Chapter 70

Fu Meng sighed and said unwillingly, "That snowflake beef is too expensive, much more expensive than our beef. Some people in our pastoral area tried to raise those cattle before, and after several years of effort, they didn't make any progress and had to sell them at a loss."

I know this Shi Wen.

Domestic aquaculture technology did start relatively late and lags behind that of other countries.

This is why domestic beef has always struggled to penetrate the high-end market.

The standards for beef are stricter and clearer than those for lamb, and foreign countries have already gained control over this system. If China wants to enter this system, it can only develop according to their system.

Shi Wen doesn't believe that system is standard, objective, or completely beyond question.

Perhaps one day in the future, this generation of livestock farmers will breed better beef cattle breeds, and with their overwhelming advantages, they will be able to crush the evaluation model based on the fattiness of beef. Only then will they be able to truly enter the international high-end market and compete with others for global dominance.

It's too early to talk about these things now.

Shi Wen said to Fu Meng and the others, "The world is always changing. Perhaps one day in the future, we will have cultivated a better breed, and we won't need to worry about how to breed marbled beef to enter the international high-end beef market."

Old Man Ma: "Then it depends on you young people. We old men definitely can't do it."

Shi Wen, "Let's leave it to us young people; we young people can definitely do it."

Old Man Ma was just chatting casually with them, laughing it off and that was it.

Fu Meng was deeply moved. He patted Shi Wen on the shoulder and said, "I might not believe it if others say it's possible, but if you say it's possible, then it definitely is."

Shi Wen, "That's right, we have Professor Yan here. And there are students from the ranch; they're also very capable. They've truly witnessed top international standards, and they'll definitely be able to help breed even better cattle."

Fu Meng: "Then I'll be waiting. If you breed some good cattle, you must sell me two. I'll take advantage of your success and try my luck in the industry."

"Only two? I'll definitely sell you a hundred or two later, so the whole pastoral area can raise cattle well," Shi Wen laughed. "My goal is to lead the entire pastoral area to prosperity."

Chapter 70

Shi Wen after bringing the cow home, it is first kept in a cowshed for simple isolation.

The sixty heifers adapted well to the pasture and quickly settled in at Shi Wen's house. They ate a lot of hay and fodder, clearly enjoying their environment.

I was quite pleased to Shi Wen.

However, he soon had no time to tend to the heifers—his sheep were about to give birth.

February is the due date for Shi Wen's sheep. His family has more than 100 pregnant ewes, including some carrying twins or even triplets.

Shi Wen had absolutely no experience in childbirth, was very nervous about it.

Therefore, he specifically contacted Sikewell in advance, asking Sikewell to come and oversee the event.

Sikewell readily agreed.

To ensure the smooth delivery of the ewes, Aini Shi Wen invited Aini over these past few days to take turns watching over the ewes around the clock, ready to assist them with the births at any time.

In the early hours of February 13th, while watching over the ewes, Aini noticed that one of the ewes was showing signs of giving birth and quickly called Shiwen to Shi Wen.

Shi Wen and Yan Kexing up, put on their clothes, and hurried to the sheepfold.

Upon entering, the two could clearly smell the blood in the sheepfold—the sheep were indeed about to give birth.

Aini greeted them, "You've arrived! Look at that ewe about to give birth!"

Shi Wen turned around and looked around. "Which way?"

Aini led them there.

To ensure safe production, Shi Wen divided the pregnant ewes into groups of five and kept them in a disinfected sheepfold.

The ewes that are about to give birth are in group two.

Shi Wen a long stride, leaped over the fence, and walked into the livestock shed. He could clearly see that the udder of one of the ewes was sunken, and its expression was uneasy as it kept looking back at its belly.

Shi Wen examination, it was found that the ewes were showing very obvious signs of impending birth, especially since their birth canals had begun to secrete mucus, indicating that they could give birth at any time.

Shi Wen of Yan Kexing looking back.

Yan Kexing calmly said from outside the fence, "I'll go heat up the boiler."

Shi Wen quickly nodded. "I'll take care of the ewes here and check on the other ewes as well."

The two divided the work and worked together, each busy with their own tasks.

Aini leaned closer to Shi Wen: "I'll watch over this ewe, why don't you go check on the other ewes?"

Shi Wen, "Thank you for your help."

Shi Wen take out a pen and notebook from beside the sheepfold to check on the ewes.

All the ewes in their household are numbered; there are a total of 105 ewes, and 43 of them are currently in the first batch to give birth.

Shi Wen that each pair of ewes was marked to indicate their condition.

Of these 43 ewes, 11 were carrying twins and 7 were carrying triplets.

Ewes carrying a single lamb should be able to give birth on their own, but this is not necessarily the case for ewes carrying twins or triplets.

Shi Wen that they were about to give birth, I felt I couldn't handle it, so I called Sikewell.

Shi Wen had already arranged it with Sikewell, so Sikewell wasn't surprised to receive his call. He simply said, "Wait for me a moment, I'll be right there."

"Okay." Shi Wen at the still dark sky outside and added, "The situation isn't too critical. Take your time and be careful."

Sikewell laughed, "I know what I'm doing, don't worry."

Shi Wen right after I finished making the phone call, a ewe started giving birth.

Their ewes are well-trained; even last winter when the weather was very cold, they would Shi Wen be driven out to graze whenever the weather was good, so they are in very good physical condition.

The first ewe to give birth gave birth to a snow-white lamb covered in mucus in just over twenty minutes.

The lamb was born and soon let out a soft, baby babbling sound, "Baa--"

The ewe can recognize her lamb, and she turns her head to lick the slime off the lamb, while the lamb burrows under the ewe's belly.