Chapter 467 Murderous
There is a veterinarian in Junling, and people in nearby villages would ask him to treat sick livestock.
In addition to treating illnesses, he also knows skills such as castrating chickens and pigs.
Most villagers who raise pigs buy sows, and very few raise boars. However, when the sows give birth, there are naturally both male and female pigs. Those families who make money by selling piglets will invite people with pig castration skills to come and castrate the boars.
After being castrated, a boar will be more docile and willing to eat and grow meat. In addition, without boars, other people will not be able to breed piglets to sell, thus protecting the interests of those who sell piglets.
One thing that needs to be noted is that in addition to boars, sows also need to be castrated. After sows are castrated, they no longer have an estrus period, are easier to grow meat, and are quiet and easy to raise.
The principle of castrating chickens is similar. Roosters cannot lay eggs and have a domineering personality. But after castration, they become less active, eat less, and grow more meat. They also do not bully hens and chicks. For farmers, it is completely beneficial.
Of course, a magical creature like a hen that lays eggs will not be cruelly castrated!
Gao Mingcheng drove a tractor to Junling and went directly to veterinarian Zhang's home.
Veterinarian Zhang happened to be at home. He put down his work, pushed an old bicycle out of the main room and put it on the tractor's bed, then he also sat on the bed carrying his medical tool kit.
"Hold on tight, I'm going to drive." Gao Mingcheng reminded, then drove the tractor to take Veterinarian Zhang to Niuweiling.
The sick cow was tied under a tung tree. There was lush green grass on the ground, but the sick cow kept howling and refused to eat.
Veterinarian Zhang got out of the car and walked forward carrying his medical kit.
He first observed the sick cow, then came behind the cow and said to Gao Mingcheng: "Hold the cow down and don't let it struggle too much."
Gao Mingcheng agreed and helped hold down the sick cow.
On the way, he had already described the general condition of the sick cow, and only said that he felt sorry for the person selling the sick cow, so out of sympathy, he spent money to buy the sick cow.
The reason we invited veterinarian Zhang this time was mainly to see what disease the sick cow had and whether people could eat its meat if it was slaughtered.
Of course, it would be even better if it could be cured.
Seeing that Gao Mingcheng had already pinned the cow down, veterinarian Zhang stretched out a hand and reached directly into the sick cow's anus.
He was performing a rectal examination on a sick cow because he suspected that the cow was refusing to eat due to food accumulation in the rumen.
When Veterinarian Zhang put his hand into the anus, the sick cow first retreated, and then howled incessantly and struggled violently. If Gao Mingcheng was not so strong, if someone else had come, Veterinarian Zhang would have been kicked by the sick cow.
Veterinarian Zhang reached his hand in and felt the rectum of the sick cow. He did not find that the rumen abdominal sac had moved back to the front edge of the pelvic entrance, nor did he feel anything as solid as a sandbag when his fingers pressed on it.
Being experienced, he knew that the cow was not suffering from rumen indigestion, so he withdrew his hand from the sick cow's anus.
He said calmly: "Fortunately, there is no rumen indigestion, otherwise the cow would have died if it was serious."
Veterinarian Zhang first ruled out the possibility of rumen indigestion, then observed the breathing movements and gait of the sick cows, and then looked at their eyes, ears, mouth, tongue and other organs. Finally, he reached out and touched the sick cows and found that the hair on their bodies was rough, dull, and easy to fall off.
After the examination, he said, "I see that the cow's body is still normal, and there is nothing rotten on its body. Since it refuses to eat, let's do this. Find a few vigorous, young spiders, put them in the cow's ears, and then tie the ears tightly with straw ropes. In less than three days, the cow will be able to regain its appetite."
Veterinarian Zhang told Gao Mingcheng the method. He learned this method from his father, but he didn't know where his father learned it from.
Anyway, this method is very useful!
Gao Mingcheng's eyes widened. If he had not been reborn, he would believe whatever Veterinarian Zhang said. But he was reborn after all, and when he heard a method, he had to think about its scientific principles.
However, this method has no scientific basis at all!
So he went to the utility room and found a few spiders with some doubt.
In the countryside, spiders are common small animals. You can always find spiders in utility rooms, toilets and other places. They weave webs on the beams of the house, waiting for prey to come uninvited.
In addition to weaving webs, spiders also spin out large amounts of silk in the winter to wrap the spider eggs so that the eggs can safely overwinter.
This cocoon-like thing has also been discovered and used by people. If there is a minor cut, the spider silk can be used to wrap the wound to stop the bleeding.
Gao Mingcheng didn't know the scientific principles behind this method, but the older generation all did it this way.
Gao Mingcheng handed the spider and the straw rope to veterinarian Zhang.
Veterinarian Zhang took it and skillfully put the spider into the sick cow's ear, then tied the ear tightly with a straw rope.
From then on, the medical consultation was over.
As for whether sick cattle can be eaten,
Veterinarian Zhang believes that as long as the sick livestock have not rotted or died of illness, they can be eaten after slaughter.
That was because, in the days of food scarcity, there was no such thing as burying sick cows.
When Dr. Zhang castrated pigs, he charged one dollar for each pig. Now he is treating Gao Mingcheng's sick cow, and since he doesn't have to put in much effort, he only charges one dollar.
After Gao Mingcheng gave the money, Veterinarian Zhang rode away on his bicycle.
Gao Mingcheng looked at the sick cow with its ears tied and felt it was a bit weird, but he decided to believe it and see if this method really worked.
Abandoning the sick cow, Gao Mingcheng returned to his yard and started fetching water to wash the bottles.
After washing the newly bought bottles and turning them upside down to drain the water, he took the two dogs to the place where the beehives were placed.
"Brother Mingcheng." Chen Duoxi saw Gao Mingcheng coming and called out with a smile. It turned out that he had also come to help his elder brother.
Gao Mingcheng hired Chen Dasong and his son, but sometimes when doing things, the underage Chen Duoxi would also help out, and was considered a non-staff member of Xiaofushan's planting and breeding industry.
Chen Duoxi naturally wouldn't help for nothing. He came here to learn some skills and then take the opportunity to eat some honey.
Honey is sweet and expensive, and it is a very happy thing to be able to eat a few bites of it.
However, Gao Mingcheng has always been generous. After shaking the honey every time, he would give some of the honey with residue to Chen Dasong and Zhang Chengyuan.
"You two cut the honey combs, I'll shake them!" Gao Mingcheng saw that it was really strenuous for the two of them to shake the honey, so he redistributed the tasks and took over the most tiring job himself.
But for him, wasting this little bit of energy is nothing.
He could shake the honey quickly, so brothers Chen Duofu and Chen Duoxi had to work together to cut the honey combs to supply the honey.
They put the cut beeswax in a clean basin. After filtering out the honey with gauze, the beeswax becomes pure beeswax and can also be sold for money.
Many cosmetics contain beeswax.
However, Gao Mingcheng is mainly used to replace the nest foundation, which is the foundation of the artificial beehive cell, providing the basis for the bees to build honeycombs.
This thing is made of beeswax as the main raw material and is pressed by a nesting machine.
So, this can be regarded as taking from the bees and giving back to the bees.
When three people work together, the efficiency is much higher. If Gao Mingcheng gets tired of shaking, he will take turns with Chen Duofu.
Soon, the honey extractor became heavy and filled with honey. If the honey was not transferred, it would be impossible to continue extracting the honey.
So Gao Mingcheng carried the heavy honey extractor back home and poured it into a large basin that had been cleaned and drained.
And this time when he returned to the mountains, he also brought a clean bucket with him.
It can be transported in buckets later and the honey extractor will remain there and continue working.
The three of them spent the entire day shaking honey, and the mountains and the house were filled with the sweet aroma of honey.
After a basin of honey has settled, it is filled into bottles.
By the evening, more than twenty large bottles had been filled and neatly stacked in the main room.
As for the remaining residue, filter it with clean cotton cloth.
After finishing most of his work, Gao Mingcheng finally had time to go to the cowshed to take a look at the sick cow. Coincidentally, he had raised cows and sheep before, and happened to have a cowshed and sheep pen at home, so he didn't have to find a place for the sick cow to live.
The method taught by veterinarian Zhang has not worked yet. The sick cow is still sick and refuses to eat. However, Gao Mingcheng is not in a hurry. After all, buying this sick cow is just a gamble.
Early the next morning, Gao Mingcheng woke up to the sweet smell. After evaporating overnight, the house was still filled with the sweet smell of honey.
This sweet taste is incomparable to that of white sugar.
Practicing boxing and patrolling the mountains were Gao Mingcheng's normal routine when he lived in Niuweiling.
It is now mid-August, and it is almost time to harvest medicinal herbs. Different medicinal herbs have different maturity periods. He went into the mountains this time to observe the conditions of the medicinal herbs in the mountains.
Ganoderma lucidum is a fungus that reproduces by spores. Fungi have a characteristic that if you find Ganoderma lucidum in a certain place this year, you will also be able to find Ganoderma lucidum in the same place next year.
Gao Mingcheng has lived here for nearly three years and has already familiarized himself with the nearby mountains, so he can quickly find the relevant medicinal materials.
After a walk around the mountains, I found that the medicinal herbs are growing well this year.
This year has been a year of good weather and good harvests. The vegetation in the mountains is lush and the crops in the village are growing well.
He walked down the mountain, chewing some fruit he had picked from the mountain.
At this moment, a small amount of August fried apples and twisted apples have matured and can be eaten just by picking them.
As for wild kiwifruit, they can also be found in the mountains, but kiwifruit is a late-ripening fruit and needs to be picked and kept soft before eating.
Unexpectedly, just as he got down the mountain, he heard Chen Dasong's urgent voice: "Ming Cheng, something happened, come to the chicken coop quickly!"
When Gao Mingcheng heard Chen Dasong's shout, he immediately ran towards the chicken coop, with the two dogs following closely behind him.
Last night, the two dogs slept in the main room.
When Gao Mingcheng is not at home, the two dogs sleep in the chicken coop.
Next to the chicken coop, a new house has been built for Chen Dasong to use when he keeps watch. Dogs like to cling to people, so the two dogs also sleep here, guarding the chickens and fruit trees in the mountains together.
"Ming Cheng, another snake came in and bit the chicken to death!" Chen Dasong said angrily.
After waking up this morning, he inspected the chicken coop as usual, but he did not find anything unusual at the time because the chicken coop was semi-open. Once the chickens left the coop, they could search for food all over the mountains and fields, especially the roosters. Roosters have a sense of territory and love to peck and fight with each other, so they can often run very far.
So he just took a look and didn't pay much attention to it. It was not until he was feeding the chickens with bran mixed with vegetable leaves that he discovered something unusual: two chickens were dead in the grass under the fruit tree.
"How many were bitten to death?" Gao Mingcheng's face darkened.
There were more than 120 chickens in this batch, but a few died when they were chicks. However, this is a normal loss.
But afterwards, several more were bitten to death by snakes, and a number of their eggs were eaten by the snakes.
Now, the snake comes in again to harm his chickens!
Chen Dasong said: "Two were bitten to death. They were both roosters. I checked them last night and they were fine. They must have been bitten to death by the snake in the second half of the night or in the morning."
When Gao Mingcheng heard that only two chickens were bitten to death, the murderous intent in his heart was reduced a little.
He can still bear this loss.
But the next second, he returned to his room and took the javelin.
This javelin hasn't seen blood for a long time, it's time to sharpen it!
Gao Mingcheng said to Chen Dasong, "Take the two dead chickens back home and we'll have dragon and phoenix soup for lunch!"
Chickens that died of disease cannot be eaten, but chickens that were bitten to death by snakes can be eaten.
Even if the snake is poisonous, it can still be eaten because snake venom is protein, and the toxicity of protein is killed after being exposed to high temperature.
Snake-bitten chicken is also a very famous delicacy. It is said that chickens killed by snakes taste more delicious.
Chen Dasong dared to eat snakes, but he was not very good at catching snakes, so he carried two dead roosters and walked home. He didn't know when the chickens were bitten to death, so he had to gut them as soon as possible, otherwise they would stink.
Gao Mingcheng, holding the javelin, walked into Xiaofushan with murderous intent.
Xiaofushan was surrounded by barbed wire, with only two doors for entry and exit, one on the shed side and the other on the chicken coop side.
Gao Mingcheng entered through the wire door and began to search the whole mountain for traces of the snake.
This is the case with animal husbandry, which involves many risks. The animals may get sick or suffer some injuries.
Like Gao Mingcheng raising chickens in Xiaofushan, it seems easy, but snakes will bite the chickens to death, and eagles in the sky will also hunt the chickens as prey.
This is why the widely popular children's game "Eagle Catches Chicken" came into being.
There are weeds in Xiaofushan because it is inevitable. Another reason is that the grass can prevent the sun from shining directly on the loess and evaporate the water in the soil, so proper grass is conducive to the growth of fruit trees.
Chen Dasong is quite hardworking. He will weed out the weeds at the roots of the fruit trees so that when he fertilizes the trees, the fertilizer will not be absorbed by the weeds.
Gao Mingcheng had good eyesight and was fast, and in a short time he had searched half of the mountain. Although he did not find any traces of snakes, he remained calm and continued searching.
Suddenly, there was a rustling sound in the grass ahead. Gao Mingcheng just noticed it when a mountain breeze stood up and opened its mouth to bite Gao Mingcheng.
It was as fast as lightning, and accompanied by a whirring sound of wind. In just a moment, a pair of fangs had already approached Gao Mingcheng's thigh!
(End of this chapter)
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