Mountain Looting: Targeted by a Leopard at the Start
Chapter 366 - 365 Big Goose: Don’t come out, it’s freezing outside!

Chapter 366: Chapter 365 Big Goose: Don’t come out, it’s freezing outside!

Xu Yang returned to the farm and, after tidying up, rested for the night.

The next morning, officials from the city’s tourism department contacted him, asking if he could participate in a promotional event.

Only then did he learn that the video of him taking photos with tourists had gone viral online.

Many people were treating Xu Yang like a famous sight at Changbai Mountain and wanted to take pictures with him to mark their visit.

Xu Yang could only smile and say he would support as best he could.

The time for hibernation was next.

For some reason, this year the snowfall was heavy.

It seemed to be the heaviest snow of the year, and it had been falling for several days.

Schools in the city were closed.

Looking at the snowflakes filling the sky, Xu Yang also sighed, remarking he hadn’t seen such heavy snow in many years.

The farm was still quite busy, checking the greenhouses and the livestock daily to ensure nothing was amiss.

The dogs lay in their kennels every day, just waiting for the snow to stop so they could go out and play.

Sadly, they never got their wish.

Until this afternoon, when the snow finally stopped.

The farm workers began to emerge to clear away the snow.

As Xu Yang stepped outside, the dogs immediately surrounded him, wagging their tails excitedly, with looks of anticipation on their faces.

Xu Yang could tell they wanted to play outside.

"The snow just stopped, and it’s taller than you guys; where do you think you can go play?" he couldn’t help but say.

But the dogs clearly didn’t understand his words and remained extremely excited.

So, Xu Yang opened the yard gate and led them out.

The snow outside was partially cleared, but there were still large patches of snow-covered ground.

Little Black took the lead, bursting forth into the snow, jumping into it with a leap.

The result was that it landed stiffly in the snow, creating an indentation shaped like a dog.

Little Black froze upon entering the snow, surrounded by white, seeing nothing.

It lay motionless in the snow, as if sealed in place.

Witnessing this, Xu Yang couldn’t hold back a laugh.

The Maquan and Husky behind looked on dumbfounded.

They craned their necks, peering into the snow, as if to ask:

"Where’s the dog?"

"How come it vanished?"

Seeing this scene, Xu Yang immediately walked over and pulled Little Black out of the snow.

The weather was a bit chilly, so Xu Yang dressed the Maquan in clothes, but the others didn’t need any.

After all, only the Maquan was a slender dog with shorter fur and more susceptible to the cold.

As Xu Yang stepped into the snow and walked forward, his foot sank almost to his knee.

This snow was indeed substantial.

Xu Yang planned to check on the farm’s situation.

He first visited the pigsty.

There were a few dozen pigs inside, huddled together asleep, seemingly in good spirits.

It was quite warm in there, with a house to shelter them from the wind and rain, and the snow had no effect on them.

He then left the pigsty, as the smell was strong.

With the New Year approaching, he would need to slaughter a batch of pigs to sell; his farm’s pigs were quite popular.

Next, Xu Yang walked to the goose shed.

A flock of big geese were inside. Upon hearing Xu Yang’s footsteps, they started to honk immediately.

They were expressing their desire to go outside and play.

After all, they had been locked inside for a few days.

Xu Yang knew that talking was futile; he went straight over and boldly opened the door of the goose shed.

As soon as the door opened, the big geese got their wish. Led by the lead goose, they waddled out, honking joyfully:

"Time to play outside! Time to play outside!"

However, just a few steps after leading the way out, the exuberant goose honks came to an abrupt halt.

They took in the howling snowflakes outside and began to question their goose life.

What’s going on here?

They felt their bodies getting cold, and the ground felt freezing to their feet.

Goose feet icy cold.

The other big geese following them also stopped in their tracks.

"Why is it so cold?"

The lead goose couldn’t take it and immediately turned to run back.

As they ran, they honked:

"Don’t block the door, let me back in!"

"Don’t keep going, turn around, it’s freezing out here!"

The other big geese, hearing their calls, clearly didn’t believe it and still tried to run out.

For a moment, the big geese collided with each other.

Those inside wanted to go out, and those outside wanted to come in.

Xu Yang stood by, watching with interest.

Make a fuss if you like, if you aren’t afraid of the cold, come out.

This scene somewhat resembled the rush of commuting on the subway.

Soon, the front geese ran back into the shed, and those behind took a few steps out and then also waddled back with their butts shaking.

Once all the big geese had seen the snowy ground outside, they finally settled down.

They gathered together, looking at Xu Yang outside with eager eyes, waiting for him to close the door.

"What’s the matter? Not running out now?" Xu Yang said with a smile.

Then, he closed the door of the goose shed and went to check on the other animals.

Inside the stable, the black horse, Sika Deer, and the foolish roe deer were all doing well.

They were resting there, sheltering from the snowstorm.

The temperature inside was also tolerable, not too low.

Xu Yang added some clean straw for the black horse and changed its water basin, then brushed its coat smoothly.

The heavy snow had little effect on them.

Next, Xu Yang walked further back to the dairy farm.

Chen Juan was busy milking the cows.

She noticed the cows were a bit anxious—they hadn’t been milked in two days, and their udders were full, which was uncomfortable for them.

"Farm Director, we’ve milked a lot of milk these past two days, and it’s going to spoil."

"What do you think is best, making yogurt or cheese?"

Chen Juan asked eagerly as she saw Xu Yang approaching.

"Let’s make yogurt, it’s warm inside the house, and storing some yogurt is pretty good."

Xu Yang responded.

"Okay," Chen Juan agreed.

Though the heavy snow had sealed the mountain, and the roads into the mountains had not yet been cleared,

the farm’s supplies were far from scarce.

With the stored potatoes and Chinese cabbages alone, there would be enough to last the entire winter.

During winter, there weren’t many vegetables, and most households mainly ate Chinese cabbage.

Xu Yang was, however, better off; he had found a spot in the greenhouse and planted some green onions and hot peppers.

Green onions were hard to come by this season and were pricey too.

People here loved green onions, so growing some was just right.

Not only these, but the farm’s fruit, meat, and other products were also plentiful.

In short, there was no lack of food.

After walking around, Xu Yang found that all the animals on the farm were safe.

There were no issues in the surrounding area, so Xu Yang went back to rest in the house.

Even just being outside for a short while made him feel a bit cold.

The cold here was real, turning people stiff.

No wonder nobody wanted to stay here during the winter.

During lunch, Xu Yang chatted casually with the employees.

The meal was a pot of stew with pork, glass noodles, cabbage, potatoes—everything.

Scoop a bowl of rice, ladle a spoon of the mixed stew, mix with the rice, and it all tasted delightful.

"The snow is really heavy this year. Our place is already sealed off by the heavy snow."

"Nothing can get in."

Niu Zhuang, who was in charge of cooking, sighed.

Hearing this, Wang Wu replied,

"It’s true. I want to go back but can’t, Ma Wen took a vacation, and now he can’t return."

Xu Yang nodded, "Luckily, the village notified everyone in advance to prepare food at home; otherwise, there really could have been trouble."

"Yeah, this winter is truly cold."

After a few words of idle chat, everyone felt that the climate in the Northeast was still too harsh.

For these two months, it was best just to stay indoors and avoid going out.

The outside cold was bone-chilling.

Fortunately, life on the farm was prosperous, so there was nothing to worry about.

As days went by, the Chinese New Year was gradually approaching.

The roads sealed by heavy snow were cleared by the snow removal team.

People started to become active again.

The New Year was coming.

These last few days, especially the time before the Spring Festival, the markets were bustling, selling all kinds of goods.

Xu Yang went there twice, buying some New Year’s goods for the employees as a festive bonus.

As a conscientious boss, how could he not distribute New Year’s goods?

Especially in the two weeks before the Spring Festival, everyone was truly busy.

The farm also made a lot of handmade yogurt and flower cakes, which sold very well at the market.

Xu Yang’s farm was now very popular.

Even the news that he planned to expand next year attracted many job applicants.

These positions were better than those in the city.

Although a bit remote, it was no big deal—just stay in the employee dormitory from Monday to Friday and go home on Friday night.

Xu Yang also got busy, buying New Year’s goods, pasting couplets, making tofu, butchering pork, and slaughtering roosters...

There were many New Year traditions here.

This year, his family was spending the New Year at the farm, focusing mainly on decorating the farm.

Xu Hongshan and Mrs. Xu would come over.

When the New Year’s period arrived, and the others had gone home, Xu Yang and Li Shan were on duty at the farm.

It was a bountiful year.

The employees were exceptionally happy.

Xu Yang was happy too and bought several new outfits, all of which were comfortable to wear.

During the festive period, people in the village started to enter a frenzied phase of playing mahjong.

For those who returned home for the New Year, the greatest joy each day was playing mahjong, even staying up all night to play.

It was their celebration.

Xu Yang, however, wasn’t much interested in mahjong; he just gathered for meals with friends from the village a few times and met with business partners. Then, some friends from university invited him to meet up in the Capital City.

Xu Yang was planning to go to the Capital City anyway and gladly accepted the invitation.

He hadn’t seen his university classmates in a long time.

Lately, their group chat was quite lively, everyone discussing Xu Yang’s experiences.

They couldn’t imagine the contrast in Xu Yang after graduation.

Before, Xu Yang was also impressive, handsome, with good grades, a habit of working out, and even had a beautiful girlfriend.

But he was just "an excellent college student."

After graduation, he seemed to have struck a vein of luck.

Tigers, leopards, brown bears, snow leopards—he had encountered them all.

He even dived to search for sunken ships.

Frequently, he’d appear in trending searches.

His university classmates were baffled.

Huh? Xu Yang? Did he find some secret manual? Such a big change?

Yet, reality is often this magical.

After leaving university, the changes in people’s lives can be astounding.

Sometimes they truly boggle the mind.