My 1995 Small Farm.

Chapter 387 The Long-Awaited Howl of the Wolf

When we arrived at the brigade, there were quite a few people there. Men, women, and children with nothing to do were pointing and chatting around the two earthen dragons, joining in the fun.

With fewer people around lately, business at the reservoir has slowed down, so they naturally have more free time.

When Chen Ling rode over on horseback and said he was going to take the two earthen dragons away, it caused an uproar among the villagers.

They all asked, "Is this earthen dragon very valuable?"

It's no wonder people ask that question.

Chen Ling has truly shocked the villagers in the past two years. Watching him make money is like watching magic tricks; he really makes money easily from all sorts of unexpected places.

This earth dragon is so rare and unusual.

It's not some valuable treasure...

Chen Ling knows so many people outside, so he must know more than others.

Maybe he can sell this earthen dragon for money.

This is human nature; anyone would do the same.

Even if they don't say it out loud, they'll think it in their hearts.

"Give me a break, you want to sell it for money? It's not like it's livestock. Selling this kind of thing is illegal."

Chen Ling waved his hand. He originally thought it was just a matter of a word, but he didn't expect that mentioning it would cause a misunderstanding.

So he said impatiently, "I just came to make a suggestion, I don't necessarily want to take them away. If it's really not possible, you can just throw these two big guys into the big pond to keep them."

Having said that, he was about to mount his horse again and leave.

Seeing this, Wang Laishun quickly stopped him: "Don't go yet, Fugui. If you want to take him back, go ahead. We didn't say you couldn't."

He glanced at everyone and said, "Don't you all know what kind of person Fugui is? If he wanted to make money, would he need to go through all this trouble? Even that bastard has people scrambling to pay deposits, and this guy still can't get one."

Several elderly people in the crowd looked embarrassed and muttered to themselves, "We were just asking out of curiosity, we didn't mean anything by it."

Wang Laishun was too lazy to say anything more, but turned around and asked Chen Ling if it would be okay to leave the earth dragon in the mountains. After all, they were two very rare things, and he didn't want them to be moved to death.

"It's alright. Otherwise, it wouldn't be suitable to leave them anywhere outside. There are ducks and geese swimming in reservoirs, old river bends, weirs, and ditches outside the village, and children can catch shrimp and fish. It's easier to leave them in the mountains."

Chen Ling's words made sense, and many people thought about it and understood why Chen Ling had made a special trip over there.

This kid is lazy and doesn't like being bothered. It's better for him to come to you himself than for others to make a fuss and come looking for him at home afterwards.

After all, Yeren Gou is now his territory.

Now that it's become a lake, that's the only place suitable for releasing earth dragons.

This is something everyone will think of sooner or later.

“You’re so thoughtful, Fugui. Alright, we’ll help you carry this earth dragon up the mountain right now.”

Wang Laishun chuckled and kicked the earthen dragon in front of him, then called Chen Jiang and the others to carry the earthen dragon up the mountain for Chen Ling.

“Brother Dajiang, you guys lift one, I’ll carry the other.”

Chen Ling slapped the little blue horse's rump to send it running home, then picked up the two earthen dragons to test their weight.

Despite its large size, this thing is actually not as heavy as Heiwa Xiaojin.

That large earthen dragon, which was over two meters long, weighed only about 100 kilograms.

They need to be carried because they keep struggling and looking for an opportunity to resist.

After weighing the options, Chen Ling left the large earth dragon with them, while he held the small earth dragon by its tail and they walked out of the village together.

Just then, the out-of-towners who had been following behind caught up. Beside them were Wang Susu, Wang Zhenzhen, Gao Xiulan and her daughter, and the little girl Xizi, chatting and laughing. It seemed that the two groups had met. "Brother-in-law, where are you going again? We just went to the melon field to look for you. We heard that you caught a dragon and came to the brigade. We just got here. Why are you changing locations again?"

"Luckily we arrived in time, otherwise you would have led us in circles again."

Wang Zhenzhen skipped over and complained.

"Haha, this time we won't beat around the bush, let's put the earth dragon in our mountain lake."

Chen Ling smiled at her, then walked up to Wang Susu and let her and the child observe up close what the earth dragon looked like.

Rui Rui even reached out her little hand to touch the earth dragon's head.

After her son touched it, Wang Susu also reached out and touched it: "Hmm...it looks like a big gecko, or maybe a lizard."

Chen Ling nodded approvingly upon hearing this: "Yes, those two descriptions are good; they are indeed very similar."

Then they continued walking with the earth dragon out of the village.

Knowing that they were going up the mountain, many adults stopped following behind.

Only a few young people and a group of little kids followed behind, shouting and cheering, as if they were afraid they couldn't carry the load.

Upon reaching the mountain lake, the steel wire ropes on the earth dragons were untied, and they were released into the lake. Watching them flee in panic, creating two large whirlpools, they quickly swam towards the deeper water.

That completes the task.

There's no need for anyone to guard it. The lake has fish and water birds that often come to play, and small animals from the mountains come here to drink. There's no shortage of food.

"I wonder if these two earth dragons are a male and a female..."

Chen Jiang gazed at the ripples on the water that lingered for a long time, and suddenly uttered this remark.

Chen Ling laughed upon hearing this: "What's wrong? You're still expecting them to have a few litters of baby earth dragons here?"

"What? I have no such expectations..."

Chen Jiang waved his hand and said, "I'm worried that if they're a male and a female, and they have too many offspring, they'll be hard to handle when they grow up. Like wild boars, they come in droves and might hurt people."

His words caused concern among the villagers who had come with him, as well as Wang Susu and her daughter.

Especially for Wang Susu, this entire area of ​​the mountain lake is her own contracted land. If a large group of these earth dragons were to emerge, people would not be able to come here to cool off in the summer and would have to live in constant fear.

"It's okay. Who knows if it's a male and a female? Think about it, they've been in the reservoir for at least two years. Have they had any offspring? No, there are only these two."

Chen Ling smiled slightly: "So, there's no need to worry about that..."

Upon reflection, everyone agreed that it made sense. This earth dragon first appeared two years ago. Although they didn't know where it was before, it had lived in the reservoir for at least two years. Since there were only two of them, they might not be a male and a female.

Chen Ling couldn't tell whether the creature was male or female, but since they could get along so well and were so close, it was more likely that they were a male and a female.

He had no time to worry about these things. He chatted and laughed with a group of people as they strolled around the bamboo house. After wandering around for a while, seeing that it was getting late, they went down the mountain.

We arrived at the mountain lake around dusk, and after a lot of fuss, it was already dark when we came down the mountain. The sky above the forest was full of birds, flocks of them, darkening the sky, and they gradually landed in the forest.

In the dim forest, only the sound of flapping wings and faint bird calls could be heard; the location and appearance of the birds were completely obscured.

"Ouch——"

The group had just come down the mountain path from Beishan, and hadn't even crossed the small ditch at Chen Ling's farm, when they heard a mournful and long wolf howl coming from deep in the mountains.

After that wolf howl, it was as if someone had disturbed a wolf's den. Countless wolf howls echoed through the deep mountains, one after another, chilling to the bone.

"Good heavens, what's going on in these mountains? We haven't heard wolves howling in a long time. The sun has just set, and now there's a whole chorus of howls."

(End of this chapter)