Mountain Looting: Targeted by a Leopard at the Start
Chapter 343 - 342: An Unexpected Event, Finding an Animal Bodyguard from the Farm!

Chapter 343: Chapter 342: An Unexpected Event, Finding an Animal Bodyguard from the Farm!

Xu Yang was truly busy now.

A family of Leopards lived in the back mountains, and a family of Tigers in the depths of Changbai Mountain, both with good relations with him.

He didn’t have enough time.

Fortunately, the farm didn’t need much of his attention.

Now it was October.

All that was to be harvested had been harvested, and all that was to be sown had been sown.

As they said around here, it was time to start "hibernation."

Hibernation meant resting in a warm house.

You would either visit neighbors for a chat, or drink and play cards, or mahjong.

Mostly, it was the middle-aged and elderly who stayed here because they feared the cold, so they stayed inside.

As for the young people, they didn’t have so much time to rest.

Some villagers, taking advantage of their strong bodies, would go to work in the cities outside.

Some would deliver food, others would go to work on a site.

Some decided to stay with relatives and friends outside the village.

Everyone was working hard to live.

Xu Yang planned to stay on the farm.

Now that the farm had good infrastructure and the houses were newly built, it was warm.

The farm environment was also very good, especially the living area, which was always clean.

Life there was comfortable.

Days passed leisurely.

Every other day, Xu Yang would make a trip to the depths of Changbai Mountain to feed the Tigers.

Gradually, he became more familiar with the Tiger family.

The mother tiger had completely accepted Xu Yang, and even allowed him to touch her occasionally without any reaction.

That afternoon.

Xu Yang was playing with dogs on the farm.

At this time, a villager came to the door, knocked, and called out.

There was a big gate at the main entrance of the farm, which used to always be open, but after fans kept finding their way here, it was decided to keep it closed.

Hearing the call, Li Shan went to open the gate to see what was happening and saw it was Liu Fu from the same village. Li Shan immediately smiled and asked,

"Liu Fu, what brings you here? Aren’t you watching over your big geese?"

Liu Fu had his own goose shed, not very large, but he had run it for several years, managing to earn a decent profit annually.

Looking at Li Shan, Liu Fu responded, "Is Mr. Xu here? I have something I need to talk to him about."

Hearing this, Li Shan replied, "Okay, I’ll ask him for you."

Li Shan then turned and walked toward the living area.

Liu Fu, watching Li Shan’s retreating figure, couldn’t help but sigh, thinking that Li Shan was quite fortunate. He used to be the one everyone in the village called on to help out, paying him with steamed buns and pickles, but now he had risen in status since joining Xu Yang’s farm.

It was all thanks to Xu Yang.

Liu Fu was considered an honest man who previously had a good relationship with Li Shan.

After a short while, Xu Yang came out.

"Liu Fu, long time no see. What do you need me for?" Xu Yang greeted him with a smile.

Behind Xu Yang, three dogs and a Wolf followed. The dogs were good at reading the room, seeing Xu Yang smiling, they dropped their guard and appeared friendly.

Liu Fu and Xu Yang were from the same village, attended the same elementary school, and had interacted in the past.

"Boss Xu, I need a little help with something."

"It’s not a big deal, just that my farm has been troubled by a Weasel recently, it killed several of my big geese."

"I stay awake to watch at night, but as soon as I fall asleep, it sneaks back in."

"I’m really anxious about it."

Upon seeing Xu Yang, Liu Fu pleaded earnestly.

He was straightforward, not one for beating around the bush.

"A Weasel?"

"Are you being targeted for retaliation?"

"That creature holds grudges."

Xu Yang knew the nature of Weasels, and upon hearing Liu Fu’s words, he guessed what had happened.

Weasels were actually quite fierce.

They usually didn’t provoke humans, but if they did, it was certainly out of revenge.

For example, they might enter a chicken coop, not to eat but to kill all the chickens.

Back when Weasels were abundant in the mountains, many were killed by people.

Now the Weasels were scarce and had become second-level protected animals.

"I don’t know for sure, but I’m really desperate now; if it comes back, I can’t promise I won’t kill it."

"Besides, no one would know if I killed it and buried it."

"Farm Director Xu, I’ve heard that you’re skilled at handling wildlife in the mountains."

"I was wondering if you could possibly lend a hand; I’m at my wit’s end."

Liu Fu inquired.

"Did you report this to the police?" Xu Yang then asked.

"The police can’t handle this, you know, a few dead big geese. How could the local station bother with you? I heard that if protected animals kill your livestock, you can get compensated, but we can forget about that here."

Liu Fu answered.

Xu Yang nodded.

Things were indeed as described.

The local station really didn’t handle such matters.

"Alright, I’ll have a look."

"But I might not be able to resolve it."

Xu Yang decided to visit Liu Fu’s goose shed.

It wasn’t far, just within the village, about 5 kilometers away. It took only a short drive to get there.

Xu Yang got in his car, waved at the dogs, and they all ran back to play on the farm.

Soon, the two arrived at Liu Fu’s goose shed.

It was a large courtyard enclosed by a fence, with several goose sheds inside.

The big geese were strolling within the enclosed area.

Xu Yang checked the scene, finding two big geese that had been bitten to death. The deaths were quite gruesome, with only a bit of the innards eaten.

Upon closer inspection, Xu Yang confirmed it was the work of a Weasel.

"You didn’t offend them?"

Xu Yang asked.

"Absolutely not, I’m just raising geese, why would I bother them?"

"It’s just bad luck."

"It’s really unreasonable, those wild cats and weasels from the mountains coming out to eat my geese, and it’s illegal for me to kill them."

"I’m at wit’s end."

Liu Fu looked at the dead big goose, feeling a pang of heartache.

It’s not easy to raise a big goose to maturity, and the loss of even one can be quite costly.

Furthermore, Liu Fu started the goose farm out of some famine and even borrowed some money.

So his pressure was even greater.

Xu Yang examined carefully, the big goose died a horrible death.

"This weasel is pretty fierce, generally speaking, big geese aren’t easy to mess with."

"But you know what, if a weasel fixates on one, the other geese are really helpless against it."

"This guy is a bit evil, I don’t think it’s just one."

Xu Yang inspected carefully, growing more and more startled.

He guessed there was a lair, at least two of them.

"Mr. Xu, any solutions, just so they won’t come over for now?"

"They come every day, I really can’t bear it."

Liu Fu pleaded again.

Xu Yang looked at him and responded,

"I don’t have much of a solution for this kind of thing; after all, it’s a wild weasel, a second-level protected animal, and we can’t harm them."

"First check the corners and edges of the goose shed for any holes, and if there are any, block them up with stones, don’t leave any gaps."

"Then clean up the surroundings, so the weasel can’t climb in through the clutter and the windows."

"The only help I can offer is to hire a bodyguard for you."

"This guy can subdue Yellow Weasel, with it around, there will be peace."

"But I can’t promise whether the weasel will come back or not."

Hearing Xu Yang’s words, Liu Fu hurriedly said,

"Okay, Mr. Xu, please help me if you can."

"I’ve already checked everything, all the holes are blocked, but they still climb in along the walls, I’m really out of options."

Liu Fu was after all a fellow villager of Xu Yang’s, and they got along okay.

It’s small favors between neighbors, something you can help with.

Xu Yang nodded, then said he would first go back to the farm to get the bodyguard and would come back soon.

Soon after, Xu Yang drove back to the farm.

He arrived at the open space and called out towards the greenhouse,

"Sang Biao!"

"Sang Biao!"

"Meow meow!"

Hearing Xu Yang’s call, the Tabby Cat immediately poked its head out to look down below.

Seeing Xu Yang waving a cat snack in his hand, the Tabby Cat agilely jumped down from the side of the greenhouse, landed on the wall, and then ran up to Xu Yang to start tasting the cat snacks.

Xu Yang fed it cat snacks while speaking,

"Sang Biao, Let’s make a deal."

"There are weasels causing trouble at night in a place, and I need you to help out for a couple of days."

"Just two days, and I’ll prepare cat snacks for you."

Xu Yang knew this creature was very smart and understood human speech.

Some cats have quite high intelligence, especially those that can become the boss among stray and farm cats.

They are talented both intellectually and physically.

Other cats are just foolish, running at the sight of people, clearly not so smart.

Sang Biao finished eating the cat snacks and just looked at Xu Yang.

"5 cat snacks, we have a deal."

"Get in this basket, and I’ll take you to that place."

Xu Yang brought out a basket, lined with a mattress, which was originally Sang Biao’s bed.

Sang Biao looked up at Xu Yang and then walked into the basket to lie down and rest.

Next, Xu Yang drove to the goose shed with Sang Biao.

Liu Fu saw Xu Yang coming and hurried out to greet him.

When he saw Sang Biao, Liu Fu was slightly taken aback.

A cat?

Xu Yang explained to him,

"I’ll put this basket on the windowsill of the goose shed tonight, don’t touch it, don’t disturb it, just leave it be."

"This guy can watch over the weasels."

"My big farm, last year I raised chickens, ducks, and geese, this year I’m raising only geese, never had trouble with weasels or stoats, all thanks to it."

"It’ll watch for two days, scare off the weasels, and then everything will be fine."

"This cat is formidable."

Hearing Xu Yang’s words, Liu Fu looked towards the Tabby Cat with a mix of surprise and curiosity in his eyes.

Could a single Tabby Cat really safeguard his many big geese?

But there was no other option, so he had to try.

Liu Fu was a rather honest man, and he also said that he owed Xu Yang for this and offered to let Xu Yang take some big geese with him.

Xu Yang saw that several big geese had already died here, and taking more would definitely hurt more, so he suggested waiting to see the results first, and if effective, he could talk about it then.

He had big geese of his own and didn’t need any at the moment.

If Liu Fu really wanted to give him some, sending two next year after they were raised well would be enough.

Liu Fu happily agreed.

The Tabby Cat Sang Biao surveyed the surroundings.

After all, it was a village cat and had surely been here before.

It hopped onto the goose shed, took a stroll around.

Then it found a place to lie down.

"Leave the basket here for a couple of days, just don’t disturb it."

"Then you can keep watch."

"After it beats up the weasels a few times, this will be over."

Xu Yang said at last.

Liu Fu felt it was odd but secretly prayed in his heart, hoping it really would be so.