My 1995 Small Farm.

Chapter 536 Missed
The young man had been sizing up Chen Ling ever since he arrived.

Seeing him riding a tall, magnificent little blue horse, with a beautifully sculpted baby in front of him, my eyes lit up.

At this moment, after listening to what Zhao Yubao and the other person said, he took the initiative to step forward, shake hands with Chen Ling, and introduce himself.

His name is Han Shaobo. He shares the same surname as Han Ninggui, but they are not related; their relationship is somewhat distant.

He was also Zhao Yubao's student.

Old Zhong also taught him.

This is someone we all know.

No wonder the two old men called him a little kid.

"Since we're all acquaintances, I'll take out the tusks and show them to you," Chen Ling said, telling Rui Rui to stay there while he went home to get the Pig King's tusks.

The other tourists noticed their conversation and, seeing this, also became eager to see what was going on.

The wild boar king's tusks are very large and long.

Even in its bent state, it is still more than a foot long.

As soon as it was taken out, everyone was immediately attracted to it, their eyes widening as they wanted to come forward and touch it.

They were stopped by Chen Ling and the two old men.

"Goodness, real teeth look much better than fake teeth. After all these days, they look much better than when we first got them. No wonder you wanted to make a dagger, Fugui. These pig tusks would make a perfect dagger, like a work of art."

Old Zhong clicked his tongue in amazement.

Some onlookers asked doubtfully, "Is this dagger sturdy?"

"Of course it's sturdy. The Pig King used those teeth to kill his prey. Didn't you see the news footage? It can rip open a big tree in one go.

Zhao Yubao took it in his hands and stroked it back and forth.

Seeing the onlookers' eager anticipation, the young man named Han Shaobo's eyes lit up, his heart itching even more.

Unable to resist, he urged Zhao Yubao, "Teacher, teacher, let me take a look first."

Chen Ling then handed him another one: "Look at this one, Uncle Zhao and the others are holding that one."

The young man was immediately thrilled, "Thank you, thank you... Wow, these teeth are really great, so complete!"

He took it and stroked it back and forth, reluctant to put it down.

It's clear that he genuinely likes this kind of thing; his eyes reveal his heartfelt passion.

The onlookers then turned their attention to Chen Ling.

Because it was the first time many people had ever seen Chen Ling in person.

"This young man looks so quiet and scholarly, how come he has such great strength?"

"Yes, in the news, this wild boar king was as big as an elephant. A person standing next to it looked so small. I don't know how this young man developed his skills, but he stabbed it in with a single swing of his knife."

"I heard he caught a leopard, and his dog even mated with a wolf. He sneaked into the wolf den and snatched the wolf cubs back. These big dogs were raised by him and are very docile and fierce. That's what everyone in the village says."

"...Oh right, when the news first started the interview, they said it was in a Miao village. Are there Miao people living around here?"

"I don't know. If there are any, they're probably in the mountains. We'll ask later, and if there are, we'll go visit them."

The crowd chattered amongst themselves, each with their own thoughts and ideas. Many children jumped and shouted along, or looked at the little blue horse grazing beside Rui Rui with envious eyes.

It wasn't until the young man named Han Shaobo snapped out of his fascination with the pig tusks and looked intently at Chen Ling that he said, "I'll give you 20,000 yuan, and I'll take these two tusks, okay?"

"Twenty thousand?"

Chen Ling was taken aback, then shook his head and laughed, "I wasn't thinking of selling it. Wild boar kings are rare, and such good tusks are even rarer..."

He also planned to simply polish one into an ornament and make the other into a dagger; how could he possibly sell them?

"No, if you think the money is too little, we can discuss it again. How about 30,000?"

The young man was very anxious and gripped the pig's teeth tightly, like a child who had seen his favorite toy and was reluctant to let go.

Chen Ling shook his head: "It's not about the money."

"Fifty thousand, I'll offer fifty thousand, is that alright?"

The young man gritted his teeth, seemingly having made a firm decision.

"Fifty thousand, my god, that's so much money, it's almost as much as ivory!"

Upon seeing this, everyone exclaimed in surprise, thinking that the young man was a bit crazy.

Chen Ling shook his head: "I won't sell it for any amount of money."

He already has 600,000, so he's not short of money now that he already has 30,000 or 50,000.

"Alright, Shao Bo, it's been years since we last met and you're still acting like a child."

Zhao Yubao said with a smile.

"Sigh, teacher, it's not that I'm being stubborn, it's just that things like this are rare and precious. If you were my age and had the opportunity, you would definitely want to get them too."

The young man's shoulders slumped, and he shook his head and sighed with regret and disappointment, returning the pig tooth to Chen Ling.

Then he took out half a pencil from his shirt pocket, tore a piece of white paper from his notepad, scribbled something on it, and handed it to Chen Ling.

"Nice to meet you. I'm sorry, but I really like these pig tusks. If you want to sell them in the future, you can contact me and we can discuss the price."

Chen Ling took it and saw that it depicted the scene of him and his son riding back on a little blue horse, but in a cartoon version.

Although it was just drawn in pencil, it is still very cute and heartwarming.

"What excellent drawing skills!"

Chen Ling's eyes lit up. "Come on, I'll give you my Hunter's Notebook. You can see if it's feasible to use it as a script for an animated film."

After saying that, she led him into the house.

The two old men were still watching over Rui Rui, happily selling tickets outside.

But most of these tourists had lost interest in taking pictures in front of the Wild Boar King and continued to discuss what had just happened.

They talked about how much money they would pay if they bought the pig's teeth or the huge pig skeleton.

Then he went to Wang Qingwen, who was herding sheep, to inquire whether Chen Ling had brought back anything else from the wild boar king.

Wang Qingwen then told them.

There was a piece of wild boar skin, but not much; there were also some wild boar bristles, but not much either.

A complete set of pig penis and testicles, quite large, soaked in a wine vat.

The rest are wild boar stomach, pig bladder, pig gallbladder, and the like.

Ask Chen Ling what they're interested in; besides the infused liquor, he might not sell anything else.

"Tsk tsk, is this wine made from Pig King's... you know?"

Some people were intrigued by the idea, while others found it disgusting.

After all, pigs are perceived very differently from other animals.

If it's something like tiger penis, very few people would find it disgusting.

In essence, they are all pretty much the same.

"Well, speaking of which, is soaking wild boar in alcohol effective?"

The men started discussing it; after all, with such a huge wild boar king, some of them wanted to buy some wine to try it out.

Led by Su Ligai, the women and children looked at the puppies and the mountain fox den, and some even caught some small fish after asking questions.

Time flies when you're playing.

Chen Ling and Han Shaobo talked about things quite quickly.

Actually, it was almost noon.

The two chatted happily.

Han Shaobo is highly professional; he seems to have the ability to automatically translate a story into animation language once it's in his mind.

The animated cartoon characters sketched with just a few strokes all appealed to Chen Ling.

After discussing and agreeing to go to the county town to see Heiwa, Xiaojin, the lady of the house, and the little white ox, these are some of the very important characters.

He also suggested that Chen Ling gradually bring back his pets, such as the weasel family, Er Tuzi, or the fox family that had a history with Xiao Jin and was friends with him, Heiwa's wolf pack, etc.

He designed the characters for each of them.

After listening, Chen Ling could roughly picture the animated images of those things in his mind, and a look of anticipation appeared on his face: "This is great! Uncle Zhao's idea for this animated film is really good. It's much more meaningful than my own Hunter's Notes." It's entertaining, fun, and has sentimental value for his family.

For a moment, he was actually quite moved.

In a better mood, Chen Ling waved his hand and said, "You guys have lunch here. I'll cook two hearty dishes."

Then he led him out to call back Er Tuzi and the weasel family.

As soon as he left the farm, Zhao Yubao called out to him, Su Ligai called out to him, and even Rui Rui jumped up and down.

Upon closer inspection, it turned out that someone had caught a cedarfish by the ditch.

The cedarfish is a small salamander, a fish of the family Geckoidae, with four legs, a black back, and about the size of a gecko.

"Lingzi, they said they wanted to buy two to raise, but they're hard to catch."

Su Ligai said.

As Chen Ling had said before, fish can be caught in the irrigation ditch outside, and children can play with them, but not too many can be caught, or money will be charged.

Everyone with children wants these cedarwood fish and wants to catch them, so there are definitely more than just one or two, and naturally, people will have to spend money to buy them.

"Hard to catch? There are quite a lot of these things this year. They crawl all over the ground after the rain. I didn't notice before and even stepped on a few to death."

As Chen Ling spoke, he followed the irrigation ditch, turning over stones as he searched, and soon found two ditches.

"Wow, so they were hiding under the rocks, there are still some here."

"...Huh? Why can't we find it? Others just turn over a stone and there it is."

"Look, there's a whole bunch of them, big and small, and there are even crabs and loaches hiding here."

After Chen Ling arrived, he quickly filled a small bucket. "You can catch crabs and loaches yourselves later, or you can catch minnows too. Take them back with you; the baby salamanders will eat them."

The cedarwood fish is a high-altitude fish that lives in mountain streams. It eats fish and shrimp as food, and under normal circumstances, cedarwood fish rarely come down the mountain.

In other words, the farm's pleasant environment attracts them to migrate down the stream and settle there.

After arriving here, their living environment is much better, and their survival rate is much higher than it was on the mountain.

Almost all of the fish eggs laid can successfully hatch and survive.

The natural number is therefore extremely large.

After a rainy day, you can see them slowly crawling on rocks and tree trunks, alongside snails.

They were densely packed, everywhere.

Therefore, Chen Ling showed no mercy when he arrested them.

"The baby salamanders, regardless of size, are five yuan each. If you want to buy one, just pay my sister-in-law."

As he spoke, he picked up about ten of them and took them out to prepare for cooking.

This creature needs to be drunk to death before it can be cooked. Whether braised or fried, the meat is extremely tender, making it a unique delicacy.

Besides cedar wood fish, there's beef, quail, and preserved fish and duck.

At this time of year, many of the quails in our family have reached their lifespan.

You can tell when an old quail is nearing the end of its life.

They are listless and prefer to stay in their nests. Even when they do leave the nest, they move slowly and like to stay alone. While other quails are lively and active, sometimes flapping their little wings and fighting with each other, they only move a couple of times after a long time.

The weather is still hot. If left unattended, it will die in the circle and stink within half a day.

Therefore, Chen Ling would capture them in advance, every few days, and kill and eat them early on.

Quail meat is plentiful and needs to be deep-fried to be delicious, which requires a lot of oil.

So Chen Ling also deep-fried the cedarfish, mixing it with lard and peanut oil, and it smelled very good.

Like the preserved duck, the beef is stir-fried with chili peppers.

The preserved fish was cooked in a sauerkraut hot pot; sauerkraut and preserved fish is also delicious.

Finally, let's have a tomato, egg, and sliced ​​pork soup.

Of course, at the very end, we wouldn't forget to cook a big pot of stew, which was included in the food and lodging fees paid by the people from the provincial TV station.

The main meal today consisted of stew cooked in a large pot, served with steamed buns and flatbread.

After finishing the food and drinks, Han Shaobo ate until he was stuffed with the stew from the big pot. He kept saying how delicious it was and then ate a bowl of pork stew with vermicelli.

After eating and drinking to his heart's content, he lay on a recliner at Chen Ling's house in the afternoon, complaining of a stomachache.

She is also a naive and innocent person.

Zhao Yubao and Old Man Zhong both said he had a childlike temper; when he saw something he liked, he wanted to hold it in his hand, and when he saw something delicious, he wanted to eat his fill. That's just how he was.

Of course, this kid is really capable.

He has a very high level of enthusiasm for his work. After meeting Heiwa, Xiaojin and the others in the county town in the afternoon, he immediately drew a series of expressions of joy, anger, sorrow and happiness.

They also designed many different cartoon characters for Heiwa Xiaojin, letting Chen Ling and Wang Susu choose which one they were most satisfied with.

In the end, the two main characters, Heiwa and Xiaojin, were not decided.

That did solidify Rui Rui's image.

The image of the little rascal is that of a smart and cute baby who spends all day with a pacifier in his mouth and crawling around in diapers.

The setting is that he can climb to any dangerous place.

Heiwa and Xiaojin went to rescue him.

After all, Heiwa Xiaojin is the main character of this cartoon.

"How about we start from when the two dogs were puppies? Let's start by introducing how our family raised them, but they got lost in the mountains. They gradually learned skills in the mountains, fought against various wild animals, and made friends with some of them."

After becoming the King of Dogs, he successfully found his way home.

Then they'd come with me into the mountains to hunt and fight our old enemies again.

Chen Ling suggested.

"Huh? This sounds good. Animated cartoons should have animals talking, and the grudges and love affairs should be simple and childlike."

Han Shaobo slapped his forehead, realizing that this suggestion was indeed excellent.

"I'll write it down and go back to work on it with my colleagues. I'll write to you about it later."

He quickly jotted down notes on the paper.

"The turtle king, the water monster, and the wild boar king here can also appear in the game and interact with the two main characters. The turtle king is a kind elder, while the water monster and the wild boar king are villains. You, as the master, can lead the two main characters to fight the villains."

Interspersed throughout the story are scenes of the two dogs, the "kings" of the canine world, taking care of their kids after returning home. This adds a touch of warmth to the already exciting moments, and your child, as the little owner, will find it adorable and fun. Kids will love watching it.

He became more and more excited as he wrote, and Chen Ling thought it was feasible.

Then he stopped talking and let him do as he pleased.

Heiwa Xiaojin heard his name mentioned repeatedly, so he perked up his ears and listened quietly to the conversation from a short distance away.

Seeing that the young man was covered in sweat, Chen Ling brewed a pot of tea and brought it over. Just as he was about to pour him a cup of water, the young man jumped up and strode out, saying, "No, I have to call my colleagues at work as soon as possible, or my inspiration will slip away."

Chen Ling stood there stunned for a moment, thinking, "Good heavens, is this what they call inspiration being everything? I wonder if Uncle Zhao and Uncle Zhong had this kind of temper when they were young."

Recently, there have been many people from other places in the county, wandering around, which has led to a large number of people setting up stalls to sell things every day.

Every day is like a bustling market, noisy and chaotic.

With so many people around, things are bound to get complicated, so Chen Ling rarely goes back to the village at night.

This caused him to miss the crucial time when the baby red-crowned cranes hatched.

He only learned when he took Rui Rui back to the village in the early morning that the baby red-crowned crane had hatched late last night.

It was very late, and the people from the provincial radio station were about to go to sleep when the joyful cries of the red-crowned cranes suddenly rang out in the reeds. They quickly turned on their lights and went over, and sure enough, they saw two furry little creatures emerging from the red-crowned cranes' nest, which was about half the size of a bowl.

In the other red-crowned crane nests, small holes were also found on the eggs.

They immediately perked up, not daring to slack off, and dared not shine the powerful flashlight again.

They simply row their boats, carrying small fish and shrimp they've prepared, and approach to feed the animals.

Fortunately, we've gotten used to them over the days, so the red-crowned cranes aren't too resistant or wary. They just give us a couple of warning calls to keep them away from the baby cranes, and then they feast on the fish and shrimp in the bucket.

This gave them the opportunity to take close-up photos.

(End of this chapter)