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Fu Meng and the others helped pack the silage.

This year, the ranch switched to a compound fermentation product. You can just sprinkle compound bacteria directly into the silage container, which is more convenient than before. It can be basically done in a day.

Shi Wen felt a great sense of accomplishment Shi Wen looked at the silage pit filled to the brim with silage bales, some of which even spilled onto the ground.

They've stored so much hay this year; even if several thousand young animals are born this year, it should be enough to feed them.

Shi Wen that the livestock at home were craving food, I specially brought two truckloads of cornmeal to feed them when I fed them concentrated feed in the evening, and they ate it quite happily.

Yan Kexing behind Shi Wen, looked at the pregnant female animals. "The sheep and pigs will be giving birth soon, right? Should we ask Sikewell to come over then?"

Shi Wen, "We need to ask him to come and keep an eye on things. I've never helped a pregnant sow give birth before, and I'm a little unsure if he doesn't come."

Yan Kexing: "Have you calculated the due date?"

Shi Wen, "Not yet. I had a feeling they were about to give birth. I'll stay up all night and check on them for a couple of days. There shouldn't be any problems."

With the livestock entering their late pregnancy, Shi Wen's work focus has now shifted to the pasture.

You need to be extra careful, especially at these critical moments, because if something goes wrong, things will get complicated.

Shi Wen has been staying at the ranch these past few days.

Zhu Ji quickly sent over the test report for Yumi, which showed that Yumi's Abilities value was 95, a neither high nor low number.

Besides Abilities stats, there are many other things that can be tested on corn.

After rigorous testing, the results showed that there are no problems with people eating corn; on the contrary, it is a very good food for the body.

Shi Wen fine, I ordered packaging boxes from a manufacturer we often work with, and also hired someone to come and handle the pigeons.

The July member gift package consists of corn and pigeon, mainly given to customers for making soup.

Besides corn and pigeons, there's also a vegetable from the backyard; this month's theme should be considered a series of home-style dishes.

Zhu Ji came over to help. "Does your company stop sending membership gift packs after the contract expires this year?"

Shi Wen: "Yes, until the last member's contract is fulfilled. The purpose of this annual membership program was to increase brand awareness and, incidentally, consume the agricultural and livestock products from the ranch. Now that we've achieved our goal, we'll focus more on individual products in the future."

Zhu Ji nodded. "Single items are indeed simpler. If we have them, we'll put them on the shelves; if not, we won't. We won't have to worry about what to give our members every month."

Shi Wen smiled and said, "That's it. I'm thinking about operations every month, it's exhausting, and I don't have enough manpower on my side."

As always, his membership gift package was warmly welcomed by his members.

Everyone thinks his corn is delicious, with a particularly strong corn flavor, similar to the corn they ate when they were kids.

Some people also asked if they could list a batch directly on the mini-program, as the corn was delicious and they wanted to buy more to make soup or boiled corn.

Shi Wen politely declined the clients' requests.

They didn't have a lot of corn, but after drying it, they ate some themselves and gave some to their pets, and it was all used up quickly.

The female livestock are about to give birth, Shi Wen wants to provide them with some high-quality feed after they give birth; corn kernels and soybeans are excellent choices.

This batch of corn will come in handy then.

Yan Kexing doesn't have to work on Saturdays.

Shi Wen, remembering her own honey, pulled Yan Kexing up. "Let's go check on the honey today. It's been so long since we've seen it. I wonder if the Sichuan fritillary honey is ready yet?"

Yan Kexing: "It should be almost finished brewing. Let's go check how much there is."

They went to collect honey, and they specifically brought along the large buckets used for milking cows.

Shi Wen hopes that each beehive can yield five or eight jin (2.5-3.5 kg) of honey. They currently have thirty beehives on their pasture at the foot of the mountain, and if they are lucky, they might be able to obtain 160 or 170 jin (80-85 kg) of honey.

With so many nectar-producing plants in summer and such good bees, 160-170 kilograms isn't entirely an impossible dream.

Shi Wen of people going out to collect honey with an optimistic attitude.

Upon arriving at the location, he opened the beehives and examined them carefully.

The honeycomb was indeed full, but the honey on it was two different colors.

Some honeys are a normal yellowish-brown, while others have a light purple hue. Shi Wen or looking at the purple honey, I immediately realize, "Is this light purple honey fritillaria honey?"

Yan Kexing: "This is the first time I've ever seen honey like this. Let me take a little and taste it."

Shi Wen gently cut two pieces of pale purple honey with a knife, one for himself and one for Yan Kexing.

After careful observation, Shi Wen put the light purple honey into her mouth.

This type of blocky honey contains beeswax, pollen, and other ingredients. While it doesn't have the smooth texture of pure honey, its slightly chewy consistency is actually quite appealing.

He took a small bite, and honey flowed out, sweet with a very faint bitterness, and a hint of medicinal flavor.

One Shi Wen and a taste, and you can taste the fritillaria.

As expected of fritillaria flower honey, the flavor is quite rich.

Before Shi Wen could finish his thoughts, the fritillaria nectar had already flowed down his throat and into his stomach.

As soon as he swallowed it, Shi Wen immediately felt a "moistening" sensation, a feeling that was very difficult to describe. He couldn't put it into words, but he felt as if his entire chest cavity had expanded.

He looked up at Yan Kexing: "Did you taste it?"

Yan Kexing said, "It's delicious, very sweet, and it feels very comforting after eating it."

"I'm not surprised by that." Shi Wen, "This fritillaria honey seems to have some protective effects on our respiratory system?"

Yan Kexing: "I have a feeling, but I don't know if it's just my imagination. I'll send it for testing first."

"It's definitely not an illusion." Shi Wen ate another piece of fritillaria honey. "It's really moisturizing."

Yan Kexing: "Let's send it for testing later. Let's hurry up and harvest the honey."