Chapter 1085

About 20 minutes later, the three of them arrived at their destination, which was a cornfield.

At the edge of the field, 4 people were standing there holding spears. Beside them, a broken basin and a copper gong were hanging on a tree.

It had to be said that this copper gong looked truly old, because not only was the cloth strip on it covered in patina, but the gong itself had also turned into a blackish color.

It was just that the eyes of these four people looked like they were about to burst into flames.

Because within their line of sight, one could vaguely see a big brown guy in the cornfield in the distance gnawing on corn, and the corn stalks had also fallen to the ground.

Without a doubt, this big brown guy was that big bear.

However, although these four people were full of anger watching the bear ravage the corn, none of them dared to step forward and could only watch with their own eyes.

Because they were very clear that the spears in their hands, besides being able to bolster their own courage, were of no use at all to the bear.

Seeing Wang An and the others come over, the oldest person took the initiative to say:

"Baoguo is here."

As he spoke, this person also used his eyes to signal Wang An and asked Sun Baoguo:

"Is this young man the rescue you invited for our settlement?"

Huang Baoguo nodded and said:

"Yes, Uncle Dachuan, this is Young Master Little An, whom I told you about a few days ago. His name is Wang An."

As soon as Huang Baoguo finished speaking, Wang An said with dissatisfaction:

"Uncle Huang, how many times have I told you? Just call me Little An. What era is it now? Still calling me 'Young Master.' Besides, I'm just a farmer, what kind of 'Young Master' am I?"

Huang Baoguo smiled awkwardly and introduced to Wang An:

"This is our Settlement Head Yang, we all call him Uncle Dachuan."

After a simple introduction, Wang An didn't stand on ceremony at all and went straight to the point:

"Settlement Head Yang, Uncle Huang asked me to come and help, so I definitely had to come. But family is family, money is money. Hunting is different from other things. How to distribute it after this big bear is killed—especially the bear gall—we have to make it clear first, right?"

In such matters, the most feared thing was disputes afterward. After all, the bear gall was not a small fortune. Even if it was a grass gall, it was absolutely a rare wealth.

If a gold gall appeared, things would be even more troublesome. Wang An couldn't reason or talk about rules with a group of displaced people who couldn't even eat their fill.

If one followed the rules of the mountains, then in this situation, the bear gall of this bear could only belong to Wang An, and only the bear meat could belong to these few people.

The reason for this was that this group of displaced people didn't have the strength to kill the bear and relied entirely on Wang An to kill it.

The main thing was that Wang An had no friendship with these displaced people. Even Huang Baoguo was at most an acquaintance, not even a friend.

If one shot didn't kill the bear and the bear rushed at Wang An, it would be fine if Wang An wasn't injured, but if he was injured because of this, who should Wang An ask for compensation?

So this bear gall was considered a reward, and also compensation for the hunter taking risks.

In a thousand words, helping out of convenience and actively risking one's life were two different things.

As soon as Wang An finished speaking, Yang Dachuan was obviously stunned and subconsciously looked at Huang Baoguo. However, Huang Baoguo was very smart. From the moment Wang An started speaking, Huang Baoguo lowered his head, which showed he didn't want to participate in this negotiation.

He saw Yang Dachuan smile with a bitter face:

"That... little brother, look at the people in our settlement, it's truly quite difficult. Why don't you take the trouble to kill the bear first, and then I, on behalf of the people in our settlement, will treat you well. Don't worry, good wine is enough."

Speaking to this point, Yang Dachuan looked at Wang An with a difficult look, with an attitude of "please be more accommodating."

It was clear that in his mind at this moment, Wang An was just invited to help. Regarding the distribution problem, Wang An shouldn't be concerned, nor should he ask.

The most ridiculous thing was that he actually wanted to use a meal to send Wang An away.

So after Wang An heard Yang Dachuan's words, he was immediately amused.

The bear ravaging the crops hadn't died yet and was still gnawing on corn, but seeing Yang Dachuan couldn't help but expose his selfishness—this kind of person is truly damn...

No wonder no matter how the crops were ravaged by mountain animals, and no matter how the crops in the fields were ruined, this group of displaced people never asked hunters from neighboring settlements for help.

You have to know that the settlement closest to Weizigou was not Sujia Settlement, but a small settlement of the Ewenki people in the deep mountains about seven or eight li west of Weizigou—to be precise, a tribe.

The Ewenki people, like the Oroqen people, were also kings of these mountains, and hunting was simply an ability engraved in their bones.

And with the personality of the Ewenki people, generally as long as you asked them for help, they would definitely come to help.

Because whether it was the Oroqen people or the Ewenki people, they were authentic nomadic hunting peoples. And nomadic hunting peoples in these mountains valued hospitality and mutual help.

After all, making a living in these mountains, everyone had times when they encountered danger, so it was very necessary for someone to help at that time.

However, when Huang Baoguo and his son were stealing corn earlier, Wang An heard Huang Baoguo say that the crops of the displaced people had been ravaged by mountain animals for the past two years, which led to them not even being able to eat their fill.

But strangely, even though the crops of these displaced people were all ravaged, those Ewenki people didn't even have a single person come to help.

This situation was truly a bit abnormal.

At that time, Wang An didn't think much about it, mainly because he was too lazy to think much. But now looking at Yang Dachuan's face, Wang An immediately knew what the hell was going on.

Because although the Ewenki people were straightforward, honest, and enthusiastic, and liked to help others, one had to know that they were not fools, nor were they stupid. They didn't come to help, so the problem must be with these displaced people.

If Wang An didn't guess wrong, it was the selfishness of these displaced people that was at work, treating the Ewenki people as fools who worked for free.

Truly, pitiful people must have something hateful about them!

Wang An asked with a cold sneer:

"So I help you kill this big bear, and then you treat me to a meal and drink some wine? Do I damn lack this meal of yours? Or do I damn lack this drink of yours?"

Wang An asked again:

"And if I don't kill it, and it hurts me, what should I do? Should your settlement pay for my treatment? Or should you, the Settlement Head, pay for my treatment?"

Yang Dachuan was stunned for a moment, then laughed:

"Little brother, what are you saying? Looking at the gun you're holding, I know you're the real deal."

As he spoke, Yang Dachuan also gave Wang An a thumbs up.