TWWMABMTBH Chapter 31

The department head was completely dumbfounded, not understanding what Rong Ziyan was saying. Wasn’t this a discussion about participating in a TV program? How did it turn into geese?

Rong Ziyan sighed after waiting for him to answer for a long time, “If it’s inconvenient for the school, I can take care of them myself. It would be fine if I could build a goose shed next to the veterinary department’s self-cultivated land.”

The department head was silent for a while, “This, this should be possible. Is there anything else?”

Rong Ziyan: “What about my work at the animal husbandry station?”

Department head: “We will send another intern to keep an eye on things for you first.”

Rong Ziyan thought for a moment, “Okay, I will prepare for the handover.”

The department head breathed a sigh of relief, “Is there anything you want to know in advance about the competition? The department can help you think of some ideas.”

Rong Ziyan: “Oh, is the prize money high?”

Department head: “…High.”

Rong Ziyan was satisfied, “Okay, then I’ll go back this afternoon.”

After hanging up the phone, Rong Ziyan added each other’s WeChat as requested by the department head. Then he prepared to pack his things.

On the other end, the department head of the agricultural university, out of curiosity, also clicked on Rong Ziyan’s WeChat Moments, wanting to see what kind of style this quirky academic ace of his department usually had.

Then he was hit in the face with a wave of WeChat business vibes.

Rong Ziyan’s recent advertisements in his Moments had changed again, this time to a salted fish group purchase.

Shredded strips of salted fish, deep-fried until crispy, sprinkled with chili powder and placed on a small plate, next to a bowl of soft, sweet, and fragrant white porridge.

A large line of text above read, “Do you want to eat fish again?”

And this wasn’t the end of it. Next to the porridge was a simple line drawing of a salted fish emoticon, a salted fish with dead fish eyes holding its face with two fins [You don’t know how cute salted fish are].

Department head: …What the hell is all this?!

[Speechless Value 1000]

Receiving the system message, Rong Ziyan was a little strange: Wasn’t he quite talkative just now?

The system’s tone was mournful: That’s right, so after chatting with you, he became speechless!

However, obviously, the system’s statement was too subtle, and Rong Ziyan couldn’t get its meaning.

In addition, the department head’s wool output wasn’t very high, not comparable to those emotional little lambs, so Rong Ziyan lightly let him off the hook.

Seeing that the morning was about to pass, and now that he had set his itinerary, Rong Ziyan still had to find the village chief to explain what was going on.

In the village committee, the village chief was very regretful after hearing it, but he didn’t stop him.

After all, when Rong Ziyan came to talk to him about the salted duck eggs before, the village chief had already guessed that Rong Ziyan wouldn’t stay in the village for too long. Now it was just an early farewell.

Patting Rong Ziyan on the shoulder, the village chief couldn’t help but smile, “What time are you leaving at noon? I’ll get the villagers to see you off!”

Rong Ziyan shook his head, “No need, I’ll be back from time to time in the future!”

“That’s right!” The village chief nodded, “Then I will represent the villagers in advance to wish you success in the competition!”

“Thank you.” Rong Ziyan bid farewell to the village chief and went back to the animal husbandry station to pack his things.

Rong Ziyan knew in his heart that if he went back to Beijing this time, he probably wouldn’t be able to come back so often.

Not to mention the two or three months of the competition, by the time the competition was over, the matter of the thesis should also be finished. Rong Ziyan had calculated correctly, if he could win the competition, plus a core journal paper, these would be enough to become a stepping stone for him to open the next door.

So, this was really a farewell.

Standing at the door of the animal husbandry station, Rong Ziyan breathed out a long sigh.

The system quietly asked him: “Will the host feel scared? After all, after returning to Beijing, the future is uncertain.”

Rong Ziyan was silent for a while and said, “No matter how bad it gets, will it be worse than when I first came here?”

System: “That definitely won’t happen.”

Rong Ziyan: “Yeah, so what’s there to be afraid of?”

“Things will always get better and better.” This was a sentence his mother often said while holding him when he was little. Now, after he grew up, this sentence had become the courage that kept him from being discouraged and striving forward.

Pushing open the door of the animal husbandry station, Rong Ziyan went in to pack his things, preparing to return to the city.

Rong Ziyan didn’t bring much with him when he came, just some books and materials. This time, he also brought a basket of goose eggs that were about to hatch.

But now there was a very serious problem. The incubator needed to be plugged in. Even if he took the incubator with him, it wouldn’t be able to keep warm on the way. But it was almost 28 days now, which was a critical moment for the goslings to hatch. What should he do?

Rong Ziyan was pondering whether to make a simple incubator. Just then, he suddenly remembered the duck that Wang Dazhuang used to frame him before. After Rong Ziyan cured it, it had been staying by his side. Now that it had been eating free meals for so long, it was time for it to contribute.

So, after asking the village chief and confirming that he could take it with him, Rong Ziyan grabbed its neck and shoved it into the makeshift incubator.

Muscovy duck: I am a real pure man!

Rong Ziyan was busy at the moment and didn’t have time to argue with it, so he quietly pulled out the long-lost frozen beltfish from the storage box.

Muscovy duck: Dad, quickly take it back, Dad! Incubate the eggs, why use weapons!

The return trip to the city was not so troublesome. The village chief specially asked someone to send Rong Ziyan to the town by tractor, and then helped him find a car in the town.

Fortunately, Rong Ziyan didn’t have much luggage, and he was quickly put on a bus.

Most of the people going from the village to the city had large bags and small bags, but there were not many who brought a live duck like Rong Ziyan.

The passenger sitting next to Rong Ziyan looked at him several times, and finally asked cautiously, “Brother, will this duck bite people!”

Before Rong Ziyan could answer, the Muscovy duck, seeing someone looking at it, stretched its neck smugly and “quacked” once, the subtitles on top of its head reading, “I am the best in the world.”

Rong Ziyan glanced at it calmly. The Muscovy duck instantly tucked its head into its wings, and the subtitles also changed, “I was wrong, my dad is the best in the world!”

The passenger finally breathed a sigh of relief seeing the Muscovy duck’s action. But he couldn’t help but start talking to Rong Ziyan, “How did you train this duck? It’s so obedient, and it’s so good-looking!”

Rong Ziyan thought for a moment and replied, “It gets honest after being hit with the frozen beltfish a few times.”

[Passenger’s dumbfounded value 999]

Passenger: …Little brother, you’re really humorous.

And so, the bus drove towards the city. Rong Ziyan became sleepy after getting on the bus, and the guy next to him gradually got bored and started playing Honor of Kings.

This guy didn’t have headphones, so he turned the volume down. Rong Ziyan could vaguely hear the dialogue inside.

Just then, the guy’s phone made a prompt sound, “Please turn on voice chat.”

After a few seconds, the guy turned it on.

They heard a series of curses coming from the phone, “Are you picking lingzhi in the jungle! You think I won’t get caught this time, I’m so mad seeing your 0/10 record!”

“Damn it!” The voice was a bit loud, and everyone around turned to look at him. The guy quickly fumbled to turn off the voice chat, but the more he panicked, the less he could find it. In the end, Rong Ziyan opened his eyes and turned it off for him.

“Thank you, thank you, really thank you so much!” Wiping the sweat that had been squeezed out of his forehead, the guy quickly thanked Rong Ziyan.

Rong Ziyan shook his head, leaned against the window, closed his eyes, and continued to sleep. The guy didn’t have much interest in playing games anymore after this commotion.

But it was really boring on the bus, and he couldn’t keep himself still, so he finally turned his attention to Rong Ziyan.

Rong Ziyan’s bag was filled with books, and the one on top was “Veterinary Pathology,” and it was clear from its appearance that it had been flipped through many times. In addition, Rong Ziyan was holding a duck when he went out. Was this person also a veterinary student?

The guy suddenly felt a little itchy inside. His previous actions were not small, and he had lost face, and he always wanted to make up for it. It would be okay if someone else was sitting next to him, but it just so happened to be someone from the same profession.

The veterinary department sounded like a niche area, and some people thought that treating animals was not promising. But he was different. He worked hard at school, found a decent job after graduation, and showed off a lot among his relatives and friends.

Now he couldn’t help but brag to Rong Ziyan, to make up for his embarrassment from losing the game earlier. But Rong Ziyan was asleep again, so he couldn’t ask any more questions, and could only hold back and wait for him to wake up.

After another hour, the bus finally entered Beijing, and Rong Ziyan barely opened his eyes. The Muscovy duck in his arms was the first to complain to him.

Muscovy duck: Dad! That pervert next to you has been staring at you for three hours.

Rong Ziyan was still a little confused when someone next to him handed over a bottle of water. Rong Ziyan turned his head, and it was the brother next to him.

“What’s the matter?”

“Just, just chatting~” This guy was a chatterbox, and he had been holding it in for the entire trip. He finally waited for Rong Ziyan to wake up, and he hurriedly chatted with him.

“I see you’re also studying veterinary medicine?” he pointed at Rong Ziyan’s book.

“Yeah. You too?”

“Yes, yes, yes, but I majored in disease prevention. The customs was recruiting people before, and I got in! I have relatives here, and I’m here to bring the good news.” The low-key bragging mode was immediately turned on. This guy was eager to make up for his game failure earlier, “Where are you from? I saw that you also got on the bus from the village.”

“From the Agricultural University.”

“That makes us family! I’m from the Forestry University!”

“Yeah.” Rong Ziyan nodded.

The man’s talkativeness became even more unrestrained. He talked about how the veterinary department’s prospects were now good, and then talked about the interesting things that had happened while he was working at the customs. Finally, he sighed, “Our line of work is just like this. If you want to be an academic ace, you have to spend time on it. All four years of college are spent in the laboratory. I haven’t even been able to go on dates, and I haven’t enjoyed my youth. That’s why I’m so bad at games!”

Rong Ziyan thought for a moment, “You are pretty bad, are you ranked in the bronze league?”

The other person: …

[Dumbfounded value 800]

It was impossible to continue the conversation. This guy was silent for a while, but still couldn’t help but ask Rong Ziyan, “Hey, what year are you in now?”

“Fourth year.”

“Do you have a girlfriend?”

“No.”

“So handsome, yet you don’t have a girlfriend!” The person was very surprised, staring at Rong Ziyan’s face, which was obviously suitable for a boy group debut, and sighed with regret, “Then you must be good at games!”

The system couldn’t help but say tui: Why is this person talking so strangely?

Rong Ziyan didn’t answer him immediately, but gestured for him to get out of the way first. He stood up and took his luggage from the overhead rack. They were almost at the station, and the bus would stop to let them get off.

The man also reacted and hurriedly packed his luggage.

Five minutes later, the bus stopped, Rong Ziyan got off the bus with his things, and the man with a large suitcase asked Rong Ziyan from behind, “Brother, where are you working? Maybe we can play together in the future.”

Rong Ziyan stopped and said to him, “I’m sorry, I’m not very good at games.”

“Our line of work is like this. If you want to be an academic ace, you have to spend time on it. All four years of college are spent in the laboratory. I haven’t even been able to go on dates, and I haven’t enjoyed my youth. So I have no choice.”

The man felt that these words were a little familiar. Just then, he saw a few people come out of the Agricultural University’s gate. The one in the lead looked like a teacher, and they were actually there to pick up Rong Ziyan.

Rong Ziyan nodded to him, turned around, and went inside with his luggage and several teachers.

The guy didn’t get Rong Ziyan’s contact information and still felt a little confused, so he couldn’t help but grab a student from the Agricultural University next to him and asked, “The one who just went in, did he do something wrong? Why are the teachers picking him up?”

The student glanced at him speechlessly, “Can you speak properly? What do you mean by doing something wrong? He’s a proper academic ace of our Agricultural University! Do you know about that wild boar search a while ago? He solved that.”

“That Rong…”

“Rong Ziyan! He was invited back by the school, because a certain TV station came to invite him to be on that academic variety show!”

“!!!” The man was immediately stunned. He had also watched the academic variety show on that TV station, and he knew that all the people on it were true high-achievers. So, was Rong Ziyan that amazing?

Thinking about the bragging he had done with Rong Ziyan in the car just now, he immediately became guilty.

[Shame value 2000]

Rong Ziyan received the system notification and suddenly regretted it. If he had known that the smooth-talking playboy next to him was a promising and excellent lamb, he really should have kept his contact information.

At this time, the department head had already started talking to Rong Ziyan about matters related to the competition.

Rong Ziyan listened carefully at first, but as he listened, he suddenly felt that something was wrong with the box of goose eggs placed at his feet. There seemed to be some sound coming from under the Muscovy duck’s belly.

Tender, yet melodious and clear.

The department head also heard it and subconsciously stopped talking.

The Muscovy duck jumped out of the nest, letting them take a closer look. They saw that the tip of the egg in the center had been pecked open, and a newly hatched gosling was struggling to get out of the shell.

After about ten minutes, the first gosling was successfully hatched.

Shaking off the damp down on its body, the little gosling opened its ignorant black bean eyes to look around.

The moment its gaze fell on the department head’s face, it quickly looked away and, at the same time, stretched its neck to rub against Rong Ziyan’s hand. A row of subtitles appeared on its head: That scared the goose, I knew my dad wouldn’t look that ugly!