Chapter 171 (continued)

Yan Kexing: "Let's take this time to nourish them; they've worked so hard."

Their breeding rams were indeed highly productive and hardworking. Shi Wen how they were doing, they simply brought over some Cistanche deserticola and honey, mixed it with honey water, and gave it to the rams to drink. They also carefully prepared a special diet for them.

The rams were nourished and quickly regained their strength.

Sikewell came over to check on their ewes and, seeing that their rams were drinking honey water, couldn't help but say, "Your rams are really extravagant, giving away small jars of Cistanche honey that cost three thousand each just like that?"

Shi Wen, "There's no other way; it's all for the sake of producing better lambs."

Sikewell: "They've been nourished to this extent, they'll definitely give birth. Your ewes are in a relatively short pregnancy, so it's not clear how many lambs are inside yet, but they're all quite healthy, so they shouldn't need any pregnancy-supporting medication. I won't prescribe any additional medicine for you."

Shi Wen, "You're not using any medicine at all?"

Sikewell: "No need, just remember to supplement them with trace elements."

Shi Wen, "That's no problem. The salt blocks we're using are special salt blocks for ewes, so we don't need to replenish them."

Sikewell: "That's fine then. I'll come back to check it again in a while."

After inspecting the ewes, Sikewell noticed their cows and casually remarked, "The ewes are already bred. When will your cows be bred? These Simmental cows are over a year old; aren't they old enough to be bred?"

"We're just waiting for them to come into heat; they'll start mating when they do." Speaking of this, Shi Wen Sikewell, "You have a lot of connections, could you keep an eye out for good bulls for me?"

Sikewell: "Isn't your Laibao a superb bull? Why go to such lengths? I remember you originally wanted to breed a Brown Bull with a Simmental?"

Shi Wen said, "That's true, Laibao is so intelligent, I can't bear to let it become a stud."

"What's there to be reluctant about?" Sikewell asked, puzzled. "Maybe it'd be happy to."

Shi Wen blinked and fell into an eerie silence.

Sikewell suggested, "Why don't you let it try first? What if it just wants to mate with the cow? If it's not interested, you can find another stud."

Shi Wen, "That seems to make some sense?"

Sikewell: "No matter how intelligent it is, it's still a bull, a grown man, and it hasn't been castrated. It's perfectly normal for it to be willing. Maybe it already considers all the cows on the ranch as its wives. If you bring over a bull from outside, it'll get angry with you."

Sikewell advised, "Don't think about these animals from a human perspective. No matter how intelligent they are, they don't have the same moral compass as humans."

This old veterinarian was always the kind of person who did more than he talked, Shi Wen never expected to hear such words from him today.

Shi Wen, "You really reminded me. I'll talk to the cow when she's in heat."

"If you keep them all together, the cow might go into heat," Sikewell said, looking at the cows at the Shi Wen family's house. "I think it's about time; your cows seem to be showing signs of that."

Although Shi Wen has a partner, he hasn't thought about discussing his emotional life with his pets.

He thought about it for several days.

Seeing his hesitant expression, Yan Kexing asked, "Or should I go and talk to Laibao?"

Shi Wen, "No need for that. I just felt something was a little strange."

Shi Wen didn't know how to tell Yan Kexing about the blurred lines between humans and animals.

Yan Kexing, however, understood. "Humans are different even among themselves, let alone between humans and animals. There's really no need to impose our own ideas on animals."

Shi Wen, "You're right. I'll talk to Laibao about it tomorrow."

Yan Kexing found his hesitant expression quite endearing and patted him on the shoulder. "Let me know when you've come to a conclusion."

Shi Wen actually went to discuss it with Laibao the next day.

Laibao didn't resist being led away for a heart-to-heart talk; she just chewed on grass and quietly watched him.

Shi Wen didn't know how to start, scratching his head for a while before finally managing to say, "Laibao, why don't you try it with the cows?"

Laibao was already a large cow, and now at Shi Wen's ranch, it's grown even fatter and stronger, looking like a cow from mythology.

It looked up at Shi Wen, its gaze gentle, but without any particular reaction. Shi Wen wasn't sure if it understood what it meant.

Shi Wen scratched his head. "So, you want to date cows?"

Laibao slowly swallowed the grass: "Moo--"

Shi Wen its expression, Shi Wen sensed that it didn't seem to object, so he said, "So you agree? I'll lead you over to the cows."

Laibao: "Moo."

Shi Wen took its reins and led it to the cows.

The fences in the cow pens are quite low; if Laibao wanted to, he could easily jump over them.

Shi Wen there was no way to arrange a marriage further, the next step was to Laibao himself.

Shi Wen thought they would only contact Sikewell again after the Simmental cattle issue was resolved.

Unexpectedly, that morning, just after he returned from inspecting the ranch, Mole rode up to him on his motorcycle, shouting from afar, "Big Brother Shi—"

Shi Wen stood there waiting for him to come over. "What's wrong? Did something happen?"

Mole was a boy from another village; Shi Wen's family bought their camel from him.

I heard he's attending a boarding school, and I haven't seen him Shi Wen quite some time.

Mole parked his motorcycle outside the ranch gate and called out, "It's not my house that's in trouble, it's my neighbor's. Their horse is sick, and Dr. Sikewell and two assistants went out of town to help. The other veterinarians aren't home either, so they asked me to come find you."

Shi Wen: "Are you sick? Do you know what's wrong?"

Mole shook his head vigorously. "I don't know, I just know there's something wrong. Both horses look very abnormal."