The year’s plan starts with spring.
On a bright spring day, Jiang Feng was driving a truck loaded with some chickens and ducks.
He drove slowly, and even the drone could keep up.
The online audience saw this and was quite curious.
[Master Jiang, are you going to sell chickens and ducks?]
[You took all the ducks from the ranch!]
[Are you headed to a slaughterhouse?]
Jiang Feng drove leisurely.
Before long, he arrived next to a patch of corn and potato fields.
"In the agricultural, forestry, animal husbandry, and fishery industries, chickens and ducks are the chosen laborers."
"Ducks are experts at weeding, eating weeds, and chickens are masters at pest control, eating insects."
"Today I’m taking them out to test their effectiveness."
"Weeding and pest control by myself would be exhausting."
Then Jiang Feng explained to everyone.
His field had fences on both sides.
On one side was the breeding pasture, and on the other was the sightseeing pasture.
The middle area was used for planting crops.
Today, by coincidence, people from the Agricultural Research Institute were also working there.
Ruan Yuanwu led a few young researchers, wearing hats, seemingly weeding.
Such is the life of agricultural workers, dealing with the land.
Online, a student from an agricultural university once joked:
"My family thought that once I got into university I wouldn’t have to farm anymore, but it turns out I’m studying farming, farming every day without making any money."
At this time, they also noticed Jiang Feng.
"Look over there, Master Jiang has come too."
"His cornfield has quite a bit of weeds; if we don’t weed soon, the corn’s nutrition will definitely be affected."
"Is he here to weed today? Is he going to use herbicides? That would affect the crops, and they wouldn’t be completely natural."
The researchers started discussing amongst themselves.
Then they saw Jiang Feng park his truck, open the back, and begin unloading the ducks.
About thirty ducks were released by Jiang Feng.
"All the ducks from the ranch are here, put up a good show."
"Go, eat the grass."
He put them down and nudged the ducks by their tails.
The online viewers couldn’t help but laugh at this sight.
[Master Jiang is too much, making ducks work forcibly!]
[They have to work while alive and get eaten when dead, life is too hard for ducks!]
[This is called scientific farming. Free-range ducks taste better than those that eat feed!]
[Duck lovers strongly denounce this behavior, unless you send me a duck leg!]
The ducks wagged their small tails as they gazed toward the cornfield, then walked in one after another.
Then Jiang Feng released six or seven roosters.
"Go, go in and eat the bugs."
"There are plenty of bugs in there."
He said again.
The roosters were much more proactive; after all, chickens are not very smart, and all they do each day is search for food.
These roosters flew into the cornfield and started their work.
Jiang Feng was just here to test the outcome; regardless of whether it works or not, he had to try.
In the adjacent field, seeing this scene, the people from the Agricultural Research Institute suddenly felt a bit tired from weeding and pest control personally.
"Why is he putting chickens and ducks in there?"
"Pest control and weeding, I’ve studied it but haven’t seen it in practice."
"It’s usually ponds and fish ponds that keep ducks for weeding."
"This method is very scientific, why aren’t we doing it this way?"
The researchers chatted.
Ruan Yuanwu spoke up:
"We’re almost done; everyone, don’t worry about that side."
"Ducks and chickens can only do rough pest control and weeding; it won’t be thorough."
"We cultivate excellent varieties to ensure the final product quality."
"To leave nothing to chance."
Hearing this, the researchers couldn’t say much and continued weeding and pest control.
Jiang Feng, meanwhile, watched the ducks entering the field.
"My land here is different from typical fields; this is grassland, here to grow corn, but grass still grows."
"And my corn isn’t just for straw but for eating too."
"So it needs more care."
"Relying on the ducks will do; I’ll bring them here often."
Jiang Feng said with a smile.
The duck group did not disappoint.
They hadn’t been fed today; leading them out, they saw grass to eat, and immediately feasted voraciously.
The Duck Weeding Brigade was officially formed.
[Master Jiang indeed is a capitalist, effortlessly making animals work!]
[The mouse-catching brigade, the rabbit-catching brigade, the weeding brigade, the pest control brigade, none are humans.]
[Having so many animals needs to be put to good use.]
[The ranch doesn’t keep freeloaders!]
Jiang Feng watched as the ducks and roosters busied themselves, with nothing much to do himself; he wandered around, inspecting the state of the field.
Seeing the Agricultural Research Institute people starting to rest, Jiang Feng walked over to greet them.
"Master Jiang, you’re here to help too."
Ruan Yuanwu greeted with a smile.
"Yeah, just came over to check things out, feed the chickens and ducks."
"I’ll do some livestreaming for a bit."
"What are you all planting here? I see corn sprouts."
Jiang Feng asked.
"Apart from corn, we’ve also planted radishes and cabbages, and some peppers."
"The temperature difference here between day and night is big, it’s cold at night, so I’m studying cold-resistant varieties."
"If I can cultivate them, we can promote the seeds in the future."
"These corn seeds are still from last year, the ones you planted. I’m using them as seeds."
Ruan Yuanwu responded.
Jiang Feng nodded, "Yeah, I hope it works, many people want to farm, but good seeds are hard to buy."
"If the Agricultural Research Institute develops them, I can buy some too."
The two casually chatted.
Other researchers also looked at Jiang Feng.
A young man handed over a bottle of mineral water, Jiang Feng took it, said "Thanks," and directly started drinking.
At that moment, they were no different from ordinary old farmers working the fields.
Just that their goals and methods were different.
"Alright, I’m heading to Qingfeng Ranch; need to check on the tigers and bears."
"You guys carry on."
Jiang Feng waved his hand.
The researchers waved back.
Upon hearing that he was going to see the tigers and bears, everyone expressed their amazement.
Chickens and ducks worked diligently in the fields, happily treating it as a buffet.
Weeds in the field visibly reduced.
Jiang Feng drove the car towards Qingfeng Ranch.
It’s not far, it took just 5 minutes by car.
After arriving, Jiang Feng planned to take the little tiger out for a stroll.
At the zoo, after closing, the keepers would take the little tiger out for a walk to let it exercise more and see different scenery.
Since it’s their own tiger, ensuring safety, they can raise it however they want.
Jiang Feng went to the breeding room; now the little tiger was about the size of a dog and when it acted coy, its strength was considerable.
Jiang Feng didn’t dare to let all three out, if they ran wild, catching them would be troublesome.
But Hu Weimin said he could accompany.
So, Jiang Feng took the little white tiger out, Hu Weimin and another staff member took the other two little tigers out, and they walked in the park.
The scene was streamed live.
The park gate was open, Jiang Feng carried the little tiger outside.
This little guy was coming out of the park for the first time.
Its neck stretched long, looking around left and right.
That look was just like a socially anxious cat being held out of the house by its owner.
Viewers who kept cats couldn’t help but laugh; indeed, tigers are also cats.
After coming out, Jiang Feng placed the little tiger on the lawn to let it walk by itself.
The little tiger crouched down immediately, very alert.
It was scared of everything.
"When it was younger, it wasn’t taken out, so this is its first time coming out, hence it’s quite timid."
"But tigers aren’t socially anxious, they’ll be fine once they get used to it."
Jiang Feng looked at the little tiger and said to everyone.
Jiang Feng followed the little tiger, letting it run freely.
The little guy initially crawled forward, but slowly got braver, standing up to run.
Just then, two little Golden Retrievers ran over to find Jiang Feng.
The little white tiger saw the little Golden Retrievers and immediately stepped back two steps.
The little Golden Retrievers also noticed the tiger and stopped, not daring to get close.
Golden Retrievers and tigers are like half-siblings.
However, Wangwang isn’t afraid of the tiger, but the little Golden Retrievers are quite afraid.
The little white tiger gathered some courage and chased after the little Golden Retrievers.
The little Golden Retrievers sprinted away.
Seeing them run away, the little white tiger didn’t pursue further and stopped.
It realized that other animals seemed quite afraid of it.
"Come this way."
Jiang Feng called to the little white tiger.
The little white tiger followed Jiang Feng, running forward.
After this commotion, it became much bolder and dared to run directly without any fear.
The little tiger’s park was separate from the big tiger’s park, divided by a net, but occasionally they would meet to get familiar with each other’s scent.
The little tiger’s park wasn’t very big.
Running around freely now, it seemed particularly happy.
It followed the road, running, and ended up in front of the bear exhibit.
The little guy leaned against the railing, looking at the black bear inside.
But the black bear ignored it, instead waving at Jiang Feng.
That scene was quite amusing.
At Qingfeng Ranch, the tigers and bears were what Jiang Feng cared about the most.
Netizens watched this scene from the livestream, filled with envy.
After a long while, everyone could only sigh:
"It’s great to have money!"