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Chapter 16 Deer Antler
  After Xiao Xi finished eating, he wiped his mouth and left a message to Zhang Chengyuan: "Sister Yuanyuan, remember to wait for me tomorrow."

Zhang Chengyuan turned around and rushed out. Zhang Chengyuan didn't expect that Xiao Xi's appetite was quite large, which made her a little short of food, but it didn't matter.

At night, Zhang Chengyuan practiced the Juli Jue again and fell asleep.

The next morning, Zhang Chengyuan made some pancakes to appease his rebellious belly, then ran to the backyard to take a look at the sika deer. When he saw that there was still a lot of grass at its feet, he ignored it.

I went back to the house and found a hoe to plow the vegetable garden. I had never worked in the fields before, so I always felt that I was a little weak with the hoe. After a while, my hands were shocked and turned red.

Zhang Chengyuan didn't have any good ideas, so he could only explore slowly and try bit by bit.

Suddenly there was a knock on the door. Zhang Chengyuan took the hoe out of the vegetable garden, put it on the side and leaned against it to open the door.

When I opened the door, I saw the old man I had just met last night: "Old doctor, you are here. Have you eaten?"

The old doctor glanced at her and looked into the courtyard with the medicine box on his back: "Girl, why don't you look up and take a look. What time is it? Old man, I must have had breakfast. What's the matter with the deer? What's going on?" "

Zhang Chengyuan invited him in and led him to the backyard: "Sika deer, it's okay. I just want to ask about cutting the antler."

The old doctor pulled off several of his beards in excitement. He inhaled painfully but could not suppress the excitement in his heart: "Sika deer! Where is it? Take me to see it quickly."

"Old doctor, don't get excited, it's right in the backyard."

How could the old doctor not be excited? Deer antler is a good medicinal material. He had only seen it once when he was young. How could he not be excited to see it again now?

As soon as he entered the backyard, the old doctor's eyes immediately locked with the live sika deer, which was absolutely true.

This is such a treasure!
  The old doctor was pacing back and forth around the sika deer. He was so excited that it took him a long time to calm down.

The first thing he said was: "Is this deer for sale?"

Zhang Chengyuan looked frightened. If he was gored by a deer, it would be a murder. He quickly followed and was ready to rescue at any time.

Fortunately, nothing happened, so she felt relieved, but she still watched carefully. Hearing this, she smiled and shook her head and refused: "Old doctor, you see, I know that the deer antlers are valuable, so how can I sell them.

I came to you to learn how to cut deer antlers without hurting it. After all, as long as I take good care of it, it will continue to make money for me. "

Although the old doctor was a little disappointed, he could understand it, but his next sentence was: "Can you sell all the antlers from the future to me? I will definitely not let you suffer a loss."

Zhang Chengyuan naturally agreed wholeheartedly, which did not save her any effort. Although she was also curious about the old doctor's practices, she had no intention of asking.

In her opinion, Zuo was just for interpersonal communication. After all, she had seen that in ancient times, deer antlers and even whole deer were said to be a favorite tonic for nobles.

"Old doctor, are there any techniques for cutting deer antlers?"

The old doctor knew this, so he began to tell Zhang Chengyuan in detail: "It is best to harvest this deer antler only twice a year, once in June and once around August..."

Zhang Chengyuan listened carefully and kept all this in mind.

The old doctor was very satisfied with Zhang Chengyuan's attitude, so he found a packet of medicinal powder from the medicine box and handed it to Zhang Chengyuan. He also told her to cut the velvet antlers to apply medicine to the sika deer and take good care of it.

Naturally, Zhang Chengyuan kept giving assurances before asking about the price of deer antler: "Old doctor, what's the price of this deer antler?"

The old doctor stroked his beard and said with a smile: "One catty can be sold for about seventy taels. Generally speaking, you can get two to three catties from each harvest."

In this way, we should be able to harvest five kilograms in a year, which is also three hundred and fifty taels. It really deserves to be called soft gold.

Thinking about it this way, I will rely on it to lie down in the future, and I have to take good care of it.

Zhang Chengyuan couldn't wait to ask: "Old doctor, do you think I can still have this velvet antler?" The old doctor nodded affirmatively, and of course he wanted it: "Now is the time for the second crop of velvet antlers to be harvested."

In this case, Zhang Chengyuan still hesitated, politely explained, and let the old doctor do whatever he wanted, and immediately started a fire, boiled water, and scalded the knife.

After disinfection, Zhang Chengyuan did not need the help of the old doctor at all. He raised one leg to clamp the sika deer's neck, and then grabbed the deer's antlers with his hand. He raised the knife and lowered it twice, and quickly cut off the two antlers and handed them over. The old doctor next to him was stunned with fear.

He took out the medicinal powder given by the old doctor from his arms and sprinkled it evenly on the wound. Then he let go of the sika deer, which was struggling desperately and screaming in pain, and dragged the old doctor away to avoid being accidentally injured.

"Old doctor, do you think this is possible? It's my first time doing this, so I'm not skilled at it."

The old doctor's expression changed. You tell me he's not skilled in this clean and neat movement. Even a trickster wouldn't dare to do it so blatantly.

The old doctor nodded stiffly and carried it carefully to avoid wasting blood: "Cheng...Chengyuan, I...I will go back and get you some money. I will..."

The old doctor was so frightened that he wanted to take the antler back, but he didn't dare. He wanted to leave it alone for now, but he couldn't bear it. He was in a dilemma for a while.

Zhang Chengyuan was so beautiful that she didn't notice the old doctor's emotions at all. As soon as she heard the old doctor's words, she immediately helped the old doctor carry the medicine box happily and urged the old doctor to leave quickly.

After getting a huge sum of 160 taels and going home, Zhang Chengyuan thought about the efficacy of the deer antler she had just learned about. In the past, she only knew that deer were treasures in ancient times and that deer were valuable. She did not expect that just one deer antler was worth so much.

The deer antlers this time weighed 2 kilograms and 3 taels in total. She was supposed to get 161 taels, but she kept one tael for the old doctor's consultation fee.

Now she already has one hundred and sixty taels of silver, one gold ingot, and more than nine thousand copper plates in her hand.

Arrangements can be made to buy land. Not only must we buy waste land, we must also buy some fertile land. In addition, we must build a stable for the sika deer to live in.

Thinking about it, Zhang Chengyuan went to Zhao Lihua's house. Because her aunt promised yesterday that she would let her uncle and the others make a steamer and a wooden lid for her today, she guessed that she should be at home.

The courtyard door was open, and my uncle and the others were busy working, but I didn't see my aunt.

She greeted: "Uncle, I'm busy."

Hearing the sound, the man looked up and saw that it was the girl next door. He smiled and responded: "Yes, girl, come in and sit down. Your aunt is feeding the chickens in the backyard."

Zhang Chengyuan nodded: "Okay, I just have something to do with my aunt."

After saying that, Zhang Chengyuan walked to the backyard.

After seeing Zhao Lihua's figure, she shouted: "Auntie~"

"Hey, my dear, you are here."

Zhang Chengyuan came closer and looked at the chickens that were snatching the food, and praised: "Auntie, your chickens are really well fed."

Zhao Lihua accepted with a smile: "Auntie, I am not boasting. There is no one in the whole village who raises someone better than me..."

Zhang Chengyuan waited for Zhao Lihua to finish showing off, and then he explained his purpose: "Aunt, can you accompany me to the village chief's house? Didn't I tell you yesterday that I wanted to buy land?"

Zhao Lihua responded readily: "Okay, wait a moment, Auntie is going to wash her hands."

"Auntie, take your time, I'm not in a hurry."

As he spoke, Zhang Chengyuan followed Zhao Lihua and walked out.

(End of this chapter)