Chapter 42

During this process, the bees were startled and flew out indiscriminately, stinging them all.

The dogs couldn't speak either, Shi Wen, seeing their pitiful state, could only sigh, "Let's go back and apply the medicine. Everyone worked hard today protecting the bees."

Heiwa calmly barked, "Woof!"

Shi Wen hugged Heiwa's neck and rubbed it, thinking, "Our eldest is the most reliable."

Shi Wen riding a motorcycle home with his Hu Zai and dogs. The two Hu Zai were the happiest, carrying crows in their mouths and running behind the motorcycle with their heads held high and chests puffed out.

Among the dogs, apart from the dejected An Wa, the other dogs were quite happy, especially Le Wa and Fu Wa, who were grinning foolishly, which set the mood.

When I got home, Yan Kexing and the others had just returned as well.

When Ge Yue looked at the Hu Zai and dogs, he exclaimed, "Oh!" "What happened? Why are you in such a sorry state? What are the Hu Zai carrying in their mouths?"

The two Hu Zai do not recognize anyone other than Yan Kexing and Shi Wen.

No one else dared to approach them.

Although they are still Hu Zai now, they will grow up eventually, and it would be dangerous to get too close.

Shi Wen said, "A crow came to steal bees, but the Hu Zai and dogs took care of it."

Ge Yue: "The crows here even know how to steal bees?"

Shi Wen helplessly, "I guess it's something he just learned."

As social animals, and being quite intelligent, if one crow learns to do something bad, it's as if the other crows have learned it too.

As word spreads, more and more crows will do bad things.

Shi Wen said, "Two Hu Zai today. They must be terrified; they won't be coming for the next few days."

Yan Kexing: "Perhaps. Even if crows are clever, they are still animals and won't learn their lesson so quickly. They'll need to be taught a few more lessons."

Shi Wen, "Then I'll coax Cong Zai to go on patrol tomorrow."

Although the two Hu Zai learned a couple of moves, the cub with the most fighting ability in the family is still Cong Zai.

It's just that the weather is cold, Cong Zai isn't too keen on going out.

The weather isn't quite freezing yet, but it's still incredibly cold.

The wind howled across the empty land, enough to bring tears to one's eyes in an instant.

Shi Wen, shivering from the wind on the grassland, said, "Let's hurry inside, it's too cold outside. We still need to apply medicine to a few of them."

Yan Kexing: "Alright, I just happened to have something to tell you."

Chapter 42

Shi Wen followed Yan Kexing the house.

Ge Yue and the others came in together and saw that Yan Kexing rather serious.

They quickly led the dogs and Hu Zai to the neighbor's clinic for treatment.

Shi Wen smiled and asked Yan Kexing, "What do you want to tell me?"

Yan Kexing: "I might have to go on a business trip in the next few days."

Shi Wen's smile faded slightly, "Where are you going on a business trip? Will you be gone for a long time?"

Yan Kexing: "The current itinerary for the overseas inspection trip is 22 days, and with travel time, it will take approximately 24 days."

Shi Wen living with him for so long sometimes makes me forget that he's an outstanding scholar, that being busy is the norm, and that not being busy is just to accommodate life on the ranch.

Shi Wen, "Okay."

Yan Kexing, "You can't manage the ranch all by yourself. Why don't you have Gong Jiang and the others come and stay with you so they can lend a hand?"

"Isn't that inappropriate?" Shi Wen shook his head. "They're still students; it's not appropriate for them to come here."

Yan Kexing: "I applied for subsidies for them. I'm not in the country right now, so they can come here to help with their papers."

Shi Wen, then shook his head.

He was okay with Yan Kexing to stay, but he didn't really like anyone else.

Yan Kexing looked up at him.

The two looked at each other.

He shook his head gently again.

Yan Kexing understood his thoughts. "Then hire two more people, don't overwork yourself."

"I understand." Shi Wen moment, "Don't overwork yourself out there."

After learning that Shi Wen had refused, Gong Jiang specifically sought him out. "We can come to the ranch to help. Our professor isn't in the country, and besides reading literature and writing papers, we can't do much else. Our professor even gave us a large stipend out of his own pocket; he hasn't treated us unfairly."

Shi Wen shook his head. "No. This isn't in accordance with the rules."

Gong Jiang sighed, "To be honest, we'd really like to come to the ranch."

Shi Wen and said, "Then you're welcome to come and have fun, but you don't need to do any work."

Because he had to take care of two Hu Zai, Shi Wen, as usual, hired Old Man Ma others to manage the ranch.

When he was alone on the ranch, he just had more to worry about. To be honest, he wasn't that tired, especially since he no longer needed to get up every few hours to feed the young pigeons, which freed up a lot of time for other things.

Yan Kexing for two days when the weather forecast reported a major cold wave sweeping the country.

They also experience cold waves here, with temperatures dropping to minus seven or eight degrees Celsius.

The cold wave was a huge challenge for them; with so many livestock, just keeping them warm was a major problem.

Shi Wen invited Old Man Ma and the others to come over and inspect the livestock shed to ensure it was airtight.

At the same time, he also arranged for the repair of warehouses, silage pits and other facilities.

It's so cold and rainy, we absolutely can't afford any accidents with the hay.

If the hay gets wet from the rain and becomes moldy, the pigs, cattle, and sheep will have no feed this winter.

In addition to livestock, Shi Wen also kept the geese in a goose shed, no longer letting them go out to find food on their own.

These geese have lived with him for half a year, but they are still just goslings; they haven't even laid eggs yet, and they are far from being ready for market.

Raising livestock is always very time-consuming, and the meat of livestock that grow very quickly is often of average quality.

Shi Wen that they only want to raise premium livestock and look down on the others.

The livestock on his ranch grow very slowly; he won't see any real profit until at least February next year, around the Lunar New Year.

We are still in the difficult startup phase.