Carrying a Jurassic on me
Chapter 41 - 41 41 The First Snow Learning Veterinary Medicine_1

41: Chapter 41 The First Snow Learning Veterinary Medicine_1 41: Chapter 41 The First Snow Learning Veterinary Medicine_1 After the fight with the pterosaur, Yan Fei didn’t feel as eager to explore the other islands.

His flying skills were inadequate; he has to practice more, after all, these skills were crucial for his survival.

Struggles for survival in the natural world aren’t competitions with rest rounds or referees to call off the match.

Countless times he had seen the marine behemoths around the island hunting, often ending lives in an instant.

Even the experienced pterosaurs couldn’t always escape successfully.

This held especially true in aerial battles.

Even when the surroundings appeared safe, the pterosaurs planning to ambush would often fly higher.

By the time you noticed a dark shadow suddenly surging out from the clouds towards you, life and death would be determined in a flash.

In the pitch-dark night sky, the pterosaur flapped its wings and danced in the air, causing countless snowflakes to whirl around.

Today was Saturday.

In the afternoon, he went to the town to bring Xu Xiaoyan some food.

He then practiced flying on his way back— you don’t see snow in the dinosaur world’s island.

The occasional passing car lights on the road below had become fireflies.

This happened only when he flew low enough, otherwise, he wouldn’t see anything.

At times he’d fly close to the treetops, occasionally grazing the wheat seedlings in the fields, stirring up bands of snow fog.

After the pterosaur flew past, a trail of snow fog resembling a giant dragon was left behind.

He kept flying and flying towards the sky until he felt that his wings were about to freeze over.

Yan Fei then waved his wings, deftly landing on a bridge.

As soon as he landed, he morphed into a Compsognathus, and sprinted home.

Running along the wall all the way back, when he was near home, he skillfully stepped on a short wall and began parkour.

With a light leap, he landed on the chicken coop in his own yard without disturbing the chickens.

After landing, he entered the house within moments.

In the house, there was a big brazier.

Its radiant red light made the room seem like it was from a different season than the outside.

Not far from the stove, two small dogs, startled awake, didn’t bark when they saw the Compsognathus.

Instead, they gave a low whimper and wagging their tails, ran over.

The two puppies had long been used to the transformation process of the Compsognathus into a human.

After Yan Fei transformed back into a human and stretched his body, he took the two puppies and went into the island.

The temperature inside the island was much higher than the outside.

The meat stewing in the pot could last for a long time.

Yan Fei was eating meat, the two puppies were sipping soup and gnawing bones – they were ecstatic.

The exercise at night was more strenuous than during the day, he had to have a second dinner.

If it wasn’t for the large quantities of meat he consumed every day, he wouldn’t be able to fly at all.

He enjoyed having the two puppies around.

Eating was more fun with two small companions, it was more interesting than eating alone.

He’d come to terms with his larger appetite.

After his daily practice, he’d reward himself with an extra meal, no one else knew about it anyways.

Even his puppies were getting rounder and rounder, barely able to walk from being too plump.

The two little guys had a feast, and then they ran to the sweet potato field to relieve themselves.

After that, they obediently ran back, gnawing on bones, and waiting for Yan Fei to take them back home.

These days, he no longer reported to his family in the county on weekends as scheduled.

So, after breakfast each morning, he’d grab a few textbooks and sheets of blank paper and stroll to the Veterinary Station.

The light snow was still falling.

Before he reached the gate, Yan Fei could see the old stationmaster exercising in the passageway.

The old man greeted him cheerfully when he saw Yan Fei, “Yan Fei, you still came even when it’s snowing?”

Yan Fei chuckled without answering, “Old Master Zhao, have you had your breakfast yet?”

The old man laughed heartily, “Had it already, go ahead and play in the activities room!”

On the ground floor of the Veterinary Station’s dormitory building, there’s a hall the size of three rooms.

It only contained a ping-pong table, a few benches around it, serving as the most rudimentary activity room.

It was winter now, with a chilly breeze blowing from all directions inside.

No one was around.

Yan Fei didn’t mind the cold; he found a stool, spread his textbook out on the table tennis, laid out some blank paper, and began transcribing text.

Of course, the textbook was borrowed from his classmate Xie Dang’en.

The end-of-term exams were nearing, and it was time to start preparing.

After copying onto several sheets of paper, he finally heard a commotion outside.

Yan Fei didn’t bother packing up, he dropped his pen and ran out.

Damn it!

Someone had brought in a donkey for treatment.

Yan Fei had been hoping to analyze what diseases cattle might get, what ailments were pressing, and which minor issues could be cured by home remedies.

In the countryside, there was a saying: “A wealth of ten thousand can’t be counted in fur.” This means that in rural households, the money value of chickens, ducks, geese, pigs, cattle, sheep, etc., isn’t considered.

Because just one sickness or minor disaster could wipe out these livestock.

For example, if a cow were to break its leg, it would be rendered useless and only sellable for meat.

As for poultry running loose in the yard, if a contagious disease isn’t noticed in time, they could all disappear in the blink of an eye.

Yan Fei sincerely felt that his rabbit trapping was pointless.

Look at how much a single cow was worth!

Nowadays, whenever he had free time, he would loaf around the veterinary clinic.

Last time, he saw a particularly large bull that was being offered for a starting price of four thousand.

Apparently, it was being bought for breeding, and even breeding could bring in additional income.

Imagine keeping such a massive bull, just let other people bring their cows over to mate, and make some quick cash.

Certainly beats catching rabbits all day.

Hence, the more he saw, the more he envied.

Now, Yan Fei spent his free time hanging around the veterinary clinic.

Seeing him come out, the veterinarian treating the donkey chuckled at him: “Yan Fei, you’re here learning tricks every day, you’d better start paying tuition fees to me in the future!”

Yan Fei just chuckled in response.

Everyone knew that Blacksmith Yan’s dim-witted grandson was already behaving quite normally, just focusing on watching veterinarians treating livestock.

What big deal was that?

Yan Fei didn’t expect to learn much, he just wanted to see what the cows and horses brought in looked like, hear what diseases the doctor said they had, whether they were particularly serious or urgent, and why they fell ill.

And that was good enough.

Now he had already understood quite a lot.

For example, if cows are overfed dewy grass, it could lead to digestive issues like bloating, and so on.

The area where the veterinary clinic treated animals was a shed.

Inside were frames welded with iron tubes as thick as a person’s leg.

The ends of the frame had places to stick wooden rods.

First, put one rod in front, and once an animal is led in, quickly put another one in back.

If the animal sensed something was wrong, it would try to back up.

If it managed to back out, it would be difficult to get it back in.

Usually, for minor issues, a single veterinarian would suffice.

Then the owners of the livestock were expected to help, but most rural livestock owners didn’t know what to do.

That’s when Yan Fei would need to step in, he was quick and efficient.

As soon as the donkey had been led in, before it could start kicking, he quickly helped by inserting a wooden rod, firmly securing the donkey at least enough to ensure that it won’t hurt anyone.

It took quite a while to hang the IV for the donkey.

Yan Fei also helped the donkey’s owner hold it down while it was being injected.

The veterinarian prided individuals who were diligent, especially Yan Fei, who unlike ordinary young people -some of whom were of quite an age but didn’t act like they were up to any task- was physically capable and particularly useful when helping to hold the livestock down; he exerted a degree of firmness in his grasp that was just right.

Being a veterinarian isn’t a simple job.

When these large animals have their tempers up, one or two people simply wouldn’t do.

So the job can be dangerous at times.

Especially with the sprightly donkeys and horses, which sometimes could jump up and kick, even bite.

On the other hand, though cows are stronger, they are comparatively safer.

After that, he went back to copying text.

The more he saw at the vet, the more he knew.

The key was only a few illnesses and a few types of medicine, critical points included holding the medicine bottle, administering injections, and pressing down when dosing – it was hard labor!

As the old saying goes, there’s no harm in being diligent.

There were also benefits to frequenting the vet.

Barely any dogs in the countryside were vaccinated, but the two puppies at Yan Fei’s home had received two free vaccine injections.

This was a time he helped a doctor out, preventing a minor accident.

The doctor repaid him under the table in thanks.

Even though they were vaccines nearing expiry, they were still free so it still accounted for something.

After the heavy snow, the school atmosphere started to heat up — exams were coming, and the break was around the corner…

Gazing at the sweet potato field in the middle of the island, surrounded by watermelon and small melons, as well as the crops growing lush from the carelessly sown seeds, Yan Fei felt confident.

Wealth was within his reach!