"Snake oil, that's a good thing, but unfortunately the oil from these snakes isn't of very high quality," Lingyuan Douluo replied with interest.
She knows a lot about skincare. She's even tried products like snake oil.
"Although the quality isn't high, there's a lot of profit to be made in large quantities. It seems to be a really good product. I made the right choice coming here."
Xiao Chenyu's brows furrowed with joy, like a greedy noble young master.
He gazed intently at the swarm of snakes in the distance, feigning interest, and asked, as if somewhat intrigued:
Are there many snake breeders around here?
"A lot, a lot."
Hearing their conversation, the village woman roughly understood their purpose.
She had no intention of hiding anything, and whether it was because of the money or because she was just a talkative person, she enthusiastically explained to the group:
“Our family used to be hunters, but we could only make a little money hunting in the mountains. A few years ago, when Lao Xu went to Condon to sell his game, he happened to hear people there say that raising snakes was profitable, so he tried it and brought back a bamboo basket of flower snakes.”
“At first I wasn’t keen either, who likes having snakes in the house? But he said that flower snakes are gentle and can guard our house, so I decided to give it a try.”
"Once we started raising them, things took off and it grew to what it is today. At first, I wasn't used to them in any way, but later I found that it wasn't so bad. They don't bother you usually, so I gradually accepted them."
As the Xu family woman spoke, she cheerfully flicked the white snake's head wrapped around her wrist with her finger.
The white snake not only didn't reject it, but also affectionately nuzzled the village woman's hand.
"Is Old Xu your husband? Isn't he home right now? I was thinking of asking him to get us some small snakes too."
Xiao Chenyu suppressed his nausea and pretended to be interested.
He sensed a familiarity in the methods used to entice these villagers to raise snakes.
This feeling made him a little uncomfortable.
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