My village can't be like this

Chapter 644 Purchase of Deer Antlers
"Zhang An, since you raise deer here, you must have antlers."

When they heard about deer, Cheng Peng and the other men's focus was obviously different from that of the women, and they immediately thought of deer antlers.

"Of course. People raise deer for their antlers."

Zhang An nodded immediately. Both he and the villagers had thought about cutting deer antlers.

Although many people say that cutting deer antlers is too cruel, Zhang An doesn't think so.

Deer live in the mountains, and although no one cuts their antlers, they still have to consider their life of not having enough food to eat.
And once they encounter a predator, what they pay attention to is not the antlers on their heads, but their naked flesh.

Being raised by someone, although you lose your freedom, you don’t have to worry about where you will get your next meal.

The most important thing is that you won’t encounter predators, and you don’t have to be nervous every day, worrying about losing your life at the slightest sign of trouble.

The price to pay is just the pair of antlers on the head. Besides, even if people don't cut them, they will fall off by themselves sooner or later.

"Do you have any here now? Sell me some."

Upon hearing this, Cheng Peng, Jin Wen and others' eyes lit up and they spoke out.

Deer antler is not only a famous health-preserving medicine, but also a treasure for middle-aged people like them who are over 30 and about to be 40. Few people would not be tempted after knowing about it.

As for Ran Xia and the other women, they didn't have any idea when they heard about deer antlers at first. It was not until they saw their men talking to Zhang An for a long time that they reacted. Strange lights began to flash in their eyes.

After all, when a woman reaches the age of 30, what she desires is not only material needs, but more importantly, harmony in life.

"Well, I do have some, but I have no plans to sell them. If you really want them, you can go to the village and ask our village chief. He must have them."

Although the eyes of several people were eager to buy, Zhang An shook his head and did not agree.

He does have a lot of antlers here, but not many normal antlers. After all, since they are on the heads of Dahua and its sons and grandchildren, he is only willing to cut one batch a year.

The others were cut in the space, and the effect is definitely better than normal deer antlers. Unless there are special circumstances or a very good friend asks, he has no intention of selling them.

He also wanted to take this opportunity to introduce a few people to Zhang Jianwen, as a way of promoting the village.

After all, the group of deer in the village has been raised for more than a year. Last year alone, Zhang Jianwen asked Mr. Zhang Erye to harvest two crops of antlers, so he should still have some stock.

"Okay, okay, then let's go ask first."

When they first heard Zhang An say that he didn't plan to sell, they were quite disappointed and were about to try to persuade him.

But after hearing the next sentence, they immediately reacted and realized that Zhang An wanted to give up these benefits, and they immediately looked up to Zhang An.

But that's all. After all, they have to spend money to buy deer antlers, so it doesn't matter who they buy it for.

After that, several people dragged Chen Ze and took them to the village to find the village chief Zhang Jianwen.

"I want one of your black goats and wild goats. Can you come and catch them before we leave tomorrow?"

However, before walking out of the courtyard, Cheng Peng turned around and spoke to Zhang An again.

"Of course, whenever you need me, just come and catch me. I'm always at home when I'm free anyway."

Hearing this, Zhang An immediately replied with a smile. He originally thought that Cheng Peng was just joking, but he didn't expect that he really meant it.

After getting Zhang An's reply, the group hurriedly walked towards the village with jars of wine.

After sending them away, Zhang An returned home and found his mother.

"Mom, here, this is the money for them to buy some wine."

Zhang An, who sold wine, didn't think of keeping it, but gave it directly to his mother.

Because since the New Year, the family has not had any serious income except selling chickens, ducks, rabbits or eggs from time to time.

He knew very well that his mother loved receiving money the most, so she would be happy for several days after receiving this money.

"Oh? So many, how many were sold?"

Sure enough, when Wang Fang took the thick stack of hundred-yuan bills handed over by her son, the smile on her face suddenly became brighter than before.

Even the reluctance to spend money to buy bricks, cement and sand in the past two days disappeared.

"We sold seven jars in total, totaling thirty-five kilograms."

Zhang An only told his mother how much wine was sold, but did not directly tell her how much money was there.

Because he knew that even if he told his mother, she would count again.

It would be better not to say anything and let the old mother count the money herself and experience the joy of counting money.

"Third Aunt, they are both making liquor, why is there such a big difference? Our Anzi stays at home every day, and someone will deliver it to him. But the Wang family goes out every day to collect millet, corn, and sorghum to make liquor. I don't know how long it takes to make so much money from selling liquor."

Looking at the thick stack of money in Wang Fang's hand, Second Aunt couldn't help but sigh.

The money was all brand new, and according to her estimation, it was at least more than 10,000 yuan.

As family members, they have long known that the wines made by their eldest nephew are not cheap.

But when she saw with her own eyes that more than 30 kilograms of wine were sold for so much money, she still felt sad in her heart. When did it become so easy to make money?

But even though she sighs, she won't be jealous because of this.

Because she knew, according to her eldest nephew's personality, if the family really needed money, Zhang An would send the money without them even asking.

Another thing is that because of Zhang An, their two families have undergone earth-shaking changes in the past two years.

Apart from anything else, the kiwi fruit orchard at home alone can bring them an income of over ten thousand yuan a year, which is a good thing that other families don't have.

So she is already very satisfied. As for jealousy, that is something only brainless people would think of.

"Of course not. Our Anzi has great potential. I remember that a few years ago, those gossipy women in the village always said that our Anzi stayed at home every day like a grown-up girl. Now I'd like to go and ask them where their gossips are."

The third aunt is still quite vengeful. While she was happy for her eldest nephew's family, she still thought about the past.

Since childhood, Third Aunt has always loved Zhang An very much. In this respect, even Second Aunt Zhang can't compare to her.

A few years ago, when Zhang An hadn't met Su Ying yet, she and her sisters-in-law were very worried about this matter.

At that time, people asked people everywhere to help introduce Zhang An to a suitable girl, but many people shook their heads when they mentioned Zhang An.

Even now, Third Aunt couldn't forget those faces, so much so that every time she got together with those people, she would habitually say a few sarcastic words.

After dinner in the evening, Zhang An and his son Zhang Jianguo were working with bricks in the yard. Because they were red bricks, they needed to be watered before use, as a preparation for tomorrow.

"It seems that Lao Er and his team built the building very quickly today. They have already used up so many bricks that they just brought."

At this time, Zhang Jianwen came in from outside. "Of course, the bricks are laid very quickly, and the money is well spent. It's not like laying stone walls before, where you can't do much in a day."

In fact, when building a new house in the past, Zhang Jianguo was reluctant to spend money to buy bricks. He always thought of using stones, which could save a lot of money.

But later, after seeing how fast other people built brick walls, he no longer objected. He was willing to use bricks to build the sheep pen this time without Zhang An telling him. After all, shortening the construction period could save a lot of trouble.

"By the way, Xiao An, those people who went to buy deer antlers today must have gone through your place."

After chatting for a while, Zhang Jianwen finally asked.

When those people first said they wanted to buy deer antlers, he didn't think much about it.

But after seeing Chen Ze, he felt strange. Logically speaking, with Chen Ze leading the way, those people would have to come to Zhang An to buy more. After all, the two of them had a special relationship, and there was no reason for them to bypass Zhang An for such a money-making matter.

Later he thought that it must have been introduced by Zhang An.

So he came over specifically to tell Zhang An, after all, that was a lot of money.

"Yes, they came from me. They wanted to buy it from me, but I thought there must be some in the village, so I asked them to come to you, uncle."

Zhang An nodded and said directly, no matter whether it is a favor or a good thing, it only counts if people know about it.

"That's what I was saying, but those guys are really rich. They bought all the two crops we harvested last year. We made more money than selling to those drug dealers and Chinese medicine halls."

Zhang Jianwen was very happy when talking about this. He had planned to sell the two batches last year to a Chinese medicine hall, but the price they offered was too low, so he thought of waiting until this year to see.

But unexpectedly, after Zhang An introduced a few people, they sold all the goods at the market price and made a profit from the difference in price.

And judging from the looks of those people, they may come back again in the future, which is definitely good news for the village.

"That's for sure. Those people are from the provincial capital. Those who can be with Chen Ze are basically not that bad. By the way, uncle, when my sheepfold is built, I will prepare to drive my deer back."

Before the New Year, Zhang An had planned to divide up his own herd of deer, but at that time some of them could not be kept.

This time we just built a new sheep pen, so the big pen is completely empty, so there is no need to worry about this problem.

"Why rush? Just lock him up in the deer park first. It's the same if you drive one sheep or a flock of sheep."

Speaking of this, although the village is helping Zhang An's family raise deer, and the antlers are harvested by Zhang An's family themselves, the village also benefits.

Now as the deer park grows in size, the reputation of Changqing Deer Park is growing rapidly.

We can make a lot of money every day just from those people buying grass to feed the deer. This is real benefit.

Not to mention, with Zhang Anjia Dahua helping with sowing, the probability of female deer in the deer park having calves is frighteningly high.

I believe that within two years, the number of deer in the village will increase several times.

At this time, Zhang An wanted to drive Dahua and the others back, but Zhang Jianwen was really reluctant.

"Uncle, the number of deer in the village has increased anyway. If I drive Dahua and the others back, a king deer will appear in the deer park sooner."

In fact, Zhang An wanted to sort this matter out quickly now while he could still distinguish the quantities.

Especially since the deer are still breeding and their numbers will increase in the future, it will become increasingly difficult to distinguish them.

Moreover, Zhang Jianwen is getting older and older. If he retires and someone is sent down from above, it will be a mess at that time.

"Well, let's wait until you're done here."

Seeing that Zhang An had made up his mind, Zhang Jianwen said nothing more.

The next morning, Cheng Peng and his companions drove to Zhang An's house.

"You're getting ready to leave so early. Aren't you going to wait until we have dinner?"

Zhang An was originally mixing mortar with his father, but when he saw a few people coming, he had to put down the shovel in his hand.

"No, I won't wait. It will take most of the day to drive back. If I wait until after dinner, it might be dark."

When a few people saw Zhang Jianguo, they came up to say hello and were ready to offer him a cigarette, but Zhang Jianguo hadn't smoked for several years, so he waved his hand and refused with a smile.

"There's nothing we can do about it. We don't have a highway here. Once the highway is built, it will be much quicker to go back."

If Zhang An remembered correctly, the construction of the expressway leading to the provincial capital would start in two years. As for the high-speed rail, we would have to wait.

"Come on, I'll take you to catch sheep."

Knowing exactly what the people were here for, Zhang An did not waste their time and led them directly into the circle.

"Zhang An, why don't you help us choose? I really don't know which one to choose. It should be similar to the one we ate the other day, and it should be fatter. As for the wild goat, try to get one that is as big as possible."

Before coming, Cheng Peng had already thought about what kind of sheep he wanted to pick. But when he arrived, he found that there were so many sheep in Zhang An's family that he was overwhelmed.

"Okay, then I'll go in and catch it and show it to you."

Zhang An listened to Cheng Peng's request, opened the gate and walked into the sheep flock. He quickly caught a black goat weighing over 100 kilograms.

"Here, take a look at this one to see if it fits."

"It looks like it's about right. How much does this sheep weigh?"

Cheng Peng took a few looks and thought it was about right, so he nodded.

"This one weighed just over 100 jin, no more than 110 jin, but after being slaughtered, it only weighed about 60 or 70 jin, about the same as the one we ate the other day."

Zhang An picked up the sheep with both hands and weighed it before speaking to Cheng Peng.

"Ah, there's such a big difference."

Cheng Peng and his friends had never been involved in these things, so they didn't know there was such a thing as a meat yield rate.

"This is already considered good. The meat yield of my sheep is about 60%. If it were other sheep, a sheep weighing 100 kilograms would only yield 40 to 50 kilograms of meat."

Then Zhang An tied the sheep in his hand with a rope, walked towards the sheep with the sprained foot, and picked out one weighing about 150 pounds.

"You guys want to put them in the trunk, right? Then I'll tie them up with ropes to prevent them from moving around on the road. But remember to give them some water every once in a while."

Without waiting for them to speak, Zhang An found two ropes and tied up the two sheep.

"Okay, we got it."

After listening to Zhang An's words, Cheng Peng specially filled a large pot of water and put it in the car.

(End of this chapter)