novelraw Chapter 129 - 127: Raise the Silver Bowl of Wine High Overhead!
Chapter 129 - 127: Raise the Silver Bowl of Wine High Overhead!
The news about the wild camels has not made its way into the public eye.
Only the staff within the Forestry and Grass Bureau are aware of this matter.
The department will allocate a special budget for this issue to protect the wild camels.
The next day, when Jiang Feng started his live broadcast, someone asked about the situation with the wild camels.
Jiang Feng simply replied, "The people at the Forestry and Grass Bureau are handling it, I’m not getting involved."
He didn’t say more, and the netizens soon forgot about the matter.
In the end, the wild camels faded from people’s view.
They came and went in a hurry, just as they arrived.
Jiang Feng didn’t think much of it; running a ranch meant dealing with animals, encountering some peculiar animal incidents was quite normal.
In winter, the cattle, sheep, and camels are all resting and recuperating.
Jiang Feng still inspected daily.
"The number of pregnant ewes is increasing, just waiting for the spring lambing."
"For herders, spring is also a season of harvest."
Jiang Feng said with a broad smile as he walked out of the sheepfold.
Upon hearing this, fans responded one after another:
[What? The ewes at the ranch got pregnant overnight? And the mastermind behind it all is him!]
[Why did the ewes wail at midnight, why did the sheep flock get pregnant collectively, is this a twist of humanity or a moral downfall? Welcome to this issue of Focus Discussion: [The Mysterious Shadow in the Midnight Sheepfold]]
[What did you do, ranch owner?!]
Seeing the pop-up comments, Jiang Feng remained calm.
"In the ranch, there are two methods: natural mating and artificial insemination."
"Natural mating involves putting one ram with twenty ewes, but the efficiency is relatively low."
"Artificial insemination is the scientific method; it’s more efficient, and large ranches have specialized equipment and staff for it."
Netizens always have peculiar points of attention.
They only heard about one ram being put with twenty ewes.
[One-to-twenty, can efficiency not be low?]
[Can the ram handle it?]
[They should send two more Feiyang Sheep to help.]
[Feiyang Sheep, push hard, Xiyang Sheep is out of strength! I warn you, no peeking!]
[Ridiculous, the sheep caravan can start rolling!]
The live broadcast room started bustling again.
Life continued as usual.
In the afternoon, staff from the Grass Research Institute came to the ranch.
The full name of the Grass Research Institute is the Xilingol League Fine Forage Research Institute, which develops excellent forage varieties every year for large ranch owners to plant.
Around many cities, there are forage planting bases, and there are specialized ecological breeding sheep, but these sheep are exclusively gourmet food for affluent people and do not reach the market.
Jiang Feng’s pasture is considered one of the best in Maodeng, it used to be able to grow so much forage even without much management.
If carefully cultivated, it can grow into a large, lush, dense forage area.
Such forage looks like a sea of rice fields, swaying in the wind to form the shape of the sea.
The height of the forage can easily cover a person’s ankle.
The staff from the Grass Research Institute, Liu Yu, introduced to him:
"This year’s forage variety is still mixed sowing of alfalfa, it starts growing in early April and ends in late September."
"According to our tests, the grass seeds have a four-year growth cycle, so if cultivated well, you only need to purchase a batch every 4 years."
"The grassland here is so large and the soil is so fertile, establishing a mixed alfalfa grassland is no problem at all."
"Approximately one acre of grassland can sustain 4 sheep, with a daily weight gain of 200 grams."
Upon hearing this, Jiang Feng asked, "Do you have the test report? Let me take a look."
Actually, Jiang Feng doesn’t need forage seeds this year, because he previously won some in a lottery draw.
The forage seeds produced by the system are certainly a bit better than the ones bought.
There are quite a few forage breeding bases on the prairie, they continually improve forage and also go to local industry research institutes to test forage and obtain analysis reports.
The nutritional content of fine forage is surely much higher than ordinary grass and is more suitable for cattle and sheep breeding.
There are many forage varieties here, they start sowing in March next year, and forage starts sprouting in early April.
Liu Yu from the Grass Research Institute handed the nutrition report of the forage to Jiang Feng, the data showed that their new variety’s nutrition is more than three times that of ordinary forage.
"I’ll buy some, but not too much."
"We’ll see how it goes first."
Jiang Feng made a decision.
Forage seeds still need to be bought, his pasture is too big, and the system-awarded forage seeds are not quite enough.
Moreover, forage planting also needs planning and partitioning.
Some are mixed alfalfa, some are natural areas, and some places are monocultures.
While planting forage, enough space must be left for people to pass through.
34,000 acres, nearly 35,000 acres of large pasture, how to plant the grass needs careful planning.
"This is just promotion, you can buy anytime."
"But I suggest buying before the end of the year, as more people buy after New Year’s, delivery is slower."
Liu Yu reminded.
"Alright, I’ll place the order, New Year’s is almost over, delivery after New Year’s is fine."
Jiang Feng promised.
Now it’s already late December, and the year is about to pass.
Jiang Feng began to prepare for the ranch’s spring.
In the coming days, life on the ranch settled down.
Because the prairie is visited frequently during the winter, usually there’s a lot to handle, so at the beginning of January, Jiang Feng decided to temporarily stop his live streams.
Currently, his short video account has over 6.9 million followers.
Moreover, his live streams never sell goods, nor do they engage in pretenses, yet they attract many viewers every day.
On the prairie, some influencer herders have fan counts of five to six million as well, but once you enter their live streaming room, you can see two female hosts in Mongolian clothing selling beef jerky.
The number of viewers tends to be only dozens or hundreds.
These hosts create short video accounts to attract followers and then sell goods during the live stream.
Jiang Feng is completely the opposite; he uses live streaming to accumulate popularity and interact with netizens.
Meanwhile, he earns popularity value from the system.
Having both money and leisure, he’s not in need, so doing live streams as a side job just for fun is quite nice.
"As mentioned a few days ago, live streaming will be paused for a while these days."
"Probably around the fourth or fifth day of the new year before streaming again."
"The ranch is stable now, and there’ll be plenty to do come spring."
"See you then."
"Wishing everyone a happy New Year in advance!"
Jiang Feng said to the netizens in the evening.
Saying this, he set up a little activity for the viewers in his live room.
"Lucky and Wealthy, Xiaojin Hua, give everyone a New Year’s greeting!"
In the video, the three Border Collies all stood up, front legs slightly bent, gently swaying up and down, tongues sticking out, smiling as if they were giving a New Year’s greeting.
[Happy New Year, Ranch Owner!]
[It just feels like the New Year is upon us as we watch!]
[Streaming on the fourth day of the New Year! A bit earlier, perhaps!]
[Streaming for such long hours daily, already a model worker!]
[No wonder his popularity is so high, truly amazing!]
Barrage continuously flowed.
The majority still being the words "Happy New Year."
Jiang Feng leisurely recounted to everyone:
"In the pastoral area, as the season passes into Minor Snow, herders begin to slaughter cattle and sheep, freezing the meat afterward."
"Throughout the entire first month, every yurt is filled with the aroma of cooked meat and alcohol."
"The pastoral area refers to this first month as ’White Month,’ because Mongolian People favor white — white clouds, white snow, dairy, and Hada are all white."
"Everyone visits each other, meeting friends, chatting, and drinking."
"People here like to worship the kitchen god by sprinkling fine wine into the sky, seeking the protection of the kitchen gods in all directions."
"They also make bonfires with cow dung and firewood, carrying Hada and wine around the fire in circles, praying for livestock prosperity."
"I have a lot to do, all with others, and streaming would be impolite and spoil the atmosphere."
"Here’s a blessing from this side:"
"Fill the silver bowl with wine, raise it high above your head."
"Wishing everyone good health, and prosperity and strength for our country."
"Goodbye everyone!"
With that, Jiang Feng waved his hand to everyone and turned off the live stream.
As the Spring Festival approaches, the people in the pastoral area begin decorating and preparing.
The ranch has set up the work schedule for the Spring Festival.
On New Year’s Eve, Niu Erhu and his wife Gelya will stay here, and Yang Maolin will also remain on the ranch.
Others will return in succession for duty.
Then, Jiang Feng busied himself with purchasing tasks and distributing employee benefits.
Jiang Feng’s year-end bonuses were generous; everyone genuinely earned money, received beef and mutton, and various grains and staples.
Especially those on holiday duty, whose wages were triple, along with various supplements.
For Niu Erhu and Yang Maolin, staying behind wasn’t much of an issue since they didn’t have other places to go.
It was better to stay at the ranch, accompanying the cattle and sheep, which was more lively.
After arranging affairs at the ranch, Jiang Feng also began visiting friends and relatives back home.
As a ranch owner, some personal connections need maintaining too.
Moreover, it’s a chance to take a good rest.
In his room, Jiang Feng started packing, preparing to go home for a few days.
Seeing Jiang Feng packing, Xiaojin Hua ran to its pet house, fetched its favorite toy, and brought it out.
Xiaojin Hua’s favorite toy is a cat doll shaped like a tiger, which it bites and plays with every day.
This little guy could tell Jiang Feng was going on a long trip and knew it would certainly go along, hoping Jiang Feng would take its toy too.
Those favored have nothing to fear.
Jiang Feng turned to see Xiaojin Hua with the toy, understood its intention, and took the toy, placing it into the suitcase.
He would indeed take Xiaojin Hua along.
Along with two big cats, three kittens, a Little Mongolian Mastiff, a Little White Wolf, and a Little Donkey.
Little White Wolf falls under wild animals. But Jiang Feng’s home is in the city, not far, and there’s no fuss if he doesn’t take Little White Wolf out showing off.
He planned to put Little White Wolf in the yard.
So, once ready, Jiang Feng took the little ones back to the city villa.