Chapter 88

Shi Wen, "How did you know?"

Yan Kexing: "I heard a sound."

Shi Wen's eyelashes fluttered gently a few times in Yan Kexing's palm. After adjusting to the outside light through his fingers, Yan Kexing released him and handed him his phone to look at.

Shi Wen picked up his phone, opened the ranch's smart app, and discovered that a cow was indeed in labor, with abnormal heartbeat and other signs of distress.

"I didn't expect it to happen in the middle of the night again." Shi Wen quickly grabbed his coat and wrapped it around himself. "Let's go check it out."

Yan Kexing: "Okay."

The two went to the cowshed.

Sure enough, a cow was about to give birth; her water had already broken.

However, it seemed unable to give birth, pacing restlessly around the cowshed.

Shi Wen quickly rolled up his sleeves and went into the cowshed with Yan Kexing. They led the cow up, tied it to the fence with a rope, and Shi Wen washed his hands and checked the condition of the fetus.

The cow was already pregnant when it was bought, and the calf it was carrying was a size larger than its actual size.

A few days earlier, Shi Wen knew that this cow was bound to have a difficult birth, and he even prepared the injections in advance.

Today, the cow did indeed experience dystocia, but he remained calm, administering injections as needed and adjusting the baby's position as required.

The wait for the cow to give birth was quite long. The two men were busy in the barn for several hours, but the calf still hadn't been born.

Shi Wen said with a chill running down his spine, "We're not going to have to pull our calves out with ropes like Deng Yanma's family did, are we?"

Last time I went to help pull the calves, it almost gave Shi Wen a psychological trauma.

That kind of production method, which involves bloodshed and violence, is really inhumane.

As for performing a cesarean section on a cow, that's also highly unlikely.

Major surgery is too expensive and simply not suitable for this small ranch.

Even if surgery is performed, the cow's recovery will be a problem; it's unlikely that the ranch will wait for the cow to recover slowly.

Raising a cow requires an economic return.

If it really comes to that, the cows are more likely to end up as beef cattle.

Shi Wen rubbed his wrist, hesitating whether he should go and prepare a rope.

If all else fails, the only option is to actually pull the calf out with a rope.

The only fortunate thing is that he and Yan Kexing are both quite strong, so if they really want to pull the calf out, they shouldn't need to ask anyone else for help.

It's already past four in the morning. The cow is tired, and so are we, but it's far from time to relax.

After examining the cow, Yan Kexing said, "Try making her some Ganoderma lucidum and honey water."

Shi Wen subconsciously asked, "Will it work?"

Then, realizing that this was a last resort, he immediately said, "I'll go cook it right away."

Yan Kexing stopped him. "You're more familiar with livestock, so stay here to deliver the babies. I'll go cook."

Shi Wen quickly nodded. "That works too."

The cow mooed loudly, the sound carrying far in the early morning. The family's animals heard it too; the dogs all woke up and surrounded the cow, anxiously checking on her.

Cong Zai, the little fox, and two little tigers were also there.

Even the little horse couldn't sleep; it jumped over the fence and ran out to see what was happening.

Shi Wen turned around and met several eyes.

He instructed Heiwa: "Heiwa, carry the little fox away, but don't scare it."

Heiwa pressed down on the little fox with his paw and actually carried it away.

The little fox was bewildered, whimpered twice, and refused to leave.

Shi Wen, "What are you kids doing getting involved? Wolf King, chase the pony and the Langwa out too."

The Wolf King let out a loud "howl," and indeed carried out Shi Wen's command, driving the two creatures away.

Shi Wen him massaging the cow.

The baby's position has been almost corrected, but the cow is too weak to give birth easily.

Yan Kexing over a basin of Ganoderma lucidum and honey water, which he had specially diluted with warm water so that the cow could drink it easily.

When the basin was placed in front of the cow, she disregarded the pain and immediately perked up. She struggled to her feet, plunged her head into the basin, and began to drink voraciously.

The smell of Ganoderma lucidum and honey water made Heiwa and the others crave it, and they started swallowing their saliva.

However, they were very well-behaved, and none of them made a fuss about wanting to drink the Ganoderma lucidum honey water.

After drinking it for a while, whether it was because the Ganoderma lucidum and honey water really worked or because the cow regained her strength, she struggled for more than twenty minutes and finally gave birth to a fluffy brown calf.

The calf was actually in relatively good condition when it was born; the long and difficult labor didn't seem to have affected it much.

It struggled to get closer to the cow.

The mother cow then sticks out her tongue to lick the calf.

The cow will also need to expel placenta and lochia, so continue to massage her Shi Wen and check for birth injuries on both mother and calf.

After chasing the little ones out, Yan Kexing came to help.

The two worked busily, and by daybreak, the cow had already cleaned the calf.

The cleaned calf is a beautiful brown bull with big eyes.

Shi Wen took it to be weighed.

This calf weighs a full 84 pounds; no wonder it was so difficult for it to give birth.

Shi Wen carrying a calf was quite strenuous; one had to straighten their back slightly and use the strength of their waist to lift the calf.

Yan Kexing put down the basin he was holding, came over, took the calf from him, and gently placed it on the ground.

Although the calf has just been born, it is already able to stand up on its own.

It also let out a "moo," a soft, childlike sound that was louder than the other calves.

After Yan Kexing put the calf down, he went to pull Shi Wen, but upon hearing the cry, he turned back to look at the calf again.

Shi Wen saw him staring intently at the calf. "What's wrong? Is there something wrong with the calf?"

Yan Kexing: "Something seems off. Let me check it first."

Chapter 88