Chapter 46 It turns out he's not ugly.
Madam Sun was so angry at Liu Ye calling her "Auntie" that she almost blew her nose out: "You brat, who are you calling Auntie? Who's your Auntie?!"
When Master Sun saw the man emerging from the woods, especially the thing he was carrying on his shoulder, he was so frightened that he trembled and quickly clapped his hands in the air. Madam Sun immediately shut her mouth and obediently sat back down next to Master Sun. Liu Ye was completely dumbfounded. What was going on?
Mr. Qin rushed over and pulled Miss Qin back: "I told you not to cause trouble, but you insisted on doing it!"
Miss Qin was about to speak when Mr. Qin whispered a rebuke: "Shut up!"
Bai Zilin suppressed his murderous intent: "I'm back!" He threw the prey at Liu Ye's feet. Liu Ye looked at it and exclaimed, "What is this? It's so big!" When she saw what the prey on the ground was, she was also startled: "My God, is this a wolf? Brother Bai, are you hurt?"
Bai Zilin smiled and shook his head, saying, "No, if a wolf runs into me, it's asking for death! Wolf meat is delicious, and wolf skin and bones are all good stuff. We'll stew a wolf leg later, and smoke the rest."
Liu Ye nodded happily: "Okay, I'll go gather firewood."
Liu Ye went to gather firewood and start a fire, while Bai Zilin took out a sharp wood-chopping knife from his basket and quickly dismembered a wolf weighing over 200 pounds into eight pieces, skinning and deboning it. The sight made Master Qin and the others break out in a cold sweat.
Young Master Zhao leaned closer to Young Master Li and whispered, "This hunter is ruthless; he even dares to hunt wolves."
Young Master Li scoffed, “The poor man has no skills other than brute strength. How do you see how capable he is? Just because he killed a wolf doesn’t make him capable. I don’t think so. Go get some gold leaves and buy the wolf. See if he’ll be all smiles and bowing to you.”
When Young Master Zhao heard that he was asked to buy a wolf, the little girl had already said that it cost seven taels of silver per catty of meat. He had borrowed a gold leaf, but it wasn't enough to buy a wolf: "If I buy too much, I can't eat it all. It's so hot, it'll go bad. I'll go buy a wolf leg in a bit. He'll still bow and scrape to me. You'll see."
Bai Zilin cut off a wolf leg and put it in a pot. Then he went to the woods to collect a large pile of dry branches, lit a big fire, and started roasting the wolf meat. A fragrant aroma wafted out, making everyone who smelled it drool. Meanwhile, disaster victims began to walk along the road. The bolder ones stopped and stood by the roadside to smell the aroma.
Liu Ye added a few more twigs to the bottom of the pot, making the fire burn even brighter: "Brother Bai, those people aren't leaving, I guess they want to come with us."
Bai Zilin said nonchalantly, "It's alright, Brother Bai is quite capable now, we're not afraid of them following us. We'll leave after we finish smoking the meat, the meat in the pot should be cooked by now, right?"
Liu Ye tore a piece of meat from the wolf's leg, put it in her mouth to taste if it was cooked: "Hmm, it's cooked."
She took a basin from her basket, and Bai Zilin took the wolf leg out of the pot and put it in the basin. Young Master Zhao, who had been watching the commotion, quickly ran over and said, "Gentlemen, sell me your wolf legs. I'll buy the one you just cooked."
Bai Zilin remained silent, but Liu Ye refused without hesitation: "What's cooking in the pot is for our own consumption, not for sale. The smoked food is for sale, seven taels of silver per catty!"
Young Master Zhao laughed and said, "Yesterday it was five taels of silver per catty, today it's seven taels of silver per catty, isn't that too expensive? We are all people traveling far from home, and we were even robbed by bandits. It's not easy for us. Miss, just sell it at yesterday's price. I'm easy to talk to, and I'm sure you can tell."
Liu Ye thought to herself, "I can see that right now. I can tell you're not a decent person, but a two-faced scoundrel: Yesterday we sold roe deer meat, today we're selling wolf meat. Wolf meat is very nutritious, how can they be the same? If you want to buy, it's seven taels of silver per catty. If you think it's too expensive, you don't have to buy it."
Young Master Zhao hadn't expected that this country girl, who spoke in such a soft and sweet voice, could be so harsh. It seemed he had no choice but to compromise: "Alright, I only have one golden leaf. You can cut off a piece of flesh for me."
Young Master Zhao handed the gold leaf to Liu Ye, who took it and put it in her pocket before stepping aside. Bai Zilin took a wood-chopping knife and cut a piece of meat from the wolf's leg, about 1.5 jin (7.75 kg). He handed the wolf meat to Young Master Zhao, saying, "1.5 jin is quite a lot!"
Young Master Zhao took the wolf meat and went back with a frustrated look on his face. The number of disaster victims who were watching from the roadside and refusing to leave increased. As the number of people grew, they became bolder and began to whisper among themselves, trying to rush forward and snatch the meat.
“There are only two of them, but there are a lot of us. You have to listen to my orders. When I say ‘grab,’ you all rush up.”
Liu Ye and Bai Zilin had already seen through their intentions. The two quickly packed their things, putting the smoked and cooked wolf meat into their baskets. They also poured out the water from the pot and put it on the cart, wanting to push the cart away as soon as possible.
The starving refugees weren't about to let them leave so easily. With a shout of "Rob it!" they swarmed forward, surrounding Liu Ye and the others. "Ah, ah!" Soon, pitiful cries echoed from the crowd.
Master Qin and Young Master Zhao were so frightened that they all ran away as fast as they could, fearing that the disaster victims would rob Liu Ye and the others first, and then rob them as well.
Surrounded by a hundred or so disaster victims, Bai Zilin was like a god of death, reaping their heads one by one. In the blink of an eye, he had killed dozens of them. The few survivors fled in terror and disappeared in no time.
Liu Ye wiped the blood from her face. She had just killed several people. She had no choice but to kill; there were too many disaster victims. If they didn't kill, the two of them would be the ones to die. "Brother Bai, we've killed so many people. What if the authorities find out? Won't they send people to arrest us?"
Bai Zilin wiped the blood-stained machete on the disaster victim and threw it into his basket: "Don't worry, nobody cares about murder and arson at this time, everything's in chaos. Your face is covered in blood, and so is mine. Let's wash up and get on our way."
Liu Ye was delighted and took out a water bag from her basket: "Brother Bai, let me pour you some water so you can wash yourself. If you run out of water, I'll go back into the mountains to find more."
After Bai Zilin finished washing his face, he took over the water bag and emptied it while Liu Ye washed her face. When Liu Ye finished washing her hands and face, she revealed a fair and delicate face, which stunned Bai Zilin. It took him a while to come to his senses: "Liu Ye, how come you look like this?"
Liu Ye touched her face: "What's wrong? Am I that ugly?"
Bai Zilin blushed and shook his head: "No, you're too good-looking. I didn't expect you to be like this... I thought you were..."
He had thought Liu Ye would be ugly, and he was prepared to marry an ugly wife, but he never expected her to be so beautiful. Her appearance was as sweet as her voice, so sweet that it touched his heart, and he decided to stay and never leave.
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