"When Zhao Yong and Zhao Daxi were butchering a pig just now, they attracted a black bear. I thought it must be a bad guy because of its ghostly eyes, so I wanted to catch it. But it turned out to be a coward and ran very fast. I chased it all the way here. When I caught up to it, I didn't pay attention to my step and stepped on empty air and fell down. I grabbed the vine with both hands and cut my palms, but nothing else happened."

Zhao Hua came over to check and found that Liu Xia Lian was not missing any spare parts, so he felt relieved. Only the palm of her hand wrapped in gauze was bleeding.

"Be careful, there are many dangers in the mountains. Let's go back. They have already killed the pigs."

"Okay, let's go back."

Daya came over and insisted on carrying Liu Xia Lian on her back. The three of them quickly returned to the place where they dug ginseng. The huge wild boar was divided into three parts.

One portion, weighing 150 to 160 kilograms, was carried by Daniu, one portion, weighing 70 to 80 kilograms, was carried by Zhao Yong, and the other portion, weighing about 100 kilograms, was carried by Erya.

The ginseng has also been dug out. It may not last for fifty years, but it still weighs about six or seven taels.

Liu Xia Lian straightened her clothes. There were a few cuts on them from the thorns, but they were nothing serious.

Today we harvested a 50-60 year old ginseng, seven or eight ordinary ginsengs, a basket of purple Ganoderma lucidum, a very peculiar Panax notoginseng, and a particularly large wild boar.

The group didn't waste any more time, each carrying their things and heading out of the mountain.

We returned along the same route, moving much faster. About two hours later, it was already past five o'clock, and we got out of the mountain and came to where the tractor was parked.

Things were loaded onto the tractor one after another. Zhao Daxixi took the big crank and was about to start the tractor. Liu Xia Lian suddenly pressed down her hand, swung the rifle in her hand and jumped down. Not far away, at the edge of the cornfield, there was a dark shadow wearing a hat waving.

Erya looked back and rubbed her eyes: "Is that a fellow villager greeting us? Is there anything wrong, fellow villager?"

The black shadow was actually a black bear wearing a hat.

Liu Xia Lian quietly took out the rifle and loaded the bullet into the chamber.

In a flash, Liu Xia Lian pulled the trigger and shot Hei Xia Zi in the chest.

Hei Xia Zi slowly fell down and fell into a pool of blood.

It was the black bear that Liu Xia Lian was following just now. It was true that if you don't take the road to heaven, you will end up in hell.

Everyone gathered around and saw that the black bear was really big, almost 400 pounds, with very long claws.

Daya said, "Please make way. I have experience. I will take the bear gall. It will dissolve in a moment."

After a while, it was taken out. It was the size of a goose egg, and it was indeed not small.

There are still some undigested jewelry in my stomach. I have really done a lot of evil. Today I will get my revenge.

"Da Xi, do you guys buy bear skins and bear paws?" Liu Xia Lian asked.

"Yes, the supply and marketing cooperative often comes to the village to call. I will contact you when I get home. It must be my master. He is about to go home and has hunted another bear."

"This bear is still intent on stealing. Just now when you were killing the pigs, I chased it and accidentally fell into the valley. I was thinking of letting it go, but it followed me again and tried to trick people by waving its hands. Fortunately, I saw through it and shot it dead."

Zhao Daxi looked at the jewelry dug out from the bear's stomach and shook his head. "This poor guy is really a bad guy. Some time ago, a woman went back to her parents' home and was found half eaten by a bear. This bear must have done it."

Everyone lifted the black bear onto the tractor. Zhao Daxixi drove the car and Li Daniu stood in the carriage holding the flag for him. When the group returned to Zhaojia Village, the caravan led by Cui Yongchuan had arrived. There were a total of fifteen 25-horsepower tractors and fifteen 50-horsepower tractors.

There were ten women in charge of bagging and sorting, one accountant and one cashier.

The process is the same as that of Lijiatun, where glutinous corn is divided into first and second grades, with a price difference of 1.5 cents. After careful consideration, the price is collected by kilogram.

First the goods are graded, then weighed, and then bagged. Once the truck is full, it is loaded immediately.

There were big electric lights in the yard of the brigade, which meant they were going to work all night. Earning money penny by penny was the norm. It was extremely rare for someone like Liu Xia Lian to casually dig up a ginseng that had been growing for decades. Ordinary people were not so lucky at all.

Zhao was overjoyed. The village held a wild boar banquet to entertain all village cadres, just like it was New Year's Day. In addition, anyone who came to sell glutinous corn from tonight to tomorrow afternoon would be rewarded with a bowl of wild boar meat stewed with potatoes.

Liu Xia Lian was a very picky person. The wild boar meat was so fishy and smelly that she couldn't eat a single bite.

The people from the supply and marketing cooperative came very quickly, including two old collectors, who were probably doing their own business under the name of the supply and marketing cooperative. The price they offered was acceptable, mainly because Zhao Daxi had a nickname, Zhao Tufei, and it was obviously unwise to play tricks with Zhao Tufei.

I took everything except the bear bile, and gave you a total of 1,100 yuan.

Zhao Daxi smacked his lips: "You two guys are really treacherous. There are still jewelry in the bear's stomach that haven't been taken out yet. I guess there are several pieces of gold and silver."

"Then why don't Village Chief Zhao pay for it? The price we give is just hard-earned money. We have to transport it to the county town overnight, otherwise it will rot. The weather is too hot."

Zhao Daxi didn't dare to make a decision, and looked at Liu Xialian: "Master, what do you think?"

Liu Xia Lian thought about it and realized that the price was actually about the same. The bear meat, bear skin, and bear paws together were only a little over a thousand yuan. Others would have to make at least three or two hundred yuan after working hard to close a big business.

"That's it. Harvesting corn is important. Let's sell it."

The buyer gave the money to Liu Xia Lian. The two of them really wanted to buy bear bile, but unfortunately Liu Xia Lian did not agree.

Liu Xia Lian is no longer a novice now. She understands the importance of medicinal materials. If there is no good medicine, the doctor can do nothing. She has preserved a lot of precious medicinal materials such as the bezoar from last time, the Poria cocos, Polygonum multiflorum, thousand-year-old ginseng, etc. This bear gall is worth a lot of money, more than a thousand yuan is no problem, but keeping it can generate higher value.

Zhao Daxi held a banquet at home and cooked chicken stewed with mushrooms for Liu Xia Lian and others. He used local chickens and hazel mushrooms picked from the mountains, and it tasted delicious.

After dinner, Liu Xialian said, "Come on, let's divide the money."

"Today's harvest was quite fast, and the harvest was huge. Just the bear alone was worth over 2,000 yuan. The ginseng is probably 50 or 60 years old, so it's more likely to be worth 600 or 700 yuan. The ginseng and bear gall were not sold, but that doesn't affect the distribution of the money. 150 yuan per person. Do you have any objections?"

Zhao Daxi raised his hand: "I have an opinion. I feel that it is too much. We just lent a hand and didn't contribute much."

"As long as you don't think it's too little, take them all."

They paid the money directly in cash, except for Daya, Erya and Li Daniu, who kept a record of the money and recorded it in a notebook, so that they could receive the money later when they needed it.

Zhao Daxi was very happy. It was the first time he went hiking in the mountains with Liu Xialian. He originally thought that there was only a little ginseng, but he didn't expect to find a big black bear when he returned home.

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