On the first floor of the bamboo house, in Su Xiaoqiang's room.
Su Ze and Su Xiaoqiang sat around the computer, watching the surveillance footage they had just pulled up.
A chicken had gone missing from their house.
A laying hen, at that.
No matter what, they had to find the culprit.
Soon, the surveillance footage reached the key time point.
This time point was when Su Ze and Su Xiaoqiang went into the room to edit videos last night.
In the video, after eating its fill, the King Wild Boar rubbed against the sow and then fell fast asleep.
And at this time, next to the King Wild Boar, in the chicken coop.
A yellow figure snuck in.
"Weasel!"
Su Ze stared at the video, his eyes wide.
It was a weasel!
There was no need to think, his chicken was gone!
It was just a small weasel, so it could only grab one.
Otherwise, all his chickens would be gone.
Weasels stealing chickens wasn't unusual.
Su Ze lived near the Ten Thousand Great Mountains, and there were no other houses nearby.
A hungry weasel running to steal a chicken was normal.
Su Ze wasn't angry about that.
He was angry at the King Wild Boar.
Damn it.
It was a four or five hundred jin body, what was the point of it?
So close!
Just a fence separating them.
In the footage, the sow even noticed the weasel and snorted twice.
But the King Wild Boar slept like a pig.
No, wait.
It was a pig!
Su Ze went directly to the yard and, without a word, pulled the King Wild Boar up and began scolding it.
"Wake up!"
"All you do is sleep!"
"Do you know a chicken is missing from next door???"
"It was last night!"
"Why didn't you notice?"
"I didn't make you chase it, you could have at least let out a roar!"
Su Ze pointed at the King Wild Boar and gave it a good scolding.
But the King Wild Boar remained thick-skinned.
You say yours, I eat mine.
It was all about not interfering with each other.
"Su Ze, are you home?"
A voice came from outside the yard.
Su Ze looked over.
It was Wen Jichun.
"Professor Wen!"
"Come, come, please come in!"
Su Ze said as he glared at the King Wild Boar.
The meaning was basically, I'll settle the score with you later.
"Humph—humph—"
The King Wild Boar snorted twice.
This place was so comfortable.
They provided food and accommodation, and there was a pig sister to play with.
The only bad thing was that this human's mouth was so loud.
It didn't matter.
Just don't listen.
The King Wild Boar closed its eyes, looked at the sunlight, found a relatively shady spot, and lay down comfortably.
"Come, Professor Wen, have a seat."
Su Ze invited Wen Jichun to sit down.
"What was that just now?" Wen Jichun pointed at the pig and asked.
Su Ze sighed and said, "A weasel stole a chicken."
"And this guy, with such a big body, just slept soundly, didn't make a sound."
"I was so angry I just gave him a good scolding."
Wen Jichun looked at the pig pen with a dubious expression, at the King Wild Boar that was exceptionally comfortable.
"So that's the..."
"King Wild Boar that took on the wanted criminal?"
Although Wen Jichun had just returned, he had heard about it from the villagers.
Last night.
A wild boar had shoved a wanted fugitive from Nanhe Province up a tree.
It was said that the fugitive was even bullied into tears.
This morning, the related news even made the hot search.
Su Ze nodded, "It's that one."
"Now it's very pampered."
"Eat, sleep, sleep, eat."
"My pigs have run off to the mountains, this guy is still sleeping soundly."
"I've raised myself a lord, it seems."
"By the way, Professor Wen, what brought you here this time?"
Wen Jichun nodded.
"It's still about the seedling matter."
"I went back to school to report, you see."
"The school attaches great importance to the seedling matter, and it has already been reported to the Provincial Department of Agriculture and Rural Affairs."
"The research funds should be available in half a month at most."
While speaking, Wen Jichun also took out a contract.
"Here, Su Ze."
"This is a draft contract for the follow-up research of the seedlings."
"You can take a look."
As he spoke, Wen Jichun handed the contract to Su Ze.
Su Ze took it and scanned it carefully.
The contract's content was similar to what Wen Jichun had mentioned before.
Fixed research funds and so on.
The only difference was...
"Professor Wen..."
"Did you also lease fields in our village?"
Su Ze pointed to the content in the contract and asked.
Wen Jichun nodded, "Yes."
"Because we considered the later research matters."
"After careful consideration, we decided it was more convenient nearby."
"The village's land lease contract is also out."
"It should be next to your big field, unless something unexpected happens."
"It will be easier to take care of things then."
Su Ze heard this and asked, "What about your previous fields?"
Su Ze remembered that Wen Jichun's school had originally leased fields in the neighboring village.
Now they were coming here again, would they be running back and forth between the two places?
"Those fields will have to be put on hold for now."
"After all, the seedlings are more important." Wen Jichun said as he guided Su Ze on how to sign.
Soon.
The contract was signed.
Unless something unexpected happened.
In half a month's time at most, the first batch of research funds would be deposited into Su Ze's account.
It wasn't much, just over twenty thousand.
But the point was, it was every month!
And there were follow-up dividends as well.
That was fantastic!
"Okay, I have some things to handle in the neighboring village."
"I'll head over there first."
Wen Jichun's main purpose for coming this time was for the contract.
After all, it was a serious matter, it had to be in black and white to be truly at ease.
"By the way."
Halfway there, Wen Jichun seemed to have thought of something and said:
"Su Ze, with such a big yard, such big fields."
"Don't you consider raising a dog?"
"For guarding the house and so on."
Su Ze's eyes lit up after hearing this.
"Right."
"I was wondering what was missing in my yard."
"It turns out it was missing a dog."
"Just get any dog, that weasel wouldn't dare come steal my chickens!"
"If I'm relying on Tiger Cub to grow up to guard the house, I don't know how long I'll have to wait."
Wen Jichun nodded, "You can go to the dog market and have a look first."
"If you can't find a good dog, I'll contact someone for you later."
Wen Jichun finished speaking, got on his Flying Pigeon bicycle, and went back.
They were moving the whole operation, so there were quite a few things he had to handle in the neighboring village.
Su Ze sent off Wen Jichun, then took Su Xiaoqiang with him to the dog market.
"Brother, what kind of dog are we planning to get?"
Su Xiaoqiang asked in the car.
Su Ze thought for a moment.
"Get a Black and White Dog."
"We're not hunting, so it's enough for guarding the house!"