As he spoke, he also began to flatter Old Lady Tian.
Since General Cui has said so, wouldn't everyone else be even more eager to flatter him?
Therefore, after everyone finished eating, they all started cutting the wolf meat into pieces and cooking it.
The Tian family didn't have enough iron pots, so they brought all their own iron pots over and set up a temporary stove in the Tian family's yard to cook.
The aroma wafted throughout Anping Village.
Many villagers from Anping Village came over to see what was happening, drawn by the smell.
When they learned that Qingshan Village was cooking wolf meat, they were all full of doubt. Although they had never eaten wolf meat, they had all heard of it.
That's a very fishy-smelling meat; it couldn't possibly smell this good!
They don't believe it!
They only believed it when the village chief and several villagers showed them the wolf skin.
At the same time, all the dozen or so iron pots in the Tian family's courtyard were boiling, and the enticing aroma wafted into everyone's nostrils.
Many people couldn't help but swallow hard.
Some people wanted to try it.
That won't do!
The village chief stepped forward and said, "This wolf meat is something we hunted with our lives on the line. If anyone wants to try it, please buy some!"
"After all, we've had a tough time too, and we just fled famine to this place. We don't even have a house yet!"
"Right now, we're counting on this wolf meat to get a foothold!"
The villagers of Anping Village all know about the situation in Qingshan Village…
Upon hearing the village chief's words, someone immediately asked about the price of wolf meat.
The villagers of Qingshan Village had only been in Kyoto for two days, so how could they know the price of meat here!
Fortunately, General Cui was there.
The village chief quickly approached General Cui, bowed respectfully to him, and then asked, "Could you please help me determine the price, General?"
"To ask him to set a price" means to ask him to set a price.
General Cui did not answer immediately.
He first looked down at the little Guoguo in his arms, winked at her, and Tian Guoguo blinked back, as if responding to him.
General Cui seemed to understand, and then nodded to the village chief.
He said, "80 coins per pound!"
The room fell silent upon hearing this.
Although prices in Kyoto were high, ordinary cooked meat was only 30 wen per catty, but General Cui charged almost three times that amount.
The villagers of Anping were stunned for a moment, and after a moment of confusion, they didn't speak, but instead turned around...
Yes, the duck that was almost cooked, oh no... I should say the "customers" who were almost about to close the deal have all left!
The villagers of Qingshan Village were so anxious they wanted to chase after him…
But then they remembered that General Cui was still around. What would they say if they caught up with him?
Saying there's a price reduction?
Wouldn't that be incredibly disrespectful to General Cui?
But they also felt the price was unreasonable, and someone asked, "General, isn't our price... a bit too high?"
Before they fled the famine, pork in their Qingshan Town cost only 12 coins during the Lunar New Year.
80 coins is enough for them to buy more than 6 jin!
General Cui waved his hand.
The thief calmly said, "Don't worry, they'll all be scrambling to buy it at this price!"
The villagers…
Looking at the resolute backs of the villagers in Anping Village, they don't look like they'd be scrambling to buy anything.
That's all.
However, their original plan was to sell them in the city anyway, and they would find out a more reasonable price there!
The village chief then called out to the villagers, "Bring over any empty wine jars you have, pack up the wolf meat and take it to the city."
"Let's go to the city to sell them!"
When General Cui heard the village chief say this, he wanted to stop him, but before he could speak, Xiao Guoguo in his arms covered his mouth!
The little girl, still in her childish voice, said, "Shh..."
General Cui was slightly taken aback.
Then, as if he understood something, he suddenly burst into laughter, and affectionately pinched Guoguo's little nose, teasing her with a smile.
"What a clever little devil!"
His laughter came suddenly, and his words came suddenly too…
The villagers, who were already busy working, instinctively looked over.
General Cui…
Okay, smile gone in an instant!
The village chief also called on a few villagers to clean and tidy up the wolf pelts so they could be sold together in the city later!
Wolf pelts are a valuable commodity, especially now that it's so cold. In previous years, they could fetch a high price of over ten taels of silver in Qingshan Town.
Kyoto will definitely be even more expensive!
The villagers who had gone home to empty the wine jars returned one after another, and everyone quickly got to work, thinking that they could sell them as soon as possible and get money sooner.
Just as they were about to start pretending, a noisy commotion suddenly came from not far away.
Everyone instinctively looked over...
It turned out to be villagers from Anping Village who had left earlier, and it seemed that some villagers from other villages were following behind them.
The first villager from Anping Village to arrive smiled and said to the village chief, "Hey village chief, this is the first time we've ever smelled such delicious wolf meat!"
"So, thinking that we shouldn't keep this to ourselves, we invited all our relatives and friends over so we could all try it out!"
No sooner had he finished speaking than a woman came up to him and asked a question.
"It's 80 coins a pound, right? We can't let the price go up!"
Before the village chief could respond, the villagers of Anping Village chimed in, "That's right, that's right, it's 80 coins per pound!"
As they talked, they even formed a long queue. He wanted 3 jin, she wanted 5 jin, and the most wanted was 20 jin.
It only took about half an hour...
Under the dumbfounded gazes of the village chief and the villagers who were processing the wolf pelts, more than two thousand kilograms of wolf meat were sold out.
Even after all the villagers who bought wolf meat had left, leaving only the villagers of Qingshan Village in the Tian family courtyard, the village chief and others were still in a daze.
Old Lady Tian came over and called out to the village chief a few times.
The village chief staggered, his face filled with disbelief, and blurted out, "This...it's all sold out already?"
The villagers were excited and happy, and they responded in unison, "Sold out!"
The village chief's eyes instantly welled up with tears.
He was even a little at a loss for words, sniffling as he walked towards General Cui. After he got there, he heard…
A "plop" sound.
The village chief knelt directly before General Cui, saying, "Thank you, General, thank you so much..."
He actually had a lot more to say, but he was too excited and choked up, unable to utter another word.
When the village chief knelt down to General Cui, the other villagers also knelt down to express their gratitude.
General Cui understood the village chief's feelings at that moment, so he quickly put down the fruit in his arms and personally helped the village chief up while also calling on the villagers to get up.
After the villagers got up, they showered General Cui with compliments.
After the wolf meat is sold out, it's time to count the money.
The group brought back 14 wolves.
Each one is a fully grown, strong wolf, weighing an average of over 200 pounds.
The village chief and everyone meticulously calculated it twice, and it turned out to be as much as 225 taels.
This once again brought great joy to the villagers.
Next, we'll go to the city to sell wolf pelts.
When Tian Guoguo heard that the village chief was going to take people to the city, she wanted to go with him.
But she didn't want to sell wolf pelts to everyone; she wanted to see her own courtyard house!
Grandma Tian didn't want her to go.
It's not for any other reason, it's just that we just had a falling out with Boss Tian yesterday, and they haven't even settled down yet...
If Guoguo goes to the city now and is discovered by Old Master Tian, Old Lady Tian is afraid that he will harm Guoguo.
General Cui guessed what the old lady was thinking.
Smiling, she spoke up for Guoguo, "Don't worry, Auntie, no one will dare to bully the Tian family again!"
Grandma Tian thought he meant he would protect Guoguo, but as he said before, General Cui had already helped them too much…
The old lady didn't want to owe anyone any more favors.
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