Super Zoo

Having one less testicle actually doesn't affect wild boar mating; on the contrary, Suming felt that it could even focus their efforts, potentially increasing the success rate!

Yangchuan City Zoo doesn't have holidays over the New Year, but generally, if employees are not on duty, they would take leave or time off to return to work around the sixth or seventh day of the first lunar month. Clearly, Suming was not a regular employee… which is why he shamelessly took his leave up until the twenty-second day of the first lunar month, probably setting a record for the longest Chinese New Year holiday given by the Yangchuan City Zoo, apart from those who got married over the holiday period.

In Sun Town during this time, Suming spent most of his days sitting on the hillside, watching the wild boars mating with great interest. It's said that stones from other hills may serve to polish the jade; after watching such scenes for some time, one would definitely learn a thing or two. Wild boars only used the rear-entry position, but this simple posture was explored with countless variations; the details determined success or failure, the details determined quality...

In the town, Wu set about recruiting workers. Out of the eighty positions available, more than one hundred people applied, and eventually, just over thirty were filtered out. By now, Suming had essentially become the 'boss' of most families in Sun Town. The townspeople greeted him with such excessive enthusiasm that Suming felt extremely embarrassed.

Just around the Chinese New Year, it was also the mating season for wild boars. Big Brother Two and Pig Number Two mated so frequently from dawn till dusk that it was highly likely that nearly all the sows in the town were pregnant by now. At this point, the two boars were purely indulging themselves under the guise of public service.

The more Suming watched, the more he felt these two had frighteningly good stamina. Even for wild boars, such vigor was unheard of. They started their efforts from before dawn and didn't stop until it went dark. After a few days, any animal would be overwhelmed; it was too exaggerated, even for them who had grown up eating Lingzhi mushrooms and morels from a young age.Nôv(el)B\\jnn

Indeed, by the eighth day of the lunar year, the two exhausted beasts started to show signs of fatigue: walking unsteadily, gasping for breath just a few steps in, unable to wag their tails or keep their ears perked up. They were no longer excited at the sight of the sows, opting to walk a wide berth around them instead.

Behind every beautiful sow was a boar that had mated to the point of feeling sick!

The word "tragic" was the only way to describe it. These two didn't die at the hands of humans, nor in the jaws of a giant snake, nor did their missing testicle stop them from living strongly, but they almost met their demise in bed.

"Our future tasks will be very challenging. Now we only have six sows, but in less than a month, there will be dozens. You'll both be very busy then, and you must take care of yourselves for the cause of the future revolution. You must not fall! I'm telling you, this is a political task that must be accomplished!" Suming earnestly said to Big Brother Two and Pig Number Two. Discover more stories at empire

"Grunt grunt…" They were clearly frightened as they grunted and shook their heads incessantly, the hard bristles on their head flattening out, and their tiny eyes spinning round and round.

Seeing they were hesitant, Suming said displeased, "This isn't right. You've been with me for more than a week now; how come there's no improvement in your ideological consciousness? Despite causing so much trouble with the crops, the townspeople didn't seek trouble with you and even allowed you to live in paradise. Even as pigs, you should know gratitude!"

It was also their own fault for indulging so excessively. Even the bulls and boars at the breeding stations didn't engage in continuous combat like they did. No matter how strong their constitution was, this could bring them down. No matter what Suming said, these two steadfastly refused to go near the sows again. Looking at them, it seemed they wouldn't be able to regain their vigor for a month or two.

However, the two boars had their own solution: they ran into the mountains separately.

Two days later, they actually brought back seventeen or eighteen wild boars of various sizes, both male and female, the majority being male. More than half of these boars were from their original group and were quite obedient, but the other four, each weighing over three hundred pounds, were new arrivals.

The wild boar hierarchy is rigid, and the most formidable boar king has absolute command over the others. The new wild boars were forcibly subdued by Pig Number Two and Big Brother Two using physical force. Initially reluctant, they even assumed an aggressive stance upon seeing strangers from the town.

But just a day later, the attitudes of these four newcomers had changed drastically!

Here, they had food and drink, and a whole host of bright-eyed sows at their beck and call. They didn't need to forage tirelessly or beware of other fierce animals; even the boar king was generous enough to grant them fair mating rights... Wild boars are fierce but not foolish. Where else could they find such a good life?

Therefore, the number of male wild pigs used for breeding in Sun Town had reached fifteen, which was more than enough for the short term.

The female wild pigs didn't have much use in the breeding matter. Suming took good care of them, so that when the hybrid wild piglets were born, these female wild pigs could act as lifestyle mentors, teaching them survival skills in the jungle.

Next, Suming used spiritual power in conjunction with the normal methods of training wild beasts to specifically give all the wild pigs several special trainings, making them remember the meanings of several simple whistle sounds. In this way, once he returned to Yangchuan City, the people in charge of pig raising in Sun Town could use whistles to simply control the wild pigs' movements.

On the tenth day of the new year, Liang Shi's classmate, a young man named Shen Lian, finally arrived in Maoxi County. After briefly confirming and investigating the disaster-stricken crops in Sun Town, he settled the compensation amount for the three affected farm households at 80%, and the provincial government would allocate funds directly to the county. In roughly two months, the compensation would be handed over to Mr. Gu and the other two households.

Early on the twelfth, Mr. Wu, the town head, arranged for people to go to the county town to purchase various materials required for the free-range breeding of wild pigs, the main item being a large quantity of wire mesh to enclose a small hill behind Sun Town where the hybrid wild pigs would roam in the future.

In the mountains, there were countless wild pigs' favorite Chinese herbs and berries that grew back as soon as they were eaten, with no end in sight.

Upon Suming's suggestion, the hilltop chosen for raising wild pigs in Sun Town was located right behind the town. Raising the wild pigs there was not only convenient for human care but also, in the future, large groups of hybrid wild pigs, under the leadership of their "Second Brother", would form a natural barrier. With them there, ferocious predators would not approach Sun Town, and not even venomous snakes would be present.

By the fifteenth of the first lunar month, right after they finished eating sweet dumplings, news came from Liang Shi. He had discussed with Professor Chu and decided to send two agricultural college graduates specializing in animal husbandry to Sun Town to help raise wild pigs, provide technical support, and also to do internships. This arrangement was beneficial for both parties, and moreover, Suming had dug into his own pocket to pay them a six months' salary.

Chu, through Liang Shi, expressed his gratitude to Suming. It was not easy for students from the Agricultural College to find internship placements, and within half a year, Suming had solved the internship problems for three students, all with decent pay.

"Give lectures? Me, give lectures to the agricultural college graduates?" Chu's way of expressing gratitude was indeed unexpected, inviting Suming to give lectures at the Agricultural College to undergraduate and graduate students whenever he had time.

Was he to teach them how to breed wild pigs? It seems my malicious claws will soon stretch into the campus, corrupting the innocent university students. Just thinking about it made him feel a little excited...

Everything was going rather smoothly, and on the last few days of the vacation, Suming lazed at home, spending all day chatting with his mother, eating his fill and then sleeping, waking only to eat again. He also took time to visit the wild pigs' home once more, dug up the remaining sheep-stomach mushrooms by their roots, and left the mountains with the reticulated python and over eighty snakes.

On the twentieth day of the first lunar month, Mr. Dong arrived with a small animal transport container truck from the Yangchuan City Zoo,

"So many snakes?" Mr. Dong's scalp tingled at the sight of such a large group of snakes. Although Suming had bought dozens of metal cages from a chicken farm in the county to prevent any extraordinary shock, the sight of hundreds of rare venomous snakes was still quite staggering.

Dong's eyes widened and he gulped, thinking that Suming, this youngster, had he been catching snakes every single day during his New Year visit home?

When he saw a reticulated python five or six meters long coiled around Suming's shoulder, Dong's legs went weak, and he nearly fainted from fright.

"Mr. Dong, you used to be a special forces soldier, how can you be afraid of snakes?" Suming, carrying the large python, said with disdain.