I raise furry animals and fly them to my motherland.

Chapter 202 Today I'm a Real Cat Owner

Five off-road vehicles belonging to the program crew had already parked in front of the camel station at Animal Rescue Station No. 032.

Xu Ying was already standing at the door waiting. She was wearing a wide-brimmed cowboy hat and had a blade of grass in her mouth. She looked very dashing and had already put on the air of a big boss.

She held two fennec fox cubs who had just woken up and were still yawning in her arms, and watched the guests get off the bus one after another with a smile.

Good morning, everyone, 'one-day employees'!

Xu Ying's voice was clear and bright, filled with undisguised joy, "How did you sleep last night? Did you dream about the work you have to do today?"

Yao Yingzhe sneezed as soon as he got out of the car. He was still wrapped in a thick down jacket, but the low temperature in the desert morning was obviously a bit too much for him.

Ming Xueying looked like she hadn't slept well; even her exquisite makeup couldn't hide her dark circles, clearly indicating that she had spent a lot of time applying face masks in the tent last night to salvage her appearance.

Singer-dancer Jia Yao had a cold face, with an expression that said, "Why am I here?", while Ye Jie seemed to be in good spirits, curiously looking around.

As for top male actor Jiang Mo... he remained indifferent, as if none of this concerned him.

Xu Ying clapped her hands, drawing everyone's attention back: "Alright, now that everyone's here, I'll announce today's first task—" She deliberately dragged out the word, her eyes scanning everyone's expressions, before finally grinning, "Clean up the camel station's dung!"

--"What?!"

Xu Ying's words were like a thunderbolt, instantly waking up the group of still-sleepy celebrities.

Yao Yingzhe almost jumped up, Ming Xueying's face turned deathly pale, Jia Yao's brows furrowed so deeply they could trap a fly, Ye Jie chuckled, and Jiang Mo... Jiang Mo still didn't react, only glancing indifferently in the direction of the camel enclosure.

The barrage exploded instantly——

[Hahaha, is Xu Ying a devil?! Isn't she just using this as an opportunity to get revenge on the celebrities who tormented her last night?]

[Teacher Yao: I'm a veteran of the film industry, and you want me to shovel poop?!]

[Ming Xueying's expressions are so expressive they could be made into memes; her pupils are practically shaking. (jpg)]

Only Ye Jie could still laugh, grinning foolishly with her big teeth showing. This girl has a really good attitude; my impression of her started to change last night.

Xu Ying ignored their reactions and smiled as she took out five shovels from behind her back, handing them out one by one: "The tools are all ready, one for each person, fair and square!"

Yao Yingzhe took the shovel, his hands trembling: "This...this shovel is taller than me!"

Xu Ying blinked: "Teacher Yao, didn't you say last night that 'young people shouldn't be spoiled'? With your high reputation, you're definitely even less of a problem!"

Yao Yingzhe: "..."

He never spouts any more grand principles on TV anymore!
Ming Xueying looked at the shovel in her hand, her voice trembling: "This... how do I do this?"

Xu Ying raised an eyebrow slightly: "So, you're shoveling poop with a shovel in your hand!"

Jia Yao said coldly, "You want us to use shovels?"

Xu Ying shrugged and retorted, "Otherwise what? Use your height-increasing insoles and shoulder pads to shovel it?"

The comments section is bursting with laughter!

Xu Ying's mouth is a murderous knife.

[Jia Yao: Where is the dignity of my top idol??]

This variety show should be renamed "Top Idol Metamorphosis"

Jia Yao's face instantly turned as black as the bottom of a pot, and his once-peach blossom eyes, which fans had praised as "holding the stars and the sea," now gleamed with a cold light. His slender fingers clenched the shovel handle with a cracking sound, and suspicious brown stains appeared on the cuffs of his custom-made designer shirt.

Do you know how much I insured these hands?

He gritted his teeth and raised his left hand, his index finger still adorned with the Chrome Hearts ring that the production crew had asked him to remove but which he stubbornly refused to take off. "Eight figures!"

—"Wow, an eight-figure hand!"

Xu Ying exaggeratedly said, "Then you'd be better off using a golden shovel to shovel golden dung!"

Jia Yao was so angry he almost fainted!
Xu Ying tilted her head to examine his diamond-encrusted fingernails, then suddenly pulled out a pair of rusty pliers from her pocket: "How about I help you remove your ring?"

Seeing the other person suddenly withdraw their hand, she shook the pliers and added, "Don't worry, I just used these to repair the horseshoes of a Bactrian camel, a Class I protected animal in China, last month."

"It's very high-end for trimming your hands, which can cost eight figures."

The barrage scrolls crazily:

Xu Ying specializes in treating all kinds of affectation.

[A top influencer's hand is a hand, but a camel's rear end isn't a rear end?]

[I suggest checking if the height-increasing insoles are genuine.]

"It's very simple, just shovel the camel manure from the camel pen to the composting area over there, and be careful not to step in it!"

Following Xu Ying's pointing finger, the camera panned across the now-expanded camel pen—dozens of piles of fresh dung were scattered on the dry sand, steaming faintly in the morning light.

Several hand-woven hay sacks hung on the fence made of poplar wood, and several bundles of dried alfalfa were piled in the corner. The air was filled with the fragrance of hay and the distinctive smell of animals.

The most eye-catching feature is the artificially transplanted dead tree trunk in the center of the circle, where five or six Bactrian camels are lazily leaning against it, ruminating.

At this moment, Xu Ying also took the opportunity to introduce the behavior of camels ruminating (a process similar to rumination) in front of the camera.

Xu Ying casually picked up a dry twig and poked the Bactrian camel that was chewing away with a smile: "Come on, everyone, star trainees and viewers in front of the camera, pay attention! We're about to have a little desert lesson!"

She grabbed Jia Yao, who was looking disgusted, and said, "See this camel? It's a top gourmet in the animal kingdom!"

As he spoke, he gently lifted the hay dangling from the camel's mouth with a twig, "First of all, they will be like some picky eaters—" He deliberately glanced at Jia Yao, "chewing the cactus and sea buckthorn a couple of times and swallowing them."

Suddenly, a fennec fox poked its head out of her pocket, its tiny paws pointing at the camel's wriggling mouth.

Xu Ying nodded knowingly: "That's right! Here comes the important part!"

"They'll look like this in a bit—"

Xu Ying pointed the branch to another camel that was spitting out a plant, "Spit out the 'food' that hasn't been chewed properly, then put it back in your mouth and grind it finely forty to fifty times, just like chewing gum!"

"Finally, swallow the food into their true stomach!"

"That's called rumination!"

Xu Ying magically pulled a miniature stomach model out of her pocket. "This guy is a tycoon with four stomachs! First, he puts it in the parcel locker, then in the microwave, and finally swallows it into his stomach to digest it."

Ye Jie couldn't help but ask curiously, "Station Chief Xu, why do camels ruminate?"

Xu Ying replied with a smile, "Camels ruminate/chew their food as an efficient digestive strategy to adapt to arid environments."

"They eat coarse plants that are low in nutrients. When they ruminate, they return the food from their stomach to their mouths to chew it again, fully breaking down the fiber and extracting more nutrients."