Chapter 66 Dealing with the Wolves
He Zhiran looked as if she had suddenly realized something. If Peng Wang hadn't mentioned it, she would have almost forgotten about killing the wolf last night.
When He Zhiran heard Peng Wang asking her how to deal with the situation, she did not get so carried away that she forgot her current identity.
This is because Peng Wang is a nice person and took their wishes into consideration.
If it were that kind of black-hearted official, he wouldn't care who killed the wolf. Wouldn't it be better for him to take it to the city and exchange it for silver?
Therefore, He Zhiran did not take the initiative, but asked: "What are your plans, Mr. Peng?"
Peng Wang spread his hands and told the truth.
"If it were in the past, after killing so many wolves, I wouldn't have considered who got the credit and would have directly sent them to the city to exchange for silver."
To He Zhiran and Mo Jiuye, these words were already quite real.
To put it bluntly, they were nothing more than exiled prisoners who made a living under these officials. The fact that Peng Wang could say such words to them showed that he no longer regarded them as prisoners.
Such people are definitely worth making friends with.
In fact, when Peng Wang asked this question, He Zhiran already had a plan in his mind.
Now that she understood Peng Wang's thoughts, she no longer held back.
"Master Peng, even if you send the wolf to the city to exchange for money, I'm afraid you won't get much, right?"
Peng Wang nodded and said, "Last year, we killed two wild wolves on the road and sent them to the city. People paid one or two taels of silver for each one."
He Zhiran raised an eyebrow: "Can you just send the wolf to the fur trade?"
"Well, the fur shop owner said that no one eats wolf meat, so he only buys it for the price of fur."
In fact, Peng Wang felt that one tael of silver for a wolf was already very good. After all, it was free silver, so he didn't think it was too little.
What's more, we killed so many wild wolves last night. If each one costs one tael, we can still get fifty taels in exchange!
He came here to discuss, on the one hand out of respect for the two people, and on the other hand thinking that if they agreed to his proposal, he would then bring up the issue of dividing the money.
However, judging from He Zhiran's attitude, she seemed to disapprove of taking the wild wolf to the fur shop to exchange for silver.
"If I could make these wolves more valuable, would Mr. Peng be willing?"
"How could I not want to do this?" Peng Wang answered without thinking.
He Zhiran glanced around and thought about how the wolves were killed last night. Although most of the credit went to her and Mo Jiuye, she also saw that the men from the Xie and Fang families also contributed. She couldn't let their efforts go in vain.
What's more, the Xie family and the Fang family have no money, and it is not a long-term solution to continue to support them like this. It is better to let them take the opportunity to make some money.
I believe that in this way, the Xie family and the Fang family will be more confident in the future.
"Master Peng, if I can help these wild wolves gain more profit, can I distribute the money I earn?"
"Of course." Based on Peng Wang's understanding of He Zhiran, this woman has a lot of clever ideas. If she says she can make more profits, she will definitely do it.
He Zhiran got a positive answer and immediately became excited.
He could not enjoy the comfortable massage service for the time being and stood up suddenly.
"Let's go and take people to deal with those wolves now."
Mo Jiuye was also curious about how He Zhiran would help the wolves make more profits.
So he followed.
He Zhiran called all the men from the Xie family and the Fang family over.
Then he looked at Peng Wang and said, "Master Peng, the first thing we need to do is to peel off these wolf skins."
Upon hearing this, Peng Wang had already guessed He Zhiran's plan. It was nothing more than selling these wolf skins individually. Each wolf skin could still be sold for one or two taels of silver.
However, the wolf meat is not worth anything at all. So where does the extra profit come from?
Even though he was confused, he still chose to support He Zhiran. He wanted to see how this woman could turn the wolf meat into treasure.
He ordered the officers to take out their daggers and present them all to He Zhiran.
He Zhiran picked up a dagger at random, grabbed a wolf's hind legs and began to skin it skillfully.
Seeing this, Mo Jiuye also picked up a dagger and went over to help.
The men from the Xie and Fang families also followed their example and started to take action.
He Zhiran also reminded people to be careful not to damage the wolf skin, otherwise they would get less money.
The braver women also came over to help, and before the meal started, they had already peeled twenty wolf skins.
Now that the Li family has been sent back to the capital for re-education, the He family seems even more out of place here.
They held the black-faced steamed buns in their hands, watching those people busy at work, and even began to regret going against the Mo family.
Now, not only do I have to eat black-faced buns that can choke you to death, but I'm also completely isolated...
It has to be said that the Mo family, the Fang family and the Xie family have naturally treated the He family as air and are too lazy to even look at them.
The officers had no choice but to look even if they didn't want to. Especially after what happened with Li Rouer, they became more vigilant. Every time they looked at the He family, they had to check the number of people.
The other three families were treated completely differently from the He family. Although the food they received was not as luxurious as before, they were already very satisfied to be able to eat it during their exile.
Seeing that several families could get along harmoniously with the officials and even eat delicious meals, the He family's eyes were filled with anger.
Everyone has long been accustomed to such looks and simply chooses to ignore them.
After breakfast, He Zhiran saw that those people had become so skilled at skinning wolves that they could do it independently, so he ran off to do other things.
She called the female relatives over, and together they cut the wolf meat into strips as thick as thumbs, and then quietly took out some seasonings from the space to marinate it.
While the meat was being marinated, the other female members continued to cut the meat, while He Zhiran pulled Mo Jiuye to the river.
If she remembered correctly, she saw a very thin bluestone slab there when she was filling her water bag by the river yesterday.
Mo Jiuye was dragged to the river by his wife, looking confused.
He wondered if she still wanted him to help her with a massage, but was embarrassed to do it in front of so many people, so she took him to a secluded place?
Just when Mo Jiuye was thinking that he must work harder to help his wife massage, he saw He Zhiran pointing to a bluestone slab by the river and said:
"Let's take this slab of stone to the river to clean it, and then use it to roast meat."
Washing bluestone?
Barbecued meat?
For a moment, Mo Jiuye's train of thought was a little confused.
When he saw that He Zhiran had already lifted one side of the bluestone slab, Mo Jiuye finally came to his senses.
Without thinking too much, he walked forward and pulled He Zhiran aside, and with a force, he moved the bluestone slab to the riverside.
He Zhiran pulled a handful of stiff grass and squatted by the river to scrub the bluestone slabs skillfully.
There is no other way, this is the only way to operate during special times.
Mo Jiuye also followed her example and helped to wash.
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