Chapter 241 Promotion News

On the sled, there were three fat and strong sika deer tied with ropes. Xiao Tao was also leading a blind but quite docile doe. Under the two dead doe, one could vaguely see the corpses of two small animals, one large and one small, which were one size larger than a dog. Because they had no fur, it was impossible to tell what species they were at first glance.

Seeing her son return safely, Meng Yulan rushed over with the broom behind the door.

“Hey! Mom, what are you doing!”

“You naughty kid, you said you were going to stay in the mountains for a night, but why didn’t you come back on time? Your two aunts and I are so worried! I’m going to beat you up, you naughty kid!!”

While speaking, Meng Yulan swung the broom at Yue Feng’s butt. Before she hit him twice, her tense nerves relaxed and she started crying.

Yue Feng did not hide, nor did he argue to explain. Instead, he stood there and let his mother vent her worries. When he saw tears in her eyes, he hugged her.

“Don’t cry, mom. We are back safely! We stayed in the mountains for one more day for a reason! Let’s go into the house and I’ll show you what we got from this trip! Let’s put it this way, your son is really rich this time!”

Meng Yulan was skeptical and Yue Feng diverted her attention, and then she followed Yue Feng into the house.

After Yue Feng unfolded the two leopard skins rolled up in the hunting bag, even Yue Lei, who was relatively calm, widened his eyes.

“Is this a wild leopard? You guys shot two wild leopards in the mountains this time? What did you use to kill them? I didn’t see any bullet holes on its fur.” ​​Yue Lei recognized the species of leopard from the beautiful patterns on its fur.

The local mountain people call it the native leopard. It is the top predator after the mountain god, and its ecological niche is half a level higher than that of a tiger cub.

“The smaller one was strangled to death with a lasso, and the larger one was shot in the head by me at around 4 or 5 this morning before daybreak! This is what happened…”

Yue Feng succinctly recounted how Uncle Zhao discovered the leopard after going up the mountain, how he broke its tail, and what happened afterwards. The twists and turns in the story made the adults’ eyes widen.

“This leather is worth a lot of money. Your uncle Zhao just gave it to you so easily?”

“Yes! They said that the money from selling the hides would be used by us to marry wives! We four brothers, each of us will take one share and divide it equally!”

Hearing the words “split equally”, Xiaowen’s mother and Xiaotao’s mother looked at each other, and both of them looked a little shocked. Lynx skin is worth more than a thousand yuan, so how much can this perfect leopard skin be worth?

And there are two skins, one big and one small. To be frank, this money alone is enough to cover all the expenses of the children and wife at home, and there may even be some left over.

“Oh, by the way, Mom, I have something else to discuss with my family. Since both of my aunts are here, I’ll just tell them straight away!”

“What’s going on?”

“This doe that was blinded by an eagle is very docile. It came back leisurely after being tied with a rope and led! The doe must be pregnant!

I heard from Uncle Zhao that deer that are raised by humans right after birth can be tamed like cattle and sheep. We can raise them and use them as breeding stock!
We can’t always rely on hunting in the mountains to make money. If we do this, the wild animals near the mountains will eventually be wiped out. So I was thinking, can we get seeds through hunting and then set up a deer farm in the village!
Sika deer are precious from head to toe. We can expand their population through captive breeding, and then go outside the village to cut grass that the deer love to eat to feed them. When the number of deer in the farm reaches a certain level, we can regularly cut antlers and collect deer fetuses, so that the family can have more income! “

“Your aunt and I have no problem with it. Just collect more grass for the pigs. But son, have you ever thought about whether the village collective will agree? What if someone with ulterior motives reports it? Can your uncle keep the matter under control?” Meng Yulan asked solemnly.

“The policy is not stable yet, so it’s time for us to prepare in advance. But according to the radio, many other areas have already started contracting to households, so we can do a great job then!
We brothers have discussed this matter on the way back, and everyone is willing to do it. I will go to my uncle to mention this, and he will definitely support us!

But your consideration is right. Let’s keep a low profile in the early stage and keep this doe with calf in a pen first! My uncle Zhao taught me how to feed it smoothly. I will tell you later!

When we go up the mountain again, we will catch other cubs and bring them back alive. It won’t be long before we can completely solve the problem of the source of deer species in the deer farm!”

“Okay, let’s give it a try! This matter must be kept secret for now, and no one can tell anyone! If we can really raise sika deer like raising pigs, then our source of income will be more stable! With our own basic industry, we don’t have to rely on the weather for our livelihood!”

“His aunt, our family agrees too!”

“Our family is joining in too!!”

The Li family and the Zhang family were both clear-headed people. They knew the value of Yue Feng’s proposal. If they joined now, they would be the original shareholders of the deer farm. If the deer farm develops in the future, they would reap long-term benefits.

“Alright, we’ll discuss the details in a meeting after Xiaofeng goes to Jianguo to get the upper hand! The kids must have been exhausted after two days in the mountains. The dumplings are ready, let’s eat first!!”

…After eating a meal of hot dumplings stuffed with road meat, the tiredness from running around in the mountains for days came back.

But we guys can’t get any sleep now, as we have only gutted the deer and haven’t skinned or boned them yet.

Several people worked together to drag the carcasses of several deer into the basement of the north room, and then lit a bright fire in the house. After they thawed, they could skin and bone the deer.

Yue Feng and his friends often do these things, and they are already very familiar with them. It’s just a few deer. If they work together, they can clean them all up in less than two hours.

Yue Feng didn’t plan to keep the three deer, one male and two females, at home. After all, he hadn’t finished eating the meat of the big red deer yet. So he followed the old rule: if the second canteen could eat them all, he would sell them all to the second canteen.

What was really difficult to decide was the skinned carcasses of the two leopards.

This thing is a mountain product that is rarer than a lynx. Yue Feng doesn’t know whether it tastes good or not, but he knows that it is definitely something worthy of being given as a gift.

Although things like leopard gall may not be recorded in official Chinese medicine books, they are also passed down in many folk remedies. Once a buyer in urgent need of it is found, its value may be higher than that of leopard skin.

Based on this consideration, Yue Feng discussed it with the brothers and decided that two leopard gallbladders, one large and one small, were simply soaked in boiling water and kept temporarily. As for the leopard meat after skinning, a piece of meat was cut from the neck of the female leopard that had its head blown off for a simple taste, and the remaining intact little leopards were not touched, and the remaining female leopards were not touched either.

These two pieces of meat, which are hard to get even with money, are temporarily kept as strategic reserve resources of the team. If the father-in-law needs them later, it is still a great honor to take them out at the critical moment.

That night, half of the female leopard’s head and neck meat were stewed in a pot.

I don’t know if it’s because we are used to eating wild boar, roe deer and venison, but when we tried the leopard meat, we all had the same opinion.

The meat tastes sour and dry, and has an earthy smell that can’t be removed. Although both are cats, the taste of leopard meat is very different from that of tiger cub meat.

Now, no one was even more excited about the remaining leopard meat, so they asked the captain to put it in his own meat cellar and give it away as gifts during major festivals.

This thing still has some fur on its limbs and claws, which is enough to prove its identity. As for how to cook it and how to eat it when giving it to others, Yue Feng and the others don’t need to worry about it.

After dinner, the brothers dispersed and went home to do whatever they wanted. Yue Feng wrapped the three-piece suit of the big sika deer in newspaper, tucked it under his arm, and strolled to Wang Jian’s house.

Yue Feng had verbally agreed last time, and now he has got it back. He has to flatter his father-in-law. This aphrodisiac item is hard currency no matter which dynasty or class.

When Yue Feng arrived at the gate of Wang Jianguo’s house, the courtyard gate was not closed. The watchdog tied not far from the thatched house door barked twice symbolically after seeing Yue Feng coming, and then wagged its tail at Yue Feng.

Hearing the dog barking, Zhang Cuilian pushed the door open from the main room and looked out, just in time to see Yue Feng walking into the yard with his daughter in his arms.

“Xiao Feng is here! Have you eaten yet? Come in quickly! Old man, Xiao Feng is here!”

“Aunt! I’m done with dinner!” Yue Feng greeted her and pushed the door open.

“What are you up to now, kid?” Wang Jianguo saw a roll of newspaper tucked under Yue Feng’s arm, so he asked directly.

“Hey, hey! Last time you asked me about the three-piece suit of a big red deer! This time when I went up the mountain, I didn’t catch any red deer, but I did catch a big male sika deer, and I got the three-piece suit!”

“So soon? They started fighting right away?”

“Well, this time I had a good harvest in the mountains. I killed five deer of different sizes! I brought back four of them! I will go to the city to sell them tomorrow!” Yue Feng said very proudly.

“Okay! When it comes to hunting, you are the best in our nearby village! I’ve never heard of a hunter who would bring home a lot of animals every few days! You got these three sets just in time, Lao Zhang is going to get a promotion!”

“Is there any progress on Uncle Zhang’s case? Where will he be promoted?”

“The City Armed Forces Department! A deputy with real power! Now, we have some foundation and connections in the city! This is all thanks to the credit you helped him get a few days ago!”

Hearing this term, Yue Feng’s heart moved. This time Zhang Dayong was really saved by him!
(End of this chapter)