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Zhu Ji: "So busy? Just say so if you need help."

"Sure, we'll definitely call you if we need anything," Shi Wen added with a smile. "Heiwa and the others have already been a great help. We're not actually short-handed here; it's just that there's a lot of work to do."

Shi Wen had just finished chatting with Zhu Ji and hung up the phone. He was about to tell Yan Kexing what Zhu Ji had said when his phone rang again.

Yan Kexing asked, "Who is it?"

Shi Wen glanced down at the incoming call, "It's Brother Fu, probably needs to talk to me about something."

Shi Wen answered the phone, Fu Meng's voice came through. "Shi Wen, the animal husbandry office has given our village two spots to visit a cattle ranch. Doesn't your ranch have a lot of cattle? Would you like to go take a look?"

Shi Wen: "A cattle ranch? Which ranch?"

Fu Meng: "There's a large ranch in the province, I think it's called 'Renying Ranch,' they raise Wagyu cattle. Doesn't your ranch want to raise them too? How about we visit and see if we can learn something from them?"

Shi Wen, "Aren't several cattle farmers in the village interested?"

Relatively speaking, Shi Wen has quite a lot of learning resources, and the villagers may need this kind of learning opportunity more.

Fu Meng said, "I asked them all, but they weren't interested. They thought it was too much trouble and said they were afraid they wouldn't be able to learn it."

Shi Wen, "Actually, it's not too troublesome; you'll get the hang of it quickly."

Fu Meng: "Why don't you go take a look? The people in the animal husbandry office said that the ranch will have a demonstration of concentrate feed ratios, explanations of breeds, proportions, and processing methods. If you're interested, you should be able to learn something."

Shi Wen, "Then I'd like a spot. Which day should I go?"

Fu Meng: "Next Wednesday, someone from the city will lead a team there. I'll forward the message to you."

Shi Wen, "That sounds a bit troublesome. How about I come over to your place and we can talk directly? I can also check on the pregnancy status of your sheep."

All the ewes that Fu Meng's family has bred are pregnant, but the fetuses are still small and it's impossible to tell the specifics. Shi Wen hasn't checked on them for several days either.

He's been wanting to go see it for the past couple of days, but hasn't been able to find the time.

When Fu Meng heard that he wanted to see it, he immediately said, "Then come now, I'm at home."

Shi Wen, "Wait a minute, we're on our way back now, we'll probably be a little late getting there."

Fu Meng: "Okay, I'll be home today. Just knock on the door when you arrive."

Fu Meng spoke quite loudly on the phone, and Yan Kexing, with his excellent hearing, heard the whole thing.

Yan Kexing: "Renying Ranch is in the suburbs of J City. I happen to be going there on a business trip, so we can go together. Ask Fu Meng if we can meet up once we get to J City."

"Really?" Shi Wen immediately replied, "Of course! It's not a serious event. I'll talk to the organizers. Are you going on a business trip?"

Yan Kexing: "Regarding what we talked about last time, about local forage grass, there's an academic discussion about forage grass next Thursday. I'll attend it and go a day early."

Shi Wen, "If you come with me, I won't be bored. How about you come with me on Wednesday, and I'll come with you on Thursday?"

Yan Kexing smiled and nodded, "Good idea."

Yan Kexing drove directly to Fu Meng's house Shi Wen the aroma.

Shi Wen went in to find Fu Meng.

Fu Meng looked up and greeted him, "I heard your car. Did Professor Yan bring you here? He's really not going to come in and sit down?"

"He's busy with other things," Shi Wen asked, "How's your pregnant sheep doing?"

Fu Meng: "I'm in great shape. Sikewell came to see me a couple of days ago and said everything is fine, I don't even need to take any precautions to prevent the pregnancy."

Fu Meng led Shi Wen toward the sheepfold. "Can you take a look for me?"

The pregnant ewes are all in the sheepfold.

To ensure they could properly nurture their fetuses, Fu Meng specially divided them into small groups and provided them with ample fodder and water.

Fu Meng: "The lambs haven't been born yet, so there are plenty of empty sheep pens. We can keep them separated. But once the lambs are born, there might not be enough space in the pens."

Shi Wen at the flock of sheep, Shi Wen said, "That's a good thing! With the livestock thriving, our family business will also prosper."

Fu Meng smiled and said, "That's right. Qingqing said these past few days that things are looking more and more promising."

Shi Wen went into the sheepfold to check on the ewes. "I see these sheep are basically fine. They just need careful care for a while. What kind of feed are you feeding them now?"

Fu Meng quickly explained the feed formula of his family, "I just added more protein feed and vitamins, nothing else has changed."

Shi Wen nodded. "That's good, just need to increase the nutrition later."

Fu Meng breathed a sigh of relief, "That's great."

After discussing the sheep, the two started talking about the cattle Shi Wen to the Shi family.

Fu Meng asked, "Your ranch has over a hundred cows now, right?"

Shi Wen, "No, eighty cows, seventeen beef cattle, plus two more cows, Laibao and Guaibao, for a total of ninety-nine cows."

Fu Meng: "So, are your dozen or so beef cattle ready for market this year?"

Shi Wen nodded. "More or less, but we'll see how things go later; they might not even be ready for market."

Of their seventeen cattle, eleven are two-year-old cattle that they started raising last year, and six are one-year-old cattle that they started raising this year.

Generally, grain-fed cattle can be slaughtered in less than fourteen months, while grass-fed cattle can be slaughtered in twenty months. According to this standard, their cattle can indeed be slaughtered this year.

Shi Wen wanting to take advantage of these last few months to fatten them up again.

Fu Meng said, "When your cattle are ready for market, you can go and check on the market situation at Renying Ranch."

Shi Wen smiled and said, "That's what I was thinking too. Brother Fu, could you give me the contact information for the person in charge? I'll go ask them."

Fu Meng took out her phone and texted him. "What do you want?"

Shi Wen, "Let's see if we can meet up when we get there. Yan Kexing going to J City on a business trip, and I might go up with him."