The Farm Girl's Charismatic Fortune-Chapter 78 - 76 Clearly His for the Taking
Chapter 78: Chapter 76: Clearly His for the Taking
Chapter 78 -76: Clearly His for the Taking
Xuanyuan Que found this kind of question particularly boring and gave a perfunctory nod.
Flowers, of course, look better when they are larger, but unfortunately, she is now a person.
Ruo Xuan saw him nod and was especially happy!
Indeed, Brother doesn’t know how to appreciate flowers!
Divine Lord Xuanyuan truly has taste.
Grandma Xuanyuan always said she was chubby and particularly cute, and very blessed!
Moreover, many people on the street were amazed when they saw her—don’t think she didn’t notice!
She is definitely the most beautiful flower under the heavens and above the earth.
Brother is weak himself, so he blames her for being fat. When she gets back, she has to tell Uncle to train the brothers to be stronger, so they can at least lift her.
A few more goats came running in one after another, and Ruo Xuan’s eyes widened!
There will be mutton hotpot tonight!
Xuanyuan Que: “Catch them alive!”
The shopkeeper and two guards immediately switched to nets to catch the goats.
Goats can be domesticated, these goats were big and small, male and female, and could be raised and slaughtered for food gradually.
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By evening, when the shopkeeper had people deliver a pile of game to the Ruo Family, the entire village was stirred!
The Ruo brothers excitedly ran into the house: “Grandma, Mom, we’re back, with a lot of game!”
This happened to be the time when everyone was returning from the fields.
The villagers, originally exhausted, became instantly energized at the sight of carts loaded with game!
What a haul!
A white fox!
Two wild boars!
Three wolves!
Four sika deer!
The deer had wounds on their bodies, clearly bitten by some ferocious animal.
One, two, three… seven, exactly seven live wild goats!
And a tiger!
Plus several cages of wild pigeons, several wild ducks, pheasants, wild rabbits!
There were so many, it was impossible to count them all!
People from the village watched as carts of game were delivered into the Ruo household.
Old man Zhen had gone today to discuss Zhen Yi’s marriage with the town’s butcher, Zhu, returning happily with 120 taels of betrothal gifts; Zhu the butcher had even promised to send a big fat pig for the New Year and two for the wedding.
He had been quite happy!
But seeing all these game, his mood soured instantly!
If he had known someone was giving the Ruo Family so much game, he wouldn’t have gone to arrange the marriage with Zhu the butcher!
A single tiger was worth several hundred taels. Just one tiger from the Ruo Family would have been enough for him!
Zhen Hu touched the 120 taels of silver in his pocket, thinking about returning it to the butcher while following the villagers into the Ruo household.
Granny Lei, seeing the big tiger on the cart, felt her heart skip a beat: “Shopkeeper, what’s this?”
She turned her head and seriously counted her excited grandsons crowding around the game.
One, two, three, four!
Thank goodness, not one was missing!
Madam Liu’s legs went weak at the sight of the tiger!
The shopkeeper was unreliable. How could he take children deep into the mountains?
Madam Jiang’s face turned pale as she sized up her two sons.
The shopkeeper inwardly chuckled bitterly. He hadn’t expected things to turn out this way either!
Today, the animals in the mountains acted as if they had gone mad!
Probably because they were frightened by this tiger.
He grimaced and said with a forced smile, “Today, our estate’s guard went into the mountains and hunted some game. The old madam asked me to bring some over. The wild pheasants, hares, and pigeons were actually caught by the young masters on the edge of the mountain.”
Granny Lei truly sighed in relief upon hearing this.
Madam Liu and Madam Jiang sighed in relief at the same time.
It scared them to death!
They had thought that Shopkeeper Gu had taken the children deep into the mountains.
The Ruo Family was scared to death, while the neighbors envied them to no end!
Ruo Shui was startled to see the tiger; his family had been too poor before, and he had gone into the mountains with the fifth son hoping to kill a tiger for money but they hadn’t encountered any after a long search.
He asked curiously, “Where was this tiger hunted?”
Shopkeeper Gu: “…”
Could he say that the tiger practically delivered itself to them?
Xuanyuan Que calmly stated the original location of the tiger: “Fifty miles away.”
Ruo Shui: It was actually fifty miles away in the deep mountains?
No wonder! He had only traveled about twenty miles before.
Shopkeeper Gu’s mouth twitched, it was clearly only fifty steps away.
Ruo Xuan said excitedly, “Third Uncle, these wild goats, spotted deer, pigeons, and hares are all alive and can be raised. Could you help me build them a nest?”
When her desolate mountain was ready, she could raise them there.
The wild ducks and pheasants can be dismissed; they’re prone to flying away and can only be kept in the chicken house to be eaten slowly.
Ruo He picked up Ruo Xuan, “Of course you can!”
However, Granny Lei was embarrassed, “Shopkeeper Gu, with so many pieces of game, we can’t accept them. We’re thankful for the old madam’s kindness. If you have more than you can eat, you should sell them!”
All of this game added up to five hundred taels!
Shopkeeper Gu smiled and said, “Madam don’t be so courteous. My family’s old madam has said that the live goats and deer are difficult to hunt and too precious to sell; we would rather raise them. In the future when you slaughter them, just send a piece of meat to her. This tiger’s and white fox’s pelts are intact and perfect for making a cloak for Xuanbao now that the weather is getting cold.”
With things said to that point, Granny Lei found it difficult to refuse.
“Please thank the old madam for me and tell her to let us know whenever she wants to eat some; we’ll send it to her.”
“Alright, our estate currently has a few pieces of game as well, we have enough for now. We’ll definitely come to ask for more when we run out. Since the old madam is waiting for my return, I’ll take my leave now.”
Granny Lei nodded and saw him out.
Madam Liu hurriedly gave him two baskets of bamboo fungus and four squares of bamboo shoots to take back.
After Shopkeeper Gu left, the villagers began to stir.
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“Granny Lei, the family on the mountain estate is really good to you!”
“Indeed, when there was a flood, they took your family to live on the mountain, and now with so much game, they give it to you so freely! How did you get to know their family in the first place?”
He too was eager to make their acquaintance. With such generous gestures, they were giving away a tiger worth hundreds of taels!
Granny Lei smiled and said, “We met while selling mountain goods, I had no idea the old madam was so generous.”
Daniu’s mother said, “Granny Lei, there are so many pigeons, you can’t possibly finish them all! How about selling me two pigeons or ducks for ten copper coins?”
Pigeons were difficult to hunt and were known to be nourishing.
Baocai’s grandmother exclaimed, “Oh my, these pigeons were gifted; why would they need as much as ten coins? Granny Lei, I’ll give you five coins, sell me a few!”
Just then a pigeon in the cage laid a tiny egg, and both Baocai’s grandmother and Daniu’s mother pointed at that pigeon saying, “I want that one! The egg too!”
Others were also interested in buying, but the price of ten or five coins was too embarrassing to mention.
Someone said, “Granny Lei, I’ll give you fifty coins for two pigeons. My wife’s about to give birth, I want to buy two to nourish her.”
Ruo Xuan shook her little head, “We’re not selling, we want to raise them.”
Pigeons can be domesticated, and even trained as messenger pigeons, which Shopkeeper Gu said could sell for even more.
In the future, when her brothers went to the Academy, she could send messages via carrier pigeon.
Granny Lei followed with a smile, “I’m sorry, but these pigeons were gifts from someone else. As you’ve heard, the old madam might ask for them back if she wants to eat them, we won’t be selling.”
Ten coins? Five coins? The domestically raised pigeons in the city market could sell for two hundred coins apiece, more expensive than a hen.
Pigeons for the wealthy, they were only affordable for the rich households.
Granny Lei knew that in wealthy households, ladies in confinement and those frail young masters and misses liked to nourish themselves with pigeons.
Old Master Zhen laughed, “What are you all thinking? You want to buy wild pigeons for a few coins? Might as well rob them. Go on, go on, don’t just think about taking advantage of the Ruo Family!”
Now, Old Master Zhen regarded the pieces of game as if they were his own.
Especially that tiger and white fox!
