Chapter 947

Sun Physician also knew that letting a hunter go into the mountains to hunt in this season was purely forcing someone.

Because no matter how great your hunting skills are, in that lush forest, you can't exert much of your ability.

So seeing that Wang An didn't agree immediately and had the intention to decline, Sun Physician didn't say anything else, but sighed and said:

"Alright Xiao An, I'll go back first, you go ahead with your work."

Wang An heard this and hurriedly greeted Sun Physician with a smile:

"It's already noon, Grandpa Sun, why are you going back? Just eat a bite here. We just caught a big kaluga sturgeon this morning; when my dad and the others come back later, I'll have my dad keep you company for a drink, hehehehe."

Sun Physician glanced at the kaluga sturgeon that had already been half-dismantled and sighed:

"This fish is really not small! You three brothers are quite capable, catching such a huge king of fish."

Wang An said with a smile:

"It was just luck; we only saw it after we pulled it up, hehe..."

Locally, catching a fish as big as this kaluga sturgeon, while difficult, isn't considered a rare thing when catching fish weighing tens or even over a hundred jin.

So Sun Physician just sighed simply and waved his hand:

"I won't eat at your place, we have food ready at home too. You three brothers go ahead and get busy."

As he spoke, Sun Physician turned around and wanted to leave.

Wang An hurriedly said:

"Then Grandpa Sun, wait a moment, we caught quite a lot of fish, pick a few big ones to take back and eat."

This time, Sun Physician didn't say anything to refuse.

The main thing is that fish isn't a scarce thing locally; just like mountain wealth shouldn't be enjoyed alone, sharing a bit is fine, and you don't even need to owe a favor.

While talking, Wang An picked a mountain trout weighing five or six jin and a taimen weighing four or five jin from the pile of fish.

Casually pulling a piece of rope and threading it through the fish gills, Wang An handed the fish to Sun Physician.

Immediately after, Wang An took a piece of kaluga sturgeon meat that had already been cut, used a knife to poke a hole in the meat, and also threaded it with a rope and handed it to Sun Physician.

Sun Physician took the fish and meat, thanked him with a smile, and then turned to walk toward the gate.

After seeing Sun Physician off, Wang Li couldn't help but ask Wang An:

"Fourth Brother, are we still going to hunt that black bear?"

Wang An thought for a moment and said:

"Let's wait and see. I'm worried that the black bear is a man-bear; if Da Hei and the others can't hold it down, we probably won't even get a chance to fire our guns."

The reason Wang An said this was because he hadn't made up his mind yet.

In his truest thoughts, Wang An wanted to go, but rationally, he felt he shouldn't, so at this moment, Wang An was quite conflicted.

But whether he goes or not, the matter of contributing to the fellow villagers was not in Wang An's consideration.

The main thing is, how could someone like Wang An risk the lives of his dogs, or even his own injury, to create a safe environment for the villagers to pick mushrooms and dig for wild vegetables?

If the villagers can't pick mushrooms or dig for wild vegetables, what does that have to do with Wang An?

Then again, if Wang An risked all sorts of dangers to kill that black bear, would the villagers send him some mushrooms or wild vegetables they picked?

Anyway, Wang An was definitely not that noble.

Wang Li was shocked upon hearing this and said in disbelief:

"Man-bear? Oh my god! If it's a man-bear, then the trouble is huge."

Wang Yi heard the conversation between Wang An and Wang Li and asked Wang An with curiosity:

"Big Brother, what is a man-bear?"

Wang An said without even lifting his head:

"It's an old black bear that has lived for 20 years and hasn't died yet."

Wang Yi heard this and asked very puzzled:

"If the black bear is that old, what's there to be afraid of?"

Wang An and Wang Li couldn't help but freeze at the same time upon hearing this, subconsciously looking at each other.

From the other's eyes, they seemed to see a sentence at the same time, which was:

"Xiao Yi, this kid, has studied himself silly."

It was very obvious that neither of them expected Wang Yi to come up with such a statement.

One has to admit, the old saying "the ignorant are fearless" is truly spot on.

Before Wang An could speak, Wang Li said:

"Any animal gets more cunning the older it gets, and its brain gets better; if you want to hunt them, you have to put in a lot of effort."

Wang Yi nodded, revealing a thoughtful expression.

The three brothers chatted while working, and the big kaluga sturgeon was dismantled into pieces of meat.

After cleaning up the big kaluga sturgeon, Wang An took two pieces of meat and instructed Wang Li and the other:

"I'm going inside to cook. You two clean up a few of these fish and put them aside; I'll take them when I come out later. Then divide the rest of the fish and hurry up to send them to our relatives, otherwise, all these fish will go bad."

In this season, the most annoying thing about dead fish is that they don't keep; they will rot in a few hours, and soaking them in water is useless.

This point is extremely similar to shrimp, because if a shrimp dies, it will start to rot very quickly.

Of course, this is the origin of the term "stinking fish and rotten shrimp."

After speaking, Wang An turned and went into the house, and Wang Li and Wang Yi started working according to Wang An's instructions.

When Wang An entered the house, Mu Xueqing had already steamed the rice. Looking at the kaluga sturgeon meat in Wang An's hand, Mu Xueqing immediately asked:

"Xiao An, how do you want to cook this meat?"

Wang An looked at Mu Xueqing's hesitant appearance and asked with a smile:

"I'll give you a chance, how do you want to eat it? I'll cook it for you that way."

Mu Xueqing stared at the fish meat, pursed her lips, and said:

"I want to eat boiled fish, but I'm a little afraid that Mom will say we are wasteful when she comes back."

Hearing Mu Xueqing say this, and mainly noticing her eager little eyes, Wang An waved his hand heroically:

"It's fine, if you want to eat boiled fish, I'll make it for you. Don't worry about Mom; let her say whatever she wants. When I have time, I'll get more soybean oil, and she won't say anything."

Eating boiled fish in this era is truly a bit too extravagant, mainly because this dish is actually soaked in oil.

As he spoke, Wang An leaned his big lips over and took a peck at Mu Xueqing's small lips.

And don't say, this feeling of kissing whenever there's nothing to do is still very good.

Wang An very nimbly finished making the boiled fish, and also made vinegar mandarin fish and stewed kaluga sturgeon head, and finally made a soy-braised catfish, which could barely be considered a full fish feast.

Just after finishing the meal and dishes, Wang Daliang and his wife and Shen Wei returned from the fields.

During lunch, the matter of the gray-haired black bear was inevitably discussed by the family again.

But for some reason, Liu Guilan rarely didn't stop Wang An from hunting the black bear this time, but instead wanted Wang An to try.

Consequently, Wang An was no longer conflicted and decided to go into the mountains tomorrow to meet that black bear.

(End of chapter)