Chapter 46
Upon seeing the sheep, Fu Meng exclaimed, "Wow, this sheep's testicles are huge!"
Looking at the sheep that had been sheared, Zhang Deyuan couldn't help but remark, "That skeleton is huge."
Another villager chimed in, "Yes, the sheep are good quality, but preparing them for the future will probably be quite a challenge."
Fu Meng nodded, "So skinny, I wonder if he can ever gain some weight."
Just like humans, some sheep are naturally not good at gaining weight, but this is rare. Most of them develop stomach problems due to improper handling during the breeding process.
It's quite common to Shi Wen that the adopted breeding sheep in our family has developed stomach problems from being Wanderer and doesn't grow very tall.
This is also why people don't like to adopt Wanderer sheep—they might not be able to raise them well, and it's too much trouble.
Shi Wen had a good idea of what was going on. "I'll try raising it first; maybe it will heal."
Fu Meng patted him on the shoulder. "If someone else said that, I'd think they were just bragging, but if you say it, it'll definitely work."
After watching the sheep, Shi Wen invited everyone inside for hot pot.
He had locked the two Hu Zai in an empty room beforehand, but that didn't stop him from treating everyone.
In this cold weather, it's nice for everyone to get together, eat and drink, chat, and exchange information.
Several days passed in the blink of an eye.
Shi Wen taking the dogs out on patrols to see if there are any suitable places for them to graze.
Livestock are fed hay and concentrates at home, which is good for fattening them up, but to get better meat quality, they need to be let to roam freely on pastures.
The snow on the grassland had melted a bit, and the surface was frozen solid, not as fluffy as before, making it a bit slippery when riding a motorcycle.
Shi Wen riding his bike very carefully.
The dogs and the two Hu Zai were very happy, running and chasing each other around the car.
Shi Wen was wearing sunglasses and ignored the guys, focusing only on riding his bike.
As they approached the spot where they had been ambushed by the snow leopard, the Hu Zai and dogs that had been chasing and playing suddenly stopped in unison.
All the little guys lowered their heads, bared their fangs, and barked at the front: "Woof woof!" "Woof!"
Shi Wen pulled up his sunglasses and examined the snow closely before he could clearly see the plum blossom prints on the snow.
Shi Wen sensed something was wrong and was about to lead the little ones back when a howling sound suddenly came from ahead.
The howl had a unique smoky quality, quite different from the roars of tigers and cats he had heard before.
Shi Wen glance over there warily.
A snow leopard suddenly emerged from behind a snowdrift.
The snow leopard met his gaze, its round eyes filled with hesitation.
Suddenly, the snow leopard rolled on the ground, exposing its soft belly to him, its large, furry ears twitching, and it meowed at him.
Shi Wen: "???"
Seeing that he didn't react, the snow leopard rubbed itself against the snow and meowed again.
The sound was like a guy with a husky voice deliberately making a high-pitched, squeaky-voiced sound to be cute.
Shi Wen immediately got goosebumps, then quickly realized: Wait, snow leopard, you're a top predator, why are you coming to me to act cute?
Chapter 46
Shi Wen and the snow leopard stared at each other blankly.
Upon Shi Wen little reaction, its eyes narrowing slightly and its ears tucked back a little, giving it an even more domineering presence.
Shi Wen, fearing it might suddenly attack and hurt the dogs, spread his arms and pressed down, signaling the Hu Zai and dogs to hide behind him.
The dogs remained crouched and pressed down, poised to attack at any moment.
The two Hu Zai, even as newborn tigers, showed no fear of the leopard. They grinned, revealing their milk teeth, and bared a soft, menacing "Woof--" at the snow leopard.
The snow leopard completely ignored them, focusing only on Shi Wen's expression.
After testing it for a while, it hesitated and stepped back, squatted down, and used its long tail to circle its paws.
It assumed a waiting posture.
Upon Shi Wen this, Shi Wen led his two Hu Zai and four dogs back a few meters. Once the distance between them had increased slightly, he took out his phone and called Zhou Hongzhong.
Zhou Hongzhong was shocked when he received the call, "What?! You're saying the snow leopard has come down again? We clearly released it in the mountains more than 100 kilometers away, how did it find its way back? Is it the same snow leopard?"
Shi Wen squinted at the snow leopard. "Judging by the markings, it's clearly the same snow leopard."
Zhou Hongzhong: "How could this be? Is it because it's hard to find food on the mountain, and it's longing for the good life down below where it's fed, so it ran down here?"
There are cases all over the world of rescued animals being released and then brought back—many of them are lions, tigers, eagles, and other wild beasts. Some animals have even learned to stage accidents.
It's too difficult to survive in the wild, so once they feel safe in a certain place, they often come back.
The problem is that snow leopards, which are highly vigilant animals, shouldn't exhibit such behavior.
Shi Wen listened silently to Zhou Hongzhong's rambling on the other end of the phone, thinking about his Qilin Bloodline. Perhaps his bloodline made the snow leopard feel that he was one of their own?
Or did that roar intimidate the snow leopard?
Did the snow leopard take a liking to him and come to seek refuge with him?
In any case, it is definitely not advisable to take in a snow leopard on a ranch. It is a pure wild animal, and it is an uninjured wild animal with the ability to hunt on its own.
Shi Wen looked at the obediently crouching snow leopard, sighed, and said to Zhou Hongzhong on the other end of the phone, "Take some men and bring it back—"
The snow leopard and Shi Wen locked eyes, then the leopard let out a soft hiss, "Meow?"
Shi Wen continued, "If you catch it a couple more times, it will learn it can't go down the mountain."
Zhou Hongzhong readily agreed, "Okay, I'll bring men and tranquilizer guns right away."
Thus, the snow leopard's second attempt to storm the pasture in the snowstorm ended with it being tackled and carried back by Zhou Hongzhong and his men.
I doubt it will come a third time.
On the third visit, Shi Wen still had to make the resolute call to Zhou Hongzhong to take it away.
After the snow leopard was taken away, there were no other dangerous wild animals in the pasture, and everything seemed very peaceful.