Lu Fan retreated to his room, bored and wanting to continue reading the Shen Nong Jue. Suddenly, a ringtone sounded. He pulled out his phone and saw a message from Liu Ruyan: "As the only university student in the village, considering the village's situation, help me think of ways to lead the villagers to get rid of poverty and become prosperous."
"Heh heh! This little village chief is really quite thoughtful," Lu Fan chuckled. After thinking for a moment, he sent a message back: "I want to start a wild animal breeding farm, raising pheasants, rabbits... etc.! Can you help me with the procedures?"
"You really want to start a breeding farm? The procedures are easy. Come over, and we can discuss the details."
"I... I can't go out. Sister Taohua's little one is sick and is at my place..." Lu Fan looked miserable. Taohua was outside breastfeeding the child, and it wasn't a big deal. Wasn't it just a vast expanse of white... just pretend not to see it. But his mother insisted he couldn't...
Huh? Why did thinking about that vast expanse of white make his forehead heat up, with the urge to get a nosebleed!
"Alright then! I'll come find you..." Liu Ruyan's message came again.
Lu Fan hurriedly took a deep breath, trying to calm himself down. He absolutely couldn't let his nose bleed, or it would be too embarrassing.
The village wasn't large, and after a few minutes, Liu Ruyan arrived. She didn't knock but came directly in from the small clinic and into the main house.
"Oh! Village Chief Liu is here!" Seeing Liu Ruyan, Zhao Rongrong quickly gave Taohua a look and then warmly welcomed her.
Taohua's usual feistiness seemed to depend on the person. Upon seeing the village chief, she immediately stopped breastfeeding the little one and pulled down her clothes.
"Village Chief! Why are you here?" Taohua had a bad premonition. This village chief was so beautiful, could she be here for Lu Fan?
"Oh! I came to find Lu Fan. I heard Xiao Hu is sick, is it anything serious?" Liu Ruyan saw Taohua breastfeeding the child as soon as she entered, but she asked as if she hadn't seen anything.
"No... it's fine now! Thanks to Lu Fan, this kid's medical skills are really good," Taohua said quickly.
"Oh! Village Chief Liu is here!" At this moment, Lu Fan walked out from inside, pretending to know nothing.
"Lu Fan! Xiao Hu is fine now. Let's go, let's take a walk, and you can tell me about your plan to start a breeding farm," Liu Ruyan shot Lu Fan a glance and said.
"Xiao Fan... you... you want to start a breeding farm?" Zhao Rongrong looked at Lu Fan in surprise. How come she didn't know about such a big thing?
"Oh! Mom! I'm going out to chat with the village chief. You entertain Sister Taohua!" Lu Fan quickly escaped.
The breeding farm was just a vague idea in his mind. He never expected that something so nascent would be brought up by Liu Ruyan.
The two arrived in the yard. Liu Ruyan glanced at Lu Fan, then suddenly lowered her voice and asked, "Are you unable to come out, or do you not want to? Are you trying to get more glances at Taohua..."
"Village Chief Liu! You've misunderstood. I didn't dare to look even once. Precisely because of that, I didn't dare to come out of the room," Lu Fan explained quickly.
"Hmph! I don't believe you didn't sneak a peek," Liu Ruyan pouted and said.
"Alright! Let's talk about your breeding farm plan." Liu Ruyan didn't dwell on this matter and quickly changed the subject.
"Village Chief Liu! I'll take you to see something good," Lu Fan said immediately.
"When there's no one else around, just call me Ruyan," Liu Ruyan said, her pretty face blushing slightly.
However, Lu Fan didn't pay attention and hopped over to the chicken coop containing the pheasants.
"Holy cow!" As soon as he reached the chicken coop, Lu Fan was stunned. The feathers on the pheasants had become even more lustrous and vibrant. Moreover, in just one night, they seemed to have gained weight.
"Pheasants? Lu Fan! Where did you get them?" Liu Ruyan was also taken aback by the sight of such beautiful pheasants. Pheasants are wild animals. It seems easy to kill them, but catching them alive doesn't seem so easy.
"Heh heh! I have rabbits too!" Lu Fan didn't answer Liu Ruyan's question. He turned and happily went to find the rabbits, only to discover that the rabbits had disappeared.
This shouldn't be! He had told them not to run around.
"Little rabbits! Where have you all gone? Hurry back, or I'll stew you!" Lu Fan searched around, but seeing no sign of the little rabbits, he shouted.
Swish swish swish! Suddenly, five plump wild rabbits darted out from the garden behind.
The five rabbits immediately ran over and stood in front of Lu Fan, looking panicked, as if they were truly afraid he would stew them.
"Hahaha! You're good enough to be obedient, so I won't stew you." Lu Fan proudly grabbed the big ear of one rabbit and brought it in front of Liu Ruyan.
"Look! These are the breeding stock rabbits and pheasants I'm preparing for the breeding farm. If the breeding farm can be established, I can also expand the scale, or raise other types," Lu Fan said proudly.
"You... how did you do it? How can you make them obey you?" Liu Ruyan almost dropped her jaw, looking at Lu Fan with a look of astonishment. This kid seemed like a completely different person.
"Heh heh! Not only can I make them obey, but I can also make these pheasants obey me." As Lu Fan spoke, he opened the chicken coop: "Come out for a stroll and let Village Chief Sister see how beautiful we are."
The pheasants clucked and came out of the coop, acting like domesticated chickens, milling around Liu Ruyan.
Two male pheasants even strutted around, shaking their radiant feathers as if wanting others to see how beautiful they were.
"Oh my! Lu Fan! How did you do it? This is too magical." Suddenly, Taohua and Zhao Rongrong also came out.
Both of them were stunned. This was even more impressive than those tiger-taming shows on TV! Because no one had ever trained pheasants and rabbits before. Most importantly, this was Lu Fan's masterpiece.
"Lu Fan! I'll help you with the breeding farm procedures. You should get the breeding farm up and running as soon as possible!" Liu Ruyan said excitedly.
"Right! We can raise them, but we need to find sales channels first. We can't just rush into it and then be unable to sell them," Liu Ruyan suddenly added.
"That's true. I'll go out tomorrow and see if I can find sales channels before expanding the scale," Lu Fan nodded.
"Alright then! Let's go... go to the village branch to discuss the details of the breeding farm. Hmm! If you want to expand the scale, you'll need more space!" Liu Ruyan's pretty face blushed slightly again.
Lu Fan knew that Liu Ruyan wanted him to help her with her illness but couldn't say it directly, so she found this excuse.
However, looking at the time, it seemed a bit early. If someone came to the village branch looking for her, they might run into them, which would be even harder to explain.
"Village Chief Liu! Please prepare the materials first. I'll come over in the evening! This time is perfect for me to go to town and see if there are any restaurants that can purchase pheasants and rabbit meat," Lu Fan said quickly.
"Then, alright! I'll go back and prepare the materials," Liu Ruyan said, clearly a little disappointed, nodded, and left.
Lu Fan also pushed out his father's electric scooter. His father had bought it before to make it easier to see patients. Seeing that the battery was still full, he rode it towards town.
Lu Fan genuinely wanted to make money now. Several times he had wanted to buy tiger bones for his father to refine medicine, but he hadn't gone because he worried his mother didn't have enough money.
If he could find sales channels for pheasants and rabbits and make money, he could help his father stand up sooner. He didn't want to say these things to others.
Alas! Life! It's always mixed with some bitterness. But Lu Fan believed that everything would get better.
The village was ten miles from town. In a short while, Lu Fan arrived in town. After looking around the town, he couldn't help but sigh.
The town was just one main street, with four or five restaurants. They were scattered, with very few customers. It was unlikely that such restaurants could afford to purchase pheasants and rabbits for hundreds of yuan.
If he went to the nearest city, it would be more than twenty miles away, and the electric scooter might be able to go, but it wouldn't be able to return.
"Kid! It really is a narrow road for enemies! I didn't expect to meet you again." Just then, a voice suddenly came, and then a person stood in front of Lu Fan's electric scooter, blocking his way.