A Western Doctor’s Happy Farming Life[1] chapter 64

Hearing that, Laifu asked amusingly, “Have you ever run a business? As a businessman, I must be better than you at bargaining.”

Yin Laosan nodded and then pandered to Laifu, saying, “Of course I am nothing compared to you. But you’ve got so many works to do today, moreover Brother Dahu isn’t that kind of eloquent at all. I think that is not perfect that you are alone bargaining for something. That will be much tiring. Won’t it? Since I’ve taken this mission, of course I should be absorbed in it. Why not let me be the one who talks and you just control the whole situation.”

After that, he then patted himself on his chest twice, acting like a cock which was nursing an ambition in mind.

Though Laifu knew Yin Laosan wasn’t sincere by saying that at all, he still delivered a big smile, nodding and saying, “Alright then. I will give you a chance to make amends for your crimes by good deeds.”

Silently, Wu Dahu sat aside and stared at them. He could finally comprehend why Yin Laosan had done nothing yet he was such a prosperous figure and gained a fame.

An eloquent man is ruling this world!

Fortunately, he had already found out the intention of Yin Laosan, so he didn’t worry at all about what Yin Laosan would do next. If this guy dared to do something evil, even though Wu Dahu wouldn’t kill him, he would still suggest the team to leave him behind.

The three went together to the biggest bazaar in this town. At the first glance, they could see there were various businessmen selling fur and prey.

Laifu smiled to Wu Dahu, explaining, “This place is surrounded by mountains. Various beasts in mountains always visit here and attack the residents and their houses. In that case, residents here possess a good martial skill, and the quantity of hunters is way larger than of farmers.”

Yin Laosan snorted, responding, “Are you going to inquire of those shopkeepers about the fur thing one after another? Why don’t we just separate and visit them all alone? And then we can gather again for discussing about the optimal price.”

Although Yin Laosan was just giving a suggestion, somehow it was a defiance to laifu. And then Laifu raised his eyebrows, saying, “Alright then. Let’s see who is able to get the lowest price among us.”

Wu Dahu was a bit reluctant standing there. Why should he be involved in such a meaningless competition?

However, he didn’t retort verbally at all. After the other two separated and went on their actions, Wu Dahu glanced around and then locked his sight on one certain spot and walked to it.

A quarter later, the three gathered again, and each of them started reporting their achievement.

Laifu stood there confidently with his hands clasped behind his back, saying, “Three pieces of hare fur for one silver coins, one piece of bear fur for two silver coins, one piece of fox fur for three silver coins and one piece of mink fur for five silver coins.”

Seeing that Yin Laosan was showing a face of astonishment, Laifu came to a self-satisfaction.

He was quite confident that this price should be the lowest one because the man who argued with him almost cried. If he wasn’t willing to buy in a large quantity, the shopkeeper probably wouldn’t sell in that low price.

Yin Laosan took a glance at Wu Dahu, when he noticed that Wu Dahu wasn’t about to say something, he then cleared his throat, saying leisurely while showing a face of proud, “Five pieces of hare fur for one silver coin, two pieces of bear fur for three silver coins, one piece of fox fur for two silver coins, one piece of mink fur for three silver coins.”

Laifu was with an utter shock when he heard what Yin Laosan said, and then he came to deny, saying, “How is it possible? Those are all the prey the hunters risked their lives for.”

Yin Laosan shrugged, saying while being totally unconcerned, “What’s the point for lying? This is the fairest price among this bazaar. If you don’t believe me, just follow me up and check it out.”

Laifu glanced at Wu Dahu, and then shouted being recalcitrant, “Wait a minute! Dahu hasn’t reported yet. Probably he gets a far lower price than yours.”

Yin Lao looked at Wu Dahu who was now standing there dumbfounded, and then he burst into laughter, holding his stomach and saying, “He? He got a lower price than mine? I bet he can’t even make a bargain!”

Wu Dahu glanced back with a plain expression, and then said calmly, “Ten pieces of hare fur for one silver coin, one piece of bear fur for one silver coin, two pieces of fox fur for three silver coins and one piece of mink fur for two silver coins.”

“WHAT?” shouted Laifu and Yin Laosan with one voice, as if they had heard something terrifying.

Wu Dahu delivered them a slight smile, and then turned around, saying, “Follow me up. That guy needs money urgently.”

Seeing that Wu Dahu had led the way, Laifu and Yin Laosan followed behind.Both of them were with utter bewilderment on their expressions.

Even though that businessman was urgent to get money, it was impossible for him to sell the furs in such a low price to Wu Dahu. If they didn’t know that Wu Dahu was first in this place either, they probably would have believed that he was well acquainted with that businessman.

The man right at the corner erupted all of a sudden when he noticed Wu Dahu approaching. Smiling, he said, “Have you reached an agreement yet? Then I will hand all these stuff to you.”

Laifu took a glance on the man’s stall, he gushed with astonishment at once, “We don’t want meat at all. We only want fur!”

The man raised his eyebrows a bit, saying to Wu Dahu, “Didn’t you say that you will pack these all? Otherwise, how am I willing to sell you at such a low price?”

Nodding, Wu Dahu answered, “Right, we will pack them all. He wants the furs and I want the meat, just pack them all respectively.”

Seeing that Wu Dahu took out the silver coins without hesitation, the man happily packed up everything on the stall, and then tore the meat and skin part and divided them into two piles and used ropes to tie them up.

Laifu approached to Wu Dahu and then whispered, saying, “What’s the meat for? They will be rotten after we go back home!”

Wu Dahu smiled and then explained patiently, “Aren’t we going to stay here for two or three days? I am thinking to make this meat into dry ones. The dry meat can be stored for a whole winter without being rotten.”

Although Laifu understood this principle, he still asked in confusion, “But you and Song Qinghan aren’t able to eat them all in a whole winter! Or will you sell them? By the way, how much is the flesh?”

Wu Dahu mentioned a price that obviously had exceeded Laifu’s expectations. Laifu then responded in astonishment, saying, “No wonder you wanted to purchase them. It’s much cheaper than the price in our town. But compared with the fur business, the profit is much smaller.”

For Laifu, this such a tiny profit wasn’t something. But for Wu Dahu, it was quite a lot. Because in Wu Dahu’s mind, buying the flesh and fur together would just make the unit price lower. And for a further economic thinking, this could make him double profit.

When Yin Laosan noticed the businessman left with a great satisfaction, he came over and gushed, “Is he foolish or something? Isn’t it wiser to sell them separately?”

Wu Dahu raised his eyebrows, answering, “That’s not true. Just take a glance around, do you really think that people come over for buying the flesh?”

Being informed and reminded, Yin Laosan then looked around, saying honestly, “Well, you’re right. They seem to be kind of indifferent toward the flesh. But why? Or they don’t even like to eat meat?”

Laifu rolled his eyes, and then exclaimed as if he had found out the truth, “Oh, I just forgot it! And it was me who told you the truth! And I don’t even think about it that way.”

Although he didn’t answer directly, Yin Laosan still could find out something from the tone Laifu spoke.

“Because they are all good at hunting, every family doesn’t need to purchase any flesh at all. Right? You think that is much cheaper than the price you think. But on the contrary, they probably think they are the ones who make the profit.”

Noticing that Wu Dahu was nodding right there, Yin Lao snorted, looking a bit unconvinced.

He then pondered for a moment, raising his eyebrows and saying, “It’s my turn now, would you come with me now to where I inquire about? Or don’t tell me that you can still find the other stall which is able to sell you the fur in such a low price.”

Beyond his expectation, Wu Dahu just nodded and then answered, “You’re right. Indeed, we will acquire more in this price because I’ve asked that guy to inspire his fellow-townsmen and the others from the other villages to sell me the flesh and fur if they got some. And they will come to the lodge where we stay. We will acquire as much as they can offer.”

Laifu rubbed his hands in excitement and then carried the pile of fur on his back, saying to Wu Dahu, “So, let’s move back. Probably someone has come and visited us.”

Wu Dahu couldn’t help but laugh. How was it possible that people would come over so soon? But since it would be meaningless to stay here, Wu Dahu carried the pile of flesh on his shoulder, following up behind Laifu and heading to the lodge.

Being ignored, Yin Laosan just stamped his foot there, but then followed up either with a great reluctance.

After the three returned to the lodge, Laifu went upstairs to settle his fur. Wu Dahu walked directly into the kitchen and then discussed with the owner of the lodge, he borrowed the kitchen to process that pile of flesh.

Yin Laosan followed Wu Dahu up right behind, and when he noticed that Wu Dahu commenced taking various packs of novelties out from his pocket, pouring them all in the pot and starting making a soup, he couldn’t help but ask, “Are these something making the meat become rich-flavored?”

The flagrance of the seasoning gradually gave off from the pot, and this had made Yin Laosan be more confident for his inference.

Yin Laosan then rolled his eyes, whispering, “Would you like to sell this remaining ones for me? I will pay for it.”

Wu Dahu glanced at him, opened his hand, saying calmly, “Where’s the money? Just five it to me.”

Well, Wu Dahu had long observed over this Yin guy for a certain period, he knew exactly that this man in front was no one with money.

Sure enough, when he heard that Wu Dahu was asking him for money now, the embarrassing look was just showed on his face, he then said in a vague tone, “Emm… Would you, would you please send me to the gang of those bandits? I got someone to send you money there.”

Wu Dahu chuckled and then answered calmly, “Don’t talk nonsense. How am I supposed to leave there if I am trapped by them?”

Noticing that Wu Dahu wasn’t trapped by his trick at all, Yin Laosan then gushed hurriedly, “Of course you can get out of there. How can’t you? I, I promise… I promise that you can surely get out of there.”

Plainly, Wu Dahu cut the flesh into piles of lump, and then poured them all into the soup, while saying slowly, “What can you promise? Is that useful? Moreover, I don’t even trust you at all. I know you’re telling nine lies out of ten sentences. And the true one is just nothing but nonsense. If I trust you from the very beginning? I probably have died.”

Yin LaoSan slammed the chopping board fiercely. But before he could say something in vicious retort, the extreme pain had just taken his attention away. He then couldn’t help but just blow his palm.

As he blew, he got his eyes red-rimmed all of a sudden, and then tears dropped directly from his eyes. No one knew whether if it was because he got such a great pain in hand or he was hurt by Wu Dahu’s words.

“You don’t trust me at all even if I said something true. And… I wasn’t telling a lie on purpose, moreover, it didn’t cause any substantive hurt to you. Right? If there really exists something perilous, it would be me who suffer the most. At that time you can leave me alone somewhere and ignore me. Why did you just shout at me being so mean?”

Wu Dahu looked at him strangely. But after a further observation up and down on the whole appearance of Yin Laosan, he asked with a bit shock, “ARE YOU A FEMINA MAN?”