Chapter 1

"Returning to the Ranch as a Livestock Keeper / Invited to Open a Ranch on the Frontier" by Yueji Yanyu [Complete + extras]

Synopsis:

One day, Shi Wen received an email saying that his late grandfather had left him a ranch. He met the inheritance requirements and was invited to claim it.

Shi Wen: A scam?

Shi Wen soon discovered that the ranch really did exist. He had Qilin blood, and he really did meet the inheritance requirements.

All he had to do was say yes, and the ranch deep in the grasslands would be his home.

Several days later, Shi Wen moved onto his own vast ranch. Starting with a flock of sheep, he soon had everything from dogs and cats to cattle, horses, camels, chickens, ducks, pigs, and geese.

With his Qilin blood, Shi Wen succeeded at everything he tried when it came to raising livestock.

In less than two years, a horse he raised made it to the finals of an international equestrian competition; the beef he produced won a gold medal at an international exhibition; even the pigs, sheep, chickens, and ducks that had yet to mature on the ranch were already being sought after by top companies around the world.

Shi Wen, now a top livestock expert: This is great after all.

[An eastern ranch, watched by the world]

Content tags: Fantasy

Space

Farming

Fiction

Food

Feel-good fiction

Cute pets, infrastructure development

Search keywords: Main characters: Shi Wen, Yan Kexing ┃ Supporting characters: ┃ Other:

One-line summary: An eastern ranch, watched by the world!

Theme: Find your strengths and work hard to put them to use, creating a wonderful life.

Work review:

One day, Shi Wen received an email telling him that he could inherit the ranch his grandfather had left behind. When he went to handle the inheritance procedures, he learned that he had awakened his Qilin bloodline, giving him a natural advantage in raising animals. Shi Wen tried raising cattle, sheep, pigs, horses, chickens, geese, camels, and more, and achieved great success. Both the horses he raised and the cattle and sheep he bred won widespread international acclaim, and he himself was named a top contemporary livestock expert.

This story tells how an opportunity led Shi Wen away from his old life, transforming him from an ordinary city worker into a top livestock expert who also found a beautiful love. Highly imaginative and vividly written, it blends fantasy and reality, bringing a top-tier ranch to life before readers in a plain yet engaging style. It is an engrossing and exceptional work.

Chapter 1

"Shi Wen, time to get off work."

"Shi Wen, aren't you leaving yet?"

Hearing them, Shi Wen looked up at the clock on the office wall.

It was exactly five thirty, the time their company got off work.

He let out a slightly irritated breath and looked up at the colleague who had called to him. "I'm going to work a little longer. You all go on home."

His colleague gave him a sympathetic look. "The boss asked you to work overtime again? We'll head out first, then. See you tomorrow."

Shi Wen said, "See you tomorrow."

As Shi Wen spoke, his gaze fell on the sky outside the window.

It was a fine day in April. The setting sun seemed to melt, spreading into vast banks of brilliant sunset clouds across the sky. The evening breeze drifted in, carrying the scent of spring.

This damn job. If he got off work now, he could enjoy the spring breeze and watch the sunset.

Just then, a soft ding from his computer brought Shi Wen's attention back.

He looked at the bottom right corner of the screen, where an email had popped up. Its subject line read, "Disposition plan for the ranch under Comrade Shi Jingbo's name."

It was a personal email, of all things.

Shi Wen paused. He hadn't seen his grandfather's name in a long time.

His grandfather had been dead for almost three years. Where had this email come from? What ranch?

Shi Wen clicked it open.

The email unfolded on his screen, its wording highly formal.

In short, his grandfather Shi Jingbo had owned a ranch, and Shi Wen met the inheritance requirements this year. Did he wish to inherit it?

If he did, he could make an appointment through the official mini program to complete the relevant procedures.

Instructions for making an appointment were attached below.

Were scam emails this personalized these days?

Shi Wen frowned and closed the email.

His parents had divorced when he was in high school, then each remarried and had children. After that, he never went back. During holidays, he stayed in his dormitory at university, and after graduating, he stayed in his rented apartment.

When his grandfather fell and died back in his hometown during the New Year three years ago, it was his aunt who told him.

As a member of the third generation, Shi Wen wasn't in line to inherit anything, and he hadn't asked. He had only attended the funeral.

The old man had been dead for three years. Shi Wen's circumstances were limited, so he had few chances to visit his grave, though he burned paper offerings every New Year.

Why had the email been sent to him?

Shi Wen continued working, but he couldn't settle his mind, and his efficiency dropped sharply.

After working for a while, he couldn't resist opening the email again.

He was very familiar with the mini program mentioned in the email. It was his province's official mini program, used for things like medical and social insurance. He used it quite often, and it was right there in the recent mini programs bar on WeChat.

The procedure instructed him to make an appointment under a subsection called "Anomaly Management."

He took out his phone and followed the email's instructions, opening the hidden "More services" option on the mini program's home page,

and easily

found "Anomaly Management."

There really was a department by that name.

He followed the steps, and before long, a notification popped up: Your appointment has been made successfully. Please bring all required documents and arrive at the service center thirty minutes early to avoid missing your turn.

Shi Wen stared at the notification for quite a while.

He had made the appointment for nine the next morning. Whether the email was real or fake, he would find out by going to the service center tomorrow.

Surely a government service center couldn't be fake?

Even so, Shi Wen couldn't resist taking his phone into the hallway and calling his aunt.

His aunt was even more surprised than he was. "What ranch? Your grandfather never ran a ranch. He just helped someone raise cattle and sheep in J Province, and he hadn't been doing it for long before the accident happened when he came home for the New Year. His boss was a decent man and gave us some money, too."

His aunt said, "Your dad and your older cousin checked everything and took care of it all. Did someone contact you about something?"

Shi Wen said, "No, I was just asking. Auntie, have you been keeping well lately..."