Chapter 3 This Luck

The two of them chatted casually by the side of the road. Wu Mengting voluntarily revealed a lot about herself. She had just graduated with a master’s degree last year and was now an editor at a magazine.

Her hometown was Lu City, which surprisingly made her a fellow townsman of Chen Feng. It was just that she was from the urban area of Lu City, while Chen Feng was from a county under Lu City’s jurisdiction.

The two communicated in their hometown dialect. There were some differences in accent, but they could basically understand each other.

This instantly closed a lot of the distance between them. It was clear that Wu Mengting’s expression became more relaxed.

Chen Feng was also a little happy. He hadn’t been back to his hometown for over a year, and he rarely met anyone from there in this provincial capital city of Xiuzhou.

As a result, he had actually met a fellow townsman while driving around aimlessly. Meeting someone from home in a foreign land, and a pretty girl at that, always put one in a pleasant mood.

This time, Chen Feng didn’t keep her at arm’s length. He took the initiative to tell her his name and some things about himself. Of course, he didn’t mention the divorce.

He only said that he had won this new car from a scratch-off ticket. Wu Mengting didn’t believe it at first, until Chen Feng, being a bit serious, took out the prize redemption certificate from the car to show her. Only then did she believe him.

“Your luck is just too good!” Wu Mengting said with an envious look on her face.

Chen Feng smiled and said, “Maybe I was too unlucky before. Even God couldn’t bear it anymore.”

“How were you unlucky before?” Wu Mengting asked curiously.

Chen Feng thought for a moment. Anyway, after today, they would probably never see each other again, so he said, “I just got divorced yesterday, and I was also diagnosed with a terminal illness.”

Wu Mengting’s mouth fell open. After a long while, she shook her head and said, “That’s impossible. You look fine to me. How can you look like someone with a terminal illness?”

Chen Feng smiled. This time, he didn’t bother to take out any diagnosis report, just said, “It’s fine if you don’t believe me.”

He had just said it casually. After all, keeping this secret to himself and not being able to tell anyone else was quite depressing.

Now that he had said it, whether she believed it or not, it was a form of release. They were just strangers who met by chance, and there would be no intersection in the future, so there was no need for her to believe him or pity him.

“It’s not that I don’t believe you, it’s just that this kind of thing is too… too incredible. Besides, if you had a terminal illness, your attitude is way too good, big brother. Also, if you really had a terminal illness, shouldn’t you be in the hospital?”

“It’s a terminal illness, incurable. What’s the point of staying in the hospital?”

Seeing Chen Feng’s relaxed tone, but not looking like he was joking at all, Wu Mengting started to believe him. For a moment, she didn’t know what to say and fell silent.

Chen Feng didn’t initiate another topic either. Instead, he took out his phone and started taking pictures. The nearby scenery was really nice.

Not long after, a Polo drove over. Wu Mengting’s best friend had arrived. She was also a great beauty, a bit tall, at least 1.7 meters, and slightly older, around twenty-five or twenty-six, dressed in the fashionable style of a modern city woman.

They politely introduced each other. Her name was Lin Wan. After some pleasantries, the tow truck also arrived. The Mini was towed away, and Wu Mengting got into Lin Wan’s car and left.

Chen Feng, however, was not in a hurry to leave. He wanted to wait for the owner of the flock of white goats to come over so he could buy a goat to eat.

The doctor had said to eat what he wanted, drink what he wanted, and do what he wanted. Since he wanted to eat goat, he might as well get one to eat.

After waiting for just a few minutes, he saw an old farmer with a sheep-herding whip emerge from the woods in the distance and start herding the sheep.

Chen Feng quickly walked off the road and shouted loudly at the old farmer, “Boss, are the sheep for sale?”

Of course, the sheep were for sale. And this old farmer was very honest and didn’t overcharge Chen Feng. Chen Feng spent 1500 to buy one, and the old farmer even recommended a slaughtering point to him.

With its four feet tied, he stuffed it into the trunk. Chen Feng then drove to the slaughtering point the old farmer mentioned, which was in a village a few kilometers away.

The roads in the village were now paved and very flat, and there were house numbers, so it was easy to find with a car.

He paid a hundred yuan for the slaughter. Chen Feng watched from the side. He used to watch pigs being slaughtered during the New Year as a child and didn’t think much of it.

Then, as the butcher was cleaning the internal organs, a lump-like thing fell out and rolled towards Chen Feng.

Chen Feng bent down curiously and picked it up. He took a brief look; it was a yellowish lump.

“Is this a goat bezoar?!” the butcher exclaimed in surprise.

Chen Feng hadn’t thought of it at first, but hearing the butcher’s shout, he immediately understood. This was a goat gallstone.

Cows have bezoars, so of course, goats have them too, but goat bezoars are much rarer compared to cow bezoars.

Chen Feng didn’t know the specific price of goat bezoars now, but he knew a little about the price of natural cow bezoars, which was sky-high, over ten thousand per gram.

Chen Feng searched on his phone for a bit, and sure enough, it was a sky-high price. There was a news story from a few years ago about an old farmer who sold a 62-gram natural cow bezoar for 3.12 million.

That was a few years ago. The price now would certainly be even higher.

And the goat bezoar in Chen Feng’s hand now had to be around two to three hundred grams. This luck was truly unparalleled.

At this time, several people in the slaughterhouse gathered around, looking at Chen Feng with envy, shock, and greed.

Especially the butcher responsible for slaughtering the goat, his eyes were red with envy.

If it weren’t for the several people watching, Chen Feng even suspected he might have the thought of killing him for his wealth, especially since he was still holding a butcher knife.

“Master, I’ll give you a red envelope later,” Chen Feng nodded at him with a calm tone and calmly stuffed the goat bezoar into his pocket.

“This goat bezoar must be worth at least a million. Your red envelope can’t be small,” the butcher’s tone was full of jealousy and indignation.

He had been slaughtering livestock for several years, killing at least a few hundred cattle and sheep, but today was the first time he had ever seen a goat bezoar.

And this damn Chen Feng just happened to buy a goat to slaughter and eat, and he ended up with a goat bezoar.

Especially since this goat bezoar had fallen from his side and rolled to Chen Feng’s feet.

If it hadn’t fallen out just now, if he hadn’t shouted out loud, it was very likely he would have pocketed this goat bezoar himself.

Thinking of this, the butcher wanted to stab himself.

Chen Feng just smiled and said nothing. For this kind of thing, giving a red envelope was appropriate, but how much to give was not up to the butcher.

The onlookers wanted Chen Feng to take out the goat bezoar for everyone to see, but Chen Feng just smiled and shook his head.

Although the onlookers were dissatisfied, they couldn’t say anything. After all, they didn’t know each other, and the goat bezoar belonged to Chen Feng. Chen Feng was under no obligation to show it to them.

The butcher, full of emotion, quickly processed the goat, put it in a woven bag, and threw it at Chen Feng’s feet. Then he asked for a red envelope, “Boss, I don’t want much for the red envelope, just eighty-eight thousand. Just give me eighty-eight thousand.”

Chen Feng chuckled twice, took out his phone, and directly dialed a number.

“110? I’m reporting a crime. Someone here is forcibly demanding a red envelope, and he’s holding a knife. The address is 134 xx Road, xx Village, Lihong Slaughterhouse. Okay, I’ll wait for you.”

The butcher was stunned for a good while. What the hell was this move? Only after Chen Feng finished the police call did he react, his face turned green, and he loudly argued, “When did I forcibly demand a red envelope? Don’t falsely accuse people.”

The other few people also hurried forward to plead for him.

“Boss, he helped you find a goat bezoar, it’s worth at least a million, right? Asking you for an eighty-eight thousand red envelope isn’t too much.”

“Old Cui, I think you should just ask for fifty-eight thousand.”

“Boss, for such a joyous occasion, it’s pointless to call the police.”

…

Chen Feng now had a “I’ve seen through life and death, if you’re not happy, let’s fight” attitude. He said with a stern face, “This goat is mine, I paid him to slaughter it, and the goat bezoar that came out is also mine. What does it have to do with him? It’s a kindness for me to give him a red envelope, but he can’t force me if I don’t. I don’t owe him anything. On what grounds is he asking me for eighty-eight thousand? Why don’t I just give him the goat bezoar? Let’s wait for the police to arrive. I’ll directly accuse you all of being a gang of extortion and robbery.”

Hearing this, the few “mediators” all took a step back in unison. They were all ordinary people and didn’t want to get involved in a lawsuit.

Someone waved his hand and loudly argued, “This has nothing to do with me. Don’t falsely accuse people. I’m leaving, you guys solve your own problems.”

After saying that, the person quickly walked away. The other few people also scattered like birds and beasts.

Only the butcher who demanded the red envelope was left, staring at Chen Feng.

In the end, the butcher chickened out and sighed, “I’d say you’re too stingy. This is worth over a million, is it too much for me to ask for a few tens of thousands for a red envelope?”

“Let’s wait for the police to arrive. I hate it when people threaten me.”

“I didn’t threaten you.”

“You did.”

“I didn’t.”

“Fine. I’ll wait in my car. I can’t be bothered to waste my breath on you.”

As Chen Feng spoke, he picked up the woven bag containing the slaughtered white goat and turned to walk out the door.

The butcher subconsciously followed him to the door, then watched as Chen Feng put the woven bag into the trunk, closed it, walked to the driver’s seat, opened the car door, got in, started the car, and drove away… the car just drove away!!
The butcher, standing at the entrance of the slaughterhouse, was stunned for a long time before shouting furiously, “Damn, that’s cold!”

(End of Chapter)