Chapter 962

The protective armor was torn open, but the fur was fine; the only things that could possibly be in trouble were the dogs' internal organs and ribs.

Upon hearing this, Mu Xueli and Wang Li hurriedly stepped forward to check their respective dogs.

After a while, Mu Xueli said with lingering fear:

"Thank goodness, thank goodness, Sanqing's ribs and the bones on his body are all fine."

Wang Li also immediately said:

"The bones on Erhuang's body are also fine; there shouldn't be any major issues."

Wang An nodded, observing the other dogs while saying:

"Mm, as long as the ribs aren't broken, it's fine. These two dogs were likely just winded by the man-bear. Don't forget to keep an eye on them at all times; if it really doesn't work out, just go to the township and get some medicine to inject into the dogs."

In this era, whether it's people or animals, they are all exceptionally tough; whether it's a cold or an injury, they basically rely on toughing it out.

So when a dog gets injured, although the owner will feel very distressed, normally they just use folk remedies to treat it and leave it at that; at most, they get some medicine to inject into the dog, and that's how it's dealt with.

To put it bluntly, the main approach is "life and death are determined by fate."

Discovering that the other dogs were all fine, Wang An then smiled and said to Mu Xueli and Wang Li:

"Chasing this man-bear was exhausting, but it was also satisfying. Look, this man-bear is so huge, it must weigh five or six hundred jin, right? Hehehehe, by the way, let's three of us guess, what kind of gallbladder will this man-bear produce?"

Mu Xueli stood up and said:

"I feel that this huge black blind bear is likely older than me; at the very least, it should produce a large iron gallbladder, right?"

Wang Li also immediately chimed in:

"Mm, I also feel that at the very least it must be an iron gallbladder; if it produces a grass gallbladder, it would be an insult to its physique."

However, it was very obvious that, perhaps because of the bad luck with gallbladder extraction that had been surrounding him, Wang Li was more or less hesitant when saying this, as if it were a struggle for this man-bear to even produce an iron gallbladder.

After hearing what the two said, Wang An rolled his eyes at them and said:

"Look at you two, so spineless. Are you satisfied with just an iron gallbladder? You useless bastards, let's do this: I'll put up 10 yuan and bet that it will produce a gold gallbladder. Are you two in or not?"

As he spoke, Wang An took out a ten-yuan note from his pocket.

Before the bear gallbladder is taken out, no one knows what kind of gallbladder the black blind bear will produce, so this sense of anticipation and excitement is what all hunters are most obsessed with.

Now that Wang An had put up such a bet, it instantly stirred up the interest of Mu Xueli and Wang Li.

Seeing Mu Xueli and Wang Li exchange glances, Mu Xueli smiled and said while taking out 10 yuan:

"Then I'll take 10 yuan and bet that it's an iron gallbladder, hehehehe."

I don't know why, but at this moment, Mu Xueli actually had a mysterious confidence.

Seeing the two like this, Wang Li was not to be outdone and said while taking out his money:

"Then I'll bet that it will produce a grass gallbladder; anyway, I've already produced so many grass gallbladders, one more won't make a difference."

Looking at the money in Mu Xueli and Wang Li's hands, Wang An said with a smile:

"Anyway, this black blind bear thing only has three types of bear gallbladders in total; it just so happens that the three of us each picked one, so we must all be willing to accept the bet and admit defeat. Don't try to welch on the bet later."

Mu Xueli said nonchalantly:

"When a man speaks, his word must be as solid as a nail. Besides, isn't it just 10 yuan? I'm actually hoping that I lose my money to you."

When saying the last sentence, Mu Xueli had already cast his gaze toward Wang An.

Wang Li sighed leisurely and said with full hope:

"Aiya, it's fine if I lose to either of you; just don't let me win."

According to the agreement made between the three, no matter what harvest the three had, Wang An would take 40%, and Mu Xueli and Wang Li would each take 30%.

And the price difference between a grass gallbladder and a gold gallbladder of the same size is such that a grass gallbladder isn't even worth half of a gold gallbladder, so the money the three could divide would be worlds apart.

It's just that Wang Li had already been beaten into submission by these few grass gallbladders, which is why he would say these words now.

After Wang Li finished speaking, Wang An, Mu Xueli, and Wang Li all burst into laughter.

After laughing, Wang An called out to the two:

"Come on, let's flip it over first; it's over 500 jin, the three of us should be able to manage it."

As they spoke, the three worked together to flip the prone man-bear over.

Immediately after, Mu Xueli took out his hunting knife, with Wang Li helping on the side, and the two very skillfully gutted the man-bear.

After the bear gallbladder was held up by Mu Xueli with both hands, the three of them immediately burst into happy laughter.

Because in the bet between the three, Wang An had won.

Looking at this gold gallbladder, which was about the size of an infant's head, Wang An said with a face full of smiles:

"How about that? It had to be me who guessed correctly, right? Hahahaha..."

Although Mu Xueli and Wang Li lost, they lost very happily.

The size of the gold gallbladder in front of them was about three times that of the previous one; even after being air-dried, the weight should still be over two and a half taels.

Converted into cash, according to the supply and marketing cooperative's purchase price, this gold gallbladder would be worth at least 1,800 yuan or more.

That is to say, Mu Xueli and Wang Li could each get five hundred and forty or fifty yuan.

But if this bear gallbladder were a grass gallbladder, then the two of them would each only get a little over 200 yuan.

Calculating it this way, the two of them definitely wanted to lose; no one would want to win.

After Wang An carefully put away this large gold gallbladder, he couldn't wait to say to the two:

"Pay up, pay up quickly, what are you two thinking about? Hahahaha."

Mu Xueli and Wang Li pulled the ten-yuan note they had prepared earlier from their pockets and handed it to Wang An almost simultaneously.

Wang An took the money very happily and said to the two:

"You two stay here and dismantle the meat; I'll go bring the horses over."

Just as Wang An was about to leave after speaking, he heard Mu Xueli say:

"Brother-in-law, this huge black blind bear must yield at least 300 jin of meat; there's still over 100 jin of meat hanging on the tree over there, plus the eight black blind bear paws and two black blind bear skins, how are we going to get them back?"

Hearing this, Wang An thought for a moment and said:

"Just load them on the horses. It's only seventeen or eighteen li from here to home; the three of us will walk back leading the horses."

Pausing for a moment, Wang An suddenly thought of something and said quite playfully:

"What? Have you gotten used to living the good life and forgotten how to live the hard life?"

It must be said that, apart from chasing dogs and hunting prey, the three of them hadn't walked long distances for a long time.

Mainly because these three families not only each have horses, but now they even have walking tractors, and Wang An's family even has a motorcycle with a sidecar.

That is to say, when these three families go out, there is simply no need to walk.

And the reason Wang An said this was also because Wang An discovered that people are all like this, which is "it is easy to go from frugality to luxury, but difficult to go from luxury to frugality."

A mountain road of seventeen or eighteen li is simply not an issue in this era, but for the three families of Wang An, it had damn well become a difficulty.

People are really not to be spoiled.

Thanks to "Empire Emperor" for the tip, thank you, thank you!

Wishing you, big brother, smooth sailing in everything and great success!

(End of chapter)