Chapter 425 Delivery
“Jackal?”
“Well, it’s the jackal of the wolf, tiger and leopard. Some time ago, I just encountered a group of jackals when I went into the mountains. I didn’t expect it. Today we encountered the wild animals they harmed again..."
Chen Ling also informed the village of this incident.
After all, the older generation of mountain people know what kind of virtue this jackal has, so there is no need to say more.
If the wolves hadn't arrived last time, the jackals would not have retreated easily when faced with Chen Ling's one man and two dogs.
So recently, when there are few people, few people go to the mountains.
After Chen Ling finished speaking, Wang Cunye explained a few more words to everyone, which made them couldn't help but change their expressions.
It just likes to dig out the prey and torture it beyond recognition, and it even cannibalizes its own kind.
Who doesn’t panic after hearing this?
"Fugui, you said before that when the wild boars are mating, the big boars that used to be indifferent will also protect the herd..."
"I'm afraid the same is true for these mountain donkeys. Uncle Han said they like to be alone. They often walk on bare rocks in the mountains and are extremely rare to see. It should be the time to give birth to offspring, and only one male and one female will appear together."
"It's just a pity that this male is trying to protect his mate and offspring. , died in the hands of jackals.”
“The mother must have been too frightened after being besieged by a pack of jackals at night, and now she was surrounded by a pack of dogs, and she was so frightened that she couldn’t control herself. Give birth on the spot.”
The mountain cat squatted next to Chen Ling, looking at the mountain donkey in front of him and making guesses and analysis.
"Well, it's very possible, and it may also be premature birth..."
Chen Ling nodded.
That female mountain donkey just now may not have given birth yet.
But it encountered a pack of jackals first and then a pack of farm dogs.
In addition, the male mountain donkey was besieged and killed by a group of jackals. It was like a frightened bird. It was so frightened that it began to give birth on the cliff.
To put it bluntly, they are the same as human pregnant women.
Accidents during sensitive periods can easily lead to premature birth.
However, because the donkey was giving birth on a cliff and was giving birth while walking, the scene was much more shocking.
Zhao Dahai was also stunned when he heard this: "So, it is very likely that it will really encounter dystocia like Uncle Zhong said just now?"
"Ah? It will really have dystocia. ?”
"Then we have to go and have a look. If that doesn't work, we can find a few people from the village to help deliver the baby."
After hearing this, everyone suddenly became excited.
I was shocked and sympathized with the female mountain donkey who just gave birth to her calf on the cliff, and I was also slightly touched by the behavior of this male mountain donkey who was viciously attacked by a pack of jackals in order to protect his wife and children.
Even Chen Ling felt that this male mountain donkey was far better than the scumbag muntjac that 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, and then follow it and have a look."< br>
"That's okay."
No one had any objection.
Zhao Dahai and Shanmao carried the dead male mountain donkey to the orchard for everyone to take a closer look.
This serow, to put it bluntly, is probably an antelope with a mane.
But in appearance, it doesn’t just have an extra mane, it really looks like a combination of a donkey, a goat, a cow, and a horse.
The body is short, the limbs are thick, and the tip of the tail is trailing a lock of long black hair, making it look like a donkey.
The head is like a cow, but it has a pair of long donkey ears and a pair of short black pointed goat horns.
From the top of the head, from the base of the horns to the nape of the neck, there is a lock of gray-white mane that is more than ten centimeters long, spreading down the neck. It is very obvious, and it looks like a horse.
The fur on the body and tail is black, but the fur on the four legs is a little yellow.
Looking more closely, the hooves look like cows.
Zhao Dahai picked his forehead and muttered: "It's pitch black, and it doesn't look like the four different ones on the list of gods."
"That's an elk you're talking about, and it's a little prettier than a mountain donkey."
Chen Ling smiled when he heard this and looked at the old people who still had a look of sadness on their faces: "Whether it's a mountain donkey or an elk, since we picked it up, we will kill it and eat its meat today. Do you have any opinions? "
"I have no objection."
Zhao Yubao shook his head and sighed: "I am dead, what can I do if I don't eat, even though this male donkey fights to protect his wife and children. The behavior is admirable, but now that it is like this, even if we don’t eat it and bury it, it will still 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..."
Lao Zhong made a blunt joke.
Everyone also started talking.
To put it bluntly, I have admiration for this male mountain donkey. After all, it is not a thing raised by my family, and it doesn’t feel uncomfortable eating it.
So no one objects to Chen Ling’s proposal.
Wang Cunye took out his tools and hung the mountain donkey upside down on the tree, "Oh, it's a jackal after all. He dug out the donkey so cleanly that nothing is left."
"Uncle Cunye, what do you mean? What do you think this jackal wants to eat?” , Jackals also want to eat good meat. Who knows that the skin of this mountain donkey is harder than that of a donkey. It is very difficult for them to pull it.
In addition, there are wild things that come out to eat at night. If there are any wolves or the like around, they won’t care about skinning, they will just eat the big soft thing in the belly of the prey.”
"Ah? I heard Fugui said that when they were hunting the year before last, the jackals they encountered also removed the entrails and threw them away. They picked up a lot of meat. I thought the jackals only eat the offal and not other meat."
Bobcat said in surprise.
“No, the jackals we met that time were also quite special. The jackal king was shot by us and there was internal strife. Also, we brought a group of dogs nearby, and they felt uneasy. They don’t care about peeling off the skin.”
Chen Ling said: “Actually, these jackals are very smart. Even if they don’t have time to peel off the skin, they will still remember the place where the prey was discarded. If their noses are in the wind, they will be better than wolves.
So discarded prey are often used as bait to lure other small beasts, such as badgers and foxes, to eat them. time, suddenly burst out.
Of course, it doesn’t matter if nothing takes the bait. After the prey is slightly rotten, the skin will no longer affect their eating, and they can return to feast. ”
Of course this refers to prey with thick skin such as wild boar and mountain donkey.
If the skin on the body is not very strong, they will eat it the same night they catch it. , there are very few bones left, so there is no need to go to such trouble.
“Good guy, is this jackal so smart? ”
“Not just jackals, wolves sometimes do this too. They also leave the remaining prey near the edge of their territory to warn their opponents not to come near.”
It's just that jackals are more ferocious, and their attacks are very dark..."
Chen Ling simply gave two examples, which made their hair stand on end and their faces turned pale.
"Then, then Why don't you go hunt jackals? "
"Fighting jackals? Not to mention hunting jackals, even if they are wolves, we will not take the initiative to hunt them. Unless they sneak into the village and harm poultry and livestock, or hurt people, we will teach them a lesson. "
"Normally, they don't come out in the mountains. They catch badgers, yellow skins, foxes, etc., to a certain extent, they protect the poultry in the village from harm in disguise. . ”
Everyone was stunned when they heard this. They often live in the city. When they heard this for the first time, they felt very uneasy.
In their opinion, man-eating beasts are active in the nearby mountains. How can they sleep well?
But I didn’t say anything like this. The people here are all fine and they are not worried. If they ask, they will look ignorant and idiotic.
I just watched Chen Ling and Wang Cunye skin and meat the mountain donkeys, and helped beat them from time to time. It's still early now, and it's only just past six o'clock since I woke up from my sleep.
There was still morning mist inside and outside the farm.
Chen Ling and Weng’s son-in-law took a lot of effort to peel off the mountain donkey’s skin, threw it into the basket, and began to cut the meat.
“It’s hot now, and the small water tower is almost not ready yet. The meat needs to be marinated.”
“It’s okay, the small water tower can be used even before it’s built. Just seal the meat in a tank. There will definitely be no problem in putting it in.”
Chen Ling smiled: “I will send some to each family in the village and some to the county. The remaining meat does not need to be kept for a few days. Let’s just keep it. Finished.”
"I really can't eat it, let's marinate it again, what do you say, dad."
"Okay, I'll listen to you."
Chen Ling glanced at Wang Susu, hey, and moved his hands Without stopping, he first took off a piece of lean meat along the mountain donkey's back, and then untied the two hind legs of the mountain donkey.
Throw it into another bamboo basket.
Wang Cunye gently picked off the small pieces of meat. These small meat strips and minced meat were not placed in the bamboo basket, but were all placed in the large wooden basin.
Stew it in a pot with big bones and eat it with rice at noon.
Although the mountain donkey's skin is hard, it produces a lot of meat.
It took more than an hour to finish cutting and weighing the meat. After removing the skin, head and skeleton, there were more than 80 kilograms 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 mixed it with chili peppers to stir-fry a plate of vegetables. , let everyone taste it.
But when the meat is fried, it looks like beef and is dark red.
There is not much change after pouring soy sauce.
Everyone picked it up with chopsticks and took a bite, 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, just like freshly killed veal.”
“It’s delicious, good. Eat.”
Originally, since we had such a barbecue meal yesterday, we were already satisfied with it. We didn’t have much appetite in the morning, so we just wanted to eat something lighter.
Unexpectedly, this mountain donkey meat whetted everyone's appetite, and they ate up the entire tray of steamed buns.
This has nothing to do with the Chen Ling family’s cooking skills. The meat of the mountain donkey is really good, and everyone has a sense of freshness and curiosity.
The number of mountain donkeys, or serows, has become less and less in later generations. In addition to the good quality of their skins and the delicious meat, they have attracted many hunts.
“Ah, I’m so full. I come to Fugui’s house to eat, drink and have fun every day. There’s no better place than this.”
Zhao Dahai rubbed his big belly and sighed happily: “ This life, how wonderful it would be to live like this for the rest of my life.”
"If I were a woman, even if I competed with Su Su, I would still have to fight to marry a rich man."
Everyone burst out laughing.
Xiang Wenxia rolled her eyes and said to her daughter: "Ignore your father, he will make a fool of himself as soon as he comes to your rich uncle's house."
Chen Ling was also speechless and slapped him several times. .
Wang Susu was very helpful. Originally, Ruirui was dishonest and kept making troubles. She was a little angry and wanted to teach her son a lesson.
At this time, after hearing Zhao Dahai's words, he immediately lost his temper and couldn't help but steal a glance at Chen Ling, showing a slight smile.
......
Chen Ling looked at the fog that had begun to dissipate, and then said: "Stop making trouble, pack your things quickly, and go to the mountain to see the female mountain donkey.
If it’s really difficult to give birth, we can’t delay it any longer.”
The mother mountain donkey is fine and can last for a day or two, but the little mountain donkey’s life is probably in danger.
When everyone heard this, they did not dare to neglect.
Chen Ling packed up his things, took the dog up the mountain, and rushed towards the mountain lake.
With Hei Wa and Xiao Jin clearing the way, it is easy to find the mountain donkey.
It did not run too far.
On the south side of the mountain lake, I didn’t even get out of the bamboo forest. I was lying in a bamboo bush near the stream, giving birth with all my strength.
But the little guy behind the buttocks still only stretched out the small half of his body, and still couldn't be fully born.
On the thick dry bamboo leaves beneath him, there were already two small dazzling blood stains.
Noticing that people and dogs were approaching, the female mountain donkey widened her eyes in fear, twitched her hooves, but was unable to stand up again.
"It's really difficult to give birth."
Chen Ling frowned when he saw it: "It has been frightened and driven away repeatedly. It is too tired and has no energy left to give birth."
"What should we do?"
Zhao Dahai and others were dumbfounded and asked a very stupid question.
The lynx 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 will go to the village to call someone. ”
“Yes, yes, Susu and I have delivered babies to our family’s sheep twice.”
Chen Ling knelt down and touched the big head of the mountain donkey. He found that it was panting heavily and showing great resistance, so he said to the two mountain cats: "You and Dahai come over and hold it down, and I will pull this little donkey out."< br>
“How to pull?”
“You have to tie the two front hooves with a rope.”
“Ah? Isn’t this too rough? Will it hurt the baby? Guy? "
"I can't care so much now, and I can't use my hands to pull it out, so it's easier to hurt it. It's easier to tie it with a rope. It's easier for us to be farther away."
Chen Ling took out a string and together with Wang Cunye tied the two young front hooves of the little donkey that poked out its head and front legs from the birth canal.
Then he stood one or two meters away, slowly and carefully pulling out with force.
The whole process was so painful that the mother mountain donkey was twitching all over, panting and screaming.
The condition is extremely miserable.
They delivered the baby to the mountain donkey, and two old ladies helped. The two old men could not help, so they only held their breath and carefully took pictures.
Record this scene clearly.
Fortunately, the mountain donkey's dystocia was caused by a lack of strength, not a problem with the fetal position.
So after a lot of effort, the little donkey was successfully delivered.
Unfortunately, the mountain donkey is a wild animal after all. Even if I help it deliver its cub safely, it will be extremely wary and will not cooperate at all.
I don’t even bother to care about the mucus on the cub, let alone the umbilical cord.
Fortunately, Chen Ling and the others were well prepared and even brought thermos bottles.
After cutting the umbilical cord for the little one, clean up the mucus from key parts such as the mouth, nose, eyes and ears, and apply the remaining residue to the mother donkey’s mouth and nose to familiarize it with the smell of the little one.
Otherwise, after being delivered by a human, the child would no longer be recognized and would have to be left to be raised by Chen Ling, which would be a lot of fun.
(End of this chapter)