Zhao Yiming took some cakes and went into the mountains in the middle of the night. He has been there since then and his stomach is already empty.
Tian An went to the kitchen personally to bring out the food left for him. The food had been kept warm on the stove and was still hot.
After washing his hands, Zhao Yiming picked up his bowl and began to eat. While he was eating, Tian An asked someone to bring him some hot water, and put a cold prevention medicine bag in it, so that he could soak it quickly after he finished eating.
Staying overnight in the mountains in the middle of winter is no joke. Even if you are in good health, you still have to be careful.
Half an hour later, Zhao Yiming was full and refreshed as he walked out of the room.
Just in case, Tian An prepared another dose of medicine for him to prevent colds.
Zhao Yiming knew that he had scared Tian An when he went into the mountains this time, so he didn't say anything more. With the mentality of treating illnesses if there are any, and strengthening the body if there are no illnesses, he drank the bowl of black bitter medicine soup in one breath.
Taking the empty bowl, Tian An pointed at the deer in the yard and asked him, "We can't finish all the venison. What are you going to do? Sell it or give it away. And the antlers and other things, are you going to keep them for yourself or sell them?"
The deer that Zhao Yiming shot was estimated to be about 200 kilograms. The whole body of the deer is full of treasures and has high medicinal value. They are not sick or in any pain, so it would be a waste to keep these things. Tian An's idea is to keep some for himself and sell the rest.
Zhao Yiming thought for a moment and said, "Isn't deer antler only good for men? We don't have any use for it at home, so let's sell it!"
"Who said that? Deer antlers not only have the effect of nourishing the kidneys and strengthening yang for men, but it is also effective for women with infertility caused by cold uterus, dysmenorrhea caused by cold uterus, poor growth and development in children, delayed healing of fontanelles, and delayed walking due to soft bones!" Tian An explained to Zhao Yiming.
When Zhao Yiming heard that it had many uses, and could be used by men, women, young and old, he decisively decided to keep it. "This thing is hard to come by, so let's keep it! If we need it in the future, we might not be able to buy it back even if we spend money."
Tian An didn't care. She had stocks of deer antlers in her space. But since Zhao Yiming said he wanted to stay, then let him stay!
The two discussed for a while and finally decided to keep the antlers and half of the venison, to eat themselves and give away.
After resting, Zhao Yiming simply processed the deer. He cut off the antlers and the meat for his family to eat and gave them to Tian An, then took Chen Qiang to the county town to sell venison.
Wild deer are agile and difficult for ordinary hunters to hunt, so as soon as Zhao Yiming brought the deer into the county town, he was surrounded by many people.
"Are you selling this venison?" someone asked before the donkey cart stopped.
Without Zhao Yiming's response, Chen Qiang took the initiative to greet everyone: "My master went into the mountains and killed a deer. We can't finish it all, so we're selling some. If you like it, please buy some and take it back!"
Another person asked: "How much is this meat per pound?"
In the past, Zhao Yiming would send his prey directly to the restaurant for appraisal, and they were all wild rabbits, pheasants and the like, all of which had market prices. Even the last time he killed a tiger, it was bought directly by Peng Zhang.
This was his first time hunting a wild deer, and for a moment he wasn't sure what price to set. But back home, he'd heard Tian An say that every part of a deer is valuable, and venison shouldn't be priced the same as other meats.
"One tael of silver per catty." Zhao Yiming thought of setting the price high first, and then lowering the price if it couldn't be sold. If that didn't work, he would send it to a restaurant, and there would always be someone who would want it.
When they heard that it would cost one tael of silver per catty, many people in the crowd backed out.
"One ounce of silver per pound of meat is too expensive!"
Zhao Yiming carefully observed the expressions of the crowd and found that although more than half of them thought it was too expensive, there were still quite a few people who looked calm and seemed to be considering it.
He thought about waiting a little longer. If no one bought it after a while, it would not be too late to lower the price.
His guess was correct. After a while, a middle-aged man with a mustache stepped forward from the crowd and said, "Give me two pounds."
Chen Qiang hurriedly said, "Okay, this gentleman, give me two pounds." He then looked at the others and asked, "Is there anything else you want to buy?"
Zhao Yiming didn't bother to entertain the guests. He cut the two pounds of venison with his knife, and after weighing it for the man to see, he took two straws from the side, tied the meat together, and handed it to him.
All things are difficult at the beginning, but once someone got started, things went much more smoothly. Then a few more people came to ask for two or three kilograms of meat. As the meat became less and less available, the number of people asking for it actually increased.
A rich man pointed to the deerskin in the donkey cart and said, "How much do you want for this deerskin? I want to buy it back to make a pair of deerskin boots for my grandson, which are perfect for snowy days.
When Zhao Yiming heard about deerskin boots, his first reaction was to think of Tian An, and he subconsciously said, "Deerskin is not for sale."
The rich man felt a little disappointed, but since the other party refused to sell it, there was nothing he could do and he could only leave in disappointment.
Soon, there were only three pieces of venison left, and even the deer head was sold out.
Zhao Yiming called Chen Qiang to call it a day. Those who hadn't bought any meat were dissatisfied when they heard the call.
"Aren't there still three pieces left? Why are you calling it a day?"
Chen Qiang explained: "The rest is reserved for sending to a good friend's house."
After the crowd dispersed, Zhao Yiming gave the donkey cart to Chen Qiang, asking him to deliver the three remaining pieces of meat to the Qin family and the Gu family, along with a bowl of noodles. He was to wait for him at the city gate after he was done.
Then he carried the deerskin in a basket and went to find a shoe shop.
After looking at several shops, Zhao Yiming chose a shop called Lu Ji. After showing the deerskin to the shopkeeper, he asked, "Can you use this deerskin to make boots?"
The shopkeeper carefully examined the deerskin and said, "This deerskin is very well peeled. It will be perfect for making boots. What size boots do you want? Men's or women's?"
Zhao Yiming asked, "How many pairs can you make?"
The shopkeeper calculated: "If we save more, we can probably make four pairs!"
Zhao Yiming thought for a while and said, "Make two pairs of men's styles, one large and one small, and two pairs of women's styles." Then he reported the sizes of his own feet, Tian An's feet, and Xiaokang's feet to the shopkeeper, and gave him extra money to ask him to speed up the work.
After agreeing to pick up the shoes in five days, he picked up his backpack and headed for the city gate. On the way, he met a candied haws seller and bought a few to take back.
When he arrived at the city gate, Chen Qiang was already waiting for him there.
It started snowing again, and the two of them didn't delay any longer. They got on the donkey cart and headed home.
At this time, the people at home were waiting for them to return.
After Zhao Yiming left, Tian An went to the kitchen personally to take care of the soup base for the hot pot in the evening.
There was a lot of venison left at home, so Tian An had the meat removed from the bones and only used the bones to make the soup base.
After the deer bones are soaked in water to remove the blood, they are blanched in boiling water. Then, put the deer bones and homemade seasoning packet into the pot again, and then pour in clean water. After boiling, turn to low heat and simmer until Zhao Yiming returns from the county town. It will be almost done.
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