"Whimpering whimpering whimpering—"
Ansheng tore into the ostrich leg with big bites, taking a mouthful of meat, then turned his head to sip from a straw, gulping down ice-cold cola.
Though he hadn’t yet enjoyed a life of eating meat and drinking wine from big bowls, Ansheng was already getting a taste of devouring meat and gulping carbonated drinks to cut through the grease and aid digestion.
A thirteen-pound fox, having devoured three pounds of meat, along with a 500ml bottle of cola and half a chicken.
"Whimpering whimpering whimpering..."
Ansheng burped, looked at Chen Zhiyu, gave a satisfied nod, and offered a thumbs-up.
Chen, my friend! You’re a generous person, and I’m also loyal!
About that crocodile issue, don’t worry, I’ll come over tonight to check the place out. When it’s time, we’ll divvy up the seven-meter crocodile’s skin among us four. Those needing leather bags get leather bags, those wanting custom-made belts have custom-made belts.
While Yu Xueqing and Chen Zhiyu were casually chatting, Ansheng had his little ears pricked up, eavesdropping on the gossip.
Piecing together the scattered information and adding annotations from the wish list, Ansheng could easily gather intel.
Chen Zhiyu held a considerable status in the Chen family on Changping Mountain.
Previously, the Changping Mountain Chen family ran an entire village devoted to breeding. Now, even with the transition to pet breeding and pet supplies, their foundational industry is still breeding.
The Changping Mountain Pet Paradise doesn’t make money from ticket sales. The main goal is to foster goodwill locally, which is why they offer meals and pet grooming with entry.
As long as they don’t incur a loss, the primary objective is simply to cultivate a customer base, so when locals want pets in the future, they’ll go to Changping Mountain.
However, the lurking crocodiles in the river pose not only a threat to the safety of the pet park but also to the breeding industry’s foundational business of the Chen family on Changping Mountain.
The river is an important water source, and their family’s breeding is not about pigs but about growing what’s called exotic meat.
This involves crossbreeding wild animals with poultry, selling the second- and third-generation breeds at quite high prices.
Through crossbreeding and free-range cultivation, they avoid legal risks and recreate the sweet flavor of mountain delicacies.
If the crocodile crisis persists, Chen Zhiyu will have to keep spending on additional safety measures, perhaps even facing injuries or fatalities...
Moreover, Ansheng now suspects that the creature supposedly a crocodile in the river might be like the non-mainstream wild boar he encountered at Skinny Dog Creek.
Because the wish list clearly states it.
With the progress of the Green Mountain and Clear Water project, most of the pollution in Xia Country was eradicated, leading to the revival of some creatures long absent from public view.
The crocodile Chen Zhiyu spoke of is likely a prehistoric critter that has been extinct for ages.
Similar to those mammoth wild boars at Skinny Dog Creek.
If it’s indeed like those wild boars from Skinny Dog Creek...
Ansheng feels he might be super powerful, knowing that encountering those prehistoric monsters yields wish points differently than the stingy +1+1+1 before!
The wild boars at Skinny Dog Creek yielded directly a wish power of +3, nearly flipping the little fox with joy.
Moreover.
Chen Zhiyu invited him for a feast, although even without an invitation, Ansheng would happily perform good deeds for wish power points.
But Chen Zhiyu’s hospitality left Ansheng very satisfied, bringing him extra joy akin to feeling pampered.
"Whimpering whimpering whimpering..."
Ansheng sat on Chen Zhiyu’s lap, curiously gazing at the ripped professional skirt, poking out his paw and scratching the black thread on the thigh, as expected, the thread unraveled.
Chen Zhiyu didn’t mind these things, cheerfully kneading the fox’s back, savoring the plush fur of the albino red fur and enjoying the little red fox’s kneading.
Chen Zhiyu’s family had been hunters for three generations, and he could immediately identify Ansheng’s origin.
Yu Xueqing’s fox was a North American Red Fox.
Snow foxes don’t have such sharp thin ears. Due to the cold environment they live in, although their ears are sharp, compared to red foxes, they are thicker and rounder.
Snow fox ears, along with their dense fur, predominantly serve for warmth.
Yu Xueqing’s fox has very sharp ears, with a tuft of hair on the tip, and thin ear flesh. There’s no advantage for warmth, clearly not a snow fox species.
Chen Zhiyu could tell at a glance, Ansheng most likely belongs to the North American red fox species!
Regarding...Xia Nan and Xiabei red foxes, Chen Zhiyu didn’t consider them at all.
Why bother with those illegal ones when you can legally raise North American Red Foxes?
Though there’s some difference between the two, it’s not significant.
Their most notable difference is...
The red foxes in Xia Country can be raised like pigs, the current record reaching over forty pounds.
North American red foxes average twelve to thirteen pounds.
.....
After lunch, Chen Zhiyu led Yu Xueqing to the breeding area on the third floor.
The third floor housed small animals mainly consisting of large lizards, geckos, and some tropical fish.
Yu Xueqing even saw a few land tortoises.
However, Chen Zhiyu explained to Yu Xueqing that although there’s intent to open up land tortoise breeding, it’s not advisable for individuals to keep them for play. The pet park has a license, so they can conduct land tortoise breeding here.
Just consider those few tortoises as ministers of the tropical pet zone on the third floor of the breeding park, not for sale.
"Hmph?"
Slowly crawling along, the tortoise suddenly felt a weight on its body, lifted its head to look at the fox on its shell, snorted loudly, but didn’t mind too much and continued crawling ahead.
The tortoise understood that the creature on its shell is a little rascal, with nothing it could do to him, plus there’s a fresh watermelon ahead, so it doesn’t need to bother with him.
Aside from the tortoise minister, Chen Zhiyu also took Yu Xueqing to see two types of lizards.
One was the Blue-tongued Skink, priced around eight thousand to twenty thousand.
A whole chunky four-legged creature labored on the ground to move quickly, yet upon closer inspection, the Blue-tongued Skink wasn’t even as fast as the tortoise carrying the rascal.
The Blue-tongued Skink held its breath while crawling, eventually letting out a sigh and lay flat unwilling to move.
The whole lizard looked particularly cute and clumsy.
The other lizard, called the pinecone lizard, had a similar temperament to the Blue-tongued Skink.
But it wore soft scale armor, exceptionally majestic, yet stubbornly does the same floor sliding act like the goofy Blue-tongued Skink, choosing to be the idle little critter.
Chen Zhiyu put a dozen Blue-tongued Skinks and eight pinecone lizards together, throwing food in the middle.
"Look! Winter road condition in the Xiabei Region!"
Pointing at the twenty or so lizards crawling furiously for food yet motionless like they were spinning tires, Chen Zhiyu confidently remarked to Yu Xueqing.
"Pfft.....Hahaha!" Yu Xueqing laughed heartily, greatly increasing her fondness for Chen Zhiyu, especially for his meticulous introduction of small pets.
Although Yu Xueqing heard the rather rude curses from those pudgy lizards.
However, when Yu Xueqing knew the price of the pinecone lizard, she couldn’t laugh anymore.
Market-wise, although the pinecone lizard and Blue-tongued Skink have no hierarchical relationship, the pinecone lizard is deemed a superior variant of the Blue-tongued Skink.
The reason is straightforward.
The pinecone lizard’s starting price is around thirty to fifty thousand.
In comparison, the Blue-tongued Skink’s eight thousand to twenty thousand price seemed pale and insignificant.
Chen Zhiyu just grabbed those twenty or so lizards, equating to the price of a luxury car already.
Of course, the real price is surely more, because all those on the third floor are exceptional breeding males with superb appearance.
A breeding male can cost tens of thousands typically.
After hearing the introduction, Yu Xueqing instinctively looked at the fox nestled in her arms. The little fox sensed something, turned around to gaze at Yu Xueqing for a moment.
The pair remained silent briefly.
Then a round fox paw print appeared on Yu Xueqing’s cheek.
"Naughty Xiaolan, how disrespectful, I was just thinking and you bad fox dared pinch my cheeks..."
Ah Qing, there are things you don’t understand, trust me, those things can make your cheeks hurt with just a thought.
Sitting in the car, ready to head home, Ansheng with a face full of black lines whimpered.
I count on you to bring me wealth, not for me to personally work hard in a wealthy KTV to achieve mutual riches.
Amazing with the appearance of exquisitely beautiful pinecone lizards cost a lot for breeding once.
Later, stand properly with Chen Zhiyu; I’ll smack each of you once.
Pinecone lizard breeding is valuable, what does it matter to a fox!