Chapter 151

Yan Kexing back, and it's starting to rain again.

The rain and mist mingled, turning the world into a vast expanse of white, and the wet grasslands turned from withered yellow to dark yellow.

The whole world was shut out by the rain and suddenly became quiet.

This kind of weather is the worst thing to do – go to work.

Yan Kexing has just returned from a business trip and is resting at home.

Shi Wen also stayed at home, because the work of taking care of livestock was not heavy, and they had large chunks of time to daydream.

The boilers on the ranch were already lit, making the house, livestock sheds, and poultry houses warm and cozy.

Shi Wen was wearing a light long-sleeved shirt and trousers, lounging lazily in a chair, waiting for Yan Kexing to roast pine nuts.

He had previously worked for other people, and more than one family had given him pine nuts.

These pine nuts were all uncooked. His cooking skills were average, and he didn't have the hobby of challenging himself to roast pine nuts, so these pine nuts had been sitting at home unroasted until now.

Now that Yan Kexing back, we can finally get things done.

Yan Kexing wearing a light pullover and trousers, with the sleeves rolled up to his elbows.

He possessed a unique kind of handsome and capable charm, quite different from Professor Yan's scholarly image.

Shi Wen sit comfortably in my chair, openly admiring the beautiful scenery while waiting to eat the pine nuts.

Yan Kexing -fried pine nuts with salt and spice powder.

The roasted pine nuts smelled very good, but the unique aroma of pine nuts was not masked.

The freshly roasted pine nuts were still a little hot to the touch. Shi Wen blew on them and cracked them open, saying, "These pine nuts smell so good, much better than the ones we buy outside."

Yan Kexing: "Perhaps because it hasn't undergone any pre-treatment, you can now taste the original flavor of the pine nuts."

Shi Wen, "That's possible. It's quite delicious, but it's a pity it's too small. It would be better if it were a bit bigger."

Yan Kexing laughed, "Pine nuts aren't very big. If you want larger varieties, you'll have to plant special ones."

Shi Wen, "It's also possible that the soil isn't fertile enough. In a couple of days, when the weather is better, I'll ask around to see if anyone has any pine trees, and I'll dig up a couple to plant on the mountain."

"Okay," Yan Kexing said, "I'll go up the mountain with you to plant them then."

Shi Wen looked at him and asked, "Are you free? Aren't you going on another business trip in a couple of days?"

Yan Kexing: "Where are you going on this business trip?"

"So, you're going back to City B?" Shi Wen, cracking a pine nut. "I heard from Ge Yue and the others that Gong Jiang is about to start preparing his graduation thesis. Are you going back to school to handle related matters?"

Gong Jiang and the other two are all pursuing combined master's and doctoral degrees, a five-year program.

Gong Jiang now meets the graduation requirements and is expected to graduate next year.

Shi Wen didn't really understand this either; he'd only overheard them mention it in conversation.

Yan Kexing laughed and said, "Remote work is fine; there's no need to go there in person."

Shi Wen, "Is that so? That's better."

The two talked and cracked pine nuts.

An Wa and the others couldn't resist the aroma outside, so they poked their heads in, whimpering and acting cute.

Shi Wen couldn't help but laugh Shi Wen saw that all he could see from his seat was a big nose.

He cracked open the pine nuts and threw the kernels out; whoever caught one got to keep it.

An Wa and the others jumped up to catch the pine nuts.

Among them, Heiwa and Wolf King had the fastest reactions, the strongest jumping ability, and caught the most.

However, Heiwa would give way to the other dogs, Wolf King would share with Langwa and An Wa. In this atmosphere of humility, they had a lot of fun.

The mother dog watched from outside, but after a while she couldn't resist joining in the pine nut grabbing.

Shi Wen took care of it, so I specially peeled a handful and put it in my palm for it to eat.

For dogs, eating these finely chopped pine nuts is really too difficult; even a handful isn't enough to fill their teeth.

To Yan Kexing specially baked a batch of pine nut cookies.

Apart from basic ingredients such as flour, sugar, and pine nuts, all other ingredients come from the ranch.

The freshly baked pine nut cookies are fragrant and crispy, with a rich milky flavor. To be gentle on dogs' stomachs, they aren't too sweet.

Shi Wen brought out a plate of cookies to share with the dogs. He would eat one cookie and then throw one to each of them; he looked so happy.

Cong Zai doesn't eat this kind of biscuit very often.

The little fox and the little snow leopard didn't eat much; they were just quite greedy.

Seeing Shi Wen and the dogs eating here, she ran over and whined, wanting some cookies too.

Shi Wen had no choice but to give them one piece at a time so they could slowly grind their teeth.

In addition, the horses and brown cattle also need biscuits.

Shi Wen a point of going to the livestock shed to give them biscuits.

Just as Shi Wen was at home interacting with the little ones, Fu Meng came to Shi Wen.

Shi Wen let him in directly. "Brother Fu, what do you need me for?"

Fu Meng laughed, "Can't I come to see you if there's nothing wrong?"

Shi Wen, "No, it's not that. Judging from the way you came to see me in the rain, something must have happened. Here, try some of our pine nut cookies."

Fu Meng took a piece, tasted it, and said, "As expected of Professor Yan's skill."

Shi Wen laughed, "How can you be so sure it's his cooking? Couldn't it have been made by me?"

Fu Meng: "It's not like we just met, and this doesn't seem like something you would do."

After exchanging a few words, Fu Meng said, "Actually, I came today to encourage you to donate."

Fu Meng, a little embarrassed, said, "Isn't this road in our village a bit dilapidated? It's not easy to transport anything out. Since it's winter and we're all relatively free, we'd like to work together to repair this road."

Shi Wen, "This is a good thing."

Fu Meng: "This is good news. The village is short of money, and we need to raise some funds to repair the road, so I came to ask everyone."

Fu Meng pulled a piece of paper from his pocket. "I donated a thousand myself. This is the list of donors in the village. I went to each household and asked. Everyone donated a little. Although you are from our village, you don't live here much, so you might not need this road. Whether you donate or not is up to you. I just came to ask."