On the 25th of the twelfth lunar month, Sheng Xiping and Zhou Qinglan got engaged successfully, and the Sheng family stayed in a hotel for another night.
Early in the morning on the 26th of the twelfth lunar month, several people got up and packed their things, preparing to take the small train back to Qianchuan Forest Farm.
Zhou Mingyuan sent his eldest son and daughter to the station, and also prepared a lot of food for the Sheng family and asked them to take it to the car to eat on the way.
At around seven o'clock, the train set off, and the journey went smoothly. At about nine o'clock, the train arrived at Qianchuan Forest Farm.
It’s already the 26th day of the twelfth lunar month, and the Chinese New Year is coming soon, and every household has a lot to do.
Therefore, Zhang Shuzhen did not force Li Yuqin to go home and sit down. She just asked Li Yuqin to take back all the things that the Zhou brothers and sisters brought to replenish Tang Fengying's health.
Li Yuqin didn't want it at first, but because of the kindness of her family and saying it was for her daughter, she finally accepted it.
So Li Yuqin returned to the Tang family, and the three members of the Sheng family returned to their homes carrying the things they had brought back from the engagement.
Before leaving, Zhang Shuzhen cooked a lot of meals. Besides, Sheng Xian and Sheng Xikang are both old and can do basic housework.
So they left home for two days and everything was normal at home, not as messy as expected.
Of course, there was still a gap between Zhang Shuzhen and Zhang Shuzhen at home, so Zhang Shuzhen went in, put down her things, and quickly tidied up the house.
Sheng Xiping was planning to change his clothes and then go out to find Wang Jianshe and the others.
As a result, before he could change his clothes, the sound of footsteps could be heard outside.
"Brother Xiping, are you back? My dad is looking for you and wants you to come over quickly."
As soon as he heard the sound, he knew it was Wang Tianqing's voice.
Sheng Xiping was stunned for a moment, then buttoned up and walked out.
"Tianqing, what's going on? We're just looking at the Chinese New Year, so there aren't any other production tasks in the factory, right?"
Wang Tianqing stood at the gate of Sheng's house and did not go inside.
"Brother Xiping, it's not a production task, it's just that some wild beast has entered our forest farm.
The pigs and sheep in the agricultural team's breeding farm were caused a lot of harm by those things.
My dad was anxious and asked that you guys should be back today, so he just heard the train coming into the station and asked me to look for you.
I went to the train station and didn't see you, so I came home to look for you."
"Ah? A wild animal has entered our forest farm? It's harming pigs and sheep? What the hell? Has anyone seen it?"
Sheng Xiping was quite puzzled when he heard this.
Although Qianchuan Forest Farm is surrounded by large forests, there are few poultry and livestock, so it is usually not harmed by wild beasts.
Moreover, the pigs and sheep are in the pen, and the people from the security department patrol at night. How can wild animals come in and harm things?
"Wait a moment, I'll put on my coat."
Sheng Xiping said something, went back to the house to put on his coat and hat, and then followed Wang Tianqing to the field office.
Originally, the forest farm was on holiday at this time, and except for those who were working on the fire, the rest of the forest farm went home to do their work.
But at this moment, Wang Jiachuan, Zheng Xianyong, and Lao Hu from the agricultural team were all sitting in Wang Jiachuan's office in the field department.
"Oh, Xiping, you are back. Come on, sit down quickly."
When Wang Jiachuan saw Sheng Xiping, he hurriedly waved to him to sit down.
"Secretary Wang, Director Zheng, Old Uncle Hu, what's going on?
I heard from Tianqing that something came into the breeding farm of our agricultural team?"
The stove in the room was quite warm. Sheng Xiping took off his hat and asked directly.
"What's wrong? Two nights in a row.
On the other side of the farm, two big sheep died the night before and one lamb was lost.
The next day a pig died and a piglet was lost.
That piggy only weighs thirty or forty pounds. I originally planned to feed it for another year next year and then kill it next winter."
Hu, the elder of the agricultural team, said sadly.
When Sheng Xiping heard this, he felt strange. What kind of beast had come in? It was so powerful?
"Uncle Hu, please tell me carefully, what is going on?"
Only by understanding what happened can we determine what kind of beast it is.
So Lao Hu told Sheng Xiping exactly what happened.
In order to enrich the lives of employees, the forest farm agricultural team also raises a small number of livestock.
It happens that the agricultural team harvests grain from the fields and sells the good stuff to the workers.
The corn, soybean meal, bean pod skins, small potatoes, small sweet potatoes, etc. should be kept to feed the pigs.
Corn stalks, bean stalks, cabbage, and radish stalks can be fed to sheep.
It can also be regarded as comprehensive utilization to maximize benefits.
Those livestock pens are not in the center of the forest farm, but on the periphery.
In fact, it's not too far away from the collective housing for educated youth. There are dedicated people taking care of it, and there are also people on duty at night.
Everything was normal the night before yesterday, and the person on duty didn't hear anything.
But when I woke up yesterday morning, I saw two big sheep dead in the sheepfold. The sheep's stomachs had been ripped open and blood was flowing all over the floor.
When I counted more carefully, there was still a lamb missing.
When the breeder saw something was wrong, he reported it immediately. Lao Hu asked someone from the security department to come over and look for it, and he also followed the blood stains to find it.
He followed from the sheepfold all the way to the back ground, and then from the back land into the woods.
Two or three miles away from the back ground, a sheep was found that had been ripped out and only the bones and head were left.
The people in the security department didn't even see what kind of wild animal bit it, let alone catch it.
There is no other way but to ask the agricultural team to be more alert at night.
Otherwise, get some clips and covers and place them around the sheepfold to avoid further losses.
There were not many people in the forest farm who knew how to hunt, and Sheng Xiping was considered the best, but he happened to go to Songjiang River to get engaged and was not at the forest farm.
So the people from the security department asked Wang Jianshe and Chen Weiguo to help them get some clamps and covers and put them around the sheepfold, just in case.
Last night, Lao Hu personally took people on duty, thinking that if there was any movement, he would catch it immediately.
But it was quite quiet this night.
In the morning, I went to the sheepfold and checked. The sheep were not lost, and the covers and clamps around them were not moved.
Everyone thought everything was fine, but when they turned around, they discovered that a big pig had died in the pig pen, and a little piglet was missing.
The guy knows how to fight guerrilla warfare. He didn't go to the sheep pen last night and went to the pig pen instead.
At this time, Lao Hu was so angry that he led others to chase him. They chased him to the woods near Hou Dadi and found the gnawed pig head.
"Xiping, how do you think this can be done?
We have lost livestock for two consecutive nights, and our agricultural team has not raised many sheep and pigs in total. If we continue to lose livestock like this, wouldn't it all be in vain?"
After losing his livestock for two days in a row, Lao Hu was so anxious that his throat was filled with smoke and his mouth was blistered.
After hearing this, Sheng Xiping frowned. What kind of beast is this so cunning?
He actually still fights guerrillas, attacking in the east and in the west, which is quite impressive.
"Uncle Hu, don't worry, I'll go to the breeding farm to take a look.
You have to determine what is causing harm to the livestock before you can find a way to deal with it."
"Yes, yes, let's go, I'll go with you."
Lao Hu was already anxious and didn't know what to do. As soon as he heard that Sheng Xiping was going to take a look, he immediately got up and followed him out.
Wang Jiachuan, Zheng Xianyong and others had nothing to do, so they simply followed Sheng Xiping and went to the breeding point of the agricultural team to see the situation.