Back to 1984: Hunting in the Mountains

The animal husbandry station of this era is still pretty good.

It is completely different from the livestock stations of later generations.

Especially in later generations, pig farming was no longer allowed in many villages, so the animal husbandry stations were basically useless.

Anyway, the village became more and more beautiful, cleaner and tidier, but the people were gone.

The period from 2000 to 2015 was basically the peak period of rural animal husbandry. With the continuous development of information technology during this period, the experience of farmers became easier to learn, absorb and summarize.

Gradually, the status of the animal husbandry station was marginalized.

But in this era, animal husbandry stations still represent the most advanced technology, and their guidance capabilities completely exceed the needs of farmers and can cover all factors.

However, in addition to technical consultation, Yu Qiutang came to the Animal Husbandry Station for a bigger reason: channel expansion.

You have to know that resources are not abundant in this era, and many things cannot be fully commercialized and still need to be allocated.

As for the allocation of materials to various departments, you are responsible for the reversible allocation of materials to each department.

All materials related to breeding need to be allocated by the animal husbandry station.

From feed to seeds.

As small as various medicines and so on.

More importantly, the animal husbandry station also controls downstream sales issues to a certain extent.

If farmers do not have sales channels, they can also consult the animal husbandry station for help, and they can basically help farmers solve these problems.

It can only be said that in this era, many departments are still truly useful, the concept of service is greater than management, and the people can also benefit from it.

Yu Qiutang arrived at the animal husbandry station and found that there was no one at the counter in the front hall.

The door to the backyard was open, so I guess someone went to the backyard.

He waited for a while, but no one showed up. Then he realized that today was Sunday and the staff at the animal husbandry station were on vacation and should not come to work.

He was a little disappointed and prepared to turn around and leave.

Just as I was about to go out, I suddenly heard some strange animal cries coming from the backyard.

Some of the sounds were "Ahhh" and some were "Woo Woo".

The latter is like a baby crying.

Yu Qiutang was stunned and his eyes lit up.

It turned out to be Lu Ming!
Has deer farming ever been developed here?
In fact, Rongcheng has the conditions for raising deer, and there are also herds of sika deer in the Qinling Mountains.

But Yu Qiutang had never seen anyone raising them on a large scale in his previous life.

He was familiar with sika deer. The forest farm rescued several of them at that time. Except for a pair that were sent to the provincial zoo, the others were released back into the forest after their injuries were healed.

But later, he saw on the Internet that artificial breeding of sika deer in Northeast China seemed to be possible on a large scale.

You can cut the antlers and sell them regularly, which feels no different from shearing wool.

Unable to suppress his curiosity, he walked around the counter and went through the small door to the backyard.

The backyard is quite big. At a glance, it seems to be at least several dozen acres.

Yu Qiutang remembered that this place was later divided into two parts. One part retained the function of the animal husbandry station, and the other part became an agricultural management office, which was mainly responsible for technical guidance of crops.

In fact, both of these jobs belong to agriculture, but ordinary people have no idea about it. They always think that raising pigs and farming are two different things, so how can they find a group of people?

We separated for a while.

Later, probably due to organizational streamlining and merger, the two units were merged into one, and a door appeared in the middle of the partition wall, so that the two departments could move left and right through the door.

If they are together for a long time, they will be divided. If they are separated for a long time, they will be reunited.

When Yu Qiutang came in, he found many different pens in the backyard, which also contained various livestock and poultry.
There are all kinds of chickens, ducks, geese, cows, wool, and pigs.

And as we continued walking further inside, we saw some things from the mountains, such as pheasants, wild boars, stone martens, and various birds.

Most of these things have one thing in common: they can be sold for money.

That is, it has certain economic significance.

For example, for the stone marten, it doesn’t matter whether the meat is edible or not, but its fur can be sold for a lot of money.

If it is raised on a large scale and the stone martens are domesticated, it will have good economic benefits.

The horses here are small horses with short legs, sparse hair, and look listless.

This horse appeared near the Qinling Mountains for a period of time, but then disappeared.

The main reason is that raising horses is not economically profitable.

Whether for transportation or other reasons, horses are more suitable for grasslands and more open areas. However, most of the land within Rongcheng is mountainous, forested and large rivers, with relatively few flat lands, so horses can play a very small role.

A real horse is not like the one in novels or TV dramas where you can ride it to the top of the mountain in one breath.

In fact, horses have very poor endurance unless they are specially selected, bred and trained. Even the Mongolian horse, which is famous for its endurance, can only gallop on the grasslands, but if it is thrown into the Qinling Mountains, it will be no more useful than a donkey.

Of course, any attempt is likely to experience success and failure.

People here probably won't jump to conclusions without trying.

As he walked further inside, Yu Qiutang's eyes became brighter and brighter, because there were some rare animals inside.

For example, he actually saw a musk deer!
The red musk deer is also a type of musk deer, but is larger than the forest musk deer.

However, the musk of the Spanish mackerel is not as effective as that of the forest musk deer. From the perspective of obtaining musk, it is inferior to that of the forest musk deer.

People in later generations also tried to artificially breed musk deer, but they mainly bred forest musk deer, and the number of green musk deer was still relatively small.

Yu Qiutang stood outside the fence of the musk deer and observed the musk deer carefully for a while. He found that the musk deer was in poor spirits and its hind legs were probably injured. He didn't know whether he could be taken care of.

Continuing to walk inside, we saw blue sheep again.

This made Yu Qiutang very worried. If he sprayed a takin, he would have to take a closer look.

but no.

He walked around the first row of pens and saw two people doing something with a sika deer in the open space between the two rows of pens.

The sika deer was in great pain, and in a small pen on the side, there were a few tiny sika deer cubs, about the size of corgis, crying "wooo woo" at the sika deer.

The two were so focused that when Yu Qiutang came up to them, they observed for a while. They didn't notice it until Yu Qiutang looked at it for a while and asked tentatively, "Are you trying to induce lactation?"

"Yeah!~"

One is older and one is younger.

The older one looks to be around fifty years old, while the younger one is about the same age as Yu Qiutang.

Everyone, young and old, were startled when they heard Yu Qiutang's voice suddenly.

The smaller one bounced away and took several steps back.

The old man also failed to hold on tightly, and the deer broke free from its restraints. The deer ran to the enclosure in three or two steps and actually ran headfirst into the fence.

Fortunately, it was a doe.

If it was a male deer, the fence would have been destroyed in an instant. The female deer didn't break through at once, but she didn't give up. She retreated, ran a few steps, and launched another brutal charge.

"Stop it, stop it quickly!"

The elder man finally reacted and hurriedly told the young man to do it, but the young man didn't dare to provoke such an aggressive doe. While he was hesitating, the doe had already hit the door three times. It seemed that if it continued to hit, either the door or it would fall down.

Yu Qiutang probably knew the reason.

This doe must have been frightened. She is a little crazy now because of some unknown reason during the lactation period.

The two workers were probably worried that she would hurt the fawn, so they raised it and the fawn separately. They should be milking the fawn now, but for some reason they were left outside.

He watched as the doe continued to charge, with blood all over its head. He felt that she wouldn't be able to hold on for much longer. She would soon reach her limit and there was no time to delay.

"Oh my, what should I do?"

The elder man was so anxious that he jumped up and down. He immediately said to Yu Qiutang, "Who are you, young man? Why didn't you come earlier or later? Why did you come here at this time to join in the fun? Now that the deer has been startled, it will definitely not stop for a while. It might even hit you to death."

"That's right, it's all your fault!"

The young man also shouted.

Yu Qiutang did feel a little embarrassed.

He did not refute, but grabbed a rope from the ground, tied a lasso, and when the time was right, he put it directly around the doe's neck. When the deer was about to continue to attack, he suddenly grabbed the rope and stopped the deer.

Even though he was very strong, he was still out of breath when the deer stopped.

It seems that I have consumed a lot recently.

It seems that I need to be more restrained later.

After the deer stopped, Yu Qiutang stroked the area three inches below the deer's neck. This place is the soft spot of the sika deer. Just by rubbing it gently, the deer would feel comfortable and relax all its vigilance.

In many places, people who raise sika deer use this method to gently calm the deer before cutting their antlers and administering anesthesia, so that they don't become too irritable or excited.

Sure enough, under Yu Qiutang's gentle touch, the doe's mood gradually stabilized. When Yu Qiutang let go, it even gently rubbed the back of Yu Qiutang's hand with its head.

Yu Qiutang stroked the doe's head, turned around and asked the two people: "What's wrong with this deer?"

The two men were so stunned by Yu Qiutang's actions that they couldn't close their mouths for a long time.

Looking at the man and then at the deer, they couldn’t believe that the deer, which they had failed to handle no matter what, was easily handled by Yu Qiutang.

What’s even more outrageous is how strong he is to be able to hold back the mad deer.

Even though people are tall and strong, deer are no pushovers either, and when a deer’s temper is aroused, it’s extremely exaggerated.

Otherwise, why couldn't the two of them handle it?

a long time.

The two men finally came back to their senses from their shock, and when they looked at Yu Qiutang again, they seemed a little unhappy.

"Who the hell are you? What are you doing in our animal husbandry yard? You came in, and our deer are fine. How could they go crazy?"

Young people don't know how high the sky is.

Although I knew that Yu Qiutang was not an ordinary person, I still resented him more than I admired him.

"Yeah, young man, what do you do?"

The elder did not answer.

Yu Qiutang also realized that he was indeed at fault, so he smiled and said, "It's like this, I want to raise something at home, and I want to come here to find an expert for guidance. There was no one at the counter outside, and just as I was about to leave, I heard the cry of a deer inside.

I happened to be familiar with this kind of sound and knew it was abnormal, so I came in to see if there was anything I could do to help, and that’s exactly what happened.”

Yu Qiutang pointed to the deer lying beside him.

"Even so, you shouldn't just show up out of nowhere and catch us completely off guard."

The young man was still unhappy.

"Sorry, sorry, it's really my fault. When I came in, you were all busy. I should have said hello in advance."

Yu Qiutang didn't want to argue with the young people.

This matter was originally his fault, so it's okay for him to let it go.

Seeing Yu Qiutang's good attitude, the young man didn't know what to say. He just snorted coldly and said nothing.

Instead, the older man came over with a smile and gently patted the doe's back. He found that the doe was indeed very gentle and had no intention of going crazy anymore, so he immediately smiled.

"Well done, young man, you really shocked the deer. Where did you learn this skill?"

Yu Qiutang said with a smile: "To be honest, I am actually a hunter. I make a living in the mountains. I have come into contact with these things a lot, so I have learned to accumulate some experience. I don't have any great skills, so please don't make fun of me, experts."

"No, no, that's not right. We are not experts. We are just workers. Besides, we can't compare to your ability to subdue a deer."

The young man was still unconvinced, but after hearing these words, he couldn't help but nodded.

It's indeed much stronger than him.

He is a professional at this, but he can't catch up with others who do it casually. The key is their age, they seem to be younger than him.

I am unhappy, but I also admire him very much.

"By the way, what happened to this deer? It doesn't look like it has gone crazy all of a sudden."

“Can you see that?”

"It's obvious. If the mother deer is fine, why should she be separated from the fawn? The fawn can not only fill its stomach by drinking milk, but also exercise its sucking strength.

You are all experts, you must know this.

The problem is simple. They must have thought that there was something wrong with the doe and were worried about hurting the fawn, so they isolated her and took this method of artificial milk extraction, right?"

The two people at the animal husbandry station looked at each other and exchanged glances.

They both saw the surprise in each other's eyes.

This principle seems simple and is not difficult to understand when it is stated, but it still requires a lot of experience to see it just by observation without any hints.

It is obvious that Yu Qiutang has experience that he should not have at his age.

The elder couldn't help but sigh: "It is said that there are masters among the people. Young man, your knowledge makes me feel ashamed."

"No, no, it's nothing. It's just common sense. I just said that we often walk in the mountains, so we will naturally encounter all kinds of things. So it's not because I'm so powerful, but because of the environment. So what's the problem here?"

"Yes……"

The young man hesitated to speak.

The elder smiled bitterly and said, "It's okay. It's not something that can't be discussed."

"Ah."

The young man looked at the doe on the ground, which was still licking Yu Qiutang's palm, and said helplessly: "It's like this. Many of the animals in the backyard of our animal husbandry station were purchased through various channels, including this doe. When she came here, she was pregnant..."

Yu Qiutang frowned and said, "You can be more direct. I want to know why the deer reacted so strongly."

"Oh, I was just saying, this deer was fine at first, including giving birth to fawns, but in the past few days, for some reason, it has been going crazy intermittently, and even kicked and injured the fawns in the deer pen several times.

We really had no choice but to move it out and keep it alone, but the little deer still wanted to eat..."

"Will the deer go crazy if they are locked up alone?"

Yu Qiutang interrupted him. (End of this chapter)