After the chicks from the truck were unloaded, they were placed in wooden houses specially built in the orchard.
The two orchards were connected, with over 10 small wooden houses built. Each house was spacious enough to accommodate tens of thousands of chickens.
Logically, these two orchards could support tens of thousands of chickens at once, but Shen Huaijin, based on previous experience, decided to start with a smaller number.
The wholesale price of each chick was one yuan. Over 8,000 chicks, including shipping, cost ten thousand yuan.
It could be said that Shen Huaijin was extremely cautious.
The chicks were settled into the small wooden houses, where chicken feed and water were already prepared.
The drinking water system was not yet installed, so water from the water storage barrels, brought in the previous few days, had to be used to provide water for the chicks.
The foundation was currently being laid, and the drinking water system for the chicken farm would be set up after the outer perimeter was reinforced.
This livestream did not feature the scenic views that viewers enjoyed, yet the number of viewers remained around 100,000.
Many people had never seen a breeding farm before and found it novel, so they stayed to watch.
Once the chicks were settled, they began to slowly emerge from the small wooden houses and wander around. Instantly, the entire orchard was filled with little yellow balls.
Some chicks, not yet steady on their feet, tumbled down and rolled into a pile, knocking over others.
The stream then took viewers to the undeveloped barren mountain in front, where many of the fruit trees had grown lush and green.
"If it weren't for the livestream and the video evidence, I would have thought these trees had been planted a long time ago."
"Exactly, and I even saw some fruit trees bearing fruit."
"I really envy the streamer for owning such a large piece of land. I want to be a landowner too!"
"Upstairs, it's still broad daylight, don't dream!"
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Shen Yao's phone camera panned across the barren mountain. On the undeveloped barren land bordering the orchard, purple-red flowers were blooming.
"I'll take you to see the flowers over there. It seems someone asked about them during my last livestream."
With that, she walked over to the side. Small trees on the side were covered in small, beautiful purple-red flowers, very similar to peach blossoms.
Beside the flowers were some green and light pink small fruits.
"This is called Myrica rubra, or yánzi in our hometown. It's very sweet to eat, but you can't eat too much, or you might have trouble going to the restroom. It's also best for making wine.
Although this area looks a bit out of place, don't underestimate these things. The elderly in the village will pick the ripe Myrica rubra in mid-July according to the lunar calendar and sell them in town. They can fetch about 5 to 8 yuan per jin. When the streamer was young, she often picked them to earn pocket money."
Then Shen Yao saw a few Myrica rubra that had already turned purple and reached out to pick them. "See, ripe Myrica rubra are deep purple and have a fragrant scent. If they are overripe, they will have a wine-like smell. We also have a legend about Myrica rubra here. Do you want to hear it?"
As soon as Shen Yao asked, the comments immediately flooded in.
"Yes, yes, yes!"
"Myrica rubra has a legend?"
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"Here, the 14th of July is Ghost Festival. According to our local customs, you cannot hang clothes outside after noon. You cannot go up mountains or go into rivers because it is said that the ghost gate opens after noon, and any clothes hung outside will be tried on by ghosts. Going up mountains or rivers will result in being a substitute."
"The most bizarre thing is that every time after the 14th of July, many of the yánzi on the mountains have fingernail marks on them. The old people in the village say that ghosts come out to look for food. Some ghosts are old and have poor eyesight, so they don't know if the yánzi are ripe. They poke them with their fingernails. If their fingernails go in, they are ripe; if they can't poke it, it's not ripe."
"When I was young, we were afraid to even touch the yánzi with fingernail marks, and we ran away quickly."
"What's more, the most crucial thing is that in the past, our area was buried in soil, and there were many graves on the mountain. The most troublesome thing was that the yánzi on top of the graves grew better than in other places. While picking, we would often wander to the side of a grave, which was terrifying!"
After Shen Yao finished, she looked as if she were still haunted by the experience, making the viewers in the livestream burst into laughter.
Alright, she did often do that in the past. She would get so absorbed in picking yánzi that she would unknowingly stray and accidentally wander to the side of a grave. Coupled with the ghost stories the elders used to tell to scare people, it was indeed terrifying.
"Streamer, is all of this that magical? Can you do another livestream for us after the 14th of July?"
"I also want to see what Myrica rubra that has been poked by fingernails looks like."
"Same here, same here!"
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Shen Yao looked at the group of viewers who had pre-booked the next livestream and said, "Sure, but don't say that I poked them in advance then."
"No, no, streamer isn't that bored."
"Right, right, right, of course, we know there are no ghosts, but we just want to see what it looks like."
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Shen Yao raised an eyebrow. No ghosts?
There are, but it's the end of the Dharma Age, and the spiritual energy is thin. Ghosts cannot survive in the world for long.
However, the fingernail marks on the Myrica rubra were not from them poking it, but from insects like wasps.
After showing them the Myrica rubra, Shen Yao started walking down the mountain. Once they reached the foot of the mountain, the livestream for today would conclude.
Shen Yao's livestream camera shook, but it still managed to capture a few people digging in the soil under a yellow fruit tree.
"Wait, wait, am I seeing things? Are those elders squatting on the ground digging, the same big shots I know!"
"What big shots, what digging? Why can't I see?"
"I see it. It seems I'm not mistaken, they really are big shots!"
"Ahhh, what's the streamer's background to be able to invite those two big shots! They were just digging up soil, are they planning to take it back for testing, right!"
"Damn it, I knew those two old professors hadn't been around recently. They usually can't wait to sleep in the experimental fields, but it turns out they've come to the streamer's place!"
"Don't play coy, upstairs. Tell me what's going on, I'm freaking out!"
"I'll give you a hint, search for the Beijing Academy of Agricultural Sciences on Baidu, and you'll be as surprised as we are!"
As soon as this comment appeared, the number of viewers in the livestream instantly dropped by half. However, just two minutes later, another large group of people poured into the livestream.
"I'm kneeling! Two vice-deans from the Beijing Academy of Agricultural Sciences!"
"666, if two vice-deans are involved, there must be a major discovery!" httpδ:/m.kuAisugg.nět
"Streamer, slow down, we still want to pay our respects to the big shots, please slow down!"
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