Chapter 195 194: This trip is worth it
Wang Zhen looked at him with amusement, "Four qian is twenty grams, which can be sold for more than a thousand yuan. And musk deer meat seems to cost three or four yuan per catty. With this money, you can build a big tile house in the countryside. Are you still not satisfied?"
Zhou Huaian scratched his head. "It's not that I'm dissatisfied. I heard that this thing is valuable. I thought it was the same as bezoar!"
"Oh, that's because I had too much hope and lost it."
"Hehe! It's really what you said."
"I understand!" Wang Zhen smiled and pointed to the eaves. "Look, the steel bars were delivered to you yesterday."
Zhou Huaian walked to the steps and looked around. "I'll go to the bridge head later to see if there's a tractor going back. I'll hire one to take it back."
"Okay! I'll get the knife and scissors!" Wang Zhen took two steps and turned back, "Does anyone want the meat?"
"Huang Caipo wants it!"
"That's good. Although this thing is good, not many people buy it."
Wang Zhen took out a scalpel and scissors and started to extract the scent. "Brother Zhou, if you catch a musk deer in the future, it's better not to kill it. Send it to me and feed it anesthetics, then you can extract the scent."
Zhou Huaian thought that those who studied medicine were kind-hearted. "Doctor Xiao Wang, can this thing be raised like cattle and sheep?"
"It may not be easy to keep them alive by ourselves. I heard from my grandfather that musk is becoming less and less common now. Many traditional Chinese medicines require musk. If we kill them all, our formula will be useless."
Wang Zhen took down the sachet and said, "Catch it alive. We will take the musk and put it back into the forest. It will produce musk again next year."
After hearing this, an idea flashed through Zhou Huaian's mind, "Okay, next time I see one, I'll try to catch him alive."
As the two chatted, Wang Zhen cut off the sachet, looked at it and said, "I'll take it to Grandpa to have a look, and then I'll weigh it for you!"
"Doctor Xiao Wang, I'm leaving first." Zhou Huaian mentioned the musk deer. "Weigh these things after you take a look. I'll send the meat to Huang the purchaser."
Wang Zhen looked at him in surprise, "Don't you want to take a look?"
Zhou Huaian smiled and asked back: "Don't I trust you and the old man?"
Wang Zhen smiled and shook his head, "Okay, if you want to go out, I have to close the backyard door."
Zhou Huaian pushed his bicycle out of the backyard. Just as he reached the intersection, he saw Cai Ermei and a man in a white coat walking towards him from Chengzhong Street. When they saw him, they smiled at him contemptuously and walked straight away.
"What's wrong! You got kicked in the head by a donkey!" Zhou Huaian's good mood was ruined a lot by him. Thinking that Huang Yongcai was waiting for musk deer, he quickly pedaled to the guesthouse.
Huang Yongcai and Zhou Huaishan were still slaughtering sheep in the back of the kitchen. When they saw him coming, they took him to weigh musk deer.
Zhou Huaian took out a jar and a teacup from the bamboo basket, "Brother Huang, these are the old honeycombs I collected in the mountains. There is also some pollen. I will take it back for my sister-in-law to mix with water. This stuff is good for women."
Huang Yongcai opened the teacup and a scent of nectar wafted into his nose. The honey in the jar became sweeter and more fragrant. He said happily: "Good honey! I won't be polite, brother!"
Zhou Huaian: "Tell me if you like it, and I'll go look for it in the mountains later."
"Brother, I've made a note of this." Huang Yongcai patted him on the shoulder. "Youngest brother, this time we plan to make scalded mutton, so we won't skin the sheep. The price will remain the same as last time. We'll take the tripe, intestines, and liver."
"Yes, Brother Huang, come whenever it's convenient for you."
After weighing the musk deer, it weighed 19.5 kilograms. Huang Yongcai smiled and said, "Musk deer cost 3.8 yuan per kilogram, and three black goats weighed 196 kilograms. In addition to the musk, there are also a few rabbits and pheasants. Your friend's trip is worth it."
Zhou Huaian: "It's all thanks to Brother Huang's help."
Huang Yongcai was also very happy. Those helping in the kitchen all said that the Zhou family was very honest. Not only were the dishes they delivered fresh, but they were also cleaned up neatly, which saved them a lot of trouble.
After the two brothers settled the bill, Zhou Huaishan went to deliver the eels while Zhou Huaian returned to Deshengtang.
Wang Zhen saw him coming and handed him two lists, "I have recorded the money for the herbs, honey, and musk separately for you.
I saw that you also dug tiger whiskers. The purchase price of the tubers is not high, only a little over two yuan per pound, but they are quite beautiful after blooming. Few people have dug them here. "
Zhou Huaian: "The tiger whiskers were dug in the forest farm. The flowers are so beautiful. We dug up the spores and planted them back. There should be more next year. If you want to plant some, I can dig two for you?"
"I'm so busy sorting herbs every day, how can I have time to take care of the flowers and plants?"
"Hurry up and get your wife back so she can help you!"
"My wife is still being raised at her mother-in-law's house!" Wang Zhen pointed at the list with a smile, "The price of tree tongue is far lower than that of Ganoderma lucidum."
"The top-quality goods are only 3.5 yuan per pound, the second-quality goods are 2.8 yuan, and the low-quality goods are 1.5 yuan. I picked them out and found 7 pounds of top-quality goods, more than 11 pounds of medium-quality goods, and the rest are low-quality goods."
Zhou Huaian smiled and said, "Compared to nightshade, it's already pretty good. I spent half a day cutting and washing it, and it only costs a few cents per pound."
Wang Zhen joked, “I thought you were going to compare the tree tongue with the purple ganoderma!”
Zhou Huaian said proudly: "Chunyan said that this thing is only slightly more valuable than herbs!"
Wang Zhen laughed, "It turns out that our leader is really wise!"
Zhou Huaian smiled and nodded, "That's absolutely true!"
The two of them settled the bill, and Zhou Huaian put the money away, thinking that the musk sold for 1,360 yuan, the honey and honeycomb sold for 435 yuan, plus the 500 yuan from the black goat, hare, and pheasant, he and Zhou Yiding could each get more than 1,000 yuan this time.
This trip is really worth it!
"Doctor Xiao Wang, I'm going to the bridge to hire a tractor and wait for my brother to come back. You can ask him to wait for me here."
"Okay." Wang Zhen went to busy himself with collecting the herbs.
Zhou Huaian rode his bike to the bridgehead and waited for half an hour before he hired a tractor that was heading to Baima Town. After the two of them bargained for some time, the driver drove the tractor to Deshengtang.
Zhou Huaishan had already carried out some steel bars and piled them in the alley, and Wang Zhen and the tractor driver helped.
Five hundred kilograms of steel bars may sound like a lot, but in reality, it was just a bundle, and four strong laborers loaded it onto the truck without much effort.
The two brothers lifted the chicken bus, household items and bicycles onto the tractor. The tractor driver took the tractor's starter handle and pressed the pressure relief lever.
Insert the crank into the machine hole on the front of the vehicle at the position of the exhaust pipe and turn it vigorously for a few times. The tractor will start to make a rumbling sound. Release the pressure reducing lever and gray-black exhaust gas will come out of the exhaust pipe on the front of the vehicle.
After saying goodbye to Wang Zhen, the two brothers got on the tractor.
Zhou Huaishan sat on the driving platform and watched the master operate the car. Zhou Huaian climbed onto the truck bed and leaned against the car tiredly, lighting a cigarette. "Fuck, I'm so tired!"
He squinted his eyes and finished a cigarette. Suddenly, something flashed through his mind. "Damn it, how could I forget that I had been on the mountain for a month the day before yesterday. Damn it, is it because I have been holding it in for too long and it is useless?"
Zhou Huaishan turned around and asked, "Youngest, what are you mumbling about? Did something fall on Ning An?"
"It's okay, I'll just recite it myself." Zhou Huaian said and leaned against the car board again, "Yan'er, what did you dream about?"
The tractor soon reached the foot of Guanyin Mountain, drove over the Xinhe Bridge, went uphill and entered Funiushe Village.
(End of this chapter)
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