Chapter 1090

After making enough rope, the group used Ergouzi's axe to chop a few willow branches to serve as carrying poles.

After chopping the poles, they heard Ergouzi say to Wang An with a chuckle:

"Young Master Xiao An, we'll take those bear paws down the mountain for you in a bit, so don't you worry about it, hehehehe."

Wang An smiled upon hearing this:

"That won't be necessary. These four things aren't that heavy; I can carry them myself, hahahaha."

Pang Yongxiang chimed in with a laugh:

"We got all this meat and all these big bones for nothing without doing a thing, so we have to do some work for you, otherwise we'd feel too bad, hehehehe."

Another person also said:

"Baoguo-ge still has the bear skin to carry, so we won't trouble him. The four of us will take one each and bring them down the mountain along the way."

Just as the last person wanted to say something else, Wang An interrupted directly:

"I have hands and feet, why would I need you to do it? Hahaha, forget it. I appreciate the kind gesture, but you all just need to look after your own share of the meat."

The group argued for a few more moments, but under Wang An's insistence, they eventually gave up the idea of carrying the bear paws down the mountain for him. However, Ergouzi still took the initiative to chop a carrying pole for Wang An.

To be honest, the bear paws of an 800-pound brown bear were truly not small; they looked about the size of an adult's head.

Moreover, since Wang An had cut them off at the elbow joints of the bear, each paw was quite heavy, and the four paws together weighed at least 90 to 100 pounds.

Of course, a weight of eighty or a hundred pounds was nothing to Wang An.

Immediately after, Huang Baoguo, Pang Yongxiang, and the other five men used bark rope to tie the strips of meat and bones onto the ends of their carrying poles one by one. Huang Baoguo also rolled up the bear skin and tied it to his pole, while Wang An tied the four bear paws to his own pole.

Perhaps feeling that carrying such bright, exposed meat was too eye-catching, they followed Huang Baoguo's suggestion and used weeds to cover the meat on the poles.

This made it look like everyone was carrying two bundles of grass.

Finally, Ergouzi attached Yang Dachuan's hunting knife back onto the shaft of the spear and placed it back beside Yang Dachuan.

It must be said, Ergouzi perfectly interpreted the four words "borrow well and return well."

Although Yang Dachuan was already dead, his spear still kept him company.

With everything prepared, Wang An carried the four bear paws, while Pang Yongxiang, Huang Baoguo, and the other five men carried the meat, bones, bear skin, and bear head, and they headed down the mountain.

It must be said that carrying things this way was indeed much less strenuous than carrying them on one's back or shoulders.

And the entire bear was thus packed up and taken away.

As for the already dead Yang Dachuan, the group didn't even glance at him. For such a piece of trash, they would just notify his family when they got back and let them figure out what to do.

On the way, Pang Yongxiang discussed with Huang Baoguo and the others:

"There are 26 households in our Weizigou, and we all get along pretty well. Besides our 5 households, there are 21 others. I'm thinking we five should each take out 8.5 pounds of meat, totaling 42 pounds, and then distribute 2 pounds to each of those households. What do you think?"

Huang Baoguo agreed first:

"Hmm, I think that works. We all live in the same village, so it's the thought that counts."

Ergouzi, however, said with some resentment:

"In my opinion, we don't have to give them anything. When that bear came, they all hid far away. No matter who we called, nobody came. Our crops were ruined, and now we don't even have enough food to last the winter."

Ergouzi continued:

"If it weren't for Young Master Xiao An's help today, that big bear would still be out there wreaking havoc in the cornfields."

It was clear that Ergouzi still held a grudge against the villagers for not helping.

He just forgot that hunting a big bear like that, without a gun, wasn't something ordinary people could help with even if they wanted to.

If they had relied only on the spears and axes in their hands to deal with the big bear, it would have been like a joke.

So, the fact that the villagers chose to stand by and watch couldn't really be blamed on them being heartless.

After Ergouzi finished speaking, Huang Baoguo said:

"Hey, there are only so many households in our village; there's no need to make things so tense. Besides, when we saw that bear ruining the corn, we were just watching too. Whoever stepped forward would have died."

After Huang Baoguo finished, the group fell silent. The other two men hadn't spoken, but it was clear they leaned toward Ergouzi's view.

This was normal; after all, for people who lived on mushrooms and wild vegetables, this bear meat was precious food. Even if they sold it, it would be a decent amount of money, so nobody would be willing to share it.

Suddenly, Pang Yongxiang asked Wang An:

"Young Master Xiao An, do you think we should share some of this meat with the villagers?"

Wang An realized that the title "Young Master Xiao An" had completely stuck to him. He had said many times that he didn't like it, but Huang Baoguo wouldn't change it, and now he had even influenced these few drifters to call him that too.

Since he couldn't change it, Wang An simply ignored it; it was just a title anyway.

Wang An was stunned for a moment, mainly because he wondered what this had to do with him.

However, after thinking about it, he said:

"Since you're not giving them a share, the neighbors all know each other. If you feel you have a good relationship with them, you should share some. If you give to one but not the other, that's not right either. It's better to just do as you said, Uncle Pang."

After Wang An finished, Pang Yongxiang said to Ergouzi:

"Look, Young Master Xiao An said so too, so stop being so stingy. What's the matter? Are you never going to need the villagers for anything in the future?"

In fact, Ergouzi knew this logic, he just couldn't get over it for a moment.

So after Pang Yongxiang spoke, Ergouzi muttered:

"It's only 8 pounds of meat anyway, so let's just give it."

And so, amidst the discussion, the group of 6 returned to Weizigou.

They agreed to go home, drop off the meat, and then gather at Huang Baoguo's house before sending word to Yang Dachuan's family, and then everyone went their separate ways.

Soon, they delivered the meat home and arrived at Huang Baoguo's house.

Wang An suddenly felt the sensation of "the scent of roses lingers on the hand that gives them," even though these roses had originally been picked from someone else’s pot.

The main thing was that this damn Yang Dachuan had dared to frame him for no reason. Although Yang Dachuan was dead now, Wang An's anger was still simmering in his gut.

So Wang An wanted to see if he could make the sons pay for the father's debt.

Of course, if the two brothers were reasonable, Wang An could let them go.

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