On a vast winter night, Chen Ling comforted his wife and children, put on his clothes and went out.

In the cold night, Chen Ling walked out of the farm with a flashlight and her dog. The breath from her mouth and nose turned into white mist in the misty light in front of her.

The sound of rustling footsteps echoed in the silent orchard.

One person and one dog walked through the fruit forest and approached the place where the feet were held.

Before they even got close, about ten meters away, in the dim light of the flashlight, they could see a few deer walking back and forth anxiously between the trees.

Chen Ling squinted his eyes and took a closer look.

Oh, it's sika deer, there are six of them, big and small.

The biggest one must weigh 140 or 50 pounds.

The sika deer is timid and alert. When it detects light and movement, it snaps up in the forest, making a fluttering sound, and runs as fast as flying.

When Heiwa chased them out, five of the sika deer had already crossed the small river ditch, climbed up the rock diagonally, and kicked off a lot of slush.

"Hei Wa, catch the small ones, the big ones won't taste good."

Seeing Hei Wa chasing after him, Chen Ling shouted, and then his eyes fell on the sika deer that stepped on the claw.

Yesterday morning he laid three claws nearby.

Only this deer stepped on it.

This sika deer is a bit small among female deer, weighing less than 70 to 80 pounds. One of its front legs stepped into the grasping foot. Seeing Chen Ling walking over, the young sika deer was frightened.

He screamed, pulling on one of the trapped front legs, and the other three legs struggled violently, grabbing at the feet and trying to pull them out.

As Chen Ling got closer, it even wanted to jump out.

But when one of its front legs was pulled, how could it jump out? It dragged the wooden board holding its feet and jumped less than half a meter away. Because one of its front legs was trapped, it somersaulted and fell to the ground.

When Chen Ling walked up to the sika deer, it was still grabbing its feet and jumping out.

But this is meaningless, the front legs are trapped, and the wooden board holding the feet is still tied with a chain, so it can't break free.

Chen Ling squatted down, grabbed him, and pushed him to the ground.

After taking a closer look, I saw that this was a young doe that had grown up in spring. The hair on its body was reddish brown. I touched it and found that the meat was quite thick and the fat loss was not serious.

The sika deer was pinned to the ground by him, trembling.

Seeing how pitiful the deer was, Chen Ling stabbed the deer in the neck with a knife on the spot without waiting for Hei Wa to come back, putting an end to its pain.

There are eight treasures in the world.

The upper eight treasures, the lower eight treasures, the grass eight treasures, and the wild eight treasures.

Deer belong to Ye Bazhenli.

Especially half-grown deer, the meat is tender and delicious, and it is easy to get rid of the odor. If you clean it well, it is not much worse than muntjac meat.

This is why Chen Ling asked Heiwa to pick a small sika deer to catch.

In addition, this kind of half-grown deer is not old enough to give birth. Even if it has experienced the estrus period of the deer herd in autumn, when the male deer joins the herd and mates with the female deer, it will not become pregnant.

Don't worry, eat it, no problem.

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"Is this a sika deer? Why doesn't it have nice white spots on it?"

Outside the kitchen, under the light, Chen Ling was bleeding a sika deer, and a bunch of little fat dogs gathered around the basin to catch the deer's blood, squawking and drinking.

Wang Susu was worried that he would run up the mountain in the middle of the night to chase the deer, so she came out wearing clothes.

"Actually, that's true. It's just that it molts in winter, so it's not that obvious."

Chen Ling raised his head and smiled at her: "Is Ruirui asleep?"

"Well, he went to sleep. The room was warm and he slept deeply."

Wang Susu responded and came over to clean up with him.

After a while, Heiwa came back with a small doe in his mouth.

It has always been obedient in this regard. If you let it catch the small ones, it will catch the small ones.

The habit of sika deer is that female deer live in groups and male deer live alone.

When not in the mating season, the herds are mostly doe and fawns.

During the mating season, male deer will join the herd.

Chen Ling took a look at the one Heiwa brought back and made two cuts with satisfaction: "These two deer are very good. I'll prepare the venison and stew it in a big pot first. When we get up tomorrow morning, we can eat it."

Serve the hot venison pot."

Wang Susu couldn't help but swallowed after hearing what he said.

Venison pot with a circle of pancakes on it, it tastes delicious.

Chen Ling had made it several times last year, and she knew the taste.

In addition, I have saved enough deerskin. I will find a leatherworker to buy a deerskin coat for my husband to wear in two days.

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As a result, the young couple went back to the house and slept for less than two hours. At about four o'clock in the morning, Heiwa started to scream again.

When Chen Ling heard Hei Wa's urgent cry, he knew something was running in.

Get up quickly and take a look.

This is incredible to see. It’s really lively outside.

I saw several tabby cats standing on the roof of the kitchen behind the farm.

Squatting on the roof in various postures, a pair of eyes glowing green, looking faintly at Hei Wa on the ground.

Behind Hei Wa are a group of his cubs, who are protecting him closely.

When Chen Ling saw these big tabby cats, he was immediately shocked: "Local leopards!"

The native leopard is the clouded leopard.

A large family came unexpectedly without making any noise.

He quickly picked up the steel fork and swung it towards the roof.

It didn't matter what he did, he shocked himself.

Because of this swing, not only were these local leopards so frightened that they jumped out of the house and disappeared into the night in a few swish, there was also a long and sad bird call suddenly coming from behind him, followed by waves of flapping.

The sound of wings.

When I turned around, I saw several owls landing on the treetops not far from me.

Those branches are still shaking.

There was also a burst of movement in the darkness, and I didn't know what wild things were hidden in the darkness.

"Mom, when the smell of meat comes out, will all kinds of wild beasts come down the mountain to hold a meeting at my house?"

Chen Ling smelled the aroma of meat wafting from the kitchen, and knew how tempting the smell of meat and the blood of killed deer were to the hungry wild things in the mountains.

"Even the owls came over."

As he said this, he glanced at Hei Wa. This guy was actually cautious and steady tonight.

He knew that he couldn't catch up with the things on the tree, so he didn't do any useless work. He just stayed in front of the puppies' kennels to prevent them from being threatened.

After all, these little fat dogs are also a delicious meal in front of the native leopards.

Seeing the little fat dogs approaching him again, Chen Ling had fed them deer blood before and stopped feeding them. He went to the kitchen to open the lid of the pot, scooped up a piece of venison in the steaming white air and tasted the taste.

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Then he put it down, put the lid on the pot again, picked up the stove and poked the hearth, added more firewood, and continued to stew.

It's almost five o'clock in the morning now, and I don't feel sleepy anymore after a lot of trouble at night.

Of course, he and Wang Susu always went to bed early and woke up early, but when the weather was bad, they liked to go back to sleep after breakfast.

When I was no longer sleepy, I took out the cold ashes accumulated under the stove and put them into the fire jar at the back of the kitchen next to the vegetable cellar.

Farmers have water tanks and fire tanks.

In the past, fire jars were used to block fire and store ashes.

A fire vat is called a vat, not all in the shape of a water vat.

In the past, they were mostly placed between the stove and the firewood pile to keep out the fire.

Now it's just gathering dust.

Slowly accumulate a tank of firewood ash. When the tank is almost full, pull it out to your own field. It will be the best fertilizer.

Especially when the seeds have just sprouted, spreading them on them will ensure that the crops grown are strong and strong.

It can also be used to eliminate pests and sterilize, and it is very useful in all aspects.
To be continued...