Chapter 36: Don’t do business at a loss
Half of the people in the cave were gone. Baitao rubbed his eyes twice, endured the heavy sleepiness, put on his cotton shoes, patted his face to prevent himself from falling asleep, and headed towards the entrance of the cave.
Many people crowded at the entrance of the cave, so Baitao poked and prodded all the way. Without Baitao opening her mouth, everyone who saw her moved out of the way.
"Auntie."
"Slow down, aunt."
Some were so fascinated that they didn't even look back, but were quickly distracted by others: "Don't worry, I'll take a look first, and I'll talk to you later... Ah, my aunt, I woke you up."
"Don't poke. The hole is just so big. There are people outside. I...ah, I've seen my aunt. My aunt, why are you awake?"
Baitao nodded without saying a word, thinking, nonsense, it's so noisy outside the cave, and I'm not dead, so how can I still sleep.
Soon, following the way out, she came out of the cave: "What happened?"
The childish and grandma's voice made everyone who was busy turning their heads.
"Ah, my aunt, did I wake you up?"
"Auntie, it's okay. Go and have a rest." What if this bloody mess scares my aunt.
Baitao took a closer look and immediately became energetic. No wonder there was such a big commotion.
At this time, a familiar voice also sounded in the mall: ‘Beep…’
Turning around and climbing onto the black frame stacked aside, Baitao pointed at the messy scene in front of him, looking like he wanted to watch the fun too, and said in a sleepy voice, "Someone tell me."
Seeing that she was not going to sleep anymore, Bai Dashan stepped forward and said, "Auntie, that's it."
"I don't know if it was the black bear that provoked the big cat, or the big cat that didn't have the eyes to provoke the black bear, and they started fighting..."
Speaking of the exciting part, Bai Dashan made various gestures with his hands and feet, and there were villagers beside him who would add a word or two from time to time.
A black bear fought with a tiger, and then entered the territory of a group of wild boars. There was a melee between the three parties. During the chase, they came here and were picked up by the villagers.
This was guessed by the villagers who were watching at night based on the fact that black bears and tigers broke in first, followed by wild boars.
"Auntie, thank you for letting us fence this place before."
The villagers looked at Baitao with expressions full of admiration and respect. The aunt was indeed the aunt.
If it hadn't been for my aunt, the villagers would have died and been injured a lot when they encountered so many ferocious beasts.
Baitao nodded, without showing any signs of strangeness on his face, and said in his heart, can I say that I am also glad that I made preparations for you in advance.
She bought eighty bundles of thickened and encrypted barbed wire for one hundred and sixty coins per 200-meter bundle, and surrounded the entire camp.
Not only that, a spiked steel fence was also put up to prevent both wild beasts and people from attacking.
Although it cost more than 40,000 coins, it seems to be very worth it.
The tiger was already dead, and the black bear was just breathing in and out of breath.
On the other side, there were several wild boars that were also half-dead. A little further away, villagers were dragging wild boars back in twos and threes.
"Auntie, they hit the steel mesh and were impaled by the steel fence." After looking at Baitao, everyone felt relieved when they saw that she was not frightened.
Hearing this, Baitao nodded again and asked, "No one in the village was injured, right?"
"No, everyone is fine." Bai Dashan reported seriously: "Auntie, the folks who were watching at night were ready when they heard the noise early in the morning. When they saw them hitting our steel wire mesh one after another, they quickly fired their crossbows... ”
The crossbow arrows given by my aunt are very powerful. Although some villagers are too nervous and their accuracy is not good, but with the steel wire fence blocking them, and shooting three or five arrows in a row, these wild boars will not be aggressive at all.
A villager was carefully wiping the pulled out crossbow arrows and muttering: "It's strange. Logically speaking, our fires are so big. Wild animals are afraid of the fire and won't rush over."
The old black man wiped his hunting knife and answered the words without raising his head: "When fierce beasts fight, they will either die or be injured. The bites will make your eyes red. It is normal to panic and not choose the way."
The situation just now was tense and exciting, and it also made the participants feel full of pride. They were also the ones who killed the black bear and the big cat.
The last wild boar that didn't run away was dragged back by the villagers. Baitao counted seventeen of them.
"It's a pity that many of them ran away. I saw it from a distance. The group of wild boars numbered at least thirty." Bai Shanquan looked regretful.
If they all stay, the village will not have to worry about meat in a short time.
If it were in the past, the villagers would have to hide away when they encountered a wild boar, but now they are bold because of the protective nets and the powerful crossbows given by Baitao.
"Auntie, do you see these?" Bai Dashan asked habitually.
Wild boar has a strong smell and hard meat, which is actually not very tasty. Tigers and black bears are stained with blood, and their skins must be quite damaged.
Forget it, let’s sell them all to the mall.
"Leave two wild boars for everyone to eat tomorrow, and put the rest into the cave. I can use them."
"Hey."
Fifteen wild boars are a lot, but when Baitao said they were useful, the villagers were not dissatisfied at all.
Everyone automatically thought of exchanging things and offering them as offerings. They were thankful in their hearts that everyone had done some work this time and did not make the aunt lose face in front of her brothers and sisters.
Baitao didn't know what the villagers were thinking, so he continued to give instructions: "Check to see if there are any loopholes and repair the damaged steel wire mesh." There were still a few hours left, so it was always right to be careful.
Bai Dashan nodded quickly: "Don't worry, auntie, we had someone make up for it just now."
I was able to be safe in such a dangerous situation thanks to the steel wire mesh my aunt gave me.
Without any instructions, the villagers dragged the wild boar in and immediately tied the damaged area with steel wire, and tied it twice more.
"Okay, then you guys have worked hard." After saying that, Baitao yawned.
Children need to sleep more. No one was hurt, so Baitao felt relieved and yawned before returning to the cave.
Without bargaining with the mall, Tiger was sold for 36,250 coins, and Baitao ignored the prompts from the mall.
Are you kidding? It doesn’t matter if a live tiger is worth 100,000 coins. How many tigers can there be in the mountains? You want me to catch them or let the people from Taohua Village catch them.
As for buying the beast luring powder that can lure beasts from other worlds, Baitao gave up after just one glance. It was too expensive and she couldn't do it as a loss-making business.
The price of wild boars is not high, only 2,500 yuan per head. Two were left and fifteen were sold, earning 37,500 yuan.
The black bear is quite big, and its paws are valuable, but they haven't been wetted by a winter's saliva, so the price is not high. They sold for 53,653 yuan.
Although the equipment cost more than 40,000 yuan, the income was more than 127,400 yuan, so it was still a profit.
(End of chapter)