I have a wildlife zoo

On the left side of the zoo square, a small wooden cabin had been built and a green net had been hoisted over the lawn.

After some operation in front of the cabin by the staff, a flock of pristine white pigeons burst forth from their cage, flapping their wings.

About twenty to thirty of them, emitting a series of "coo coo coo" sounds.

Seeing the scattered corn kernels on the grass, they descended to the ground and began pecking at the food with their heads bowed.

"Wow, it's a gathering of uploaders!"

"So many pigeons!"

The visitors watched with curiosity, greeting Fang Ye, "Yo, Director, are you all starting to raise pigeons?"

Fang Ye smiled and said, "Yes, we are."

Many zoos raise pigeons purely to enrich the scenery.

However, he also planned to set up educational boards about passenger pigeons here to use these birds to inform about the extinct species.

A net was placed over the area to let these pigeons live inside for a while. They would be fed at a set time daily, so if they flew elsewhere, they wouldn't find food and would stay put. In bad weather, they could return to the pigeon house.

Someone joked, "Raising a flock of pigeons, we could improve the animals' diets with surplus ones someday."

Fang Ye just laughed. The square pigeons were originally intended for the pleasure of the viewers. If there were too many, and they defecated everywhere, making the chairs covered with droppings so no one could sit, it would not be nice.

Plus, the pigeons needed to be vaccinated. If there were too many flying all over, it would be impossible to catch them all. How could they possibly feed unchecked pigeons to the animals, and what if they fell ill?

Thus, their feed would contain a little contraceptive medicine; breeding was out of the question.

...

Meng Shi stood before the glass walls of the tiger exhibit, captivated by Jiaojiao and Ice Cake playing.

The tigers were really too beautiful!

Even though he was off today, he still stayed at the tiger exhibit to watch the tigers.

Suddenly, he heard the sound of a message on his phone.

Upon checking, it was Fang Ye adding him to a WeChat group.

Fang Ye: "Everyone come to Dragon King's Residence tonight for a barbecue party!"

After several months of growth, the strawberries and chives in the yard had ripened, and it was time to harvest them.

Although the strawberries were sweet, they couldn't be preserved for very long after ripening. Once fully matured, they would spoil in two or three days.

He and Lan Li couldn't eat them all, so they thought of inviting everyone to come over and share. Eating just strawberries seemed a bit monotonous, so they decided to throw a barbecue party instead.

In the evening, the main chef from Lion Restaurant would be invited to grill meat and some vegetables, and the freshly picked chives would definitely taste great roasted.

Meng Shi quickly replied with a naive smiley face: "Great, great!"

Lü Ye asked, "Where's Dragon King's Residence?"

Fang Ye: "It's that house up on my mountain."

Lin Ying snarked, "Such a chuunibyou name!"

Lan Li: "I named it /laughcry..."

Lin Ying: "Cough cough! Actually, it sounds pretty good, huh?"

Meng Shi: "Ok! Director, I'm off today, need me to help with anything?"

Fang Ye: "Hmm... there isn't much, but if you want to, you could come over and pick some chives for us."

Meng Shi: "Alright, heading over now!"

Lü Ye: "Picking chives? Now the mere sight of chives sends shivers down my spine."

He Yifei: "Whoa, Director, you grew these chives yourself?"

Everyone suddenly remembered the potatoes Fang Ye grew in his own yard, which tasted incredibly good!

The potatoes in the canteen had long been used up. Now that he had grown chives, what would they taste like?

They couldn't help but look forward to the evening party.

...

"Ding dong!"

The doorbell rang.

Fang Ye poked his head out of the courtyard and yelled upon seeing Meng Shi standing at the gate, "Come on in, come on in!"

Although the door was open, he still rang the doorbell and waited outside.

Meng Shi asked, "Should I change my shoes?"

"Change what shoes? There aren't that many shoes to change into, we'll just clean up after you all leave tonight."

In the corner of the living room was a cat climbing frame with a plump tabby cat lying in its nest. Zhuang Xiaobai was petting the cat, and by the looks of it, the cat was thoroughly enjoying it.

Zhuang Xiaobai brought a bunch of juniors and juniors to paint beautiful murals for the zoo, was very familiar with Fang Ye, and had been invited over as well.

As Meng Shi entered the backyard, he immediately smelled a refreshing fragrance!

Instinctively turning his head, he saw layered strawberry towers along the wall.

The area was filled with the fresh, sweet scent of strawberries, lingering around his nose.

Fang Ye had specifically asked the purchaser to choose country strawberry varieties, which by logic, should have grown small and not particularly pretty. But, grown in spiritual soil and watered with spiritual water, they looked completely different.

Each was about 3 to 4 centimeters in diameter, full-bodied, with a bright red color enhanced by the lush green leaves, making them even more luscious, like rubies glistening, emitting an overwhelming strawberry fragrance.

Just smelling them made one's mouth water.

Meng Shi's gaze fixed on the glistening strawberries, unable to take his eyes off them, "Director, are these strawberries you grew?"

Fang Ye's lips curved into a smile, "Yeah, want to try one?"

Meng Shi couldn't help swallowing, "Then I'll just try one!"

He picked a strawberry, heavy in his hand, feeling very full.

With one bite, sweet juice burst in his mouth, the substantial flesh rubbing against his teeth and tongue.

There was also a slight tartness since the strawberry wasn't completely ripe, softening when it ripened.

Meng Shi shook with pleasure, his voice muffled, "Damn, that's sweet!"

As a child, he quite liked eating strawberries.

But later, as he grew up and bought strawberries, they were just pretty in appearance, their flavor always faintly sweet.

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These strawberries, however, were truly delicious!

Full of strawberry flavor, after the last bite, his mouth seemed to still sense a light freshness, lingering longer than the taste of mint candy.

A bit embarrassed, he said, "Director, may I have another one?"

Fang Ye laughed, "Of course, I invited you all here to help finish off these strawberries."

Lü Ye greeted everyone as he came in, attracted by the fragrance, his eyes gleaming, "These strawberries look so beautiful and smell so good."

Fang Ye waved his hand generously, "Help yourself, we have plenty of strawberries today! But don't eat too much now, we've got barbecue tonight."

After eating a couple, Lü Ye exclaimed how satisfying they were!

After finishing the strawberries, Fang Ye led the two to a patch of chives.

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"Have you ever cut chives before?"

Meng Shi shook his head, while Lü Ye muttered, "I've been cut like a chive!"

The chives in the field had grown very lush!

They looked very lively, standing tall and proud, displaying vigorous vitality.

Fang Ye handed each of them a large pair of scissors and squatted down at the edge of the field to instruct, "Chives are perennial, plant them once and you can cut them for several years. There's also an art to cutting chives!

Cut them well, and each time they grow back stronger; cut them poorly, and the chives will turn yellow and weak."