Chapter 197: Chapter 195: Weasel: Are You Going to Do Something About This?

"This grass hasn’t fully grown yet, it looks like it’s only two months old."

"In another month, it can grow over two meters tall."

"That’s not a good thing, this grass isn’t suitable for grazing sheep."

"And when they mature, they secrete a substance that’s beneficial to their own growth but harmful to other grasses."

"If you’re not careful, they grow in patches."

Jiang Feng pulled the grass out and held it in his hand.

He had a bad feeling.

Generally speaking, such invasive plants don’t reach the grassland here, there are means to prevent them.

If Canada Thistle is found, it will be uprooted.

But now, this invasive species has appeared on his grassland.

There’s only one explanation: someone deliberately sowed seeds of this grass on his pasture.

However, Jiang Feng didn’t express his suspicion in the live stream.

Some say the villagers in mountainous villages are simple and honest, while others say harsh environments breed cunning people.

Both statements are true.

If it doesn’t involve money, they’re honest; if there’s any interest conflict, or if they’re jealous of others, then they become stubborn and fearsome.

Fish farms get poisoned, fields are sprinkled with pesticides, and others tear apart frost protection films, such incidences are countless.

Jiang Feng’s pasture seems too enviable.

Geographic location is favorable, the pasture grows best, with lakes and rivers nearby.

Jiang Feng pulled the grass out from the roots.

"The root system of this grass is very developed, it will grow many auxiliary roots."

"It may even grow several more clumps."

"I need to check inside the pasture to see how much more of this grass there is."

Jiang Feng rode his horse and started patrolling the grassland.

Seeing the situation, netizens started discussing:

[How did an invasive species end up in the master’s pasture!]

[Someone must have deliberately put it there!]

[The intentions are a bit vicious!]

[No one knows when it happened!]

Jiang Feng searched carefully and soon saw several more Canada Thistles in a patch of pasture.

This yellow flower is arguably the strongest herbaceous plant, it dominates wherever it goes, with nothing else growing.

Jiang Feng took advantage of these grasses not being fully developed yet and uprooted all of them.

"Finding it now is still okay, it won’t have much impact."

"As long as you don’t let it flower and spread seeds."

"If it flowers in September and October, it can spread 20,000 seeds each time, that would be hard to manage."

Jiang Feng uprooted the grass and explained to everyone.

Don’t know when these seeds were planted, the source can’t be traced, just have to be more vigilant.

Meanwhile, Jiang Feng dialed the Forestry Bureau’s number.

Now Huaxia is strictly investigating invasive species nationwide, this toxic grass will certainly be eradicated.

"The pasture is large, many poisonous grasses will grow, some native grasses also need to be uprooted, sheep eat them and die."

"Such occurrences are common."

"Just pay a little attention, it’s fine."

Jiang Feng explained to everyone, then called over Yang Maolin, Hadan, and a few others who came to herd sheep, introduced the appearance of Canada Thistle, and asked them to uproot the grass.

In the live stream, the Mongolian Forestry Bureau had noticed what Jiang Feng mentioned.

The official account directly commented in the live stream:

[Canada Thistle is listed as one of the invasive species, wherever it’s found, it will be destroyed, thanks to Master Jiang’s reminder, we will start investigating immediately.]

Seeing the official message, netizens also felt relieved.

Soon, related documents were distributed across Ximeng League.

The theme of the document is "Notification on Investigating Invasive Species (such as Canada Thistle)"

People from various grassland management bureaus started investigating and cleaning up invasive species.

Jiang Feng’s influence is indeed quite significant now.

Whatever he found nearby immediately impacts the entire grassland.

On the pasture, employees were busy.

Everyone walked across the grassland twice, fortunately, the number of Canada Thistles wasn’t much, only about a dozen.

Uprooting them completely is no problem.

After everyone sifted through it, the morning grazing ended.

They drove the sheep back.

Back at the pasture, the forestry bureau personnel arrived, discussed the incident with Jiang Feng, and took back some plants for research.

The pasture constantly experiences small incidents, once handled, it’s fine, Jiang Feng doesn’t think much of it, but he enhanced monitoring, aiming two cameras towards the grassland just in case.

Returning to the pasture, Jiang Feng continued the inspection.

At this time, Jiang Feng saw the weasel still wandering around the haystack area.

Last year’s haystack still had a few, dried grass scattered across the ground, small animals usually stayed there.

The weasel lowered its body, perfectly hiding behind the haystack.

Jiang Feng looked ahead, and sure enough, he saw two brown mice in front of him.

There are many types of mice on the prairie, in various kinds, biologically distinguished. Some are field mice, some are mountain mice, and there are jumping mice and such.

Jiang Feng never bothered with so many distinctions. In his eyes, they’re all just rats.

"Look over there, the weasel is hunting!"

Jiang Feng pointed not far away and whispered.

Netizens looked towards the livestream screen.

They saw the slender body of the weasel hiding in the haystack, eyes fixed sharply on the little mouse, its rear slightly shaking.

It was clear that it was ready to pounce.

At that moment, the weasel suddenly dashed out, heading straight for the little mouse.

Just when it seemed it would nab the mouse in one swift motion, something unexpected happened!

Out of nowhere, Cat Boss appeared, swooping in before the weasel and snatching the little mouse with its mouth.

Seeing this, the weasel was dumbfounded.

It stood there in disbelief, staring at everything happening.

What’s going on?

A robbery?

[The mouse that the weasel had its eyes on was snatched by the Tabby Cat!]

[Haha, where did the Tabby Cat come from, I didn’t even notice!]

[Cat Boss is impressive!]

[The weasel looks really angry!]

Netizens loved watching these scenes, bursting into laughter.

Jiang Feng couldn’t help but laugh along.

The weasel watched as Cat Boss hopped away, knowing it wasn’t a match for Cat Boss.

It had tried to attack Cat Boss before, but every time it got close, Cat Boss would smack its head, almost knocking it out.

After that, the weasel didn’t dare provoke it anymore.

At this moment, the weasel noticed Jiang Feng not far away.

It quickly ran towards Jiang Feng, then stood up, making squeaky sounds at him.

It was clear that it was both urgent.

And very angry.

It looked like it was lodging a complaint, even asking Jiang Feng if he would intervene!

Jiang Feng was amused and exasperated.

How could he handle this?

Snatch the mouse back from Cat Boss’s mouth?

Definitely not possible!

The weasel’s fur was a brownish-yellow, its body as agile as a mink, but its whole face was black.

It wiped its little black face with its hands, still standing straight up and complaining to Jiang Feng.

The netizens were already having fun, and seeing this scene, they laughed non-stop.

[Master Jiang, aren’t you going to do something about this?]

[The weasel is so anxious it’s about to cry!]

[It’s almost talking like a human!]

This weasel was sensible and had lived around the ranch for some time without ever hurting the chickens, ducks, or geese, so Jiang Feng generally didn’t bother it.

"Alright, I’ll get you some raw meat."

Seeing the weasel’s grievance, Jiang Feng said to it.

Cute little animals are always welcomed; weasels have their good and bad points.

Jiang Feng was willing to feed good-natured weasels.

If it were the kind of weasel with a heavy lust for killing living near the farm, killing several chickens, the ranch employees would find a way to deal with it without Jiang Feng even having to say anything.

This weasel wasn’t bloodthirsty, just liked to eat mice, so the ranch employees tolerated its residence here.

Jiang Feng walked with the weasel towards the canteen.

As they walked, Jiang Feng turned his head to see Cat Boss, having finished the mouse, focusing on a small hole nearby, waiting quietly.

Jiang Feng knew there likely were mice inside the hole too.

Thus, he straightforwardly brought the weasel over.

Weasels are smaller than cats and can squeeze into holes.

"Cat Boss, make room for it, it’s at least your little buddy."

Jiang Feng spoke to Cat Boss.

By this time, the weasel had already squeezed into the hole to search for mice, its upper body inside the hole, leaving its rear and tail sticking out, and its moving legs showed it was exerting force.

Cat Boss licked its lips, seemingly nonchalant, sitting calmly in a crouched position.

Some netizens, seeing the weasel hunting, sent bullet comments:

[I’ve seen humans getting stuck like this scenario!]

[Are you talking about that amusement park episode? I think I’ve seen it too!]

[Come on, even this can spark such a conversation?]

Not long after, the weasel emerged from the hole with a large mouse in its mouth, then sprinting off with a proud stride.

Cat Boss never stooped to snatching already caught prey, so it remained unfazed on the side.

Jiang Feng looked at these two fellows, deciding not to intervene, and went back to his activities.