My 1995 Small Farm

  Chapter 425 Delivery

   "Jackal?"

   "Well, it's the jackal. Some time ago, when I entered the mountain, I just encountered a group of jackals. I didn't expect to meet the wild animals they scourge again today..."

  Chen Ling even notified the village about this.

   After all, the older generation of mountain people know what kind of virtue this jackal is, so there is no need to say more.

  If the wolves hadn't arrived last time, the jackal group would not have retreated easily when they had a numerical advantage in the face of Chen Ling's one man and two dogs.

  So recently, when there are few people, few people go to the deep mountains.

   After Chen Ling finished speaking, Wang Cunye explained a few more words to the crowd, which made them change color.

  It likes to dig out and torture its prey beyond recognition, but it even cannibalizes its own kind.

  Who doesn’t panic after hearing this?

   "Fugui, you said earlier that when the wild boars are mating, the big boars who didn't care much in the past will also protect the herd..."

   "This mountain donkey is probably the same. Uncle Han said that they like to travel alone, and they often walk on the bare rocks of high mountains. It is extremely rare to see them. Now it should be when it is time to give birth to offspring, and only one male and one female will appear together."

   "It's just a pity that the male died at the hands of jackals in order to protect his spouse and offspring."

   "The mother must have been overly frightened after being besieged by jackals at night, and now surrounded by dogs, she was so frightened that she couldn't help giving birth on the spot."

   Shan Mao squatted beside Chen Ling, looked at the Shan donkey in front of him, guessed and analyzed.

   "Well, it's very possible, and it may be premature..."

  Chen Ling nodded.

  The female mountain donkey just now may not be ready for delivery yet.

   But it encounters the pack of jackals first, and then the pack of farm dogs.

  In addition, the male mountain donkey was besieged and killed by a group of jackals, making it overly frightened like a frightened bird, causing it to start giving birth on the cliff.

   To put it bluntly, it is the same as a human pregnant woman.

   During the sensitive period, accidents may easily lead to premature birth.

  However, because the donkey gave birth on a cliff at that time, and gave birth while walking, the scene was much more shocking.

  Zhao Dahai was also taken aback when he heard the words: "So, it is very likely that it will really suffer from dystocia like what Uncle Zhong said just now?"

   "Huh? Is it really going to be a dystocia?"

   "Then we have to go and have a look. If it doesn't work, we can find a few people from the village to help it deliver the baby."

  Everyone became excited after hearing this.

   There is both shock and sympathy for the mother donkey giving birth on the cliff just now, and there is also a touch of touch by the male donkey's behavior in order to protect his wife and children when he was murdered by jackals.

  Even Chen Ling felt that this male donkey was far stronger than that scumbag Chimo who abandoned his wife and son last year.

  But he still shook his head slightly and said: "Don't worry, the female mountain donkey is at a critical moment now, we'd better wait for a while, deal with the male one, and then follow over to have a look."

   "That's fine."

  Everyone has no objection.

  Zhao Dahai and Shanmao carried the dead Gongshan donkey to the orchard for everyone to look at carefully.

  This serow, to put it bluntly, is probably an antelope with a mane.

   But in appearance, it doesn't just have a mane, it really looks like a donkey, a goat, a cow, and a horse.

  It has a short body, thick limbs, and a tuft of long black hair on the tip of its tail, which looks like a donkey.

  The head is like a cow, but it has a pair of long donkey ears and a pair of black short goat horns.

  From the top of the head, from the root of the horns to the nape of the neck, there is a gray-white mane of more than ten centimeters long, which hangs down the neck, which is very obvious, and it looks like a horse.

  The hair on the body and tail is black, but the hair on the four legs is a little yellow.

   Looking carefully, the hooves are also like cows.

  Zhao Dahai scratched his forehead and muttered: "This is pitch-black, and it doesn't look like the four alike in the list of gods."

   "The elk you are talking about is better looking than the mountain donkey."

  Chen Ling smiled when he heard the words, and looked at the old people who still had Qi Qiran on their faces: "Whether it's a donkey or an elk, since we picked it up, we'll pick it up and eat it today. Do you have any opinions?"

"I have no opinion."

Zhao Yubao shook his head, sighed, and said, "We're all dead, so what if we don't eat it? Although this male donkey's deeds to protect his wife and children are admirable, but since this is the case, even if we don't eat it, we can eat it." If it is buried, it will rot, and maybe it will be dug out and eaten by wild beasts in the mountains."

   "Yes, we ate it, and Lao Zhao will write an article to commemorate it, haha..."

  Old Zhong Tou made a blunt joke.

   Everyone also tugged at the corners of their mouths.

   To put it bluntly, for this male mountain donkey, I admire it all. After all, it is not a thing raised by my family, and I am not afraid to eat it.

  So everyone did not object to Chen Ling's proposal.

  Wang Cunye took out a tool and hung the mountain donkey upside down from the tree, "Oh, it's a jackal after all. It cleaned out the cavity so cleanly that there was nothing left."

   "Uncle Cunye, what do you think this jackal is thinking, leaving the good meat alone and not eating it, and only eating the intestines?"

   "That's not it either."

  Wang Cunye shook his head: "There is good meat to eat, jackals also want to eat good meat, who makes the skin of this mountain donkey harder than donkey skin, it is very difficult for them to pull.

  In addition, there are a lot of wild things that come out to look for food at night. If there are some wolves around, they won't care about skinning them. "

   "Huh? I heard from Fugui that they hunted the year before last, and the jackals they encountered also took out their internal organs and threw them away. They picked up a lot of meat. I thought jackals only ate internal organs and didn't eat other meat."

   Bobcat said in surprise.

"No, the jackals we met that time were also quite special. The jackal king was shot by us, causing internal strife, and we brought a pack of dogs nearby. They were not at ease, and they didn't care about skinning. "

  Chen Ling said: "Actually, this jackal is very smart. Even if it's too late to skin it, it will remember the place where the prey was discarded. If their noses are in the wind, they can smell farther than wolves.

   Therefore, they often use the discarded prey as bait to lure other small wild animals, such as badgers and foxes, to eat them. The orioles are behind, and when they are eating, they suddenly kill out.

   Of course, it doesn’t matter if there is nothing to bite. After the prey is slightly rotted, the skin will not affect their eating, and they can go back to eat. "

   This naturally refers to prey with thicker leather armor such as wild boars and mountain donkeys.

  If the skin on their bodies is not very hard, they will be eaten the same night they are caught, and there are very few bones left, so there is no need to work so hard.

   "Good guy, is this jackal so smart?"

   "Not only jackals, wolves sometimes do this too, and they also leave the leftover prey near the edge of the territory to warn their opponents not to approach.

   It’s just that jackals are more ferocious, and their attacks are very dark…”

  Chen Ling gave two simple examples, which made their hairs stand on end and their faces turned pale.

   "Then, why don't you hunt jackals?"

"Hunting jackals? Don't talk about hunting jackals, even wolves, we will not take the initiative to hunt them. Unless they sneak into the village and hurt poultry, livestock, or people, we will teach them a lesson. .”

   "Usually, they don't come out in the mountains, and catch some badgers, yellow skins, foxes and so on. To a certain extent, it is equivalent to protecting the poultry in the village from disasters in disguise. Everyone does not violate the river water."

  Everyone clicked their tongues when they heard it. They often live in the city. When they first heard this kind of words, they felt very uneasy.

  In their view, man-eating beasts are active in the nearby mountains. How can they sleep well?

  But I didn’t say this kind of thing. The people here are all well and don’t worry about it. If they ask, they will look very ignorant and idiot.

   He just watched Chen Ling and Wang Cunye's son-in-law skin and devein the donkey, helping to beat it from time to time.

  It's still early now, and it's only been six o'clock since I was awakened from sleep.

  Morning mist still filled the inside and outside of the farm.

   Chen Ling, Weng and his son-in-law took a lot of effort to peel off the skin of the mountain donkey, throw it into the basket, and then began to peel the meat.

   "It's hot now, and the small water tower is almost unfinished. The meat needs to be marinated."

   "It's okay, the small water tower can still be used before it's built, and it's definitely fine to seal the meat in the tank."

  Chen Ling smiled: "I'll send some to every family in the village, and some to the county. The leftover meat doesn't need to be stored for a few days, we'll finish it."

   "I really can't eat it, let's pickle it again, what do you say, dad."

   "Okay, listen to you."

  Chen Ling took a look at Wang Susu, heyed twice, and kept moving his hands. First, he followed the mountain donkey's back, took off a piece of lean meat, and then untied the mountain donkey's two hind legs.

   Throw it into another bamboo basket.

  Wang Cunye gently picks out the small meat. These small meat strips and minced meat are not placed in bamboo baskets, but are all placed in a large wooden basin.

   Mix it with big bones and stew it in a pot, and eat it with rice at noon.

  Although the skin of the mountain donkey is hard, there is a lot of meat.

   It took more than an hour to unpack the meat and weigh it. After removing the skin, head and skeleton, there were more than 80 catties of clean meat.

  Gao Xiulan and the two old ladies had already made breakfast. Seeing that everyone was curious about the mountain donkey, they packed up some ready-made minced meat, washed it, and fried it with chili peppers for everyone to taste.

  But seeing that the meat was fried, it was dark red like beef.

   Poured soy sauce did not change much.

  Everyone picked up the chopsticks and tasted it, and their eyes lit up.

   "The taste of this meat is not bad. The skin is hard, but the meat is very tender and fragrant, like freshly slaughtered veal."

"delicious."

   Originally, I had enjoyed the barbecue meal yesterday, and everyone didn’t have much appetite in the morning, so they wanted to eat something lighter.

   Who would have thought that this mountain donkey meat whetted the appetite of everyone, and they ate up the whole tray of steamed buns.

   This has nothing to do with the cooking skills of Chen Ling's family. The donkey meat is really good, and everyone has a sense of novelty and curiosity.

  The mountain donkey, or serow in other words, has become less and less in later generations. In addition to the high quality of its leather, its two characteristics, its delicious meat, have attracted a lot of hunting.

   "Ah, I'm so full. I come to Fugui's house to eat, drink and have fun every day. There is no better place to go than this."

  Zhao Dahai stroked his big belly, and sighed happily: "This life, if I live like this for the rest of my life, how wonderful it is."

   "If I were a woman, even if I robbed Susu, I would have to stalk Fugui to marry Fugui."

  Everyone burst into laughter.

  Xiang Wenxia rolled her eyes, and said to her daughter, "Don't pay attention to your father, as soon as you come to your rich uncle's house, you will make a fool of yourself."

  Chen Ling was also speechless and slapped him several times.

  Wang Susu was very useful. Originally, Ruirui was dishonest and kept making troubles, but she was still a little angry and wanted to teach her son a lesson.

  Hearing Zhao Dahai's words at this time, he immediately calmed down, and couldn't help but take a peek at Chen Ling, revealing a faint smile.

  …

  Chen Ling saw that the fog had begun to lift, and said, "Stop making trouble, pack up your things quickly, and go to the mountain to see the mother mountain donkey.

   If it is really difficult to deliver, there is no longer any delay. "

   It took a long time, but the mother mountain donkey is fine and can survive for a day or two, but the little mountain donkey is probably in danger of life.

  When everyone heard this, they dared not neglect.

   Then Chen Ling packed up his things, took the dog up the mountain, and rushed towards the mountain lake.

   With Heiwa Xiaojin clearing the way, it is no problem to find the donkey.

   It didn't go very far either.

  It was on the south side of the mountain lake, and I didn't even get out of the bamboo forest. I was lying in a bamboo bush near the stream, giving birth hard.

  But the little guy behind the buttocks still only sticks out the small half of his body, and he still hasn't been born completely.

  On the thick dry bamboo leaves under his body, there were already two small glaring bloodstains.

  Seeing people and dogs approaching, the female mountain donkey widened her eyes in horror and struggled to move her hooves, but was unable to stand up again.

   "It's really difficult to give birth."

  Chen Ling frowned when he saw it: "Being frightened and driven away again and again, it is too exhausted and has no energy left to give birth."

"what is it now?"

  Zhao Dahai and others were dumbfounded, and asked a very stupid question.

   Shanmao slapped the fat man on the shoulder angrily: "What can I do? Help him deliver the baby."

   "Is it okay to be rich? If not, I'll go to the village to call someone."

   "Well, yes, Susu and I have delivered the sheep twice."

  Chen Ling knelt down and touched the mountain donkey's head, and found that it was panting heavily and was extremely resistant, so he said to the two, "You and Dahai come and hold it, and I will pull this little donkey out."

   "How to pull?"

   "Tie the two front hooves with a rope."

   "Huh? Is this too rough, will it hurt the little guy?"

   "Now I don't care so much, and if I grab it with my hands and pull it out, there is nowhere to exert force, and it is easier to hurt it. It is better to tie it with a rope. It is easier for us to use it farther away."

  Chen Ling took out the string, and together with Wang Cunye, **** the two immature front hooves of the little donkey with its head and front legs protruding from the birth canal.

  Then stand one or two meters away, and slowly and carefully pull it out.

   During the whole process, the mother mountain donkey twitched in pain, panting and screaming.

  Its shape is extremely miserable.

  They delivered the mountain donkey, and the two old ladies helped, and the two old men couldn't help, so they just held their breath and took pictures carefully.

   Clearly record this scene.

   Fortunately, the dystocia of the mountain donkey is just a lack of strength, not a problem with the fetal position.

  So it took a lot of work, and the little donkey was successfully delivered.

  Unfortunately, the mountain donkey is a wild animal after all. Even if it helped it safely deliver its cubs, it would be extremely vigilant and would not cooperate at all.

  Not even bothering to manage the mucus on the pup, let alone the umbilical cord.

   Fortunately, Chen Ling and the others were well prepared, even bringing a thermos bottle.

   After cutting the umbilical cord for the little guy, clean up the mucus in key parts such as the mouth, nose, eyes and ears, and apply the remaining mucus on the mother mountain donkey's nose and nose to let it get used to the little guy's smell.

   Otherwise, after being delivered by human beings, the child will be rejected, and Chen Ling will have to leave it behind to raise it. That would be a lot of fun.

  (end of this chapter)