Chapter 1018 - 37: Staple Food
Fred spoke at length, and everyone roughly understood the exchange process.
Actually, it’s not just that having resources allows for exchange; it also depends on whether the hunter you encounter is willing to help you.
Of course, most hunters are willing to oblige when faced with requests from their fellow countrymen.
After all, exchanging resources is beneficial for them too, without much cost.
There’s even potential for profit.
Fred said, "In short, I’ve reached an agreement with that bald hunter, Arseny. They will bring some resources over tomorrow morning to exchange, and we can trade the matsutake mushrooms we’ve collected earlier and that bear skin with them."
Upon hearing this, Hua Yun, who had silently walked over from the ambush point, said, "The value of that bear skin might be lower."
Chen Wen nodded, he was aware of this.
"Do they want the pig skin?"
Adam pointed to the wild boar lying on the ground.
Fred shook his head, as he was not a hunter and didn’t know the exchange standards.
"Alright, let’s leave it at that for now."
Chen Wen interrupted everyone’s idle thoughts, saying, "Those who need to rest can rest, and those who need to keep watch can keep watch. We’ll discuss everything else tomorrow."
Chen Wen’s words were quite effective, and everyone stopped worrying about the exchange and began to rest.
Roland pointed to the distant wild boar: "What should we do with this? With so much blood around, hunters within a few kilometers might catch the scent and come over."
Chen Wen looked at the wild boar and also felt a bit troubled.
Such a large wild boar, and it died near the camp; it really is a bit of a problem.
"Let’s just leave it for now."
Chen Wen said, "We’ll deal with it tomorrow morning, as for the other hunters... well, if they do come, who’s the prey and who’s the hunter remains to be seen!"
With these words, Roland was no longer worried.
After all, the biggest and most dangerous hunter around had already been killed.
...
In the hunters’ camp.
The young man was happily embracing his tent, along with his girlfriend’s personal belongings.
Originally somewhat overly worried, his expression eased.
He felt he could have a good sleep now.
But the two hunters nearby found it hard to sleep.
They sat absent-mindedly beside the camp, questioning life.
Boris was alright; he just hadn’t expected his shot to be so off-target.
Arseny, however, was shocked by Chen Wen’s spear-throwing skills.
He frequently used long spears and javelins, and unlike Boris, he genuinely enjoyed these two types of weapons.
So upon seeing the wound caused by Chen Wen, he was deeply shocked.
The young man named Chen Wen, his strength and control were ridiculously high!
𝒇𝙧𝙚𝓮𝙬𝙚𝓫𝒏𝓸𝓿𝓮𝒍.𝓬𝙤𝓶
If I had such skills...
Arseny thought for a moment; he might be able to traverse this forest unchecked!
Shaking his head, Arseny stopped his aimless thoughts.
He silently crawled into his tent and let out a long sigh.
...
One night passed.
In Chen Wen’s camp.
Due to last night’s special situation, everyone’s tasks this morning changed.
Roland and Fred, who initially planned to chop wood, picked up daggers and began cutting the wild boar.
Gaston, who was supposed to fish, was busy digging pits and burying blood-stained soil.
Adam was making a meat-smoking rack.
Now smoking the meat had become their most critical task; otherwise, leaving so much meat lying around could spoil it.
If it spoils, it would be a huge loss!
Hua Yun was organizing the bear skin, intending to make it look nicer to sell for a good price.
Chen Wen was leisurely simmering soup.
Today, he planned to showcase his culinary skills, boiling a pot of wild boar bone soup, and cooking some wild boar meat.
Just as everyone was busy.
The promised Arseny, along with his hunting partner Boris and the young man, arrived near the camp.
From afar, Arseny looked at the bustling people and felt somewhat emotional.
Look at this group of young people—excluding Roland from the young group.
They are the same age as the young man beside him, but they can survive here with very few tools.
Really...
Arseny didn’t say much but walked straight over.
Tree top.
Eagle cried out, warning that someone had arrived.
Chen Wen looked up, saw the three people walking over with backpacks, and immediately broke into a smile.
Think of what you want!
Just when he wanted to eat some staple food, not only did Adam find black bread, but seeing what Boris was carrying, a big, round bundle, it must be potatoes, right?
Where did they get the potatoes from?
Arseny came around the camp, and Fred immediately went up to greet him.
After the two of them exchanged a few words in Russian, Fred motioned for Chen Wen and Hua Yun to bring over the items.
Arseny said, "We didn’t bring much, I heard from Fred that you need staple food, so we brought these over."
As his words fell, Boris immediately put down the bag he was carrying and opened it.
As Chen Wen expected, inside was a large pile of potatoes!
The young man also put down his backpack, opened it, and inside was a large heap of buckwheat.
Seeing this item, Fred’s eyes lit up instantly.
He rarely took the initiative to introduce buckwheat to everyone: "This is buckwheat, here we call it [Гречка], a very delicious staple food!"
According to Fred, in Russia, they don’t eat processed buckwheat, but cook it with water like rice.
It’s also Fred’s favorite food.
Seeing that everyone was pleased with the brought items, Arseny said with a smile, "It’s a coincidence, we are here to deliver some supplies to my brother too. He’s chopping wood in the northern forest, so we managed to bring these."
Chen Wen nodded, expressing gratitude.
Simultaneously, he signaled to Hua Yun, who immediately took out the bear skin.
The organized brown bear skin looked better than before.
But how much it can be traded for still depended on Arseny’s evaluation.
Everyone was tensely awaiting Arseny’s assessment.
Suddenly, Arseny looked at the bear skin, mouth agape in an "O" shape.
"Is this... the leather of a brown bear?"
Arseny couldn’t help but ask.
He trembling reached out, attempting to touch the bear skin but hesitated.
Seeing this scene, Chen Wen was puzzled.
Could it be that hunting brown bears is not allowed here?
No, when they arrived, the Russian Association didn’t mention this!
At this moment, Gaston seemed to recall something sinister.
He couldn’t help but whisper to Adam, "Could it be the Russian Association is trying to trick us, deliberately not informing us that brown bears are protected? They find Chen Wen hard to deal with, so they use this tactic?"
Association cleverly sets a trap, Chen Wen mistakenly ends up in a predicament?
"Shouldn’t it be the Japan Association using this tactic? After all, the Japan Association is the one that holds a grudge against Chen Wen, but they apparently couldn’t do it themselves, so they bribed the Russian Association?"
Hearing this, Adam rolled his eyes.
Your imagination is over the top!
Because Gaston’s thoughts were bizarre, Adam simply ignored him.
Gaston thought about it again and felt he was being foolish.
No more conversation ensued.
This time, Arseny seemed to have calmed down.
He took the bear skin and tentatively asked, "Can I open it?"
Hua Yun nodded, "Certainly."
Almost immediately as Hua Yun nodded, Arseny spread the bear skin.
He instinctively searched for something, and soon, his gaze froze in one spot on the bear skin.
This area was exactly where the brown bear had previously been injured!