This is a fragrant deer, and it is a male fragrant deer.
The fragrant deer is a small musk deer that is rare in the Northeast. The pair of zombie teeth is a symbol of male identification and a weapon for them to fight for mating. It is ten centimeters long and looks like tusks.
However, such teeth pose no threat to carnivores.
The one Lu Lu saw was dark brown all over, with two relatively wide white lines from its neck to its armpits.
He immediately recognized that this was Lin She, who was famous as the Forest Fragrance Concubine.
Yes, the male fragrant deer is named Xiangfei because the male produces musk.
It is the smallest of several musk-producing musk deer species, weighing less than ten kilograms.
Although the fragrant deer is small, it is quite agile and can even jump directly onto trees to eat leaves.
The unique structure of the hoof shell allows them to walk freely on branches, and is also one of the ways to escape prey.
Forest musk deer produces musk, and it has the highest yield and best quality of musk among the musk-producing animals.
In addition, there is another species of musk deer that produces musk in the wilderness, called the original musk deer, which is also distributed in small numbers in the Xiaoxing'an Mountains. When Lu Lu came to this mountain, he had never seen it for such a long time. The biggest difference from the forest musk deer is that it has a
The fur is black.
Musk is not only a high-end spice, but also a valuable traditional Chinese medicine.
As a former buyer of mountain goods, Lu Lu knew a lot about this stuff.
That's something that can be sold for more than the same weight of gold per gram. This alone is enough to attract Lu Lu's attention. It's standard soft gold.
The amount of musk a forest musk deer can produce is about fifty grams.
Over the past few years, the benefits have been considerable.
Since ancient times, people have usually used the method of killing musk deer to obtain incense. As Lu Lu learned, it was also during the reform and opening up in the 1980s that forest musk deer were hunted in large numbers for incense and were turned into protected animals.
But when he came to Lu Lu, he knew that he could take the incense directly from their sachets without harming their lives.
If you take it back and keep it, it will be a steady stream of wealth, which is much better than killing it with one shot.
With such a large area in the meadow, it would be quite good to raise some forest musk deer.
Otherwise, the two-meter-high fence would be a bit of a waste.
This is one type of breeding planned by Lu Lu.
Lu Lu quirked his nose, exploring the scent left by the forest deer when he ran just now, and looked around.
He was not worried at all that the deer would run away, because he knew more about it, and Lu Lu also knew its living habits.
The male deer lives alone and seems to be wandering around in the forest, but in fact its range of activities is very stable, and its route of daily activities is relatively fixed. The most fixed one is probably its hut.
They always go to the same place to defecate, with a radius of no more than one square meter.
Moreover, even if you are frightened and chased away, you will most likely return to your original place of life.
With this characteristic, if you want to catch them, it shouldn't be too easy.
In fact, in Lu Lu's view, the roe deer and the fragrant deer have many similarities in this regard.
They are all accustomed to living in a living environment they are familiar with.
Lu Lu walked around carefully, expanding the search area in circles. After spending more than 20 minutes, he saw Xiang Deer Liu behind another Shilizi more than ten meters away from the one where Xiang Deer had just stayed.
The feces particles are similar to sheep manure but much smaller.
"It seems that when I find the master and return, I will attack this fragrant deer and have to come from here."
Lu Lu smiled slightly and said to himself: "I have to find an opportunity to catch a few more."
After carefully observing the terrain and making sure he remembered the location, Lu Lu turned around and returned to Caodianzi.
Still far away from the temporary camp, Yuan Bao and five other dogs ran over early and jumped up and down around Lu Lu.
"There is nothing we can do. We didn't catch anything today. You guys shouldn't think about eating meat tonight and just make do with it!"
Lu Lu bent down, rubbed each of the dogs' heads, and led them all the way back.
When they arrived at the tent, they saw that in the hanging pot set up on the firewood outside, millet porridge had been cooked. Chen Xiuqing had also made seven or eight steamed buns wrapped on sticks and placed them sideways by the fire to bake.
Lu Lu opened the tent and took a look, and found that some branches and leaves had been packed into the tent, and some pine needles were placed on top. Chen Xiuqing was half-crouching with her pants down, like a horse, next to the lit Mingzi.
, rubbing his red and swollen thighs with lotion.
This boy was busy very quickly, and even the place to sleep at night had been laid out.
"How's it going? Can you still bear it?" Lu Lu glanced at his red and swollen legs and asked.
Chen Xiuqing raised her head and smiled at Lu Lu: "No problem, after tonight, we will come together tomorrow morning and we will still be alive and kicking...Brother Lu, did you hit anything?"
"I didn't hit anything! I'll just have to make do with it tonight!"
With Chen Xiuqing's mouth open, Lu Lu didn't tell him about the discovery of the fragrant deer, so as not to say "If I don't catch it now, something will eat it."
"The porridge has been cooked and the steamed buns are almost baked. Brother Lu, you eat first and I'll come right after I apply the medicine!"
Chen Xiuqing didn't find it strange that he didn't catch any prey.
It is normal for hunters to go up the mountain and fail to catch prey. What's more, Lu Lu didn't go there for long at all.
Lu Lu didn't say anything else. He came out of the tent, took a wooden bowl from the hunting bag, scooped out the porridge, drank a mouthful of porridge and ate a mouthful of steamed buns. Not long after, Chen Xiuqing came out with the medicine.
"Go to bed early after eating, and get up early tomorrow morning. While the morning is cool, let's go a little further!"
He made a preliminary estimate. At today's speed, he would have traveled 60 to 70 kilometers. If it were earlier tomorrow, he should be able to turn from Tangwang to the direction of Jiayin River, stay overnight in the mountains, and be there early the next morning.
Arrive at Ulaga.
"Okay!" Chen Xiuqing nodded in agreement.
The two of them filled their stomachs, and each took some oil cakes they brought with them to feed the horses. After feeding a few dogs, they got into the tent and went to bed early.
Chen Xiuqing almost fell asleep after lying down for a while, but Lu Lu was tossing and turning, always worried about Chen Xiuyu at home and wondering how she was doing now.
In the wood carving, two girls, Wang Yan and Pu Guiying, were left by Chen Xiuyu. After dinner and the big Kang mat was wiped clean, Chen Xiuyu went to the master bedroom and took out the bedding.
The three of them laughed and put the big kang table aside and began to make the bed.
Wang Yan often comes to Caodianzi, and Wang Dalong led the people to build this wooden ridge. She has long been familiar with it, and now she is not surprised except by envy.
Pu Guiying is different.
She only met Lu Lu and Chen Xiuyu when they came to help prepare food and greet the guests when they moved into their new house. At that time, they mostly admired the exquisite wooden carvings from the outside, and also walked around the house, but people
The people coming and going are completely different from what we see now.
She took a good look at almost every room in the house, and she was even more amazed when she saw the master bedroom, which was the most warm and comfortable.
She had never thought that the room could be so pleasing to the eye. Let alone living in it, even just looking at it would make her feel comfortable.
Obviously, Chen Xiuyu would not lead them into the master bedroom, otherwise she would not go to the big Kang to spread the bedding.
In fact, in Chen Xiuyu's heart, the master bedroom belongs exclusively to her and Lu Lu, and she really doesn't want anyone else to move in.
"Today was okay. The mushrooms we picked up were sold in the district. Each of us could get more than one yuan. There are still many left to wash and dry for winter. It would be great if we could do this every day for a month.
We can make a lot of money if we come down here. Let’s go into the mountains tomorrow to see if we can pick up more. Go to bed early!”
After the bed was made, Chen Xiuyu invited the two of them to get on the kang, and she quickly got in and lay down.
The mushrooms picked up today were carried by Zhou Cuifen and Zhao Meiling on a small train to the district to sell, and the price was much higher than wild vegetables.
When Zhou Cuifen came back, she specially came to Caodianzi to talk to Chen Xiuyu.
Earning more than one yuan a day, the three girls stayed in Caodianzi to clean the mushrooms that were not in good condition and were not sent for sale. They all looked very excited.
"There are people picking mushrooms everywhere on the mountain. If it doesn't rain these days, there will only be fewer and fewer mushrooms unless we go deeper into the mountains." Pu Guiying said.
"Yes, I'll ask Zhou Cuifen and my mother tomorrow if we can go deeper into the mountains and pick up more." Ma Cui also said.
"That won't work. Let's just look for it in these familiar places nearby."
Chen Xiuyu shook her head decisively.
"Why?"
Pu Guiying asked puzzledly.
"There are so many of us, what are we afraid of!" Wang Yan
"Yanzi, haven't you forgotten the last time you and your mother went to Chuuzigou to collect wild vegetables and encountered a wild boar?"
Chen Xiuyu looked at Wang Yan: "I will listen to Brother Lu and not go further into the mountains. If you all decide to go, I would rather not go. I don't want Brother Lu to worry, I promised him."
Chuuzigou is not far from Caodianzi. It only takes more than half an hour to walk down. It is also a place where people often go, and fatal things can happen there.
In fact, in the eyes of people in the district, a location like Xiushan Tun has long been within the scope of deep mountains.
This is also the reason why there are many animals around.
"Then it's better not to go..."
When Chen Xiuyu mentioned this, Wang Yan was also shocked and shook her head.
"Mushrooms grow every night. As long as we enter the mountains earlier, we can still get the best mushrooms! We can just walk more places."
Chen Xiuyu knows the characteristics of mushrooms very well.
The air is warm and moist at night, and the moisture is much heavier. It is indeed a good time for mushrooms to grow. I picked them up in the same place and went back the next day, and they were still there.
There is really no need to go further into the mountains, that means danger.
"Sister Yu, you are like a married person. It's just different."
Pu Guiying said jokingly: "Tell us quickly, what does Sister-in-law Zhou mean when she says that the legs are almost like a bow and a cross?"
Chen Xiuyu rolled her eyes at her and tapped Pu Guiying on the forehead with her fingers: "You will know if you find someone to marry earlier... Go to bed, you have to get up early tomorrow."
The three of them stopped talking.
The three lynx cubs wandered around the house for a while. They probably felt comfortable on the kang, so they jumped on the big kang one after another, meowing, and then ran to the feet of the three of them and lay together. The three little things were getting closer and closer recently.
It's getting better and better to eat.
Chen Xiuyu skinned the two greyhounds she caught on the mountain and fed them to them. She also went to the cage to get a few more small fish and finally fed them.
Now, they are not afraid of people at all. They especially like to follow Chen Xiuyu everywhere, but others will not let them get close.
In the morning, Zhou Cuifen wanted to fish them out for a look, but two of them ran away. One of them had a claw as fast as lightning, leaving three hot red marks on Zhou Cuifen's hand.
Getting more and more fierce!
After lying down for a while, none of the three fell asleep.
Looking up at the flat varnished roof, the light of the lantern flashing, and smelling the faint scent of pine in the house, Pu Guiying suddenly said: "It would be great if I could live in a big house like this in the future."
Sister...turn off the lights, it'll be fine if you can't see."
"Don't put it out, I kept this light for Brother Lu!"
Chen Xiuyu turned her head and looked at the lantern on the Kang table with a slight smile on her face.
Thanks to book friend Guan Gongzi LK, who was too lazy to think of a name for the reward!