Chapter 54

The Langwa, Shi Wen in Shi Wen's arms, was anxious to see everyone eating. It barked and its little tail kept swishing against Shi Wen's chest and abdomen.

Shi Wen could only give it two small pieces of goose breast meat, plus a goose thigh bone, so it could slowly gnaw on it—after all, it couldn't chew the bones, so it could only taste them.

Shi Wen was busy feeding the pets at home, Yan Kexing finished cooking the last two dishes.

Ge Yue and the other two jogged to the dining room with the dishes. Seeing Shi Wen still playing with the Langwa, Lin Chengqian quickly called out, "Brother Shi, dinner's ready!"

"Okay. I'll wash my hands and be right there." Shi Wen smiled and went to the kitchen to wash her hands. After drying them, she and Yan Kexing took the bowls to the dining room.

After everyone finally sat down to eat lunch, they all immediately picked up the goose meat with their chopsticks.

Upon tasting the first bite, Lin Chengqian exclaimed, "Delicious! This goose smells wonderful!"

Shi Wen already tasted it before, and not being hungry, I was more inclined to savor this goose slowly.

He said, "Compared to the geese I've tasted before, this goose is sweeter and more tender. The meat is thicker and firmer, with the unique aroma of goose meat, but without any gamey smell."

Gong Jiang: "Perhaps because they are free-range, they are very active and have a varied diet, which helps them accumulate flavor compounds."

Shi Wen, "I think it's very likely."

Ge Yue didn't know much about geese, but as he gnawed on the goose meat, he said, "This goose is delicious, much better than those geese that cost thousands or tens of thousands, even better than Boss Ma's geese, more fragrant and fresher."

Boss Ma is Ma Bingjun, the owner of the Shi Wen gosling shop Ge Yue and the others had previously said that the geese from Ma Bingjun's shop were the best-tasting geese they had ever eaten.

Lin Chengqian said, "Teacher's skills are excellent, so the goose he makes will naturally taste even better."

Yan Kexing stopped eating. "It has nothing to do with my cooking skills. This goose is really good, somewhat similar to the gross loach meat from hundreds of years ago."

Shi Wen shocked. "A flying dragon? How can goose meat be compared to dragon meat?"

Yan Kexing patiently explained, "Commonly known as the 'flying dragon,' its scientific name is the hazel grouse, a bird with a very delicious flavor, and it is now a protected animal."

Shi Wen looked at the goose meat and said, "Then we'll raise more next year."

Everyone thoroughly enjoyed the goose meat, finishing their plates completely.

After finishing their meal, Gong Jiang and the other two went to wash the dishes on their own initiative, Shi Wen pulled Yan Kexing to check the measurements.

Their goose eggs are larger than regular goose eggs, but the smart incubator has two layers and can incubate fifty eggs at a time without any problem.

Fertilized goose eggs are in a dormant period immediately after being laid, and can be stored for up to half a month if the temperature is suitable.

Shi Wen to carefully pack the goose eggs into a box and store them in the refrigerator.

The refrigerator maintains a constant temperature and humidity, which is much better than the freezing weather outside.

Goose eggs only need to be incubated for about a month to hatch. By the time the goslings hatch, it will be winter outside, so they will probably have to be kept in the cowshed for feeding most of the time, which will require more manpower to take care of them.

This is why it's Shi Wen necessary to hatch a whole batch of geese at once. Otherwise, if you hatch them one by one and keep taking care of them, all your energy will be tied up in that, and you won't have time to do anything else.

It's better to hatch a batch at once, take care of them together for a few days, and when they're a little bigger, they'll be able to take care of themselves.

Shi Wen assessed the difficulty of raising geese and was full of confidence, since they had raised pigeons before, and goslings couldn't be any more difficult to raise.

Chapter 54

Winter's low temperatures don't last forever; this week, the weather has warmed up, occasionally even rising above freezing.

The weather was sunny for a week, with clear skies every day and a starry night every night. The scenery in the pastoral area was breathtaking.

Shi Wen invited Yan Kexing to sit in the courtyard outside, turn on the camping lights, look at the stars, drink hot milk, and chat.

Occasionally, I'll draw the screen to watch a movie.

Shi Wen sometimes think back to my previous city life, and it feels like it was a past life.

When I woke up that morning, it was a bright and sunny day.

Yan Kexing accepted a field research assignment and went out to work.

Shi Wen then asked Old Man Ma and Aini, whom he had invited, to drive the livestock out of the house. He then carried a bottle of mineral water, intending to feed the black bees and let them out to relieve themselves.

This was Reheman reminded him of.

Bees generally don't come out to defecate in winter, but those are wild bees.

Wild bees typically store their feces in their hindgut until spring, when they fly out to collect nectar and excrete.

For artificially raised bees, because the colony is relatively large and food is plentiful, it is best to set aside time and create specific conditions for them to come out and defecate.

These days of consistently sunny weather are perfect.

Shi Wen people wearing bee hats, moving the beehives out of the pavilion, removing the felt covering the beehives, and letting the sun shine directly on them.

Then, he put honey in the large water basin outside, mixed it with mineral water to make honey water, and waited for the bees to come out and drink it, which also promoted their excretion.

The weather was sunny, but it was still windy outside and not very warm.

Black bees are more resistant to cold; otherwise, I wouldn't dare let them out even if Shi Wen.

Shi Wen opened the lid and waited quietly to the side.

A few moments later, a small number of bees flew out.

Then, more and more bees flew out and gathered in front of the flat water dish to drink the honey water. After drinking, they flew to an open space to defecate.

Black bees also have golden-yellow droppings. Shi Wen reveal that their bodies are quite bright in color, and they don't excrete much droppings, just a small dot.

This proves that they have overwintered well, and so far, the bees have been very strong.

Shi Wen recorded the situation. Since everything was fine, he didn't need to do anything. He could just continue to leave water and food for the bees and let them quietly get through the winter.

Taking care of bees is a meticulous task, and bee excretion can continue for several days.

Shi Wen he has been taking care of the bees these past few days, and he has also asked Old Man Ma and Aini to take the livestock out to graze.

These past few days, Shi Wen has also been bringing out the four pigeons from home. When they get close to the beehive, she releases them to fly home freely, training their ability to find their way back.