Chapter 278: Chaga Mushroom

So even if it was disgusting, the job had to be done!

The two gritted their teeth and stripped all 4 corpses completely bare.

Actually, stripping clothes off a dead person is seriously not just ordinary effort, because a corpse is something that is very uncooperative!

After stripping the clothes, Mu Xueli also picked up many dry branches, then placed these clothes, pants, shoes, and hats all on the branches before lighting them on fire.

When Wang An returned with the sled, Mu Xueli and Wang Li were skinning and butchering the 4 dead horses.

Wang An looked at the clothes and such that had already been burned into a pile of ash and praised the two with a smile:

"You two did this job quite well; it's seriously quite good, hahaha..."

Mu Xueli and Wang Li just glanced at Wang An resentfully; neither of them spoke and just continued to lower their heads and work.

Wang An didn't pay attention to the resentful little looks from the two and began to busy himself with a smile.

Wang An unhitched Mu Xueli and Wang Li's sleds, tied the horses, and let the dogs loose to move freely.

Then he drove his own sled to the front of the four corpses, spread out the grass mat on the sled, and then dragged the four corpses, one by one, onto the grass mat on the sled.

Now, Wang An dragging a dead person can be said to be exactly the same as dragging a wild boar or a roe deer; it was light and familiar, as smooth as eating and drinking.

After dragging the dead people, Wang An said to Mu Xueli and Wang Li: "I'm going to send them on their way; I'll be back in a while."

After Wang An finished speaking, he didn't wait for the two to answer and drove the sled away.

Watching Wang An's gradually disappearing back, Wang Li suddenly said to Mu Xueli:

"Brother Mu, look at my Fourth Brother handling those dead people; isn't he especially skilled?"

Mu Xueli was stunned upon hearing this, then said with a thoughtful expression:

"Your Fourth Brother is even more skilled at handling living people."

Wang Li rolled his eyes at Mu Xueli and said: "Is that what I meant?"

Mu Xueli said with disdain: "You haven't seen your Fourth Brother beat people; it's much more efficient than handling dead people."

Wang Li sighed and said: "No, I just feel that my Fourth Brother is old-skilled at killing people. When he fires, he doesn't even blink."

Mu Xueli looked at Wang Li and then smiled and said: "In these mountains, how many people die every year? You don't think that's all caused by mountain beasts, do you?"

Wang Li froze upon hearing this, then stared at Mu Xueli with wide eyes and said:

"Brother Mu, what do you mean by that? How do you know?"

Mu Xueli had a smile on his lips and instantly put on a profound and pretentious look.

Then he said slowly: "Brother, you are still too young. You don't think about it; what is the fastest way to make money?"

Wang Li blinked and said: "Gambling. I see them playing cards; in a moment, they win a big pile of money."

Mu Xueli glared at Wang Li and said: "And what's faster than gambling?"

Wang Li thought for a moment and then said three words: "I don't know."

Mu Xueli had a helpless expression: "Robbery. Only robbery is the fastest way to make money."

Wang Li said without hesitation: "Then if there's no money in the pocket, what is there to rob?"

Mu Xueli: "..."

Just as the two were bullshitting, Wang An drove the sled around for a long time before arriving at the edge of a large gully.

This gully was quite deep; it was impossible to see how many meters deep it was.

It was mainly because the gully walls were covered in brush, blocking the view downward, but it was an excellent place for destroying evidence.

After Wang An scanned the surroundings again, he threw all four dead people into it.

Then Wang An took down the grass mat that had been under the four dead people, thought about it, felt it was inappropriate, and put it back.

Regardless of anything else, this grass mat would definitely have the hair or hair of these four corpses, and it might also have Wang An's hair.

Although the forensic technology of this era was average, Wang An had always kept the five words "caution is the parent of safety" in his heart.

So Wang An drove the sled away again, walked quite a distance from the gully, then took the grass mat down again, and Wang An lit it on fire.

Just as he was burning the grass mat, Wang An habitually scanned the surroundings. This scan allowed Wang An to discover a big surprise.

He saw a huge Chaga mushroom on a half-dead birch tree in front.

This Chaga mushroom only revealed one edge; the rest was blocked by several trees. If Wang An hadn't had sharp eyes, he really wouldn't have discovered it.

One has to say, Wang An was always able to discover good things in time; perhaps this was just good luck.

Chaga mushroom is a relatively precious medicinal material; even in this era, it is seriously quite valuable.

Although this mountain range is very, very large and the number of birch trees is also quite large, this Chaga mushroom thing is not very common.

So the reason this thing is valuable is that it is rare.

How this thing grows, no one knows; perhaps it needs certain specific conditions.

However, those who understand it know that as long as a birch tree grows a Chaga mushroom, if the mushroom is left to grow naturally, that birch tree will inevitably wither and die in about 10 years.

So to put it ugly, the Chaga mushroom is actually a parasite on the birch tree.

If you look at it the other way around, the reason the Chaga mushroom is precious is that the essence of the entire birch tree is given to the Chaga mushroom.

In this era, the biggest function of this thing is to prevent colds and improve the human body's resistance.

But the most impressive function of this thing is actually anti-aging and longevity.

In his past life, Wang An had read a magazine that detailed the various functions of Chaga mushroom, as well as the precautions for eating it.

Eating Chaga mushroom is very simple: soak it in water and drink it.

Its functions are lowering blood pressure, lowering blood sugar, lowering blood lipids, and it can also fight cancer.

Actually, if all these functions are achieved, naturally people will be healthy. How can healthy people not live long?

But the most f*cking annoying precaution is that you can't drink alcohol when drinking this thing.

So even though Wang An knew the benefits of this thing, he had never drunk it.

Because for Wang An, drinking various medicinal wines was obviously more comfortable.

This Chaga mushroom was black and large; if nothing unexpected happened, this half-dead birch tree would die within a year or two.

After burning the grass mat, Wang An, with the purpose of curing the tree, took out a board axe from under the sled and chopped down this Chaga mushroom, which was larger than a human head.

Wang An held this Chaga mushroom, which was larger than his own head, with a face full of happy smiles.

Wang An weighed it; this Chaga mushroom weighed at least four or five jin, but Wang An hadn't cared about how much money it was worth.

However, Wang An didn't intend to sell it; he wasn't short of money, so why sell it?

Putting this Chaga mushroom into a sack, Wang An happily drove the sled and walked back.

When Wang An returned to Mu Xueli and the other, the two were already skinning the last horse.

With Mu Xueli there, Wang An didn't have to worry about skinning and butchering at all.

"Fourth Brother, where did you throw those 4 people?" Seeing Wang An return, Wang Li immediately asked.

Wang An laughed upon hearing this: "Why are you asking about this? Do you want to pick them back up?"

Wang Li said embarrassedly: "Why would I pick that thing up? I wouldn't pick it up. I was thinking about going around them next time I go into the mountains."

Wang An immediately laughed "Hahahaha..."

After Wang An finished laughing, he said: "I can't say where that place is. Next time I pass by there, I'll let you know."

Wang Li was stunned upon hearing this, then said: "Then you'd better pretend I didn't ask; don't tell me."

"Hahaha," all three of them laughed.

Wang An didn't pay attention to the two butchering meat, but at a place a bit further away from them, he began to melt snow to boil water and stew meat.

The reason he was a bit further away from them was that the place where the two were was where the dead people had been before, and there were still many red and white things on the snow.

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