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Yan Kexing carefully examined the calf's condition, Shi Wen watched from the side.

After a while, Yan Kexing gently flicked the calf's forehead, looked at it, and said, "This calf has developed intelligence; it's different from ordinary calves."

Shi Wen also looked at the calf. "Does 'Kaihui' mean that it's smarter?"

Yan Kexing: "It may possess emotions; in the words of those with Abilities, it may possess spirituality."

Shi Wen immediately realized, "Then they can't be raised as beef cattle or breeding cattle."

"There's no such saying. It's just that its emotions are stronger than those of ordinary cattle, and it's more human-like." After a pause, Yan Kexing said, "It should be suitable as a breeding bull."

Many small animals have emotions, especially pets.

Shi Wen opened the ranch, he had already decided to use only those animals without feelings for commercial purposes; if they had feelings, he would find another way to raise them.

He doesn't know how others balance this issue; this is the only path he can think of.

The calf was just born, Shi Wen hadn't yet figured out what to do with it.

However, it's still small. Let's raise it for a while longer until it's weaned.

There are many lactating cows and ewes on the ranch, and the family gets a lot of milk every day. Apart from setting aside some for their calves, the rest is used on the ranch.

Milk tea, dairy products, cheese, butter... they make and store all sorts of dairy products.

For this reason, Shi Wen specially cleaned out the warehouse, and now the shelves in the warehouse are neatly filled with fermenting cheese.

A cool, well-ventilated environment will bring out a more appealing flavor in cheese.

Just then, the permit for repairing their poultry shed arrived, and the ranch needed to be renovated again.

Shi Wen suggested that they simply ask A Sai and his team to renovate their home as well.

He and Yan Kexing now share a room, so the guest room in the house can be eliminated.

He combined the two rooms into one large room with a bathroom, then converted the guest room into a study, and replaced the windows in each room with large, soundproof, and heat-insulating floor-to-ceiling windows. He also completely replaced the interior decorations.

This renovation made the house feel much bigger and gave it a neat and beautiful country style.

The house now feels more like a home for the two of them.

After renovating the house and repairing the poultry shed, Shi Wen weaned the lambs born at home.

These lambs are already able to graze on grass and hay on their own, but they still continue to nurse while grazing.

Shi Wen in order to cultivate this batch of high-quality lambs, they have been neglecting them.

We can't let this continue any longer. As the lambs grow bigger, their need for milk increases. If we continue to let the ewes nurse, they will become exhausted and thin, affecting their breeding this fall and winter.

The gestation period for ewes is about five months. Here, they usually have two litters every three years. Now they wean the lambs and then help the ewes get in shape for a few months so that they can reach their best condition when they are ready for breeding in the fall and winter.

Working on a ranch is a process that particularly tests long-term planning.

If you have any plans for this fall or next spring, you should start making them now.

After reviewing the situation of these sheep, Shi Wen determined that now was the optimal time to wean them.

Once the sheep are weaned, the ranch's intelligent system will be fully completed.

After handing Shi Wen over with Yang Yiqing left their ranch and returned to school to continue her studies and prepare her doctoral design and dissertation.

Shi Wen her off, the ranch was once again occupied by just him and Yan Kexing working there.

However, work isn't too busy overall right now, and I have many pets at home, Shi Wen the smell is usually fine.

That evening, Yan Kexing worked at his desk as usual, Shi Wen leaned against the headboard watching the news.

After Yang Yiqing returned to school, they kept in touch. Yang Yiqing recommended several websites developed by Australia ranchers to Shi Wen, suggesting that he could visit them when Shi Wen had time.

It often contains the latest international news on animal husbandry.

Foreign ranches developed earlier and are larger in scale, giving them a clear advantage.

Lately, he has been enjoying browsing articles about ranch design and the front lines of animal husbandry, and has even followed several farmers to learn about their farming and ranch models.

Today, while he was browsing the internet, he came across a familiar-looking farmer.

The breeder received a new miniature horse as a gift.

These ponies, even when fully grown, are not much bigger than a puppy, and are generally bred for children to practice riding skills.

This farmer adopted a miniature horse as a pet and has had quite a bit of interaction with it.

The miniature pony in the video looks quite intelligent and interacts with its owner in a very natural way, just as well as cats and dogs.

Shi Wen had a few interactions with this farmer through comments. I saw she was asking for comments, so I commented that I also have a very cute calf that was only recently born but is already very smart.

Farmer: [Really? Is it a pet cow?]

This Shi Wen the first time I've encountered the concept of a pet cow: [No, it's just a regular cow, but it might become one of our pets.]

Farmer: [Wow, look at your cattle.]

Shi Wen found a picture of a calf in his album and sent it to him.

Immediately afterward, while waiting for the farmer's reply, he checked out information about pet cattle.

There are quite a few pet cows on the market, but most of them are miniature cows; very few people actually keep large cows as pets.

This cow eats and poops so much that most families really can't handle it.

However, there are indeed pet owners who prefer large, imposing bulls, rather than cute calves.

Shi Wen searched with great interest, and he found that there really are all kinds of people in this world; he gained a lot of knowledge.

Just as Shi Wen the web, the farmer quickly replied online: [So cute! Your cows are adorable!]

Breeder: [Its fur is so beautiful, like a fluffy little angel, I really want to kiss it!]

Shi Wen a picture of a local brown bull online and sent it to him: [Actually, it might look like this when it grows up. Not a little angel, but a sculpture of strength and beauty.]