In the end, the two deer were sold to Huang Xuejun for three hundred yuan each.
Huang Xuejun gave Li Long a hundred-yuan deposit, drew up a simple contract, then hurried off to the County Seat.
He needed to find a vehicle to haul the deer.
Uncle Lao Luo watched Li Long take the money. Only after Huang Xuejun left did he say:
"Xiao Long, from what you were saying, did we sell those deer too cheaply at three hundred each?"
"If we were raising them commercially, then of course that would be cheap. Think about it. An adult stag's velvet antler alone could sell for over a hundred a year. Does don't have antlers, but they can have fawns. Besides, every part of a deer is valuable. Even slaughtered, its blood, deer penis, heart, and so on are all good things." Li Long smiled and said:
"But we might not necessarily be able to make that money.
"They look fine being raised here now, but honestly, deer are much more delicate than donkeys or horses. If we don't raise them properly and they catch something, they'll die. They're still young now. Once they grow up, especially in winter, we might not be able to keep them well."
Three hundred yuan was indeed cheap, but Li Long really did have his own ideas.
However much wealth a household had, anything that breathed didn't count. These deer were unlikely to stay so lively forever. When he visited Ili in his previous life, some people in the Corps there raised deer. Locals told him someone had once kept over twenty, only to lose them all to an infectious disease.
Better to have the money safely in hand.
After hearing Li Long's explanation, Lao Luo understood.
"Then we'll just keep raising a few