Goldfinger is a bit strange

Chapter 396: Cutting Deer Antlers (1/2)

At noon, men, women and children from Jiapigou gathered on the avenue, pointing at the dozens of sika deer.

The deer were still picking up the corn grains on the ground as usual. For them, this was a big meal.

This was the first time for the villagers to experience deer antler cutting, so they all came out to watch the fun, even the little kids.

I've done deer antler before, but that was all about "cutting", which meant chopping rather than cutting.

Antler cutting is when the sika deer changes its antlers and when the new antler grows to two or three forks, the deer is hunted in the mountains and shot.

After killing, the whole deer antlers are cut off directly with an axe, often with the skull on top.

The chopped antler is sold directly to the purchasing department. Even in this era, a pair of antler in good condition can be sold for twenty or thirty yuan.

If the people in the village had not followed the rules of the elders and never killed indiscriminately, and if the mute grandfather had not been in charge in the mountains, it is estimated that there would not be many sika deer left.

"They are all small deer. This antler is just in time." Master Yao from the pharmaceutical factory praised the bucks in the herd while looking at them.

When the velvet antler branches into a side branch, it is called Erganger; when it produces another branch, it is called Sanchazi, and the quality is slightly older.

When it bifurcates again, it is no longer velvet, but gradually becomes skeletal and is called a dry fork.

Dried twigs are not useless. They are very valuable for boiling deer antler glue. The mute master boiled a lot of them last year.

Marshal Zhang led several villagers back, each armed with a hacksaw. After hearing what Master Yao said, he took over the conversation:

"We used to cut antler, and the deer died after getting the antler. It's better now. After the first crop of antler is cut off, the second crop can be cut, and it can be cut every year without harming the sika deer."

Liu Qingshan also looked at the handsome uncle and smiled: Now he was finally willing to put down the butcher knife and use an iron saw instead.

For such a big event as deer antler cutting, Grandpa Mute was invited down from the mountain and led Gao Feng and Li Tieniu all the way.

Liu Qingshan hurriedly greeted him. The master made a few gestures with his hands, and then handed Liu Qingshan a packet of medicinal powder he had brought. This was applied to the cross section after cutting the velvet to avoid infection.

"Actually, just sprinkle some plant ash or something." Zhang Dashuai muttered.

Freshly burned plant ashes are still very clean due to high-temperature sterilization, and they also have astringent effects.

Let alone sika deer, even if someone cuts a cut on their hand, they would just sprinkle some plant ash to stop the bleeding. People at this time are not that valuable.

Liu Qingshan handed the medicinal powder to Shan Xing beside him and asked her to take charge of the work.

Shan Xing was still a little worried: "Brother, does it hurt to cut the deer antler?"

"It shouldn't hurt much."

Liu Qingshan touched her watermelon head, thought for a while, and continued: "It's probably the same as how you and the fourth child cut their hair."

Shan Xing nodded vigorously, indicating that he understood: "The deer can't just get food from us, they also have to contribute. This is only fair."

Liu Qingshan couldn't help but look at the little girl with admiration. Being able to tell such truth proved that Shan Xing still had a lot of ideas.

"Let's get started. After a while, the deer are full and it's time to run up the mountain again." Zhang Dashuai urged repeatedly, and the hacksaw in his hand was already a little hungry.

Everyone is also prepared. The cut deer antlers can be dried naturally in the shade, but they will not be sold at a high price.

Moreover, these velvet antlers are not enough for our own pharmaceutical factories and cannot be sold to outsiders for the time being, so it is best to process them directly.

Liu Qingshan pointed to the leader of the deer group, the big deer deer: "To capture the thief, capture the king first, let's start with this guy."

"Brother, it's not because Dalulu likes to play with you. Is this your revenge?"

Xiao Laosi asked, blinking his big eyes.

Liu Qingshan coughed twice: "He is the king of deer, so of course he must take the lead. Besides, if you look at the other male deer, you will see that the leader is an honest man, so they must have all stopped."

"Okay then." Little Laosi went up and hugged Da Lulu's head, Shan Xing also stretched out his hands to cover Da Lulu's eyes.

It seems that when they get injections, it won’t hurt if they cover their eyes.

The first time he sawed, the mute grandfather did it himself and cut the saw directly within ten centimeters of the root of the deer antler.

With a few clicking sounds, a long piece of deer antler was successfully cut off.

Dashuai Zhang, who was helping with the attack next to him, was still mumbling: "Just cut it, cut it, it will save you the trouble!"

Everyone couldn't help laughing: Isn't this the same phrase you muttered when you were slaughtering the pig?

Then came another one. The mute grandfather worked very quickly. In less than half a minute, the two antlers were sawed off.

Deer antler should be about 25 centimeters in length, with a beautiful brown-red appearance and a layer of fine hairs. This is probably why it is called deer antler.

A few drops of pink blood oozed out from the cut area. Someone had already taken a small ball of new cotton and wiped it, then threw it directly into a glass jar with wine nearby.

Like a peach blossom blooming in the wine, in an instant, the full jar of high-quality liquor turned pink.

"Tsk, tsk, this antler blood is the essence of the whole antler. It's rare, it's too rare. Can you sell me a jar?"

Master Yao from the pharmaceutical factory was full of praise.

"Master Yao, I will give you a jar when the time comes."

Liu Qingshan began to think again. These masters were actually rehired after retirement.

Since they were rehired, they could also be hired by Jiapigou Pharmaceutical Factory.

When cutting the antlers, Dalulu also struggled symbolically, but Xiaolaosi and Shanxing kept comforting him, and Xiaolaosi even stuffed a grain of coarse salt into his mouth, so Dalulu did not continue to resist.

Liu Qingshan was also stunned: in the future, when people cut antlers, they had to take anesthetics first, which seemed to be very difficult. I didn’t expect it to be quite easy.

After Shanxing sprinkled the powder on the cut surface of the antlers, he and Laosi sprinkled Dalulu together. This guy shook his head, as if he felt something was missing, and he was a little unhappy.

Seeing the dumb grandfather standing next to him, he leaned his head forward, as if he wanted to push him.

But he seemed to sense the powerful Qi and blood in the dumb grandpa, so he didn't dare to butt, but tilted his head and hit Zhang Dashuai who was beside the dumb grandpa.

Uncle Dashuai was caught off guard and squatted on his buttocks after being buttocked. He sat on the ground and cursed:

"Fuck you, you loser, you also know how to pick on the weak, right? Believe it or not, I will really cut you off!"

Amid the laughter of the crowd, he began to cut the antlers of the next male deer. As expected, as Liu Qingshan expected, the remaining male deer were relatively honest.

They all learned bad things from the big deer, and they would butt people after cutting the antlers.

Xiao Laosi and Shanxing, of course, would not butt, and they didn't dare to butt the dumb grandpa, so Zhang Dashuai and the others suffered, and were butted like a boss.

Fortunately, there were no antlers, so they couldn't be hurt, but they were a little embarrassed.

But as Shanxing said: This world is fair. You got a treasure like antlers, don't you have to pay a price?

The sawed antlers are handed over to the mute grandfather for unified processing.

This is not a job that an amateur can do. First, the fluff on the outside of the antlers must be burned clean with fire.

Then scrape it with glass shards. The reason for using glass shards is also an old tradition. Many Chinese medicines are more taboo about iron tools and try to use them as little as possible.

Then there are different processing methods. It can be ground into antler powder or sliced.

The mute grandfather's method is to pour white wine into it along the cut surface, soak it, turn it upside down and steam it in a pot, and finally slice it and dry it in the shade.

This is also a more commonly used processing method. Because the antlers need to be turned upside down when pouring wine, the essence of the whole antler is mostly deposited on the top of the antler.

Although it is the slices of the same antler, they are actually very different. The quality of the root is the worst, while the quality of the top is the best, and the price is of course higher.

So when buying antlers, there are still many things to say, and the price often differs by more than ten times.

The most amazing thing is the antler blood wine, but unfortunately, the antler blood is really limited. There are about 20 male deer in total, and less than 100 kilograms of antler blood wine were obtained.

The elders in the whole village looked at the pink antler blood wine, and their eyes were shining.

This thing is really nourishing.

After the deer herds have eaten and drunk enough, they will leave as usual. In June, they can cut another batch. Of course, the quality will be slightly worse than this time.

This time, the antler cutting was smoother than expected, so Liu Qingshan was in a good mood and promised that after the antler blood wine was soaked for a month, each household could get a kilogram.

"What can I do with a kilogram? I can finish it in one meal." Zhang Ganzi yelled that it was too little.

"You can drink a small cup of this thing in one meal. If you drink a kilogram at a time, you will definitely break the kang." Zhang Dashuai also gave Zhang Ganzi guidance.

Everyone was laughing and joking, and gradually dispersed. Liu Qingshan greeted the guests and went home to continue eating. They had just finished half of the meal.

This time, Grandpa Dumb and Gao Feng also joined the dinner table. Master Yao from the pharmaceutical factory and Grandpa Dumb were also half colleagues. They chatted with each other enthusiastically, but they needed Liu Qingshan or Gao Feng to be the translator.

"There are so many good medicinal herbs on the mountain, haha, I want to stay here with you, go into the mountain to collect herbs every day, and strengthen my body." Master Yao also looked envious.

Another Master Yang suddenly asked: "Qingshan, is there any wild ginseng in your forest? It must be old ginseng. During the New Year, someone asked me for help and asked me to help find one."

Their pharmaceutical factory certainly has no shortage of wild ginseng, but old ginseng that is decades or hundreds of years old is hard to come by.

What about this?

Liu Qingshan also hesitated, then looked at his master.

Of course there are old mountain ginsengs. The master took him to see the ginseng field and even dug out a plant to treat Gu Junshan, a paleontological fossil expert.

But those old mountain ginsengs belong to the dumb grandfather, and Liu Qingshan can't make a decision easily.

Master Yang observed his expression and immediately exclaimed: "Mute brother, you don't really have it in your hand, then you have to help me anyway!"

March, early spring.

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The gloomy sky is gray and black, revealing a heavy depression, as if someone has splashed ink on rice paper, and the ink has soaked the sky and smudged the clouds.

The clouds are stacked and blended with each other, diffusing crimson lightning, accompanied by rumbling thunder.

It's like the roar of a god, echoing in the world.

Please download the Aiyue Novels app to read the latest chapters for free without ads. The bloody rain, with sadness, falls to the mortal world.

The earth is hazy, and there is a ruined city, silent and lifeless in the dim bloody rain.

The broken walls and ruins in the city, everything is withered, collapsed houses can be seen everywhere, as well as blue-black corpses and pieces of meat, like broken autumn leaves, silently withering.

The bustling streets in the past are now bleak.

The sandy road that was once crowded with people is no longer noisy.

Only blood mud mixed with pieces of meat, dust, and paper is left, which is indistinguishable and shocking.

Not far away, a broken carriage is deeply stuck in the mud, full of sadness, with only an abandoned rabbit doll hanging on the shaft, swaying in the wind.

The white fluff has long been soaked into wet red, full of gloomy weirdness.

The cloudy eyes seemed to have some resentment, and he looked at the mottled stones in front of him alone.

There, a figure was lying.

This was a 13 or 14-year-old boy, with ragged clothes and full of dirt, and a broken leather bag tied around his waist.

The boy squinted his eyes and did not move. The biting cold penetrated his tattered coat from all directions, swept through his body, and gradually took away his body temperature.

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Following his gaze, a skinny vulture was gnawing on the rotten corpse of a wild dog at a distance of seven or eight feet from him, and sometimes vigilantly observed the surroundings.

It seemed that in this dangerous ruin, it would instantly take off at the slightest movement.

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After a long time, the opportunity came, and the greedy vulture finally completely sank its head into the belly of the wild dog.

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