Educated Youth in the Countryside: She is the Village's Embroidery Queen!-Chapter 120: Raising an Ancestor

A musk deer was bitten on the leg by a hound, and Old Sir Bai and Uncle Yaozi joined forces to hold it down.

When Yi Chichi rushed out, Uncle Yaozi pulled out his dagger, ready to stab the musk deer to death.

Frightened, Yi Chichi quickly stopped him.

She rushed forward and grabbed his hand, "Uncle, you can’t kill it."

She shouted so desperately that it made Uncle Yaozi, who was already shocked once, startled again, and he shivered all over, "Why can’t I kill it? It’s great to kill and take the musk."

He had already checked; it was a male musk deer, which is usually difficult to catch.

Obtaining musk is even harder.

Now it’s delivered right to the door, a pity not to kill it.

"What’s so great," a future first-class protected species, letting it die like this is heartbreaking.

But to be honest, Uncle Yaozi and the others definitely won’t listen, since there was no concept of animal protection back then.

Let alone musk deer, people of this age even dared to hunt dangerous beasts like tigers and bears.

Therefore, I must find another reason and a persuasive one at that.

Her brain started racing, she organized her words, and said seriously, "Killing it only gets you this one. After processing, the musk obtained is very limited, but if you keep it alive, you can have a continuous source of musk."

Worried that this might not persuade them, she added, "Moreover, a male musk deer can attract female musk deer, and if they successfully pair, you’ll have little musk deer. With a higher number, you’ll never have to worry about musk in the future."

"Not only will it be enough for personal use, but you can take it to the purchasing station to sell in the name of the brigade. Uncle, you know the price of musk, I think you know which is more worthwhile."

"The most important thing is that musk deer are herbivores. As long as it’s fresh roots, stems, and leaves, they’ll eat it."

She spoke with conviction, successfully tempting Uncle Yaozi and Old Bai, who wanted to kill the deer for its musk.

If musk can indeed be obtained without harming the musk deer, raising it under the brigade’s name might not be a bad idea.

Considering this, Uncle Yaozi looked at her, "Do you know how to get musk from a live one?"

"I do."

"Then let’s raise it."

After that, Old Sir Bai signaled the hound to let go, and Uncle Yaozi checked the musk deer’s leg.

The injury was quite serious, given the hound’s strong bite force.

The musk deer’s leg was practically shredded, but fortunately, the bone wasn’t hurt; it was just a flesh wound.

Easy to treat, let the wound heal for a while and it should be fine.

Yi Chichi plucked tender leaves to feed it, and a fox nearby, seeing this, got jealous, rubbed up against her, and barked discontentedly.

The hound looked at her eagerly, its black eyes were wet.

"Do you want to eat?"

Yi Chichi plucked a leaf to feed the fox, which sniffed it before looking at it disdainfully and then leaving to squat beside the hound, staring at the musk deer.

This little guy seemed a bit silly, and who knows if it felt safe now; even if its neck was strung with a rope and a two-legged beast was fussing over its injured leg, it didn’t care but waited for Yi Chichi to feed it.

It munched on one tender leaf after another, with juicy roots and wild fruits mixed in between.

After eating, it barked for more, and Yi Chichi’s mouth twitched, "You’re lucky you ran into us; instead of escaping, you keep fixating on eating, you might as well be a foolish roe deer."

Unable to resist, she rubbed its big head, and the creature nudged her palm with its head afterward.

Just like Da Li, Uncle Yaozi’s cat, when it rubs against people, making Yi Chichi laugh.

"Fool!"

"It’s not the fool, we’re the fools!"

While treating its wounds, Uncle Yaozi let out a sigh, "If this thing is really raised, it’ll be a godsend ancestor, I feel Old Ma will scold me when we get back."

In the team, the mule, donkey, cattle, horses, and pigs are already hard enough to care for, and now there’s a musk deer. If it gets into heat and attracts female musk deer, we’ll have to set up separate pens for them.

"It would be much easier just to kill it."

"...If you’re willing, Uncle, you can go ahead and kill it."

Uncle Yaozi didn’t say another word, focusing back on his work.

Old Sir Bai laughed, "It’s rare that the fearless Xiao Yaozi is actually afraid of a little apprentice."

This remark truly hit the mark.

He sighed, "I don’t want to be afraid, but this girl’s mouth is too nagging. When she starts mumbling at you, it can drive you crazy, never a moment’s peace."

Recalling past experiences of being nagged by Yi Chichi, he sighed once again, "Before, she nagged me so much I woke up terrified from dreams at night."

"That’s not true."

Yi Chichi didn’t want to take the blame for this, saying to Old Sir Bai, "Don’t listen to Uncle Yaozi talking nonsense, he just resents me for giving him trouble."

It was clear.

Since the musk deer’s leg was injured, they all had to carry more weight on the way back.

Yi Chichi and Old Sir Bai carried herbs and game that the old man acquired from the mountains.

This elderly man is generous; he’d share rabbits at the mention of sharing rabbits, giving Yi Chichi and Uncle Yaozi two each.

In total, there were four rabbits on Yi Chichi’s back, plus several dozen pounds of herbs.

The strongest man, Uncle Yaozi, was in charge of bringing the musk deer back.

The hound was also smart, helping the old man by carrying a bag of herbs.

To the old man, the hound is family, and an excellent assistant in the mountains. He’d rather suffer a bit himself than tire out the dog.

Thus, the herbs given to the hound seemed a lot but were actually light.

The dog carried it without getting tired, running happily ahead.

The white-browed fox followed beside it, the big and small fluffy figures weaving through the forest, the bright sunlight filtering through lush branches casting dotted light spots, making the two fluffy critters look like spirits.

Uncle Yaozi led the musk deer, lifting it in difficult places to prevent further injury to its leg.

A healthy musk deer and a limping musk deer, surely the one with intact limbs is more appealing to female musk deer.

Since they’re going to raise it, they must do it well.

Therefore, anything harmful to the musk deer can’t be done; he’d rather suffer himself but wouldn’t let the musk deer endure grievances.

But it was still bittersweet, especially with the two fluffy ones ahead cheerfully running unburdened, that bitter feeling was intense.

"Sigh, I’ve discovered today that my luck isn’t as good as that of animals."

Yi Chichi and Old Sir Bai couldn’t be bothered responding, instead worrying about the white-browed fox ahead.

"Old Sir, it seems the fox intends to stick with you."

Old Sir Bai remained expressionless, "Can’t let it stay, chase it back up the mountain later."

"Might be difficult."

The fox’s figure is too agile, having survived over ten years, it’s definitely an old, magical fox.

It even knew to eat poisonous mushrooms for self-defense, no questions about its intelligence.

Yi Chichi felt the old man’s wish might fall short.

Sure enough, the following time saw the old man trying to drive the white-browed fox away, even asking the hound to help.

To no avail.

Driven off here, a few steps away it followed again.

Then, the three stood at the foot of the mountain looking at the white-browed fox refusing to leave, glancing at each other, Yi Chichi and Uncle Yaozi finally looked at the old man.

"Let it stay!"