Chapter 1074: The Treasure of Xiantaicun

While there was still sunlight, Yan Furong installed another set of solar power.

To ensure sufficient electricity.

He also checked the batteries, which were fully charged.

Tonight they can really get to work.

After tidying up, Yan Furong began preparing the ingredients.

When Er Da Ye came carrying a chicken and Shan Ge leading a sheep, the people in the Live Broadcast Room were shocked.

"Brothers, what is that? Does it look like a phoenix?"

"Look at that sheep—do its horns look like a Western devil's horns?"

"Is this a protected animal?"

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Those who came with the transport aircraft also jumped up in surprise upon seeing the chicken and sheep.

"What's going on with Yan Furong?"

Yan Furong wondered.

"What's wrong? Didn't we agree to treat you to mutton?"

Several people pointed at the chicken and sheep, speaking excitedly.

"These are protected animals; eating them is illegal and could get you shot."

"How dare you eat them?"

Although Yan Furong didn't understand Daxia's wildlife protection situation, he knew eating these wasn't illegal.

"These are all raised by us, belonging to domestic livestock."

"Although they look different from yours, their purpose is about the same."

"They're all for eating."

Several people were at a loss.

"Even domestic ones can't be eaten."

Yan Furong was puzzled.

"Why can't domestic ones be eaten now? We've been raising them for food for hundreds of years."

The three of them earnestly advised.

"These are endangered species; they need protection, or eating them will drive them to extinction."

Yan Furong didn't care.

"You're mistaken; this may be rare elsewhere, but here it's nothing special."

"Moreover, eating them hasn't reduced their numbers; it's actually increased them."

"Now Xiantaicun…………"

Yan Furong looked at Grandma Qian.

"Grandma, how many chickens and sheep do we still have in Xiantaicun?"

Grandma Qian had just heard their discussion and immediately spoke up for Yan Furong.

"I heard from our ancestors that when they first arrived here, they each brought three pairs of chickens, ducks, geese, pigs, cattle, and sheep."

"Now Xiantaicun has no fewer than two thousand chickens, ducks, and geese, and the pigs, cattle, and sheep together number about a thousand."

"They're all free-range; I can't count them exactly."

"Since the people left and the fields went fallow, they've been running around, and it's hard to say."

"There are too many; we can't eat them all!"

The three stared, dumbfounded.

"They really are raising them themselves, and the numbers are still not small."

Yan Furong took the opportunity to put forward his theory.

"As long as it's useful to humans, it won't die out."

"It's precisely because we need them here that they can continue well."

"In fact, they haven't decreased; they've increased."

"Each year, a fair number of these chickens, ducks, geese, pigs, cattle, and sheep get lost."

"Now they're even more free-range; who knows how many have run off and disappeared."

"If we check the surrounding areas, we'll likely find many."

"So you can eat them with peace of mind."

"Here, ordinary chickens, ducks, and sheep struggle to adapt to the environment; they don't live well. These are animals we've carefully selected over hundreds of years to suit this place."

"You should know, this place is over two thousand meters above sea level, with large day-night temperature differences."

The three exchanged glances, still uneasy.

He took out his phone, connected to Heaven's Net, then called the troops.

The department had never encountered this before, so they consulted experts as well.

In the end they reached the conclusion that it could be eaten as food.

"Domestic livestock, raised for many years, are still edible."

With the food issue settled, they took on other tasks.

"Village Chief Yan, do you have any other animals yourselves?"

Yan Furong looked at Er Da Ye.

Er Da Ye.

"There are still about twenty donkeys, this cannot be eaten."

Three people explained.

"Wild, wild."

The mountain sister-in-law pointed to the distance.

"In those mountains, there are many living animals: leopards, monkeys, bears, eagles, snakes……"

"By the lake, there are also rabbits, turtles, fish, cranes, foxes……"

"Over these years, our chickens, ducks, geese, pigs, cattle, and sheep that are free-ranged have often been eaten by them."

Leopard?

Could it be a snow leopard?

Yan Furong no longer bothered with them; having received permission to eat, he took the sheep and chicken and went to process them.

The remaining three people and several old men and women began discussing the animals.

The people in the live broadcast room felt envy, jealousy, and hatred.

"They can actually eat state-protected animals; I really want to eat some too."

"Theirs are raised, just like artificially bred baby fish; wild ones would get you imprisoned, while farmed ones are already on the table."

"I think what Village Chief Yan said is very right."

"If it could be placed on the common people's table, even wanting to drive it to extinction would be hard."

"Opening artificial breeding of national treasure animals would certainly solve most problems."

"The streamer, for the sake of food, also went all out, confusing people left and right."

"Speaking of which, how did they originally bring up the cattle, donkeys, and pigs?"

"They should be the villagers of Xiantaicun, who after several hundred years of effort managed to bring them up."

"Haven't you noticed? Their village's surnames don't seem to be the same."

"Grandma Qian……"

"In other words, they have never stopped intermarrying with outsiders."

"That's probably right; they raise so many livestock without major issues, likely because they understand the importance of bloodline exchange."

"Really impressive; just watching Village Chief Yan fly a plane makes my heart pound, let alone walking."

"In the past, people would trek ten or more days through the mountains just to marry outside? That's too difficult."

"I don't think it's that hard; over these past few centuries, this place has been relatively tumultuous, so many people seeking a foothold would have come."

"Naturally, through kidnapping, buying, or marrying, introducing outside bloodlines shouldn't be a big problem."

"Moreover, although Xiantaicun is good, it lacks industry and also salt."

"They naturally go down the mountain each year to obtain necessary living supplies."

"When they go out, bringing back fresh blood should be their main method."

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Xiantaicun seems filled with mist, making people endlessly curious.

Soon the sky grew dark.

However, this time Yan Furong did not urge people to return.

A bright large lamp illuminated the entire courtyard of Yan Furong's home.

In the middle of the courtyard, a bonfire had already been lit.

Beside the bonfire, a sheep was being roasted, and there was also a chicken.

The tempting aroma drifted out of the courtyard and toward the distance.

It attracted the attention of many creatures with keen sense of smell.

Here at night, such a huge light has never appeared before.

Plus, during the day, two huge metal items brought back from outside.

Made them dare not act rashly.

Goo-goo………

A night owl flew over, peeking its head out.

Gah-gah…………

A crow also came over to join the fun.

Curious about what this strange group of people were doing.

From the distant thicket also came a rustling sound……….