PDLP Chapter 98 The Farm's New Year!
Chapter 98 The Farm's New Year!
Chapter 98 The Farm's New Year!
[Start the mission: New Life!]
[Mission Description: Within the farm area, 10 new lives will be born!]
[Mission Rewards: 1. Skill: Unpowered hang glider control techniques; 2. One ultralight unpowered hang glider; 3. A complete set of parachute, flight suit, and flight helmet.]
[Note: This is a top-level skill for high-altitude flight, allowing one to soar through the skies without requiring any energy.]
After Xu Ran finished looking at the lambs in the sheepfold, the new task was successfully triggered.
It's true that timing is everything.
Unpowered hang gliders are a favorite activity for extreme sports enthusiasts; they're even the props used by Kid in Detective Conan.
People are holding onto the frame and flying in the sky.
However, to fly, the unpowered hang glider must be moved to the top of a mountain or the rooftop; it cannot take off directly from flat ground.
It might be useful in the apocalypse, but it's not very useful on a farm.
Over the next two days, lambs were born one after another, with 6 sheep giving birth to 11 lambs.
The farm's flock of sheep has grown much larger.
Perhaps it's because the farm has good feng shui, but the lambs are all very healthy and full of energy.
The lambs need to be taken good care of from the moment they are born.
Once the ewe has recovered enough, she can go out to graze as usual, and Xu Ran will have to take care of the lambs herself.
This is how sheep are raised: during the day, ewes and lambs are kept separately.
Let them gather together again at night.
So every night when we come back from herding the sheep, they always bleat incessantly, which means the mother and her children are looking for each other.
If it finds the target, it will stop barking; if it doesn't find the target, it will continue barking.
Until the flock of sheep quieted down.
In the morning, the border sheep drove their flock to graze deep into the farm.
Xu Ran prepared several baby bottles and hung them on the shelf to feed the lambs.
He turned his head and found that Little Gray had run back at some point.
"Why are you coming back instead of herding sheep?"
Xu Ran asked a question.
The Border Collie watched a group of lambs drinking milk, bleating excitedly.
It's clear that it really likes these lambs.
"You want to herd them? They're so small now, don't scare them!"
"And you have to maintain the dignity of a sheepdog. Once you get to know them well, you won't be able to scare them anymore. How will you herd sheep then?"
"I need to teach you how to be a manager."
"As a manager, especially in a situation where you rely on intimidation to manage, you should never be friends with the other party."
Xu Ran squatted down, patted Little Gray, and reasoned with it.
"We humans can maintain a good organizational structure with wages and benefits, but you can't, so you can't play with lambs."
"Let's just look around here."
Xu Ran spoke some profound truths, but Xiao Hui tilted his head, his eyes full of confusion, and he couldn't understand at all.
However, it understood that Xu Ran didn't want it to get close to the lambs, so it just quietly lay outside the sheepfold.
The lambs are indeed adorable.
They're all so cute, like little dolls.
The weather is quite cold now, so they can't go outside and have to stay indoors.
In about two weeks, they can be allowed to go out and roam with their mothers.
When the lambs return, their hopping and jumping will bring new vitality to the farm.
Days passed by one by one.
As the Lunar New Year approached, Xu Ran's family decided to spend the holiday at the farm because someone needed to look after it.
The main reason is that Xu's father wants to go back to the village to play mahjong.
During the Spring Festival, the greatest pleasure for the adults returning to the village is playing mahjong, and they play so intensely that they don't sleep all night.
This is their unique flavor of the New Year.
Young people invite their friends to go together.
Xu Ran had several childhood friends who came back to the city for the Chinese New Year and invited him to have tea and chat together that evening.
As I've grown up, the Lunar New Year seems to have lost its meaning.
Some people say it's not that the New Year is no longer interesting, it's just that we're not children anymore; children still find the New Year very interesting.
In the past, Xu Ran would have been happy just to set off a few fireworks on the farm.
Now I don't care about setting off fireworks anymore; I'm even worried that if a firework lands on the shed and burns a hole in the tarpaulin, that would be a real problem.
For Xu Ran, the greatest significance of the Spring Festival is that many friends come back, so they can get together to chat or play games together.
that's enough.
There's not much to do during the Lunar New Year. Most of my childhood friends are visiting relatives, so there's not much time for gatherings.
Xu Ran was tending to the farm, leisurely feeding the animals, when Xu Meng said she wanted to go to Tianfu City Shopping Mall to see the Spring Festival activities and asked Xu Ran to drive her there.
After all, Xu Ran had a lot of free time. He left the farm chores to his parents and planned to go out for a trip.
Traveling during the Spring Festival is becoming increasingly common.
Many people even spend the Lunar New Year in tourist destinations.
When Xu Ran went to pick up Xu Meng, he noticed that there was a particularly beautiful girl next to Xu Meng.
Xu Ran was somewhat taken aback.
I thought I was going on a trip with a girl, but I ended up with another girl.
"Dude, the new car is gorgeous!"
"This is my best friend, Bai Weiwei. I'm with her at this event."
Xu Meng praised the car and then introduced it to Xu Ran.
"You already have a partner, why don't you two go? Why did you have to invite me?"
Xu Ran got out of the car, looked at her, and smiled.
"There are too many people and it's chaotic during the Spring Festival. Having more people around is more reliable."
"And since you're a social media influencer, why don't you take some photos for us?"
Xu Meng immediately leaned over and said.
"Just find a photographer to take pictures; there are plenty of them in scenic areas."
"I have no problem accompanying you two for a walk."
Xu Ran replied with a faint smile.
He remembered that Xu Meng had mentioned having a beautiful and wealthy best friend who was very attractive and had many suitors. She had even wanted to introduce her to him, but Xu Ran had refused.
This time, I guess they're trying to help out.
Bai Weiwei is indeed very pretty. She's still in college and looks very youthful. She's quite slender and has a gentle personality. She seems a bit socially awkward and didn't say much, just stayed next to Xu Meng.
"Let's go, let's set off!"
Xu Meng immediately sat in the back seat and shouted.
"Walk."
There's not much to do during the Chinese New Year, so it's nice to be able to go out for a trip.
Xu Ran didn't have any particular thoughts; she was just keeping her sister company.
Occasionally, one should act as an elder and show care and concern for the younger generation.
Xu Ran spoke relatively little along the way, while Xu Meng asked all sorts of questions.
They asked Xu Ran why he wasn't going fishing anymore, and how much money he could earn with so many short video followers.
"I don't fish because there are only a few high-prize fishing competitions a year; the others are all small competitions. I can't always be that lucky."
"I haven't accepted any offers yet. I get a share of the revenue from short videos, maybe a few hundred yuan."
Xu Ran responded to them all.
"You have hundreds of thousands of followers but only earn a few hundred dollars!"
Xu Meng looked completely surprised.
"You think your brother makes money as easily as breathing?!"
Xu Ran replied helplessly.
"Isn't that right?"
You'll understand after you graduate.
Xu Ran didn't talk much along the way, only occasionally uttering a few words.
Xu Meng, on the other hand, kept chatting with Bai Weiwei, discussing where to go and even talking about the people at school.
Xu Ran then focused on driving.
He didn't hear what they were saying; his mind was completely blank.
Men are generally not gossipy. Often, it's their girlfriends who are more gossipy, so they pretend to be interested and chime in with a few words, but they haven't really thought about the information at all.
We went shopping in Tianfu, participated in activities, took photos in the evening, and stayed at a hotel for another night. The three of us returned home the next afternoon.
Xu Ran naturally stayed in a double room by herself, while Xu Meng and Bai Weiwei shared a standard room.
I had a lot of fun on this trip.
Xu Ran had thought that she was just a tool on this trip.
As soon as he dropped them off, before Xu Ran even got to the farm, Xu Meng sent him a WeChat message.
"Brother, Weiwei is very satisfied with you and has taken a liking to you."
Upon seeing this message, Xu Ran replied with a question mark.
?
He and Bai Weiwei barely exchanged a few words on the way. At most, he would ask her what she wanted to drink or if she ate spicy food, and ask her why she liked her or not.
The other person is still in college.
We'll talk about that later.
For Xu Ran right now, the most important thing is to manage the farm well.
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