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When giving out his contact information, Shi Wen couldn't help but think to himself that Zhu Ji was quite experienced, managing to secure the overseas agency rights for his family's mutton right away.

If it had been two days later, he might have directly contacted the livestock group.

On this day, Qile Moge came to visit Shi Wen.

Shi Wen that they invited him into the house for tea.

After a brief chat, Qile Moge, holding his teacup, couldn't help but say, "Back when we first met, I even asked you to look after the Dolan Sheep. I never imagined that just two years later, Dolan Sheep would be out of fashion in this area, and your ranch's fat-tailed sheep would be the real top-quality breed."

Shi Wen smiled and said, "To be honest, when I went with you to see the Dolan Sheep, I never expected it to turn out like this."

Qile Moge sighed, "That's different. Dolan Sheep became popular partly due to luck and hype, but your lamb became popular because diners spent real money on it."

Shi Wen didn't know how to respond to this, so he poured tea for Qile Moge: "Have some tea."

Qile Moge quickly bowed to thank him for pouring tea, then said, "I've tried your lamb, it's delicious. If my wallet were fat enough, I could eat it 365 days a year and never get tired of it."

Shi Wen, "That's an exaggeration! If you ate that all year round, you'd have trouble going to the toilet."

The two of them then laughed together.

Qile Moge: "Seriously, Brother Shi, if you have plans to sell lambs for the next two years, put me in line. I can buy as many as you have. If there are purchase limits, I'll put myself in the top tier first."

Shi Wen: "That's not the issue."

Qile Moge: "What's the problem?"

"The quality of our lambs is inconsistent," Shi Wen said. "Do you remember the tomatoes we used to have?"

Qile Moge: "Of course I remember, how could I forget?"

"Our lambs are a bit like tomatoes; they're fine when raised on our ranch, but if they're let out to roam freely, the results might not be as amazing."

Shi Wen looked him in the eyes and said, "We're friends, so I can't hide it from you. I doubt we'll make much money raising lambs from our ranch."

Qile Moge: "Huh? How could this be?"

Shi Wen, "The reason our sheep have such good meat quality is mainly due to the carefully selected feed and my superior breeding techniques; it doesn't have much to do with the breed itself."

Shi Wen sincerely suggested, "If you want our lambs, rent one of our breeding sheep to breed with; it's better than buying a lamb directly from me."

Qile Moge was somewhat disappointed. "Your lambs seem quite fine to me."

Shi Wen, "Yes, because they are already second- or third-generation sheep, and their advantages are entirely due to the long process of raising them. Once they leave our pasture environment, these advantages will quickly level off with those of other excellent sheep."

Speaking of this matter, Shi Wen himself felt helpless. Ever since he came here to open a ranch, he has always had the ideal of improving the quality of sheep in the region.

Now it's been three years, and after raising so many sheep and conducting so many experiments, he finally discovered that his fat-tailed sheep are not fundamentally different from those outside.

The reason his sheep are so good is mainly because he, a shepherd with the Qilin Bloodline, takes care of them day and night, and the pasture grass is carefully grown with manure.

For example, when his breeding sheep are taken out to breed, the lambs born are better than ordinary sheep, but still slightly inferior to the exceptionally good ones. There is no fundamental difference between his sheep and those from other breeds.

With his current capabilities, he is not capable of exporting his own breeding sheep and lambs.

Judging from Shi Wen's expression, Qile Moge quickly realized that there was no joking in it.

Shi Wen said, "If you really like our lambs, selling you a few won't be a problem. But they'll definitely be much more expensive than on the market, probably around 30,000 to 50,000 each, since they have the potential to grow into sheep worth hundreds of thousands."

"However—" Shi Wen looked at Qile Moge, "If you buy them and raise them yourself, you might not be able to sell them for 30,000 to 50,000 each once they're grown up. The chances of breaking even will be quite small."

Qile Moge: "... I was really looking forward to working for you."

Shi Wen sighed, "I'd like to mentor you too, but my skills aren't strong enough yet, and I'm not assertive enough. Maybe in three to five years, when I've truly trained some good sheep, I can lead you all together."

Qile Moge: "Then I'll join the queue too."

Shi Wen smiled and said, "Okay. If I need to do any experiments, I'll definitely contact you first."

The two of them started talking and laughing.

Qile Moge head. "You seem so successful from the outside, but I never imagined you had your own troubles."

Shi Wen, "It's because you have ideals that you have troubles; if you just lie down and give up, you won't have any troubles. I quite like my current life."

Both were ranchers, so even if they didn't talk about buying and selling sheep, they had a lot to talk about.

Shi Wen that Qile Moge and had a very pleasant chat.

Qile Moge chatted at his house for an afternoon, and when Yan Kexing returned, he specially invited him to have dinner at his house.

He was a little embarrassed, but he was really curious about the Shi Wen family's house, so he ended up staying for a meal.

After finishing his meal, he drove back to his ranch, completely satisfied.

Shi Wen and Yan Kexing to see him off outside the ranch. After his car lights disappeared, Yan Kexing asked Shi Wen, "What's he doing here?"

"He said he wanted to buy our sheep." Shi Wen shook his head. "I told him that our sheep haven't developed a breed advantage yet, and we only maintain the quality of the mutton thanks to my excellent breeding techniques. He would definitely lose money if he bought them, and then he didn't mention it again."

Yan Kexing gently put his arm around Shi Wen's shoulder. "It's almost time. You just need one more opportunity. You will definitely breed even better sheep."

Shi Wen, "Actually, there's no rush. Other livestock breeders take eight to ten years to develop superior breeds. We're only in our third year, so it's normal that we haven't succeeded yet. Let me improve the quality of the ranch's feed first, and see when the ranch's Abilities value can break through the 300 mark before we talk about it."