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Yan Kexing nodded. "Just take it to feed them, the wolves' share is in there too."

Wolves and dogs both belong to the gray wolf family, and they don't even have reproductive isolation, so they can barely be considered the same kind. It's quite normal for them to eat from the same pot.

Shi Wen happily brought food to feed them, and the dogs, as usual, showed great enthusiasm for breakfast, wagging their tails like whirlwinds.

When they arrived at the Wolf King's place, the sickly Wolf King was curled up on the hay, showing little interest in the dog food, but he still ate it nonetheless.

Perhaps due to recent unpleasant circumstances and the unbearable feeling of hunger, it has lost its picky eating habits.

While feeding the Wolf King, Shi Wen check its wounds.

The Wolf King, utterly despondent, offered no resistance, Shi Wen turning the wolf over and over in his hands. Such a large wolf, yet exuding a profound sense of despondency.

Shi Wen understood its frustration at losing its territory and being injured. After checking on it and giving it its medicine, he didn't bother it anymore.

After finishing the chores at home, Shi Wen planned to check on the beehives again and replace the hand warmers on them with new ones.

Yan Kexing with him.

The two strolled through the pasture after the blizzard.

Under the gray sky, birds occasionally flew by. On the snow-covered grassland, the red fox's silhouette stood out prominently.

Shi Wen took a deep breath of the cold air, the chill penetrating to his very core, which invigorated him. "The pasture after the snow is so beautiful; I wish it weren't so cold."

Yan Kexing looked up into the distance. "It's not always so cold, but it's always so beautiful."

The two walked slowly, checking not only the beehives but also the pasture.

Everything was fine on the ranch; they checked it over and found nothing that needed repair.

As they were getting back to the yard, Shi Wen saw a pickup truck parked outside the ranch.

Pikachu looked very familiar. Shi Wen and Yan Kexing a glance and quickly walked over.

As Fu Meng stepped out of the pickup truck, he greeted Shi Wen and Yan Kexing with, "Hey, you've come at the right time. I brought you some meat and sausages."

Shi Wen: "What kind of meat?"

Fu Meng: "Horse meat and horse sausage. A horse died in a fall yesterday, so I brought you some meat and sausage to try."

Shi Wen immediately asked, "Is that person alright?"

"It's nothing, just a horse." Fu Meng pulled two large bags of horse meat and horse sausage from the back of the pickup truck. "Shi Wen, you should like to eat this, have a taste."

"Brother Fu, you're carrying way too much." Shi Wen took the bag and couldn't help but feel sorry for him. "This weighs dozens of kilograms."

Fu Meng chuckled, "You have a lot of people here, so a stir-fried pot of horse meat will be gone in two meals. Okay, I'm not talking to you anymore, I'm going to go chop some creeping pine trees."

Shi Wen: "Climbing pine?"

Yan Kexing explained, "There's a local custom of burning creeping pine trees when the weather is too cold to prevent colds."

Fu Meng nodded. "Yes, yes, that's it. Every winter we cut some down to burn and smoke."

Shi Wen: "Do you fumigate it at home?"

Fu Meng: "Just fumigate the yard and the livestock shed; the smoke is too strong indoors. The main purpose is to prevent livestock from getting sick."

Shi Wen with some skepticism, "Will it even work?"

"It's a local custom, and it seems to be quite effective, right?" Fu Meng said. "Everyone cuts it down every year, so it definitely doesn't do any harm. It even smells quite nice when burned, with a refreshing scent like pine and cypress."

Shi Wen, intrigued, suggested, "Why don't we go and cut some down too?"

This was said to Yan Kexing.

Yan Kexing had no objection. "It's a good opportunity to go out for a stroll."

Shi Wen that the others were going to cut down creeping pines, Gong Jiang and the other two said they wanted to go too.

Immediately afterward, the two Hu Zai saw that they were about to leave, ran out and grabbed Shi Wen's pants, not letting him go.

Fu Meng found it amusing and suggested, "Why don't we go out together?"

Shi Wen him look down at the two Hu Zai.

The two Hu Zai pawed at him from the left and right, like two guardian deities.

Meeting his gaze, the Hu Zai barked, "Woof--"

Their voices were slightly deep, with a hint of a lisp, clearly learned from Cong Zai. However, their eyes weren't nearly as big as Cong Zai's, and they had a rather imposing appearance, making their imitation a little subtle.

Funny

Unable to Shi Wen their low-pitched whining, Shi Wen smiled and looked at Yan Kexing: "Can we bring them along?"

Yan Kexing considered it for a moment before saying, "Take it with you; consider it part of your field training."

Shi Wen and said to Fu Meng, "Brother Fu, why don't you give us some directions and we'll go cut down the creeping pine trees ourselves? Otherwise, it's too dangerous for two tigers to be mixed up with everyone."

Fu Meng: "That will work too. Do you remember the mountain where we picked blueberries? A little further up there are creeping pines everywhere. Don't just cut down one plant at a time; spread out and cut down several plants. They'll grow back next spring."

Shi Wen nodded. "Okay, we understand."

Fu Meng said goodbye to them and drove off in his pickup truck.

Shi Wen them drive off-road vehicles into the mountains, where they can go up to the halfway point, until they can't go any further.

Because they had to take care of the two Hu Zai, Gong Jiang was the Gong Jiang today. Ge Yue sat in the passenger seat, Shi Wen and Yan Kexing sat in the back seat, and Lin Chengqian squeezed in by the door.

The two Hu Zai were right at their feet.

Perhaps because Shi Wen and Yan Kexing there, the two Hu Zai were quite well-behaved, lying under the seats, not moving or making a fuss, at most barking a couple of times.

Shi Wen opened his phone and specifically checked the locators on the two Hu Zai. After confirming that they were still functioning normally, he breathed a sigh of relief.

If the two Hu Zai get carried away playing and run away, we can find them using the locator.

Gong Jiang drove slowly, and after more than half an hour, the SUV reached the mountainside. It couldn't go any higher, and even if it managed to get up, it wouldn't be very safe.

Shi Wen and Yan Kexing got out of the car with the two Hu Zai.

The snow in the mountains hadn't been cleared. The two Hu Zai pounced into the snow, which was almost up to their armpits, but they weren't afraid of the cold at all. They ran around in the snow with their tails up, making excited purring noises.