The Civil Servant's Job is to Raise The Furries!-Chapter 41: The Athlete Who Withdrew from the Competition

Chapter 41: Chapter 41: The Athlete Who Withdrew from the Competition

[Desert workers have even tougher living conditions than I imagined, but now the station master is so popular, this is definitely prime advertising space!]

[Yeah, if some brand sponsors a massage chair or mattress, it would have both advertising effect and improve the desert worker’s environment—a complete win-win.] 𝐟𝐫𝕖𝗲𝘄𝚎𝗯𝕟𝐨𝕧𝐞𝚕.𝕔𝕠𝐦

There really was an account with a brand name that joined in.

[Friendship Furniture: Is it possible to collaborate? I can send a bed and mattress, delivered right to your home, free shipping!]

This user named Friendship Furniture, even had a fan badge. Xu Ying recognized them; they were an old fan of cloud raising little foxes.

"Can you really send it?"

Xu Ying glanced at the rusty iron bed frames and the wooden boards peeking out under the sleeping bags in the rescue station, thinking how blissful it would be to sleep on a comfy big bed!

But considering the trouble of getting online purchases here, she painfully declined: "Better not, the shipping fee to me is very expensive, from the county to here it’s 300 kilometers mostly through desert, taking at least seven hours drive."

[@Friendship Furniture: That’s fine, though just sending the mattress alone feels a bit wasteful. Are there other brands willing to share the shipping fee with me? Those in sunblock or home textile, come sponsor the streamer, a win-win!]

This netizen is indeed a businessman, opening up new ideas and now even helping Xu Ying find sponsors.

After a while, several brand sponsors tagged Friendship Furniture.

[Friendship Furniture: Let’s chat backstage, chat backstage! Let’s follow each other!]

Xu Ying never thought that starting a live stream would yield such gains, she stroked the heads of the fox cubs, feeling benefited from the little foxes again.

The little foxes were having a blast, swinging more vigorously.

Though Xu Ying was alone in the rescue station, it was extraordinarily lively.

At this moment, Xu Ying’s mind heard the system’s prompt: [Host helped famine-stricken vultures today, diagnosed and prescribed medication for malnourished vultures, rewarded with mastery in Beast Language, and 2 points, current points: 2.]

There had been a lot happening these days, and points were consumed quickly; thankfully, the system was considerate and awarded her 2 points.

Xu Ying remembered that she still hadn’t used the nutrient soil sent by the system; with some free time today, she could start planting vegetables.

She placed the plastic cups Ning Zexi bought back one by one, and with the system’s reward of one cubic meter of nutrient soil, began her vegetable planting endeavor.

[One cubic meter of nutrient soil has been divided into ten small bags, delivered to host’s suitcase.]

Three days ago, after Ning Zexi sent seeds, Xu Ying placed them in damp tissue to sprout, and now some seeds had already sprouted.

She needed to transplant the sprouted seeds into each plastic cup filled with nutrient soil.

The fox cubs and Little Sand Cat, seeing Xu Ying moving out so many novel gadgets, gathered around curiously, [Sister, what are you doing?]

Xu Ying patiently explained to them: "Sister is planting vegetables; when they grow, they can be eaten as food."

The foxes and cats understood, [Wow, so it can be done like this, too bad we eat meat.]

Xu Ying: "You could also raise lizards, feed them well, let them mate and produce little lizards, then feed them..."

The breeding process was too complex for the little foxes’ brains, leaving the fox cubs stunned.

[Forget it, let’s learn to help sister plant vegetables first!]

The fox cubs waved their little paws, helping Xu Ying dig holes, which they were most skilled at!

Some netizens saw the foxes and cats curiously watching Xu Ying transplant the sprouted seeds and curiously asked: [Do small animals have awareness about planting vegetables?]

While transplanting seeds, Xu Ying replied: "Most small animals don’t have the awareness to plant vegetables; they generally find food directly in the wild."

"But there are always exceptions. In the ocean, there’s a fish called the Sparrowfish, known as the ocean farmer. They occupy algae in the water, create their own farm, diligently weed, and even hire shrimp as workers, using their excretion to fertilize the algae field."

"Do any of you know sea urchins? Sea urchins often steal from the Sparrowfish’s farm; the Sparrowfish are quite annoyed with them."

"So when humans come to harvest sea urchins, the Sparrowfish even guide humans to catch the sea urchins."

Netizens were fascinated by Xu Ying’s interesting facts, and many couldn’t help but hit the follow button.

[Wow, the world of small animals is so interesting, they must see us humans as beneficial insects!]

[When divers come, Sparrowfish: My friend, follow me, there are big sea urchins over there!]

[Watching the streamer’s live broadcast is so joyful; you can see cute little animals and learn new knowledge!]

(Sparrowfish, diāo, sounds like ’carve’.)

After finishing transplanting the sprouted seeds, Xu Ying ended the stream to prepare dinner.

Tomatoes and eggs can be stored at the rescue station for about a week, so she planned to make tomato egg noodles.

If only there was a fridge, a double-door fridge would be great!

Xu Ying stretched lazily, taking it slow, step by step striving! Transform the rescue station!

During cooking, Xu Ying casually opened her phone to listen to the evening news.

The desert work environment was relatively closed, and she had gradually acquired the habit of listening to news broadcasts daily, to ensure she didn’t disconnect from the outside world.

The phone news broadcasted.

"The World Athletics Championships will be held in Luocheng on December 2nd, notably, hurdler Ling Yu will participate in the 110-meter hurdle event."

"This is his third participation in a world-class event after recovering from injury, wonder if he can overcome his inner demons this time?"

"Exclusive news from our station, Ling Yu has arrived in Yisha City, Xizhou Province today for closed-door training."

Ling Yu came to Xizhou Province?

Last night while scrolling her phone, Xu Ying saw an interview with this athlete, which left a deep impression.

Clearly a world record-breaking sports hero, yet the comment section was full of criticisms calling him a coward and weakling.

Ling Yu won the gold medal at the World Sports Games at the age of twenty and broke a world record, also Hua Country’s first gold medal in this field.

In the following four years, Ling Yu won various honors, achieving Grand Slam status, renowned worldwide.

At twenty-four, Ling Yu participated in his second World Sports Games, carrying the expectations of the whole nation, perhaps all of the East.

During the broadcast of the 110-meter hurdles event, nearly every household sat in front of their TV, comparable to watching the Spring Festival Gala.

However, before the starting gun fired, Ling Yu tore off his contestant number plate and limped off the track, with the media later revealing news of Ling Yu’s Achilles tendon rupture.

This greatly disappointed many, who believed Ling Yu was shameful, pretending to be injured out of fear of losing, embarrassing the country.

Ling Yu rested for a year after his injury and was cyber-bullied throughout that year.

When he returned to the field, his results were mediocre in the first competition, and during the second competition, his old injury resurfaced, forcing him to hop on one leg to finish, regrettably kissing the hurdle.

Xu Ying was deeply moved by this interview footage, tears welling in her eyes, but public opinion was still overwhelmingly criticizing Ling Yu as a show-off and a waste.

Repeated injuries, online bullying...Xu Ying couldn’t imagine the immense pressure Ling Yu was under.

The news broadcast continued: "Hopefully, everyone can show more tolerance and applause to the athletes."

After this news ended, Xu Ying was still filled with questions.

Why did Ling Yu come to Yisha City for training?

Here is so remote and far, the desert management area falls under Yisha City’s jurisdiction.