Forest Farm 1985: Raise a bear cub to climb the mountain

Chapter 112 Musk
Thanks to his skis, Dai Song made it back from the tree den in less than half an hour.

As soon as he entered the room, Huagu, who had been lying beside Xiao Yingying and watching her play with toys, suddenly stood up and slipped to Dai Song's side, jumping up and down.

"What is this?"

Jiang Weiqin, who was busy at the stove, was wondering why Huagu was so excited today, when she saw Dai Song carrying a blue-gray, tusked little beast on his shoulder.

Suddenly, he cried out "Oh my God" and pushed Dai Song out.

"Get out, get out! Three people were killed when the deer came in! Get out, get out!"

What I said is an old saying in the Northeast.

Muntjacs are considered unlucky here, and their appearance brings death. Over time, this saying has emerged.

But what he carried back was a musk deer. As long as he could feed it, he could get a dozen or twenty grams of musk every year. Isn't this a money-printing machine?

"Mom, this is not a muntjac!"

"What nonsense!" Jiang Weiqin frowned and slapped Dai Song's arm. "It's just a small thing, what else could it be but a muntjac?!"

"Mom, look carefully, muntjacs have horns, but this thing has a der."

Dai Song put the musk deer down, drove away the flower mushroom that was trying to reach its ear, found a rope and tied it around its neck before untying its four hooves. The musk deer immediately stood up tremblingly, and looked around with its two dark little eyes. It was unknown whether its brain, which was smaller than an apple, could figure out its future situation.

Jiang Weiqun also narrowed her eyes and kept looking around at Yuan Musk Deer.

Others also rushed out when they heard the noise.

When Yingying saw the blue-gray little animal, she became extremely excited. She waved the car in her hand and kept saying “jerk, jerk, jerk”.

Dai Xiaoqian's eyes lit up when she saw this, and she came closer and exclaimed,

"Oh! Brother! This is musk! It must be very fragrant, let me smell it!"

Seeing that the musk deer didn't move, she boldly moved closer.

Dai Song pursed his lips and tried to keep a blank expression.

Then Dai Xiaoqian, who had a "intoxicated" look on her face the previous second, took a deep breath near the musk deer's belly, and her eyes suddenly narrowed.

“Ugh~!!”

Dai Song was happy and took out a small cloth bag containing musk. "Here is the musk. Do you want to smell it carefully?"

"No, no! Sister-in-law, don't touch it! Brother is so mean! What does this thing smell like? It stinks!"

Nan Chunwan blinked and looked at Dai Song in confusion. Seeing the latter smiling and extending his hand to her, she took the small cloth bag, opened it and leaned in to smell it. Her little face immediately frowned, and then a blush climbed up her neck to her cheek.

Why does it taste so similar...ah!

Her reaction confused the people around her. Did it stink or not?
During the Qing Dynasty, musk in the Northeast was also very famous, so everyone in this area knew that musk was a good thing.

It’s right in front of you, who wouldn’t want to smell it?
Even Xiao Yingying was pulling at Dai Song's trouser legs and jumping around asking for a hug.

But Dai Song just squatted down, hugged her and smiled evilly.

I saw the bag of musk passed around among several people, and none of them looked happy after smelling it.

What's even worse is that this stuff is highly volatile. Just by placing it in a small cloth bag with the mouth open and shaking it around, the smell has already spread throughout the house.

"Ugh~ stinky~"

The little girl also smelled it, and hurriedly put the car into Dai Song's pocket, covering her mouth and nose with her two little hands and speaking in a muffled voice.

"Hey! Old man, suck it! Is that musk? Don't get it wrong, you should treasure the dung!" Jiang Weiqun pointed at the dung jelly on the musk deer's buttocks.

"Mom, it seems to be getting stinkier!" Somehow, Dai Xiaoqian's face gradually turned red.

And it wasn't just her, every woman in the room had rosy cheeks.

The temperature in the room is high, so the smell evaporates easily and spreads more quickly.

"Oh my God! It stinks! Hurry, take it out, take it out! And this little thing! Take it to the yard too!" Jiang Weiqun quickly opened the door to ventilate the house.

"In the yard?" Dai Song grinned. "The yard is full of wild boars. Where is there any room?"

"Why don't you just tie it up next to the firewood pile?"

"Mom, this is raw musk deer! Do you know how much this musk is worth? Aren't you afraid that this 'goose that lays golden eggs' will be stolen by others?"

"How much?" Jiang Weiqun covered her nose and raised her eyebrows.

The Dai family members were all in high spirits, so much so that they didn't seem to care much when they saw Dai Song take out a big leather skin.

"I don't know the exact amount, but this thing is also called soft gold. How much is gold per gram now?"

"I think it was 80?" Dai Xiaoqian blinked. "I heard it on the radio a few days ago."

Ever since the family got a TV, no one cared about the radio. Dai Xiaoqian happily listened to music while doing her homework every day.

"Oh my god! It's so valuable!" Jiang Weiqin snatched the rope used to tie up the musk deer, "Then this little thing must be tied up in the house!"

"Mom, but it stinks!"

"What's the stench? People always say copper coins stink! You're still a high school student, don't you know this?"

"Mom, that's called money smell."

"That's all you know!"

Seeing Dai Xiaoqian pursed her lips and said nothing, Jiang Weiqin turned to look at Dai Song, "Old man, what should we do with this musk? It's no use leaving the house smelling so bad! If it won't go bad, can we find a small clay pot to seal it up?"

"It should be possible. I haven't handled this thing before, but it definitely won't break that easily." Dai Song thought about asking Li Qinghai when he had the chance.

"If it won't break, seal it up first. As for this thing, old man, take out some ashes from the chamber and use it as a cushion. Tie it behind the stove first."

"Ah? The food won't smell if it's not cooked properly!" Dai Xiaoqian suddenly became anxious.

"Then think of a plan!" Jiang Weiqun glared.

Dai Xiaoqian pouted and thought for a while, "Brother, are you sure you have taken out everything?"

"I think so." Dai Song scratched the back of his head. "The conditions are not there on the mountain. I found a tree branch and repaired it. I dug it out casually. Later, when nothing came out of it, I stopped." Hearing this, Dai Xiaoqian also gave it a try and walked to Yuan Musk with a grin.

The musk deer seemed to have accepted the reality and was now like a fake, allowing anyone to manipulate it.

"Brother, where did you get it from?"

"Look, here." Dai Song pointed to the location of the sachet.

Dai Xiaoqian stretched out her hand and pinched it, and her nose immediately wrinkled, "Ugh! Brother, this is where it stinks!"

"Of course not. That's a sachet. How can it not smell strong?" Dai Song spread his hands. "What do you want to do? Don't tell me you're going to find something to stuff it with!"

"That can't be done!" Dai Xiaoqian waved to her two sisters-in-law, "Sister-in-law, sister-in-law! Can you come and lend a hand? My brother is so impatient when he works, we have to do this!"

Dai Song's mouth twitched, and then he saw the two sisters-in-law coming over, and Jiang Weiqun also stood beside them, ready to help at any time.

Relying on his height, Dai Song saw that Dai Xiaoqian kept rubbing the musk sac gently, and when she had rubbed it enough, she began to squeeze it with both hands.
Nan Chunwan opened her small pocket and received it underneath.

After squeezing for a few times, Dai Xiaoqian squeezed out a small section of it.

"Come out, come out!"

Tang Liping's eyes lit up.

"Sister-in-law, find a small stick. I'll hold it, and you can pick it up again to see if it's really clean inside. If it is, use some ash to rub it."

"Yes!" Tang Liping did what she said. With the cooperation of several people, the poor musk deer was knocked down without any self-respect, and then the sachet was roughly wiped with grass ash.

After doing all this, he asked Daisong to take the musk outside the house and bring it back into the house after it was sealed.

The Dai family is now very confident in Dai Song. Since he has brought the musk deer back, the way he and the hunting gang will divide it must have been discussed, so there is no need to ask any more questions.

Dai Song also searched for a long time by the courtyard wall before he found a clay jar of suitable size. After making sure it was not leaking, he put the musk in it. After bringing it back to the house, he went directly to the Dongfang Store and called Xiazhutun.

Li Qinghai was called by Xie Defa to the village headquarters to answer Dai Song's call. As soon as he opened his mouth, he praised the fact that Yongli Village came to the Lin family to ask for money today.

"Hey! Dai Song! You can do it! You took down all four Sumao wolves!"

"I didn't do it alone. I called two militiamen from the village to help me."

"Militia? They are good at beating people, but if you ask them to surround the enemy, that would be really bad!"

Dai Song smiled and touched his face. Without beating around the bush, he said softly, "Li Pao, I want to ask you something."

"Hmm?" Li Qinghai on the other end of the phone cleared his throat, "Go ahead!"

"Li Pao, have you ever bullied a musk deer?" Dai Song covered the microphone and stared at the door curtain of the side room, where Xiang Dongfang was singing a duet following the tune of the radio.

"Musk deer! I've done it! This thing is rare! I have been hunting all my life and I have only seen it twice."

"Well! As expected, Li Pao is knowledgeable and experienced!" Dai Song began to flatter him.

"Hey! What's this thing? What's the matter, Dai Song? Did you also encounter this thing in the mountains? Let me tell you, if you want to get musk, you can't kill it... If the musk deer dies, the musk inside will not be fragrant anymore."

Dai Song listened to the other party's long chatter, and finally heard something new in the end, so he hurriedly asked,
"Li Pao, why is it that if the musk deer dies, the musk deer will not be able to grow?"

"Who knows where to go?"

Dai Song's face fell, and then he heard the other end of the phone say,
"The saying passed down by our ancestors does make some sense. Why are you asking this? Have you killed the musk deer?"

Dai Song could hear the sorrow on the other end of the line and hurriedly explained, "No, no, I thought I'd inquire in detail in advance to avoid mistakes later. Li Pao, what should we do after we catch the musk deer? What should we do with the musk afterwards?"

"Oh, that's a good habit. After catching up, just take out the musk, or even cut off the scent sac directly."

"Ah? Can the musk deer survive after being cut off?"

"It's almost dead. Hey, why do you care whether it can survive or not? It's already been cut off and it won't grow back. There's only a few pounds of meat on it, and it's not tasty. The skin is not valuable. If you don't mind the trouble, you can cook it at the same time."

"Forget it. Musk deer are rare now. It would be a pity to kill them just to get them once. It's better to pick them. I can continue to pick them next year."

"That's a good idea!"

"Hey~ That's because of Li Pao's inspiration. Li Pao, what should we do with the musk we dug out?"

"That's easy! Don't worry about it when it's cold, but you'll have to find a cellar to store it when it's hot. The stronger the smell, the more valuable it is. If the smell fades, it's no good. You can't sell it for a good price, and the medicinal effect will also be gone."

"Will the effect of the medicine also disappear?"

"Well! As the old saying goes, musk is able to open up the meridians, treat stroke and hemiplegia, and stimulate women's uterus because of its fragrance. In ancient times, this stuff was used by concubines as an aphrodisiac! Once the fragrance dissipates, how can it still be effective? But this stuff also has a weak poison. It is said that pregnant women and breastfeeding women should not touch it, or they will have miscarriage."

Dai Song nodded, praised Li Qinghai again, and then called Jiang Zhanhua.

"Matsuko! You haven't called me in a long time! How are you doing recently?"

"Hey! Don't blame me, Brother Jiang. I've been busy for a while, and I finally stopped today. So I contacted Brother Jiang right away!"

"Oh?" Jiang Zhanhua's tone revealed anticipation, "Songzi, what good stuff do you have?

Those mallets last time were really good stuff!
I just picked up a small one and wanted to find an old Chinese doctor to make a health-care soup for my mother. But he took a liking to it and insisted on buying it. He offered twice the price, but I couldn't bear to sell it to him!

I know that these things are hard to come by, and only you, Songzi, have the ability to get them! It would be even better if there were some whips and treasures!"

"Hey, Brother Jiang, you're exaggerating. But clubs are indeed becoming increasingly rare, especially the big ones."

"Hmm! Hey, Songzi, stop keeping us in suspense and tell us what cool stuff you got!"

"Musky."

"Musk? You can't eat that either."

Dai Song grinned and put his knowledge into practice, then heard Jiang Zhanhua on the other end of the phone make the final decision.
"Fuck! My mom is old and sometimes has trouble sleeping. I heard this stuff also has a calming effect. I won't say anything else. Songzi, you told me all this just for me, right?
You can't just keep me in suspense, can you? Are you free to come over sometime? How many are you?"

"I'm thinking of coming tomorrow. I don't know exactly how much. I do have those small wine glasses of one or two ounces, or half a cup."

"Okay, okay! I'll help you find some cheap Hasongzi! We're old friends, don't worry, I won't let you down!"

Dai Song raised the corner of his mouth, chatted a few more words and then hung up the phone.

As for my uncle, it would be better to wait until Jiang Zhanhua has confirmed news before contacting him, so as to avoid making a fool of myself if the product cannot be sold.

(End of this chapter)