My 1995 Small Farm.

Chapter 282 The Call of the Wild
That evening, on the way home from school, Chen Ling heard some noise in the cornfield. In addition to the crackling of the corn stalks, there was also a strange squeaking sound, making quite a commotion.

Just as he was wondering, Wang Zhenzhen excitedly shouted, "Monkey! Brother-in-law, look! The monkey is stealing corn inside!"

"Good heavens, it's true. They chased away the wild boars, and now the monkeys are here."

Chen Ling looked down into the gaps between the corn stalks and immediately burst out laughing.

In the cornfield, a group of wild monkeys were busy stealing corn, peeling off the husks and gnawing on them as they went. Some monkeys were even fighting over the corn cobs, squeaking incessantly.

"This is my third aunt's cornfield. I'm going to chase the monkeys away."

Wang Zhenzhen looked closely and immediately recognized it as Wang Lihui's cornfield. She was good friends with Wang Lihui's daughter, and Wang Lihui's mother, also known as her third aunt, often gave her corn to eat. She couldn't just ignore it.

He quickly slid off the back of the bicycle, picked up a few clods of dirt from the roadside, and threw them hard at the wild monkeys in the cornfield.

"Get out of here! Get out of here now! If you dare to come down the mountain to steal corn again, I'll shoot you all dead."

She threw the monkeys away while stomping her feet and shouting, trying to scare them off.

But these wild monkeys are not easy to mess with.

Not only did they not scare them away, but when they saw that there were only Wang Zhenzhen and Chen Ling on the dirt road, their bullying and cowardly nature was instantly exposed, relying on their numbers. They bared their teeth and ran fiercely, picking up the corn cobs they had just broken off and throwing them all at the two of them.

"Damn it, those damn stinking monkeys."

Chen Ling reacted quickly. Seeing the group of wild monkeys acting up, he pulled Wang Zhenzhen behind him and raised his hand to protect his head, deflecting the corn cobs that were thrown at him.

"Squeak..."

At this moment, seeing that the two of them, one big and one small, seemed unable to fight back, the wild monkeys became even more ferocious, squeaking and running out of the cornfield. They even smashed all the corn cobs in their hands and wanted to come up and scratch them again.

What a bunch of annoying wild monkeys!

Fortunately, Chen Ling was physically strong and had thick skin. If someone else had been hit by those corn cobs, they might have been seriously injured.

He just felt a little pain.

Enraged that the wild monkey dared to charge at him, he pulled a carrying pole from the front crossbar of his bicycle with a clang, swung it around, and slashed it hard at the monkey that pounced on him.

"You damn wild monkey, get out of here."

He was incredibly strong, and in his anger, he refused to hold back. With a sweep of his carrying pole, all the monkeys that had been jumping and leaping about fell to the ground in a row. They rolled on the ground, grimacing and howling in pain.

They were truly terrified this time, covering their heads, screaming, and scrambling into the cornfield with their long tails wagging, disappearing as fast as they could.

"Brother-in-law, brother-in-law, are you alright?"

Wang Zhenzhen turned pale with fright and tugged at his clothes.

The little girl clearly hadn't expected that throwing a few clods of dirt would enrage these wild monkeys.

"I'm fine. Just remember not to bother wild monkeys when you see them outside. Even if they steal corn or eat fruit, it's okay. Don't worry about them. They have bad tempers and can hurt you if you anger them."

Chen Ling patted the little girl's head and gave her some instructions.

Unlike wild boars, monkeys have no shortage of wild fruits to eat in the mountains.

I came down the mountain to steal corn simply because I smelled the sweet aroma of tender corn and couldn't resist the temptation.

They eat very little corn; they just take a couple of bites to enjoy the fresh sweetness and then leave, causing little damage.

Moreover, since they were so easy to eat and discard, people could still pick them up when they reached the fields.

So when there are few people around and you don't have any weapons, if you encounter wild monkeys, it's best not to provoke them.

Otherwise, wild monkeys are often malicious and like to bully the village children, easily scratching them.

"Okay, I get it now……"

Wang Zhenzhen nodded obediently.

"Okay, let's get in the car and go home for dinner."

Chen Ling put the carrying pole back in, pushed the cart, and let the little girl get on.

Luckily, I brought a carrying pole and a hoe today, otherwise it would have been inconvenient to retrieve something from the cave, and it would have been difficult to chase away these wild monkeys.

The only thing people in their area use for self-defense on the road is a carrying pole.

But there's a hidden meaning behind this carrying pole.

It is two sizes thinner than a regular carrying pole, and one end of the pole is rounded so that a knife slot can be inserted.

The hoe is inserted into the ground and transformed into a large sword with a handle.

It's effective for both protecting against wolves and bandits.

Recently, wild animals have been appearing in the mountains in large numbers. There are more badgers than in previous years, more wild boars than in previous years, and even leopards have emerged.

Therefore, the family no longer wanted Wang Cunye to pick up and drop off Wang Zhenzhen at school.

The task still fell to Chen Ling.

But his family was worried about his safety on the road, so they insisted that he take this thing with him.

The carrying pole was placed on the main bar of the old-fashioned bicycle, and the hoe was tied to the diagonal bar below the main bar. If anything happened, you could just pull it out.

……

I hadn't gone far on my bike when I heard a familiar, angry bark coming from not far from the cornfield beside the road.

Soon, the barking of dogs and the terrified cries of monkeys filled the air.

"Is that Heiwa? Didn't I send it to patrol the mountains? How did it end up here?"

Chen Ling turned his head and glanced in that direction, puzzled.

Wang Zhenzhen also turned her head to look over, and then said, "This must be Heiwa coming to avenge us because he knows the wild monkey bullied us."

As the two were talking, the corn stalks in the cornfield started to crackle and sway, and Heiwa, covered in grass leaves, emerged from them with a majestic air.

It quickly caught up with the car, panting and barking at Chen Ling to curry favor.

"Brother-in-law, look! Heiwa still has monkey hair in his mouth. He must have gone to avenge us."

When Wang Zhenzhen saw that Heiwa had monkey hair around his mouth and bloodstains on his white teeth, she sat in the back seat of the car and clapped her hands with joy.

He looked smug, as if he had finally gotten his revenge.

"Alright, not bad, not bad. You've got a conscience after all. I'll treat you to two extra meals of meat when we get back."

Chen Ling glanced at Heiwa with a smile, thinking to himself that the silly boy must have been bored while patrolling the mountain and had run down to play secretly.

Otherwise, they wouldn't have arrived so quickly.

However, at least it knew to stand up for them, so I stopped scolding it.

Unexpectedly, even though he didn't pursue the matter with Heiwa, the simpleton didn't know what was good for him and secretly slipped down the mountain again for the next two days.

It stopped bothering Xiao Jin.

He had been sneaking down the mountain into the cornfield in the village when Chen Ling caught him red-handed.

I scolded it on the spot, and when I got home I chained it up.

As a result, the next day, because Chen Ling hadn't unchained it, the silly dog ​​caused a huge commotion at home, howling and digging wildly in the backyard.

Chen Ling tried to beat it up, but it didn't work.

He was acting like he wouldn't stop making a scene unless I let go.

"Fine, fine, I'll let you go. I don't care about you anymore, go wherever you want."

Chen Ling was so angry at it that he unchained it and let it go.

Once he let go, this fool really didn't care anymore and hurriedly ran outside with his head down.

I didn't see a soul all morning, let alone anyone patrolling the mountain to watch over the chickens and ducks.

It wasn't until two or three in the afternoon that they sneaked back up the mountain.

I saw Chen Ling picking up eggs on the mountain.

The simpleton immediately wagged his tail, turned his ears back, squinted his eyes, and slowly and tentatively walked up to him, trying his best to please him.

You know whether the tree you planted is straight or not.

Chen Ling naturally knew exactly what kind of dog his family owned.

Judging from its guilty look, you can tell it's definitely not going to be anything good.

"It hasn't been bothering Xiao Jin these past two days. Maybe it's found another dog outside."

Wang Susu said while holding her son.

Gao Xiulan was fanning away mosquitoes with a fan, while Wang Cunye was shaking a toy mouse that made a rattling sound when squeezed.

They followed them up the mountain because Little Jin had been bringing the little fox home these past two days, and the little guy really enjoyed watching it.

If they didn't see each other for a day, they would cry and make a fuss at home. Even calling the weasel over to play wouldn't work; they had to find Xiao Jin and the fox before they would stop crying. At this moment, after Wang Susu finished expressing her guess, before Chen Ling could say anything, Wang Cunye and Gao Xiulan both said it was unlikely.

“Our dog is so picky, I don’t believe there’s a better female dog than Xiao Jin.”

"I don't believe it either."

The old couple shook their heads. Chen Ling couldn't think of anything else that could have captivated Heiwa like this. The way he was frantically pulling the chain and digging at the ground must have completely bewitched him.

Besides, this idiot is in heat; he doesn't do anything else besides that.

So I stopped chaining it and kept an eye on it when it sneaked down the mountain again.

After it went out for a while, I called Xiao Jin and asked him to quietly follow it.

He wanted to see what this fool was up to outside, whether he'd found a dog.

Filled with curiosity, Chen Ling followed Xiao Jin to the Earth God Temple.

Behind the land temple is a large pit, about two or three acres in size, filled with trees, some of which are decades old, with thick trunks and extremely large canopies.

Few people come here during the summer and autumn seasons.

The main problem is that there are a lot of dead dogs and cats here, and there are many trees and dense grass, as well as many snakes, scorpions, and poisonous insects, so adults rarely come here.

"Did Heiwa come this way?"

Chen Ling glanced at Xiao Jin ahead, picked up a dry twig, removed the twigs and branches, and walked into the pit while brushing the grass.

The area where they first came down had relatively little wild grass, and there were traces left by them when they caught wild boars here. But as they went further in, the pit became deeper and the grass grew taller.

Fortunately, they hadn't gone far when Little Jin started barking.

Moreover, they were running while shouting, and it's unclear what they discovered.

The way Xiao Jin was barking sounded a bit strange.

Chen Ling quickly sped up to catch up, and after passing through the lush weeds, he arrived at the earthen slope opposite the pit.

The scene before him startled him so much that he trembled.

It's not that I'm afraid, but it's not really afraid.

It was an accident.

That's so damn unexpected.

"What's going on? Why are there wolves here?"

On the earthen slope, among a few trees, Heiwa was riding on the back of a small female wolf, its tongue lolling out, wreaking havoc.

Down the slope beside it, where the tree roots are intertwined, there is a huge earthen cave.

A wolf was still lying at the entrance of the cave, baring its teeth at Xiao Jin and howling softly. It was shrinking back into the cave behind it at any moment, and it seemed that the wolf was still very afraid of Xiao Jin.

As for Heiwa, he had naturally noticed that Chen Ling and Xiao Jin had come looking for him long ago.

But it's at a critical moment right now and can't move, so it can only look at Chen Ling with innocent, ingratiating, and excited eyes.

Then, sticking out its tongue and hissing, it continued working.

"You're really something, kid. I told you you'd been out of your mind these past few days. Turns out you've found a wife out there, and a wife from some remote mountain village at that. Her family must be pretty far away."

Chen Ling walked over, glanced at the mother wolf under Heiwa, and saw that she was quite large and good-looking, so he laughed and cursed a couple of times.

He doesn't mind if Heiwa mates with a wolf.

As long as it can solve the problem on its own, that's fine.

"Don't be nervous, I'm very open-minded. Our family advocates freedom in marriage and love. You can continue with your work."

When dogs are paired up, even the kids in the village know that it's bound to take a while.

The shortest one is at least ten minutes.

The longer ones can take one or two hours.

He understands this very well.

But then, his smile faded, and he ordered Xiao Jin, "Hold down this wolf in the cave. I want to see what's going on in this cave."

There were wolves in the big pit behind the earth god temple.

If Heiwa brought it here, that's fine, but if there's a wolf den here, then we have to destroy it immediately.

This place is too close to the village; it's easy for something to happen here.

Xiao Jin was the type to go crazy whenever he encountered a wolf, and he couldn't hold back any longer. Upon hearing Chen Ling's order, he immediately captured the wolf at the cave entrance with lightning speed, ignoring the wolf's pitiful howls, and dragged it out by the neck as if it were a chick.

Seeing that Xiao Jin did not immediately kill the wolf, but obediently pressed it to the ground, Chen Ling nodded in satisfaction and waved his hand to put the wolf into the cave.

He then peered into the cave and, after seeing the situation deep inside, felt relieved.

It turned out that this wasn't a wolf den, but another badger's burrow.

Badger dens are the most popular habitat in the wild.

Wolves, foxes, and civets love to occupy badger dens.

Badgers are clean animals; they don't defecate or urinate in their burrows, making the burrows spacious and comfortable, which is why they are so popular with wild animals.

Badgers used to raid fox dens.

It's because those two badgers weren't adults yet; they were just growing up and lacked experience in surviving in the wild, so they liked to use existing burrows.

And this badger den is quite spacious, so it's definitely not a place where just one or two badgers live.

However, there were few traces of badgers or wolves living there; instead, there were insects crawling around.

Chen Ling then learned that the badgers in the cave had long since moved away, and there was no wolf den inside.

He glanced at Heiwa and said, "Although I have no problem with you and the mother wolf being a couple, we should at least find out where the wolf came from."

Upon entering the cave, they discovered that the wolf they had captured was also a female wolf.

I have to say, my dog ​​is quite capable. He managed to seduce two female wolves in one go.

"I don't know where Heiwa got these two female wolves from. If we can't figure out where they came from, we should either lock them up in the cave or let them out, lest they cause trouble and attract other wolves."

Don't misunderstand wolves just because they live in packs.

But in reality, this creature is monogamous; it is not a case of one male mating with multiple females.

The wolf pack has a strict hierarchy.

A typical wolf pack consists of seven to fifteen wolves, but only one pair can mate, known as the alpha male and female.

Other wolves do not have mating rights.

Besides the alpha male and female wolf, when the other female wolves are in heat and want to mate, the other wolves will go and kill them.

Unless they obediently endure it or leave the group on their own.

However, the chances of them leaving the group are extremely small.

Because wolves of lower status do not have the ability to survive alone in the wild.

They can weigh up to 20 kilograms less than wolves of higher status, and being weak and powerless, they can only survive by hunting in packs.

Chen Ling learned all of this from the lynx.

Now, looking at these two female wolves, they are not small in size.

Although he can't compare to Heiwa Xiaojin's physique.

But it's also clear that they aren't the kind of wolves so lowly that they can't afford to eat.

He strongly suspected there were wolves nearby.

Heiwa was left to continue his work, while Xiaojin followed the scent left by the wolf and ended up on the mountain behind their farm.

It turns out that the wolf den was located in a ravine near Wolf-Dick Rock, and it was quite well hidden.

No wonder Chen Ling found wolf droppings nearby a while ago; it turns out there was a pack of wolves living here.

"This wolf pack is too small, just a small pack of seven or eight wolves. The alpha male is nowhere to be found, and the two female wolves have been harmed by Heiwa. As for the rest of the wolves, Xiaojin can take care of them all by himself."

"Forget it, let's just ignore them. These guys are no threat anyway. Let them keep them to breed with Heiwa."

After Chen Ling investigated the situation of the wolves, he lost interest and returned to the local temple, where he released the mother wolf back into the cave for Heiwa.

Since they've already been lured here by Heiwa, let them play around with him.

"This scene reminds me of the call of the wild. I hope that Heiwa's descendants will not become a unique wolf pack in the future."

On the way home with Xiao Jin, Chen Ling was still thinking, then shook his head and smiled: "You're thinking the wrong thing. There's nothing special about wolfhounds. And Xiao Jin's offspring is even more worth looking forward to."

(End of this chapter)