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The ibex was frightened by a large group of people visiting it this morning and is now cowering in a corner, refusing to come out.

Zhou Hongzhong stepped into the cattle pen, put on gloves, and inspected the lambs. "These lambs are less than three months old, quite healthy, nothing wrong."

Shi Wen leaned against the edge of the cattle pen and asked, "What will you do with this little guy when you take him back?"

Zhou Hongzhong: "Let's see if there's any chance to return it to its family. If not, we'll have to send it to a zoo. What do you suggest?"

Shi Wen, "No, I just wanted to ask how you plan to handle this. If it really doesn't work out, you can leave it with me; I'll reluctantly take care of it for a while."

Zhou Hongzhong shook his head. "Let's send it to the zoo. There are so many carnivores here; I'm terrified for the ibex."

Zhou Hongzhong and his men quickly took the ibex away.

When the Wolf King saw the ibex being loaded onto the truck, it howled in dissatisfaction and even tried to jump onto the truck to fight Zhou Hongzhong and his men.

Shi Wen quickly grabbed the Wolf King's ears and held it between his legs. "Take it easy, or we might take you away too."

Wolf King: "Awoo--"

Shi Wen, "This lamb really can't be raised. I'll buy some real Dolan Sheep in a couple of days so you can have your fill."

After much persuasion and offering two extra chicken legs, Shi Wen finally managed to calm the Wolf King down.

Of course, if the Wolf King got an extra meal, the other little guys had to get one too, even the ponies needed an extra carrot, otherwise they would definitely make a fuss.

With so many pets at home, Shi Wen has now become a perfect master of balancing things, and no one can outdo him.

Since the decision to buy Dolan Sheep had already been made, Shi Wen asked Fu Meng to quickly tell his friend that he was going to visit his friend's ranch.

His friend seemed really determined to make the move; after receiving the news, he personally drove over to pick them up early that morning.

That friend was named Fu Boxiu, and he had a very cheerful personality. Seeing that Shi Wen was surprised by his name, Fu Boxiu laughed and said, "Is there some kind of connection between me and Fu Meng? Maybe we were family hundreds of years ago."

Fu Meng: "If it weren't for your surname, I wouldn't have noticed you in the first place."

Shi Wen that "there aren't many people with the surname Fu here."

"Not many, our two families might have migrated from the same place," Fu Boxiu said, driving. "There aren't many people with the surname Shi here, yours is quite unique."

Shi Wen, "I also moved here from somewhere else."

Fu Boxiu: "Haha, then we are all brothers who have gathered here from all over the world."

As they chatted, they hurried toward Fu Boxiu's ranch, and the time didn't seem to drag on.

Fu Boxiu's ranch was larger than Fu Meng's ranch, covering more than 500 acres.

He told Shi Wen, "Our family was allocated 300 mu before, but it wasn't enough, so we rented another 200 mu. Actually, it's still not enough. I'll rent a little more when I have the chance. Your large ranch is exactly what I'm looking for."

Shi Wen that "a large ranch is very difficult to manage."

Fu Boxiu: "Hahaha, I don't care, I'm going to rent it. I'll have my fun first. This way, my family used to raise a lot of Dolan Sheep, but now we only have a few left. If you like them, just pay a little money and take them."

Shi Wen curiously, "Why don't you keep them anymore?"

"There used to be a lot of buzz around Dolan Sheep; a single one could easily sell for tens or hundreds of thousands of yuan. Now it's not like that anymore. A sheep only fetches ten or twenty thousand. There's no point in investing. I might as well quit and do something else," Fu Boxiu bluntly. "Now, nobody would consider Dolan Sheep an investment, right? If someone still wants to invest, they're bound to lose money."

Fu Meng was afraid of Fu Boxiu's big mouth. "You'd better watch your mouth, or do you still want to do business with Shi Wen?"

Fu Boxiu: "I'm telling the truth, I don't make money by going against my conscience."

Shi Wen his hand, "I don't mind. My family bought them, so we should keep them for ourselves. But who knows, if the price is good, we might sell them."

Fu Boxiu: "My family originally wanted to keep it for ourselves, but after slaughtering one, we felt like we were spending money on it, and we just couldn't eat it anymore, so we decided to sell it."

Dolan Sheep are expensive, and Fu Boxiu them very carefully, with each sheep pen being separate.

Shi Wen closer inspection, it became clear that the quality of their Dolan Sheep was actually quite good, reaching a high standard.

Shi Wen into the sheepfold and saw that the three lambs were all born to ewes this year and were not yet three months old.

He examined the teeth and found that the two ewes were over four years old, quite old, and could only have three or four more ewes at most before they could no longer reproduce.

Shi Wen after the sheep, Fu Boxiu introduced the situation of the Dolan Sheep.

His ewes were a bit old, but the price wasn't high. "Brother Shi, if you like them, take them all for fifty thousand."

In Qile Moge, a lamb costs 12,000. The sheep here in Fu Boxiu are of slightly lower quality, but two adult sheep and three lambs only cost 50,000, which is a really good deal.

After confirming that there were no problems, Shi Wen readily agreed, "Okay, fifty thousand it is, let's be friends."

Fu Boxiu: "Good brother. I'll drive you home later. Go back this afternoon, it's almost noon, have lunch at my place."

Shi Wen, "No need, I couldn't possibly accept that."

Fu Boxiu: "What's there to be embarrassed about? We've already started preparing the meal. Listen to me, let's eat here. Fu Meng and I haven't seen each other in a long time, let's have a good lunch today."

Fu Boxiu insisted on keeping them, citing Shi Wen's reason that he couldn't refuse.

Shi Wen had no choice but to agree.

Seeing that they had agreed, Fu Boxiu said he would go and catch chickens for them to eat.

Shi Wen, "Didn't you say your sister-in-law had prepared lunch?"

Fu Boxiu didn't mind being exposed at all, and said with a grin, "We've finished the rest, but we're still missing one main dish."

Fu Meng: "Have you raised your chickens yet?"

Fu Boxiu: "I think I've successfully raised authentic free-range grassland chickens. You guys try them later and help me judge their quality."

Upon Shi Wen the key phrase, a thought struck me, "Free-range chicken from the grasslands?"