After bagging the meat from the two butchered pigs, along with some fat and offal, and loading it into the Jeep, Li Long loaded the fritillaria with Sun Jiaqiang.
That afternoon, while Li Long skinned and butchered the wild boars and Sun Jiaqiang helped, a scattering of people came carrying fritillaria to barter. With his hands full, Li Long had Sun Jiaqiang handle the exchanges.
"You made quite a bit today, twenty yuan." Li Long calculated Sun Jiaqiang's pay and settled up for the day, then said:
"Tonight, boil whatever meat you can. Leave the offal simmering in the pot indoors, and take it out tomorrow once it's cooled."
"Don't worry, Li Long. I'll get everything sorted properly." Sun Jiaqiang counted the money with a smile and happily put it away.
It was his first time earning so much in a day, so naturally he was happy.
Meat every day, work that wasn't tiring, and good accommodation-he really was content.
Li Long's Jeep was packed too. The meat and offal from two wild boars had practically filled the cargo area.
The fritillaria could only go on the back seat and the front passenger seat. He had collected over a hundred kilograms today, considerably more than at the same time last year.
Li Long also knew far more people were going into the mountains this year. Otherwise, the forest rangers couldn't have collected so much fritillaria to bring him.
Before getting into the Jeep, he reminded Sun Jiaqiang again:
"Even though I threw the boar hides a long way off, the smell of blood is bound to attract wolves. Bolt the door tonight, and don't come out no matter what happens."
"I know. I've got more experience with that than you. Last year and the year before, I lived in an