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A week later, Shi Wen early one day and heard the dogs barking angrily outside, along with the shouting of a middle-aged man.

He thought a guest had come to visit, so he went out to check, only to find no middle-aged man at all, just three Bactrian camels outside, neighing and confronting the dogs.

Shi Wen at the camels before him, Shi Wen said with admiration, "Why are you all as stubborn as your master?"

The camels: "Oh--oh--"

The camels had come from afar and even brought him wild rabbits. Shi Wen touched, so he took some hay and soybeans from the pasture from the house, put them in a basket, and gave them to the camels to eat.

The camels didn't stand on ceremony and stuck their heads into the basket to eat heartily.

Shi Wen's little camel must have heard the voices of its kind, because it came out of the barn and looked at the scene before it with curiosity.

Shi Wen turned and gestured for it to go, and the little camel quickly ran away into the barn.

Shi Wen said to the camels in front of him, "Our ranch lacks nothing, so please don't send us anything anymore."

Whether the camels understood or not, they kept their heads down and focused on eating, clearly enjoying themselves immensely.

While feeding the camels, Shi Wen called Yao Guocheng to tell him that his camels were there and asked him to come and pick them up quickly.

Yao Guocheng arrived on his motorcycle. Seeing Shi Wen, he laughed and said, "You know what, if we're going to take a shortcut, our houses are actually quite close."

Shi Wen was impressed by this carefree fellow and waved his hand, saying, "Hurry up and take your camels back; aren't you going to take them to the scenic area to greet guests later?"

Yao Guocheng: "Then I'll go. Thank you too."

The wild rabbits left behind by the camels are still there.

Shi Wen, Shi Wen decided to give the snow leopard cub an extra meal.

The snow leopard cub is now able to eat meat, but its teeth haven't been replaced yet and are still a bit soft to the touch. This wild rabbit isn't big, so it's perfect for the cub to gnaw on.

Shi Wen hope that it can remain wild.

Although the leaders of the Sanjiangyuan National Park have decided to take it over, it will still have to hunt for itself once it gets there.

Shi Wen was a little worried about whether the snow leopard cub would be able to survive in that area when it grew up, so he could only give it special training as soon as possible.

Perhaps we could give it a smaller living creature, like a chicken or something.

If you want to train it with chickens, you'll have to buy a batch of chickens from outside. The Bress chickens at home won't work; they're too aggressive.

There were many chores on the ranch, and Shi Wen didn't pay much attention to the camels.

Unexpectedly, when I woke up again one day, I could still hear the "oh-oh--" sounds outside, and the dogs' angry "woof woof" echoed across the ranch.

Shi Wen rubbed his ears as he walked outside, saying to Yan Kexing, "Why are they here again? Could they have fallen in love with our house?"

Yan Kexing: "Maybe they got a taste of the treats when you fed them yesterday, and now they're coming back for more food."

Shi Wen, "Really? Then I won't feed them today."

Shi Wen went outside, there was indeed a group of camels standing outside the ranch.

Yesterday there were only three, but today there are nine. So many camels standing outside the pasture, excitedly making "ooh ooh" noises, are quite a nuisance.

Fortunately, they were the only ranch nearby, otherwise they would definitely have received complaints.

"Don't come here, we're not feeding you hay today." Shi Wen spread his arms and herded the camels outside. "Go back, don't stay here."

The camels seemed not to understand him and kept trying to squeeze in, groaning, "Oh--oh--"

Shi Wen had no choice but to call Yao Guocheng: "Your camels are here again."

Yao Guocheng: "Hey? I'll go check. It really is! I'll come right over and take them away."

Shi Wen, "Hurry up and come over. I won't feed them today, lest they start eyeing the hay on my pasture and keep coming over."

"Don't feed them, don't feed them! I haven't lacked their fodder." Yao Guocheng held up the phone and drove his motorcycle straight over. "I'm coming right away, Young Brother Shi, wait for me a moment."

Yao Guocheng arrived quickly.

He parked his motorcycle to the side, took out three ropes, and tied them to the camels. "My camels are indeed a bit too mischievous. Tomorrow I won't let them out; they'll just stay inside and graze."

Shi Wen, "That's fine. I feel like we should keep them locked up for a while longer, until they forget they came here."

"Okay. I'll head back now." Yao Guocheng picked up the three camels and slowly rode his motorcycle back.

Shi Wen quickly stopped him. "What about the remaining six camels?"

Yao Guocheng's eyes widened. "These six camels don't belong to me!"

Shi Wen, "Whose is that?"

"I can't tell them apart either," Yao Guocheng his head. "To me, all these camels look pretty much the same. I only recognized my three because they had tags on them. You can see my name and phone number on the tags."

Shi Wen closer inspection, the remaining six camels were bare and rather small, leading one to wonder if they were juvenile camels that Yao Guocheng had abducted.

Since it doesn't Yao Guocheng, it must belong to a nearby herder.

Shi Wen took photos and videos, sent them to the group, explained the situation, and asked everyone to claim the items.

People in the group started popping up:

Whose camel is this? It's quite handsome.

[@All members, whose camel is missing? It's at Shi Wen's house. Go check on it right away.]

[I must say, these camels are actually quite pretty.]

Could it be that someone's camel escaped from the summer pasture?

Shi Wen messages scrolling up in the group chat, but no one came forward to claim them, so I had to leave the chat temporarily.

Since the news has already spread, if anyone's camel goes missing, they can easily find out that the camel is with them.

Herdsmen usually take in lost livestock from other people so that the owners won't be unable to find them when they come looking for them.