Chapter 367: Stealing a Cub

Domestic goats are domesticated from wild goats. The reason for wanting to crossbreed with wild goats was because wild goats have good genes. The hybrid goats will also be healthier, and will have more advantages in terms of body shape, hair, lifespan...

But Zhao Yeqing was very angry that the wild goat wanted to take the lamb away.

We agreed at the beginning that when spring comes, my ewe will make an appointment with you to relieve your needs and lend you my genes. We don't owe each other anything.

Well, now the pregnancy has passed, the ewe is well fed and well taken care of at home, and after she gives birth to the baby safely, you come and snatch the child away. There is no such good thing in the world!

Fortunately, on the first day when the wild goats were about to take action, Mu Xi happened to be grazing with them, and this stopped the wild goats from doing so.

From that day on, Zhao Yeqing left the two dogs at home to guard the house. She and Mu Xi followed the two dogs to graze every day, keeping a strict watch and never letting the wild goats get close.

She had a bag of stones in the small cloth bag around her waist. As soon as she saw a wild goat show its head, she would put the stones on the slingshot and shoot them out, hitting the wild goat directly on the forehead.

"I can hit the target every time I shoot now. The wild goats have honed my slingshot skills. If they dare to come out again today, I will teach them a lesson."

Zhao Yeqing's words, coupled with his vicious expression, seemed very convincing.

Mu Xi had been trained to be a servile person now, and he responded, "You're right, your stones are not enough, I brought you another pack."

The two men sat not far away watching the sheep grazing. Sure enough, not long after, the two wild goats on the hill not far away appeared again. Zhao Yeqing stood up suddenly and stared at the two wild goats.

The lambs in the flock also noticed the appearance of the wild goats and wanted to rush up to find them, but they couldn't bear to leave their mother.

After all, it is a lamb that is hybridized from a wild goat. It naturally yearns for nature. Among domestic sheep, goats are the most lively and active ones, so it is not surprising that it wants to find its biological father.

It is only half a month old now. If the lamb was a little older and unwilling to leave its mother, it would have run to the mountains long ago.

From the perspective of natural selection and nature, Zhao Yeqing actually doesn't think there is anything wrong with the lamb wanting to follow the wild goats away, but from the perspective of biological genetic inheritance, it is indeed impossible.

The genes of wild goats can optimize the genes of domestic goats, but the hybrid goats cannot return to nature because the domestic sheep genes in their bodies already carry many potential diseases that only domestic sheep have.

These latent diseases may not break out in domestic sheep because they have adapted during the long domestication process, as if they already have antibodies.

But once such bacteria are brought into a population of wild goats, it will be fatal and may lead to the extinction of the entire population.

So it is neither reasonable nor logical for the lamb to leave.

The two of them had to drive away the wild goats that were lurking on the top of the mountain and restrain the restless lambs, and they were exhausted every day.

The wild goat had launched several attacks but failed. It was afraid of the two people at the beginning, but gradually got used to them. It seemed that the two humans in front of it were just trying to drive it away and not really wanting to hurt it, so it became bolder.

He didn't rush in recklessly, but walked down the mountain slowly as if nothing had happened, trying to blend in with the flock of sheep.

Zhao Yeqing was speechless. The body shape and appearance were so different, and the horns on the head were ridiculously long. She was not a fool, so how could she not recognize him?

After using up a bag of stones, they successfully drove away the wild goats that came to cause trouble again today.

Mu Xi looked at the flower at his feet, which had already closed its petals. He then looked at the time and saw that it was already past two in the afternoon. He pointed at the flower and said, "It's almost time. Let's go back first."

This small flower is purple and not big, and looks very similar to the wild tulips in China. The two did not know what the flower was called, but after living on the meadow for a long time, they discovered some laws of nature.

For example, this flower opens its petals on sunny days, but closes its petals when it is about to rain to prevent the rain from washing away the pollen on the stamens. It is better to look at it than to check the weather forecast.

Sometimes sudden rain will not affect it. Now there will be short sun showers on the meadow from time to time, which may last for a few minutes and then stop. Only when the rain is a little heavier and lasts longer will it close its flowers.

So now, whenever they see the flowers closing while grazing, they know it's time to go home.

Experience accumulates gradually and days pass by.

Before they knew it, another year had passed. The two would tick the number on the perpetual calendar every day. Now that they didn't have an accurate date, if the watch malfunctioned and the date was messed up, they wouldn't know what year it was unless they made some mark.

'There is no year in the mountains, and when the cold ends, you don't know the year.'

This year's Little New Year is approaching, but the temperature remains as warm as usual.

The average daily temperature is around 30 degrees, which is really suitable for crop growth.

The progress bars on the corn and wheat planted in the back of the field are already halfway through. The wheat has begun to form ears, while the corn has already formed ears. The earlier maturing ones can already produce corn shoots.

The corn silk on the corn shoots is the most tender. Zhao Yeqing always saves these corn silks to boil water to drink.

The weather is still a bit hot and humid now, especially when the two of them are outdoors, they have to wear sun protection clothing, not because they are afraid of getting tanned, but mainly to prevent mosquitoes.

After the cooked corn silk water has cooled down, add some sugar and put it in the refrigerator to drink when you are thirsty.

The cold corn silk water has a light sweetness and a hint of corn fragrance. Drinking a cup in one breath will instantly make you feel refreshed.

There is no work to do today. The notebook records the date when the good cow will no longer be milked. It is time to let it have a good rest after working hard for half a year.

The ewe in our family had just given birth and was producing goat milk, but the output was not as much as cow milk and the taste was a little worse.

The peak lactation period of sheep is more than a month after giving birth. At that time, the lambs are almost ready to be weaned and the goat milk at home will become unfinished.

"We already have several jars of butter and a lot of dairy products. Should we not make goat milk products this year?"

Mu Xi had the same idea. If he had time to do this, he might as well do something else.

It’s okay to save a little goat milk to drink every day, or make it into goat milk jelly as a cooling dessert.

Zhao Yeqing counted the family's inventory and found that among the crops planted last year, soybeans were the least consumed.

Last winter was too cold and she was unable to grind the beans. She didn't like boiled soybeans very much, so they remained idle in the warehouse. This year, she did grind tofu several times, but only a little soybeans were enough each time. There were so many left that if she didn't eat them, they would easily get damp and spoil.

What should I do?