My 1995 Small Farm.

Chapter 47: Building a Greenhouse

"Moo~"

The little buffalo was also attracted, stretching its head to reach the newly sprouted leaves on the tree.

Chen Ling ignored it, picked up the bucket, and watered one tree after another.

The watering was completed in a short time.

All the trees have been revitalized and are now lush and verdant again.

However, the trunk did not grow very thick in a short period of time, remaining about the thickness of five fingers.

Ten years ago, the village committee planted two kinds of trees here: sycamore and ginkgo. Now there are still quite a few sycamore trees, but only a handful of ginkgo trees remain.

Now that they've grown back, the trees are scattered here and there, not as neat as before, which is because they were bare and didn't attract much attention before.

"Hmm... Now that the trees are all grown, it's not impossible to plant fruit trees in them later."

In this era, unless it's too exaggerated, no one will delve into it.

After all, if the trees can grow well, isn't it reasonable to plant fruit trees?
Chen Ling thought to himself, then reached out and shook a sycamore tree in front of him. It was now very sturdy and wouldn't budge.

It's completely different from the sickly feeling I had before, where I felt like I'd collapse at the slightest push.

"Let's plant fruit trees. Even if the flood comes fiercely and a mudslide breaks all the trees, it doesn't matter."

"As long as the roots are still there, just water it with the stream from the cave, and it will grow back quickly. It's simple and easy..."

For a lazy person like Chen Ling, having a secluded cave to rely on and planting fruit trees is a one-time solution that will last forever.

If planted properly, you can harvest crop after crop every year.

Relying on the magical effects of the Dongtianxi River, he was fearless, and no matter how great the flood, it had a very limited impact on him.

Who knows, if we report it to our superiors, we might even get some disaster relief subsidies.

In fact, floods were relatively frequent during the three years from 95 to 98, especially in 96 when the entire basin suffered from flooding.

However, for the local area, the most devastating disaster was in 95, which affected 2000 million people in the province and caused losses of up to 70 billion yuan.

Although the number of casualties within the province is negligible, the economic losses are absolutely devastating.

"Natural disasters and man-made calamities are unavoidable, and there's nothing I can do about them..."

Chen Ling sighed inwardly, then noticed that the little water buffalo had been following him the whole time, grazing and following him obediently.

Then look at Heiwa and Xiaojin, those two heartless little devils are running around in the grass by the graveyard, having a great time.

Upon closer inspection, it turned out they were attacking a lizard.

This lizard is yellowish-brown with several dark green stripes on its back; it is a common, non-venomous lizard found in the area.

There aren't many people in the cemetery usually, partly because of this creature and partly because of the scorpions, which are especially numerous in the cemetery during the summer.

The two puppies growled threateningly, constantly shooing it away. As soon as the lizard tried to run away, they pounced on it and pinned its tail down with their two little front paws.

After being released, the lizard ran away again, so another dog chased after it, playing with the lizard back and forth, unable to escape the encirclement of the two puppies.

Every time it tried to escape through the gap, a dog would appear in front of it, pounce with its paw, and immediately stomp on it.

Once the puppy's paws are freed, it rolls over, gets up, and tries to escape again, only to be attacked by another dog.

In no time, the lizard was beaten and left battered and bruised, barely alive.

However, the two puppies were too playful and, not having had enough fun, kept scratching and shoving the lizard with their paws, trying to get it to run away again.

But by then the lizard was already motionless and lifeless, clearly having been killed by the trickery.

"Wang Wang..."

Heiwa barked twice in dissatisfaction, then snatched it up in one bite, angrily shook its head a few times, and the lizard's corpse was instantly torn in two.

These teeth left Chen Ling speechless for a moment.

He thought it would eat the lizard, but to his surprise, Heiwa brought Xiaojin and ran up to him happily.

She put the lizard down, squatted down beside it, and stared at it longingly.

"Goodness, is the toy broken and they've come to me for help?"

Chen Ling found it amusing, but he didn't scold them. Instead, he took a small bucket of stream water from the cave and fed it to the two puppies.

Before Chen Ling could say a word, the two puppies pounced on him, gulping down more than half the water, completely oblivious to their already bulging bellies. "This is your reward. Next time you catch prey, remember to bring it to me, okay?"

Chen Ling patted their heads. Although he understood that the two puppies did not yet have the awareness of hunting and retrieving prey, he still needed to train them when the time came.

Afterwards, Chen Ling fed the remaining stream water in the bucket to the little water buffalo, and then pushed away its tongue, which was licking him in a pleading manner.

"Alright, alright, we've eaten and drunk our fill, it's time for us to go home."

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Chen Ling was in a great mood after letting the cattle graze in the early morning.

When I got home, I heard the sound of pots and pans being smashed and broken across the street.

Then came Qin Dongmei's shrill cursing, interspersed with the occasional helpless voice of a man.

Yes, Wang Chunyuan from across the street is back.

I heard that he came back yesterday, and he caused quite a commotion as soon as he got back. Even Qin Qiumei, his older sister, couldn't stop him, so he went back with the township leaders.

When Chen Ling returned from the market in the countryside yesterday, he ran into their group in Jinmen Village, but they didn't notice him, and he didn't go out of his way to say hello.

Hearing the neighbors across the hall start arguing again, Chen Ling pursed his lips and thought to himself, "Let them argue, let them argue. Now no one will be able to stop them no matter how loud they argue."

Qin Dongmei, that woman, has offended everyone in the neighborhood. When she and her husband fight, nobody cares.

When we got home, we led the cow to the backyard.

They went to the front to eat breakfast. Chen Ling hadn't cooked much for breakfast these past two days; she'd been eating pickled vegetables that Wang Jusheng's family had given her.

I must say, it's really delicious.

At the dinner table, Wang Susu learned that he had taken the cow for a walk outside the village, so she brought up the topic of what to plant in the fields again.

To put his wife at ease, Chen Ling decided to share some of his thoughts.

Unexpectedly, Wang Lixian came to our house.

"Wealthy is eating right now."

"Oh, Brother Xian is here? Please have a seat."

Chen Ling quickly got up and got him a bamboo stool.

Wang Lixian waved his hand and said, "No, I won't sit down. I came here to find you to go build a greenhouse in the west of the village together."

"Huh? Building a greenhouse?"

Chen Ling was immediately puzzled: "What greenhouse?"

"No, didn't Erzhu come to see you when he came back? He's building a greenhouse, and construction is starting today."

"Let everyone living in this area go. It'll cost ten yuan a day, and lunch will be provided."

Wang Lixian frowned, and asked somewhat uncertainly, "He really didn't contact you?"

It seems they thought Chen Ling was being lazy and didn't want to work.

Chen Ling shook his head: "No, I don't know anything about this."

Seeing that Wang Lixian still had some hesitation on his face, Wang Susu added, "Erzhu really didn't come. After Liu Nier brought the chicks over yesterday afternoon, they played here for a long time, but we didn't see Erzhu at all."

Wang Lixian believed it now and muttered, "That kid Erzhu said he would build the greenhouse as soon as possible, but he has been dragging it out until now. He's getting impatient."

"It wasn't enough that we called people who specialize in building greenhouses. When we came back, we searched everywhere and called on everyone in our entire Seventh Brigade."

"I was thinking that with your connections in the county, they definitely wouldn't have missed you..."

Chen Ling shook his head again after hearing this.

"Who knows what he's thinking? If he doesn't invite me, I won't go."

He knew in his heart that it must be because he hadn't agreed to help him look after the greenhouse when they met in the county town last time, which made that bastard Erzhu unhappy.

If you're unhappy, then you're unhappy.

Look at what he said last time, he was obviously trying to trick Chen Ling into believing he was a fool. It would be a sign that Chen Ling is very magnanimous if he didn't slap him across the face.

Thank you for your enthusiastic support, brothers and sisters! I also received many helpful suggestions!

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