Page 584

After finishing the meat, the little snow leopard was a bit sleepy, its eyes half-closed, but it still managed to stay awake and play with Shi Wen.

Shi Wen patted the little snow leopard and said, "Go to sleep if you're sleepy. We'll go back now and come see you again next time."

The little snow leopard reluctantly curled its long tail around Shi Wen's wrist.

They Shi Wen leaving the cave.

Gong Jiang kept looking at his camera.

Upon Shi Wen this, Shi Wen asked, "Have you filmed enough footage?"

Gong Jiang smiled and said, "You can never have too much material."

It's clear that Gong Jiang is very satisfied with the footage he captured today.

The snow leopard cub hunted several times, each time with great efficiency and skill. If all of these hunts were filmed, they would make excellent footage.

Shi Wen, "That's wonderful! Our trip today was definitely worthwhile."

Ge Yue chimed in, "Even if we don't get any photos today, it'll still be a worthwhile trip."

Lin Chengqian: "Yes, snow leopards are so cute, I never imagined they were so intelligent."

Shi Wen, "A snow leopard is capable of surviving alone in the wild; it can't be that stupid."

It was getting late. Shi Wen said goodbye to the leaders of the Sanjiangyuan and then drove back.

On the way, the White Tiger and the little fox slept soundly in the back seat, their soft bellies heaving and they even snored softly.

Shi Wen turned to look at them burying their faces in their paws and whispered to Yan Kexing, "Raising small animals is really fulfilling."

Yan Kexing: "It's because our little animals are well cared for."

Shi Wen, "That's also true."

Back at the ranch, An Wa and the others smelled the snow leopard cub and barked in protest, indicating that they also wanted to play with the cub.

Shi Wen generously said that he could take them with him on his next vacation.

An Wa and the others were finally calmed down and ran around playing wildly on the pasture.

Shi Wen Wenliu Gong Jiang, and the other two were eating. "You haven't eaten on the ranch in a long time, why don't you eat here today? I'll catch a goose later and make you stir-fried goose, and some apricot wine too."

Lin Chengqian's eyes lit up. "Brother Shi, is the apricot wine ready to drink?"

Shi Wen, "It's been ready for a while now. It tastes pretty good. You guys should try it later."

Gong Jiang and his two companions were considered family on the ranch, so they rolled up their sleeves and began catching and processing the geese.

Shi Wen his geese have been raised for so long, and they're much bigger than before; the oldest batch even weighs over 30 kilograms.

It's just that their family, including the little one, eats a lot; otherwise, they really wouldn't be able to finish the goose meat in one meal.

Such a large goose requires a lot of time to prepare; from killing and plucking to braising and cooking, it will take at least three hours.

Shi Wen them working inside the house, but I didn't notice that the little ones had all run outside the ranch.

Since the vacation system was established, the little guys have had a wider range of activities. Sometimes they run to the village to find their dog friends or to the grasslands to play with their wolf friends.

Their dog is Abilities; it even knows to avoid people, so nothing happens when it's let out.

Shi Wen mentioned it to the village, and since the villagers' dogs were already free-roaming, they had no objections.

Shi Wen no longer concern myself with them.

In the evening, the main courtyard was filled with the aroma of geese.

Besides the aroma of goose, there's also the aroma of fresh chili peppers and rice.

The little ones smelled the aroma, barked, and ran to the main courtyard.

They were calling out very loudly, as if they had something to say.

Shi Wen was busy in the kitchen when he went out to check and found that the dogs had brought back their spoils.

He held his hand out in front of the dogs' mouths, and they spat what was in their mouths onto his hand—mushrooms.

Heiwa, Wolf King, An Wa, Le Wa, Langwa, and Xi Wa were all carrying delicious mushrooms in their mouths. Judging from the dirt on their bodies, they must have just found them outside.

Shi Wen patted Heiwa's head and said with a smile, "You guys just went to find mushrooms for a snack, huh?"

Before Heiwa could answer, the Wolf King howled loudly, nudged Heiwa's head aside with its large head, and brought it close to Shi Wen's hand, letting Shi Wen pet it. "Awoo!"

Shi Wen gently touched each of the little creatures, until her hands were covered in dust. "Great! I'll take them to the kitchen to wash them; we'll make mushroom soup tonight."

Shi Wen gather up the delicious mushrooms and take them to the kitchen.

Before heading back to the kitchen, I picked a large bunch of pumpkin leaves from the backyard, specifically using the rough pumpkin leaves to wash the mushrooms.

The delicious mushrooms the little ones brought back were all quite large and looked very fresh and beautiful.

Yan Kexing peeked inside and asked, "Where did it come from?"

Shi Wen, "Heiwa and the others brought these back; they probably went out specifically to look for mushrooms."

The little ones have a keen sense of smell and a good memory, and they are very familiar with things around the ranch.

Mushrooms, which grow in the same place almost every year, are like fixed-location supplies to them; they don't need to search for them, they just go and collect them when the time comes.

Shi Wen turned on the tap and carefully washed the delicious baby mushrooms three times with pumpkin leaves.

Gong Jiang and his two companions hurriedly went to the poultry shed and caught a Bress chicken, intending to use it to make mushroom soup.

I'm using a large soup pot to make soup today as well.

Shi Wen put half a pot of water in the pot, put the Bress chicken in, covered it, and simmered it. When it was almost done, he added the delicious mushrooms.

Otherwise, if you put them in too early, the mushrooms will lose all their flavor.

Good food always requires waiting, and they didn't get to eat dinner until after 8 p. m.

Fortunately, the food was delicious enough that the wait was worthwhile.

After dinner, everyone cleared the table together, put the dishes in the dishwasher, and sat in the living room to digest.

Shi Wen hadn't seen them for a while, and I was quite interested in their recent lives, so I asked them a few more questions.

Gong Jiang has recently been running their science popularization account, while Lin Chengqian and Ge Yue are assisting Yan Kexing in following up on local pasture diversity projects.