Chapter 3101 First Action
Bai Shan immediately said, "The piglets in Guantian Village are all around 20 days old now, and 30 days old now, so we have to hurry up."
Veterinarian Pan: "...Isn't this too hasty? What if I make a mistake..."
Bai Shan knew what he was worried about and said, "Just do it boldly. If the pigs really die, that's their fate."
Veterinarian Pan: ...Is this a matter of the pig's life? This is a matter of property loss and dereliction of duty.
Zhou Man also comforted him, "They are the first batch of pigs. It is normal for them to be injured. We just need to do our best."
Bai Shan nodded: "That's right, so from now on you should study it carefully."
Zhou Man: "Let's rehearse it in our minds before we do anything."
This was the first time that Veterinarian Pan had heard of this method and he didn't know how to practice it. Mainly, he had never used a knife on a pig before.
But the matter was settled. Veterinarian Pan could only take his two apprentices to Guantian Farm outside the city to look after the piglets.
There are only less than sixty people in Guantian Village outside the city. Some of them were recently recruited and are being trained and adapted in the village.
The people in the village followed the order and built a chicken coop and a pigpen. There were many chickens in the chicken coop, but there were not many pigs in the pigpen. They were all piglets that were delivered in the past few days.
In fact, the farmhands didn't really want to raise pigs, as it was tiring, smelly and dirty. But they had received word from their superiors that raising pigs could not only provide them with meat, but also that the manure could be used as fertilizer. In the future, the farm would select a few people to specialize in raising pigs, and their monthly wages were fixed, which was said to be no worse than their wages working in the fields.
The farmhands were still struggling, not knowing whether they should fight for the job, but at the moment no one dared to mistreat these little piglets, and they were all taking good care of them.
Veterinarian Pan came over and saw that there were eight piglets in total, all looking very similar. I heard that they were born from the same mother, but the original farmer could not raise so many, so he only kept two for himself. Together with the two original pigs, the family had reached the limit, so the remaining piglets were all sold.
Originally they hadn't planned to sell it so quickly, and generally no one wanted such small piglets. They had to raise it until the Chinese New Year and sell the big boar before the New Year. After the Chinese New Year, more people would come out to look for piglets.
When they grow up a little, they can be sold for a price.
They just heard that the county magistrate was looking for piglets, and the smaller the better, so they immediately found the village head and reported it, and the piglets were sold.
The farmers were very happy, so they spread the word everywhere. Many families who raised sows heard that the county magistrate wanted to buy piglets. Those who had sows at home or had relatives or friends who had them immediately went to the village head to report it.
The official who had brought them to see the pigs said, "The magistrate has given instructions. Just go ahead and do your work. Besides these eight, there are many more piglets. They will be delivered to you in the next two days."
Veterinarian Pan felt the burden on his shoulders was heavier and he was not relieved.
Veterinarian Pan was staring at the lively little piglets in the pigsty in a daze. His two apprentices were even more stunned and had no idea where to start.
Veterinarian Pan looked at his two apprentices, and they tried to open their eyes wide and looked back at him even more innocently.
Veterinarian Pan had no choice but to say, "Let's reduce their food intake first."
"Reduce the food intake?" The farmhand who was temporarily in charge of raising the pigs was puzzled. "Why do you want to reduce the food intake?"
The clerk beside him said, "Just reduce your food intake if I tell you to. Why are you talking so much nonsense?"
Veterinarian Pan stopped the clerk and said, "This is how horses are castrated before they're castrated. Pigs... let's do this for now. Oh, and give it plenty of water. I remember pigs drink more water than horses, right? So, give it even more water. That's it for now. I'll be checking on it for the next couple of days."
The farmhand agreed and began to reduce the piglets' food and give them more water at noon that day.
When Veterinarian Pan came again, he couldn't help but go into the pigpen and grabbed a piglet to study it in his hands.
The piglet screamed miserably at first, but when it saw that Veterinarian Pan was just touching it and it didn't feel uncomfortable, it groaned from time to time and stopped struggling violently.
Veterinarian Pan went through all the pigs, picked out the boar, and felt it carefully. Then, as Zhou Man had said, he first thought about how to cut it...
After releasing the piglets, Veterinarian Pan clapped his hands and stood up, saying to his two apprentices who were squatting beside him and watching with great interest, "Let's go back. Come back tomorrow, or the day after tomorrow... the day after tomorrow morning, pick out two to try."
So the next day, after veterinarian Pan came and felt the pigs, he picked out two piglets that looked more energetic and strong and placed them in the empty pigpen next door. He said to the farmhand, "Don't feed these two tomorrow morning. Just give them some water. Feed them less at night."
The farmhand agreed.
Veterinarian Pan returned to the county government office and told Bai Shan about the surgery tomorrow. Bai Shan then went back and told Zhou Man, who immediately said, "I'll go take a look tomorrow. Xibing, you go to the medical office tomorrow and hang up your name. If you can see Doctor Tian and the others, go see them. If not, tell them to wait until I come back this afternoon."
Xibing agreed.
The next day, when Veterinarian Pan brought the things and his apprentice's son to Guantian Manor, Zhou Man and Bai Shan had already arrived. Seeing how much they valued this matter, Veterinarian Pan couldn't help but become more cautious.
County Magistrate Fang also came to join in the fun out of curiosity.
The security in the county town has been pretty good recently, and County Lieutenant Dong, who is not very busy, has also come.
Veterinarian Pan said to his son, "See? The adults are very serious about this. Being a veterinarian has a bright future. You should learn from your father and work with your brothers in Beihai County. We are all family, so you won't be excluded. Do you understand?"
Pan Dalang was in deep thought, feeling somewhat moved.
Veterinarian Pan came forward with the supplies and saluted, "Master Bai, Master Zhou, I have everything ready."
Bai Shan was quite busy, so he took some time out from his busy schedule, so he said, "Let's get started."
The farmhands also came to join in the fun. They only knew that it was the veterinarian who came to the farm these two days, but they didn't know why they came. It was the first time they saw so many adults in the farm, and the farmhands would rather deduct half a day's wages to come and watch the fun.
Veterinarian Pan's eldest apprentice Sun Xin went in and grabbed a piglet. The second apprentice Niu Ergou opened the rack and together with the eldest apprentice, they spread the squealing piglet's four legs apart and tied them to the rack.
This was modified from a horse tying rack. Because the piglets to be castrated are much smaller than horses, it was modified to be smaller.
It was tied up quickly. Veterinarian Pan slid the knife and asked someone to light a fire to warm the knife. He warmed the blade and touched the piglet's body with his hand. He soon found the spot. Without waiting for everyone to react, he quickly made an incision. The piglet didn't react at all and was still groaning softly, and didn't seem to feel any pain.
After a while, it finally let out a shrill cry. The men present couldn't help but put their legs together and their eyebrows twitched slightly.
But Dr. Pan wasn't panicking. Although it was his first time, the piglet's reaction was smaller than a horse's, so he simply paused for a moment before squeezing the thing out of the opening and cutting it away. He then separated the tube and blood vessels inside and cut them off...
See you at 10pm
(End of this chapter)
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