Return to the small mountain village in 1986

Chapter 467

There is a veterinarian in Junling. If livestock in nearby villages are sick, they will ask him to see a doctor.

In addition to treating patients, he also knows skills such as caponing chickens and pigs.

When most villagers raise pigs, they buy sows. Very few people raise boars. But when sows give birth to piglets, there are naturally both male and female pigs. Those who make money by selling piglets will hire people who are skilled in castrating piglets. People come to castrate the boar.

Castrated boars will be more docile and willing to eat to grow meat. Furthermore, without boars, other people will not be able to breed piglets for sale on their own, thus protecting the interests of those who sell piglets.

One thing to note is that in addition to the male pigs that need to be castrated, the sows also need to be castrated. After the sows are castrated, they do not have an estrus period, and they can easily grow meat and be quiet and easy to raise.

The principle of capons is similar. Roosters cannot lay eggs and have a domineering personality. However, after castration, capons do not like to move. They eat less and like to grow meat. They do not bully hens and chicks. For farmers, , it has all the benefits and no harm.

Of course, a hen, a magical creature that can lay eggs, will not be subjected to brutal castration!

Gao Mingcheng drove the tractor to Junling and went directly to the home of veterinarian Zhang.

Veterinarian Zhang happened to be at home. He put down what he was doing, rolled an old bicycle out of the hall and loaded it onto the bed of the tractor. Then he sat on the bed of the tractor carrying the medical kit.

"Sit tight, I'm going to drive." Gao Mingcheng reminded, and then drove the tractor to pull Vet Zhang to Niuweiling.

The sick cow was tied under a water paulownia tree. There was lush green grass on the ground, but the sick cow kept howling and refused to eat at all.

Vet Zhang got out of the car and walked forward with the medical kit in hand.

He first observed the sick cow, then came behind the sick cow. He said to Gao Mingcheng: "You hold the cow down, don't let it struggle too much."

Gao Mingcheng agreed and helped hold down the sick cow.

On the way, he had already told the general situation of the sick cow. He only said that he felt pity for the person selling the sick cow, so out of sympathy, he spent money to buy the sick cow.

This time we invited Veterinarian Zhang to come here mainly to see what kind of disease the sick cow had and whether people could eat the meat if it was slaughtered.

Of course, it would be better if it could be cured.

Seeing that Gao Mingcheng had already restrained the cow, veterinarian Zhang stretched out a hand and inserted it directly into the sick cow's anus.

He was performing a rectal examination on the sick cow because he suspected that the sick cow was unwilling to eat due to food accumulation in the rumen.

When Veterinarian Zhang put his hand into the anus, the sick cow gave in at first, and then started howling and struggling violently. If it weren't for Gao Mingcheng's strength, Vet Zhang would have been kicked by the sick cow long ago.

Veterinarian Zhang put his hand in and felt the situation in the rectum of the sick cow. He did not find that the rumen abdominal pouch moved backward to the front edge of the pelvic entrance, nor did he feel the pressure of his fingers as solid as a sand bag.

The experienced man knew that the cow was not suffering from rumen food accumulation, so he withdrew his hand from the anus of the sick cow.

He said calmly: "Fortunately, there is no accumulation of food in the rumen. Otherwise, if it is serious, the cow will die."

After veterinary Zhang first ruled out food accumulation in the rumen, he observed the breathing movements, gait and posture of the sick cow, and then looked at the eyes, ears, mouth, tongue and other organs. Finally, he reached out to touch the sick cow and found that there were The hair is rough, dull, and easy to fall off.

After the examination, he said: "I think the body of this cow is quite normal, and there is nothing rotten on it. Since it refuses to eat, so be it, you go find some energetic, young spiders." , put them into the cow's ears, and then tie the ears tightly with straw rope. Within three days, the cow will regain its appetite."

Vet Zhang told Gao Mingcheng the method. He learned this method from his father. As for where his father learned it, he didn't know.

Anyway, this method works very well!
Gao Mingcheng's eyes widened. If he was not reborn, he would believe whatever veterinarian Zhang said, but he was reborn anyway. When he heard a method, he always had to think about its scientific principles.

However, this method has no scientific principles to follow at all!
So he doubtfully went to the utility room to find some spiders.

In the countryside, spiders are also common small animals. You can always find spiders in utility rooms, toilets and other places. They spin webs on roof beams, waiting for prey to come uninvited.

In addition to building webs, spiders also spin out a large amount of silk in winter to wrap spider eggs so that they can survive the winter safely.

This kind of cocoon-like thing has also been discovered and used by people. If there is a slight cut, the wound can be wrapped with spider silk, which can stop the wound from bleeding.

Gao Mingcheng didn't know the scientific principle of this method, but the older generation did it this way.

Gao Mingcheng handed the spider and straw rope to veterinarian Zhang.

Veterinarian Zhang took over, skillfully put the spider into the sick cow's ear, and then tied the ear tightly with straw rope.

From then on, the medical treatment was over.

As for whether sick cows can be eaten?

Veterinarian Zhang believes that as long as the sick livestock does not rot or die of disease, it can be eaten after slaughtering.

That is, in an era when food was scarce, there was no such thing as burying sick cows.

When veterinarian Zhang castrated pigs, he charged one yuan per pig. Now he treats Gao Mingcheng's sick cows, and he only charges one yuan because he doesn't put in all the effort.

After Gao Mingcheng gave the money, Vet Zhang left on his bicycle.

Gao Mingcheng looked at the sick cow with its ears tied and felt a little weird, but he should just take it and see if this method really works.

Leaving the sick cow behind, Gao Mingcheng returned to his yard and started carrying water to wash the bottles.

After cleaning the new bottles he bought today and filling them with water, he took the two dogs to the place where the beehives were placed.

"Brother Mingcheng." Chen Duoxi saw Gao Mingcheng coming and shouted with a smile. It turned out that he had also come to help his elder brother.

Gao Mingcheng invited Chen Dasong and his son, but sometimes Chen Duoxi, a minor, would also help when doing things. He was regarded as a non-staff member of Xiaofushan's planting and breeding industry.

Naturally, Chen Duoxi's help would not be in vain. He came here to learn some skills, and then he could also take the opportunity to eat some honey.

Honey is sweet and expensive, so it’s a pleasure to have a few bites of it.

However, Gao Mingcheng was always generous. Every time after shaking the honey, the last bits of honey with crumbs were given to Chen Dasong and Zhang Chengyuan.

"You two cut the honey spleen, I'll shake it!" Gao Mingcheng saw that the two of them were struggling to shake the honey, so he reassigned it and took over the most tiring work himself.

But for him, consuming this little energy is nothing.

He shakes the honey very quickly, so two brothers, Chen Duofu and Chen Duoxi, cut the honey spleen together to be able to supply it.

They put the cut beeswax in a clean basin. After filtering the honey with gauze, the beeswax becomes pure beeswax, which 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 honeycomb room for bees to build the foundation of the honeycomb.

This thing is made of beeswax as the main raw material and pressed by a nest machine.

Therefore, this can be regarded as taking it from bees and using it for bees.When three people work together, the work efficiency is much higher. If Gao Mingcheng gets tired, he and Chen Duofu will switch positions.

After a while, the honey shaker became heavy and filled with honey. If the honey was not transferred, it would be impossible to continue shaking the honey.

So Gao Mingcheng carried the heavy honey shaker back home and poured it into a large basin that had been cleaned and drained before.

And when he returned to the mountains this time, he also brought a clean bucket with him.

It can be transported in buckets later, and the honey shaker will remain there to continue working.

The whole day, the three of them were shaking honey. The mountain and the house were filled with the sweet smell of honey.

After a pot of honey has settled, it is filled into bottles.

By evening, more than 20 large bottles had been filled and neatly stacked in the main room.

As for the remaining residue, filter it with clean cotton cloth.

After he was almost busy with his work, Gao Mingcheng had time to go to the cattle pen to take a look at the sick cows. It happened to be that he had raised cattle and sheep before, and he happened to have a cattle pen and sheep pen at home, so he didn't need to feed the sick cows anymore. The cow found a place 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 from the sweet smell. After a night of evaporation, the room was still filled with the sweet smell of honey.

This sweetness is unmatched by white sugar.

Practicing boxing and patrolling the mountains were Gao Mingcheng's normal activities when he lived in Niuweiling.

It was now mid-August, and it was almost the season for harvesting medicinal materials. Different medicinal materials had different maturity periods. He went to the mountain this time to observe the condition of the medicinal materials in the mountain.

Ganoderma lucidum is a fungus that reproduces by spores. Fungi have a characteristic. If you find Ganoderma lucidum in a certain place this year, you will be able to find Ganoderma lucidum in that place next year.

Gao Mingcheng has lived here for nearly three years and has already explored the nearby mountains, so he can quickly find relevant medicinal materials.

After walking around in the mountains, I found that this year’s medicinal herbs are growing pretty well.

This year is considered to have good weather, the vegetation in the mountains is lush, and the crops in the village are growing well.

He went all the way down the mountain, still chewing fruits picked from the mountain.

At this time, a small amount of August fried and twisted seeds have matured, so you can pick them and eat them.

As for wild kiwi fruit, you can also find it in the mountains, but kiwi fruit is a late-ripening fruit and needs to be picked and softened before eating.

Unexpectedly, as soon as we came down the mountain, we heard Chen Dasong's urgent voice: "Mingcheng, something happened, come to the chicken coop quickly!"

When Gao Mingcheng heard Chen Dasong's shout, he immediately ran towards the chicken coop, followed closely by the two dogs.

Last night, the two dogs slept in the main room.

When Gao Mingcheng was not at home, the two dogs slept 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 be clingy, so the two dogs also sleep here.Together they guard the chickens and fruit trees in the mountains.

"Mingcheng, another snake came in and killed the chicken!" Chen Dasong said angrily.

After waking up this morning, he inspected the chicken coop as usual, but found nothing unusual at that time, because the chicken coop was semi-open. Once the chickens left the chicken coop, they could go all over the mountains and fields in search of food, especially roosters. Roosters have territorial awareness. They also love to fight each other and can often run far away.

So he just glanced at it and didn't care.It wasn't until the chickens were fed bran mixed with vegetable leaves that something unusual was discovered. Two chickens died in the grass under the fruit trees.

"How many were killed?" Gao Mingcheng's face darkened.

There were more than 120 chickens in this batch, but a few died when they were young, but this is a normal loss.

But after that, several more were bitten to death by snakes, and many eggs were also swallowed by snakes.

Now, the snake has come in to harm his chickens again!
Chen Dasong said: "Two were bitten to death. Both of them were roosters. I checked last night and they were still fine. They should have been bitten to death by snakes in the middle of the night or in the morning."

Gao Mingcheng felt less murderous when he heard that only two chickens had been bitten to death.

He can still bear this loss.

But in the next second, he returned to his house and brought the javelin over.

This javelin hasn't seen blood for a long time, it's time to sharpen it!

Gao Mingcheng said to Chen Dasong: "Take back the leg hair of the two chickens that were bitten to death, and we will have dragon and phoenix soup for lunch!"

Chickens that have died of illness cannot be eaten, but chickens that have been bitten by snakes can be eaten.

Even if the snake is venomous, it is still edible, because snake venom is protein, and the toxicity of the protein is destroyed after high temperature.

And snake-bitten chicken is also a very famous delicacy. It is said that chickens bitten by snakes taste more delicious.

Chen Dasong dared to eat snakes, but he was still not very good at catching snakes, so he walked home carrying two dead roosters. He didn't know when the chickens were bitten to death, so they had to be disemboweled as soon as possible. Otherwise it will stink.

Gao Mingcheng carried the javelin and entered Xiaofu Mountain with murderous intent.

Xiao Fushan is surrounded by a barbed wire fence, with only two doors open for entry and exit on the shed side and the chicken coop side.

Gao Mingcheng went in through the left wire gate and began to search for traces of snakes all over the mountains and plains.

That's how it is in the breeding industry, there are many risks.Breeding livestock may become sick or suffer some injuries.

For example, Gao Mingcheng raised chickens in Xiaofushan. It seemed very easy, but snakes would bite the chickens to death, and eagles in the sky would also hunt chickens as prey.

Hence the popular children's game of 'Eagle Catching Chickens'.

There are weeds in the small rich mountains, because it is inevitable.Furthermore, grassland can prevent the sun from shining directly on the loess soil and evaporating the water in the soil. Therefore, appropriate grassland is conducive to the growth of fruit trees.

Chen Dasong is quite industrious. He will hoe the grass at the base of the fruit trees so that when he fertilizes the fruit trees, the fertilizer will not be absorbed by the weeds.

Gao Mingcheng had good eyesight and was also fast. In a short time, he searched half of the mountain. Although he found no trace of snakes, he did not rush and continued the search.

Suddenly, there was a rustling sound on the grass in front of him. Gao Mingcheng just noticed it. As a result, a wind coming from the mountain stood upright and opened its mouth to bite Gao Mingcheng.

Its speed was as fast as lightning, and it was accompanied by the sound of "whooshing" wind. In just an instant, a pair of fangs had already approached Gao Mingcheng's thigh!
(End of this chapter)