Leisurely Life: I Have Ten Thousand Acres of Grassland

Chapter 290 - 287: A Bear? Shouldn’t It Be Hibernating? Why Is It Out in the Middle of Winter?

"I think I didn’t see wrong, that really is a black bear."

Jiang Feng peered through the binoculars from afar and said.

Upon hearing his words, the netizens were slightly stunned.

Black bear?

[Host, are you kidding again!]

[Where would a black bear come from on the grassland, do you think this is a forest!]

[Don’t bears hibernate during this season?]

[Are you sure it’s a bear and not a wild boar? You must be mistaken!]

Voices of doubt flooded in.

You can’t blame everyone for not believing.

Even Jiang Feng himself was in a state of shock.

Bears usually hibernate in winter, their body cycles reason enough to sleep for three to six months, generally waking up around spring.

It’s only December now, waking up three months early!

Jiang Feng put down the binoculars and said:

"I didn’t see wrong, that is definitely a bear."

"Maybe... this bear has something on its mind, suffering from insomnia?"

Upon hearing Jiang Feng’s words, netizens became even more incredulous.

Everyone thought he was abstracting.

[The host is abstracting again!]

[Haha, a bear suffering from insomnia, which bear wouldn’t sleep during winter!]

[Just returned to the ranch for live streaming and creates this effect?]

[I would believe you if you said you saw a dinosaur!]

Jiang Feng glanced at his phone and, seeing that nobody believed him, was speechless.

"It’s really a bear."

"If you don’t believe me, I’ll take you to see it."

"I am also curious how I came across a bear outside the grassland during winter."

"But nature is like this, with many incredible occurrences."

"For example, over in Russia, there are bears that are friendly with humans and remain active in winter."

Jiang Feng rode his motorbike all the way to the gate at the fence, opened the gate, and rode out.

The drone followed in flight.

The drone shot towards the distance, and netizens could also see a black shadow moving in the snow-covered landscape.

But everyone still didn’t think it was a black bear.

They only thought it might be a wild boar.

However, as the distance closed, the black animal became increasingly clear.

Crawling on the ground, searching everywhere.

Its appearance was clumsy, its movements exuding a certain clarity of stupidity.

It was indeed a bear!

A black bear!

The drone zoomed in its lens.

When the black bear was fully presented in the live broadcast room, tens of thousands of viewers were stunned.

Holy! Crab!

Bear!

That’s a bear!

A bear has come out during the winter on the grassland!

Comments exploded instantly!

[Holy crap! It really is a bear! It truly is!]

[I’m numb!]

[What kind of international joke is this!]

[Host, where did you capture this?]

Jiang Feng was some distance away from the black bear, but he didn’t dare approach rashly.

He wasn’t afraid of the bear; he worried the bear might be afraid of him.

Bears, as one of the top eight carnivorous species, are nature’s overlords due to their large size, especially polar and brown bears, which are considerably fierce.

Black bears are a bit weaker, and also clumsier.

Of course, they still aren’t something an ordinary person can handle.

"I told you all, it’s definitely a black bear."

"I temporarily don’t know what the situation is."

"But everyone take a close look, it is very weak."

"And judging by its size, this bear is at most just an adult, maybe even newly independent."

"Unexpectedly, in this icy and snowy season, I encountered such a situation."

Jiang Feng lamented.

In the live broadcast, the black bear indeed seemed weak and visibly thin, thin enough to resemble a human.

Some suspected it was someone disguised in an animal costume, impersonating a bear.

The scene was somewhat sad.

Jiang Feng didn’t hesitate and immediately dialed the police station’s number.

"Hello? Jiang Feng, what’s up?" Bater’s voice rang from the other end.

"I was wandering around the ranch area and at the back in the wilderness area, I saw a bear." Jiang Feng told Bater.

"A bear?" Bater was directly stunned.

"Yes, a bear, a black bear."

"Are you sure it’s a bear? Isn’t that from the forest area? How did it come to the ranch?" Bater pressed on.

"I also don’t know, but it indeed is here."

"Why isn’t it hibernating?"

"Probably woke up from hunger."

"Are you live streaming? Let me see."

"Yes, I am."

Jiang Feng hung up the phone.

Inside the police station, Bater was on duty in the control room; he took out his phone and opened Jiang Feng’s live broadcast room to watch.

The next second, a cry of surprise echoed from the control room.

"Holy crap! It’s a bear!"

The nearby duty officer saw Bater’s expression and asked in confusion:

"What’s up? Why are you so surprised?"

Bater replied, "The ranch host Jiang Feng saw a black bear in the wilderness area behind his ranch."

"Did a black bear run out?"

"Huh?"

The officer immediately got excited.

Subsequently, the duty officer reported to the higher-ups.

Then, they contacted the people from the Forestry Bureau.

This black bear immediately caught their attention.

It was winter, and the officers on duty had little to do.

During this season, everyone was indoors keeping warm, even thieves were reluctant to come out, which meant peace.

Moreover, the cattle and sheep were in their pens, so there were no cases of missing cattle or sheep.

Now it’s fine, the cattle and sheep weren’t lost, but the bear came running out!

At this moment, Jiang Feng was still watching this weak black bear.

The bear had been searching all day to no avail and was resting against a tree.

From afar, it saw Jiang Feng and was a bit alert, but didn’t have the urge to hunt.

"Whatever the reason, this bear is quite pitiful."

"Let me feed it something."

Jiang Feng couldn’t bear it, so he spoke up.

Then, he didn’t say much more and simply rode his motorbike, speeding towards the ranch like the wind.

The motorbike sped across the desolate prairie.

This time, Jiang Feng was riding very fast.

The drone behind couldn’t keep up.

The netizens watched Jiang Feng’s back and silently cheered him on.

[Rancher, faster, please!]

[The black bear looks so pitiful!]

[If it were living comfortably, who would run out in the dead of winter!]

[The rancher is kind-hearted!]

The livestream’s popularity soared.

After returning to the ranch, Jiang Feng first picked up a bucket and filled it with fish, then took two steaks, and immediately switched to driving an off-road vehicle.

Switching vehicles was unavoidable.

What if the bear gets desperate from hunger?

Jiang Feng wanted to deliver food, not become the delivery itself.

So, he drove the car straight out of the ranch.

The drone hadn’t yet flown back to the ranch when netizens saw an off-road vehicle speeding out.

Everyone knew it was Jiang Feng and left comments:

[Rancher, why did you change your car? What happened to the motorbike?]

[Riding a motorbike to feed a bear? Surely a death wish?]

[Haha, quite clever!]

Jiang Feng no longer watched the comments; he drove the car and quickly arrived outside the ranch.

The drone activated its accompanying flight mode and was able to keep up with Jiang Feng’s pace.

At this moment, Jiang Feng saw the black bear was still over there.

So, he drove the car and parked it about twenty meters away from the bear.

The bear saw the off-road vehicle, immediately panicked and got up, hiding behind a tree.

In an animal’s eyes, an off-road vehicle is a huge beast; they think of cars as animals, especially large ones.

Jiang Feng knew he couldn’t get close.

So he got out of the car and took a bucket from the trunk.

Without saying a word, he took out a fish with its scales removed and threw it over vigorously.

The fish traced a parabolic line in the air and landed precisely beside the bear.

The bear was stunned.

It didn’t know what had happened.

Why suddenly was there a fish falling down.

But it was too hungry, so no matter what, it quickly rushed over and began devouring it.

As a rancher, Jiang Feng probably did the most feeding of animals.

He had fed many animals.

Cattle, sheep, horses, chickens, ducks, geese, pigs, dogs, rabbits, etc.

So now feeding a bear was right up his alley.

The drone had already flown over, hovering in mid-air, filming the scene of the bear eating fish.

Seeing the bear constantly tearing apart the fish, the netizens finally felt a bit reassured.

Jiang Feng saw that one fish had already been eaten, so he took another fish from the bucket and tossed it over again.

Longtime followers of the livestream found this situation very familiar.

[Rancher, why not raise the bear?]

[Yeah, raise it, like you did with Golden Eagle and Tibetan Fox!]

[In Russia, many ranchers consider bears friends!]

[Having a pet bear would be so cool!]

Jiang Feng saw the comments floating by on his watch.

He calmly smiled:

"I’d love to raise this bear, but whether I can is another matter."

"Black bears are too dangerous."

"My ranch also has employees, and they have children, and I might have kids someday."

"Raising a black bear is too risky."

"And there’s no specific place where it wouldn’t run away."

Jiang Feng thought for a bit; the pasture has some uneven hills, but there are no forests, so it’s not suitable for raising bears.

If I lived in the mountains and was a villager there, then raising it would be fine.

Upon hearing this, netizens didn’t insist any further.

The bear was originally very apprehensive, but it gradually realized that Jiang Feng didn’t mean any harm, so it boldly emerged from behind the tree.

This bear stood about one meter two to three centimeters in height, not very tall.

If humans had weapons and fought the bear desperately, the bear likely wouldn’t be a match.

But not barehanded; after all, bears have sharp claws that can easily harm people.

"This guy is quite clumsy, not very aggressive."

"That’s good."

"I was just worried that if this guy got too hungry, it might chase me as if I were prey."

Jiang Feng said again.

After emerging, the bear stopped not far in front of Jiang Feng.

Then, it sat down and waited patiently to be fed.

It’s clear that this bear is very smart, spirited, not completely overtaken by wild instincts.

That would be troublesome.

Jiang Feng tossed another fish to it.

Netizens saw this scene and felt amazed.

Feeding a bear on the prairie in the winter.

Imagine telling someone; they wouldn’t believe it.