Chapter 728
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"OK." Hu Feng agreed. Then he suddenly thought of something.
"Old Tong, where are you going to sell the parrots? Do you know how much they are worth? "Hu Feng asked Tong Cunzheng.
"Let's go to Chang 'an. I heard someone was selling parrots in autumn for 500 RMB." Tong Cunzheng pointed in the direction of Chang' an.
"You still have to go to Chang 'an. It's a long way and it's hard to walk in the snow. How about this? You sell the parrots to me and tell me how much you want. "
Hu Feng proposed to buy the parrots himself and he would take care of the parrots.
"You want to buy them? Didn't you just enter the mountain? Why did you go back in a hurry just for a few birds? "
Tong Cunzheng looked at the people who had no prey and was very puzzled.
"It doesn't matter. 500 RMB for one. I'll go in and catch some. I'll pay you as much as I catch." Hu Feng insisted.
"How can it be 500 RMB? We didn't catch them. We came here and ate the food in the house.
It's winter and we can't call people to make up for it. We want to sell the parrots and send the money to you.
Besides, it's cold and the parrots might freeze to death. It's hard to say how many of them can survive if we take them down. "
Tong Cunzheng shook his head and refused firmly. There was only one person in the Tong Family who could hunt.
That person was not a professional hunter. Otherwise, he wouldn't have led them astray.
The only advantage of a hunter was that he could find the hunter's house.
They ate the food of three huts and used the firewood of the other huts.
They hoped that the team in the village would send them supplies. They might eat more.
They hoped to catch the parrots and sell them for money. They would keep some of the money and send the rest to Hu Feng.
The hunters' houses in this area were all renovated and put away by Hu Feng.
It was impossible to keep it a secret. If the villagers accidentally let it slip, the hunters around would know. How could the Tong Family stay in the village?
The hunters never expected that the ordinary people would make up for the food they ate.
But the ordinary people had to tell them where they ate and how much they ate when they went down the mountain.
Then the hunters would bring the food up to make up for the lost food. They didn't want to run out of food when they were in danger.
Now Tong Cunzheng saw that Hu Feng wanted to buy the parrots.
"How about this, a hundred dollars for one parrot. Tell me where you used the stuff. After I send the parrots down, I'll bring something up to replace them."
Hu Feng wasn't stupid enough to insist on paying a high price.
"Deal!" Tong Muramasa agreed.
"How many are there?" Hu Feng asked.
"There should be at least ten of them. They're huge, like little chicks. God knows why they're here in such cold weather."
Tong Cunzheng gestured with his hands. He found it hard to understand why a flock of parrots would appear in such a place in winter.
Hu Feng didn't study why the parrot came over. He ordered, "Cut branches and weave cages. Weave two big cages."
Everyone worked together to cut down branches and weave a cage.
In the middle of the cage, there were several horizontal sticks for the parrot to stand on.
Hu Feng took out a long rope and came to the door. He knocked on the door a few times, opened the door, rushed in, and closed the door.
Squeaking noises could be heard from inside.
In less than a quarter of an hour, the door was pushed open by Hu Feng from the inside.
Everyone looked inside and saw many parrots with their legs tied up. They tilted their heads and looked outside. Occasionally, one of them would call out.
"Sixteen big parrots. Everyone else, cook. It's getting dark soon. Bring the cages in." Hu Feng ordered.
Everyone cleaned up the room and boiled water.
Hu Feng untied a big parrot and put it in the cage. Then he untied another one.
One cage could fit eight parrots, just right.
The parrots were about one foot tall. They stood on the sticks in the cage and continued to look at the people outside.
After the initial panic, they didn't seem to be afraid of people anymore. They squeaked noisily.
Hu Feng went outside. When he came back, he had four relatively thick sticks in his hands.
He took out a tactical military knife from his calf and began to work on the wood.
The young hunter from Tong Village looked at the military knife with envy.
Not only Hu Feng had one, but his apprentices also had one. The scabbards were tied to their calves.
This was the standard military knife of the Winged Knights. They hadn't been fully equipped yet.
It was said that it could be used as a small handsaw or a knife. There were fishing tools, sewing tools, and a small compass in it.
The key was that the edge of the knife was good. As for whether it was sharp or not, it depended on how it was sharpened.
Obviously, Hu Feng's knife was from the Li Family Zhuangzi.
Hu Feng dug out a groove and put it in through the gap of the cage. He fixed it with a rope and continued to work on the other three sticks.
When the water boiled, everyone started to eat. The sixteen big parrots also started to eat.
There were two grooves in each cage, one for water and the other for rice.
The parrots were not picky. They drank water and ate rice. They were quiet.
After the candles were lit, a group of people finished eating and made a curtain with hay.
The cage needed to be carried down the mountain. It was cold outside and the parrots couldn't stand it.
They covered it with the straw curtain. It would be fine when they reached the foot of the mountain.
"Old Tong, I don't have any money on me. I'll give it to you when we get back. You come with us. When we reach the foot of the mountain, we'll take the long road."
Hu Feng looked at the big parrots. They were not bad. They could eat and poop.
"Okay!" Tong Village agreed. They didn't need the wild boar for the time being.
They thought that it would be easy to find the tracks because of the snow, but they still went astray.
It would be safer to follow Hu Feng and the others if they went back the same way they came.
One thousand six hundred was not a small amount.
Hu Feng didn't ask the people of Tong Village to keep watch at night. He and his apprentices took turns to spend the night.
In the morning, they cut the bacon into small pieces and threw them into the water to boil. Then they added a handful of dried green onions and coriander. They put the cooked rice in a bowl and poured hot soup over it.
This was what they ate this morning. The parrots squawked until the water and rice were put into the grooves.
Everyone carried the cages and sped up. They were hungry at noon, so they could drink some wine.
In the evening, they arrived at Lantian County without conserving their strength.
The parrots in the cages covered by the straw curtain only squawked occasionally. Most of the time, they were shaking and grabbing the wooden sticks.
When they arrived at Lantian County, Hu Feng and the others went straight to Drunken Immortal House.
"Xiao Tan, take one thousand six hundred to Tong Village. Find some grains or dried fruits and catch some big parrots for Li Dongzhu."
Hu Feng found Xiao Tan and told him the situation.
Xiao Tan gave him the money and looked at the big parrots in the two cages.
He quickly asked someone to prepare dried fruits. He knew that birds loved to eat dried fruits.
Everyone ate first and gave the birds to the villagers.
After a good night's sleep, the people of Tong Village took the long road back to the village when the sun rose.
Hu Feng and the others restocked their supplies. They wanted to make up for the food they ate before.
When they came back, they threw a big backpack at the ninth place. Now they made a backpack with canvas and carried it.
Xiao Tan had asked someone to make new cages last night. He put them in the car and sent them to Li's village.
As for how Dongzhu gave Hu Feng the money, it was up to him.
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