My 1995 Small Farm.

Chapter 102: Fledgling
Chen Ling's words made the three men look flustered. They rushed to give him their home addresses and begged him for mercy with all sorts of sweet words. However, Chen Ling didn't listen to them. He led the neighbors who came to help into his house, turned on the lights, and poured everyone a bowl of hot tea.

Just before entering his house, Chen Ling glanced at the door across the hall and noticed that Qin Dongmei had closed her door at some point, clearly feeling guilty. He chuckled to himself and ignored her.

"Fugui, is Susu alright? Why hasn't Susu come out?"

"Don't worry, Second Aunt, Susu is fine. She went to Jusheng's house tonight to keep Qiaoling company. Jusheng hasn't come back from the village these past two days, and it's inconvenient for Qiaoling to be home alone at night, so we called her over."

As they were talking, Chen Yuqiang went and called his father, Chen Guoping, over.

The three men, Chen Erzhu and his companion, were bitten by dogs and were covered in blood, with not a single uninjured spot. They had already passed out and were still getting soaked in the rain in the yard. If something happened to them and they died at home, it would be quite a problem.

So the group worked together to carry them to the village clinic, where Chen Guoping gave the three of them some treatment.

It was the middle of the night, and Chen Ling felt bad for troubling the old man to get out of bed and run the errand in the rain. So he offered him money, but the old man, being a fellow villager, refused to accept it.

Helpless, Chen Ling could only stay at the clinic with Chen Guoping to treat the injuries of the three men, and then together with Chen Yuqiang, they took the old man home before they all left.

The rain finally stopped the next day at dawn.

When Wang Susu returned home, she was startled to see three people tied up outside the yard. She then asked Chen Ling about it and learned what had happened the night before. She was so shocked that she couldn't speak for a long time.

Then, with red eyes, she rushed into Chen Ling's arms, looking him up and down to see if he was hurt, tears streaming down her face.

Then, with tears welling up in her eyes, she looked at him with a mixture of grievance and resentment: "Did you already know that a thief was going to break into the house, which is why you had Sister Qiaoling call me away?"

"This thief broke in at two in the morning, how could I possibly know beforehand? Do you think I can predict the future?"

"Besides, it was Sister Qiaoling who came to you. It's a woman's business, how could I get involved?"

"I...I don't care..."

"Anyway, don't do this again. If anything happens to you, I don't want to live anymore."

With tears blurring her vision, Wang Susu bit her lip and said resolutely.

She was quick-witted and not a fool, so she naturally noticed that there were many things that were not right.

"Ugh……"

Chen Ling sighed softly. It was the first time he had heard Wang Susu speak to him in such a tone, and he was deeply moved. Then, seeing his wife puffing up her cheeks and almost turning into a little dumpling, he smiled, pinched her cheeks, and hugged her tightly to comfort her.

"Alright, alright, stop crying. Let's go eat first. We still have things to take care of after we eat."

Wang Susu softly hummed in agreement, wiped away her tears, and reluctantly got up from Chen Ling's arms. She knew that this matter was not simple, with hunting rifles and explosives involved, which was too dangerous. No family would let such a thing go so easily.

Today is a beautiful day. After the rain, the sun rises in the east, radiating its vibrant energy.

It wasn't too hot on this early summer morning.

The sky was half golden-red and half azure, and the morning breeze was still cool, gently brushing against one's face, still retaining a touch of spring's softness.

After finishing breakfast, Chen Ling and his wife tidied up the yard and then went outside.

The three thieves, who had been tied to the tree, had been soaked in the rain all night. Now, their lips were pale, and they were shivering against the tree. It was obvious that they had caught a chill from the rain and gotten sick.

Upon seeing Chen Ling and the other person emerge, someone cried out, "I was wrong, I really know I was wrong! It was that bastard Erzhu who made me do all those bad things..."

"Brother, sister-in-law, please give me a bowl of hot porridge. If you don't have porridge, hot water will do too."

"If I don't get a hot meal, I'm afraid I'll die."

One of them begged for mercy, and the other two started crying too. Before long, neighbors who heard the commotion came out to watch the excitement. Some of them hadn't even finished their breakfast yet, so they squatted in the corner with their bowls and watched with a grin.

The three thieves were already cold and hungry, and now someone was actually eating in front of them. Smelling the aroma of the food, they burst into tears and almost broke down.

The thieves who came last night weren't actually very old; the oldest was only about the same age as Chen Erzhu, around thirty-something.

He was tied to a tree and left to drenched in rain all night; now he's confessed everything.

Only then did everyone realize that these people were Chen Erzhu's henchmen at the sand quarry. They were able to get into the sand quarry and make money entirely thanks to Chen Erzhu's help, so they were naturally willing to work hard for him whenever something happened.

And last time they came to steal eels, it was also their group. With Chen Erzhu showing movies in the village as cover, they would sneak over to steal them. Unfortunately, they didn't expect that Chen Ling's family not only had fierce dogs but also fierce cows, which nearly killed one of their companions.

This time, they were attacked by such a large pack of dogs again, which really scared them.

"Grandpa, Grandma, please spare us."

"If you release me, I will come to kowtow to you every January and treat you two as my own grandparents."

Goodness, now they're not calling him "elder brother" and "elder sister-in-law" anymore, they're calling him "grandpa" and "grandma" directly.

More and more villagers gathered, all watching the spectacle with smiles on their faces.

Chen Ling's face showed no smile: "Whatever you say is useless. You've already got guns and explosives. This isn't going to be so easy to get over."

Upon hearing this, the villagers were immediately startled, then looked at each other and began to whisper among themselves.

A while later, Wang Laishun came over and said that Chen Guoping had told him about this early in the morning. He didn't dare to delay and had already gone to the county town. The police would be here soon, and he told him to wait at home and not to go out unless necessary.

Upon hearing this, the three thieves turned pale and nearly fainted from fright.

But no matter how much they begged for mercy, it was no use.

Around 11 a.m., the county police came and took away all six people, including Chen Erzhu. Of course, they also took away the hunting rifles and homemade explosives.

At first, Chen Ling thought that with Chen Erzhu's connections in the county, he would be released in a few days. But nothing happened, and Sun Yanhong never showed up.

Although he had many doubts in his mind, he gradually put the matter out of his mind.

After all, life goes on, and we can't let these people ruin our lives, can we?
But this incident still got out.

In the countryside, a theft is a common topic of conversation in every household. In this case, the thieves had a hunting rifle, homemade explosives, and someone was almost killed by a dog. In the end, they were all taken away by the police. This series of events combined can be described as a major news story.

This caused a constant stream of people to come to Chen Ling's house.

Fortunately, they soon dispersed on their own, because at this time every household still had farm work to do, such as tilling the fields and composting fertilizer. People get tired from working every day, and so does the land.

Crops such as wheat and rapeseed planted in the spring cannot be sown immediately after the summer harvest. The farmland needs to be left idle for a period of time to allow the soil to recover its fertility. However, the natural recovery time of the land is relatively long, so farmers need to plow the farmland, apply chemical fertilizers, spread straw ash, or simply apply farmyard manure, that is, excrement, so that a good harvest can be achieved in the autumn.

You can't be lazy about this kind of thing. If you're too lazy to even tend your own farmland and don't apply fertilizer before sowing, the consequence will be that while others harvest a thousand catties of grain every year, you might not even reach five hundred catties.

Without fertilizer, soil fertility will continue to decline and become increasingly barren.

Moreover, after planting wheat, corn is planted. Corn has very strict requirements for fertilizer, which is most evident in the eyes of the plant. You can tell at a glance whether the corn cob is too big or too small, whether the kernels are fully grown, whether they are plump or shriveled.

They won't grow well without fertilizer, but too much fertilizer will burn the seedlings; you have to weigh the pros and cons carefully.

So although people are still discussing Chen Ling's family's situation, with all sorts of opinions, no one is foolish enough to neglect their own farmland just to watch the spectacle.

In this way, Chen Ling's life gradually returned to normal.

In the past two days, apart from having a drink with Wang Lixian at Wang Jusheng's invitation, he has been wandering around the fields with his two dogs, and naturally, he is also in charge of herding cattle and picking mulberry leaves.

"That's really strange. Little Jin doesn't seem like anything special, so why did he act more like a wolf that night?"

Chen Ling sat on the edge of his yard, watching Xiao Jin run back excitedly with a little rabbit in his mouth, and couldn't help but wonder.

Today, he also brought out his six little rabbits and put them in the field to graze. At first, they were quite well-behaved, but after a while, they were attracted by all sorts of novel things in the outside world and couldn't help but run around in the field.

As a result, Heiwa Xiaojin had to bring back the little rabbits that had run away from time to time.

"Xiao Jin, come here."

Chen Ling called Xiao Jin over to him, and tried to pry open its mouth and flip its ears, but he couldn't figure it out.

Then he looked at Heiwa, who was squatting beside him with his tongue sticking out and a silly look on his face, and suddenly he was furious. He reached out and rubbed the dog's head hard, gritting his teeth and saying, "Why can't you do it? Why can't you do it? You big dummy, you eat more than anyone else, and you're all this big for nothing!"

In terms of physique, Heiwa has a square head and big ears, and is as strong as a bull, while Xiaojin is relatively thin and long. Although both are muscular, Xiaojin's face is flatter and narrower, making him look more delicate.

To a normal person, Heiwa should be the fiercest, but who knew this guy was so useless, he couldn't even climb over a wall, let alone gather a pack of dogs, he was far inferior to Xiaojin.

Chen Ling had the mindset of a disappointed father.

Heiwa was completely unaware of what was happening. Instead, it felt quite comfortable being rubbed and thought its owner was praising its might. Excitedly, it squinted its eyes and wagged its tail vigorously, pressing both ears to the back of its head. It then tilted its head back and began to lick Chen Ling's face vigorously.

Enraged, Chen Ling took off his shoe and started hitting Heiwa. Heiwa finally realized something was wrong and quickly ran away.

"You son of a bitch, don't run away! You dare to spit all over my face!"

Chen Ling put on his shoes and chased after him. Xiao Jin got excited when he saw this and hurriedly ran over to help. He had long disliked Heiwa because Heiwa always stole his food, leaving him hungry at home.

Today, finally someone taught it a lesson.

After the two dogs and Chen Ling had made a ruckus and subdued Heiwa, Chen Ling's mood improved somewhat.

Then he told them to watch the little rabbits and not let them run around. He went to the foot of the mountain and picked a large basket of mulberry leaves. After thinking about it, he realized there was nothing else he needed to do, so he turned around and went into the cave.

In the past two days, the bird eggs in the cave have hatched. Each one looks pretty much the same, and Chen Ling can't tell what kind of birds they are. After feeding them some stream water and waiting for them to open their eyes, he prepared a jar of earthworms outside the thatched hut and would go in to feed them from time to time.

As soon as they saw Chen Ling coming over, the baby birds stretched their necks, opened their mouths, and chirped, waiting for him to feed them.

After Chen Ling fed them each an earthworm, the chicks affectionately rubbed their beaks against his hand, then chirped and moved step by step out of the nest, seemingly wanting to go to his side and hide under him according to their genetic instincts.

Chen Ling, not wanting them to escape since they were so small, used his fingers to push them back one by one. Then he got up and walked out of the thatched hut, tidied up the cement pillars scattered in the woods, and placed them side by side outside the fence in front of and behind the thatched hut. He also blocked the tree-lined path leading to the stream and lotus pond with cement pillars.

Even if Garlic can't keep an eye on the other turtles or their offspring, they still can't get out of the fence.

After finishing all that, I looked at the thick plastic sheeting piled up in the woods and couldn't help but frown a little.

This is the plastic film that Chen Erzhu hasn't had time to cover his more than 20 mu of greenhouses with yet.

After he collected them into his cave, he put them all in the forest. Now they're piled up, which is quite annoying. There's too much of this stuff and nowhere to use it. He's not going to build a greenhouse, so he'd better find some time to sell them.

It's estimated that it can sell for a good amount of money.

After making up his mind, Chen Ling spent some time getting to know Garlic and observing the growth of the red eel fry before leaving the cave.

On the way back, some people had already applied manure to their fields. Good heavens, the smell was so strong it could be smelled for miles. You couldn't even walk past by covering your mouth and nose. Just walking past, your clothes felt like they were covered in stench.

"It stinks! Next time, we'll just go through the threshing ground."

Chen Ling sniffed the clothes and couldn't help but frown.
In the past, nobody in the village paid any attention to him, and he didn't like to walk or bump into people, so he always took the small path in front of the village committee on the south side for peace and quiet. Now he's gotten used to it and hasn't really changed his ways. Actually, the threshing ground is closer to his home.

The threshing ground was not far from the school, on the edge of the village, next to the old livestock sheds. Outside the threshing ground were farmlands. This area was a transition zone between the village and the fields, surrounded by a small grove of trees. It is said that when the threshing ground was raised, a lot of soil was dug up around it, making the land too low to grow crops. So trees were planted there so that everyone could have a place to cool off after finishing their work.

Passing by farmland that had been fertilized with manure, after walking for a short while, Heiwa Xiaojin suddenly spotted something and darted out of the farmland, running wildly towards the village.

Chen Ling ignored them and leisurely teased the little rabbit while sitting on the cow's back.

But less than two minutes later, two dogs came running towards them with a crying baby.

"Uncle Fugui, Uncle Fugui, help me..."

"What's wrong, little pig? Why are you crying? Did the dog bully you?"

Seeing this, Chen Ling stopped the little white ox and asked with a smile.

"Don't be afraid, watch how your uncle teaches them a lesson."

These toy dogs often come to our house to play. They grew up playing with Heiwa and Xiaojin since they were little. Even when the two dogs play with the toy dogs, they would never hurt them.

"No, Uncle Fugui, Xiaosen fell into the reservoir and is about to drown..."

The little piglet answered while crying loudly, its face pale with fright, and its voice trembling.

Chen Ling's expression changed drastically. He flipped over and jumped off the ox's back, then ran wildly towards the reservoir.

The results are quite stable, so don't worry about it dying out. There's one book that hasn't been subscribed to yet, and they keep saying it's going to flop -_-||
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