After being reborn, the young master returned to his village and led his wife and daughters to prosp

After discussing the delivery arrangements with Dadan and agreeing on a departure time for the next morning, the father and son prepared to leave.

Before leaving, Lin Fan noticed two foxes with soft fur and beautiful colors hanging on the wall of Dadan's house. He paused for a moment, then turned to Dadan and asked, "Brother Dadan, did you kill these two foxes too?"

When Lin Fan asked this question, Da Dan quickly nodded and smiled somewhat embarrassedly.

“I shot it. I’m not very skilled, but I’m strong, so I’ve been learning to hunt since I was a child. Plus, I’m a single person with no family to worry about.”

"When I have free time, I go up the mountain to set some animal traps. I check on them every few days. If I catch any prey, I won't have to worry about food for several days."

"These two beasts were brought back from the mountain last night. However, fox meat is gamey and not very tasty. There are wild boars on the mountain, but they are too cunning. I haven't caught one even once in all this time. I wonder when I'll be able to eat pork again."

He spoke boldly, a hint of envy showing on his face.

Most of the delicious meats in the world have been widely distributed through human farming and recycling, such as the most common pigs, cattle, sheep, chickens, and fish.

With a few exceptions, most of these mountain delicacies don't actually taste very good, at least not as good as the most common poultry from a purely edible point of view.

Take the fox in front of us, for example. Fox meat is very gamey and smelly, and it's small with little fat. These days, even someone as bold as us, who has hunting skills, would least like to catch this kind of creature. Two foxes are not as good as two wild rabbits.

Lin Fan stared at the two wild rabbits, a thoughtful look appearing in his eyes.

After a moment, he looked at Dadan and said with a smile, "Brother Dadan, are you selling this fox? How about selling it to me?"

After thinking for a moment, Dan Da nodded and said, "If Brother Lin wants it, then I'll sell it to you!"

"This thing doesn't have much meat. I heard it's some kind of protected animal if you try to sell it outside, and you'll get a scolding. I won't take advantage of you, just give me four yuan a pound."

Clearly, the honest and simple-minded Dadan had no idea where the most valuable part of this thing was.

They treated it as ordinary meat, selling it for less than a pound of pork. The two foxes weighed only seven or eight pounds, and Lin Fan generously gave Dadan thirty yuan and took it away.

Once outside, Lin Desheng frowned slightly and looked at Lin Fan, saying, "Third brother, I heard there's some wildlife protection law coming out recently. You can't just catch these things and sell them randomly in the county town, or you might get into trouble!"

In this era, the perfection and popularization of laws are not yet comprehensive.

The so-called Wildlife Protection Law does not include a large list of animals, but as time goes by, sparrows that are now common in rural areas and wild roe deer in the mountains will gradually be included in it.

Lin Desheng and his fellow villagers were farmers who didn't usually pay attention to these things. They had only vaguely heard people talking about it, saying that some animals in the mountains shouldn't be killed casually.

However, they don't care. As long as they don't sell them in the county town, they'll still hunt a couple of them for a treat when they occasionally encounter them on the mountain, just like the bold approach.

"Dad, don't worry, I know what I'm doing."

Lin Fan smiled at Lin Desheng but didn't explain anything further.

After returning home, the two busied themselves for a while, packing up all the snails, and then went to bed early.

The next morning, just as dawn broke, Da Da led two mules to the front of the Lin family's old house.

Liu Chunlian warmly welcomed him in: "How bold of you to come so early! Have you eaten yet? Why don't you come in and have something to eat with us?"

"No need, Auntie, I've already eaten. You guys eat, I'll just sit for a bit."

"Alright, then sit down and have some water. We'll set off after your Uncle Lin and the others finish eating!"

After breakfast, my brother-in-law, adoptive father, and Dadan harnessed the two mules to the cart, and then loaded all the large and small vats in the house onto the cart and covered them with cloth.

Lin Fan took this opportunity to go to the kitchen, skillfully took out a knife, and skinned the two foxes he had taken back from Dadan'er yesterday.

The meat was also cut into pieces and packed into a separate small bag.

Once everything was ready, the four people, along with two mules and two carts, set off.

The cart pulled by livestock was naturally not as fast as a tractor, and it took two whole hours to get from the village to the county town. By the time they arrived in the county town, it was already close to ten in the morning.

Cheng Dalong, who was there to receive the goods, arrived early.

Seeing that the three of them had brought back even more snails today than the previous two days, I couldn't help but click my tongue in amazement.

"Hey, young man, you're really capable!"

"This much, it must weigh over a thousand pounds! Come on, let's weigh it and see how much it is!"

After a long day of work, the group finished weighing the items, and Cheng Dalong smiled and announced a number.

"One thousand five hundred and twenty-seven catties, that's two thousand five hundred and ninety-five yuan and ninety cents in total, here you go!"

After settling the payment, Lin Fan looked at the large vat on the cart, then looked at Lin Fan again, and asked with a smile, "Young man, with so many snails, we'll buy them for 1.7 yuan each. You must make a lot of money on this trip, right?"

Faced with Cheng Dalong's question, Lin Fan frowned imperceptibly, then smiled and replied, "I only earn a delivery fee, it's not much."

"It's not as profitable as the previous boss who processed these snails into snacks. These 1,000-plus kilograms, at 50 cents a small bag, could sell for nearly 10,000 yuan, right? Even after deducting all costs, he could probably still make several thousand yuan."

Hearing Lin Fan change the subject, Cheng Dalong smiled slightly and waved his hand: "Young man, you're quite honest. Alright, you can go now."

"May the boss make a fortune!"

After leaving the alley, Lin Fan called his brother-in-law and adoptive father to his side.

"Dad, brother-in-law, from now on, when we use snails, we must cover them with a cloth and not let anyone know what we are doing. We also cannot reveal the price of buying and selling snails to anyone. If anyone asks, we absolutely cannot say anything. Nobody will believe us. Do you understand?"

Zhang Weihao nodded thoughtfully and asked, "Third brother, could it be that someone is jealous of us and we've run into trouble?"

Lin Fan shook his head and said, "Not for now, but secrets can't stay hidden forever. This matter will spread sooner or later, and there will definitely be people who are jealous of us."

Some people are jealous, but that's secondary. The more important thing is that these snails are taken to a food processing plant to be made into snacks and sold, and they are the kind of unregulated snacks.

Lin Fan knew perfectly well that this was a gray area business, and if strictly investigated, it would be illegal.

The reason why they are so popular now is that some parts of the law are not yet perfect and widespread, and the country does not pay much attention to food safety. However, in a few years, all such gray industry chains of substandard products will be hit hard.