Li Long had not expected to sell nearly half the wolf meat before he even made it back to the county town.
Qingshui River Village had even more people than the Fourth Team. Once the announcement went out over the loudspeaker that wolf meat was for sale, plenty of people came, whether they intended to buy any or not.
"Uncle Liu, are you buying any?" As soon as Meng Hai suggested that several families could pool their money for a whole wolf, people began seeking out acquaintances.
People who were usually generous and honest were particularly popular at a time like this, with others constantly tugging at them to ask.
"Of course I am! Didn't you hear what young Meng said? Wolf meat is like dog meat, very nourishing. We ought to build ourselves up in the middle of winter. I'm planning to get a leg to try."
"Then let's go in together!" The middle-aged woman who had asked was delighted. "My family wants a leg and a rack of ribs. We just need two more people."
"What do you need two more for? You two have settled it, right? One leg, and another leg plus a rack of ribs? I'll take the rest! The three of us can get a whole wolf together. That'll keep us fed until Start of Spring!"
And with that, they had managed to arrange the purchase of a whole wolf.
Those three were the first to reach an agreement, and they came straight over to Li Long.
Li Long let them choose, and they picked a medium-sized wolf.
A wolf weighed around forty kilograms, so they could not choose one that was too big. Clearly, nobody was interested in the Wolf King sitting at the very top.
It was certainly big, but at sixty