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  Chapter 397 Cutting antlers

  At noon, the men, women and children of Jiapigou gathered on the avenue, pointing at the dozens of sika deer.

  The herd of deer is still the same as usual, picking up the corn grains on the ground in a leisurely manner. For them, this is considered a big meal.

   It was the first time for the villagers to experience deer antler cutting, so they all ran out to watch the excitement, even those little kids.

   I also made deer antlers before, but they were all "chopped antlers", which means chopping rather than cutting.

   Cutting the velvet is when the sika deer changes its horns, and when the new velvet grows to two or three branches, they go into the mountains to hunt and shoot the sika deer.

   After killing, the whole antler is chopped off with an axe, often with a skull on it.

   The chopped antlers are sold directly to the purchase department. Even in this era, a pair of antlers in good condition can be sold for twenty or thirty yuan.

  If it weren’t for the people in the village to follow the rules of the elders and never kill indiscriminately, and there is a dumb grandfather sitting in the mountains, there are probably not many of these sika deer left.

   "They're all underdogs, this antler is just in time." Master Yao from the pharmaceutical factory praised the bucks in the herd while looking at them.

  When the velvet antler splits out a side branch, it is called Erganger; when it has another branch, it is called Sanchazi, and the quality is a little bit old.

  Wait until the fork is branched again, it is not velvet, but gradually ossified, which is called dry branch.

  Dried branches are not useless. They are used to boil deer antler glue, which is still very valuable. Last year, the dumb master boiled a lot.

  Dashuai Zhang led a few villagers back with a hacksaw in his hand. After hearing Master Yao's words, he took up the conversation:

   "We used to cut the antlers, and the deer died after getting the antlers. It's better now. After the first stubble is cut, we can cut the second stubble, and it can be cut every year. It doesn't hurt the sika deer."

  Liu Qingshan also looked at the handsome uncle and smiled: Now I am finally willing to put down the butcher knife and use a metal saw instead.

  For such a big event as cutting velvet antlers, the dumb grandfather was also invited down from the mountain, leading Gao Feng and Li Tieniu all the way here.

  Liu Qingshan rushed up to greet him, the master gestured a few times, and then handed Liu Qingshan a pack of medicinal powder that he brought, this is after cutting the antler, and smeared on the section to avoid infection.

   "Actually, just sprinkle some plant ash or something." Dashuai Zhang muttered.

  The plant ash that has just been burned is still very clean because of high-temperature sterilization, and it also has astringent effect.

  Let’s say it’s a sika deer, even if someone cuts a cut on their hand, they still need to sprinkle some ash to stop the bleeding. People at this time are not so expensive.

  Liu Qingshan handed the powder to Shan Xing beside him, and asked her to take charge of the work after a while.

  Shan Xing is still a little worried: "Brother, does it hurt to cut deer antler?"

   "It shouldn't hurt much."

  Liu Qingshan stroked her watermelon head, thought for a while, and continued: "It's probably similar to how you and the fourth child cut their hair."

  Shan Xing nodded vigorously, expressing that he understood: "The deer herd can't just get food from us, but also have to contribute, so it's only fair."

  Liu Qingshan couldn't help but look at the little girl with admiration. Being able to tell such a truth proves that Shan Xing still has a lot of ideas.

   "Come on, the deer herd will be full after a while, and it's time to go up the mountain again." Dashuai Zhang urged again and again, the hacksaw in his hand was already a little hungry and thirsty.

  Everyone is also prepared, the cut velvet can be dried in the shade naturally, but it will not be sold at a high price.

   Besides, these velvet antlers are not enough for their own pharmaceutical factory, and they cannot be sold outside for the time being, so it is best to process them directly.

  Liu Qingshan pointed to the leader of the deer herd, that is, Dalulu: "To capture the thief, first capture the king, and start with this guy."

   "Brother, it's not because Dalulu likes to play against you, are you taking revenge?"

  Xiao Laosi blinked his big eyes and asked.

  Liu Qingshan coughed twice: "It is the deer king, so of course it has to take the lead. Besides, when the other male deer see that the leaders are honest, they must have stopped."

   "Okay then." Little Lao Si went up and hugged Da Lu Lu's head, and Shan Xing stretched out his hands to cover Da Lu Lu's eyes.

  It seems that when they get an injection, the pain will not hurt if they cover their eyes.

  For the first time sawing, the dumb grandpa did it himself, sawing directly at the root of the antler more than ten centimeters away.

  Accompanied by a few clicks, a velvet antler, which was as long as a stick, was cut off smoothly.

   Dashuai Zhang, who was helping out next to him, was still muttering: "Cut it up, cut it up, don't worry if you cut it up!"

  Everyone couldn't hold back their laughter: Isn't this the set of words you chanted when you were a pig?

   Then there was another one, and the dumb grandpa started very quickly. In less than half a minute, two velvet antlers were sawed off.

  Deer antler should be about 25 centimeters long, with a beautiful brown-red appearance and a layer of fine hair, which is probably why it is called antler.

   A few drops of pink blood oozed from the severed place. Someone nearby had already taken a small ball of new cotton, wiped it, and then threw it directly into a glass jar of wine next to it.

  Like a peach blossom, it bloomed in the wine liquid. In an instant, the high-grade liquor that was full of jars turned pink.

   "Tsk tsk, this antler blood is the essence of the whole antler. It's rare, it's too rare, can you sell me a jar?"

  Master Yao from the pharmaceutical factory praised him.

   "Master Yao, I will give you a jar then."

  Liu Qingshan began to think again. In fact, these masters were all hired back after retirement.

  Since it is re-employment, they can also hire Jiapigou Pharmaceutical Factory.

When cutting the velvet, Da Lulu also struggled symbolically twice, but Xiao Lao Si and Shan Xing comforted him with nagging, and Xiao Lao Si stuffed a grain of coarse salt into its mouth, Da Lu The deer did not continue to resist.

  Looking at it, Liu Qingshan was also taken aback: Later generations saw that people cut velvet antlers, and they had to be anesthetic first. It seemed quite laborious, but it turned out to be quite easy.

  After the mountain apricot sprinkled the powder on the cut surface of the velvet antler, he and the fourth child scattered the big deer together. This guy shook his head, as if he felt that something was missing, and he was a little unhappy.

  Seeing the dumb grandpa standing beside him, he moved his head forward, as if he wanted to push it.

  However, he seemed to feel the strong vitality of the dumb grandpa, so he didn't dare to push his head, but tilted his head, and gave it to Zhang Dashuai who was beside the dumb grandpa.

  The handsome uncle was caught off guard, he was squatted down, sat on the ground and scolded:

   "Fucking bastard, you are a prodigal, you also know how to bully the weak, don't you believe it or not, I really cut you off!"

  Amidst the laughter of the crowd, he began to cut the antlers of the next male deer. Sure enough, as Liu Qingshan expected, the remaining male deer were relatively honest.

   I learned badly from the big deer deer. After cutting the antlers, I have to push people.

  Little Lao Si and Shan Xing, of course they wouldn't go to the top, and they didn't dare to go to the dumb grandpa. As a result, Zhang Dashuai and the others suffered a lot, and they were pushed like a fool.

   Fortunately, there are no antlers, and it is not bad, but it is a bit embarrassing.

  But as Shan Xing said: This world is fair, you have to pay a price for such a treasure as velvet antler?

  The sawn velvet antlers are handed over to the dumb grandpa for unified processing.

  This is not a job that laymen can do. First, the fluff outside the velvet antler should be scorched clean with fire.

   Then scrape it again with glass ballast. The reason why glass ballast is used is also an old tradition. Many Chinese medicines are more taboo against ironware, so use it as little as possible.

   Then there are different processing methods, which can be ground into velvet powder or sliced.

  Dumb Grandpa’s method is to cut the noodles, pour white wine into it, soak it, put it upside down and steam it in a pan, and finally slice it and dry it in the shade.

  This is also a relatively common processing method, because the antler needs to be turned upside down when pouring wine, so the essence of the whole antler is mostly deposited on the top of the antler.

  Although they are slices of the same velvet antler, they are actually very different. The quality of the root is the worst, while the top is the best, and the price is of course higher.

  So when buying deer antler, there are still many things to say, and the price will often vary by more than ten times.

  The most powerful one is the velvet blood wine, but unfortunately, the velvet blood is really limited, there are about 20 male deer in total, and only less than 100 catties of velvet blood wine can be obtained.

  All the gentlemen in the village looked at the pink antler blood wine, their eyes sparkling.

  This thing is really nourishing.

  After the deer herd had eaten and drank enough, they left as usual, and they could cut another crop in June. Of course, the quality was slightly worse than this time.

  The velvet harvesting went smoother than expected, so Liu Qingshan was in a good mood, and promised that after the velvet blood wine soaked for a month, each household would be given a catty.

   "What's so good for a catty, I'll lose it in one meal." Zhang Ganzi yelled that it was too little.

   "This thing is enough to drink a small cup for a meal. If you drink a catty at a time, you will have to toss the kang to collapse." Zhang Dashuai also gave Zhang Ganzi instructions.

   Everyone laughed and joked, and gradually dispersed, while Liu Qingshan greeted the guests, and went home to continue eating. The meal was just halfway through.

  This time, Grandpa Dumb and Gao Feng also joined the dinner table. Master Yao from the pharmaceutical factory and Grandpa Dumb were also considered to be half colleagues.

   "There are so many good medicinal materials on the mountain, haha, I want to stay here with you, go to the mountain to collect medicinal herbs every day, and keep fit." Master Yao also looked envious when he heard that.

Another master Yang suddenly asked: "Qingshan, you still can't find wild ginseng in your forest. It must be old ginseng. During the Chinese New Year, someone asked me for help and asked me to help scavenge." Touch one."

   Their pharmaceutical factory, of course, has no shortage of wild ginseng, but the old wild ginseng of decades or hundreds of years is hard to come by.

  This one?

  Liu Qingshan also hesitated, and then looked at Master.

  Of course the old mountain ginseng exists. His master showed him the ginseng field, and even dug up a ginseng plant to treat Gu Junshan, an expert in paleontological fossils.

   But those old wild ginseng belonged to the dumb grandfather, Liu Qingshan can't easily decide.

  Master Yang observed his words and expressions, and immediately exclaimed: "Brother dumb, you don't really have it in your hand, right? In any case, you have to help me!"

  (end of this chapter)