Chapter 294: Change of attitude, sharing happiness is worse than enjoying it alone
Ran Qingxuan knew that Bu Wei had actually put himself on the same level as them!
The two looked at Bu Wei tacitly, and Ran Qingxuan chose to tell him his thoughts truthfully.
"Boss Bu, if I'm not mistaken, the wolves you hunted earlier shouldn't be worth much money if you bring them to the county town, right?"
Bu Wei smiled awkwardly, "Indeed, at the beginning of the year, we sent a group of prisoners to Guzhou. We were lucky enough to encounter three trapped wild wolves. But when we brought them to the city, the store only gave them one or two taels of silver for each one."
Ran Qingxuan raised his eyebrows slightly: "You are not going to skin him and send him to the fur trader directly, are you?"
"Otherwise, wolf meat is not only fishy but also not very tasty, and you can only sell the skin."
That being said, at the time they did earn a few taels of silver, which was a considerable amount of extra income for those of them who had a fixed salary.
Moreover, fifty-eight wild wolves died tonight. If each wolves can be sold for one tael of silver, that would be fifty-eight taels of silver. You should know that his annual salary is only twenty-eight taels of silver.
Who doesn't love huge amounts of money? But Bu Wei has now changed his attitude towards the Gu family and he certainly won't think of monopolizing it.
However, he could tell from Ran Qingxuan's words that she seemed to feel very sorry for the wolf meat that could not be eaten.
The fact was just as he expected. When Ran Qingxuan heard that the wolf meat was wasted, he immediately showed an expression of regret.
"Boss Bucha, I want to increase the value of these wolves so that they can be sold for more than just their skins. Do you think that's ok?"
"With such a good thing, I will naturally agree to it one hundred percent!" Bu Wei's heart was simply beaming with joy. The greater the value, the more money he could make. He was so happy that he didn't have time to refuse.
Ran Qingxuan looked at the wild wolves, each weighing sixty to seventy kilograms, and thought that although most of them were the work of her and Gu Yanchen, the other families also did something.
When she and Gu Yanchen were rushing back, they saw the Chen father and son driving away the wolves together with the disabled Gu Yanzong.
The mother and daughter of the Chen family were not idle either. They stayed with the women of the Gu family and threw out whatever they could find. Chen Yue'er even picked up a dead tree pole used for burning and swung it out with all her might.
The first thing the old couple of the Xiao family worried about was the injured Xiao Hongyi who was still unconscious. They hid in the tent with their daughter-in-law and grandson to protect him. Xiao Wende and Xiao Wenmei stayed outside his parents' tent, holding torches to prevent the wolves from approaching.
Even though Xiao Zhe had difficulty moving due to his crutches, he did not sit there and wait for death. He even helped the Gu and Chen families drive away several wild wolves that wanted to approach him.
They have really put in a lot of effort, so how could Ran Qingxuan let them work for nothing?
In addition, the two families had limited means, and they relied on the women to embroider handkerchiefs and purses to supplement their income along the way, and they themselves did not earn much money.
I have helped a lot along the way, but people always want to save face, and after doing this too many times, they always feel pressured.
The skinned meat of those wild wolves weighs about 3,000 kilograms. If we can make a lot of money from it, I believe everyone's situation will not be so difficult.
"Boss Bucha, if I can sell this wolf meat, can I get a share of the money I earn?"
"I know you have good skills. If you can sell it, you can divide it however you want." Based on his understanding of Ran Qingxuan, anything can become delicious in her hands. When she said it can be sold, she was definitely not fooling people.
When Ran Qingxuan saw that he agreed, he immediately became energetic.
"I'll be there soon. We need to hurry to deal with so many wolves."
Old Madam Gu was bitten on the leg by a wolf. Fortunately, she was wearing thick clothes in winter and only her cotton pants were bitten. It was a blessing in disguise.
After helping the others check, Ran Qingxuan said to the two families, "Everyone may have to rest a little later tonight. After we sell the wolf, everyone will get a share of the money!"
"Ran Clan... We didn't help much. We didn't even kill a wolf. How can we have the nerve to share the money?"
The person who spoke was Mrs. Xiao Li Ping. Upon hearing this, the Chen family members waved their hands a little embarrassedly.
Ran Qingxuan pointed at the pile of wolf carcasses and said jokingly, "Thousands of kilograms of wolf meat, I think I would need to grow ten hands to cut it all..."
Everyone laughed, and the men rolled up their sleeves and prepared to get to work.
"It's not too late. Let's work harder. It won't take much time to work together."
"I'm going too."
"Wait for me!"
The families stopped hesitating and, after settling their children, they all stood up and gathered around the pile of wolf carcasses.
"Ran, tell me how to do it. Although we have never been exposed to these, we can all learn them."
Without Ran Qingxuan's instruction, Bu Wei had already squatted down with six or seven officers to skin the wolf.
While peeling the wolf, he explained to the man next to him how to peel off a whole wolf skin.
The officers provided some daggers, and the men imitated Bu Wei and began to operate them carefully.
After peeling one or two pieces, they found the trick and the men's speed increased.
Soon, ten skinless wolves were piled together. Bu Wei was confused when he saw Commander Ran Qingxuan almost working together to chop down a dead tree in the distance and drag it back.
After the others came back, Ran Qingxuan asked people to find seven or eight slightly larger stones, and dragged the body of one of the wolves to start decomposing it on the spot.
The wolf's front and back legs had the most meat. Ran Qingxuan removed some of it and cut it into finger-thick strips and put them in a large iron pot for cooking.
The women were initially frightened by the skinning scene, but when they saw that Ran Qingxuan was only cutting the meat into strips, they plucked up the courage to come forward and help.
The officers contributed the knives they carried with them, and the scene became heated for a while.
The men were skinning the wolves, while the women were cutting the meat into strips.
While everyone was busy with their work, Ran Qingxuan stood up and walked to the end of the cart. Then, using his body to cover the area, he took out four or five pottery jars from a large bag.
It is filled with seasonings. The moment it is opened, a unique spicy aroma stimulates everyone's nose.
"A-choo, A-choo..."
Bu Wei sneezed twice, covered his nose and looked at the black pottery jar. .
"What is this? Why is it so pungent?"
Although he did not doubt Ran Qingxuan's cooking ability, he was still a little dissatisfied with the unique taste.
Ran Qingxuan smiled mysteriously but did not explain.
Among these seasonings, only cardamom and star anise were not seen in ancient times. Even if one or two of them existed, no one would use them as auxiliary ingredients for seasoning food.
Not to mention cumin and pepper, which the ancients probably had never heard of.
The women of the Gu family and the women of the other two families sat together in an open space cutting the wolf meat. Soon the big pot could no longer hold the meat, so Ran Qingxuan asked two officers to help carry it aside.
After dividing it into two portions, Ran Qingxuan instructed Gu Yanchen to pour seasoning into the wolf meat.
During this period, Gu Yanchen saw Ran Qingxuan put unknown powder into it more than once, but he never poured it from his own hands.
Although he was curious, he didn't dare to ask directly, for fear of attracting the attention of Bu Wei's group of officials.
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