It must be said that although none of the six people, including Wu Dong, were simple characters, they had truly misjudged Wang An.
This was because they could never have imagined that Wang An was an old fellow with the soul of a sixty-something-year-old.
Wang An liked money, but what he wanted even more was that feeling of being completely worry-free.
In this day and age, if you couldn't manage to be both wealthy and powerful, being wealthy with a strong backing was also a very good alternative.
Hearing Wu Dong's words, Wang An said with a chuckle
"What do you mean 'a skinny donkey straining to poop'? It's not that big of a deal; there's no need to make it sound so serious, haha."
After speaking, Wang An pointed at the tiger bones and continued
"By the way, Big Brother, if you need the tiger bones, you can just take them all. It's fine; we'd just end up soaking them in liquor at home anyway."
It must be said that Wang An's words absolutely maximized the social grace of the situation. Even if it wasn't his true inner thought, it made him sound like a loyal and generous man to those listening.
To be fair, Wang An wasn't just talking for the sake of it; if Wu Dong and the others truly needed them, Wang An would have given up the entire set of tiger bones without even batting an eye.
Hearing this, Wu Dong immediately said
"No need for the bones; those people all have them, and the few of us have some at home too. Instead, you three have suffered a bit of a loss, so aside from the tiger skin and tiger penis which we'll take, the rest belongs to you three."
One could tell that Wu Dong's words were sincere and not fake at all.
At this time, Wang Shuai said from the side
"Brother Xiao An, Brother Wu is right. Tiger penis is just hard to come by; otherwise, as your older brothers and sisters, we could never let a younger brother like you take a loss."
Since both of them put it that way, Wang An didn't insist further and said with a smile
"Alright then, I'll follow the arrangements of my two big brothers, hahaha..."
Zhang Shuya, Ma Guoqiang, and the other two chimed in with a few words, and the distribution plan for the entire tiger was completely settled.
With that, everyone's respective goals had been achieved.
In many cases, dealings between people are like this: what you are thinking is actually what the other party is thinking too. Although the goals are different, as long as the result is the same, it is sufficient.
Once the matter was settled, everyone felt a sense of relief, and so they began to light the fire and cook again.
To be precise, they were lighting a fire to stew meat.
They stewed dhole meat, and grilled both dhole and tiger meat.
When everyone tried the tiger meat for the first time as a novelty, it was as if they had coordinated; they all spat it out.
Furthermore, they stopped grilling the tiger meat that was currently on the fire.
Sun Nian not only spat out the tiger meat, but also vomited up the food she had eaten previously.
After vomiting, Sun Nian said with a face full of distress
"Why is the meat of this big-pawed thing so disgusting!"
Tiger meat sounds very high-end.
But anyone who has eaten it would absolutely never take a second bite.
Because the taste of tiger meat was possibly the worst of all the meats Wang An had ever eaten.
It was tough, sour, fishy, and stinky; it was hard to even describe what the hell it tasted like.
Wang An felt that eating tiger meat was probably no different from eating feces.
Mainly, Wang An had never eaten feces; otherwise, he would have insisted on comparing the two to see which was worse.
It must be said that human ancestors were absolutely wise and divine beings.
Because in the human meat diet—to be precise, among the livestock humans raised—they were either herbivores, like cows, sheep, donkeys, mules, horses, camels, geese, rabbits, and so on.
Or they were omnivores, like pigs, dogs, chickens, ducks, fish, and so on.
There was simply no presence of carnivores, because human ancestors had long known that the meat of carnivores tasted bad.
The only tasty carnivore meat, wolf meat, had been domesticated into the omnivorous dog.
However, looking at the tiger meat, Wang An had a sudden whim to let the dogs and horses eat it.
Mainly, if the dogs and horses ate tiger meat, would they become fearless?
Thus, Wang An threw the tiger meat in his hand toward the dogs.
Unfortunately, after Wang An threw it, the ten dogs, including Da Hei, immediately stayed far away from the tiger meat. They didn't even sniff it; instead, they barked frantically at the meat.
It was clear that even though the tiger was dead, the tiger's majesty remained unparalleled.
Wang An looked at the dogs, thought for a moment, and said to Mu Xueli and Wang Li
"Come on, let's find a way to stuff the tiger meat into the dogs' mouths to give them some courage."
The two of them were absolutely obedient to Wang An's words, and the three of them walked toward the dogs.
They picked up the tiger meat from the ground and without hesitation stuffed it into the mouths of the barking dogs.
Immediately after, the three of them pinched the dogs' mouths shut.
Following the same method, Wang An and the other two fed a piece of tiger meat to each of their horses.
It must be said that animal minds are very simple; after eating the tiger meat, each of them became devoid of fear and much calmer.
Soon, the food was ready. After eating and drinking their fill, the group wasted no more time and began walking toward home.
During this trip into the mountains, they had suffered no small amount of hardship and misery, but fortunately, they had successfully killed the tiger.
Not only that, but the goals each person wanted to achieve had been realized one by one. It must be said that this trip into the mountains was truly perfect!
Therefore, on the way back, everyone was beaming with joy, and loud "hahaha" laughter echoed from the sleds from time to time.
When the group returned to Wang An's house, whether it was Wang Dazhu and his wife or Mu Xueqing, they clearly let go of all their worry.
Hearing that the group had successfully killed the tiger, everyone was exceptionally happy.
After all, the existence of a tiger was a disaster for everyone.
However, before Liu Guilan could prepare a meal, everyone dispersed.
Wu Dong, Zhang Shuya, and the other four hurriedly drove away with the tiger skin and tiger penis; clearly, their business was urgent.
Mu Xueli and Wang Li had not been home for four days and were also anxious to return and report their safety.
Just like that, Wang An's house, which had been very lively, quickly returned to its usual tranquility.
At dinner, Wang An's family was very curious about the tiger hunt and pressed Wang An to tell them the whole story.
When the family heard about the battle between the tiger and the dholes, their eyes widened in disbelief.
It must be said that Wang An and the others had to thank that pack of dholes; if those dholes hadn't pinned down the tiger, the consequences of this trip into the mountains would have indeed been unknown.
The night passed without incident, and dawn soon arrived.
But dawn was useless, because Wang An didn't get up from the kang at all.
The four days of tossing and turning in the mountains had truly exhausted Wang An, so he urgently needed to sleep in to replenish his strength.
It wasn't until noon that Wang An felt he had fully recovered.
After lunch, Mu Xueli and Wang Li arrived together. Their purpose was simple: because when they went home yesterday, Wang An had told them to come over this afternoon to divide the bones.
(End of Chapter)