"Cackle, cackle~~"
Got it!
First, scatter some corn kernels on the ground. Under the temptation of the food, the hen was easily pinned down by Shi Lin and couldn't escape at all, only cackling.
"Hey, this chicken has been raised for about two and a half years, right? It's really fat!"
Shi Lin smiled, grabbed the hen's wings, and lifted her up.
【Contracting the Five-Clawed Black Earth Chicken requires consuming 30 beast servant points. Current beast servant points are insufficient.】
Ah?
Seeing the system prompt suddenly appear before his eyes, Shi Lin was stunned.
So, the chickens raised at home can also be contracted?
It seems the system's condition for contracting beast servants is as he previously guessed: he needs to hold the target in his hand to contract it.
Also, there's another question: aren't the beast servant points needed for this contract a bit much?
A hen actually requires 30 beast servant points?
He spent half the day in the mountains and only earned ten points in total...
Damn, it seems I need to take out more beehives. I need to utilize Jin Yi (Golden Ring Hornet)'s ability!
After thinking for a moment, Shi Lin released the hen in his hand and turned to grab another hen nearby.
Catching chickens was relatively easy for him. Sneaking close first, then launching a surprise attack with lightning speed was quite simple.
"Cackle, cackle~~"
Another hen that had been raised for two and a half years was grabbed by Shi Lin.
【Contracting the Five-Clawed Black Earth Chicken requires consuming 28 beast servant points. Current beast servant points are insufficient.】
'Hmm? As expected, the required contract points are different. Is this like the rewarded contract points, also random?'
Then Shi Lin put down the chicken in his hand again and spent some time catching the last hen at home.
【Contracting the Five-Clawed Black Earth Chicken requires consuming 33 beast servant points. Current beast servant points are insufficient.】
This last hen was the most timid of the three. As soon as Shi Lin approached, she ran away, but unexpectedly, the contract points she needed were the most, requiring 33 points.
'Indeed, it's different. The beast servant points needed to contract these hens are all different, but the difference is not big, all around thirty.'
After thinking for a moment, Shi Lin finally gave up on the hen in his hand and turned to grab the first hen he had caught earlier.
There was nothing he could do. After all, this first hen was the fattest of the three chickens.
Anyone who has raised hens at home should know that hens that are too fat don't lay eggs very well. If a hen doesn't lay eggs, why keep her?
Boil water, bleed, pluck, wash, chop, put in the pot.
From catching the chicken to putting it in the pot to cook, Shi Lin did every step himself. He only asked Fifth Sister Shi Yuying to help boil some water in between.
However, to his disappointment, killing the chicken this time did not trigger the system and he did not gain beast servant points.
He didn't know if it was because killing chickens didn't work, or if it was because the chicken was his own that it didn't trigger.
Because Shi Lin had never cooked at home, and he had finally killed a chicken, Shi Yuying was not at ease letting him cook, so she took over the subsequent steps herself.
In the kitchen, Shi Yuying discussed tomorrow's plan with Shi Lin while cooking.
"Lao Liu, I just talked to Dad and Mom. We'll press the comb honey tonight, and tomorrow morning we'll go to the Market to sell the honey. Tomorrow afternoon, we'll continue to go up the mountain to get honey."
At this moment, her heart was also burning with excitement. Going up the mountain with Shi Lin to get honey was simply like pulling vegetables from the field, too simple and too easy.
Just now, she and the old couple calculated simply that the comb honey they got today weighed over a hundred catties. After removing some useless comb mites, they could probably get more than ninety catties of honey.
Calculated at one yuan and six mao per catty, they earned over one hundred and fifty yuan in just one day!
Over one hundred and fifty! That's equivalent to three or four months' salary for urban workers!
And they only spent one day, or even less than a day, just a few hours...
With such a huge profit, how could one not be tempted?
If it weren't for the fact that there was only one Jin Yi (Golden Ring Hornet), she even thought of getting another set of honey extraction equipment, and she and Shi Lin could get honey separately and earn more.
"Okay, I have no problem."
Shi Lin nodded and agreed.
For him, coming back to life was not just about making money and changing his life, but also about accompanying his family. Currently, going to the mountains to get honey and hunt for money is quite good.
Although he also roughly knew that in this fiery era, doing business outside could basically make money,
But in business, no matter how good the Market is, there are always losses. He had never done it in his previous life, who knows if he would be the unlucky one?
Moreover, he has the system and decades of experience dealing with mountains and forests in his previous life. There is really no need to leave his family and go outside to take risks.
In the evening, the family enjoyed dinner in a joyful and pleasant atmosphere.
The chicken stewed with mushrooms made by Shi Lin and Shi Yuying together received collective praise from the family, just two words: "Delicious"!
Shi Lin himself ate with a lingering fragrance in his mouth.
Good ingredients don't require complicated cooking methods.
The hen raised at home for two and a half years, plus the small mushrooms picked from the mountain, stewed together, didn't need any other seasonings, just a little salt, and the taste was excellent.
After dinner, Fifth Sister Shi Yuying tidied up the dishes and went to wash them, while Shi Lin followed the two elders to process the comb honey.
At this time, there was no honey extractor like in later generations. The method for processing comb honey taken from the honeycomb at home was also very simple, just one word: squeeze!
First, prepare a clean wooden bucket, place a wooden winnowing basket at the mouth of the bucket, wrap the comb honey with gauze, put it on the winnowing basket, and then squeeze the gauze forcefully to squeeze out the honey.
If you are not in a hurry, you can also wrap the comb honey directly with gauze, put it on the winnowing basket, and then press it with a stone, pressing it from time to time, and wait for the honey to flow down little by little.
The honey in Shi Lin's family was prepared to be taken to the Market tomorrow to sell, so naturally, they couldn't wait slowly. The whole family had to work together to squeeze and filter out the honey.
Fortunately, in the afternoon, the old couple had already squeezed a lot, otherwise, with just one evening, these more than one hundred catties of comb honey really might not be finished squeezing.
While their family was processing the comb honey, Li Qinghu came to Shi Lin's house.
Walking into the house and seeing their family processing the comb honey, Li Qinghu's eyes widened in shock,
Then, realizing he had walked into the house without saying hello, he scratched his head awkwardly and said:
"Grandfather, Dama, Linzi Ge, Yu Ying, I came to get the burlap sack I gave Linzi Ge this morning."
Lao Shi and the others were also stunned to see Hu Zi suddenly walk into the house. They had deliberately gone into the house to squeeze honey because they didn't want too many people to know, but unexpectedly, Hu Zi came at this time...
Shi Lin was the first to react, put down the work in his hands, wiped his hands with a towel, and greeted Li Qinghu to the courtyard, smiling:
"Hu Zi, you came at the right time. My mother has washed the burlap sack for you. The hornet's nest is a bit big, and our family can't eat it all. There's still half here, take it back with you."
"Oh, and I'll give you a piece of comb honey. This afternoon, my Fifth Sister and I went up the mountain and were lucky enough to find a beehive."
Hu Zi was also his benefactor. If it weren't for Hu Zi, he might not have been able to activate the system.
At this moment, Shi Lin was not too stingy and gave him a piece of comb honey that was about half a catty.
Li Qinghu held the comb honey in his hand, smelled its sweet aroma, swallowed, and said somewhat awkwardly:
"That's too kind, Linzi Ge. I just came to get the burlap sack. I need it tomorrow, so..."
"Oh, don't be polite. If I tell you to take it, just take it," Shi Lin said very generously.
Looking at the sweet and dripping comb honey in his hand, Hu Zi thought for a moment and said:
"Then, thank you, Linzi Ge. I'll bring you some cabbage later. I think my Dama didn't plant cabbage this year."
"Okay, then thank you," Shi Lin smiled and agreed.
For people like Hu Zi, if he wasn't allowed to bring cabbage, he would definitely not accept the honey.