Just as he finished speaking, a few calls of eagles sounded from above. Looking up, the two golden eagles that had flown off to play somewhere finally returned home. And they didn’t come back empty-handed, they also brought back two wild rabbits.
Upon seeing the two rabbits, Yan Fei put down the tools in his hand: "You guys continue working, I’m going to prepare the rabbit. Let’s not go over there for lunch today, we’ll eat here instead!"
Everyone was delighted, salivating at the sight of the fat wild rabbits!
Inspired by the prospect of rabbit for lunch, the group finished building the water reservoir in the later half of the afternoon.
While Yan Fei cheerfully watched the workers apply cement, back at the cattle research institute in the city, the results of the water and feed samples brought by the Japanese man had come in.
Looking at the test results, which were no different from what was expected, the two Japanese men wore incredulous expressions. Holding up those papers, Chai Qi, referred to by Yan Fei as Mr. Chai Ji, asked, "Are you sure you took these directly from the trough?"
The Japanese man nodded and said, "Rest assured, it definitely came straight from the feeding trough."
"Didn’t we change the water in the tank when we got into the car?" Mr. Chai Qi asked after a moment of thought.
Without hesitation, the Japanese man who collected the water replied, "I have observed that the water they use for construction and for feeding the cattle all come from the same water tower."
Hearing this response, Chai Qi fell silent.
To most people, the presence of several breeding bulls on a cattle farm might not seem unusual. But to him, who had been engaged in cattle farming in Japan, this was definitely abnormal.
Having been in China for some time, his understanding of Wan City’s cattle exceeded 99.9% of the people in this region. He was crystal clear about the crossbreeding outcomes of the cow breeds in Japan native and samples from here, something the locals here barely understood.
Japan is famed for its beef, but only they know that these world-renowned beef breeds were developed over generations through crossbreeding countless samples collected from around the globe. Hence even while the world reveres Japanese beef, they never forget how their breeds came about.
So they never miss any opportunity to improve the quality and yield of their beef.
Wan City cattle are tall and strong, with tender, fragrantly-flavored meat after slaughter. Particularly, the marbling is distinct, and the hide is of superior quality.
Even for Japan, cattle from here are a significant addition. Otherwise, they wouldn’t have bothered coming across the ocean to this underdeveloped, almost backward place, and staying here for many years.
Now, cattle of various breeds were raised on a humble farm owned by a young man. Together with a group of elderly, weak, sick, and disabled, he has miraculously raised all these breeds.
Mr. Chai Ji does not believe in miracles. From the moment he returned yesterday, every time he closed his eyes, his mind was filled with images of the robust breeding bulls.
Even though he hadn’t seen the meat from the cows slaughtered yet, he was nearly certain from his years of experience, that based on the body build of the breeding bulls, the meat quality wouldn’t disappoint him.
Even on the off chance that the meat quality is average, the body build would be worth studying. He still recalls when he first saw those breeding bulls, he almost thought that there was a new breakthrough at the research institute.
Others might think these breeding bulls are handpicked, but with his experience and his understanding of the small cattle farm, he was certain something was off.
The scale of the cattle farm doesn’t allow for large scale breeding bull selection. Moreover, the farm just started a little over a year ago. Under these circumstances, he would never believe it if someone said they managed to breed so many bull breeds.
After some deep thought, Mr. Chai Qi recalled something and asked, "Speaking of which, I noticed Guo Guozhu constantly inquiring about things. What did he say?"
At this, the Japanese man who collected the water seemed a bit flustered and hesitated about whether to reveal the information Guo Guozhu had found.
Noticing the man’s hesitation, Mr. Chai Qi’s tone grew discontent. "What’s the matter Da Lang? Is there a problem with the information he gathered?"
"Yes, Mr. Chai Qi." Da Lang became nervous seeing Mr. Chai Qi’s discontent and said, "He heard that the young owner of that farm has supernatural powers. Every night he uses those powers on the cattle which is why they are growing so well. He said that he saw with his own eyes, one of the workers, a big, robust man, who has received his powers, could bend a nail with his fingers and even chew it up and swallow."
"Supernatural powers?" Mr. Chai Qi looked furious on hearing this. "Da Lang, even the Chinese people are debunking these so-called supernatural powers, and newspapers are reporting that these supernatural powers are scams. How could a graduate of Waseda University like you believe these?"
"But we can’t find any other reasons. You should know that that simple cattle farm doesn’t even have decent machinery, let alone any experimental apparatus. And before newspapers in China began debunking these stories, wasn’t there always reports of supernatural powers? Besides, look at this. This is the nail Guo Guozhu brought back..." said Da Lang, the Japanese man, producing several nails from his pocket.
Mr. Chai Qi remained silent for a while, holding the nails in his hand. Eventually, he spoke again, "Go and call Guo Guozhu here, I want to ask him personally about what happened."