Chapter 1025

After Wang An finished speaking, Feng Chengmin rolled his eyes at him with a huff and said:

"Get lost! I'm only here to help. If you hadn't pestered me so shamelessly, I wouldn't have come at all. And you call me the head? I'm not the head. You really can talk nonsense."

It was clear that Feng Chengmin would absolutely not admit to being the head.

After Feng Chengmin finished, he immediately added:

"This whole deer-catching business was handled by you from start to finish, so stop with the useless talk. When it's done, we'll split it however you say. Your old uncle here has nothing to complain about."

It must be said that Feng Chengmin was right; after all, Feng Chengmin, Wang Li, and Seeing Mu Xueli could only be considered helpers.

Whether it was proposing to catch live deer, researching the foot traps, finding someone to make them, buying the hinges and nails and other accessories, or finally driving the tractor into the mountains, as well as using the tracked vehicle to repair the road, slaughtering pigs and sheep, and so on and so forth—it was all Wang An who was constantly putting in the effort and investment.

Upon hearing this, Wang An thought for a moment and said:

"We have to give an account for Li Xiuyu's older brother's share. No matter what, he was the one who provided the information. I'm thinking, how about we just give him one large and one small deer as his reward?"

Two deer was already quite a lot. Normally speaking, giving him one deer as a token of gratitude would already be very generous.

As for how many Wang An could catch or how many he did catch, that was Wang An's own ability, and it had absolutely nothing to do with how much the reward should be, because those were two completely different things.

After Wang An finished speaking, Wang Li said:

"No need, Fourth Brother. I've already told Xiuyu that her brother's share can be counted on me. I'll give it to him when the time comes."

Wang An was stunned for a moment upon hearing this, then reached out and slapped Wang Li on the head, saying:

"Are you sick? You'll give it? How does that make any sense?"

After Wang An finished speaking, Feng Chengmin also laughed at Wang Li and said:

"Exactly. What kind of big shot are you trying to play? This is everyone's business, so just stay quiet."

Turning his head, Feng Chengmin said to Wang An:

"I think giving him one large and one small deer is fine. I feel that's plenty."

Wang An thought for a moment and added:

"Of the remaining 39, you three get 9 each, and I'll take 12, and then I'll..."

Before Wang An could finish, Feng Chengmin interrupted:

"That way of splitting definitely won't work. Relatives are relatives, but rules are rules. Little An, you're the one in charge, and we three are just helping. I said just now, this deer-catching from start to finish was all organized by you, so these things should count as one person's share."

Wang An raised his head, just about to speak, when Feng Chengmin continued:

"Organizing these things counts as one person's share, so these 39 deer should be split into 5 parts. Little An, you take 2 parts, and we three take one part each. That is the rule."

Wang An said:

"Old Uncle, there are no outsiders here, so there's no need to be too..."

Wang An wanted to say there was no need to be too serious, but he was interrupted again by Feng Chengmin halfway through:

"Little An, even if you three are always together, I'll say the same thing: clear accounts between close brothers make for long-lasting relationships. With your personality, following the rules to split exactly what's due might be a hassle, but it has to be roughly fair. Do you know that splitting things equally easily leads to trouble?"

Wang An shook his head and said:

"No, Old Uncle. When the three of us go into the mountains, we've never split things equally. I always take 40 percent, and the two of them take 30 percent each."

Feng Chengmin nodded upon hearing this and said:

"That way of splitting is fine. My older brother, second brother, and I have the same method. When the three of us brothers go hunting, my second brother and I always listen to my older brother."

Wang An still felt that taking two shares was a bit too much, mainly because the three people who went into the mountains with him were all close relations.

Feng Chengmin was his uncle by marriage, Seeing Mu Xueli was his brother-in-law, and Wang Li was his cousin.

Of course, to Feng Chengmin and Wang Li, Seeing Mu Xueli was an outsider, and conversely, the same was true for Seeing Mu Xueli.

Therefore, Wang An said:

"Old Uncle, let's just do as I said. I'll take 12, you three take 9 each, and the remaining two go to Xiuyu's brother."

After Wang An finished, Seeing Mu Xueli and Wang Li looked at each other, then both said:

"Brother-in-law, Old Uncle is right. Let's listen to Old Uncle."

"Yeah, Fourth Brother, I think so too. You've put in too much effort from start to finish, and everything was organized by you. We haven't really done anything. Besides, we don't care about one deer."

Just as Wang An was about to retort, Feng Chengmin patted Wang An on the shoulder and said:

"Alright, stop overthinking it. Fifth Brother is right. Us three taking 8 each is already quite a lot."

Wang An hesitated for a long time and said:

"Alright then, I won't be polite. Hehehehehe..."

To be honest, Wang An really didn't have any psychological burden saying this.

Not to mention that effort and reward should be proportional, as the organizer and the one who arranged everything, Wang An should indeed get a larger share.

With the distribution plan set, Feng Chengmin smiled and said goodbye:

"Then I'll head home first. Tomorrow I'll come over to haul my 8 deer back. Hahahaha!"

It was clear that Feng Chengmin was indeed quite satisfied with being able to get 8 deer.

After Feng Chengmin finished, Seeing Mu Xueli also said:

"Then I'll come over tomorrow to haul the deer home too."

As they spoke, the two of them were about to leave the room. Wang An's eyes rolled, and he suddenly said with a grin:

"Do you all want to raise these sika deer? If you don't want to raise them, you can just sell them to me. I can give you a high price, and then you won't have to bother hauling them home. What do you think?"

Wang An really wanted to buy their sika deer, and he didn't mind paying a high price.

Because as long as he had their 24 sika deer, Wang An's deer-raising plan would basically have reached a certain scale.

Otherwise, counting the 6 that Wang An's family already had, Wang An's family now only had 21 sika deer, which was truly too few.

Just as Wang An's voice fell, Feng Chengmin laughed:

"You think too highly of yourself. Do you know what raising deer is called? It's called 'one capital, ten thousand profits.' Selling deer blood once a year is enough to cover the cost of fodder for a deer for a whole year. This thing is a treasure bowl. Anyway, I'm not selling."

After Feng Chengmin finished, Wang An rolled his eyes at him. Mainly, he was too long-winded. If he wasn't selling, forget it. Just like this every single day.

Immediately after, Wang An turned his gaze toward Seeing Mu Xueli and Wang Li.

Wang An's idea was that every one he could buy was one more, the more the better.

Unfortunately, Seeing Mu Xueli and Wang Li, who noticed Wang An's gaze, looked elsewhere and didn't respond at all.

It was obvious that these two also wanted to raise deer.

Wang An put away his smile and asked directly:

"Damn it, I'm talking to you two. Are you playing dead with me here?"

Seeing Mu Xueli said with a fawning smile:

"Brother-in-law, it's like this. Anyway, I don't have much ability, and my brain isn't very good. So I've been thinking, I'll just learn from you for the rest of my life. Whatever you raise, I'll raise; whatever you do, I'll do. It definitely won't be wrong."

(End of chapter)