Chapter 427

After tricking the little girl away, Wang An pointed to the copper coins on the sack and said to Big Brother Zhang with a smile:

"Brother Zhang, pack up these large coins and take them back; in the future, if you run into someone who loves large coins like me, sell them some more, haha."

Because Big Brother Zhang was clutching the money, he was genuinely quite happy, and hearing this, he laughed:

"That would be great, but buyers like you are hard to come by."

As Big Brother Zhang spoke, he poured all the copper coins from the sack back into the basket and said politely to Wang An:

"Then Big Brother, I'll be going back; come over for a drink of water in a while."

Wang An put away the sack and replied casually: "Hey, alright, Brother Zhang."

After speaking, Big Brother Zhang carried the basket and walked back.

Wang An turned to Brother Jia and said: "Let's go, Brother Jia, let's study our stuff."

Returning to the sled, Wang An lifted the straw mat covering the furs, revealing the full sled of furs.

Looking at the furs on the sled, Brother Jia showed a very surprised expression and said in shock:

"Oh my god, Big Brother, you are clearly a hunter; otherwise, I've never seen anyone who could hunt this many furs."

The full sled of furs was indeed quite a lot; the vast majority of these were the harvest of Wang An, Mu Xueli, and Wang Li from the mountains.

What belonged only to Wang An himself was a pile of wolf skins and dhole skins, as well as one large bear skin.

As for that lynx skin that was very badly damaged, it had already been tanned by Wang Dazhu and then made into a small mattress by Liu Guilan for her soon-to-be-born grandson or granddaughter.

The main thing is that Mu Xueqing's expected delivery time is in late November of the solar calendar.

And late November, which is that time before New Year's Day, the Northeast is already covered in heavy snow and ice, and the temperature is very cold.

So Liu Guilan, as a grandmother, prepared the lynx skin mattress for her eldest grandson or granddaughter early.

You have to know that the lynx is an animal known as the tiger cub; how warm must a mattress made of its fur be?

Although it is damaged, for a mattress, it makes no difference whether the fur is damaged or not.

But from the moment they started eating meat, everyone's mouths shut, and everyone focused on eating meat without even raising their heads.

"There are quite a few bear gallbladders in the sack; can you take them all?"

When Brother Jia heard this, his face immediately lit up with joy and his eyes brightened; it was clear that Brother Jia had a great interest in acquiring bear gallbladders.

Only to hear Brother Jia say very confidently:

"Big Brother is joking; in our line of work, it's all cash on the barrelhead; without money, who would talk nonsense with you!"

Wang An laughed: "Hahaha, just asking, don't mind me; then what, regarding the price, Brother Jia, how do you calculate it?"

Brother Jia tilted his head slightly, patted his chest, then extended the index and middle fingers of his right hand, and said with a pretentious look:

"It must be higher than the supply and marketing cooperative, at least 20% higher."

Wang An laughed: "Alright then, shall we start counting?"

Hearing this, Brother Jia didn't agree, but said to Wang An a bit awkwardly:

"Why don't we go to my place, or borrow Brother Qiao's yard for a while?"

It was clear that although Brother Jia was very confident about money and prices, he was still very wary of being caught.

After all, if this matter were reported by someone with ulterior motives, the charge of speculation would definitely send him in, and it would be the kind where he wouldn't come out for a long time.

Wang An naturally had no objections; the main thing was that if something really happened, then damn, no one could run.

Wang An thought for a moment, touched the large 54 in his pocket inadvertently, and then turned to Seeing Qiao Xiaohu and said:

"Xiaohu, you drive the sled, let's go to Brother Jia's place."

Hearing this, Seeing Qiao Xiaohu immediately agreed: "Hey, alright, Big Brother."

As they spoke, the three of them drove the sled toward Brother Jia's place.

On the way, Brother Jia also "inadvertently" revealed that he understood Wang An's meaning.

Something about a certain police station being opened by one of his brothers, something about a certain person still owing him money...

Without exception, these were all related to when Wang An was messing around.

However, these weren't any secrets; as long as someone with ulterior motives asked around, they could know, so Wang An just smiled and didn't care.

Brother Jia's house, like Seeing Qiao Xiaohu's house, was on the outskirts of the county town, belonging to residents of the same street.

Soon, the three of them arrived at Brother Jia's house.

One has to say, this Brother Jia is also a talent; he divided the entire yard into two parts.

As for the front, there was nothing special, just a normal house, but the backyard looked abnormal at first glance.

Not only was the courtyard wall very high, but he also kept several wolf-green dogs distributed in every corner.

And because the backyard was connected to a mountain, two cave dwellings were dug at the foot of the mountain.

The entrance to the cave dwellings was a wooden fence gate; the wooden poles of the fence gate were very tightly packed, looking quite sturdy.

Although it couldn't be seen what was inside these two cave dwellings, Wang An felt something was wrong no matter how he looked at it.

Cave dwellings aren't for living in, what could be inside to make it so tight?

The farmyards of this era were all dirt, so they would generally plant some vegetables, but this backyard of Brother Jia's didn't plant anything.

To say that planting nothing is also fine; after all, as for people, there are diligent ones and lazy ones.

But it was clear that these two cave dwellings were places Brother Jia often went to, or to say, places people often entered and exited.

Because the small path leading to the cave dwellings had been trodden until it was shiny.

Wang An was suspicious in his heart, but didn't show it at all; after all, everyone has their own secrets, and being too curious has no benefits.

Arriving at the backyard, Wang An and Brother Jia began to count the furs and bear gallbladders, and Seeing Qiao Xiaohu helped on the side.

While counting, the three of them chatted; from the chat, Wang An learned that Brother Jia's name was Jia Renlu.

Just after hearing this name, Wang An, who was already suspicious, subconsciously frowned, and the suspicion in his heart became even stronger.

Isn't this "Jia Renlu" reversed just "Luren Jia" (John Doe)?

Although Jia Renlu explained that his generation of brothers shared the character "Ren," and "Lu" was also the "Lu" from Fortune, Prosperity, and Longevity.

However, Jia Renlu's explanation didn't dispel Wang An's suspicion; instead, it made Wang An observe this backyard even more carefully.

It's just that Wang An used inadvertent glances or the corner of his eyes to look, which didn't attract Jia Renlu's attention.

One has to say, although this Jia Renlu's backyard was eerie, this person Jia Renlu looked very normal and was indeed very particular.

Because the furs Wang An brought were basically calculated as top-quality goods.

Even if there were flaws in some furs, Jia Renlu didn't fuss too much.

Soon, the fur inspection and counting were completed.

At this time, Seeing Qiao Xiaohu handed over a small notebook, on which the names and quantities of each type of fur were written.

(End of chapter)