4:30 PM, Shizishan Farmers Market.
Yang Zheng parked his van in front of the wild game stall. As soon as he got out of the car, the stall owners immediately surrounded him.
"What are all these things?"
"Four wild boars, thirteen wild rabbits, and eight pheasants."
"You have a lot of stuff, that's good..."
As the three men spoke, they opened the back door of the van.
The moment the back door was opened, the scene before them truly surprised the couple who owned the wild game stall.
There were four wild boars, piled tightly together.
The wild boar that was crushed underneath was the largest, and conservatively estimated to weigh at least 200 pounds.
This is the first time they've received such a large wild boar in all the years they've been running their shop.
You should know that the largest wild boar they had ever received before weighed less than 160 pounds.
Things are different now. Since the government confiscated firearms, wild boars are rarely hunted.
Wild boar traps and snares are usually used to capture them.
However, this method is not effective at trapping large wild boars. It can usually only catch small wild boars weighing a few dozen kilograms, and it is very difficult to catch wild boars weighing over a hundred kilograms.
Even wild boars weighing hundreds of kilograms can drag away the trap if they step on it, or leave behind a bloody broken leg.
As for traps and snares, they're child's play for wild boars weighing several hundred kilograms.
Without guns, you simply can't deal with them.
That thing is no joke; its ferocity is no exaggeration.
As the male stall owner pushed over a trailer, Yang Zheng worked with the stall owner and his wife to move the wild boar from the truck bed onto the trailer.
As the group carried the three baby wild boars into the shop, only the last large wild boar remained in the truck.
Very soon.
The noise from the three men carrying the wild boar attracted the attention of nearby shop owners.
In no time, the back of the van was filled with onlookers.
These people are all stall owners in the market, some selling meat, some selling fish, and others selling dried goods and groceries. One of the stall owners is also a fellow vendor who sells wild game.
When everyone saw the large black wild boar lying inside the vehicle, they were all amazed.
Immediately, the onlookers began to chatter amongst themselves.
“This wild boar is big, it must weigh over 200 pounds.”
“These kinds of big guys are becoming increasingly rare these days.”
“Back in the mountains of my hometown, there were many wild boars bigger than this. I remember when I was little, someone shot and killed a wild boar weighing over 400 pounds with a hunting rifle. The two testicles hanging from its rear end were bigger than a washbasin.”
"Hey bro, how did you get all these wild animals? They're all perfectly intact, without a single scratch?"
"These wild boars are big, but they don't taste good. They're very gamey, and the meat is quite coarse. But the smaller ones should be alright."
"You don't understand. The bigger the wild boar, the more nutritious it is, especially its internal organs, which are all good things. In particular, the wild boar stomach is very effective in treating stomach ailments."
"Old Wang is right. We have the same saying where I'm from. They say that wild boar stomach is a bag of herbs and has great nourishing properties. The bigger and older the wild boar, the more expensive its stomach is."
"This wild boar is so big; it must have lived for quite a few years. Its stomach alone is worth at least a thousand yuan..."
I could hear the crowd talking amongst themselves.
Yang Zheng's heart skipped a beat, "So wild boar stomach is this valuable?"
Soon, with the help of several strong men, the large wild boar was carried into the store to be weighed.
The wild boar weighed 246 jin (approximately 128 catties).
The crowd erupted in another uproar.
Immediately afterwards, the male stall owner weighed the remaining three wild boars.
They weigh 86 jin, 91 jin, and 98 jin respectively.
The four wild boars weighed a total of 521 jin (approximately 218 catties).
This was unexpected by Yang Zheng.
He never expected these wild boars to be so heavy; it far exceeded his expectations.
He had previously estimated that the wild boars weighed around 400 jin (approximately 200 catties) in total.
Now it's great, it's gone straight to over 500 jin.
Judging from the appearance, wild boars are much heavier than ordinary prey.
After all the prey had been unloaded, the onlookers had had their fill of watching the spectacle.
That's how things are with wild goods; once the novelty wears off, everyone disperses.
After all, they need to do business too, and it's not good to keep blocking their doorway.
After everyone left, the stall owners took out their calculators and started doing calculations.
The person in charge here is the stall owner's wife.
She wrote down a list and said to Yang Zheng, "The wild boar weighs a total of 521 jin. At the buyback price of 17 yuan, the total is 8857 yuan."
"Thirteen wild rabbits, still the same price as yesterday, will be bought back at 71 each, 910 yuan."
"The wild birds are all quite large. They will be bought back at 81 each, which is 640 yuan."
At this point, she added it up again on the calculator and said, "It's a total of yuan. Let me round it down to one yuan. Is that alright, handsome?"
Yang Zheng nodded, "No problem, a few dollars is no problem."
"Handsome, please calculate it again. If there are no problems, I will transfer the money to you now."
"Okay, I'll give you the payment QR code..."
The proprietress quickly transferred the money to him in front of everyone.
At that moment, a pleasant notification sound came from Yang Zheng's phone: "Alipay payment received..."
Looking at his account balance on his phone, Yang Zheng was overjoyed to find that he had suddenly gained more than 10,000 yuan. His excitement was indescribable.
Over the years, I've worked myself to the bone at the company, only to earn a few thousand yuan a month.
Now, once inside the small world, you can easily catch some prey and sell it for tens of thousands of yuan.
I earn more in a day now than I do in a month at work.
For the first time in his life, he discovered that making money was so easy.
Today was absolutely awesome!
After selling all the game and getting the money, Yang Zheng said goodbye to the stall owners and then drove away from the Lion Mountain Farmers Market.
On the way back, Yang Zheng made a point of stopping at a gas station to fill up the tank completely.
Although I didn't drive very far today, and didn't consume much fuel.
However, one must be polite and know right from wrong.
Luo Hua lent him the car without hesitation, which shows a great deal of trust.
You know, these days, unless you're a really close friend, most people won't lend their car to others.
If nothing goes wrong, that's fine, but if something happens, the car owner will get into a lot of trouble.
When I got back to my rented room, it was almost 6 p.m.
Yang Zheng pushed open Luo Hua's door and found him lying on the bed playing on his phone, so he returned the car keys to him.
"Brother Hua, thank you."
Luo Hua looked up at him, frowned, and said, "Saying thank you to me is just being too formal."
Yang Zheng said, "Is Brother Hua busy right now? If not, let's go out for a drink."
"Okay!"
Upon hearing about drinking, Luo Hua immediately put on his clothes and got up.
The two of them went downstairs together, smoking. Luo Hua turned and glanced at him, saying, "Why do you seem so happy today?"
Yang Zheng smiled and said, "Really?"
"Of course you have! You've been smiling ever since you got back. Did you find some money?"
"No, no, hehe..."
………………
After drinking that night, I went back to my rented room with Luo Hua. It was almost 10:30 p.m.
To be honest, ever since he learned of his father's illness, Yang Zheng has been in a state of extreme anxiety and depression.
My main concern is my father's illness and the cost of treatment.
Now that I can freely enter the small world to make money, all the problems are solved.
So tonight, I inevitably had a few more drinks than usual.
My mind was relaxed, and my mood improved more and more.
Back in his rented room, Yang Zheng sat on the edge of the bed, made himself a cup of hot tea, and began to plan his next move.
I entered the mini-world twice yesterday and today and made 12,000 yuan.
After deducting the expenses for the past two days, there is still a little over 11,500 left.
With this money, he can pay the rent he owes, and he can also pay back the three thousand yuan he borrowed from three colleagues the day before yesterday.
As for the tens of thousands of yuan I owe to relatives and friends, I'll pay them back slowly in the future.
Anyway, I have a Tai Chi Pearl that can open a portal between two worlds at will. As long as I enter the small world once a day, I can easily make over a thousand yuan.
If he's lucky, he can catch a few wild boars every time, just like today, earning over ten thousand yuan a day. Then he can quickly become rich.
However, Yang Zheng also knew in his heart that hunting and selling for money was not a long-term solution.
The buying and selling of wild animals will be banned sooner or later; it's just that the regulations are relatively lenient at present.
Besides, it's all small change.
To make a lot of money, you have to wait for good weather and spend more time exploring the small world.
If he can find a town in Lilliput, plunder it, and sell a lot of gold and silver jewelry, he'll probably become rich overnight.
Forget it, I don't want to think about it too much. I'll just pay back the money I owe the landlord and my colleagues first.
Yang Zheng picked up his phone, contacted the three colleagues who had lent him money, and immediately returned all three thousand yuan he had borrowed from them.
After paying back the money, I sincerely expressed my gratitude and invited them to get together for a drink when they were both free.
My colleagues were very polite, saying it was no big deal and there was no need to be so polite.
Immediately afterwards, he called his landlady, Aunt Chen, and asked her to calculate the bill.
The rent for three months, plus utilities, totaled 1156 yuan.
Yang Zheng didn't beat around the bush and transferred the money to the landlord's WeChat account. As for the rent payment receipt, he could bring it with him next time he paid the rent.
After completing these two most important tasks, he immediately felt much more relaxed.
The feeling of being in debt is particularly unpleasant.
Especially when facing creditors, I always feel inferior.
When he had nothing to do, Yang Zheng picked up his notebook again and began to tally up the remaining debts.
I owe my uncle's family 50,000 yuan, my second aunt's family 40,000 yuan, and my youngest aunt's family 30,000 yuan.
However, each of the two uncles would give 10,000, which would amount to 20,000.
There are three childhood friends, totaling 36,000.
There are still a few students left, totaling 14,000.
In total, he currently owes 190,000 yuan in debt.
It has to be said that my father spent a lot of money on medical treatment this year.
When the house was renovated last year, my father said that we still had more than 100,000 yuan in savings, which he was saving for his wedding.
Now all those savings are used up, and I've borrowed almost 200,000 yuan.
In other words, this year's medical treatment for my father cost at least 300,000 yuan.
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