I have a wildlife zoo

The weather outside is still very nice, and the sunshine is bright.

The little lions were placed on the grass, instinctively huddling together, crouching down, looking around, poking their heads out curiously.

They all looked a bit nervous!

Even though it wasn't their first time outside, they were still very cautious every time they came out for activities.

The smell of the nursery and the feel of the mats were familiar, allowing them to play and romp around relaxedly, and they could sleep when tired, but the outside environment didn't offer that sense of security.

For them, going out for activities was like an adventure filled with unknown excitement.

Fang Ye walked a few meters away and smiled, clapping his hands, "Come come!"

Didi's little eyes were anxious, "Ah ao! Ah ao!" it called out shrilly, staggering and making its way forward for a meter.

Don't leave me behind!

"Little Xi Ji's milky voice is so cute!"

"Haha, why do I hear a sense of grievance in it! It seems like it's not too willing to come out for a walk." Explore more adventures at My Virtual Library Empire

"Muttering complaints while walking reluctantly."

Meimei's butt was pressed tightly against the ground, reluctant to move forward, she glanced hesitantly at Didi, then turned her head to look at Lan Li.

Lan Li gently pushed her butt, softly saying, "Off you go, off you go, go chase your brother."

Meimei cried out "Ah ao, ao," and actually turned around and started walking in the opposite direction.

So scary, I want to go back, don't want to go forward anymore! Let's go back!

Bubu had followed Didi for a couple of steps, but upon hearing Meimei's call, he stopped uncertainly, turning his head round and round!

The animal keeper intercepted Meimei from behind, picked her up, turned her 180 degrees, and placed her back next to Bubu.

Thinking about going back is out of the question, just run forward obediently!

Didi had already run to Fang Ye's feet, Fang Ye squatted down, chuckling as he stroked its head, "Good! Very energetic!"

He waited for Bubu and Meimei to run over as well, then ran forward a distance, clapping his hands to call them over again.

After a while, the little lions gradually became less afraid!

Under the sunlight on the grass, they ran with wobbly steps.

When they were tired of running, they stopped and hugged each other, wrestling and licking one another, playing joyfully to their heart's content.

Fang Ye sat on the ground, watching the little lions play at his feet, with a smile full of delight.

Without disturbing the lions' play, he left them to the animal keeper and said to the camera, "Let's go, let's go see the field!"

"Director, aside from the little lions, do you have any other juveniles at the zoo?"

"Yeah, we also have wolf pups, I went to play last weekend, and just happened to see the wolf mother leading them out for activities! The wolf pups are so fun, they look just like little dogs, extremely cute."

"The wolf mother was also teaching the wolf pups to follow the rules! When they were heading back, one playful pup stayed behind, and the wolf mother walked off with the other pups. The little wolf pup got so scared when it couldn't find its mother, crying out nonstop."

"Wow, that sounds really interesting, I want to go see them too!"

Seeing the comments, Fang Ye laughed and said, "It's not just little lions and little wolves, we recently had a ring-tailed lemur give birth to twins as well."

"Ah, when can we see them?"

"You can see them next week!"

Ring-tailed lemurs are still quite gentle by nature, and on Madagascar Island, they don't really have any natural predators. Except for the first couple of days after giving birth when they were a bit elusive, hiding and not coming out, the animal keepers were able to approach them soon after without feeling very nervous.

Seeing that there were no issues, the plan was to reintroduce it to the group in the next few days.

"We also have a raccoon that's recently pregnant, and her temper has become very irritable! She chases after other raccoons to fight. We've also taken her out separately, to stay in the maternity ward."

"Wow, let's go see the raccoon!"

Fang Ye smiled and said, "When the little raccoon is born, I'll show you guys."

As we were chatting, we arrived at the little ranch area!

In fact, the little ranch area can now be renamed the little farm.

The fields are not far from the roadside, separated by a ditch, so that the changes in the crop growth can be seen by passing tourists.

"Buzz buzz buzz..."

From a distance, you could hear a roaring sound like that of a tractor, getting louder as you approached.

You could already see a field of mud mixed with water, and tens of meters away someone was slowly pushing some kind of machine across the field.

"Eh, what's going on here?"

"Don't know! But definitely farming!"

Fang Ye asked with a laugh, "Everyone eats delicious rice every day, but how many people know how paddy rice is planted? Does anyone know what's happening here?"

"Where's that retired army guy? Come out and explain!"

"Summoning the retired army guy!"

"Maybe he's gone down to the fields now?"

"I'm from the Agricultural University! It should be plowing or harrowing the field!"

"This is plowing! Such a nostalgic scene!"

Fang Ye looked at the barrage of comments; most people didn't know or just vaguely mentioned farming, but only a few got it right.

He himself had been clueless too before learning about farming and asking the farmers.

He answered, "We are plowing the field now!

To produce rice grains, we need to go through a series of processes: soaking the seeds, plowing, harrowing, sowing, raising seedlings, transplanting, harvesting, and drying the grains.

Today's solar term is Jingzhe, which marks the beginning of spring thunders, rising temperatures, insects awakening, and the revival of all things.

After Jingzhe, it's time to start spring plowing.

This field will be used to grow rice, so we first store water in it, then turn over the soil.

In the past, plowing relied mainly on human and animal labor, namely water buffaloes, but now it's mainly done with machines.

Plowing serves two purposes: first, to turn the roots and weeds from the previous crop under the top layer of soil to ferment and rot naturally, becoming green organic fertilizer; second, to enhance the soil's aeration and water permeability.

After plowing the field for three to five days, you can start harrowing it, turning over the soil that was not brought up during plowing, leveling the land, and applying fertilizer while you're at it."

"Wow! Zookeeper, awesome!"

"Finally learned how the rice I eat is planted!"

"Got it! I really learned something this time!"

"I also want to sign up for your farming activities, it feels like it would be very rewarding."

"Back in my village, we only had two buffaloes and they couldn't keep up during the busy farming season, so we had to rely on human power. Four people would drag the harrow like oxen, completely exhausted.

In the mud and water, after a while, you ran out of strength; the mud seemed to have hands, pulling at your feet, tiring you out to death."

"I've done this kind of farm work too! Both people and oxen were exhausted, just thinking about it brings tears of soreness!"

"Haha, my memories of harrowing the field are actually quite happy! Leading the water buffalo with a rope in front, yelling at the old buffalo, my brother standing on the harrow and pushing the buffalo's behind, it was like surfing.

After harrowing, we were soaked through with sweat and muddy water, and our feet were caked with yellow mud."

"My father was an expert at harrowing the field, but I had just learned how to do it when I went out to work. The last time I went back, the old house had become dilapidated, and the fields were all overgrown with weeds."

The scene of plowing the field, coupled with Fang Ye's words, stirred up some bittersweet or beautiful memories among the netizens, who shared their stories.

Most people who grew up in the city without experiencing farming themselves began to imagine the scene of stepping in the mud, riding the buffalo, with a sense of longing.