Chapter 345 346: Equally divided?
Seeing a grown man looking at him with tears in his eyes, Zhou Huaian said uncomfortably: "Brother, don't be like this. We are in trouble and we can't just stand by and watch someone die."
Zhou Yiding couldn't bear to see this either. "Brother, stop it. I'll go get you something to eat."
Zhou Huaian also said: "Yes, lie down for a while, we will get you something to eat."
"Little brother, wait!" Lin Weidong called the two men and said after a while, "If it weren't for you today, I might have lost my life. Bring back the old bear and sell it. We will split the money equally."
Zhou Huaian and the other man waved their hands quickly, "No need, we just lent a hand."
Lin Weidong panted and looked at the two of them, "Listen to me... Even if I gave you all the money from the old bear, it wouldn't be enough to repay you for saving my life...
He took a breath and said, "Because my family needs some money urgently, I have no choice but to share the money with you. If you don't want it, I will have no place to put my face in the future."
Zhou Huaian and the other man looked at each other and said, "How about this, we divide the money from the sale into two parts, half for each of us."
The old bear they killed last time was sold for more than 1,100 yuan including the skin and meat. This time, he and Yiding will take half, so the whole family can get 200 to 300 yuan, which is enough.
Lin Weidong nodded gratefully, "Thank you very much."
"Okay, take a nap, I'll bring you some soup."
Zhou Huaian went out and saw Yang Chunyan wrapping medicine for the dog on the steps. He went over and squatted beside her, "Is it done? Is the dog okay?"
Yang Chunyan bandaged the dog and said, "Its injury is much more serious than Dahei's. I applied some medicine on it. I'll see if it can get through it."
"The dog is very tough, he should be able to make it." Zhou Huaian helped her up, "Let's go eat, there's still an old bear on the mountain that we haven't brought back yet!"
Yang Chunyan nodded, "It's getting dark, you have to be careful."
Zhou Huaian squeezed her hand, looked at her and smiled, "I'll be careful."
The two washed their hands and went to the kitchen. Zhou Yiding came in with an empty bowl and said, "He drank a bowl of chicken soup and went back to sleep."
Zhou Huaian nodded, "Doctor Xiao Wang said that people who are sick need to sleep more, so they can get better faster."
Yang Chunyan thought for a moment and said, "There is some Polygonum multiflorum in the corner of the courtyard. I will dig some and boil some to make soup for him to reduce inflammation."
Zhou Yiding hurriedly said, "I still have some anti-inflammatory medicine. I got it from the brigade clinic last time."
Yang Chunyan: "That would be great. Feed him something before you leave."
"Yes." Zhou Yiding agreed and then said, "Sister-in-law, Xuejiao will go with us later. I will leave Dahuang at home for you to keep company."
Yang Chunyan shook her head, "No, I'm fine at home, you guys take the dog with you to be safe."
Zhou Huaian also said: "Just listen to your sister-in-law, we will go and come back quickly."
"Yeah!" Zhou Yiding had no choice but to nod in agreement.
The three of them ate, gave Lin Weidong some anti-inflammatory medicine, took ropes and sticks, carried their guns, held torches, and left with the dog.
Yang Chunyan closed the courtyard gate and bolted it, then went back to the house, cleaned up the kitchen, and went out to check on the dog in the grass nest. After thinking about it, she got some anti-inflammatory medicine, ground it into powder and fed it to the dog. Then she went back to the room, leaned against the head of the bed and waited for a while before falling asleep in a daze.
Zhou Huaian and the other two were walking in the woods. From time to time, they heard rustling sounds from the grass and creepy cries.
Wan Xuejiao's scalp tingled when she heard this. She nervously grabbed Zhou Yiding's hand and asked, "What is it?"
"It's okay. The night owl is calling."
The three of them did not waste a moment and walked for more than two hours before they reached the forest where the old bear's body was.
Suddenly, Dahei and Dahuang rushed forward and barked wildly into the woods, and the sound of dogs barking was also heard from the other side.
Zhou Yiding frowned, "Oh no, there are stray dogs coming."
"Go see what it's like?"
Zhou Huaian and the other man gave the torch to Wan Xuejiao and rushed forward with guns in hand. They saw Dahei and Dahuang howling and confronting three wild dogs.
The two men raised their guns and started shooting. Bang, bang, after a few gunshots, two were killed and one ran away with a limp.
Zhou Huaian checked it out and said, "Damn it! Look, the bear skin has been bitten to pieces. Fortunately, we came quickly."
"That's right. If you're any later, your trip will be in vain." Zhou Yiding handed him the rope and said, "Hurry up and tie it up and leave, otherwise the smell of blood will attract other wild animals."
"Yes." Zhou Huaian tied a rope to put on the black bear, and the two men quickly tied it up, put wooden sticks on it, and carried it away.
It took more than three hours of walking back to get back to the forest farm.
Yang Chunyan heaved a sigh of relief when she saw them coming back. "There's hot water in the pot. Go wash up and relax."
Zhou Huaian said with a smile: "You guys go to sleep first, Yiding and I will skin the old bear and wash it."
Zhou Yiding also nodded, "Xuejiao, go take a shower and go to bed."
"Yes!" Wan Xuejiao agreed and went to the kitchen with Yang Chunyan.
Zhou Huaian went to the room to check on Lin Weidong, and saw that he was sleeping soundly. He went out and took down a door panel with Zhou Yiding, and the two of them began to deal with Lao Xiong.
He suddenly remembered something, "Ding Ding Cat, remember to cut off the old bear's nose."
Zhou Yiding looked at him puzzledly, "What's the use of an old bear's nose?"
"Doctor Wang said that after the old bear's nose was repaired, it seemed to be able to cure diseases like epilepsy."
"Okay, I'll cut off the nose first." Zhou Yiding picked up the knife and cut off the bear's nose. "This old bear is really fat, but it's a pity that the wild dogs have bitten several holes in its skin."
"It can still be used as a tonic." Zhou Huaian said and then remembered something, "Brother Huang said that braised bear meat is more delicious than pork."
"Then we'll keep the streaky ones and the four bear legs as well."
"Also, keep the fat and bear fat and convert them into money later."
"Bear meat is not valuable, so we can save a few dozen kilograms and bring it down the mountain to share with the families. We can carry less down the mountain."
"Yes, this thing is not easy to get."
"That's right, I don't know if I will have such good luck in the future."
While Wan Xuejiao was washing up, Yang Chunyan boiled a pot of water for the two of them. "Huaian, get the bear oil out and put it in a basin. I will refine the oil tomorrow morning."
Zhou Huaian smiled and nodded, "Got it, go to sleep quickly."
The two men skinned the bear, cut two pieces of meat for Dahei and Dahuang, and cut two strips of pork belly, intending to give them to Wang Zhen and Huang Yongcai.
The four bear legs, fat and bear oil were all put into a large basin and carried to the cave.
Zhou Huaian clapped his hands, "I'm afraid this meat weighs more than 100 kilograms."
Zhou Yiding smiled and said, "There's not enough meat on all four legs. Go down the mountain and weigh a few pounds of salt, and pickle the meat on the bear legs and smoke it into bear jerky. There won't be much if each family shares it."
"Okay!" Zhou Huaian sniffed his hand, "It smells fishy all over. I'll go back and take a shower and go to bed."
It was already past twelve o'clock when the two of them packed up and went back to their room to sleep. They looked at Lin Weidong and saw that he didn't have a fever, so they squeezed into another bed and slept.
The next day, just after dawn, Zhou Huaian and his companion woke up Lin Weidong, asked about the Lin family's residence, and after dinner, they carried the bear skin and bear meat down the mountain and headed home.
After arriving at Zhou Huaian's house, one of them drove a tractor to Ning'an to sell the bear, and the other went to the Hongqi Brigade to inform the Lin family.
(End of this chapter)
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