Across Ranch Story: Friends of Mineral Town

Lin Xia didn't waste any more words this time and took the snake out directly. The 4-meter-long and as thick as an adult's arm python still looked scary even though it was dead.

However, the one who will never be scared will never be Huo An. In his eyes, he will always only consider whether the thing is valuable or not.

"I'll take this python. It finally didn't fool me this time." Huo An looked at the snake with satisfaction.

This time, Lin Xia was speechless. He tried hard to recall whether he had just said he wanted to sell the snake. After confirming that he had only asked him if he wanted the snake skin, he mercilessly pulled away Huo An, who was drooling, and said, "Brother Huo, wipe your saliva first. Also, I won't sell the snake. If you want the 'snake skin', I can give it to you. Forget about the rest, okay?" He emphasized the word "snake skin".

Huo An was hit again and looked at Lin Xia pitifully: "Sister, you are playing tricks on me again!"

"I didn't!" Refusing this unfounded accusation, Lin Xia reiterated, "From beginning to end, I only asked you if you wanted snake skin? You just didn't hear it clearly."

Huo An: Forget it, it doesn’t matter if there are no fish or shrimp.

I started to study the skin of this snake again. It's not bad. This python is big enough and long enough. The only wound is the arrow wound at the seven-inch point. It is quite complete. I can sell it to someone who likes it as a collection, or sell it to a leather goods merchant to be processed into leather bags, leather shoes, etc.

"Yes! If it's just the snake skin, I can only give you 3G. But if you give me the whole snake, I can give you 8. You really don't want to consider it?" Huo An asked unwillingly.

"Don't think about it. I want to keep the snake meat for myself!"

Huo An is a scoundrel. It’s hard for him to get rich when he meets a foodie!

"Send the snake skin to me after you've processed it!"

"Okay!" Anyway, with the livestock processing machine, it is very convenient to skin and remove the tendons of any animal.

"Then I'll go back and take care of it for you, and come back in the evening."

"Don't worry, you can just send it over tomorrow!"

Lin Xia looked at him strangely and said, "Didn't you say you would treat me to a meal? Isn't it tonight? I've already had lunch?"

Huo An: ... I almost forgot I said this.

"By the way, which one do you want to eat, the cormorant or the goose? Do you want me to go back and help you with that?"

Huo An: "...Cormorants, Yan Zi still has some left from last time, you don't have to go back and deal with them, just give them to me, I'll let Zack do it! Did you catch any rabbits? If you did, go back and deal with one and bring it here, I'll make you a drooling rabbit."

"Oh." Lin Xia obediently gave the cormorant to Huo An and left.

After arriving home, Lin Xia went straight to the crop processing workshop and gave priority to processing several animals that were charred by electrocution. The charred fur would affect the selling price and could only be used for eating.

A deer, three pheasants, four rabbits and a wolf were all skinned and discarded directly. The usable internal organs, blood, etc. were also processed in different categories, especially the deer blood. Lin Xia vaguely remembered that it was also a kind of Chinese medicinal material, and it could also be made into deer blood wine. Anyway, she put it into the space first and would deal with it after asking Duo Te tomorrow.

There is still one wolf. Lin Xia thought about it and decided not to deal with it for the time being. She would give it to Dot to have a look tomorrow. It would be bad if she skinned it out of kindness and affected Dot's research.

As for the python, Lin Xia did not deal with it for the time being, because she suddenly remembered that she still had snake gall to sell to Dot, so she decided to let him see it first!

The next big thing to deal with is the wild boar. The wild boar caught this time weighs more than 400 pounds, and the hair on its body is as thick and hard as needles. Fortunately, there is a processing machine now, otherwise Lin Xia would have no way to remove the pig hair.

Through the processing machine, all the hair on the wild boar's body was shaved off intact. In line with the principle of not wasting, Lin Xia cleaned and disinfected all the hairs and stored them. He might find a way to make them into a brush later.

Wild boar skin is 1.5 times thicker than that of ordinary domestic pigs, so it is impossible to eat it. However, it can be tanned by processing machines. The tanned wild boar skin has good softness and wear resistance. More importantly, the fatal injury of this pig is on the head, and the skin all over the body is very intact.

This wild boar was very big. After the whole skin was prepared, it could be directly spread on Lin Xia’s single bed as a mat. Lin Xia put it away with great satisfaction.

Lin Xia didn't want the pig blood, but she cleaned up the other pig offal and put them away. In the evening, she made them all into braised food and put them on a plate and stored them. She could take them out whenever she wanted to eat them.

After deducting pig hair, pig heads, pig skins, pig bones, pig offal, etc., there are only about 200 kilograms of pork left. Lin Xia uses 50 kilograms to process into about 20 kilograms of meat floss, 50 kilograms into about 30 kilograms of pork jerky, and 100 kilograms into about 35 kilograms of pork jerky.

Because of the sufficient spices added and the powerful processing machine, the finished product tasted particularly good. Lin Xia happily sealed it in a small jar, and she had a daily snack.

Pork fat must be refined into oil residue, and pork shanks and other small ribs are made into sauced bones. There is no other way. Wild boar meat is not only dry, but also has a special fishy smell. It does not need to be processed with heavy spices. People who lack meat all year round may not care, but for Lin Xia, who is not short of delicious food, he will not like it particularly.

You don't have to worry too much about the 5 little wild boars. The taste is not as big as that of adult wild boars. It is not a problem to process them into crispy roast suckling pig, which is still delicious with spices and honey.

Lin Xia kept the other animals in their original state in the space and would deal with them slowly when she had time.

I sent all the processed meat back home and put it in the refrigerator. I only took a small amount with me for daily consumption or giving as gifts. Oh, and I had to go to Dart's house to see if he needed any game for food.

First, she pickled the wild duck eggs in the kitchen with salt. Originally, Lin Xia was thinking about whether to keep a few for hatching later, but then she thought, wild ducks can fly, and it would be bad if all of them grew up and flew away, so she decided to give up.

Lin Xia kept two large boxes of fresh mushrooms in the refrigerator, and dried and sorted the other large box and stored them. After the end of autumn, Lin Xia would count out some of them and send them out together with other things to be given to Sister Juan and others.

Seeing that it was almost time, Lin Xia went out to talk to Dart before dinner.

Dart was very happy to see Lin Xia coming: "Lin Xia, I have already thought about how to renovate my hotel. Do you have time to listen and give me some reference?"

"Of course!" Lin Xia was very happy to be valued by others.

"The first floor will still be a restaurant, but I want to set up a buffet area next to it. When there is a large flow of people, I will open the buffet mode and prepare various dishes in advance for customers to choose. This will also avoid the situation of insufficient staff in the store."

"That's a great idea!" Lin Xia agreed. "And we can adjust the dishes in time according to the customers' preferences to avoid unnecessary waste."

"That's what I thought, too." Dart said with a smile, "The rooms on the second floor will remain the same, but we'll add an extra recreation area to provide guests with a place to relax. We'll also add another third floor. After all, there's only one hotel in the town, so we can't have a shortage of accommodation, right?"

"Right." Lin Xia nodded. "In addition, I think you can also prepare one or two family rooms, parent-child rooms suitable for a family of three or four."

"You're right. There are not only parent-child rooms, but also couples' rooms, right?" Dart said.

“Yes, and the leisure and entertainment area can also add a children’s play area so that the children will not make a fuss due to boredom.”

"Not bad, not bad." Dart immediately noted down these suggestions and said happily, "Thank you for your suggestion. Do you want to eat here tonight? By the way, you were not at home for the past few days, so you haven't used the meal you ordered yet!"

"Oh, I'm going into the mountains. Can you help me arrange two meals starting tomorrow? Will that be enough to last until the end of the month?"

"That's enough! You went into the mountains. You took quite a long time this time. Did you catch any prey?" Dart immediately asked with great interest, "Do you still remember the prey you promised me before?"

"Of course, isn't that why I'm here? Let me see what you need and I'll provide it to you first." At this moment, he had selectively forgotten that he had been to Huo An's place.