Chapter 1072

Although wild boars have long lifespans, in these mountains, wild boars that can truly die of natural causes are absolutely very, very few.

Even wild boars that can grow to seven or eight hundred jin are extremely rare; at the very least, whether in Wang An's past life or this one, this was the first time Wang An had seen such a large big boar.

After Wang An finished speaking, Wang Li looked at the pig stomach still covered in feces in his hand, but couldn't stop the smile on his face.

After a while, Wang Li suddenly said to Wang An:

"Fourth Brother, can you tell me more about bezoar, dog treasure, and horse treasure? I just heard you say that cows with bezoar are all old cows, and their eyes are bloodshot. Besides that, are there any other characteristics?"

Wang An glanced at Wang Li sideways and then said with a half-smile:

"What? You still want to go find cows with bezoar? Let me tell you this: don't bother looking. If that thing were so easy to find, it wouldn't be valuable. Hahahaha, you have quite the imagination."

As he spoke, Wang An couldn't help but laugh.

You have to know that the price the supply and marketing cooperative pays for bezoar is even higher than the price for bear gall. If Wang An remembers correctly, after the price increase this year, bezoar is 18 yuan per gram, while bear gall is only 14 yuan per gram.

From this, one can see how scarce bezoar is.

In fact, the reason bezoar is more expensive than bear gall is that as long as you kill a bear, there is a one-third chance of getting a bear gall.

But bezoar is entirely dependent on luck.

In his past life, Wang An read a magazine that said about one out of every two or three thousand cows has bezoar in its body.

If calculated according to this ratio, then in the entire Xing'an Township, there might only be one or two cows with bezoar.

Although this statement may not be accurate, it should be roughly correct; after all, it had been several years since he heard that the supply and marketing cooperative had received any bezoar.

Of course, it cannot be ruled out that some cows clearly have bezoar, but the owners don't recognize it, just like Wang Li throwing away the pig sand just now, treating the bezoar as useless and throwing it away.

Hearing Wang An's words, Wang Li said a bit embarrassedly:

"I didn't think about looking for bezoar; I just wanted to know what kind of cows have bezoar, so that if I encounter one in the future, I'll know what's going on."

Wang An nodded with a smile and said:

"Yeah, what you said is also right. If we happen to encounter one someday, our brothers can make a fortune. Hehehehe... By the way, if I teach you how to identify it, and you happen to encounter one in the future, will you have to share half of the bezoar with me?"

Upon hearing this, Wang Li said without hesitation:

"That must be shared with you, Fourth Brother. I've been getting things and money from you all along; if I happen to encounter bezoar, wouldn't I be less than human if I didn't share half with you?"

Wang An was stunned for a moment upon hearing this; mainly because Wang An never expected that Wang Li could have such thoughts.

Wang An didn't reply but instead educated Wang Li with a smile:

"Also, such cows are very thin, their hair is messy and unkempt, they have diarrhea every day, love to drink water, and don't like to eat grass. After eating grass, they always moan and often shed tears."

After Wang An finished saying this, he thought for a moment and added:

"By the way, there's also that such cows have bloodshot eyes, yellowish lips, don't want to work, and are always damn irritable, saying they'll gore people and then goring them..."

Just like that, Wang An rambled on about a lot more, and everything Wang An said was, without exception, what he had seen in magazines in his past life; as for whether this stuff was accurate, Wang An actually didn't know.

However, Wang An felt that what the magazine said made a lot of sense, so he remembered it all.

Immediately after, Wang An talked about dog treasure and horse treasure.

But compared to the very scarce bezoar, the scarcity of dog treasure and horse treasure was even greater, so Wang An didn't remember much and only stated the main characteristic features.

After Wang An finished speaking, the dogs and wolves had all finished eating the meat.

It must be said, although people don't like to eat the meat of this big boar, it's actually quite good for feeding dogs and wolves.

Anyway, the dogs and wolves all had round bellies and were all full.

But Wang An, after feeding the dogs, suddenly discovered that Wang Li, who had been quite happy earlier, had suddenly become a bit absent-minded; he didn't know what was going on in that big head of his.

Consequently, Wang An called out to Wang Li:

"Hey, Fifth, what are you thinking about? Stop thinking. Cut off the pig's head and see if we can get those ten mu of land sorted out when we go back. I'll cut a few strips of meat to take back to feed the dogs, and then we'll leave."

Wang Li came back to his senses and didn't follow Wang An's instructions to cut the pig's head, but instead suddenly said mysteriously:

"Fourth Brother, I remembered something. A few days ago, I went to the county to buy things, and on the way, I met an old woman. The old cow that old woman was leading was just like what you said earlier. Fourth Brother, do you think there might be bezoar in that old cow?"

Wang An was stunned for a moment upon hearing this; mainly because who could guess such things out of thin air?

Let alone guessing, even if a cow that met all the characteristics was standing right in front of you, no one would dare to guarantee that there was definitely bezoar in that cow.

But it must be said that Wang Li's memory was really good; after several days, he could even remember clearly something like meeting an old woman leading a cow on the road.

However, as the old saying goes, "Whether there are dates or not, hit the tree twice first," so Wang An asked directly:

"Then what's the use of you meeting it? Do you know where that woman lives?"

Wang Li said:

"I was just thinking about this. I feel like her house is probably in that area of Shiqiaobao; I saw her walking in that direction."

Wang An thought for a moment and then nodded:

"Then let's go stroll around that Tuntun tomorrow. If it looks about right, we'll buy that cow, and then when we come back, we'll kill the cow and see if there's any bezoar in its stomach."

Wang Li nodded like a chick pecking at rice and then said with a full face of smiles:

"Yeah, Fourth Brother, then let's go over and take a look tomorrow. Anyway, I feel that old cow definitely has bezoar in its stomach."

Wang An looked at Wang Li and suddenly didn't know what to say; mainly because Wang Li felt like he was beaten time and time again, yet he had no memory at all.

Wang An pointed at the big boar and said:

"Alright, stop thinking about that for now. Quickly get its head off; when we go back, we'll say that the big boar we picked from Li Tie's is this one."

Wang Li was stunned upon hearing this and asked Wang An subconsciously:

"Fourth Brother, will that work? Didn't Li Tie's wife say that big boar was only four or five hundred jin?"