Recaps

Shi Wen inherited his grandfather’s ranch, built up its livestock, and formed ties with local herders and researchers. After joining Yan Kexing’s group on a mushroom-picking trip, Shi Wen returned to ranch work and began learning to shear his sheep.

• Shi Wen learned that his grandfather’s ranch could pass to him because he met the Qilin Bloodline requirements, then resigned from his job and moved to J Province.
• Shi Wen cleaned the ranch, bought thirty-seven lambs, and began repairing the property and clearing its ditches.
• Shi Wen saved Gong Jiang from a runaway horse, met Yan Kexing, and was recommended for the Anomaly Management Bureau’s closed-beta testing phase.
• Shi Wen chose the frail puppy Black Kid, then helped Gong Jiang and the research team find and sample protected fish at the ranch.
• Shi Wen bought thirty goslings, planted vegetables, and helped Skewell vaccinate and tag his sheep with Fu Meng.
• Shi Wen bought two cows at the bazaar and named them Good Temper and Big One after bringing them to the ranch.
• Shi Wen helped Yan Kexing and Gong Jiang calm and rescue an injured Goitered Gazelle, then joined their group to pick Bachu Mushrooms.
• Shi Wen followed Small Forest Mouse trails to find mushrooms, shared a mushroom feast with Yan Kexing’s group, and later learned to shear sheep with Fu Meng.

Shi Wen expanded his ranch by buying breeding sheep and sick cattle, gaining funding, and planting silage corn while caring for his livestock with help from Yan Kexing, Skewell, and his dogs. The stretch leaves Shi Wen hosting Fu Meng and Chang Qingqing’s family as they gather wild chive flowers at his ranch.

• Shi Wen warned Zhang Deyuan about Bluetongue Disease, earned his gratitude, and bought seventy-eight breeding ewes at wholesale price.
• Shi Wen adopted two sheepdogs and helped Yan Kexing and rescuers free a trapped Tibetan Wild Ass from a swamp.
• Zhu Ji rated Shi Wen an Intermediate Ability User, and Shi Wen received the first installment of a ranch improvement subsidy.
• Shi Wen bought three cattle with Mucosal Disease, lost one despite treatment, and nursed the other two back to health before Skewell inseminated them.
• Shi Wen bought Yucheng Silage No. 9 seeds, hosted Yan Kexing, and shared a meal made with Delicious Mushrooms the dogs had found.
• With Yan Kexing’s help securing a loan, Shi Wen treated his sheep and bought five sick, pregnant dairy cows, which recovered at his ranch.
• Shi Wen built a new livestock shed, moved the recovered dairy cows into it, and began milking them.
• After rain brought wild chive flowers to his ranch, Shi Wen visited Fu Meng and Chang Qingqing, then welcomed their family to gather the flowers.