My 1995 Small Farm.

Chapter 101 Queen
Chen Ling was a little surprised when he saw the hunting rifle, but he didn't pay too much attention to it. However, Xiao Jin then braved the rain to bring back a black glazed jar from outside. Upon inspection, it was found to be full of homemade explosives.

He was startled, but also a little annoyed that they brought everything home.

Then I saw two dogs covered in mud and water, with straw, grass, and spider webs stuck to them. Their four paws were also black, and I didn’t know if it was waste kerosene or something else. They had a pungent, fishy smell.

He couldn't help but get a little angry: "You two are having too much fun, aren't you? You're not like other dogs, silly and ignorant, so why are you still running around everywhere every day?"

Just as he was feeling down, the two dogs put down what they were carrying in their mouths, wagged their tails, and came up to him. Chen Ling thought that these two guys were trying to curry favor with him again, so when he saw that they were all dirty, he hid behind them and prepared to teach them a lesson again.

Unexpectedly, the two dogs started barking wildly, ignoring his attempts to dodge, and rushed forward to bite his trouser leg, pulling him out forcefully.

Chen Ling paused for a moment, then suddenly realized that something might be wrong.

"What's wrong, Ah Ling?"

Wang Susu heard the two dogs barking incessantly and called out from the kitchen.

It's getting dark, and it's time to prepare dinner. Wang Susu is busy steaming buns in the kitchen.

"It's nothing. The two dogs must have run off somewhere in the rain. They're filthy. I'll just scold them a bit."

Chen Ling responded, but fearing that Wang Susu would worry if she came out and saw the two items, he put the hunting rifle and a jar of homemade explosives into the cave.

Since the early 1980s, people have been sending people to the village to confiscate hunting rifles. However, there are wolves in the surrounding mountains, and a few years ago, some people in Kinmen Village even saw leopards in the mountains. These creatures not only harm livestock when they come down from the mountains, but more importantly, they can easily injure people. So, it is not possible to live in the mountains without a few hunting rifles for self-defense.

The authorities understand this, and as long as people don't go into the mountains to hunt indiscriminately, most of the time they turn a blind eye. Of course, while they are tolerant, they will inevitably register the households that own hunting rifles.

As for homemade explosives, it's even simpler. You can still buy them now, and quite a few people know how to make them.

These two things are not unusual, but Heiwa and Xiaojin's unusual behavior makes Chen Ling feel that things are probably not so simple.

This guy was carrying a hunting rifle and explosives, and kept pulling him away, as if warning him, which made Chen Ling start to overthink things...

He hadn't forgotten the burglary last month and couldn't help but wonder: Could it be that someone else is up to no good and wants to steal eels from my house?

The thought immediately put him on alert. He had originally planned to cook after Wang Susu finished steaming the buns, but this incident had ruined his mood.

Although his own dog and cow had shown their power, the two red eels were just too famous. In modern terms, their popularity had never waned. Some villagers who knew him couldn't help but ask him all sorts of questions when they saw them, not to mention others. It was only natural that they attracted the attention of thieves.

After the wheat harvest a few days ago, the weather has been quite bad. It started raining in the middle of the night the day before yesterday, and it hasn't stopped much since.

The thought of someone bringing a hunting rifle and explosives to steal from him on a rainy night filled Chen Ling with anger, but also sent chills down his spine.

The more he thought about it, the more restless he became. He was worried that something might really go wrong tonight. He wasn't afraid because he had his own secrets, but he was afraid that if he didn't take care of things properly and hurt Wang Susu, he would regret it.

"Susu, I'm going out to buy some more groceries."

"We're almost out of soy sauce and vinegar, let's buy some of them. The money is under the mattress."

"it is good."

So, before dinner was served, Chen Ling made an excuse to take the two dogs out.

"Where did you find those two things? Take me there quickly."

Then, seeing the two dogs excitedly rushing outside, he whispered, "Don't bark."

They then calmed down a bit.

He hadn't walked far from his door when the two dogs led him to the alleyway outside Qin Dongmei's house across the street.

A gap between two houses is a passageway. In mountain villages, because the houses are scattered, this gap is usually very large. It can be used to build pigsties, livestock sheds, and manure storage. However, the younger generation usually builds outhouses here, like Qin Dongmei's family and Chen Ling's own family. Otherwise, it would be too smelly to have a big manure pit in the yard.

At this moment, Heiwa Xiaojin led Chen Ling into the alleyway across Qin Dongmei's house, and then let out a low growl towards the waterway eye, which was about thirty centimeters high, in the southwest corner.

Upon seeing this, Chen Ling suddenly realized that the hunting rifle and homemade explosives must have been secretly taken from Qin Dongmei's house by the dogs. As for why the two dogs did this and why they went to Qin Dongmei's house from here, Chen Ling didn't have time to think about it. He was too angry to consider such things.

"Damn it, now there's no need to guess anymore, it must be that bastard Erzhu who's up to no good again."

Chen Ling gritted his teeth and spat out a mouthful of saliva.

No one but Chen Erzhu could hide these things in Qin Dongmei's house.

If we're talking about who's most attached to their own red eels, this bastard would be number one.

After all, Chen Ling knew there must be something he didn't know about that Sun Yanhong was willing to pay two thousand yuan for eels.

Also, Chen Erzhu was the prime suspect in the last theft, but the villagers said that Erzhu was watching a movie that night, sitting with the person showing the movie and never moving. After that, he suffered a stroke and didn't show up for more than half a month, so the matter was dropped.

Seeing that there had been no movement for days, Chen Ling thought that the bastard had given up out of fear after finding out that there were two vicious dogs and a big bull in his house. Who knew that he was still up to no good.

If that's the case, we have to teach him a lesson.

The more I thought about it, the angrier I became; this was intolerable.

Faced with this situation, Chen Ling was already prepared to strike first.

Although it's still just a suspicion, with the hunting rifle and homemade explosives already in hand, and with Heiwa and Xiaojin giving warnings, Chen Ling dared not be careless.

Chen Ling originally intended to go directly outside the village and collapse that damned greenhouse, but then remembered that Wang Susu was still at home. After thinking for a moment, he held up his umbrella and headed towards Wang Jusheng's house.

When he arrived at Wang Jusheng's house, the door was tightly closed. He knocked for a while before Zhang Qiaoling opened it.

After exchanging a few words, I learned that Wang Jusheng had gone to the police station for duty two days ago, but he couldn't make it back because of the rain. Now only Zhang Qiaoling, Datou, and Dujuan were at home. Dujuan had been living at the village primary school, but she came to keep Zhang Qiaoling company at night these past two days. The two women and the little one had nothing to do after dinner, so they closed the door early.

Seeing that the man wasn't home, Chen Ling didn't waste any more words or go inside. She simply said that her house might be burgled tonight and that she was worried about Wang Susu getting hurt. She asked the two of them to help her find an excuse to call Wang Susu over.

Wang Jusheng isn't home right now, so if it's convenient, Wang Susu can stay here for the night.

The two of them readily agreed.

However, when she saw Chen Ling off, Zhang Qiaoling added, "Fugui, we never mentioned to anyone that the two fish could sell for more than 10,000 yuan."

After all, besides the parties involved, only Zhao Dahai and his wife knew about that incident.

"Sister-in-law, don't overthink it. Nobody's telling anyone about this, otherwise those thieves would have torn the roof off my house long ago."

Chen Ling smiled and said something, then told the two women not to tell Wang Susu that he had been there. After they agreed, he went to Cui the Cripple's house, bought a piece of tofu and two bottles of soy sauce and vinegar, and then went back.

After arriving home, they simply cooked a braised tofu and fish dish and ate dinner. Not long after dinner, Zhang Qiaoling put on a raincoat, took a flashlight, and went upstairs. She then called Wang Susu outside and said something. Two minutes later, Wang Susu informed him, put on her umbrella and rain boots, and left the house with Zhang Qiaoling.

Chen Ling was relieved.

Then he put the two water tanks containing the eels into the cave, and also put the little white ox inside. He then took all sorts of tools and went out.

That night, unbeknownst to anyone, within just a few hours, more than ten acres of Chen Erzhu's nearly fifty acres of greenhouses collapsed. Plastic sheets worth nearly ten thousand yuan, which hadn't even been laid down yet, and the cement stakes supporting the greenhouses, mysteriously vanished from the fields.

Taking advantage of the rainy night, even the guards scattered in various places did not notice.

Afterwards, some people said that they got together to drink and play cards because of the rain, and they slept soundly at night and didn't hear any noise. Others said that Chen Erzhu had done too many immoral things and was being punished because there were no footprints nearby when the items were missing. But no one knows the specifics.

……

Chen Ling didn't care at all what people would think afterward.

It was almost 2 a.m. when he returned to the entrance of his alley and heard furtive footsteps, which were clearly audible in the rain.

"Where's the gun? I'm asking you, where's the hunting rifle? Did it grow wings and fly away right under your nose?"

"I really haven't seen him, Uncle. Why don't you ask your wife?"

"I didn't see it either. I stayed up all night yesterday and I'm sleepy during the day."

"Brother Zhu is fine. We still have three more if we lose one, that's enough. If his dog dares to show his face, he'll be riddled with bullets."

"Yes, I'll go to the backyard and plant explosives, then treat this kid to a beef feast."

"..."

Chen Ling peeked out and, with the help of his night vision, could vaguely see five or six dark figures in the heavy rain, splitting into two groups and entering the front and back yards of their own houses, while Qin Dongmei's gate was wide open.

"Damn it, it really is you bastards."

Chen Ling ground his back teeth, pulled out his hunting rifle from the cave, and was wondering if he should fire a few sniper shots.

If you can't kill him, can't you at least cripple him?

Before I knew it, two dogs darted out from beside me.

This made his expression change drastically: "Come back quickly."

But the two dogs showed no sign of backing down. The rain was still pouring down, and Heiwa braved the rain and crept along the wall. Xiao Jin, to Chen Ling's astonishment, leaped onto the wall next to him, which was about the height of a person, and howled for a while, like a wolf howling, but with a lower and deeper sound.

It didn't sound very loud in the rainy night, but it seemed to carry very far, and the sound had a very oppressive and suffocating feeling in people's hearts.

Chen Ling didn't know what Xiao Jin meant by this action, but he soon found out the reason.

A few minutes later, Chen Ling heard a series of heavy footsteps pattering in the rain all around him. He was stunned when he looked over and saw that the dogs kept by each household in the village had been attracted there.

Twenty or thirty mongrels of all sizes arrived one after another. In the rainy night, their eyes glowed with an eerie green light, yet they didn't bark loudly.

Under Chen Ling's slightly dazed gaze, Xiao Jin shook its fur, leaped down from the wall, and led the pack of dogs toward the house, marching proudly and majestically like a queen among dogs.

Upon seeing this scene, Chen Ling quickly suppressed his shock, grabbed his hunting rifle, hid in the shadows, and aimed at the courtyard gate, ready to shoot whoever came out first.

Before anyone could come out, screams erupted from inside the yard, followed by gunshots. The dogs went berserk, barking wildly.

"Get out, all of you!"

"Fuck your mother and get the hell out of here!"

"Ah, no, my hands, my butt..."

"Where did all these mad dogs come from?! They're going to bite me to death!"

"..."

Chen Erzhu was the one who cursed the most at the beginning, and he was also the one who fired the gun. Unfortunately, he was caught off guard and Xiao Jin tackled him to the ground from behind, biting his hand until it was bloody and mangled, and he couldn't even hold the shotgun anymore.

The remaining two were also overwhelmed, surrounded by a pack of dogs that jumped and bit them. They couldn't hold onto their shotguns at all, and soon they were bitten to the ground, their bodies torn and mangled.

The front yard was in such a mess, the three people in the back yard weren't much better off. They were already confused enough that they couldn't find the cow in the yard, but when they heard something was wrong in the front yard, they decided to come out and see what was going on.

Unfortunately, before they could even leave the yard, Heiwa, who had been lying in wait, pounced on them and started biting them indiscriminately. Other dogs that hadn't managed to bite anyone also came to help, acting like they were insane.

Seeing that the situation was under control, Chen Ling put away his hunting rifle, took out a carrying pole from the cave, ran into the yard, found Chen Erzhu, and started hitting him on the head while shouting, "Thief! Thief! Folks, come and catch the thief!"

While shouting, he also made sure to tell Xiao Jin to chase away some of the other dogs that he could, otherwise, with twenty or thirty dogs coming to help, he wouldn't even need that many to watch the wheat field, which was just too exaggerated.

Before long, people from all the neighborhoods came running over.

Grandma Wang, Chen Yuqiang, and Chen Ze's family who live in another alley.

These people, carrying flashlights, shovels, hoes, and rakes, rushed over in the rain and were shocked when they saw the state of Chen Ling's house.

"Oh my goodness, what's wrong, Uncle Fugui?"

"Our house was burgled. The thief had several hunting rifles and scared us half to death."

"Luckily, my dog ​​barked so loudly that it attracted the other dogs in the village, otherwise I don't know what would have happened today."

"Fugui, look around! Are these people from our village or from other villages? Did the dog kill anyone?"

When the flashlight shone over, good heavens, there were people lying on the ground, surrounded by seven or eight dogs, blood flowing everywhere. None of them were moving, and no one knew if anything had happened. They all asked Chen Ling to check what was wrong with the people.

Chen Ling ripped off all the raincoats the people were wearing, and they immediately gasped in shock: "Erzhu, this son of a bitch, I never expected it to be him..."

"These two aren't from our village."

"Thankfully, everyone is alright."

After checking, everyone was furious, but they found that the three thieves in the yard had only been bitten all over, but their necks and other vital areas were not bitten. They must have been scared or in pain and passed out.

Then I went to check the backyard. The three people there were in much better shape than those in the front yard. They had already climbed over the wall and were shivering on it, enduring the thorns, rotten nails, and shards of glass.

Heiwa was much bigger than Xiaojin and couldn't jump onto the wall at all. He could only stand there anxiously at the bottom of the wall, his black fur bristling.

The three thieves came to the backyard to plant explosives, but they didn't bring any hunting rifles. They were blocked by Heiwa below and didn't dare to come down. They could only shiver on the wall, enduring the rain and the pain in their bodies.

Seeing Chen Ling and his group arrive, they jumped down as if they had seen a savior, crying and shouting. Chen Ling told Heiwa not to move and found a rope in the backyard. With the help of Chen Yuqiang and Chen Ze, the three of them were tied to a few Chinese toon trees outside the yard.

"Nobody is going to run away while we're standing here in the rain. Which village are you from? Your family will come to pick you up tomorrow. If you don't give me a satisfactory explanation, nobody's leaving."

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