Other people return to the village to lie flat and enjoy retirement. Wu Chenyuan returns to lie down and then rise again: he sinks all eight years of savings into three hundred mu of wasteland, only to find a real cheat from the start that lets him understand what animals are thinking.
From then on, his farm gets increasingly absurd:
The big white goose: A delivery bag hangs from its neck. One flap of its wings and off it goes, pattering deliveries right to people's doors. It speaks human language when it meets people (well, honks), and when it meets a ghost... or Auntie Zhang, it says the wrong thing and gets its beak caught in her waistband.
The two ducks: They waddle around as interns, following the goose with little packages in their beaks. They can't even walk properly, but they're already hired by the logistics department.
The Northeast tiger: It vaults over the wall and into the yard with a huge belly, then gives birth on the spot. Afterward, it shoves its cubs at him. "I'm going back to the mountains. The two cubs are yours. Remember to feed them spirit spring water."
Wu Chenyuan: "...Sis, that's a Northeast tiger, not a stray cat!"
The forestry bureau issues an official red-headed document overnight to certify it all. Veterinarian Wang Jianbo tearfully calls him "big bro," and every time the village chief comes over for a free meal, he wonders if he's eating "pig food" (literally, because it really is pig feed).
While other farms are still worrying about finding buyers, Wu Chenyuan's tiger cubs have already started moonlighting as pig herders. Riding on the back of a sow, they let out a roar, and eight black pigs dash off like the wind, kicking up dust like a sandstorm.
A viewer comes across his short video: "You can... rub that tiger's belly?"
Wu Chenyuan: "Sure. It can even roll over and let you use its belly as a hand warmer."
Viewer: "You can... ride that pig?"
Wu Chenyuan: "Sure. It's the tiger cub's personal mount. It uses one bucket of spirit spring porridge per hundred kilometers."
This book is interesting and worth reading. It would be perfect if it were updated quickly.