Chapter 1566: The Frozen-Pawed Numskull Names His Price

"Roar~~…"

"Smack!"

After squatting beside her dad for ages without snagging a single radish, the greedy little bear was heartbroken and threw back its head with a pitiful roar. Before it even finished roaring, Xiong Wang swatted it flying with one paw, and it crashed into the snow. Does Daigua, who was beside the greedy little bear, reacted on reflex and bounded sideways several meters.

Xiong Wang withdrew its big black paw and extended it toward Xia Qing again.

Damn it!

Facing this big black paw that could swat a several-hundred-jin bear cub flying, Xia Qing didn't dare speak out despite her anger. She clutched her backpack tight with her left hand, pointed with her right hand in the direction Does Daigua had indicated earlier, and tried to negotiate politely and slowly with Xiong Wang, hoping it could understand.

During this period, Xia Qing had asked Does Daigua to use a phone to play the instructional videos she and Zhang Shiyi had made for these two brain-domain evolvers, so by all accounts this fellow should be able to understand a sentence or two of human language by now.

"My lord Xiong Wang, could you first have that stone… that pretty stone, that sparkly stone, carried over here for me? Once it's carried over, I'll give you a delicious white radish."

Because Xiong Wang was too greedy, the radishes Xia Qing had carried over on her back today were all small yellow-light radishes. A large radish weighs three or four jin, and Xia Qing couldn't bear to part with one.

Yellow-light radishes currently have a market price of 10 points per jin, and a small radish costs over ten points too! This bastard eats one radish in two bites and doesn't even pay—Xia Qing's liver ached from the cost.

Xiong Wang's shiny black eyes fixed on Xia Qing's small pack. Seeing she refused to pull out food, it opened its mouth—bigger than Xia Qing's whole head—and said, "Roar."

The little bear rolling around in the snow nearby heard its dad's call and turned to run. Does Daigua immediately leapt from the tree onto the little bear's back.

Xia Qing, trembling before the enormous Xiong Wang…

When it comes to being a dad, Xiong Wang is instantly trash compared to the waist-breaker wolf. Besides that, this fellow is also slovenly and a glutton—really don't know how that mother giant bear ever took a fancy to it…

Xia Qing, hugging her backpack tight and silently roasting the situation, saw the dark, nearly meter-long, egg-shaped stone the greedy little bear had carried over, and immediately shifted her attention, rapidly rummaging through her mind for knowledge about minerals.

This color should be basalt. Looking closely, one could see this stone had once had edges and corners, because there were traces of having been polished.

Who polished it? Does Daigua?

Xiong Wang waited a while, saw this not-very-bright monkey still wasn't taking out food, and could only extend its big black paw again to remind her. "Roar."

Seeing the stone, Xia Qing even forgot to be afraid. She pulled out the smallest yellow-light white radish and placed it in Xiong Wang's paw, then slung her backpack on and ran past Xiong Wang to look at the stone Does Daigua thought was pretty.

Xiong Wang sat in place, crunching the radish. Crack, crack.

Xia Qing greeted it eagerly. "Little Bear Brother, good work. Just set it down here—gently, don't break it."

"Ee-ee oo-ee…" Does Daigua chimed in, gesturing wildly, signaling the greedy little bear to put the stone down.

The greedy little bear, standing over two meters tall, held the stone without moving, its shiny black eyes fixed on Xia Qing's backpack. The meaning was crystal clear.

Xia Qing nimbly pulled out a small white radish and handed it over, terrified that if she was one second late, Xiong Wang would charge over and beat the greedy little bear flying.

Xia Qing didn't care whether the greedy little bear got sent flying—she cared about the stone it was carrying.

"Thud!"

The greedy little bear set the stone egg on the ground, snatched the white radish with its paw, and stuffed it into its mouth in a flash, terrified that one second slower and its dad would steal it.

Hearing that landing sound, Xia Qing knew right away this stone was hollow, because the sound wasn't heavy enough.

She carefully turned it over and found that about a third of this black stone egg's "shell" was missing. Inside… were countless sharp purple cluster crystals growing in clusters on the shell!

On the sunlit snow, the purple crystals inside the pure-black stone egg—every single one, large or small—had edges that glittered with a cold, sharp light. This light was refracted and amplified countless times among thousands of crystal facets, making the purple inside the stone egg display an infinite gradient from the deepest violet to the brightest pale purple—breathtakingly beautiful.

For a moment, Xia Qing really wanted to put this stone in her room as a potted display.

This coming March, she was going to build a new house. Once the new house was built, placing a stone like this in the living room…

Would attract thieves!!

Xia Qing immediately snapped out of it and looked with a kindly face at the utterly adorable Does Daigua monkey. "Does Daigua, are you wanting to trade this stone to me?"

"Ee!"

"Sure, this stone is very pretty, I'll take it. What does Does Daigua want?"

Does Daigua immediately pulled a clean phone from its pocket, tapped a few times with its frozen, swollen little black paw, and Xia Qing received a string of numbers Does Daigua had sent over:

Xia Qing asked, "Does Daigua wants to trade this stone for 400,000 points?"

"Ee!"

Does Daigua was very smart and had learned a lot of knowledge. Xia Qing didn't try to fool it—she gave it the market price, then put forward her purchase offer.

"Premium green-light honey in our territory is only 4,000 points per jin. This stone is indeed very pretty, but it's not worth 100 jin of honey. This kind of mineral is quoted at 250,000 points in the human safe zone. If you're willing to trade it to me, I can give you 225,000 points."

The little Does Daigua squatting on the greedy little bear's shoulder visibly dimmed.

Xia Qing pulled out a one-jin jar of her own-produced green-light honey from her backpack, letting the little Does Daigua monkey see firsthand how much supplies this stone could be traded for.

Seeing the honey, Xiong Wang, the greedy little bear, and Does Daigua all lit up at the same time.

Xia Qing ignored the one big and one small pair of black paws extended in front of her and continued negotiating business with Does Daigua. "This jar of honey is worth 4,000 points. If Does Daigua trades this inedible stone to me for 225,000 points, how many jars of honey could that buy?"

Does Daigua quickly tapped-tapped-tapped on its phone, then turned the screen to show Xia Qing.

"Does Daigua calculated right—56.25 jars of honey! Does Daigua, do you want the points that can buy 56.25 jars of honey, or do you want to keep this stone? The points? Good. Does Daigua, you're truly the smartest monk-faced macaque on the whole Blue Star—you made the most correct choice! This big jar of honey is yours."

Xia Qing stepped around the two big paws, held up the one-jin jar of honey, and handed it to Does Daigua squatting on the little bear's arm. She reminded it, "This is a plastic jar, it can be reused. Does Daigua, don't break it."

"Ee!" Does Daigua nimbly unscrewed the honey jar's lid, then handed the honey over to the bear-ly watching Xiong Wang.

Xiong Wang held the honey in one paw and extended the other toward Xia Qing.

Xia Qing was in a great mood now and handed Xiong Wang two radishes at once. "Bear Brother, take these and eat them with Bear Sister-in-law. Dipping them in honey makes them even more delicious."

"Roar." Xiong Wang replied in a good mood, grabbed the two radishes and the jar of honey, and walked off with heavy thudding steps.

Xia Qing gave the last radish to the greedy little bear, then picked up Does Daigua and handed it a big tube of ointment. "Does Daigua, this is medicine for skin disease, for the mother giant bear in Xiong Dong. Use a little—it's very expensive. Tell Xiong Wang this tube of ointment needs to be paid for with Yi Snakes."

Xiong Wang won't agree?

Its wife is sick, so it has no choice—it must agree!