Chapter Summaries

Shi Wen and Yan Kexing went with forest police to help a pregnant moose in difficult labor. After Yan Kexing and the police tranquilized the rest of the herd, Shi Wen calmed and restrained the mother and began treating her, but the birth had not yet been resolved.

• Jiang Yanhan found Shi Wen and asked him to help a moose carrying twins that could not be delivered.
• Shi Wen, Yan Kexing, and Baoye A Sai traveled with Jiang Yanhan to the wheat field where the moose herd was gathered.
• Shi Wen noticed that a bull moose had broken half his antlers after falling into a drainage ditch.
• Yan Kexing and Jiang Yanhan tranquilized every moose except the one in labor, clearing the way for Shi Wen to approach her.
• Shi Wen soothed and restrained the mother moose, then asked the veterinarian to help provide fluids as they prepared to deliver the calves.

Shi Wen and the veterinarian worked to deliver two calves from a moose whose calves were tangled and blocking the birth canal. They successfully delivered both calves, and Shi Wen discovered that the second one had white fur.

• Shi Wen examined the moose and found that her two calves were tangled together, making a cesarean impractical and a natural delivery difficult.
• Shi Wen worked to reposition the calves and asked Baoye A Sai to bring honey water to strengthen the moose.
• Shi Wen tied a sterilized rope to the first calf's front legs and directed the others to pull in rhythm with the moose's contractions.
• After drinking the honey water, the moose regained strength, and Shi Wen and the others pulled the first calf out alive.
• Shi Wen delivered the second calf more easily and discovered that it was covered in white fur.

Shi Wen and the others helped a mother moose deliver two healthy calves, including a rare albino, then Baoye A Sai tried Shi Wen’s honey and recognized its exceptional aroma. Shi Wen decided to promote the honey for its fragrance while continuing to focus on his growing livestock operation.

• The veterinarian praised the healthy albino calf, and the mother moose stood to clean both newborns as they learned to stand and nurse.
• Shi Wen said the rescue work was done, and Jiang Yanhan thanked the group before noticing Shi Wen’s swollen hands.
• Baoye A Sai asked whether Shi Wen’s honey was truly that good, and Shi Wen planned to give him a jar.
• Baoye A Sai made honey water and praised the honey’s distinctive grassland-like aroma, leading Shi Wen to decide to advertise its fragrance.
• Shi Wen continued tracking his livestock’s weekly weights, adjusting feed and culling animals that failed to meet his standards.

Shi Wen investigated the strange taste in Fu Meng and Chang Qingqing's dairy cows' milk but could not identify its cause. The milk remained unusable, leaving them worried about the cost of keeping or selling the cows.

• Fu Meng told Shi Wen that his cows' milk had developed a strange taste, and Shi Wen agreed to investigate.
• Shi Wen examined Fu Meng's healthy cows and their feed but found nothing unusual.
• Chang Qingqing milked a cow, and Shi Wen noticed the milk smelled fermented and tasted badly spoiled.
• Fu Meng explained that lab tests found no bacteria or toxins, and that the milk's taste had started changing after rain a few weeks earlier.
• Shi Wen could not determine what was wrong, while Fu Meng and Chang Qingqing considered stopping milking or selling the cows.

Shi Wen and Yan Kexing could not identify why Fu Meng’s milk had turned foul, so Shi Wen suggested changing the cows’ feed to forage from his ranch. Fu Meng and Chang Qingqing began testing the new forage, and the chapter left them milking the cows before dawn to see whether the milk had improved.

• Shi Wen took a bottle of Fu Meng’s foul-smelling milk to Yan Kexing, but they could not determine its cause.
• Shi Wen proposed feeding Fu Meng’s cows forage from his ranch, and Fu Meng agreed to try it for a week.
• Fu Meng visited Shi Wen’s ranch each afternoon, cut enough forage for his cows, and hauled it home in two truckloads.
• Fu Meng and Chang Qingqing woke before dawn and went to milk the cows to check whether the new feed had helped.

Fu Meng and Chang Qingqing found that Shi Wen’s forage made their cows’ milk taste less strange, but it did not fix the problem. Shi Wen and Yan Kexing concluded that the cows’ rumen microbes were likely out of balance, and began considering the cause.

• Fu Meng and Chang Qingqing milked a cow and found that the milk tasted mostly normal after the cows ate Shi Wen’s forage.
• Fu Meng told Shi Wen that the forage seemed to help, and Shi Wen urged him to keep feeding it to the cows.
• Shi Wen tasted the milk at Fu Meng’s ranch and found that the strange flavor remained despite growing weaker.
• Shi Wen took a bottle of milk to Yan Kexing, who agreed that its flavor was still off and ruled out the forage as the main cause.
• Yan Kexing showed Shi Wen a paper explaining how rumen microbes could affect milk flavor, and they suspected the cows’ microbial balance had been disrupted.

Shi Wen, Yan Kexing, and Sikewell found that the cows’ milk problem came from their rumen flora and cured them with medicine. After Fu Meng thanked them with a sheep and offered help, Shi Wen began cutting and drying the ranch’s forage grass.

• Shi Wen showed Fu Meng, Chang Qingqing, and Sikewell the findings, and Sikewell treated two cows with rumen-flora medicine.
• Fu Meng’s cows recovered, and their milk returned to normal the next day.
• Fu Meng brought Shi Wen a slaughtered sheep to celebrate and offered to help round up the sheep for deworming.
• Shi Wen arranged to cut the forage grass first and handle the sheep the following week.
• Shi Wen and Yan Kexing inspected and repaired the mower, then Shi Wen spent several days cutting forage grass while the livestock gathered to sniff it.

Shi Wen welcomed the geese and chickens back from Baoye A Sai’s ranch, where they had grown fat eating locusts and good feed. After arranging for them to readjust at home, Shi Wen discussed their diet with Yan Kexing and agreed to consider Baoye A Sai’s invitation to a horse race another time.

• Shi Wen asked Baoye A Sai to bring the geese and chickens back after the locusts on his ranch had mostly been controlled.
• Baoye A Sai returned the birds along with horsemeat products, and Shi Wen traded him cheese and let him pick vegetables.
• Shi Wen checked the plump geese and chickens, collected their eggs, and agreed to sell Baoye A Sai goslings next year if they hatched a batch.
• Baoye A Sai invited Shi Wen to an upcoming horse race, but Shi Wen said he would learn more and go another time.
• Shi Wen kept the returning birds in the poultry house for two days, and Yan Kexing advised adjusting their feed proportions rather than cutting out grain.

Shi Wen and Yan Kexing learned that a wildfire had broken out at Mount Tannan in the Agouna Mountains and drove to the fire site, worried about the little tiger. Shi Wen checked the tiger’s tracker and learned he was still on Mount Kuyang, far from the blaze.

• Shi Wen and Yan Kexing consulted a J University professor about raising their geese and Bresse chickens, then spent the day in the city.
• On their drive home, Shi Wen saw news of a wildfire in the Agouna Mountains and learned from a group chat that it had started at Mount Tannan.
• Shi Wen and Yan Kexing arranged for Gong Jiang and the others to watch the ranch and drove toward the fire to see whether help was needed.
• They saw flames across two mountain ranges and many animals fleeing onto the grassland, but the little tiger was not among them.
• Shi Wen called Zhou Hongzhong, who checked the tracker and confirmed that the little tiger was still on Mount Kuyang and likely safe.

Shi Wen and Yan Kexing helped fight a wildfire until it was mostly extinguished, then rested at the command base. After sharing a brief kiss, they left the celebration banquet early and drove home, with Shi Wen taking the wheel because he worried Yan Kexing had not slept enough.

• Shi Wen insisted on joining Yan Kexing on the front line, and the person in charge supplied them with protective suits.
• Shi Wen carried equipment and helped the firefighting team until Yan Kexing and the person in charge changed plans and organized a firebreak.
• The wildfire was mostly extinguished by midnight, and Shi Wen rested at the base after drinking soup and eating watermelon.
• Yan Kexing found the sleeping Shi Wen, kissed him briefly, and told him the fire was out and they could go home.
• Shi Wen and Yan Kexing declined the celebration banquet, left the command base, and Shi Wen volunteered to drive because he suspected Yan Kexing had not slept.

After recovering from helping put out the wildfire, Shi Wen learned that people nationwide were praising him and joined Yan Kexing's research trip to study the mountain's fire damage. He arranged for the ranch to be cared for, packed supplies and treats for the tigress, and set off with Yan Kexing's team.

• Gong Jiang, Lin Chengqian, and Ge Yue urged Shi Wen and Yan Kexing to shower, eat, and rest after their exhausting work fighting the wildfire.
• Shi Wen woke in the evening to Yan Kexing preparing roast goose, then learned from Lin Chengqian that news reports were praising his appearance and the firefighters' response.
• Yan Kexing told Shi Wen that his team would study the mountain's plants, animals, and wildfire damage, and Shi Wen asked to go along.
• Shi Wen arranged for Zhang Deyuan and the others to look after the ranch and packed supplies, including beef jerky for the tigress.
• Shi Wen joined Yan Kexing, Lin Chengqian, and Ge Yue in the car for the research trip, and Yan Kexing told everyone to rest before they entered the mountains.

Yan Kexing, Shi Wen, and their companions surveyed the wildfire damage and helped assess the needs of the surviving wildlife. As night fell, they met a welcoming team of forest rangers and headed to their mountain station for food and lodging.

• Shi Wen led Yan Kexing and the others through the burned forest, where they recorded damage and found dead animals alongside fresh tracks from survivors.
• At a wildlife watering hole, Yan Kexing placed salt licks and explained that the surviving animals needed minerals after the fire.
• The group found a second watering hole with a salt lick already in place, which Yan Kexing recorded as likely having been set out by forest rangers.
• As darkness fell, Shi Wen called for them to find a campsite, but a team of forest rangers met them and invited them to stay at their dormitory.
• The rangers helped carry their supplies and told them they were patrolling for smoldering embers as the two groups walked to the brightly lit forest station.

Shi Wen and Yan Kexing enjoyed the forest rangers’ hospitality before returning to Mount Kuyang, where they reunited with the tigress and checked that she was healthy. After feeding her and picking raspberries with her, they headed back to the ranch.

• The forest rangers welcomed Yan Kexing and Shi Wen with a generous meal and rooms, and Shi Wen and Yan Kexing agreed to send them livestock, geese, and vegetables in thanks.
• The cook gave Shi Wen pickled radish and steamed buns for the road, and the group ate them with horsemeat sausage during their research trip.
• Shi Wen and Yan Kexing reunited with the tigress at Mount Kuyang, petted her, checked her for injuries or illness, and fed her beef jerky.
• Gong Jiang photographed and filmed the tigress while she ate, and then the group picked two bags of raspberries with her.
• Ge Yue ate wild raspberries in the car as the group returned to the ranch.

Shi Wen tried to give livestock and ranch products to the forest rangers and soldiers who had fought the fire, but they refused because of regulations. He opened an online store instead, sold out his first listings quickly, and began planning to sell honey.

• Shi Wen chose fifteen geese and three sheep, along with other ranch goods, to thank the forest rangers and soldiers who had fought the fire.
• The ranger station and other units refused Shi Wen's gifts, so Yan Kexing suggested donating money to organizations that sent volunteers into the mountains.
• Shi Wen opened an online store and sold out seven hundred goose eggs, fifteen geese, and three sheep to local buyers.
• Shi Wen delivered a sheep and a goose to Baoye A Sai, who praised the geese and encouraged him to price his honey at three to five thousand yuan per jin.

Shi Wen and Yan Kexing planned a luxury membership program and rebranded the ranch as Shi Family Ranch. With an expert’s help, Shi Wen finalized the membership rules and contract, then admitted several more members.

• Baoye A Sai advised Shi Wen to build a premium brand for his honey and offered to buy it if he could not sell it.
• Shi Wen and Yan Kexing discussed charging premium prices, redesigning the brand, and using a tiered membership system.
• Shi Wen recruited Baoye A Sai, Qile Moge, Ma Chengfeng, Zhu Ji, and Lin Huaizhuo as founding members.
• Shi Wen hired an expert from City B, who recommended the Shi Family Ranch brand and proposed annual fees of fifty thousand, one hundred thousand, and two hundred thousand yuan for three membership tiers.
• The expert prepared detailed membership rules, terms, and disclaimers, and Shi Wen finalized the program before accepting more members.

Shi Wen launched naturally ripened honey as his first members-only product, and all twelve members quickly bought a bottle. After selling the batch, he shared honey water with the animals at home, leaving the little fox sulking when he refused it a second bowl.

• Shi Wen sent the Abnormal Affairs Bureau a honey sample, and Zhu Ji reported its ability value was 192, just below the threshold for Variant Ingredients.
• Zhu Ji offered to buy the unsold honey, but Shi Wen refused because he wanted to attract new members and planned to split the bee colonies.
• Shi Wen listed twenty bottles of honey in the members' group, and members promptly bought twelve and asked to purchase the rest.
• Shi Wen made honey water for the animals at home, and they eagerly drank their bowls.
• The little fox begged Shi Wen for more honey water, but he refused and stroked its tail as it sulked.

Shi Wen discussed beekeeping with Ge Yue and the others, then hired Reheman to supervise the expansion of his apiaries. After Reheman approved Shi Wen’s queen-rearing work and adjusted his mating colonies, Shi Wen prepared to check the new queens in the coming weeks.

• Shi Wen kept to his rule of giving each animal only one bowl of honey water while he and his guests discussed the work involved in keeping bees.
• Ge Yue described her grandparents’ use of bee stings as a folk remedy, and Shi Wen declined to consider breeding bees for medical treatment without proper expertise.
• Shi Wen planned to split his six hives into eighteen colonies and hired Reheman to guide him through the process.
• Reheman selected twelve good queen cells and praised Shi Wen’s prepared mating colonies.
• Reheman showed Shi Wen how to adjust the colonies and instructed him to check the queens’ emergence, mating, and egg-laying over the next few weeks.

Shi Wen finished adjusting the bee colonies with Reheman, then discovered Heiwa and the other dogs could start the barn-cleaning robot. After discussing their abilities with Yan Kexing, Shi Wen decided to see what else they could do and asked them to herd the livestock out the next morning.

• Shi Wen and Reheman adjusted the hives and agreed that Shi Wen would ask him to teach colony splitting another time.
• Reheman reminded Shi Wen to feed the mating colony sugar water and pollen, then rode home after declining dinner.
• Shi Wen found Heiwa and the other dogs operating the barn's cleaning robot and sent Yan Kexing a video of them.
• Shi Wen and Yan Kexing discussed testing the dogs' intelligence, and Shi Wen decided to let them handle more tasks on their own.
• The next morning, Shi Wen asked Heiwa and Langwa to try herding the livestock out while he went back to bed.

Shi Wen discovered that Heiwa and the other animals could herd the livestock without trouble, so he and Yan Kexing arranged intelligence tests with Zhu Ji’s help. The results showed that the little ones had the average intelligence of ten-year-olds, and Shi Wen declined Zhu Ji’s suggestion that he raise more animals.

• Heiwa and the others let the livestock out and herded them to the pastures in three groups, while Shi Wen monitored their progress.
• After watching the animals manage the pasture successfully for several days, Shi Wen showed Yan Kexing the recordings.
• Yan Kexing suggested testing the little ones’ intelligence, and Zhu Ji arranged for researchers to come to the pasture.
• The researchers tested the animals, and Zhu Ji reported that they had the average intelligence of ten-year-olds.
• Zhu Ji asked Shi Wen to raise more animals, but Shi Wen refused and sent the little fox off to play.

Shi Wen agreed to help Sanjiangyuan National Park cull overpopulated wild goats and other herbivores, limiting the trip to three days so he could return to the ranch. As he and Yan Kexing prepared to leave, Ge Yue reminded him to discuss payment for the work.

• Shi Wen used communication and food buttons to care for the little animals at home, then began planning breeding for more than sixteen hundred ewes.
• Yan Kexing received a call from Sanjiangyuan National Park, which asked Shi Wen to help locate and cull overpopulated wild goats and other herbivores.
• Shi Wen agreed to go for three days after the park confirmed that would be enough time, and he hired Gong Jiang and two others to oversee the ranch at double wages.
• Shi Wen and Yan Kexing gathered with everyone for breakfast before setting out, and Ge Yue asked how much the park would pay them.
• Ge Yue explained that wild-goat hunts could be expensive because they required vehicles or helicopters, fuel, and professional hunters.