Dahei also curiously circled around the Sibuxiang, sniffing here and there, and even licked its still bleeding neck.
Zhou Huaian said regretfully: "There are such strange-looking things in the world. If I had known, I would have brought a camera with me."
"Money can't buy you knowledge. I've been guarding the forest farm for several years, and my husband has been guarding it even longer. I've never heard him say that there are four-legged beasts here. I'm afraid even he didn't expect that there are such things in this forest!"
"What's so strange about this? If we keep walking in this forest, we never know where we'll end up. Maybe there will be something even more amazing!"
The two looked at each other for a while, and Zhou Yiding looked up, "What should we do? Should we carry him back first or let him bleed here and then take him back?"
Zhou Huaian grabbed the two front hooves and lifted them up, "It must be at least 100 pounds! Let's bleed it first. Uncle Xia said that the wild animals we hunted before didn't bleed them, and the taste was much worse."
"Okay!" Zhou Yiding took out the knife from his lower back, aimed it at the neck of the Sibu Xiang and cut its carotid artery, and blood gushed out.
A strong smell of blood suddenly emanated from the valley.
The serow, also known as the bright-maned sheep, belongs to the Bovidae family. It is a typical forest-dwelling mammal and one of the typical animals of the tropical and subtropical regions of southeastern Asia. It mainly lives in mixed coniferous and broad-leaved forests, coniferous forests or rocky shrub forests at an altitude of 1,000 to 4,400 meters.
Serow bones are the limb bones of the serow of the bovine family. They are pungent, salty and warm in nature. They have the effects of strengthening tendons and bones, removing rheumatism, unblocking meridians and relieving pain. They are mainly used to treat sore waist and knees, rheumatic pain and numbness.
It is a national second-class protected animal. If you kill it without permission, you will get a free meal.
While bleeding, Zhou Huaian looked around and asked, "Where is the purple Ganoderma?"
Zhou Yiding turned his head and pointed to the top of the hill. "It's about 20 meters ahead from the top of the slope. After the blood is drained and the Sibu Xiang is carried up, we'll go take a look."
"Yeah!" Zhou Huaian walked towards the vines in front. When he saw the Paris polyphylla and Polygonatum odoratum, he waved to Zhou Yiding happily, "Dingding cat, there are still a dozen Paris polyphylla and Polygonatum odoratum here."
Zhou Yiding hurried over and saw a few Paris polyphylla and Polygonatum sibiricum that had already bloomed and faded. "Wow! I didn't expect this mountain nest to be such a treasure land!"
"That's right! I should have brought a hoe with me. Now I don't even have one. I have to come and dig tomorrow."
"Okay, let's go back and tie up the Sibuxiang and carry him up."
As the two walked back, Zhou Huaian thought of the treasures he had picked up in the forest. "Ding Ding Cat, when we have some free time, let's go up the mountain and walk through this forest. There may be even greater treasures in the mountains."
Zhou Yiding thought about the past after hearing this, "Damn it! I used to wander around like a ghost every day. Why didn't I think about learning some herbal knowledge and looking for treasures in the woods to sell for money?"
"Forget it! How much did they pay us for each pound of wild honey we dug before? Even if we find treasure, we will just give it away to those profiteers."
"That's right, even the ones from the supply and marketing cooperative give different prices every time they deliver honey. I think they probably take the money and sell it for themselves."
"That's normal. Otherwise, why would those people with connections be so eager to get into the supply and marketing cooperatives and department stores?"
The two men cut two wooden sticks as thick as their wrists, removed the branches and cut them into pieces, then took them back. The big black cat that was lying there stood up and wagged its tail at the two men to please them.
Zhou Yiding walked up to it and patted its head. "Be good, I'll give you and Dahuang something delicious to eat when I get home."
"Woof woof!" Dahei wagged his tail happily at the two of them.
Zhou Huaian took out a hemp rope, tied up the four hooves of the Sibu Xiang, passed the wooden stick through the four hooves, and carried the Sibu Xiang up the mountain.
The two men felt that going downhill was easier than going uphill. When they went downhill with empty hands, they went down quickly. But when they went uphill carrying something weighing more than 100 kilograms on the steep slope, they were exhausted and gasping for breath in a short while.
After the two men climbed to the top of the slope breathlessly, leaning on wooden sticks, they put the Sibu Xiang down and sat down on the ground, panting heavily.
Zhou Huaian wiped his sweat and felt his throat was dry and uncomfortable. "I should have brought water with me."
Zhou Yiding nodded, "Let's go see the purple Ganoderma lucidum?"
"Come and see tomorrow. It's already this late anyway. If he's still there, I'll be there tomorrow." Zhou Huaian looked at the sky and realized that it had gotten dark in the forest, and even the sound of birds had decreased.
"Ding Ding Cat, hurry up and leave. When it gets dark, we won't be able to see clearly. The smell of blood in the mountain den is so strong. If a wild animal comes, it will be troublesome."
"Okay!" Zhou Yiding turned over and sat up, and the two of them carried the Sibu Xiang back.
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Yang Chunyan had already prepared the pheasant, chopped it into small pieces and blanched it in water, washed the mushrooms soaked in the porcelain basin, and then put the chicken fat into the pot to refine the oil.
Then add the ginger slices and onions into the pan and stir-fry for a few times. Pour the chicken pieces into the pan and after the water is dried, scoop up the chicken pieces and put them into the casserole. Also take out the mushrooms and pour them in. Scoop two full scoops of water into the sand pot, place it on the earthen stove next to the stove, cover it with a lid and stew it.
He picked up a colander and went to the vegetable garden to pick some cabbages and washed them. When he came back, he saw a lot of potatoes under the cupboard. He peeled a few more, cut them into thin strips and soaked them in light salt water. Then he washed the rice and put it in the pot.
After the rice in the pot boiled, I cooked it for another two minutes, scooped it up and squeezed it. I saw that there was still some rice core that was not cooked through, so I filtered it with a gourd ladle and started to scoop it up.
Soon, the aroma of pheasant stewed with mushrooms wafted out from the sand pot on the earthen stove.
Yang Chunyan put a piece of wild angelica into the pot and added a few large pieces of charcoal. She simmered it over high heat for half an hour and then switched to low heat.
Before she knew it, it was already past seven o'clock. She looked at the sky outside and saw that it was getting dark. She thought it was time for them to come back, so she fished out a few pickled peppers from the kimchi jar, fried a plate of spicy and sour potato shreds and brought it to the table.
Chop the green onions on the chopping board, sprinkle the minced garlic and chopped green onions in a dipping dish, pour some soy sauce in it, and place it on the table.
After waiting for a while, the two still didn't come back. Thinking that there was heavy dew in the forest farm at night, he went to the yard to bring the wild angelica and Achyranthes bidentata that were drying in the winnowing basket to the eaves and put them away. He walked to the gate and looked around, but didn't see the two people coming back, so he couldn't help but feel worried.
At this time, Dahuang, who was lying at the gate of the yard, stood up, wagging his tail and ran towards the ravine. Yang Chunyan also walked to the middle of the road and saw two people carrying the wild animals. Dahei and Dahuang were wagging their tails happily.
As soon as Zhou Huaian saw her, he shouted, "Yan'er, look what we found?"
"Is it a wild boar or a red deer?" Yang Chunyan thought it looked a bit like a wild goat based on its fur color.
"What a weird creature!" Zhou Huaian and the other man responded in unison.
Yang Chunyan took a few steps forward in surprise. When she saw the wild animals the two men were carrying, her eyes widened in shock. "It turns out there are really four-legged beasts in the world!"
Zhou Yiding boasted, "The forest farm caught one before. They said its bones can be used to treat rheumatoid arthritis, and its fur is also very valuable."
Yang Chunyan touched its pointed horn and said, "I've never heard of this before. I thought it was an animal from a myth!"
Zhou Huaian said with a smile: "Then we are in for a treat, we can eat the four-legged beast that only appears in mythological stories."
Zhou Yiding and Zhou Huaian put down the Sibu Xiang and said, "Yes, let's taste it carefully later. Does its meat taste like beef, deer, lamb, and horse meat?"
Zhou Huaian turned his head and looked at him, "Didn't you eat the one caught in the forest farm?"
Zhou Yiding shrugged, "You know all those years, out of more than 100 kilograms of meat, each family got less than half a kilogram of meat. I didn't even taste it before it was gone."
Zhou Huaian rubbed his shoulders that were hurt by the stick and sat down on the bamboo chair. "This one weighs at least 150 to 160 kilograms."
Zhou Yiding nodded and said, "Youngest brother, this is such a rare thing. We won't sell the meat after we kill it. We can take it to other stores to share. What do you think?"
Zhou Huaian was not polite either, "Okay! Kill him tonight and put him in the culvert. I'll carry him down when you get down the mountain."
Zhou Yiding looked at him and said, "Aren't you going to wait for me to go down the mountain together?"
"It's okay for Jiu'er to stay at home for two days, but I'm worried about her if she stays at home for too long."
"Okay, if there aren't many herbs when we go down the mountain, you can carry the Sibu Xiang down with you. If there are a lot of herbs, I'll carry them!"
"I've already got 30 to 40 kilograms of dried fruits in the winnowing basket. Tomorrow I have to go to the mountain to dig up Polygonatum sibiricum and Paris polyphylla. If I look carefully, I might find something else!"
Zhou Yiding took a look and said, "That's true!"
Yang Chunyan finished cooking the cabbage. Seeing that the two were still sitting on the bamboo chairs with bulging bellies, she took a porcelain basin and scooped out a basin of hot water, and put it on the steps. "Hurry up and wash your faces and eat. You can clean up slowly after you eat."
"Here we go!" The two of them pulled towels and squatted together to wash.
Zhou Huaian and Zhou Yiding nodded repeatedly as they ate the delicious pheasant stewed with mushrooms, the sour and spicy potato shreds, and the tender and refreshing Chinese cabbage.
"Bashi, wait till we get rid of the four-legged beasts, and then we can get some more to roast and eat."
Yang Chunyan smiled and said, "We are still eating here, but you two are thinking about eating barbecue."
Zhou Huaian said with a smile: "Then let's not eat too much, save some space for later."
Zhou Yiding nodded repeatedly, "Yes, yes, yes, take care of the four-legged beast, and also the pheasant and rabbit, and make delicious barbecue."
"Okay, as long as you can eat it!" Yang Chunyan scooped a bowl of chicken soup and drank it slowly. She felt that the pure natural and pollution-free wild medicinal materials these days were good, and tasted much better than those smoked with sulfur.
Zhou Huaian said that he wanted to save space and eat less, but after eating two bowls of rice, he still drank a bowl of chicken soup.
After Zhou Yiding finished eating, the two men rested for a while and then took knives to skin and remove the bones.
Dahei and Dahuang surrounded the two men excitedly. After they cut open the Sibuxiang's stomach, they all came over. Zhou Yiding took out the still warm internal organs from the stomach and put them into a large wooden basin.
Zhou Huaian cut off a piece of heart and lung and threw it to Dahei who was looking at him. Dahei jumped up, grabbed it in one bite, and went to the side to eat it with relish.
Over there, Dahuang also took the heart and lungs that Zhou Yiding fed him, and lay down to eat them.
Zhou Huaian cut off a piece of meat and gave it to Yang Chunyan, "Yan'er, cut it up and marinate it with barbecue seasoning. We'll grill it when we're done."
"Okay!" Yang Chunyan took it and went to the kitchen. (End of this chapter)
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