"You can take this bear to town and sell it to the Fukelai Restaurant there. I'll keep the bear gall. Also, his wounds are quite deep, so we need to take him to see a doctor as soon as possible."
Ignoring their reactions, Lin Yan wiped the blood off the sickle.
Her mind began to stir.
The original owner's strength was not just ordinary; it could be described as divine strength.
If it weren't for the original owner's great strength, she would never have been able to cut through the black bear's skin with a sickle.
She had just taken a step when she heard Lin Wende's voice behind her.
"Silly girl, wait a minute! You're the one who killed this bear, we can't keep it."
"You two discovered this together; I only helped out a little, so it should rightfully belong to you."
Before he could say anything more, Lin Yan hurriedly left.
This black bear could fetch at least a hundred taels of silver!
That's enough to pay taxes for dozens of their families!
Her deer antlers and bear bile could fetch a good price.
There's no need to compete with them anymore.
Watching her graceful departure, Lin Wende felt an indescribable surge of emotion.
As the team leader, he directed everyone to split up and take action.
Soon, the black bear was pulled onto a cart by several people and driven towards the town.
At this moment, Lin Yan also arrived at the trap she had created...
I'm very lucky.
Inside, besides a silly roe deer, there were four lively gray rabbits and two fat pheasants.
This time, she borrowed an oxcart from the village head's house to go to town.
Because she had given him twenty coins last time, the village head's family treated her even more politely.
Upon arriving in town, Lin Yan went to a restaurant first.
The roe deer was a rare commodity, so it was more valuable than a wild boar and sold for ten taels of silver.
She sold the two pheasants for 150 coins, but she didn't plan to sell the rabbit; she intended to keep it as a pet.
After leaving the restaurant, she headed towards the largest pharmacy, Jishetang.
Upon entering, a young apprentice doctor, around ten years old, greeted them.
"Young lady, are you here to see a doctor or to pick up medicine?"
"Is your manager here? I have medicinal herbs for sale."
"Yes, yes, I'll go to the backyard to call our manager for you. Please wait a moment."
A short while later, the young apprentice led a middle-aged man in his thirties into the main hall.
Seeing Lin Yan's patched clothes, he didn't show any disdain, but politely inquired:
"What kind of medicinal herbs are you selling, young lady? Our Jishetang has a good reputation and is the best pharmacy in town. We treat everyone fairly, young and old."
"Shopkeeper, what do you think of these deer antlers?"
Shopkeeper Xu carefully accepted the deer antler.
He examined it carefully and found that the deer antler was very fresh, and the cut was also treated perfectly.
He never expected that the young girl standing in front of him would have such skillful craftsmanship.
"Miss, this deer antler is indeed excellent. How about I give you fifteen taels of silver for a piece?"
Fifteen taels far exceeded Lin Yan's expectations.
This is much more lucrative and easier than hunting wild boars.
Extracting deer antlers can be done without harming the animal.
Moreover, deer antlers are renewable and recyclable.
Unfortunately, she lacked the ability to raise deer.
Otherwise, she could become a rich woman just by harvesting deer antlers...
"Sure, does the shopkeeper also buy black bear bile?"
"Bear...bear bile?!"
Shopkeeper Xu stared in disbelief as Lin Yan took bear gallbladders out of her basket.
He took the bear bile with trembling hands and examined it carefully.
"It is indeed bear bile, and very fresh at that. You're truly amazing, young lady! How about I give you fifty taels for this bear bile?"
Shopkeeper Xu was worried that it would be inconvenient for a young girl to carry too much silver, so he gave her a fifty-tael silver note and twenty taels of silver.
After receiving the money, Lin Yan went to buy the medicinal herbs needed for bone setting.
It cost a total of ten taels of silver.
Touching the large sum of money on her person, she happily narrowed her eyes into crescent moons.
She currently has a total of 66 taels and 7 qian of silver, which is a huge sum of money in ancient times!
With more money in her hands, Lin Yan felt much more confident.
I went to the cloth shop and bought several bolts of cloth for four hundred coins.
She didn't know the sizes of her parents and the two little ones.
Since we couldn't buy ready-made clothes, we could only buy fabric and have our mothers make a set for each of them.
Because she really wanted to eat dumplings, Lin Yan bought another thirty catties of lard.
After that, she bought two large silver carp and ten small hens, which cost her a total of 230 coins.
Fish production is limited in the Northwest.
Most of them are farmed, and the two fish cost her 50 coins.
As she and Lin Shun were riding in an oxcart to return to the village, they happened to run into Lin Wende and his group coming out of a restaurant.
Upon seeing Lin Yan, his eyes lit up, and he strode after them.
"Wait a minute, Lin girl!"
Lin Yan was quite unaccustomed to not being called "silly girl" for the first time.
She told Lin Shun to park the oxcart to the side.
"Is there something you need?"
Lin Wende pulled Lin Yan to a secluded corner, and after confirming that no one was around, he took out a large bag of silver from his pocket and handed it to her.
"This is the money from selling the bear. We listened to you and dragged the black bear to the Fukelai Restaurant, where we sold it for 150 taels of silver. Here is 140 taels. We only did the errands, so you should give us 10 taels of silver, which is more than enough."
Lin Yan couldn't help but look up at him again.
The boy in front of me was tall and had dark skin but regular features.
Despite his young age, he is a very organized person.
So many villagers participated in the hunting, and they all listened to him.
She took the money pouch, took out a twenty-tael silver ingot, and tossed the pouch back to Lin Wende.
One hundred and thirty taels of silver were divided among twenty or thirty households.
Each household could receive about five taels, and after paying taxes, there wasn't much left.
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