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Chapter 195 Goat Milk! [First Update!]

Goat milk?

In fact, Li Younan did not like drinking goat milk.

Compared to beef, mutton has a much stronger gamey smell.

Of course, compared to the muttony smell of sheep itself, the muttony smell of this sheep milk is much less.

Although some people can tolerate the taste, Li Younan doesn't really like drinking it.

Compared to ewes, rams actually have a stronger muttony smell.

Ewes have less developed sweat glands than rams, so their muttony smell is relatively more acceptable.

Li Younan put the female goat in front of him into the basket on his back.

Because Li Younan has slaughtering skills and is extremely familiar with animal anatomy, he can be very precise when slaughtering animals. If he applies this ability to other areas, such as the current situation, he can effectively avoid secondary injury to the ewe.

Li Younan speculated that the little goat must have accidentally fallen down the valley floor, and the mother goat panicked and tried to save her child, or perhaps jumped down after her.

Of course, it could also be due to the pursuit of wild animals, such as the coyote we just saw.

However, to be fair, climbing such a steep slope should not be a very dangerous thing for this kind of goat—for a goat, 90 degrees is a wall, and 89 degrees is a slope.

So this ewe was really unlucky.

Seemingly sensing that Li Younan did not intend to harm her, the mother goat gave up struggling after Li Younan buried the baby goat, allowing Li Younan to put it into the basket.

The next climb will also present a certain challenge for Li Younan.

Although the mother goat wasn't very heavy and was injured, so she didn't have much room to struggle, Li Younan, just in case, found a stick nearby to further secure the mother goat before starting to climb up the valley.

After all, they are top-notch climbers. Although this valley looks steep, the footholds and grip points are much simpler than the artificial routes created in climbing clubs.

Li Younan chose a relatively gentle route and, in just over ten minutes, successfully carried the mother goat up the valley.

After Li Younan climbed up, the female goat became noticeably agitated, seemingly trying to break free and escape.

It struggled for a moment in the basket before Li Younan slapped it on the head, and it immediately became much more obedient.

"What..."

On the way back, Li Younan was in a great mood and even couldn't help but hum a song softly.

The trees here are mostly quite tall, and there are relatively few shrubs. The trees are spaced far apart, making it relatively easy to walk through this jungle.

Despite being in a good mood, Li Younan remained vigilant.

In addition to focusing on the large wild animals that might appear around them, they also carefully observe the details of their surroundings.

After all, this is a wild jungle. If we are not attacked by large wild animals, but instead ambushed by small creatures such as poisonous insects or snakes, that would be a tragedy.

Fortunately, Li Younan's zoologist skills allowed him to effectively avoid the activity areas of those small, deadly creatures.

There were no unexpected incidents on most of the return journey.

However, Li Younan was still thinking about other things—in his plan, he didn't intend to eat the ewe in the basket, so there would be no meat from today's harvest.
Just as he was thinking this, he suddenly stopped, his gaze sharpened, and then he slowly nocked an arrow onto the bowstring.

There was a pheasant not far in front of him, and he was immediately delighted.

This bird closely resembles a pheasant from China; it is a smaller bird with brightly colored feathers.

At this moment, the pheasant was about forty or fifty meters away from Li Younan's position. In order to ensure that the arrow hit its mark, he decided to get a little closer.

Slowing down, he turned on his action camera and whispered, "Hey, look what we found! A moving roast chicken!"

He crept closer, holding his breath, step by step.

When it was about 20 or 30 meters away from the pheasant, the pheasant suddenly became alert and looked around.

Li Younan stopped and slowly raised his bow and arrow.

The pheasant looked around, seemingly not finding Li Younan, or perhaps it felt that at this distance, Li Younan, a mammal, posed no threat to it, and continued to peck at the insects on the ground.

The next moment, Li Younan suddenly drew his bow and shot an arrow.

……

The ewe in the basket looked at the pheasant draped over her with some disdain.

The pheasant was not dead yet, but its wing had been pierced by an arrow shot by Li Younan.

Facing this pheasant, Li Younan was not as gentle as he had been with the ewe. After shooting one of the pheasant's wings, Li Younan ran over and broke off its other wing as well. In order to stop it from squawking, he thoughtfully cut a hole in a piece of wood and used it to clamp its beak, but he did not kill the pheasant immediately.

Anyone who frequently handles chickens knows that after slaughtering a chicken, you must immediately scald it with boiling water to remove the feathers. Also, you must bleed it quickly after killing it, otherwise it will greatly affect the taste of the chicken.

Therefore, Li Younan planned to take the pheasant back to the camp and deal with it slowly later.

It was already afternoon when they returned to the camp, and Li Younan was a little hungry.

But as soon as he arrived at the camp, he suddenly became alert because he noticed a clump of excrement at his feet.

Li Younan immediately turned on his action camera and took a picture of the clump of feces. Then, frowning, he explained, "Guys, we might be in trouble. This is a clump of feline feces."

Li Younan casually picked up a stick from the ground, poked the feces, examined it carefully, thought it through for a moment, and then said, "If I'm not mistaken, this should be lynx droppings."

To be honest, the lynx is not a large feline. Compared to top predators like tigers, lions, and leopards, it is far inferior. If you encounter a lynx, you can easily kill it with a hunting knife even without a bow and arrow.

But Li Younan was more worried that if this thing attacked a mother goat, it would be a big problem. He began to think about how to protect his goats.

Whether life will be comfortable from now on depends on this goat.

He checked again to make sure the surroundings were safe before returning to the camp with his bow and arrows, and temporarily placing the mother goat in the unfinished house.

Li Younan quickly surveyed the surroundings and, after confirming that the area was safe, sat down to rest for a while.

Next, he boiled water and then checked the degree of drying of the earthen wall.

The rammed earth wall is now over a meter high, and if all goes well, it will be fully topped out in another two or three days.

However, living in a newly topped-out house won't be a great experience either, because it will take quite a long time for it to dry completely, and the house will be somewhat damp before that.

Fortunately, there is already a fireplace in the house, so Li Younan can now basically ensure that the fire in the house will not be interrupted 24 hours a day.

If there is warmth, the time for moisture to dissipate will be much shorter, but you can't use a large fire to scorch it, as that could cause cracks in the rammed earth wall. You have to wait for it to dry slowly in the shade, which may take about two weeks.

Fortunately, Li Younan has plenty of time, and it's summer now. Although the temperature drops to around six or seven degrees Celsius at night, it's not cold overall.

The water boiled quickly, and Li Younan set up the camera and demonstrated the steps for preparing the pheasant to the audience.

He ended the pheasant's suffering with a single blow, poured its blood into a wooden bowl he had made in his spare time the night before, and said, "We can make a chicken blood soup with this blood, mixed with wild spinach. It will be delicious and can effectively replenish trace elements such as iron and zinc for us."

Li Younan then scalded the whole chicken in a wooden bucket filled with boiling water. The next steps were to pluck the feathers and remove the internal organs.

Li Younan kept all the edible parts, processed the whole chicken, and said, "Next, I will show you a traditional Chinese delicacy called Beggar's Chicken."

About 20 minutes later, Li Younan placed the wrapped beggar's chicken in the charcoal stove to roast, while he focused his attention on the mother goat that had been taken out.

Next, we need to make arrangements for this female goat.

Before that, Li Younan needed to confirm one thing.

He took the pot that had been cleared out and placed it under the mother goat's teats, then squeezed it a few times with his hands.

The mother goat struggled a couple of times, but quickly calmed down.

Li Younan felt a lump inside, indicating a possible blockage of the milk duct.

He massaged it relatively gently, and then gradually rubbed the lump away.

Before long, the goat milk gushed out, and Li Younan was overjoyed: "Sure enough, there's still milk."

I have to say I'm really lucky.

Li Younan set up the camera and demonstrated the process of milking goats to the camera, explaining to the camera, "This is the luckiest day I've had since I came to this place."

"Many people may not know what it means to get a female goat that can produce milk."

"Let me explain to you how difficult it is to obtain a goat that can produce milk. First, it must be a female goat."

"Secondly, this female goat must have given birth to lambs within the last 6 to 8 months. After that time, it will stop producing milk. Judging from its current milk production, it is unlikely that it has given birth to lambs in more than half a month."

"Do you remember the little goat we saw at the bottom of the valley? That little goat was about half a month old."

"Next, and most importantly, a female goat will stop producing milk if it doesn't have a goat suckling or being milked for more than two days. Fortunately, we meet all of these conditions."

"This is almost a miracle of good luck."

“If I had found this mother goat a day later, she would have stopped producing milk even if she were still alive. But now, as long as we can milk her once a day, she can provide us with a steady supply of milk for at least four or five months… and in fact, we don’t need that long at all.”

Li Younan then turned off the camera. When he tried to milk the ewe again, he found that she could no longer produce milk, and there was only about one liter of milk left in the pot.

A female goat this size can produce about 2 to 3 liters of milk at a time. After all, she was injured and hadn't eaten for about a day, so it's extremely rare for her to produce so much milk.

Li Younan patted the ewe's head, finding her particularly pleasing to the eye. He stood up and said, "Don't worry, I will protect you."

As he spoke, Li Younan went out and chopped a simple wooden clamp for it, immobilizing its injured legs, gave it water, and then went to get some moss.

This moss is a carbohydrate-rich food, better than hay, and was fed to the female goats.

Next, he began to think about where to house the female goat.

After thinking for a long time, Li Younan decided to arrange for the mother goat to live in the space behind the house, away from the mountain wall.

In this way, if a predator were to steal sheep at night, it would be impossible for it to jump down from the mountain behind the house or pass through the front of the house. Moreover, there is a fireplace on one side of the house, and the fire will not go out all night. Animals will instinctively fear the fire, so there is only one direction left to defend.

Next, Li Younan cut down a lot of wood and made two sturdy wooden fences. The tips of the fences were all sharpened to make a sheep pen for the sheep.

This sheep pen is about six or seven square meters in size, so the ewes won't feel cramped.

When Li Younan was building the house, he didn't seal the front and back doors, so people could enter the sheepfold directly from the back door.

After all this was done, it was already evening, and the beggar's chicken was fully cooked.

Li Younan knocked off the mud covering the outside and brought it into the house.

Today, he has decided to stay in the house temporarily. Although it is a bit damp, the presence of a fireplace makes it less of a problem.

Then, looking at the pot of goat milk, which had already been boiled once, containing about a liter of it, he began to recall the skill he had learned in western Sichuan last time...

He didn't milk the goats in the first place for the purpose of drinking it.

(End of this chapter)