Reborn in the 1980s, starting with fishing and hunting to build a fortune

Chapter 21 Dividing the Venison

Seeing that Li Xiangdong had finished butchering the deer, several villagers who had been watching immediately gathered around, all vying to buy the venison.

Although this area is a semi-agricultural and semi-pastoral region, beef and mutton are not as scarce as in other places, but venison is very rare.

and,

Venison is not only edible, but also has remarkable nourishing and kidney-strengthening effects.

This is something everyone tacitly understands.

Therefore,

Even though Li Xiangdong quoted 1 yuan per jin for the meat, everyone clamored to buy 2-3 jin, which made Li Xiangdong very happy.

He deftly cut the venison, ready to sell it, when suddenly the wooden door behind him creaked open.

Li Xiangyang rushed out in a panic and immediately stood in front of Li Xiangdong.

"Brother, wait! This meat can't be sold like this!"

"Brother, what's going on...? Did they sell it for only one yuan per pound, which is too cheap?"

Li Xiangdong was a little confused.

Then he saw Li Xiangyang frantically giving him meaningful glances and mouthing four words to him, and he suddenly realized what was going on.

"Speculation and profiteering!"

This is a serious crime. Once proven, not only will the person be arrested, but all the deer will be confiscated, and a fine will be imposed.

"Oh, I'm so forgetful... I went to sell fish with my younger brother these past two days, and things went well, so I completely forgot about it."

Li Xiangdong suddenly slapped his forehead.

The excitement from before vanished instantly, and a chill ran down my spine for no apparent reason, making my body feel weak.

He said with a hint of fear:

"Brother, what...what do we do now...?"

Li Xiangyang waved his hand, indicating that it wasn't that serious.

"Brother, you only quoted a price, you haven't sold anything yet. It doesn't count."

"real......?"

"Really, believe me."

"Then... what do we do now...?" Li Xiangdong glanced at the villagers behind him who were waiting to buy venison.

"I'll send them back right now...!"

"Brother, you must be tired too. Go back inside and warm up. Leave the rest to me."

Li Xiangyang pushed the somewhat dazed Li Xiangdong back into the house.

This made the villagers who wanted to buy meat very anxious.

"Hey, where did Xiangdong go? He hasn't cut the meat for me yet!"

"Yes, I want two catties of venison, and I've already prepared the money."

A chill ran through Li Xiangyang's eyes as he watched the villagers shouting excitedly.

Are these neighbors genuinely unaware, or are they pretending not to know?

Their buying venison from me doesn't really affect them much.

But if I were to actually sell the venison to them right here in this yard, I would be firmly accused of speculation and profiteering.

If no one reports it, that's fine, but if someone with ulterior motives reports it, then...

Thinking of this,

Li Xiangyang couldn't help but shake his head.

As fellow villagers, perhaps no one thought that much about it at all.

But as the old saying goes,

A bad person's elaborate schemes are no match for a fool's quick thinking.

Fortunately, he reacted quickly.

At last,

Li Xiangyang cut a pound of venison for each person, not to sell it for cash, but to convert it into commodity value, allowing the villagers who wanted to buy the meat to exchange it for their own belongings.

Small amount

Since there was no actual cash transaction, even if someone with ulterior motives reported it later, it wouldn't matter.

一共割了6斤鹿肉，换回8斤大米、6斤麵粉、12斤玉米、3斤鸡蛋、20斤土豆跟14斤煤炭。

Looking at the more than 60 kilograms of supplies piled up in the yard, Li Xiangyang smiled.

After dismissing everyone,

Li Xiangyang then called out Li Xiangdong, who had calmed down a bit, and the two brothers then processed the remaining venison.

did not expect,

Only 130 jin of meat was extracted from such a large deer...? Li Xiangyang cut off 30 jin, intending to keep it for himself or give it away.

The remaining 100 jin of venison, along with the deer hide, tendons, and bones, will be frozen and taken to the state-run purchasing station to be sold tomorrow morning.

After dealing with all that, Li Xiangyang carried the two enormous deer antlers into the main room.

"Grandma, I'm scared..."

When Li Chunsheng saw Li Xiangyang bring in the deer antlers, he quickly hid behind Wang Guiying.

This made Li Xiangyang laugh.

He's still just a 5-year-old kid. He's usually so loud and boisterous, but he's still scared when he sees something real.

"Chunsheng, don't be afraid, Uncle is here. Come on, come and pet it, otherwise it might come to sleep with you tonight."

Li Xiangyang deliberately smiled as he placed the deer antlers on the kang (a heated brick bed).

The intention was to test Li Chunsheng's courage.

No one understood better than him, who had been reborn, that boys needed to be bold, otherwise they would miss too many opportunities in their long lives.

"Oh, Xiangyang, don't scare our little Chunsheng... Chunsheng is still young."

Wang Guiying was displeased when she saw Li Xiangyang scaring her precious grandson, so she protected Li Chunsheng behind her even more tightly.

"Yes, Xiangyang, don't scare Chunsheng."

Liu Xiulan continued.

She didn't think that much about it, but she felt that it wasn't right for Li Xiangyang, as the younger brother, to use deer antlers to scare his older brother's child.

"Mom, it's alright. Let Chunsheng touch it. How can a boy be so timid?"

Zhao Lijuan put down the shoe soles she was sewing and spoke nonchalantly.

Only after Li Chunsheng's own mother spoke up did the others stop trying to dissuade him.

At last,

At Li Xiangyang's repeated prompting, Li Chunsheng timidly stretched out his chubby little hand, quickly touched it, and then quickly withdrew it.

"Okay, that's fun. It's hard, like pine bark."

"How come...? Your uncle wasn't lying to you, was he? This horn doesn't bite. Look how scared you were."

"No, no, I didn't pee."

Li Chunsheng argued loudly.

She felt a slight dampness under her cotton-padded trousers, which made the two patches of high-altitude red on her cheeks even redder.

He ran behind Wang Guiying and hid.

"Alright, Xiangyang, stop teasing Xiaochun. I heard from Xiangdong that you're planning to keep 30 jin of venison...?"

That stuff is rare and expensive! You can sell it; if you want meat, we can trade it for some cheaper pork or lamb.

Li Zhenshan, who had been silent all along, suddenly spoke up.

"Father, it's true that venison is expensive, but it's also very nourishing. You're injured now and urgently need to recover your strength. I plan to save ten catties of meat and some venison bones to make soup for you."

Li Xiangyang had already thought this through on his way back: no matter how expensive venison is, it can't be more valuable than his father's health.

Everyone was moved after hearing this, and they all gave Li Xiangyang approving looks.

"this......"

Li Zhenshan was deeply moved.

Xiangyang, that kid, was worth raising.

So he gladly accepted it.

"Brother, what about the remaining twenty catties of venison...?"

Li Xiangdong asked.

"There are still 20 jin left... I plan to send 5 jin to Uncle Guodong. We still need his help with many things later."

This favor needs to be saved up in advance.

"Also, send five catties of meat to each of Xiulan's and sister-in-law's families; they've always been very helpful to us."

Sending meat to Chen Guodong and Liu Xiulan's families was no surprise to anyone, but sending meat to Zhao Lijuan's family as well was quite unexpected.

"Should we also send venison to...my family?"

Zhao Lijuan was so surprised that her mouth dropped open.

Previously, Liu Xiulan secretly took a pound of mutton offal to her parents' home, but Li Xiangyang found out and scolded her severely.

She had seen it before.

How could someone who's so stingy with his own brother-in-law possibly think of his older brother's brother-in-law?

"No, that's not a good idea. You worked so hard to hunt that deer in Xiangyang. Besides, I already sent some fish to my brother this morning."

"Sister-in-law, that's not right. We haven't separated the family yet, so how can we divide it into 'yours' and 'mine'?"

Even though we've separated, your older brother is still my older brother! Sending a few pounds of venison is nothing.

Li Xiangyang spoke earnestly.

"Then... I'll thank you on behalf of my older brother."

Zhao Lijuan did not refuse again.

These days, everyone is short of meat, especially venison. If she could bring a few pounds back to her parents' home, her brother's family would be overjoyed.

Just thinking about it makes me happy.

Seeing Zhao Lijuan smile, Li Zhenshan and Wang Guiying exchanged a glance, then looked at Li Xiangyang.

They all smiled with relief.

They never expected Li Xiangyang to be so considerate in his dealings with others.