Leisurely Life: I Have Ten Thousand Acres of Grassland

Chapter 121 - 119: Ximen Chuimiao Battles Ye Gulang Again!

On the indoor stove, a large pile of ice blocks was added to the pot.

Then, fresh stuffed belly meat was placed inside, mixing it with the ice.

The stuffed belly meat is round in shape, extremely elastic.

Add a big handful of salt, and wait for the stuffed belly meat to cook.

When it’s ready, take the stuffed belly meat, slice it into halves with a knife, then dip it in chive flower sauce, and eat it.

The meat is smooth, tender, and savory, combined with the oil-cutting chive flower, the taste is extremely comfortable.

Today, the ranch is improving the meal, everyone can eat stuffed belly meat.

Everyone is waiting for the ice in the pot to melt and boil.

Jiang Feng had nothing to do, so he went outside to watch the animals.

Winter weather is relatively cold, and many animals need to stay warm.

Mainly the chickens and geese.

Jiang Feng was inspecting the chicken coop, and he hadn’t walked far when he saw a weasel looking around in the distance.

It poked its head out from behind a haystack, sneaky and sly.

Although the weasel looks cute, thinking of its hunting instincts, Jiang Feng kept his guard up.

At this moment, Cat Boss appeared out of nowhere.

As the Chief Steward of the Imperial Household of the ranch, Cat Boss is always alert and watchful.

Usually, you can’t see him, but when there’s any commotion, Cat Boss is always the first to show up.

This tabby cat is aloof and curious.

Although Jiang Feng wasn’t live broadcasting, this kind of scene in a short video is also popular, so he immediately took out his phone to record the interaction between Cat Boss and the weasel.

Cat Boss rushed at the weasel with a flurry of cat punches.

Two slaps landed on the weasel’s head, and the weasel was a bit stunned, quickly retreating.

Cat Boss stood still, staring at it, emitting a series of warning sounds.

Then, Jiang Feng was surprised to see the weasel stand up, its hands together as if praying, continuously bowing to Cat Boss.

The weasel was admitting defeat.

To enhance the video effect, Jiang Feng personally narrated:

"Encountered Cat Boss and a weasel sparring, this weasel seems to have settled on my ranch."

"But so far, there’s been no sign of it stealing chickens."

"Weasels prefer to eat mice and rabbits, only occasionally eating chickens."

"This weasel is probably here looking for mice."

"It can’t beat Cat Boss, seems to be surrendering."

In the open space, Cat Boss eyed the weasel. It was initially fierce, but seeing the weasel admit defeat, Cat Boss lost interest.

It relaxed its body, licked its nose with its tongue, and no longer intended to chase the weasel away.

The weasel realized Cat Boss wasn’t attacking, lowered its body, slowly approaching Cat Boss while continuously glancing with its dark little eyes.

Though small, these two creatures are among the most skilled predators in nature.

The scene looked quite adorable.

"Roar!"

Cat Boss saw it coming closer, this time only roared at it.

The weasel was startled, jumping back, but seeing Cat Boss didn’t pursue, it again approached Cat Boss.

This left Cat Boss puzzled.

What on earth was this creature trying to do?

The weasel closed in on Cat Boss, making no moves, just observing it.

Jiang Feng, filming from not far away, muttered to himself:

"Is the weasel trying to acknowledge a big brother, or is it pretending to be weak to then attack Cat Boss?"

But Jiang Feng wasn’t worried about Cat Boss’s safety.

The weasel’s attack method is biting the prey’s neck, given its agility, Cat Boss could easily slap it silly.

Cat Boss stared at the weasel in front of it, no longer interested in disciplining it.

Cat Boss never bullies the weak, only likes to bully those stubborn, rebellious feral cats.

At this point in the video, Jiang Feng pressed to stop recording, there wasn’t much else to capture.

He noticed the weasel seemed hungry.

"Cat Boss!"

Jiang Feng called out.

Hearing Jiang Feng, the tabby cat turned its head to look at him.

"Come to the granary! Bring it along!"

Jiang Feng shouted again.

The ranch has a place for storing grains and meat, the meat is in the refrigerator, so there’s no worry of mice stealing it.

However, one bag of rice had a hole gnawed by mice, stealing quite a bit, rendering the whole bag inedible.

There was a nest of mice in the granary.

It was a good time for Cat Boss to take the weasel there.

Weasels love eating mice the most.

Scientists once surveyed the stomachs of five thousand naturally deceased weasels, finding only two with bird remains, the rest were all mice and rabbit remains.

If properly managed, weasels are beneficial animals.

Weasels are generally afraid of humans, but in this open grassland, covered with snow, there’s hardly anything to eat.

The area where humans live is resource-rich and has everything.

So, it also moves around nearby.

"You come along too!"

After Cat Boss walked to Jiang Feng’s feet, Jiang Feng waved at the Weasel.

The Weasel stood up, looking at Jiang Feng curiously and warily.

At this moment, it hadn’t realized that a place in the ranch was beckoning to it.

Jiang Feng took Cat Boss inside. Out of curiosity, or maybe due to hunger, the Weasel followed slyly.

It would hop two steps and stop, then hop another two steps.

Jiang Feng walked to a room next to the kitchen, which had a refrigerator, pickle jars, and shelves full of vegetables. On the floor were a few bags of rice and flour.

It was around six in the evening, and the sky was quite dark, almost time for the mice to come out.

Jiang Feng opened the door and let Cat Boss inside.

In a food storage like this, mice might burrow in to eat raw rice.

A squeaking sound echoed in the room.

The sound was faint, but the Weasel heard it clearly.

Upon hearing the sound, the Weasel immediately stood upright, its little dark eyes full of excitement.

Jiang Feng took a few steps back, and the Weasel rushed into the food storage to hunt for mice.

Weasels can burrow, and whatever hole the mice can make, they can enter too, making it easier for them to catch hidden mice than cats.

With the two of them inside, Jiang Feng was a lot more at ease.

At this time, a ranch employee called him to say the tripe stew was ready, so he went back to eat.

Jiang Feng immediately headed to the canteen, knowing everyone was waiting for him.

It’s basic etiquette.

As a leader or a boss, the best approach isn’t to self-righteously say, "You can eat first without me," but to not make everyone wait too long.

When Jiang Feng arrived at the canteen, the plate was already set with cooked tripe stew.

Jiang Feng sat at the dining table, grabbed a tripe stew with his hand, and cut it open with a small knife.

Instantly, the oil inside mixed with the juices started flowing out.

The meat inside was pressed together, chewy and tender.

Jiang Feng used a small knife to scoop some leek flower sauce onto half of the tripe stew, then put it into his mouth.

With a bite, a slight burst of juice, and the flavors of meat and leek flower sauce filled his mouth, getting tastier with each chew.

Everyone ate like this.

One tripe stew down after another, and the stomach became comfortable.

After dinner, Jiang Feng uploaded the video he recorded today online.

The video showed the interaction between Cat Boss and the Weasel.

Seeing Jiang Feng update the video, and with his video account now having 3.4 million followers, fans quickly flooded the comment section.

"Am I early, or is the ranch owner slow, first!"

"Just now the likes were in the hundreds, refreshed and it’s over 4,000!"

"Here we go! Ximen Chuimiao versus Ye Gulang!"

"Ye Gulang seems a bit weak, looks like he acknowledged Ximen Chuimiao as the boss!"

"Didn’t the ranch owner say this cat is the Chief Steward of the Imperial Household? Easily handling an assassin should be a breeze."

"Weasel: I yield, can’t I just yield?"

The video quickly gathered likes.

For a regular daily short video, the final like count stopped at 152K, which is quite a hit, also proving Jiang Feng’s popularity.

Everyone hopes he can live stream this content.

After dinner, Jiang Feng went back to check the food storage, only to find Cat Boss and the Weasel were gone, likely having finished eating and gone off to play.

The area where humans live is abundant with resources, so in winter, wild animals always come around.

Wolves, wild boars, weasels, these kinds of animals.

For these wildlife creatures, Jiang Feng always helps if he can, feeds if he can.

As long as they don’t harm the ranch’s animals.

Otherwise, Jiang Feng would drive them away as well.

Jiang Feng closed the food storage door, planning to go back indoors to play with his phone, play on the computer.

This is also a kind of entertainment modern young people can’t do without.

It’s getting colder.

There’s heating in the ranch living area, with an employee dedicated to stoking the boiler in winter, working the night shift and sleeping during the day.

It’s warm inside, comfortable to stay in.

Living in remote yurts, herders’ lives are relatively tough, with endless work.

Jiang Feng’s place is a large ranch with its own big yard, more investment in renovation, with water and electricity, life quality is no issue at all.

However, the weather is getting colder.

Wind and snow are slowly increasing.

Such is the winter life.

Ordinary herders will reduce their livestock numbers, waiting for spring to come for a new round of breeding.

The large ranch has enough conditions to accommodate cattle and sheep through the winter, so there’s not much worry.

The ranch’s development is orderly.