After thoroughly examining the two sheep they had caught, their expressions were filled with excitement.
“These two sheep are not sick, but they might have some parasites that need to be treated with medication. Moreover, the ram’s skeletal structure and various physiological functions are excellent, making it very suitable for breeding. The ewe is already pregnant, and judging by the size of her belly, she should give birth soon.”
This wasn’t just about gaining two more sheep; it was at least three, and apart from being a bit thin, their overall condition was quite good.
Their thinness was due to the various dangers they faced while wandering outside, making it hard for them to graze peacefully and causing them to move around a lot.
But they were in good shape.
Everyone dug a suitable pond, and since they happened to have the deworming powder with them, they directly sprinkled it into the newly dug pond.
“We need to soak them thoroughly with water.”
Controlling a sheep wasn’t easy; it took two strong men using all their strength.
Two local men grabbed the struggling ram and with great difficulty dragged it into the pond, while others helped from the side.
Song Wei and Lin Zhen simply caught the ewe that was trying to run away.
After a tough struggle, everyone was sweating profusely but finally managed to soak the ram’s fur thoroughly.
“Now the other one.”
Song Wei and Lin Zhen grabbed the ewe by its legs and lifted it up, not budging an inch despite its struggles.
“We’ll handle it.”
Then they rolled the ewe around in the pond.
As soon as they let go, the ewe immediately jumped out of the pond and ran away.
Turning back, they found Yu Wei and the others staring wide-eyed.
“What’s wrong? Did we do something wrong?”
Yu Wei closed his gaping mouth: “No, you just lifted the sheep like that? Wasn’t it heavy?”
Actually, if the sheep didn’t move, it wasn’t too heavy for two people to lift, but the thing was alive and struggled with considerable strength.
“Not heavy.”
They didn’t dwell on the issue for too long, just thought that appearances could be deceiving.
Especially Song Wei.
She looked so small, yet her strength was surprisingly great.
“It’s a pity to use the medicine in the pond only twice.”
Medicine was very expensive at that time, and they had gone through a lot of trouble to get it. But if they didn’t use it, they were afraid it might infect other sheep, leading to some disease.
Song Wei also felt it was a pity and, stroking her chin, asked Yu Wei: “Uncle Yu, how about we drive the other sheep over to roll in it too?”
It was a bit troublesome, but it was a good idea.
Yu Wei: “It’s about time for this batch of sheep to be dewormed anyway. Since we have everything ready here, let’s get the other sheep over for a dip. It’s just going to be a bit of a hassle.”
They weren’t afraid of the hassle, as long as their cattle and sheep stayed healthy.
They just needed to check on the other sheep.
In the end, Yu Wei stayed to help, while the other two herdsmen left.
Yu Wei and Feng Tingxuan were responsible for driving the sheep over in small groups, while Lin Zhen and Song Wei were in charge of catching the sheep and rolling them in the pond.
It was precisely because they saw the efficiency of Lin Zhen and Song Wei that they were shocked for a while, and seeing that their presence wasn’t really necessary, they felt reassured to leave.
After deworming all the sheep, Yu Wei and Feng Tingxuan, who had been driving the sheep, were exhausted.
“You two are really something.”
He patted Feng Tingxuan on the shoulder.
“Your niece is really surprising. Her strength is greater than that of two grown men, isn’t it?”
Feng Tingxuan himself was in a daze.
He didn’t know either; his niece had never shown such great strength in front of him before.
Four or five hours had passed, and they had moved with the sheep to a place with lusher grass, then prepared to cook.
Coarse grain pancakes mixed with wild vegetables found on the grassland, baked sweet potatoes, and a bowl of dough drop soup.
Although it was a bit rough, everyone ate quite contentedly, and no one had a small appetite. In fact, Feng Tingxuan’s appetite wasn’t even as big as Song Wei’s.
Watching Song Wei eat about as much as Lin Zhen, Yu Wei fell silent again.
“No wonder she’s so strong. Being able to eat is a blessing, it’s good to eat a lot.”
Song Wei, with a wild vegetable pancake stuffed in her mouth, smiled particularly brightly.
She just had a knack for saying shocking things.
“If I had known those two sheep didn’t belong to the flock, I would have slaughtered them yesterday to have mutton soup today.”
Yu Wei almost spat out his soup.
He touched his forehead with lingering fear, glad that she hadn’t known earlier!
“Ahem, they’re still carrying young, it would be a pity to eat them.”
Song Wei didn’t mind: “There’s still one without young, isn’t there?”
What a loss.
Song Wei stared at the two sheep with burning eyes, making Yu Wei’s heart race, afraid that she might really impulsively slaughter the sheep.
“Ahem… well, taking these two sheep back will earn your uncle some rewards.”
Song Wei looked at him, all ears.
“There might be some grain rewards. Next time we slaughter livestock, I’ll mention it to the team leader, so he can openly share some.”
Song Wei: “What a loss.”
Yu Wei: “It’s, it’s not that little.”
Anyway, the sheep couldn’t be eaten, Song Wei just stared at them with longing eyes, but slaughtering them was out of the question.
In the afternoon, Song Wei went out again with her camera.
Lin Zhen and Feng Tingxuan, however, dutifully looked after the flock.
Feng Tingxuan was a bit worried when Song Wei ran off.
Lin Zhen: “You should be worried about the carnivores that might encounter her.”
Having lived with Song Wei for almost a year, Lin Zhen, who knew her formidable fighting skills, thought that even if she encountered a bear, it would be the bear that died.
At this moment, Song Wei did indeed encounter a carnivore.
But it was a small one.
She lay in a patch of grass, camera in hand, and photographed a Pallas’s cat that was hunting, walking with a jerky motion.
The girl’s pitch-black eyes were particularly bright.
“It looks so fluffy and petable.”
She had improved; she didn’t just want to catch animals to eat them anymore, at least now she wanted to keep them.
The fluffy Pallas’s cat, perhaps because its fur was too thick, looked round and chubby, with a low center of gravity, and its short, stubby legs looked super cute.
Its face looked a bit gloomy, but also adorably dumb.
She wanted to keep one.
But she didn’t move.
She watched as the Pallas’s cat silently approached its prey, and when it launched its attack, it was much faster, instantly catching a pika.
Song Wei also pressed the shutter at that moment, capturing the scene of the Pallas’s cat hunting.
Afterwards, she stealthily followed the Pallas’s cat to its dwelling place.
Then, in a pile of rocks, as the Pallas’s cat called out, one, two, three, four fluffy little heads popped up from the seemingly ordinary pile of stones.
Four little Pallas’s cats!
So cute, want to pet them!
Click, click, she took pictures of them all.
Unfortunately, these little guys were quite wary. The mother Pallas’s cat noticed her and bristled, baring its teeth and making threatening sounds to drive her away.
Song Wei looked at the four little Pallas’s cats huddled together behind their mother.
“Alright, I’ll leave.”
Although her rare display of friendliness wasn’t accepted by the Pallas’s cat family, she wasn’t disappointed.
She remembered the location, planning to come back and visit when she had time.
Hanging her camera, she went to find her horse.
Which way did the horse go to graze again?
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