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Shi Wen simply took out the lawnmower, cleaned it three times, and planned to use it to cut chive blossoms later. He just needed to raise the blades a little; at worst, it would be a bit wasteful.

Anyway, they have so many livestock, so it's not like they're wasting much.

While Shi Wen was still cleaning the blades, Fu Meng and the others arrived.

Everyone's first reaction upon seeing the chive blossoms on their ranch was amazement.

Chang Qingqing and the others were so happy they couldn't stop smiling.

Chang Qingqing couldn't resist bending down and plucking a few chive blossoms. She looked at them closely and said, "Shi Wen, how much fertilizer have you been using on the ranch lately? How come the chive blossoms are growing so vigorously?"

Shi Wen, "There's not much; I haven't fertilized the ranch in ages."

Chang Qingqing didn't believe it at all. "Impossible, right? Look at the chive blossoms in my WeChat Moments, that's what normal grassland chive blossoms look like."

As Chang Qingqing spoke, she opened her WeChat Moments: "Look, the wild chive flowers outside are all among the weeds, but the wild chive flowers on your ranch are just flowers with one or two leaves mixed in."

Shi Wen smiled and said, "That is indeed a bit different."

"It's so lush." Chang Qingqing stroked the chive blossoms on his family's ranch with her palm. "I've only ever seen this kind of sight here in my entire life."

Shi Wen, "So I plan to just take the lawnmower to mow it later, then sift it, and that should be enough."

Chang Qingqing: "I think that's a good idea. You don't have any poisonous herbs on your ranch. At worst, you can just pickle the herbs along with the grass. You don't have any poisonous herbs on your ranch, do you?"

Shi Wen, "No, we check regularly and haven't seen any poisonous plants on the pasture."

Previously, there was also a type of grass called "drunkard grass" spreading towards their area, Shi Wen concerns that the hay on the pasture might also be contaminated.

After that, he paid close attention to identifying various weeds during his inspections.

After numerous inspections, he identified all sorts of weeds, but so far, they haven't found a single truly poisonous plant on their ranch.

If wild herbs are mixed into the chive blossom sauce, the taste might be slightly different, but you can rest assured about food safety.

Everyone went into the yard and started preparing to work. Chang Qingqing couldn't help but sigh again, "Your ranch is really well-run."

Fu Meng remarked from the side, "They're incredibly fortunate."

Shi Wen laughed and said she was getting ready to drive a lawnmower to harvest wild chive blossoms.

They only have one lawnmower; he operates it while the others help clear away the cut chive blossoms.

Manual cleaning is quite troublesome.

After working for a while, Fu Meng felt dizzy and lightheaded.

When Fu Meng saw Shi Wen continuously bringing back wild chive blossoms, he stopped him, saying, "No, Shi Wen, there are more and more wild chive blossoms; we simply can't keep up with the demand."

Shi Wen also felt it was too much to ask Fu Meng and the others to clean so many bags of chive blossoms by hand, so he asked, "Should we hire some more people?"

Fu Meng shook his head. "Doing this by hand is too slow. You should contact the factory directly and send these chive blossoms there."

Shi Wen: "Send it to the factory?"

Fu Meng: "Yes, send them to the factory and let them help you sort them. Don't factories have sorting machines? These chive blossoms can be sent directly for sorting, right?"

Shi Wen glanced at the freshly harvested chive blossoms and remarked, "It might not be possible to sort them out."

"No, we can definitely sort them out," Fu Meng said. "Just contact those small factories that sort blueberries and such; we have many of those around here. Ask them to help sort the chive blossoms."

Fu Meng picked up a chive blossom and placed it in his palm. "Don't chive blossoms have a certain weight? Look how plump these harvested chive blossoms are. You can have them sort them by weight. Separate the broken pieces and grass leaves, and we can use them to feed the livestock so nothing goes to waste."

Shi Wen hadn't expected this approach before, and suddenly her mind opened up. "That makes sense! That way, we don't have to worry about me being too busy. We can just use a lawnmower to cut the grass and send it to the factory, and then have the factory make it into chive blossom sauce. Anyway, it's more convenient for them to use machines."

Fu Meng: "That works too, you just need to adjust the flavor yourselves."

Shi Wen exclaimed excitedly, "That's a great idea! I'll find someone to contact a factory right now!"

After finishing his conversation with Fu Meng, Shi Wen immediately contacted Zhu Ji.

Zhu Ji has been readily available to help them lately, always ready to assist them with their tasks.

Upon hearing that they wanted to find a factory to produce chive blossom sauce, Zhu Ji agreed without hesitation, "That's easy, I'll have someone contact them right away. Wait for my news. Approximately how many chive blossoms do you have over there?"

Shi Wen someone say, "It must weigh tens of thousands of kilograms."

Zhu Ji: "How much?!"

Shi Wen his surprised voice, she laughed heartily, "Really? That's a conservative estimate. You'll see when you come and see for yourself. Our chive blossoms are exceptionally abundant this year, far more abundant than most people can imagine."

Zhu Ji: "I'm coming right away, wait for me to arrive before we talk."

Zhu Ji hung up the phone and drove straight to his ranch.

When they arrived outside the ranch, Zhu Ji looked at the scattered chive blossoms on the grassland outside, and then at the chive blossoms that had bloomed into a carpet on their ranch. He was so happy he could hardly close his mouth.

"Why is there such a big difference?" Zhu Ji muttered to himself, "There are just too many chive blossoms, they're bursting at the seams."

Duan Kuo, standing beside him, said softly, "It's not surprising that wildflowers bloom more abundantly where the Qilin resides."

Zhu Ji: "I know, I just didn't expect his influence on this area to be so huge. We may need to reassess."

Upon entering the ranch and seeing Shi Wen, Zhu Ji still wore a dreamy expression. "This is incredible."

Shi Wen looked at him and smiled, "I admit it's a bit of an exaggeration, but it's not that exaggerated."

Zhu Ji pulled his hand and lowered his voice, "No, no, no, it's just that it's reached that point. You don't understand. This is the concrete manifestation of the Qilin's influence on a region."