Leisurely Life: I Have Ten Thousand Acres of Grassland
Chapter 352 - 349: Did the Little Border Collie Herd Back a Flock of Lambs?
These past two days, Jiang Feng has been livestreaming outside the Tiger Garden.
Every day, he comes to stream the big tigers.
The tigers are visibly becoming more lively.
Except for the pregnant female tiger, the other three are particularly active.
When Jiang Feng looks at the tigers, it seems like there’s a sparkle in his eyes.
The viewers can tell that Jiang Feng probably wants to go inside and touch the tigers.
But after all, he’s just been here for two days and isn’t quite familiar yet, so of course, he doesn’t dare to go inside.
Actually, getting familiar with adult tigers is quite difficult.
Hu Weimin is the tiger keeper, and he’s been taking care of the tigers since they were young, so the tigers are very familiar with him.
Sometimes, Hu Weimin goes directly into the garden to check the tigers’ health, and the tigers don’t react much.
But Jiang Feng is different; after all, he’s just begun interacting with the tigers.
Of course, that’s what the viewers think, but Jiang Feng doesn’t see it that way.
He has a feline affinity and an agile reaction.
Jiang Feng can sense the tigers’ feelings toward him.
From the current situation, the tigers are very friendly to him.
When Jiang Feng stands outside the garden, there’s always a tiger that will gaze at him through two iron fences, making eye contact.
However, as friendly as it might be.
Close contact with tigers is still too dangerous, so Jiang Feng doesn’t rush inside.
Every day he feeds the tigers and plays with them to get acquainted first.
Moreover, the key is that his wife is very likely watching the livestream.
His wife is pregnant, and if Jiang Feng steps into the garden, it might worry her, which isn’t good.
The tigers are happy playing inside the garden.
They jump around every day, occasionally playing together.
Seeing such a scene, Jiang Feng feels at ease.
Then, Jiang Feng returns to the ranch.
The cattle and sheep have just returned to the ranch, followed by the shepherd dogs.
Now those Little Border Collies have started going out to herd with Xiaojin Hua.
The sheep flock returning and being driven into different pens always gives a sense of awe.
Jiang Feng has the drone stream the scene of the flock returning.
Then he plays with those Little Border Collies.
At this point, Jiang Feng realizes that a merle Border Collie hasn’t returned.
Right now, Lucky, Wealthy, and Xiaojin Hua are all herding, and the four Little Border Collies are still playing along, not fully on the job.
But in front of Jiang Feng are only three, missing one merle Border Collie.
"Did Little Sun not come back?"
Jiang Feng glanced around.
The herding area is particularly large, with several sheep pens.
The merle Border Collie might be in one of the pens, though it’s unlikely.
Now the sheep haven’t entered the pens yet, and the shepherd dogs aren’t likely to go inside.
Jiang Feng isn’t too worried since they’re on his ranch, and dogs generally don’t get lost.
The herding scene is always lively.
The bleating of the sheep is endless.
Several fresh water troughs are set outside, and after a day of grazing, the sheep are thirsty and gather around the troughs to drink water.
Once they finish, they stop bleating.
Sheep bleating generally has two purposes: they’re thirsty or looking for their children or mothers; they don’t usually bleat at random.
The lively scene brings a sense of leisure.
Only when the flock fully enters the sheep pens does the scene quiet down a bit.
The shepherd dogs start to rest.
Jiang Feng feeds them some delicious food.
But after checking around, one merle Little Border Collie is still missing.
"A Little Border Collie hasn’t returned, that’s strange."
"Could it have run off somewhere?"
"It’s normal for cows or sheep to get lost, but it’s rare for a dog not to come back."
"I have to go take a look."
Jiang Feng said to the viewers.
He plans to ride a horse and roam the ranch.
[The Little Border Collie didn’t come back? It’s probably not going to end well!]
[In such a natural environment like the ranch, animal death is way too common!]
Some pessimists commented in the chat.
Jiang Feng didn’t watch the comments; he was preparing to lead the horse into the ranch when the neighboring rancher, Mandula Map, came over to find him.
Mandula Map mentioned something that happened to be related to the Little Border Collie.
"Jiang Feng, you have to manage your shepherd dogs; they shouldn’t herd recklessly."
Mandula Map said to Jiang Feng after walking over.
"What happened?" Jiang Feng asked, somewhat puzzled.
Seeing Jiang Feng’s expression, Mandula Map realized Jiang Feng wasn’t aware of what happened, so he explained:
"My ranch’s sheep have been free-range recently. This afternoon my shepherd said he saw a merle Border Collie break in, driving away more than twenty lambs."
"It even forced them to crawl under the barbed wire and ended up on your ranch."
"So I came to ask."
Hearing Mandula Map’s words, Jiang Feng was slightly stunned.
"Huh? Little Meteor Border Collie ran to your pasture?"
"I haven’t seen it, so I’m not sure about this either."
Jiang Feng quickly explained.
The online audience heard their conversation and burst into laughter.
[The ranch owner’s sheepdog went to the neighboring pasture to steal sheep?]
[Hahaha, this little guy is quite clever, helping the owner start a business!]
[I won’t believe it unless it’s trained!]
[Owner, hurry up and make excuses!]
At this moment, neither Jiang Feng nor Mandula Map knew what to do next.
They could only wait for the Little Border Collie to return and see.
But right at this moment, Jiang Feng saw from afar that a large flock of lambs was heading over.
Behind the lambs, a joyful Little Border Collie was bouncing left and right, herding them.
This time, they were caught red-handed.
Jiang Feng’s expression immediately became awkward.
The drone was livestreaming from a distance, capturing this scene and making the audience burst into laughter too.
[Little Border Collie is back, really brought back a lot of sheep!]
[This little guy has potential!]
[Stealing twenty a day, that’s 600 a month, 36,000 a year!]
[Your math skill is out of this world.]
Mandula Map saw the lambs returned, and just said,
"As expected, this little guy brought them back."
"This guy is quite sneaky!"
Upon hearing this, Jiang Feng hurriedly said,
"I’m really sorry, I’ll discipline it, this won’t happen again."
Mandula Map waved his hand: "It’s fine, no big deal, I actually find this little dog quite adorable."
"Very resourceful."
Jiang Feng could only smile.
The Little Meteor Border Collie, herding the lambs back, saw Jiang Feng, wagged its tail immediately, and ran over to claim credit.
It ran in front of Jiang Feng, raised its head, looking very proud.
Jiang Feng momentarily didn’t know what to say.
He squatted down, petted the little guy’s head, and said,
"Those are someone else’s lambs, you can’t herd them."
"Tomorrow I’ll prepare thirty lambs for you to watch by yourself."
At this time, Mandula Map started to drive the lambs out.
He came by car, and it was a pickup truck.
Apparently, he knew the lambs were herded back, so he came to load them up.
The lambs were carried onto the truck, and Mandula Map drove away.
Jiang Feng saw Mandula Map off and turned to look at the Meteor Little Border Collie.
The Little Border Collie tilted its head, with a look of confusion, wondering how the sheep it worked hard to herd were taken away.
Seeing it like this, Jiang Feng couldn’t help but laugh and said,
"You really got me into trouble."
"Looks like tomorrow you’ll need some supervision when herding."
The online audience saw the Meteor Border Collie being so resourceful, and they were also thoroughly entertained.
[Owner, it’s helping you create wealth!]
[Don’t give this little dog to me!]
[So sneaky!]
The livestream atmosphere was joyful.
Jiang Feng called out to the other sheepdogs to gather them in the yard to prepare dog food.
The yard was bustling with activity.
The Border Collie, Black Back, and White Wolf were all sitting quietly.
Jiang Feng got out their food bowls and lined them up.
Then he filled each bowl with minced meat, some boiled lamb ribs, and finally poured in milk, filling up the bowls.
"Listen to me count to 3, then eat."
After preparing everything, Jiang Feng said to the dogs.
"1"
"2"
.....
"4!"
After counting to 2, Jiang Feng deliberately skipped number 3.
The dogs made a move forward, hearing it wasn’t 3, quickly halted, maintaining their sitting position.
Jiang Feng then finally shouted "3"
They rushed to their bowls, eating the dog food heartily.
[Owner, you really are a dog!]
[A yard full of dogs!]
[Hahahaha, this is so funny.]
The show was at full effect, and the livestream atmosphere turned very joyful.