Chapter 1071

After Wang An finished speaking, Wang Li didn't dare to reply and just smiled awkwardly.

It must be said, if Wang An hadn't made a prompt decision just now and chosen to shoot the big boar in the eyes, today's situation would have been truly hard to say.

Seeing Wang Li not speaking, Wang An didn't want to continue; as the saying goes, adults have their pride, and children have theirs. Besides, he had already reprimanded Wang Li before, so it wouldn't be good to reprimand him again.

Without Wang An's instruction, Wang Li took the initiative to take out his hunting knife, wanting to disembowel and bleed the big boar.

Such a big boar, although it was extremely difficult to kill—not only did it knock the dogs around, but the people almost got into trouble—to be honest, this big boar actually had no use at all.

Because the meat of a big boar is already fishy and smelly, and the meat of such a large boar also had to be described as "tough."

That's right, tough—extremely tough. It was very difficult to cook it until it was done, and even if it was cooked, eating this kind of meat was like chewing dry grass; it couldn't be chewed at all.

And the reason Wang Li still wanted to disembowel it was because he still needed to use its internal organs and meat to feed the dogs and wolves.

Wang An looked at the big boar in front of him, which had no use other than feeding the dogs and perhaps the pig stomach, and thought about how he and Wang Li had chased it for seven or eight li and then risked great danger to kill it; he felt quite agitated. What was the point of all this?

He had originally thought that after a casual stroll, he could go back to the dugout to sleep, but Da Hei had found this damn thing...

Just as Wang An was gnashing his teeth in frustration, Wang Li finally, after great effort, sliced open the big boar's belly.

The reason it was so difficult was that this big boar not only had armor on its head, body, and testicles, but even its belly had armor.

It must be said, the fact that this big boar could grow so large was a legendary thing in itself, and the fact that it could also rub pine resin on its belly and form a layer of armor made it even more legendary.

Although this layer of armor wasn't very thick, it was truly not an easy task to slice it open with a knife.

After Wang Li took out the big boar's internal organs, Wang An cut off the heart to feed the dogs.

The first bite of meat naturally went to the lead dog, Da Hei.

But when Wang An cut a piece of meat from the pig's heart and intended to feed it to Da Hei, the four half-grown wolf cubs, just like Little Hei back then, proactively gathered around.

However, Wang An didn't spoil them and still fed the pig heart meat to Da Hei's mouth.

This rule in the dog pack could never be broken; the lead dog must always maintain a super-high status.

Fortunately, these four half-grown wolf cubs were relatively sensible and didn't try to seize Da Hei's lead dog status like Little Hei did back then; otherwise, they would definitely have been beaten by Wang An.

After feeding Da Hei, it was time to feed the other dogs. Just as Wang An was cutting open the pig's lungs, which were wrapped around the heart, he heard Wang Li suddenly say to Wang An with a smile:

"Fourth Brother, look at this pig gallbladder. It's all dried up, there's not much bile left inside, it's full of soybean-sized things."

Wang An was taken aback upon hearing this; what did it mean that there was no bile in the pig gallbladder but there were soybean-sized things?

Wang An turned his head upon hearing this and saw Wang Li looking at the pig gallbladder against the sunlight, as if wanting to see what was going on inside.

Consequently, Wang An followed Wang Li's gaze and looked at the pig gallbladder as well.

From the bumps on the surface of the pig gallbladder, it wasn't hard to see that there were indeed many things like soybean grains inside.

Wang An frowned and pondered for a moment, and his eyes suddenly lit up. Just as Wang Li was about to throw it away, Wang An immediately shouted to Wang Li:

"Fifth, don't throw it away, this is a good thing."

When disemboweling prey in the mountains, except for relatively precious gallbladders like bear gall and leopard gall, common things like wild boar gall were basically thrown away.

Mainly because although pig gallbladder is also a medicinal material, no one ever buys this thing; if you keep it, one or two is enough, and having more is useless.

Wang An's shout immediately made Wang Li pull back his outstretched hand and ask Wang An very puzzled:

"Fourth Brother, this gallbladder doesn't even have any bile left, how can it still be a good thing?"

Wang An couldn't even bother to feed the dogs; he quickly stood up, walked to Wang Li, and snatched the pig gallbladder away.

The reason Wang An was so eager was that he suddenly thought of something.

That was the famous pig cinnabar, also known as pig sand.

Although pig sand is not as famous as the three treasures of traditional Chinese medicine—namely bezoar, dog treasure, and horse treasure—it is truly a rare and good thing.

Because real pig sand is actually a gallstone of a pig, and it is even scarcer than the three treasures of traditional Chinese medicine.

And the reason pig sand is said to be scarcer than the three treasures of traditional Chinese medicine is that pig sand, like the three treasures, requires a long time to form.

But one must know that the existence of domestic animals like dogs, cows, and horses is mainly to serve humans, so their lifespans are usually quite long; therefore, they have enough time to form stones in their bodies, which are what people often call the three treasures of traditional Chinese medicine.

But the existence of domestic animals like pigs is mainly to provide meat; except for old sows that can live a few more years because they can give birth to piglets, normal pigs are killed and eaten within one, or at most two or three years.

In other words, the lifespan of a pig is generally very short, not even enough time to form pig sand in its body, so how could pig sand possibly appear?

Wang An ignored Wang Li's question and carefully squeezed out one of the things inside the pig gallbladder, placing it in his palm to observe it carefully.

The thing in front of him was brownish, about the size of a soybean, with a very smooth surface; if you scratched it lightly with a fingernail, it would leave a clear mark.

This thing, whether in color, size, or state, completely matched pig sand, so Wang An concluded that what was inside this wild boar gallbladder was undoubtedly pig sand.

Looking at the pig sand filling half the gallbladder, the corners of Wang An's mouth couldn't help but lift slightly.

Seeing the joy on Wang An's face, Wang Li asked subconsciously:

"Fourth Brother, what is this thing? What makes you so happy?"

Wang An looked at Wang Li and said with a full face of smiles:

"This is the legendary pig sand. This thing is worth a lot of money, hahahaha."

Wang An couldn't help but be happy. Originally, because this big boar had no use at all, Wang An was quite frustrated, but who would have thought that in the blink of an eye, the situation would have a complete turnaround.