After eating lunch at Uncle Bor's handful of Luozi, Ling Zikai took Lin Xing'an and his party to the meadow.

After crossing Luming Mountain, I first came to the small lake in the mountain.

The entire lake is oval-shaped, and the lake is oval-shaped, with a length of 450 meters from east to west. It is 300 meters wide from north to south. The level of the lake is like a mirror, the blue sky and white clouds, the green trees and green mountains reflect in the lake, the scenery is thousands, constituting a natural picture.

Before he got close to the lake, Zhang Nan let out a series of exclamations: "Wow, what a beautiful scenery! Look at it, there is a herd of reindeer there!"

Following her guidance, everyone saw seven or eight reindeer walking leisurely on the grass by the lake.

Ling Zikai was also slightly stunned when he saw the reindeer.

Isn't this the same group of deer that I brought back from the Tiger Leaping Stream, and I originally planned to place them near the wooden house, but I didn't have time to build a deer farm for them, so I didn't expect them to come here.

Seeing someone coming, the reindeer did not panic or dodge, but still walked on the grass.

The doe at the head spotted Ling Zikai in the crowd, and after chirping at him, she walked over to them.

Ling Zikai took a few steps to the doe and patted the antlers that stood tall above its head with his hand.

The doe arched his body with her mouth, looking very intimate.

Zhang Nan, who followed closely, shouted: "What a cute reindeer! Brother Ling, it seems that they are very familiar with you, are they the domesticated deer in your forest farm?"

Ling Zikai smiled noncommittally, this doe was saved by himself with the energy of the ancestral god when his life was dying, not only was he rejuvenated, but also the breath of energy flowed in his body.

Zhang Nan also stretched out his hand to touch the doe's antlers.

The doe's body instinctively took a step back and looked at Zhang Nan with a vigilant expression.

"Oh, it's afraid of people, and won't let me touch its body!"

"This must be a herd of wild reindeer! It's a rare thing to see someone and not run away immediately. If you reach out and try to touch its body, it will cause it to misunderstand that you want to attack it, so be careful that it pokes you with its antlers. ”

Lin Xing'an, who was behind him, saw the origin of the reindeer at a glance and reminded Zhang Nan.

"Really!"

Zhang Nan took a few steps back with some fear, and then said puzzledly: "No, since it's a wild reindeer, why is it okay for Brother Ling to touch it with his hands, but I want to touch it but I can't!"

Ling Zikai said with a smile: "Because I am the owner of the forest farm, they have come to my territory, so naturally they want to be kind to me!"

Zhang Nan glanced at his lips, obviously not believing Ling Zikai's explanation.

When I approached the lake, I saw that the surface of the lake was blue, the same color as the sea. The deep lake is blue and green, like a huge emerald lying at the bottom of the water.

The grasses and flowers that grow around the lake bring the lake to life with vigorous vitality.

"If you build a few cabins on the shore of this lake, and put a few small wooden boats to swim around the lake, it is a wonderful wonderland in the woods. Brother Ling, it would be a waste of resources to leave such a wonderful leisure resort undeveloped!"

Li Yan stood on the shore, looking at the lake and mountains from afar, and said with regret.

"Forget about developing leisure tourism!"

Lin Xing'an said beside him: "But build a few wooden houses here, when you have nothing to do, stay here for a few days, fish, relax, it's a good place!"

Zhang Nan immediately chimed in: "Professor Lin's suggestion is good. Brother Ling, when the wooden house is built in the future, you must leave me one. I come here for a holiday when I'm on vacation!"

Ling Zikai said happily: "Okay, when the time comes, leave one for each of you." ”

The small river that flowed out of the lake entered the meadow.

Because the whole meadow is in a depression below the lake, and a small river runs through it, the soil is very wet, and the wild grass grows very luxuriantly, swaying in the breeze. Clusters of perennial shrubs and a few scattered red-leaved trees are like brilliant colors on a turquoise blanket.

Occasionally, hares, squirrels and other small animals will haunt the grass and bushes, bringing great vitality.

Walking in the grass by the river, from time to time some frogs hidden in it will startle some frogs that jump from the shore and fall into the river, splashing in bursts.

"Is this the forest frog?"

Ling Zikai looked at the frogs that were swimming on their limbs in the river and asked Liu Yan.

"That's right! This place not only has lakes and streams, but also Dianzi and mountain forests, which is a natural frog farm, which is very suitable for the growth of forest frogs. You see, the forest frogs in the water are all relatively strong. ”

Ling Zikai secretly released the Ancestral God Consciousness, controlled a forest frog in front of him that had just wanted to jump into the river, and then stepped forward to grab it.

This was the first time he had seen this animal, known as "living ginseng".

I saw that the forest frog in my hand was ten centimeters in size, and the length and width of the flat head were almost the same. The snout is blunt and slightly pointed, protruding from the lower lip, with a more pronounced snout edge.

Two small clusters of oval vomer teeth. The posterior end of the tongue is deeply notched, the tympanic membrane is rounded, and the skin is rough. The dorsal fold is folded in the frontal area, obliquely lateral above the tympanic membrane, and there are flat warts on the ventral surface of the posterior and posterior femoral areas.

Liu Yan looked at the forest frog in Ling Zikai's hand and said, "The average forest frog is only seven or eight centimeters in size, and the one you caught is only very big." The male forest frog is grayish-brown with a greenish tinge on the back and sides of the body. What you scratch is only brownish yellow, with triangular black spots on the eardrum, bright red and gray spots on the pharynx, chest and abdomen, and gray ventral surfaces of the limbs with red spots in between, which should be male and female. There's quite a bit of frog oil in it, and you can peel it off and take a look. ”

Seeing Liu Yan signaling that he would peel the forest frog for oil, Ling Zikai was a little troubled, he didn't know how to operate it.

"I'll do it!"

Li Yan volunteered to step forward and take over the forest frog in Ling Zikai's hand.

He first threw the forest frog to the ground a few times, and after falling it to death, he held the forest frog with one hand, his abdomen was facing upward, his thumb tightly pressed against the two legs of the forest frog, and the other hand pinched the head of the forest frog, and the two hands folded down hard at the same time, tearing the skin close to the legs, revealing flakes of oil, and then gently pried one end with his hand, tore off two large pieces of oil, and handed it to Ling Zikai.

The whole peeling process looks very simple, but it is a bit cruel.

Ling Zikai took the frog oil in Li Yan's hand and looked at it, it was almost like fat, milky white, soft and fishy.

"This frog oil is actually the oviduct of the female forest frog. The traditional extraction method is to rinse the body of the female frog to be stripped of oil, pass it through the upper and lower jaws with rope or wire, connect it into a string, and then hang it under the eaves or in a ventilated, dry and shady place until the frog dies naturally, and then dry into a dried frog. This shade drying process takes a long time, usually about 2 months to complete.

Soak the dried frogs in warm water at about 60 degrees Celsius for more than 10 minutes, then take them out, put them into a sack while they are hot and wet, tie them tightly and cover them tightly with cloth curtains, straw bags, etc., and place them for more than 10 hours, so that the dried frogs are "stuffy" and soft. Use a knife to cut the "stuffy" soft frog stem from the midline of the abdomen, and carefully remove the frog oil.

The frog oil that removes impurities is spread on the bamboo curtain and placed in a ventilated, dry and cool place, and can be stored after drying.

However, there are many pieces of frog oil taken out by this dry peeling, the impurity content is high, and the quality is poor, and the frog meat after oil is often discarded and cannot be eaten. That's why it's all freshly peeled now.

Before fresh peeling, the two cubital arteries of the frog were amputated, or the hind limbs were directly cut off, and quickly put into flowing clear water for live frog bloodletting. If the frog oil is infiltrated by the blood, the dried product will become dark dark brown in color and the appearance quality will not be good.

Whether it is freshly peeled and dried frog oil, or dried frog oil, it is often moth-eaten or moldy and spoiled when stored at room temperature and slightly higher humidity. Therefore, care should be taken to store in a cool, ventilated and dry place or freezer as much as possible.

Generally speaking, about 100 large forest frogs can produce 500 grams of fresh frog oil, and about 180 small frogs can produce 500 grams of fresh frog oil.

If calculated by weight, 2000~2500 grams of adult frogs can produce 500 grams of fresh frog oil. ”

Liu Yan introduced the extraction method of frog oil to Ling Zikai in detail.

Ling Zikai asked, "Then how do you eat this frog oil?"