My 1995 Small Farm.

Chapter 431 Angry

"Brother-in-law, you let me ride a horse, how about you ride a bicycle? Biking is too slow. I caught a lot of bugs and I'm waiting to feed them to my birds."

On the mountain road, Chen Ling and his son rode horses in front, while Wang Zhenzhen pedaled hard on her little bicycle behind them.

At first, the little green horse ran slowly, and Wang Zhenzhen could keep up.

Once they left the county town and reached the mountain road, the spirited horse could no longer contain itself and suddenly picked up speed, making it difficult for Wang Zhenzhen's bicycle to keep up.

This bicycle is much smaller than the old-fashioned 28-inch bicycle and doesn't have that thick crossbar, but even so, Wang Zhenzhen can't sit on the seat to ride it, so it's very tiring to ride.

If Wang Cunye or Gao Xiulan came to pick her up on their bicycles, it wouldn't be a problem for the two of them to ride home side by side, one big and one small.

Little did she know that Chen Ling would pick her up from school on horseback.

She immediately realized that riding a bicycle was not as fun as riding a horse, and riding a horse was faster and more impressive.

Hearing this, Chen Ling slowed down his horse and turned back to laugh at her: "You, you just complain about how tiring it is to ride a bike, and now you've learned to make excuses. This morning your parents wouldn't let you ride your bike to school, but you insisted on riding it. So, did your classmates see it at school and say anything bad about your bike?"

"They'll definitely say the bicycle you bought me is beautiful, they're all so envious."

Wang Zhenzhen immediately raised her little face and said proudly, "They even bought me popsicles and snacks so I could ride my bike. I've almost saved up a whole drawer full of them."

However, when he thought about how his classmates saw Chen Ling waiting for him outside the door with his little blue horse after school, he was so angry that his eyes almost popped out of their sockets, even more so than when they saw a bicycle.

If she rides a horse to school every day, it will be much more impressive than riding a bicycle.

"Hehe, brother-in-law, I've already learned to ride a horse. Can you let me ride it back?"

"Come on, you call that learning from the last time I threw you off? A horse like Little Blue Horse isn't for kids like you to ride..."

Seeing that the little girl was sweating, Chen Ling realized that riding a bicycle behind a horse was indeed tiring, so he handed her a rope. "Here, hold onto the rope. I'll ride slowly and lead you, so you won't have to pedal."

"Hey, brother-in-law, you're the one who comes up with the idea."

Wang Zhenzhen's eyes lit up immediately. She rode her bicycle over, grabbed the rope with one hand, and stuck out her tongue at Rui Rui, who was looking at her with curiosity. As the little blue horse started to move forward slowly, the rope gradually straightened. She held the handlebars with one hand and walked along effortlessly.

Upon seeing this scene, the little girl's playful spirit was immediately aroused.

"Wow, this looks fun! Rui Rui, do you want to sit in my bicycle basket?"

Rui Rui didn't care about her aunt at all. As the little green horse ran faster and faster, she imitated Chen Ling's shouts and shouted "Giddy up, giddy up, giddy up" in a childish voice, her little face full of excitement.

Add to that the mountain breeze at the end of the fourth lunar month blowing past your ears, carrying the scent of the seasons' dust and the aroma of newly ripened grains, whistling through the mountains.

Hearing his son's cheerful shouts and smelling the fragrance of grass and wheat in the wind, Chen Ling felt a sense of comfort. He pulled on the reins, controlling the balance of the little cart with Wang Zhenzhen, and made the little blue horse run faster and faster.

However, walking on a mountain road is never a smooth ride.

The little green horse ran too fast, causing the bicycle to bounce violently.

Wang Zhenzhen, being a sturdy little girl, was naturally not afraid of this problem. On the contrary, she found it very fun and exciting. She let go of the rope, followed the momentum, let go of the handlebars, and cheered in the mountain wind: "Hahaha, it's so cool, so much fun!"

Upon hearing this, Rui Rui hugged his little water bottle to his chest, tilted his head back, and shouted loudly, "Daddy, this is fun!"

"That was so much fun! Dad will take you out for a horseback ride another day."

Chen Ling laughed heartily.

We walked and played our way home like that.

But it wasn't slow; we got back to the farm before it got dark.

However, since she was away for most of the afternoon, and had brought her child with her, Wang Susu was inevitably worried and blamed.

Upon hearing that Chen Ling was riding a horse and pulling Wang Zhenzhen's cart on the mountain road with a rope, she turned pale with fright and became furious.

Despite Chen Ling's repeated explanations that he was being careful and keeping a close eye on things, there was no danger.

The young wife continued to chatter on at the dinner table for a long time.

The horse ran so fast, and the little blue horse was a spirited one at that. It didn't care about anything when it ran. It was a minor matter if Wang Zhenzhen bumped into something or not. If she were to be accidentally run over by the horse's hooves, the consequences would be unimaginable.

Besides, he had little Rui Rui in his arms in front of him and Wang Zhenzhen under his arm. He had to take care of both of them. If he couldn't look after either one, it would be too dangerous.

Wang Cunye and Gao Xiulan quickly smoothed things over: "What's there to be angry about over such a small thing? It's nothing serious. Lingzi loves Zhenzhen so much, how could she bear to let her be in danger? Look, aren't the ropes this long? When the horse runs, the rope stretches very long, and the bicycle is still far away."

After saying that, he turned to Chen Ling and said, "Lingzi, don't play like that anymore, or she'll keep nagging you."

Chen Ling readily agreed.

Wang Zhenzhen didn't dare to speak at this moment. Her sister was angry. She was as obedient as a quail, burying her head in her rice with her eyebrows down. She would occasionally sneak up and stick her tongue out at Chen Ling and Rui Rui, which made her seem very dishonest.

Chen Ling glared at her twice. If this little brat hadn't come back and boasted about how fun it was to ride horses and pull a cart today, and even let go of everything on the mountain road, why would Wang Susu have been worried and angry?
In fact, those who know Wang Susu well know that she rarely gets angry or loses her temper.

Women are mostly timid, so it's normal for them to be scared when they hear about their "wild" ways of playing.

After meal.

Gao Xiulan pushed Wang Zhenzhen's bicycle directly to the small storage shed and locked it up: "Zhenzhen, you're not allowed to ride a bike anymore. I haven't settled the score with you for stacking wheat straw last time. I've ignored you for days, and now you dare to ride like this on the mountain road..."

"Oh? No, Mom, I've already told my classmates."

The little girl immediately turned pale and started wailing.

The students bribed her with snacks to ride her new bicycle, but now that she's accepted the snacks, she can't ride the bicycle anymore. How embarrassing!

Besides, without a car, she would have to return all those snacks; how could she bear to do that?

Unfortunately, Gao Xiulan ignored her pleas and refused to let her ride the horse the more she begged.

……

As darkness fell, the two elders took Wang Zhenzhen back to the village.

Chen Ling went to the beehives in the orchard, harvested some fresh honey, and made two cups of honey water with warm water for his wife and child to drink, so they could taste the flavor of the first year's fresh honey.

In the courtyard, Wang Susu was bathing her son in a wooden tub.

It's hot now, and my son is restless, running around all day. He gets all sweaty in no time and likes to roll around on the ground, making himself all dirty and smelly.

If I don't give him a bath before bedtime, he can't go to bed at all.

So lately, every day the family has been using a wooden tub to sun-dry a large bucket of water upstairs until it's warm. While bathing the little one, Wang Susu also takes a bath.

As for Chen Ling, unlike the mother and son, he still prefers to take cold showers.

"Ah Ling, bring a dry towel when you come over."

"understood."

When Chen Ling walked over with a towel draped over his shoulder and a bowl of honey water, Rui Rui was sitting in the wooden tub, quacking and splashing around like a little duck.

Wang Susu was soaking wet from his splash. Seeing Chen Ling approach, she grinned excitedly and squealed, turning around in the basin and splashing water at him. "Hey, you little rascal, your bottom's itchy again, isn't it..."

Chen Ling, holding two glasses of honey water in both hands, exaggeratedly moved far away and shouted, "You know how powerful your mother is now, right? Be careful she doesn't beat you up."

Upon hearing this, Wang Susu couldn't help but glance at her husband, her lips slightly pursed, her dimples shallow, but not in a smile, but rather with a somewhat speechless expression.

However, the result was not unpleasant at all. Her fair face, puffed up with anger, actually looked like a chubby bun, which was extremely cute.

"You still dare to talk? If you ride horses recklessly again next time, see if I'll let you take care of the kids. I won't let you take care of Rui Rui, and I won't let you take care of the second one either."

As she spoke, she angrily splashed water at him.

"So, you two are ganging up on me, huh?"

Chen Ling put down his cup and joined the battle.

The family of three played around in the yard for a while. After Wang Susu put her son, who had just finished his bath and was completely naked, on the rattan chair, Chen Ling handed her some honey water: "Our honey is ready. Try this. It's sweet and has a floral fragrance. It smells wonderful."

Wang Susu casually wiped her wet hands on her clothes, glanced at him, took the cup with a smile in her eyes, took a small sip, and found it to be very delicious.

Seeing this, Chen Ling also sat down next to him with a smile, holding his cup and drinking.

The native bees in the orchard are wild bees introduced from the mountains. After they build their hives and settle down, the honey they produce is from these bees.

However, the output is low and further improvements are needed.

However, due to the lack of human intervention and the excellent environment near the farm, the honey produced is almost indistinguishable from wild honey from the mountains.

It tastes delicious.

“I don’t think raising these bees is too much trouble. They don’t require much human intervention. I can raise more next year and put them in the orchard. It would be quite fun,” Wang Susu said.

"It'll be fine this year. I'll just get a couple more beehives and put them on the mountain to attract bees over..."

Chen Ling was waiting for the five hives in the orchard to produce honey before releasing one or two hives of the new bee breed from Dongtian.

The young couple sipped their sweet honey water and chatted softly.

Unexpectedly, the naked child on the chair stood up and started to misbehave, climbing directly onto Chen Ling's back, hugging his neck, and kicking his little feet as he climbed up, giggling and laughing.

He shouted, "Giddy up! Giddy up! Giddy up!"

"Damn it, you brat, you're trying to ride me like a horse, aren't you? Get off me right now."

As Chen Ling spoke, she still had to support his little bottom with her hands to prevent him from falling.

This emboldened the little creature even more.

Completely naked, it climbed onto his neck in a few quick movements, grabbed his ear, and started excitedly shouting "Giddy up!"

When Wang Susu came to arrest him, he hid.

Wang Susu was immediately furious, "You don't listen to your father, and you don't listen to me either. I think you really want to get a beating."

He then grabbed him off Chen Ling's neck, pinned him to his lap, and gave his tender little bottom a good beating.

The little one is used to being spanked and isn't afraid of being spanked anymore. He rolls around on his mother's lap with his bare bottom showing, giggling and laughing.

After a while of commotion, Wang Susu gave him a hard whack on the butt, and he finally calmed down.

But he quickly chuckled, put his arm around his mother's neck, and gave her a quick kiss on the cheek.

Wang Susu couldn't keep a straight face anymore and burst out laughing. She grabbed his ear and said, "You just keep copying your father. You learn to ride horses, and you even copy your relatives."

As she spoke, she rolled her eyes at Chen Ling, thinking that he must be being irresponsible by being affectionate with her in front of their son, which the little guy had seen.

Upon seeing this, Chen Ling immediately protested, "Hey, I didn't teach him to be affectionate. It was Zhong Xiaoyun's two aunts who taught him this afternoon. They were kissing and hugging our son."

Wang Susu then stopped arguing with him, snorted, and carried her son upstairs.

Seeing that his wife's belly was getting bigger, Chen Ling realized that the second pregnancy was already five months along, and she was becoming increasingly clumsy, making it quite inconvenient for her to take a bath by herself.

After emptying her son's bathwater, she moved the large wooden tub from upstairs into the next room.

After Rui Rui fell asleep, the two of them took a shower together before going back to their room to sleep.

……

Wang Susu was still sleeping in the morning.

Chen Ling got up early, let the chickens, ducks and geese out, and went up the mountain alone.

I searched around the area near the mountain lake, wandered around the small bamboo house in the bamboo forest, and even ran into a mother and her son, a mountain donkey.

They're causing havoc in the vegetable patches in front of and behind the bamboo house.

"Oh dear, the gourds I planted."

Chen Ling stomped his foot, and the big mountain donkey immediately ran far away. Only the little donkey saw Chen Ling and happily ran over to him, asking for food, not afraid of him at all.

"Go away, go away. If you stick to everyone you see, you'll never be able to get caught and eaten."

Chen Ling kicked it to shoo it away, then opened the door of the bamboo house and went inside to take a look.

Zhao Yubao and his group had been to the bamboo house before. It was quite clean inside, with no dust, cobwebs or other dirty clutter. In front of and behind the house, the bamboo grove rustled, and the stream babbled. In the morning, water birds would constantly land on the lake in the mountains, cawing and calling out, creating a peaceful and serene atmosphere.

No wonder the two families' elders fell in love with this environment at first sight.

Even he couldn't help but feel a surge of poetic sentiment, but unfortunately, his limited education prevented him from expressing it.

He came up the mountain today without his dog, and strolled leisurely alone in the bamboo forest.

Later, after checking the conditions of several mountain streams, another batch of fine-scaled salmon fry were released from the cave.

Once they grow and reproduce, they will also help improve the genes and expand the population of fine-scaled salmon in the local mountain streams.

After releasing the fish fry, Chen Ling took out a wood-chopping knife from the cave and swiftly chopped down all the dry bamboo in the bamboo forest, intending to carry it down the mountain to use as firewood later.

The bamboo forest covers a considerable area, and many tall bamboos have frozen or withered to death.

Chen Ling's violent chopping caused the bamboo forest to shake and rustle incessantly.

The mother and son donkey were startled and hid far away, peeking out from the rocky cliffs in the distant woods, watching curiously.

"Oh my? It even has this thing?"

Just as Chen Ling finished tying up the bamboo poles, he suddenly saw a patch of strange mushrooms at the edge of the bamboo grove. He immediately shouted with delight, dropped the bamboo, and went over to them.

(End of this chapter)