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Most of the time, we eat freshwater fish at home.

Freshwater fish and seafood taste completely different. As Yan Kexing cooked, the unique fresh aroma of seafood came out.

Shi Wen's stomach was rumbling with hunger, and Yan Kexing fed him several pieces of crab leg meat along the way.

While they were cooking, Shi Wen hear the barking of dogs outside.

He assumed the dogs were barking outside because they were hungry, and didn't pay much attention.

To his surprise, the dogs barked for quite a while without stopping. Listening carefully, he realized that there was a warning in their barking.

Shi Wen stopped what he was doing, turned to Yan Kexing, and asked, "Has anyone come from the ranch?"

Yan Kexing: "Perhaps, you should go out and take a look."

Shi Wen wash their hands, dry them with tissues, and go outside to look around.

Sure enough, a herdsman on horseback was standing outside the pasture, peering into it.

Heiwa and the others barked at the unfamiliar herdsmen, their barks carrying a strong sense of warning.

Shi Wen out and stopped the dogs, asking the herdsman, "Hello, who are you looking for?"

The herdsman's eyes lit up, and he asked loudly, "Have you got a lost herd of horses on your pasture?"

Shi Wen completely bewildered. "A herd of horses? There aren't any, only our own horses."

The herdsman said, "Someone's horse herd has gone missing in our village. If you see it, please call us."

It's common for livestock to go missing on the grasslands. If anyone sees or finds one, just share it in the group chat.

Shi Wen and nodded, saying, "Okay, does the horse have contact information?"

The herdsman said, "They wrote it on my butt with paint. If you saw it, you'd know immediately."

The two exchanged a few words, and the herdsman rode away on his horse, probably to ask at the next ranch.

Shi Wen went back to the kitchen and told Yan Kexing about it.

Yan Kexing said, "We'll keep an eye out when we go out."

Shi Wen, "With so many people out searching, they should find it soon."

The seafood feast is ready today, and its unique aroma fills the entire yard.

Even Cong Zai was drawn over, constantly burrowing around Shi Wen Kexing's feet, sometimes rubbing against Shi Wen, sometimes against Yan Kexing, meowing softly to beg for food.

Shi Wen couldn't resist Cong Zai's whining, so while enjoying the food, she fed Cong Zai crab leg meat and oyster meat.

Cong Zai ate with slurping noises, making happy sounds the whole time.

The little tigers and dogs outside were having a bad time and were barking loudly in protest.

Shi Wen quickly grabbed a bucket and took some crab meat and oysters to feed them.

Each little one comes with three pieces of crab meat and a whole oyster, in addition to egg yolk, steamed pumpkin, liver jelly, chicken leg, and rabbit meat.

The little ones stood in front of their respective food bowls, waiting Shi Wen the signal before burying their heads in their food and devouring it.

After feeding the little ones, Shi Wen went into the dining room to eat with Yan Kexing.

The meat of mud crabs is sweet and delicious; whether it's spicy crab or baked crab, it's all very tasty.

Garlic oysters are plump and tempting; one bite and half an oyster is incredibly delicious.

Shi Wen enjoying delicious food, so happy they almost cry.

Shi Wen his ranch was very peaceful, but other people's ranches were not so peaceful.

That evening, before Shi Wen to bed, Shi Wen checked the village's group chat and found that the missing horses had also been mentioned in the group.

The horses have still not been found; we don't know where they went.

Even though they weren't their own horses, many people in the group were still worried.

If the horse herd is really lost, hundreds of thousands of yuan will be gone.

Others think it's unlikely they're really lost; the area is so small, where could the horses possibly have gone?

Shi Wen didn't have much experience raising horses. He only had two horses, one big and one small, both very intelligent. They often mingled with the dogs and couldn't be driven away, let alone get lost.

He wasn't sure what might have caused the horses to go missing, so he couldn't offer any effective advice and didn't speak in the group chat.

There were many chores to do on the ranch, and I didn't pay much attention Shi Wen the follow-up news about the missing horses.

A few days later, the horse herd's owner Zhake, came to Shi Wen for help. "Young Brother Shi, I heard you're particularly good at spotting animals. Could you help me find my herd? If you can, I'm willing to give you five thousand yuan as a reward."

Shi Wen, "Has your horse still not been found?"

Zhake shook his head in distress. "I've searched the whole area, but I still can't find them. It's like they've vanished."

Shi Wen: "How did they disappear? Did they run away from the barn, or did they vanish while grazing in the wild?"

Unlike cattle and sheep, local horses are mostly released into the wild. They don't come home every day, and sometimes they stay outside for ten days or half a month without their owners caring.

Horses rarely get truly lost; the grasslands are teeming with humans, so where could a horse with its name written on it possibly hide?

They'll only Wanderer outside for ten days to two weeks at most before someone sees them and notifies their owner to take them back.

Zhake told Shi Wen, "It ran away while we were grazing in the valley. We probably didn't realize it was missing for several days, but I don't know exactly when it went missing."

The old herdsman who accompanied Zhake to find Shi Wen said, "We've searched the entire area, but no one has seen the lost herd."

Shi Wen asked, "How many horses are there in total?"

Zhake: "Thirty-two, including the lead horse."

"How could so many horses get lost together?" Shi Wen asked, "Have you called the police?"

Zhake: "It's been reported, but there's been no news from the police."

Losing 32 horses is no small matter; it's worth hundreds of thousands of dollars. No wonder Zhake is so anxious and upset.

Shi Wen agreed without hesitation, "I'll go take a look first, but I might not be able to find it."

Zhake breathed a sigh of relief, "Thank you so much. Really, thank you."

Shi Wen, "Then wait for me a moment. I'll arrange things at the ranch before we go to see it."

With so many livestock on the ranch, we need someone to come and check on Shi Wen at ease.