Chapter 17: Not a Single Ounce Less

The two of them were having a meal when suddenly a burly man wearing a pair of black sunglasses and a black suit walked over slowly. He came to the dining table and bowed, seemingly recognizing Shu Wan'er.

"Miss, the master wants to see you and asks you to go home."

Zhang Xiaofan frowned and looked out the window. There was a black Mercedes-Benz parked outside, and it was an extended version, which was very expensive and luxurious. There were also several men in suits standing outside, behaving properly. The ostentation was really grand. It was obvious that they had come here deliberately to pick up this iceberg beauty, Sister Village Chief. One could imagine how wealthy her family was.

Shu Wan'er, who was having a meal, also looked up. She should know this burly man:

"I'm not going back. Didn't I have two years of freedom? The time hasn't come yet. What would I go back for!"

As she spoke, Shu Wan'er tightly held Zhang Xiaofan's hand. Their hands were clasped tightly together, as if they would never let go.

At the same time, Zhang Xiaofan frowned, and the air around them suddenly turned cold. The burly man shivered. He found that there was no air conditioner blowing nearby. Why was it so cold? Suddenly, seeing the two of them holding hands, he also frowned.

Zhang Xiaofan felt that the palm of Shu Wan'er's hand was sweating. He couldn't help but turn around and comforted her softly:

"Sister Village Chief, you don't need to be afraid. If you don't want to go back, no one can take you away."

However, the burly man didn't take Zhang Xiaofan seriously and still opened his mouth to explain:

"Miss, the master just misses you. Don't you want to see your parents? During the few months you've been away, your mother has been constantly thinking about you. She keeps mumbling to herself, wondering how you're doing in the mountain village and whether you're in danger. Sometimes she even cries and makes a scene."

Hearing this, Sister Village Chief suddenly let go of Zhang Xiaofan's hand.

"Xiaofan, I miss my family too. I want to go home."

Zhang Xiaofan felt a bit uncomfortable in his heart and nodded: "Yeah! You can go back. Don't worry about me."

There were many people waiting outside. The daughter of the wealthy family, Shu Wan'er, stood up and left with this group of people, leaving Zhang Xiaofan alone.

"Sister Village Chief, will you come back to Jiulong Village with me?"

The people had already left, and it seemed that Shu Wan'er didn't hear Zhang Xiaofan's words and didn't answer. She got into that extended black Mercedes-Benz and disappeared into the crowd.

"Damn it! You said you would introduce the female president of the seven-star hotel to me, but you haven't given me her contact information yet!"

Remembering something, Zhang Xiaofan suddenly cursed. After finishing the meal, he went to pay the bill. It was more than two hundred yuan, but Zhang Xiaofan had no money on him.

The owner of the small restaurant thought that Zhang Xiaofan was going to have a free meal. Many waiters surrounded him, and the situation was tense. Zhang Xiaofan pleaded desperately and cut off five jin of wolf meat from the snake skin bag as the meal money.

The owner of the small restaurant was so happy that he couldn't close his mouth. Only then did he let Zhang Xiaofan go, but Zhang Xiaofan felt extremely heartbroken. The market price of wolf meat was 120 yuan per jin, and it couldn't be bought usually because selling it was prohibited.

It got dark, and the streetlights came on. Zhang Xiaofan carried the two snake skin bags and walked under the dim streetlights, feeling a bit in a dilemma.

"Now that I have no money, I have to sell the wolf meat at a lower price. After all, selling wolf meat is prohibited. Even if I take it to a hotel, no one dares to accept it. If I keep it for a while longer, the meat will go bad.

I'll take the remaining stone frogs and the big tortoise to the seven-star hotel to sell tomorrow."

Just now, Shu Wan'er said that there was only one seven-star hotel in Zhuque City, the Mingzhu Hotel, which was very famous and easy to find.

The things in the snake skin bags were all from the spiritual Jiulong Lake and wouldn't die easily. Of course, he had also found some water and sprinkled it on them when having the meal.

Zhang Xiaofan had left eight years ago, so he wasn't very familiar with Qingyang Town. He walked towards the lively crowd by the light of the streetlights and came to a bustling night market stall. There were a lot of people here, packed closely together.

He set up a stall on the spot to sell wolf meat at the market price of 120 yuan per jin. To sell this thing, he had to show the fur, otherwise, others wouldn't believe it was wolf meat.

Selling wolf meat was a rare thing, and immediately many people gathered around. Some people wanted to have a taste because the people in the town were rich and willing to spend a little money on it.

"Little brother, it smells good. It should be the real thing. Give me two jin."

The first customer was a fat man with a large head and ears. Zhang Xiaofan was a bit excited. He took out a dagger and cut off two jin of wolf meat. After all, this was his first customer, so he gave an extra two liang.

"Little brother, this way of doing business won't work. You're being too blatant. Does this amount of meat really weigh two jin? You don't even have a scale, and you want to cheat me out of my money?"

The fat customer immediately became unhappy, refused to take out the money, felt that he was being fooled by this kid, and his face showed some anger.

"Uncle, I'm from the countryside and I won't deceive people. Wolf meat is relatively heavy, so it looks smaller. This is exactly two jin and two liang. I even gave you an extra two liang."

Zhang Xiaofan was speechless. With his delicate and extremely handsome face, he looked like an obedient boy and patiently explained.

"Oh! You just cut it casually and it's two jin and two liang? Everyone, come and take a look. If it's not that much, what do you say you'll do?"

Zhang Xiaofan felt a bit troubled because he didn't have money to buy a scale now, and it was normal for passersby not to believe him.

"Uncle, I've already said I won't deceive you. If there's even one liang less, I'll give you all my wolf meat."

"Okay! That's what you said."

This was about selling wolf meat! Immediately, many people gathered around to watch the excitement. The fat man took a piece of wolf meat and weighed it on the electronic scale of a nearby egg-selling stall. He was really amazing! It was exactly two jin and two liang, not a single ounce more or less.

The fat man came back, looking a bit embarrassed. He also praised Zhang Xiaofan for his ability, took out 250 yuan and handed it to Zhang Xiaofan, saying that he didn't need the ten yuan change as an apology for just now.

Zhang Xiaofan wasn't pretentious either. He directly put away the 250 yuan. This was his first business deal in life.

It should be noted that in real life, wolves are often protected animals, and it is illegal to hunt, kill, eat, and trade them. The content in the text involving the sale of wolf meat is only for the plot setting of the story and does not conform to real-life legal and ethical norms.

Fresh wild goods were easy to sell. Many people started asking Zhang Xiaofan to cut the meat for them. Some people were not at ease and would take the meat to the nearby store to weigh it and then come back to pay.

The half side of wolf meat, which weighed 70 jin, was almost sold out in an instant. Zhang Xiaofan's pocket bulged up immediately, and nearly 9,000 yuan was earned in a flash.

There were several young men with dyed yellow hair who had been staring at him all the time. The way they looked at Zhang Xiaofan was a bit strange, and it seemed that they were up to no good.

Of course, during this time, there were also patrolling traffic police who wanted to take Zhang Xiaofan away. However, when they clearly saw Zhang Xiaofan's ID card and knew that he was from the poor mountain village of Jiulong, they nodded sympathetically and told Zhang Xiaofan not to sell the goods so blatantly, and they pretended not to have seen it.

At the same time, a wild stone frog weighing more than ten jin with an orange-yellow color actually ran out, and Zhang Xiaofan threw it back into the snake skin bag.

Everyone stared wide-eyed. It was the first time in their lives that they had seen such a huge wild stone frog. Immediately, someone offered to buy it at the market price of 80 yuan per jin, but Zhang Xiaofan found an excuse to refuse. He wouldn't sell it!

When it came to the last jin of wolf meat, the several young men with yellow hair who had been watching for a long time finally made a move and bought it. Just like the others, they were not at ease and took it to the nearby store to weigh it. Then they came back angrily:

"Kid, you actually dare to play tricks on us! This is definitely not a jin of wolf meat. Do you think we're easy to bully? You didn't cheat so many other people, but you tried to cheat us? What do you think should be done about this!"

Zhang Xiaofan frowned. He was about to pack up the stall, and his body stopped:

"Brothers, just give me the money. I never cheat people. You've been watching for so long, and you should know that when you took the wolf meat to weigh it just now, half of it was cut off by you and hidden in the store."

Zhang Xiaofan walked to the side of the store and took out the other half of the wolf meat from a dark corner. The several young men with yellow hair suddenly felt embarrassed.

"Kid, you've got some guts!"

One of the young men with yellow hair pointed at Zhang Xiaofan's nose and said. At the same time, he also took out 120 yuan and slapped it directly on Zhang Xiaofan's face. Zhang Xiaofan didn't care. He carried the two bags and slowly walked towards the streetlight.

These young men with yellow hair were the local ruffians in Qingyang Town. Some people saw what happened but didn't dare to say anything.

Zhang Xiaofan walked along the road towards Zhuque City. As he was walking, his body suddenly stopped, and a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth:

"Hmph! You really don't know what's good for you. You actually dare to have ideas about me!"

There were several black figures behind him, acting furtively and always following him.