Farming? I'm making a killing with my fairytale vegetables!

Chapter 139 Animal Protection Organizations

After this full moon celebration, Xia Shiyu successfully closed another deal, and she was very satisfied. Moreover, Wang Xia was also very satisfied this time. Later, she secretly told him that this had brought them honor, which was really too outstanding.

After selling all the vegetables, Xia Shiyu didn't think about anything else. He just focused on growing vegetables and occasionally went up the mountain to catch "little thieves".

It's absurd, really. It's already winter, and many animals are hibernating, but some animals still come and steal fruit. They might steal one or two, but they'll hide the rest.

I previously applied to an animal protection organization to check on the situation and try to relocate the wild animals, but I haven't heard back. I think the animal organizations are just too busy to handle these kinds of things.

Unexpectedly, the very next day, several people from a wildlife conservation organization came to see her.

Inside the black car, a few young people were still discussing something.

"It seems unlikely that there are red foxes here. The forests here have been developed quite thoroughly, and even with environmental protection efforts in recent years, we rarely see these kinds of wild animals anymore."

“You can’t say that. Didn’t we find an injured red fox in the suburbs before? These animals sometimes appear in certain places.”

"Yes, I've seen the video, so it must be real."

"Yes, because no one was injured, we didn't deal with it in time. If someone had been injured, we would have come much sooner."

Its animal protection organization's main task is simply to protect the safety and habitat of wild animals, and incidentally, to rescue injured wild animals. However, they do not get involved in civil disputes.

For example, if someone steals a farmer's vegetables or damages a farmer's property, they can only apply for compensation from the local government, but some people do receive reasonable compensation.

This time, they mainly came to investigate the situation because they were studying the living habits of red foxes, and also to see if they could release them into a safer forest, otherwise they would easily be hunted by malicious people.

This time, they arrived at Xia Shiyu's house based on the location, hoping he could take them to find the fox.

After many days, Xia Shiyu finally received a call from an animal protection organization.

"Hello, I'm a volunteer from the animal protection organization you contacted last time. We'd like to ask you about the red fox situation."

"Oh, oh," Xia Shiyu was still in the mountains when she received the call. Just then, she discovered a bunch of fox-dug holes, so she told the group.

“I’m on the mountain right now, next to the fox’s burrow. Just come up here, and I’ll come and get you so you can see the fox right away.”

"Okay okay."

After hanging up the phone, the young people from the animal protection organization headed up the mountain according to the address Xia Shiyu had given them.

As Yuan Shi drove, he was somewhat surprised to see the vast expanse of farmland around him. "It seems this is a farmer who mainly grows vegetables; no wonder they complained to us."

"Yes, yes, look over there, the oranges haven't been picked yet, but they look pretty good, and they're bigger than the other oranges."

"Yes Yes."

A group of people slowly drove to the orange grove and stopped their cars. Then Xia Shiyu appeared in front of them with her dog.

"Hello, you're volunteers, right? Come this way."

"Okay," the others nodded and followed them inside.

Wang Shuang glanced at the two dogs and couldn't help but praise them, "They're really strong and healthy."

Under Xia Shiyu's careful vegetable feeding, the glutinous rice and potatoes grew plump and strong, but not overly round, making them look exceptionally clever.

Xia Shiyu smiled and patted the two dogs. "Yes, we take good care of our two dogs. They're the ones who caught the fox before."

"Oh, I see." Wang Shuang nodded to indicate that she understood.

A group of people followed Xia Shiyu into the orange grove, and the further they went, the more bare orange trees they found, which meant that the oranges had probably all been picked.

Xia Shiyu didn't take the group too far. After walking for a while, they arrived at their destination. Xia Shiyu pointed to a pit with his back to them.

"Look, those are the holes that the foxes dug before, they're still there."

Upon hearing this, the others all stepped forward to check the situation.

"Judging from these digging marks, it was done by a fox."

"That's right, foxes do dig holes to hide food, and there are even a few fox hairs next to it."

One girl even squatted down, put on gloves, and picked up a few fox furs to check the situation.

Xia Shiyu shook his head as he watched their actions, and continued cleaning up the confiscated "fruit" with the two dogs, ignoring them for the time being.

But several volunteers turned to her and asked, "Hello, have you been encountering red foxes here a lot lately?"

Do you know anything about their specific habits and customs?

"Have their numbers increased recently? I think they like to hide food here."

Xia Shiyu was overwhelmed by the barrage of questions. "I don't know anything. If I knew, I wouldn't have come to you."

Her only thought was to get these people to send the fox away; she didn't bother to learn more about it.

“Okay,” Yuan Shi said with some regret, “It would be great if we could see it with our own eyes. For now, we can only stay here and observe it slowly.”

“That’s how it should be.” Wang Shuang said, and then began to take action, placing several miniature cameras in the area in the hope of catching them.

He looked quite focused, which suggests that these volunteers are taking their work seriously.

But now there's a problem. The group turned to look at Xia Shiyu, feeling a little embarrassed.

Yuan Shi spoke up, "Hello, could we stay here for a few days? We'd like to discuss something."

Xia Shiyu was stunned. She hadn't expected that this group of people would stay and be so interested in studying foxes.

But when she glanced at the people in front of her, she found that there were four women and three men. There were too many people; her house simply couldn't accommodate them all.

She could only say to these people, "I'm sorry, there are too many of you. My house can't accommodate you all. Would you like to go to town and find a hotel? I can only ask around the village if there's anyone you can stay with."

Yuan Shi saw that this made sense; there were quite a few of them here. If all else failed, they would have to drive to town and stay in a hotel.

"Alright then, but we'll still be troubling you quite often during this time. We'll be coming to the fields frequently."

Xia Shiyu nodded nonchalantly. "Come on, come on. Anyway, I've almost finished picking all the oranges."

"That's great!" The group was very happy.