Mountain Looting: Targeted by a Leopard at the Start
Chapter 137: Rushing Production with Great Fervor!

Chapter 137: Chapter 137: Rushing Production with Great Fervor!

Natural musk was easy to sell.

Xu Yang made a trip to the herbal medicine stores in the city, where several herbalists from various stores offered high prices.

Trading in such a market without standard rates required comparing offers from multiple sellers.

Xu Yang had to compare their prices before deciding whom to sell the natural musk to.

He was familiar with these herbal medicine stores, and the prices they offered were fair.

Eventually, Xu Yang chose one store and sold the natural musk for 6,000 yuan per gram, totaling a little over 140,000 yuan for one piece.

He sold two pieces; the other went for 150,000 yuan.

This was the advantage of finding the right channel.

If it had been those second-hand dealers who came to the village to buy, they would have offered around 20,000 to 30,000 yuan each.

Many villagers who found natural musk didn’t know who else to sell it to. Second-hand dealers would dazzle them with fancy talk and then offer 20,000 yuan, convincing many to sell.

After all, to them, it was like finding 20,000 yuan for free.

In reality, the item was worth over 100,000 yuan.

Now, natural musk is extremely rare and has widespread use, so its price is very high.

Xu Yang was much smarter. After all, he had already found sales channels when selling mountain ginseng, so he didn’t have to worry about being cheated by second-hand dealers.

He made another tidy sum.

With this money, running the farm felt even easier.

In the initial stages, farming is more about investment, and breaking even in two years would already be quite impressive; after that, it’s all profit.

Xu Yang planned to break even within this year.

First, he aimed to earn back the investment, then increase it next year.

With the system by his side, he had nothing to worry about.

The popularity value from the day he rescued the little musk deer in the deep mountains had been calculated.

[Viewers of the livestream that day: 164,592, average viewing duration: 0.9 hours, total popularity value gained: 148,000]

[Current total popularity value: 180,000]

Earning nearly 150,000 popularity value in one day, he made quite a lot.

Xu Yang chose to do the advanced lottery once; the prize was a [Central Air Conditioning]system, intended to provide intelligent temperature control for the house.

Xu Yang looked at his red brick courtyard and tiled house, somewhat amused.

Due to the architectural structure, he couldn’t install central air conditioning, and could only opt for either free-standing or wall-mounted units.

The courtyard was still too rudimentary.

Moreover, their need for air conditioning wasn’t high. Although it was hot in the summer, it became cool as soon as he entered the house. In the winter, the home’s heating system was much more comfortable than air conditioning.

Considering this, Xu Yang looked over his living quarters again, planning to renovate them.

The house still used a stove for heating; in winter, the heated kang was warm to sleep on but cold when waking up in the morning.

He needed to add a heating system.

Xu Yang directly communicated with the manufacturer and exchanged the [Central Air Conditioning] for three cabinet-type air conditioners, all of which he gave to his parents since their shop got quite hot in the summer, and they were hesitant to install an air conditioner.

Now it was perfect for them; their lives would be more comfortable.

For the next two days, Xu Yang rested, visiting the greenhouse daily to check on the strawberries.

Watching the strawberries grow, it was nearly time to harvest them.

Xu Yang shot a video of his strawberries, and smiling, said to his fans:

"These strawberries are all grown by myself, and they have produced a very good yield and color. In a few days, they will be fully grown."

"They look quite appealing."

Seeing his strawberries, many people commented:

"Indeed, they are growing well!"

"If I had the host’s skills, I’d grow strawberries every year with great results. I plan to try again this year!"

"I tried growing strawberries too, but nothing came of it!"

"Farming requires skills, not just sowing and watering; you must study to succeed!"

"What? Studying to farm? If I go and study that, what’s the point in farming!"

The comments section was very lively.

The next couple of days were relatively free, and he was worried about having nothing to do.

In his village, the villagers were busy harvesting wood ear mushrooms, which were a primary source of income and very popular nationwide.

That day, someone from a neighboring village came looking for help.

Their rice crops had all been harvested, and now it was time for the final step in farming—threshing.

Simply put, this involved knocking the rice grains off the stalks and then transporting them to a grain-drying area.

They were short on vehicles to transport the rice, offering 400 yuan a day for the service.

Xu Yang’s farm happened to have a diesel tricycle, quite capable of hauling loads.

Leaving such agricultural equipment idle was a waste, as many people bought machinery to use for various farm jobs.

This was also one of the farm’s revenue-generating activities.

Seeing an opportunity for work, Xu Yang immediately agreed.

One reason was to earn money to increase the farm’s income; another was to livestream the drying area, which was quite suitable for live broadcasting.

Grain was piled up like mountains, and people could walk directly on the grain heaps.

He wanted the viewers to see why this place was now called "North Granary," also a national granary.

Considering how many people there were in Huaxia, serving as a granary for Huaxia meant a vast amount of grain.

And this was just one of their grain drying venues.

If one ventured to the black soil region, the drying venues were even more spectacular.

So, Xu Yang made advanced notice for the livestream, and agreed to help haul grain on the day of the threshing.

He took any available work; there was nothing else to do.

Similar tasks would be available later, like in the coming spring when many would need to plow their fields, and his tractor would definitely be rented out.

It was always like this.

The viewers who saw Xu Yang’s announcement were very excited.

A day later, Xu Yang drove his diesel tricycle, fully equipped, sporting slightly worn camo attire, donning a hat, and wearing a mask, heading to the neighboring village to assist with threshing.

The threshing site was dusty, necessitating a mask.

By the time he arrived there, Xu Yang had started his live stream.

There were also two girls from their village filming videos nearby.

Making short videos in this area was no longer a novelty; the locals shared their daily farm life and chatted with netizens, which was quite interesting.

It was something they enjoyed watching.

If they could become popular and earn some money from advertisements, that would make them happy for a long time.

As soon as the live stream started, viewers began flooding into the chat room.

[Brother Yang, I’m here!]

[Old Xu, what are you up to now?]

[What place is this? What’s that piled up like a mountain?]

[So many people!（Zhou Xun face）]

In the live stream, a vast tract of land was filled with huge mounds of grain, each five to six meters high.

About twenty people were bustling around in the field.

Only three or four elderly men in camouflage were visible, holding pitchforks and standing on the piles, slowly forking down the rice from above.

The people below caught the rice and carried it to the entrance of a machine.

As the conveyer belt moved forward, the rice entered the machine, and the grains flowed out from a notch on the side, where a person with a sack was catching them.

Others were busy piling the empty rice stalks to one side.

These empty rice stalks could also be used as straw for burning.

Although it looked chaotic, there was actually an orderly flow to their tasks.

Everyone knew exactly what they should do.

Threshing was actually quite simple: it was about knocking the rice grains out of the husks, collecting them in sacks until they were full.

Then they would pull the sacks out to the sunning ground to dry.

Some farmers threshed the rice on their own land and sunned it in their own yards.

Rice and corn both needed to be dried, and this was common everywhere. Some farmers, to maximize their drying space, even chose to sun their grains on rural roadsides.

This practice could sometimes lead to disputes.

There was a designated drying ground here, but since it was not enough to accommodate the substantial amount of grain, a few people still chose to dry their grains on the road.

The viewers in the live stream had never seen such a scene before.

[What are they doing? Looks bustling!]

[Feels like stepping back into the nineties!]

[Memories of my childhood, something you don’t see anymore!]

[Such an energetic production, awesome!]

Since Xu Yang was a transport driver, he didn’t need to work and just waited on the side.

He turned on the microphone and explained:

"This is our threshing ground, where we bag the rice, ready to be taken out for drying."

"Our autumns here are very dry. You see, once the rice is harvested and exposed to the sun for a few days, it’s usually sun-dried."

"You can see the color of the threshed rice; it’s all yellowish."

"However, the grains still need to be sun-dried completely. Any moisture that causes sprouting means wasted effort."

"These days have been sunny, perfect for us to get the grains out for drying."

"After they’re dried, they’ll fetch a good price!"

Xu Yang continued to narrate the threshing activities.

Soon, sacks filled with solid grains were lined up one after another.

When someone saw Xu Yang’s truck arrive, he organized two or three people to start loading sacks onto the diesel trike.

Each sack was filled to the brim with grain and was quite heavy.

Luckily, the vehicle’s carrying capacity was strong.

Actually, it would have been better to use a tractor with a trailer since it has a powerful engine and could easily transport the grain.

However, the trike was also sufficient.

Sacks of grain were loaded one by one, and Xu Yang occasionally lent a hand.

Several pastoral dogs ran around nearby, likely owned by villagers.

They were drawn to the bustling threshing ground.

But mainly, they were attracted by the scent of meat.

After threshing, there would be a feast.

In the kitchen area, several women were busy cooking, all using large iron pots to stew a big pot of meat.

There were also various delicious dishes like duck legs, chicken legs, stir-fried meat, and cold dishes.

Today was a day of production.

Those who worked would be very tired and would eat a lot.

Once the food was ready, everyone would have even more energy to work.

This village wasn’t so developed and still retained the habits of the 90s.

In Beidahuang, operations were fully mechanized, and large machines harvested and threshed the rice at the same time.

There was no need for the relatively primitive threshing machines here.

However, it was precisely because of this that such scenes evoked a rare sense of a bygone era.

Soon, Xu Yang’s truck was filled with sacks.

Two middle-aged men climbed onto the truck and sat on the sacks to rest.

They were to follow to the drying ground to oversee the unloading and spreading of the rice.

The rice from several households was mixed together.

Xu Yang sat in the driver’s seat and started the vehicle.

Rattle~rattle~rattle~~~~

The diesel trike shook as its engine began to run at high speed.

Then, Xu Yang gently stepped on the accelerator and gradually increased the pressure.

The trike, carrying a load of grain, slowly moved forward.

Since it was moving at a slow pace, the drone could easily keep up, so the live stream continued.

The viewers followed the trike’s journey, watching as it traveled further ahead.