Chapter 153 The Price of Hunting
The scarred hunter waved his hand. "That's the market price. Two mallards are three hundred coins, no more. I'm not a middleman. I'm just giving this as a gift to an old customer."
He thought Sang Yu was going to raise the price, so he quickly stated his intention. If the premium was too high, he would rather not sell it and spend more time trying to catch it.
Sang Yu quickly waved her hands to indicate that she had no intention of raising the price: "No, no, you misunderstood me. I can give you a lower price. I just want to buy a small thing from you. I wonder if you are willing."
Buy something from him? The scarred hunter raised his eyebrows slightly, and the two scars on his brow bones twitched, making him look even more ferocious.
"What are you buying?"
"It's nothing valuable, just a few small splints. If we have the chance in the future, maybe we can catch wild ducks again."
Sang Yu played the role of a money-obsessed little girl so realistically that even Sang Xingjia, who knew the truth, was stunned.
If he didn't know that his younger sister wanted to buy the plywood to catch the muskrat, he might have believed that Sang Yu wanted to catch some wild ducks.
"A small splint, it's certainly not a valuable item." The scarred hunter nodded slightly, but then changed the subject, "But I won't sell it to you."
"Why?" Sang Yu was stunned. She thought the other party would agree.
The reason why she talked so mysteriously to the hunter before was because she wanted to take the opportunity to get some splints.
"You're not hunters, so you don't know how dangerous hunting is. You were lucky to catch two wild ducks today, but that doesn't mean you'll be so lucky in the future."
At this point, the scarred hunter raised his hand and stroked the scar on his brow bone: "See these two scars? I was scratched by a bear while hunting in the mountains. I almost lost an eye. This is the price of hunting."
If there were two adults in front of him, he wouldn't care about their life or death. A few small splints made casually could save him dozens of coins, so the deal was quite cost-effective.
Once they entered the mountains and encountered the wild beasts, they naturally realized how powerful they were and that being a hunter was not easy.
But the two children standing in front of him were obviously underage, and he really couldn't bear to let them risk their lives by going into the woods.
"Thank you for your kindness," Sang Yu immediately understood what he meant and thanked him solemnly before adding, "But this world is full of dangers."
The scarred hunter, who had been a little excited, suddenly calmed down. Indeed, everything in this world is dangerous. Even farming may lead to natural disasters and man-made disasters, and end up with nothing.
After a long silence, he spoke again: "...Okay, I'll agree to your request and sell you a few small plywood boards, but you have to promise me one thing."
"You say."
"If these little splints don't catch any prey, you should just go back to work and earn money, and stop thinking about hunting."
"Okay!" Sang Yu agreed quite readily. She didn't want to go into the mountains to hunt. She didn't have a compound bow or a tranquilizer gun. If she went into the mountains and encountered a large beast, there would be only one result - waiting to die.
The scarred hunter looked at her deeply, then turned and walked back to his stall.
When he walked a distance away, Sang Xingjia couldn't help but get excited: "Little sister, with the splint, we can catch him..."
Before he could finish his words, Sang Yu covered his mouth with her hand and then leaned in close to him and whispered, "Shh, don't tell anyone about this."
There are a lot of people in the market town, and no one knows if there is a person with outstanding hearing ability sitting next to them. The existence of that thing must not be known to others.
Otherwise, what awaits them is not overwhelming wealth, but devastating disaster.
The scarred hunter returned to his stall, rummaged through the toolbox, and then came back to Sang Yu with six small splints in his hand.
"Here, I only brought six in total. I'll give them all to you."
The moment he saw the small plywood, even Sang Yu, who was used to being calm, couldn't help but get excited. However, despite his excitement, he still had to ask about the price first.
"How much?"
"This thing is not worth much. You can easily make several by chopping some bamboo and spending some time. If you want it, I'll give it to you."
Sang Yu immediately shook her head repeatedly: "How can that be possible? Let's put it this way. The product itself is not valuable, but the craftsmanship is. Bamboos are everywhere in the mountains, but most people don't know how to make plywood."
She also has bamboo, but if she is asked to make a few plywood out of thin air, she can only sigh and look at the bamboo.
"Okay, since you are a particular person, then I will charge three cents each. I will give you less." The scarred hunter looked at her approvingly. He liked her temperament.
"Then you can give two hundred and eighty cents to make it a lucky number." Sang Yu took the initiative and subtracted two cents.
After counting the copper coins, the scarred hunter taught her how to prop up the clamp and where the trigger point of the mechanism was.
Finally, he reminded: "Wild ducks like to forage in muddy areas, but if you set traps, don't set them in muddy areas."
Sang Xingjia, who had rarely spoken, was puzzled and asked curiously, "Why? Shouldn't it be set up where wild ducks roam?"
The scarred hunter laughed heartily. "That's a common lock trap. The splint needs a hard contact surface to be quickly retracted. It's not easily moved when placed in the mud."
"Besides, wild ducks can fly. Even if their feet are caught in the cleat, they can still fly away. Do you really need to tie a long rope to the cleat?"
What he said was absolutely based on experience, and it was also his final advice to these two children who had a good impression of him.
After thanking him again, Sang Yu led Sang Xingjia and started shopping with more than 200 coins in their pockets.
She planned to make cold pot skewers, referring to the Sichuan cooking method, but with slightly fewer spices and seasonings.
Make it the night before and wait for it to soak in flavor, and the taste should be pretty much the same the next day.
The biggest selling point of cold pot skewers is not only the fresh, spicy and hot taste, but also the rich variety of dishes.
What Sang Yu has to do now is to buy some of all kinds of vegetables, try them out first, and then make corresponding adjustments based on the customers' preferences.
She bought a portion of all the vegetables sold in Area A that she could name, and even bought a portion of those she couldn't name after asking how they were prepared.
After a round of shopping, the bamboo basket behind Sang Xingjia was already filled to the brim. The quantity of each item was not much, but the variety of items purchased was huge.
He wiped the sweat from his forehead and asked Sang Yu beside him, "Little sister, is there anything else you want to buy?"
Sang Yu nodded slightly: "Yes, but I don't know if I can buy it."
She had indeed bought a lot of vegetables just now, but no cold pot skewers only sell vegetables, meat is definitely required.
Pork has a fishy smell, so it probably won’t taste very good if eaten cold, but you can still try the pig skin.
You can buy some of the items including chicken hearts, goose liver, various blood jellies, tofu, gluten, etc., and decide whether to remove this category or replenish it in large quantities based on customer reactions.
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