, so smooth to the touch! If I had one to use as a mattress in the winter, I wouldn't be afraid of the cold!"
The crowds watching from afar couldn't help but feel itchy, and they bravely gathered forward, all shocked by the number of dead wolves.
Someone recognized Manager Min, and after exchanging greetings, they asked loudly, "Manager Min, what's going on? Stop making everyone guess and say a few words."
Manager Min smiled and replied, "I just want to say something, but I don't know what to say, because I didn't kill the wolves."
He gestured for everyone to look at Mr. Tai and said, "This Uncle Tai is the hero who killed the wolf!"
Old Man Tai quickly waved his hand and said with a smile, "We are from Taijia Village. Last night, a pack of wolves came down the mountain for some unknown reason and caused unrest in the village. We, the young and old men, risked our lives to save these forty or so wolves and drove the rest back into the mountains."
"As you can see, all of us, young and old, are injured and need medicine to recuperate. That's why we brought the dead wolf here today and plan to sell it for some silver.
"I happened to run into you all when you were out, and I startled everyone. What a sin, what a sin!"
Everyone's eyes widened when they heard this, and they were even more surprised at how powerful Taijia Village was!
If it were another village, if it was suddenly attacked by a pack of wolves, I'm afraid no one in the village would be left alive.
But from what the Tai family said, no one died, but instead more than forty wolves were killed.
This is luck, but it is also absolute strength!
Someone suddenly said, "Don't go into the city to sell them. Skin these dead wolves and sell them to me for ten!"
This reminded the others, and someone immediately shouted, "And me, I'll buy a few too and make a cloak for my old man when I get home. Haha, he'll definitely be happy!"
"No, no! Good things should be shared among everyone, you can't monopolize them all. You must give me five!"
"I want three!"
As everyone fought over it, the scene immediately became chaotic.
Manager Min was afraid that the wolf skins would be stolen, so he quickly shouted, "Everyone, wait a moment. I have already made an agreement with Uncle Tai and the others. Our master has bought twenty of these wolf skins. As for the remaining ones, you can divide them up, but Uncle Tai still has the final say!"
Mr. Tai didn't expect that wolf skin would be so popular. After all, it is not like tiger skin or bear skin.
But he didn't know that wolf skin might not be precious. With the addition of the bloody battle between the entire Taijia Village and the wolf pack, the legendary background was completely different.
It doesn’t matter what you do with the wolf skin you buy, what matters is when you tell your friends and family about its history!
Everyone in Taijia Village was extremely excited. People were rushing to buy the wolf skins, so they naturally had no worries about sharing the money!
After a few words, Mr. Tai and Mr. Tai San discussed with everyone, they said, "We are naturally grateful for your support, fellow villagers, but everything should be done on a first-come, first-served basis. As a Northeastern man, our words are our bond and we cannot go back on our words.
"So, the twenty wolf skins promised to the Min family must not be touched. The other two given to my son and his wife are also not allowed. There are still twenty-one left. If you all don't mind, we can discuss how to divide them up.
"Of course, the price will follow the market. We don't want a high price, and everyone should not let us go through this in vain. What do you think?"
"Okay, the old man is a man of faith."
"Okay, it's our fault that we got the news so late."
"Then I'll take one. I'll have something to brag about when I get home."
"Haha, I thought so too."
Everyone responded, causing others to laugh.
In fact, everyone was very happy about it, but one wolf skin cost at least three taels of silver, and it would be painful to buy ten.
In the end, the twenty-one wolf skins were divided up in full view of everyone.
A dead wolf with better appearance and a larger size was sold for four taels of silver, while a dead wolf with worse appearance was sold for two taels. On average, each wolf was sold for more than three taels of silver. Everyone in Taijia Village was so happy that their mouths were grinning from ear to ear.
By the time everyone packed up and followed Manager Min back into the city to find a fur shop, the buyers who had received the dead wolves had already left, and they had left the dead wolves openly outside the car!
Wherever I passed by, I heard screams everywhere and people running around.
The buyer was so proud in his heart that he pretended to be sorry and apologized to everyone, and then explained the origin of the dead wolf!
As a result, the news that Taijia Village encountered a pack of wolves coming down the mountain and fought to the death to protect their homeland was known to more people!
Some people were surprised at the bravery of the Tai family, some questioned the authenticity of the matter, but everyone agreed that they should not cause trouble for the Tai family.
After all, that's a guy that even wolves dare to confront!
Mr. Tai and the others didn't know yet that they were about to become famous in the north and be feared by everyone. At this moment, they were following Manager Min and chatting with the owner of the fur shop.
It was the first time for the owner of the fur shop to see so many wolf skins. He heard that half of them were stolen on the road, and he stamped his feet in regret.
That was all his business, and it just flew away like that!
He was thinking about whether he could get a few wolf skins from Manager Min. After all, the Tai family only kept two, and they were to be given to the scholar from the Wu family. He didn't have the courage to snatch them.
But Manager Min refused to give in. The host wanted to give a gift, and he couldn't arrange it with less.
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