Chapter 111 A Box of Golden Beans
Xu Hexiao had originally agreed on a time to deliver the prey to Boss Mo, but he ended up being busy fertilizing the wasteland for a whole month. He didn't know if Boss Mo was getting impatient.
"Not only Boss Mo, but Brother Tan also wants prey. And now, other than prey, it's not appropriate to give them anything else." Xu Hexiao said, and his eyes turned to Lin Qi, "What do you think?"
"If you learn how to castrate piglets, you can catch any pigs in my plantation." Now there are three pregnant sows in her plantation. After they give birth, it will be time to castrate them in two or three months.
When the topic of castration was brought up again, Xu Hexiao had calmed down a lot. He thought for a moment and said, "The commune hasn't started distributing piglets yet. Usually we have to wait until March. Doctor Ma will start castrating those piglets in April. I will secretly go and learn by then, so I should be in time."
Lin Qi calculated the time and said, "There are still two months left. It is indeed in time."
"I see there are quite a few boars in the planting area. How about reducing the number of them?" Xu Hexiao suggested.
There are now twenty-six pigs in the planting area, including twelve sows, six boars and eight half-grown piglets.
"Reduce the number of boars by two. There are fifty-three sheep, so we can reduce a few. A pig weighs four or five hundred kilograms, and a bicycle has a limited load capacity and cannot carry such heavy things. Then give both pigs to Brother Tan and give one sheep to Boss Mo. In fact, the number of chickens and rabbits is the largest."
These animals ate the plants produced by her special powers, and almost no of them became sick or died, and the probability of their young dying was also extremely low, so the number of pheasants and rabbits continued to increase.
Lin Qi pondered for a while, "How about giving Brother Tan 20 more chickens and 20 wild rabbits?"
Xu Hexiao raised his eyebrows, "Aren't you afraid that Brother Tan will notice something?"
"He will find out sooner or later. There will be more and more animals in our planting area, and we will definitely sell them in batches in the future. Those bamboo rats have entered a period of crazy reproduction, and we will sell dozens or hundreds of them every few months. We can't say they are wild. Let's just say we have fenced off a piece of land in the mountains and raise these wild animals." Anyway, we have secretly opened up the land to grow crops, so it's no big deal to raise some more things now.
Xu Hexiao nodded. "You can tell Brother Tan alone, but don't let a fourth person know. Brother Tan won't follow us into the mountains, but the same may be true for others."
More than a month later, Xu Hexiao and Lin Qi rode their bikes to the grove outside the county town again.
Seeing Xu Hexiao, Boss Mo almost burst into tears, "I've been looking forward to seeing you for a long time, and finally you're here."
"It's the busy farming season, so I can't spare the time. Sorry." Xu Hexiao said, putting the basket on the ground. "This time it's a wild goat weighing more than 180 kilograms. What do you want to exchange it for?"
When Boss Mo saw the fat goat, his eyes lit up. "Goats this big are not uncommon. I have a box of gold beans here, weighing a pound. Bring me ten more goats like this, and I'll give you the box of gold beans."
"The antique gold in the shape of peanuts is still worth some money, but the gold beans are not worth that much. Moreover, the purity of this gold is not that high. Ten are too many, five." Xu Hexiao cut it in half directly.
Boss Mo's face changed instantly. "I won't do five. Even if the purity is not high, the weight is there. It's one catty, not half a catty, nor a few ounces!"
"The current price of gold is 241 taels, which is 2,400 yuan per catty. With the purity of your gold, it would be good if you can exchange it for 1,800 yuan. You want to buy my eleven wild goats weighing nearly 200 kilograms for 1,800 yuan? No way." Xu Hexiao said in a tough tone.
"It's not just eighteen thousand. We don't have two thousand four, but we still have two thousand. Eleven won't work, but ten will be ok, right? Two hundred yuan each, that's not a cheap price." Boss Mo looked heartbroken.
Xu Hexiao remained unmoved. "Six. Meat is in a market these days, and many people want to buy expensive meat but can't. Not to mention 200 yuan, even 300 yuan will have people buying it."
Boss Mo didn't expect Xu Hexiao to understand the market so thoroughly. He gritted his teeth and said, "Eight. I won't buy any less than eight."
"Seven. You can't spend this box of gold beans, so gold bars are just the same." Xu Hexiao said in a light tone. As soon as he took out the gold beans, he knew they were antiques. It didn't matter. He couldn't sell them at all, otherwise Boss Mo would not have traded gold beans with him.
Xu Hexiao guessed that seven goats was Boss Mo's bottom line.
Sure enough, Mr. Mo hesitated for a moment, but finally agreed, "Deal!"
"For the next six days, I will send a wild goat to the county every day, so you don't have to come with me." Xu Hexiao said.
"No." Lin Qi refused. "The continuous appearance of mutton in the county is bound to attract attention from all parties. I am worried."
"I didn't think it through. We won't do this deal anymore." He didn't want to put her in danger. It was just a box of golden beans, they could give it up.
"It's okay. I'm here and I won't let you get caught." Lin Qi said domineeringly.
Xu Hexiao: “….”
Lin Qi's worries were not unfounded. On the fourth day when they delivered the sheep to the county, people ambushed on various small roads in the county.
Xu Hexiao was riding his bike, unaware of the ambush. Lin Qi patted his hand gently, "There's someone a hundred meters ahead."
Upon hearing this, Xu Hexiao quickly braked.
"Let's go back." Xu Hexiao turned the car around without even thinking about it.
"You go back first, I'll deliver the goods to you." Lin Qi said. This place is only two kilometers away from the dense forest. If they turn back, all their hard work tonight will be in vain.
Xu Hexiao frowned, "Maybe there are more than just these people in ambush?"
"Don't worry, I'll be back soon. Just wait for me for twenty minutes." Lin Qi's tone had a calming effect.
Xu Hexiao did not continue to stop him, "Be careful."
"Don't worry." Lin Qi smiled and winked at Xu Hexiao, then picked up the backpack containing a whole sheep and rushed forward like a civet cat.
In the dense forest, Boss Mo and his companions sat together. They did not light a fire tonight and even spoke in low voices.
"Will Old Seven be arrested?"
"If Lao Qi is caught, it will be a huge loss for us."
"If he hadn't been caught, the next few sheep would have been sent to nearby counties and urban areas. They couldn't stay in Yao County. The risk was too great."
"Yao County is so small, it's normal that mutton has appeared in the black market for several days in a row, which would attract attention. If there are official channels, we don't have to be afraid."
"Boss, why don't you speak?"
"Old Seven will definitely not be able to come." Boss Mo said in a deep voice, "I am sad that I won't be able to eat such good meat and rice, drink such mellow wine, and such fragrant jujube honey in the future. We should be more careful!"
When Boss Mo said this, everyone present fell silent.
Their hearts hurt so much!
When Lin Qi entered the dense forest, she found that the forest was much quieter than the previous times. If the secret sentry in the forest had not been there, she would have suspected that Boss Mo and others had moved to another place.
She walked straight towards the center of the dense forest, and when she was only a dozen meters away from Boss Mo and others, she deliberately made a sound.
"Who?" asked Boss Mo.
"I'm here to help Lao Qi deliver some goods." Lin Qi said.
"Help Lao Qi deliver the goods? Why doesn't Lao Qi do it himself?" Boss Mo stood up, his body tense.
The others also stood up, grasping their weapons with both hands, ready to fight at any time.
The atmosphere became tense and even the sound of breathing could not be heard.
Lin Qi was extremely relaxed, "He can't come. There are ambushes on the road."
As she spoke, Lin Qi put the backpack on the ground, then took out the goat weighing nearly 200 kilograms from the backpack and put it on the ground. Before Boss Mo and the others could react, she carried the backpack and said, "I will still deliver the goat tomorrow."
As soon as the words fell, Lin Qi disappeared.
What a speed!
Boss Mo blinked and asked, "Where are the people?"
"In a flash, it's gone." Big Head was shocked.
"Have you noticed? From the time she came in until now, our sentries have not made any movement. Could it be that they didn't notice her?" The long-faced man was doubtful and said, "I'll go ask."
The long-faced man walked towards the sentry.
"That was a woman just now, right?" asked Boss Mo.
"From the sound, it seems so."
"Although she covered her face, judging from her features, she looked like a woman."
"Did anyone notice that she was carrying the sheep with one hand? Who among you can carry a sheep weighing nearly 200 kilograms with one hand?"
"I saw it, too. Could it be that this sheep is lighter tonight?"
"I'll try."
Next, everyone present tried to lift the sheep with one hand.
However, without exception, no one succeeded. Even if they tried to lift it with both hands, they had to use all their strength to succeed.
Just as the grown men were silent and doubting their lives, the long-faced man came back and said, "I asked our sentries, and they all said they didn't see anyone coming in."
Upon hearing this, everyone looked at each other in bewilderment.
"I think I understand what she meant by 'he can't come'." Boss Mo said solemnly, "Old Seven can't come because he can't hide from those patrolling people. But she can, so she is the one who delivers the goods."
"Boss, this is a master!"
"No wonder Old Seven was able to get so many prey. I suspect she hunted these prey."
“Now I can’t help but be glad that we didn’t take action against Old Seven, otherwise we would be afraid—” The person who spoke made a gesture of wiping his neck.
The others couldn't help but shudder and nodded, "It's quite lucky."
In less than twenty minutes, Lin Qi came back.
"Is everything going well?" Xu Hexiao asked.
"It went smoothly." Lin Qi sat on the back of the bicycle, "I'll take you there tomorrow too."
Xu Hexiao did not refute, "Are you tired? If you are, just lean on my back and take a nap."
Lin Qi hummed, "I'll move the goods to the fork in the road tomorrow. You can do the deal with Brother Tan, and I can deliver it by bike myself."
It was mid-February, and it got dark early. She set out at 7:30 and could get home before 12:00. In terms of time, it would take her less time to go alone.
Xu Hexiao also knew this, but he was worried and he didn't want to leave her alone.
"It's just three nights, it will be over quickly." Lin Qi said indifferently. In her previous life, she was a loner and had a hard time surviving every day. Now it's just a matter of traveling for a few hours, so she didn't take it to heart.
Xu Hexiao was silent for a long time, "Just these three nights, from now on, I will go alone."
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