Gu Ji and Tian Hong were both stunned by Ye An's words.
The herders relied on livestock for food, clothing, housing, and transportation, yet they were so poor that they could not even afford meat and had to survive on milk every day?
Was this even a life fit for human beings?!
"Then did they just drink milk and eat that cheese every day? Wouldn't they starve to death? If they only ate old livestock, they wouldn't get to eat meat more than a few times a year!" Tian Hong exclaimed in shock.
"Yes, that's right, but it isn't quite as exaggerated as you make it sound. The herders still had other meat to eat. For example, there were old animals that had to be culled. And among the young animals born, there were often too many males or some that could not produce milk. They would only keep a few and slaughter the rest. With the same amount of grass, they could raise another female and produce more milk." Ye An explained again.
Gu Ji and Tian Hong were speechless after hearing this.
They even slaughtered newborn males?
Couldn't there be any equality between males and females?
When would male livestock finally stand tall?!
This is outrageous!
"But even so, it still feels like they barely had any meat to eat. If they only ate the young and the old, how many meals of meat could they have in a year?" Tian Hong still sighed.
"That's true. They couldn't eat meat very often, so they also hunted.
"Grazing on the grasslands was not easy. Not only did they have to compete with other herders for pasture, they also had to worry about carnivores attacking their livestock, such as foxes, jackals, wolf packs, and grassland tigers. If they were even