Chapter 109 (continued)

Shi Wen laughed, "They're all growing on its territory, how could it not notice?"

Lin Chengqian said, "We see raspberries quite often outside, but the one that Mother Tiger led us to find seems to have particularly delicious fruit."

Yan Kexing: "Because the raspberries on this raspberry vine are already ripe, wild berries are usually pecked off by birds before they are fully ripe."

Ge Yue suddenly realized, "I was wondering why the taste was different, and whether these raspberries were some special variety. Turns out they were just overripe. But finding fully ripe raspberries in the wild is quite rare."

They chatted as they returned to the ranch.

The dogs hadn't returned yet, and Zhang Deyuan was out herding the livestock; the pasture was quiet.

Shi Wen them to rest well and went to check on their own livestock.

He wanted to catch a batch of livestock and geese to give to the forest rangers and the firefighters who had fought the fire that day, but he needed to see what kind of livestock he could catch now.

It's only the middle of the year, and they don't have many livestock left for consumption.

Neither the sheep nor the cattle were fully grown, and the sheep and pigs had not been fattened up and had not reached their optimal consumption period.

That means geese can be caught.

They raise their geese well; catching ten or so doesn't affect the flock at all.

Shi Wen that fifteen geese and three sheep have been selected, and the plan is to send one sheep and five geese to each team, along with some cheese and honey.

Their family has saved up dozens of kilograms of honey, and now they can finally taste it.

Shi Wen acted immediately, contacting people the very next day to deliver various kinds of food.

He offered his sincere donations, but to his surprise, no unit would accept them, not even the forest ranger station.

The stationmaster smiled and politely declined, saying, "We have rules; we can't take things from the people."

Shi Wen, "We've already brought everything, why don't you stay and try some? We've already eaten so much food from your station, what's wrong with you trying some local specialties from my ranch?"

The station manager was very polite, but also very firm. "We really can't accept this; we have rules."

There was really no way to enforce discipline, and Shi Wen didn't want to make things difficult for people, so he had no choice but to take the supplies back as they were.

Seeing his dejection, Yan Kexing said, "Since they won't accept it, let's donate money. There are several non-governmental organizations in the city that regularly organize volunteers to go up the mountain for fire prevention and wildlife rescue. Donating to these organizations will allow them to send more people up the mountain to patrol and nip dangers in the bud, so they won't face as many dangers."

Shi Wen's eyes lit up. "I think this will work."

Shi Wen already had the qualifications to sell ranch products and also had the "Shi Family Ranch" trademark; the relevant permits and licenses had been processed by the Abnormal Affairs Bureau long ago.

He plans to sell the products online so that he won't need to arrange additional people and venues.

These herders already enjoy policy support, Shi Wen's special status, coupled with the assistance of the Abnormal Affairs Bureau, has made his online store very successful.

On the day his online store opened, after setting up the link, he made a point of promoting it on his WeChat Moments.

Located in a remote border region, mail delivery is difficult. He mainly wants to do business in the local area and see if his friends in the industry can help him sell the goods. If not, he will try to find other ways to sell them outside the region.

His friends were very surprised to see that he had finally opened an online store.

[Your products are so good, why are you selling them online? Just promote them on your WeChat Moments, you'll have no trouble selling them.]

[Brother Shi, why does your online store only have goose eggs? Do you have anything else? Don't hide your good stuff, show it off!]

[Goose eggs are limited in quantity? How come one ID can only buy ten? That's too few, Brother Shi!]

[Just placed an order. I definitely have to support you since you have an online store. Smiley face. JPG]

The messages were varied and numerous. Since it was rare for us to open for business, Shi Wen reply to each one.

The first batch of 700 goose eggs sold out in two hours. At 30 yuan each, no one complained about the price.

Shi Wen to make two more links.

One is a link to geese, 160 yuan per catty (approximately 500 grams) for live geese, limited to 15 geese.

The other link is for sheep, live sheep for 180 yuan per catty, limited to three sheep only.

After these two links were uploaded, the products sold out instantly.

Shi Wen checked the address and found that all the people who placed the orders were acquaintances.

He didn't send a package; instead, he drove directly to the door.

One of the customers who bought a sheep and a goose was Baoye A Sai.

Baoye A Sai said, "I've been craving your geese for a long time. When I borrowed your geese to eat locusts before, these geese were always hanging around under my nose. I was wondering when I would get a chance to eat some. I didn't expect you to start selling them so soon."

Shi Wen smiled and said, "Then hurry up and try it. Tell me your opinion after you've finished. I'll see if there's anything that needs improvement."

Baoye A Sai: "Your geese are so good, there's definitely no problem. If there's any issue, it might be that you sold them a little too cheaply."

Shi Wen, "If it's too expensive, I'm afraid I won't be able to sell it."

"How could that be? You underestimate the wealthy people in the world." Baoye A Sai said with a laugh, "I just saw a friend say that he wanted to buy your geese, but unfortunately you don't sell to out-of-towners. He was just thinking of changing his location to rob them, and they were all gone in the blink of an eye."

Shi Wen, "Live animals are indeed difficult to sell. Wait a few days, and once my honey is on the shelves, I can start shipping it out by express delivery."

When honey was mentioned, Baoye A Sai eagerly asked, "Can I pre-order? How much honey do you want to sell?"

Shi Wen, "About twenty catties? One catty per can. I haven't decided how much to sell it for yet. Wait until I've thought it through before we talk about it."

Baoye A Sai: "So, how much do you think you'd like to sell it for?"

Shi Wen, "Three to five thousand? I wonder if that's a bit expensive? But I've seen that top-quality honey in China can sell for three to five thousand per kilogram, so I feel like my honey should be worth that price."

Baoye A Sai: "Your honey isn't ordinary honey, three to five thousand isn't expensive!"