Chapter Summaries

Shi Wen bought Moyasiqin's sick baby camel so he could care for it, after Sikewell treated Moyasiqin's sick sheep and camels. He brought the weak camel back to the ranch, where Heiwa and the others crowded around it.

• Moyasiqin showed Sikewell and Shi Wen several camels, three of which had tetanus, and Sikewell found that a weak nursing baby camel was in danger.
• When Moyasiqin had no other animals to nurse the baby camel, Shi Wen offered to buy it for twelve hundred so he could feed it himself.
• Moyasiqin hosted Sikewell and Shi Wen for a meal, and Shi Wen learned that Moyasiqin and his son managed the household alone after his wife's death.
• Sikewell drove Shi Wen home on his motorcycle with the baby camel in his arms.
• Heiwa and the others rushed to sniff the baby camel, and Shi Wen pushed them back and told them not to crowd it.

Shi Wen rescued a weak baby camel, sold the ranch’s graded wool for more than six million yuan, and celebrated the ranch’s growing success with Yan Kexing. The next morning, he checked the horse’s injured forehoof after it showed signs of excitement, and began examining it.

• Shi Wen bought a weak baby camel and fed her goat milk while he and Yan Kexing took turns caring for her.
• He Chengzhang sent Shi Wen the wool appraisal, and Shi Wen agreed to the prices for the three grades of wool.
• He Chengzhang’s workers sheared the best wool, and Shi Wen sold the remaining wool to another high-end client with help from Zhang Deyuan, Old Man Ma, Fu Meng, and others.
• Shi Wen earned more than six million yuan from the wool sales and told Yan Kexing that the ranch was on track to make a profit.
• The next morning, Shi Wen saw that the horse was excited, and he examined its injured right forehoof after it indicated that its leg was nearly healed.

Shi Wen and the others confirmed that the horse’s injured leg had completely healed, and Baoye A Sai left it in Shi Wen’s care. Shi Wen named the horse Shi Suo, which soon raced around the ranch with the other young animals.

• Shi Wen checked the horse’s leg and called Sikewell and Baoye A Sai to confirm its recovery.
• Sikewell and a vet Baoye A Sai brought examined the horse and verified that its leg had healed well.
• Shi Wen offered to return the horse, but Baoye A Sai chose to leave it with him and tearfully said goodbye.
• Shi Wen named the horse Shi Suo, and Baoye A Sai praised the name before leaving.
• Shi Suo ran freely around the ranch, while Yan Shi and the other young animals chased after it.

Sikewell invited Shi Wen to join the veterinary team’s annual trip to provide free medical care for livestock in remote summer pastures. Shi Wen agreed after arranging for Yan Kexing and their friends to look after the ranch, and he prepared Shi Suo for the journey.

• Shi Wen spotted Sikewell repeatedly waiting outside the ranch on surveillance footage and went out to ask what he needed.
• Sikewell invited Shi Wen to join the team’s weeklong trip treating livestock in remote mountain pastures, and Shi Wen agreed.
• Shi Wen and Yan Kexing planned for Old Man Ma, Aini, Fu Meng, and Zhang Deyuan to help care for the ranch while Shi Wen was away.
• Yan Kexing offered to work from home and watch over the ranch and its animals, leaving Shi Wen reassured about the trip.
• Shi Wen asked Old Man Ma and others to trim his horses’ hooves and replace their horseshoes before leaving, and they praised Shi Suo as an exceptional horse.

Shi Wen joined Sikewell's party on horseback to travel into the mountains and provide free medical care to herders and their livestock. After treating the first family's animals and sharing medicine for the people, they continued toward the summer pastures.

• Shi Wen rode Shi Suo around the ranch, passed the inspection, and prepared to leave on horseback.
• On May 17, Shi Wen met Sikewell, Tang Duohai, a guide, and another assistant, and helped redistribute their luggage among the horses.
• The guide led the party along narrow sheep paths toward the summer pastures, where they met a family waiting for the promised free medical care.
• Shi Wen and Sikewell treated the family's livestock for lice, while Sikewell gave the family medicine for human illnesses and unsafe drinking water.
• The family shared tea and food with the party, who rested before setting out again; Shi Wen learned Sikewell had brought about a hundred jin of medicine for people and livestock.

Shi Wen accompanied Sikewell and the others through remote mountain settlements, helping treat livestock and deliver medicine to local families. After nine days, the group returned sooner than expected, and Shi Wen wondered whether the other veterinary teams had brought enough medicine too.

• Shi Wen worried that Sikewell might face trouble for giving away medicine, but the guide and Tang Duohai reassured him that the community would support the doctor.
• At a mountain settlement, Shi Wen identified livestock with stomatitis and enterotoxemia, while Sikewell, Tang Duohai, and Ban Lei treated them.
• After a long day examining animals, Shi Wen rested and called Yan Kexing, telling him he missed him and describing the residents' health problems.
• Shi Wen and the others completed their trip in nine days, and the guide said their efficiency had brought them back ahead of the other teams.
• Shi Wen learned that six teams were traveling and that the others had brought about as much medicine as his group, leaving him thoughtful.

After returning from the free clinic, Shi Wen recovered at the ranch and enjoyed spending time with its animals. Yan Kexing brought home mud crabs and oysters, and they began preparing seafood for the household.

• Shi Wen donated fifty thousand to Sikewell to support future free clinics, and Sikewell wrote him a receipt before riding home.
• Yan Kexing met Shi Wen at the ranch gate, embraced him, and kissed him as Sikewell rode away.
• Shi Wen slept for several days, then spent his days grazing the livestock and cuddling the ranch animals.
• Shi Wen rounded up the animals as they returned to the ranch, including the geese and Bresse chickens.
• Yan Kexing returned carrying mud crabs and oysters, and he and Shi Wen began cooking as the little ones gathered at the kitchen door.

Shi Wen heard that Zhake’s herd of thirty-two horses had disappeared and agreed to help search for them. He began arranging for someone to watch the ranch before going with Zhake to investigate.

• A herder told Shi Wen that a herd of horses was missing, and Shi Wen agreed to keep an eye out.
• Shi Wen and Yan Kexing prepared a seafood feast, fed Cong Zai and the other animals, and later saw in the village group chat that the horses were still missing.
• A few days later, Zhake asked Shi Wen to help find his thirty-two horses and offered him five thousand yuan.
• Zhake explained that the horses had disappeared while grazing in a valley, and that searches and a police report had turned up nothing.
• Shi Wen agreed to look for the herd, then went to arrange care for the ranch before leaving with Zhake.

Shi Wen searched the valley where Zhake’s herd had disappeared but found no tracks, then brought a saddle home to see if his animals could follow its scent. The dogs and tiger cubs found no useful clues, so Shi Wen decided he would need another way to help Zhake find the horses.

• Zhang Deyuan warned Shi Wen that searching for the missing horses could be dangerous and offered to help if he ran into trouble.
• Shi Wen inspected the valley with Zhake and the old herder but found no trace of the herd because summer grass had covered the tracks.
• Shi Wen went to Zhake’s home, took a saddle, and failed to find a clear horse scent among the household’s many odors.
• Yan Kexing suggested that unfamiliar horses might not have distinct enough scents for the dogs to track.
• Shi Wen let Heiwa, the Wolf King, and the other dogs smell the saddle, but none found a clue, while the tiger cubs gnawed on it.
• Shi Wen decided to use his own connections to continue looking for a way to help Zhake.

Shi Wen struggled to find any clues about Zhake’s missing horses, but Yan Kexing suggested searching together that night. As they followed the river valley on Shi Suo, Shi Wen caught a faint scent of the herd.

• Shi Wen asked Zhou Hongzhong about the missing horses, and Zhou said surveillance footage had revealed no trace of them.
• Shi Wen worried about Zhake’s family and could not sleep, believing he might have overlooked a clue.
• Yan Kexing suggested that Shi Wen use his abilities more fully and offered to search with him that night.
• Shi Wen and Yan Kexing rode Shi Suo to the valley where Zhake had grazed the herd.
• Shi Wen guessed the horses had followed the river and caught a faint whiff of their scent.

Shi Wen and Yan Kexing tracked the missing herd from the grasslands across a river and into the woods, following horsehair, droppings, and hoofprints. After searching until they were exhausted near a town, Shi Wen heard a horse neigh and looked around for its source.

• Shi Wen and Yan Kexing found horsehair and fresh droppings that showed the herd had traveled downstream along the river.
• Yan Kexing led Shi Suo across the river, and Shi Wen swam after them when he saw hoofprints on the opposite bank.
• Shi Wen and Yan Kexing followed the herd’s trail through the woods and across a mountain toward a town near the border.
• Shi Wen and Yan Kexing rested after hours of searching, and Shi Wen raised his head when he heard a horse neigh.

Shi Wen and Yan Kexing found all thirty-two of Zhake’s missing horses in L City and brought them back to Zhake’s ranch. After Zhake and his family celebrated and thanked them, Shi Wen woke in his own bed, clean and refreshed, with only a hazy memory of the night before.

• Yan Kexing and Shi Wen found Zhake’s herd of thirty-two horses grazing in L City and confirmed them by the phone numbers painted on their rumps.
• Shi Wen called Zhake, who identified the horses from a photo, and Yan Kexing arranged trucks to transport them back to N City.
• Shi Wen fell asleep from exhaustion during the journey as the horses, including Shi Suo, were loaded and driven to Zhake’s ranch.
• Zhake welcomed the recovered horses, thanked Shi Wen and Yan Kexing, and persuaded them to stay for a celebratory meal.
• Shi Wen woke in his own bed with a thin blanket over his waist, feeling clean and refreshed but remembering little beyond the celebration.

Shi Wen and Yan Kexing planned wilderness training for the two little tigers to assess whether they could eventually be released. After Zhou Hongzhong helped secure approval, they drove the tigers to the chosen mountain forest for training.

• Shi Wen decided the two little tigers should have wilderness training, and Yan Kexing agreed to help him take them out.
• Shi Wen called Zhou Hongzhong, who offered to prepare and submit the application for approval.
• Shi Wen sent Zhou Hongzhong details about the training plan, location, and risk management.
• The authorities approved the application three days later and required Zhou Hongzhong and his colleagues to accompany them.
• After resting for two days, Shi Wen and Yan Kexing drove the two little tigers to the mountain forest for wilderness training.

Shi Wen released two young tigers into the mountains for wilderness training and watched as they struggled to find enough food. After a day of failed burrow hunts, they spotted a herd of wild goats at night and chased them uphill.

• Shi Wen fitted the young tigers with miniature cameras and trackers, then sent them into the woods while he and Yan Kexing watched their feeds.
• The young tigers played freely, returned to Shi Wen’s vehicle for food, and went back into the woods when he shooed them away.
• The young tigers dug out a mountain rat and shared it, but their later attempts to find prey in other burrows failed.
• The hungry young tigers remained under observation near the mountain, and Shi Wen planned to bring them back if they could not hunt during the three-day training.
• After night fell, the young tigers found wild goats and chased them uphill through the woods.

After repeated failed hunts left the tiger cubs hungry, they worked together to kill a wild goat and carried some of the meat back to Shi Wen and Yan Kexing. Their return left Shi Wen wondering whether the cubs regarded the vehicle as their den, as plans for their eventual release remained undecided.

• The tiger cubs tracked a herd of wild goats and worked together to kill one after the first cub’s pounce was dodged.
• Shi Wen watched the cubs eat and felt that their time together would soon end; Yan Kexing said one might return to its birthplace and the other might go to the Agouna Mountains, pending an expert assessment.
• After eating, the cubs carried the remaining meat down the mountain toward the vehicle.
• The cubs scratched at the vehicle door, and Shi Wen got out to greet them as Yan Kexing turned on the lights.
• Shi Wen saw that the cubs had brought back wild goat meat, mostly offal.

Shi Wen and Yan Kexing said goodbye to the tiger cubs as officials arranged their release into the wild. After hearing that the cubs had adapted well, Shi Wen still missed them and considered visiting.

• The tiger cubs brought Shi Wen meat and offal after completing their wilderness training, and Zhou Hongzhong prepared to report their results and arrange their release.
• Shi Wen and Yan Kexing returned home, where Cong Zai, Heiwa, and the other animals eagerly welcomed them.
• Shi Wen gave the cubs extra meals and reassured them that releasing them did not mean he no longer cared for them.
• The officials chose the male cub's birthplace and the Agouna Mountains as the female cub's release sites, then transported the cubs away after medical examinations.
• Shi Wen learned from Zhou Hongzhong's updates and camera footage that the cubs were hunting and adapting well, but he admitted he missed them.
• Yan Kexing suggested they could visit the cubs, and Shi Wen wondered whether they were allowed to go.

Shi Wen and Yan Kexing visited the two young tigers in the wild, delighted to find both still affectionate with them. The female tiger led them to her raspberry patch and shared the fruit before they headed back.

• Shi Wen and Yan Kexing visited the male tiger, who ran to greet them, and Shi Wen played with him for several hours before leaving.
• Shi Wen and Yan Kexing found the female tiger in the Agouna Mountains, where she greeted them affectionately and showed them her belly.
• The female tiger led Shi Wen and Yan Kexing to a raspberry patch and urged them to pick and taste the fruit.
• Shi Wen and Yan Kexing picked raspberries and fed some to the female tiger, who caught a bird that tried to eat from the bushes.
• Shi Wen and Yan Kexing filled the pouch made from Shi Wen's shirt with raspberries and returned without picking too many.

Shi Wen and Yan Kexing said goodbye to the young tigers, then Shi Wen welcomed Baoye A Sai and his companion to visit Shi Suo and Yan Shi. They admired the horses and shared lunch at Shi Wen’s home, where Baoye A Sai remarked on the delicious food and the growing flock of geese.

• Shi Wen and Yan Kexing returned home after saying goodbye to the tigress, and Shi Wen shared raspberries with the little ones before clearing the freezer of meat for the dogs.
• Baoye A Sai and a companion arrived to see Shi Suo and Yan Shi, and Shi Wen took them to Pasture No. 2.
• Shi Suo galloped over to Shi Wen and the visitors, while Yan Shi crowded in for attention and let them pet him.
• Baoye A Sai and his companion stayed to admire and photograph the horses, then returned to Shi Wen’s home for lunch.
• Baoye A Sai praised Yan Kexing’s mushroom-steamed chicken and asked about the more than five hundred geese grazing around the ditches.

Shi Wen lent Baoye A Sai his geese and Bresse chickens to help control a locust outbreak, then learned more about how locusts change when they swarm. Curious about the insects and wanting to check on his poultry, Shi Wen planned to visit Baoye A Sai's pasture with Yan Kexing.

• Baoye A Sai told Shi Wen that a small group of locusts was damaging his pasture, and Shi Wen agreed to lend him his geese and Bresse chickens.
• Baoye A Sai sent a truck to collect the poultry after they returned to the poultry house that evening.
• Yan Kexing explained that swarming locusts produce phenylacetonitrile, while solitary locusts do not, and gave Shi Wen papers about locusts to read.
• Shi Wen and Yan Kexing arranged to visit Baoye A Sai's pasture on Saturday to see the locusts and check on their poultry.
• Baoye A Sai invited Shi Wen to try fried locusts, and Shi Wen asked whether locusts could be eaten.

Shi Wen and Yan Kexing visited Baoye A Sai’s ranch, where they saw fine horses, their geese feeding on locusts, and rosy starlings that preyed on the pests. Baoye A Sai explained the locust plague and treated them to fried locusts before the story left them dining at his ranch.

• Shi Wen and Yan Kexing drove for over three hours to Baoye A Sai’s ranch, where Baoye A Sai welcomed them and explained that pesticides could harm his horses.
• Baoye A Sai showed Shi Wen and Yan Kexing the ranch’s prized horses, and Shi Wen spotted his geese eating locusts in the pasture.
• Baoye A Sai showed Shi Wen a solitary locust and explained how it differed from the swarming kind.
• Yan Kexing identified a flock of rosy starlings as locust predators, and Baoye A Sai discussed how a healthy food chain could prevent outbreaks.
• Baoye A Sai ordered fried locusts for lunch, and Shi Wen tried them alongside the ranch’s horse-meat dishes.