My 1995 Small Farm.

Chapter 556 Old things
"Come on, Rui Rui, sit on Uncle's lap."

"Tell your uncle how those little badger puppies got away."

After getting in the car, Chen Ling drove, and Shanmao put Rui Rui in the passenger seat and played with him.

Rui Rui was still trying hard to turn his little head back to see the tiger in the back row. When he heard the lynx ask him a question, he turned around and looked at him. Then he looked at Chen Ling, opened his big black and white eyes, and said seriously, "Mom, it ran away."

Chen Ling laughed when she heard this: "You brat, you're going to make false accusations now. Did your mother let it escape, or did you open the cage yourself?"

Rui Rui shook his head, thought for a moment, and still insisted, "Mom."

However, they clearly lacked confidence.

After saying that, he chuckled to himself.

Then, pointing to Afu and Ashou in the back seat of the car, she looked at Chen Ling expectantly: "Daddy, Longlong."

Upon hearing this, Lynx asked in confusion, "What is he saying?"

Chen Ling glanced at the brat: "He said he wanted to put the tiger in a cage. The badger escaped, and he wants me to put the tiger in."

"Hahaha, is that so? No wonder people say Rui Rui is smart. He has so many ideas at such a young age."

"What ideas do you have? Your head is full of crooked ideas."

The iron cages at home were given to him by Sun Yanhong. They were over a meter long and nearly a meter wide, and were used to hold piglets. Chen Ling originally planned to hunt wild boars, keep them in the cages for a while, and raise them until they were almost shedding their yellow hair. At that time, the piglets' meat would taste quite good, much better than that of adult wild boars.

However, instead of catching the wild boar, they caught a nest of badgers.

Unfortunately, I haven't been paying attention lately, so I don't know if Rui Rui broke open the cage door or if they scratched it open themselves, but anyway, they ran away.

They even dug a hole in the corner of the wall and ran away.

As for Heiwa and his brother, they would stay by Wang Susu and her daughter's side whenever Chen Ling was not home.

They don't care about these little things at all.

Even if they discover it, they won't make noise in the middle of the night and wake people up.

Let it run away. It's not rare. We can catch it again if we want to.

They genuinely don't care.

The little white calf was the same; like the two dogs, it slept right outside the door at night.

They become very alert at the slightest sign of trouble.

This is also why Chen Ling felt relatively at ease letting his family travel far.

It's just that every time I go on a long trip and come back...

If Rui Rui doesn't see him for a few days, he becomes very clingy to him, and he's much more mischievous with him than with Wang Susu, never staying still for a moment.

Of course, few little kids this age are well-behaved.

In the car, even if the lynx was holding him, it was impossible to keep an eye on him. Sometimes it would lean out to try to touch the tiger, and other times it would crawl towards Chen Ling, wanting Chen Ling to play with it.

Chen Ling was driving and didn't have time to pay attention to him.

He found it amusing to watch Chen Ling shift gears and move around in the car.

It started making babbling noises, insisting on coming over to play.

The lynx tried to stop them several times.

Later, he accidentally touched the gear shift lever.

The car suddenly stalled.

Enraged, Chen Ling grabbed him off the lynx's lap, pinned him down, and started beating him.

The brat was laughing at first, thinking Chen Ling was going to lift him up high.

As a result, he was beaten and started crying loudly a short while later.

"Fugui, what are you doing? He's so young, don't hit him so hard."

"We have to discipline him. He's so disobedient. We shouldn't have brought him out. Let him go play with the tigers in the back."

After Chen Ling finished speaking, he actually shoved him into the back.

Although Afu and Ashou are not small, they have been starving for a month. The two of them are in the back row, one nestled in the seat and the other lying down underneath, so it doesn't feel crowded.

Ah Fu and Ah Shou spent the whole morning chasing monkeys all over the mountains, but in the end they couldn't catch them.

I was feeling down at that moment.

If you leave them in the car, they'll stay still and behave themselves, their mood visibly low.

This is also normal.

Heiwa Xiaojin was an early bloomer when he was little, and he had a lot of little emotions.

It took three or four months for him to gradually recover.

Moreover, this was the first time the two tigers had officially entered the mountains to hunt, and their first time encountering setbacks.

A piece of cake.

This also requires a period of adjustment.

After being left in the back row, Rui Rui pouted, wiped away her tears, and started crawling all over A Fu and A Shou.

Touch their tails, pull their ears, and scratch their big paws.

Before long, it started muttering to itself.

Chen Ling and the lynx were also keeping an eye on him, and smiled slightly upon seeing this.

Chen Ling whispered, "See? It's okay to hit him. He needs to learn his lesson from a young age. You just need to know your limits. You'll understand when you have your own kids."

He said some harsh things just now, and then he left Rui Rui at the back.

After restarting the car, I drove very carefully, making sure it was steady, afraid that the brat would bump into something.

"Well, actually, I was just about to ask you about this. Du Juan and I had been using contraception for a long time, so it was quite difficult to conceive. But you two seem to be able to conceive so easily. Do you have any secrets?"

To impart knowledge and skills.

So that we can have a smart, cute, and chubby little baby like Rui Rui.

"Uh, you mean this secret recipe? It actually exists... but I've never used it, so I don't know if it's effective. It was passed down from my father-in-law's family, so it shouldn't be a big problem."

"In that case, when you go back to the village tomorrow, first go to my estate and drink two bowls of highly nourishing medicinal wine. Take the medicine the next day; the effect will be even better."

Actually, Chen Ling wanted to suggest that he and Du Juan stay at the farm for two days, as it was truly a blessed place.

But Du Juan and Wang Susu are doing well in the city lately, so let's talk about that later.

He guessed that Du Juan must have brought up the matter with Wang Susu as well.

Wang Susu will definitely come up with some ideas for them.

Women just don't talk about this kind of thing publicly.

"Then I can rest assured. Otherwise, my parents will definitely scold me if they see me coming over and always hanging out with you. Tomorrow I'll go to their place to brew some medicine so they know I'm trying."

A lighthearted expression appeared on the lynx's face.

Then he rubbed the stubble on his face a couple of times, smacked his lips, and said with a hint of regret, "If it weren't for those wild monkeys causing trouble today, Afu and Ashou would have caught a lot more prey."

Think about it, how many wild animals did we encounter along the way when we were chasing wild monkeys?

Herds of deer, wild boars, muntjacs… I even see wild sheep on the northern mountains.”

Chen Ling was also very eager to join in. He looked out the window, smiled, and nodded: "Yes, the mountains are really lively this year. Don't leave this autumn. Just stay here, hunt during the day, and make babies at night. Get busy!"

"Haha, you little rascal, you always spout weird stuff."

The car slowly drove along the embankment of the Nansha River to the forest farm in the east of the city. This is the Yaba River, which intersects with the Nansha River.

There are quite a few tourists here.

Of course, there aren't as many as before, but Garlic and the others were here to rescue people in the first place.

Devout pilgrims, or those who have just arrived after hearing the news, will always come here for a visit.

It has become a must-visit spot.

It was just past noon, and a herd of yellow cattle grazed by the river, while wild ducks and other water birds roamed in small groups on the distant water. Many tourists used this place as a campsite.

I don't know whose cart it came from, but it was supported by blue bricks at both ends, and it was full of food. People were eating and drinking there, and there were many children running around, chasing butterflies and catching grasshoppers, creating quite a lively atmosphere.

Chen Ling originally wanted to come down and take a look, but Afu and Ashou were being played with by Rui Rui and became lively again. The little baby was playing with them, and they kept opening their mouths and shaking their heads to pretend to bite and fight back on the little baby's hands and feet. It was just like a group of little babies playing a game together.

At this moment, Chen Ling suddenly stopped the car, and they all craned their necks in curiosity.

Good heavens, people outside were looking this way when two huge tiger heads suddenly appeared in the car, which startled them.

Soon, Chen Ling saw people in the crowd shouting excitedly. There was no point in stopping the car anymore. Chen Ling stepped on the gas and drove off again.

Let's just go to Dumb Lake in the north of the city instead.

But unexpectedly, quite a few things happened today.

The road to Dumb Lake is not difficult to travel.

We happened to come across a fight in the forest, with blood everywhere, it was really creepy.

These are none other than strangers.

One of them was Chen Ling's old neighbors, Wang Chunyuan and Qin Dongmei.

The other side is the village's former tyrant, Erzhu's father and his family.

At this moment, Wang Chunyuan was seen lying on the ground, half of his body covered in blood, while Qin Dongmei was still jumping up and down and cursing.

Opposite him was a bald, pot-bellied old man, short in stature, with a fierce face. From his appearance to his attire, he was a spitting image of the 'Fire Cloud Evil God'.

This is Erzhu's father, Chen Gulu, the same Gulu as in "cartwheel".

Villagers used to say in private: "The wheel is making noise, the fool is causing trouble."

When read aloud in the local dialect, it's easy to remember, and it's something that Chen Ling and his generation of kids remember most vividly.

This statement refers to his past role in the village, where he only gave orders and caused chaos. The villagers worked tirelessly but ended up ungrateful and hated him intensely.

However, after they slunk away to the county, they haven't seen each other much in recent years.

I never expected to run into him here.

At this moment, behind this 'old wheelchair' stood a silly-looking man, his eldest son.

That is, Erzhu's older brother.

In front of the father and son, an old woman was already tearing at Qin Dongmei.

When the father and son saw that Qin Dongmei was being held back, they took the sticks and beat Wang Chunyuan, who was lying on the ground.

This caused a stir among the onlookers.

But none of them said they called the police or stepped in to stop the fight.

With so many people blocking the road, Chen Ling got out of the car and asked what was going on.

Only then did I realize that Wang Chunyuan's old problem had flared up again.

Back when he worked at the township health center, this old rascal always liked to flirt with pretty widows and young wives.

Unexpectedly, after being beaten along with those tomb raiders, he was released so quickly and even got involved with Chen Erzhu's family.

The Erzhu family is quite unique.

His father, Chen Gulu, was rich and powerful back then, and was even a cadre, but his first son was mentally challenged.

However, this fool is also blessed with good fortune.

Chen Gulu is ruthless and cruel to outsiders, but he loves his son dearly; anyone else might have abandoned him.

He did not.

I raised them until they grew up.

During the years when Chen Erzhu made his fortune in the sand quarry, he even found a wife for this simple-minded man.

What Wang Chunyuan stole was this young wife.

It is said that after Wang Chunyuan was released from prison, he and Qin Dongmei were too ashamed to return to their village, so they stayed in the county.

He often visited Chen Gulu's house.

After all, his father, Wang Laochou, and Chen Gulu were among the three notorious bullies of Chenwangzhuang back then.

We've known each other for a long time.

I don't know how, but after going there so many times, I ended up having an affair with that mentally challenged woman.

It is said that Chen Erzhu and Chen Gulu are both rich, but no one knows where they keep their money at home; it is well hidden.

Qin Dongmei called Chen Gulu and his wife out at noon today, and Wang Chunyuan took the opportunity to go inside to steal people and try to steal money, but he forgot about the matter of the big fool.

In the end, things went wrong because of the fool.

Those who moved from the village usually settled on the outskirts of the county town, mostly in self-built houses, very close to the forest farm. After the incident, they fled to the forest farm while being chased.

It has become what it is now.

Chen Ling and his group weren't interested in watching the commotion; they were waiting for things to calm down a bit before making way.

Unexpectedly, after being beaten halfway, Wang Chunyuan suddenly found the strength from somewhere and struggled to his feet and ran away despite being surrounded and beaten by Chen Gulu and his son.

This running away had a significant impact; the crowd scattered in all directions.

The idiot chased after Wang Chunyuan, who was yelling and brandishing a shovel. Wang Chunyuan crawled under the Lynx car, and the idiot smashed the shovel into the windshield.

With a loud bang, the glass shattered into pieces all over the floor.

That's why I say he's a fool.

When their stubbornness kicks in, nobody cares about whether it's made of glass or not.

Shouting and crying, he threw down the shovel and crawled under the car, grabbing Wang Chunyuan's ankle and biting him.

Rui Rui had never seen anything like this before, and he was so frightened in the car that he cried loudly. The two tigers first stood up and stared fiercely out the window, then gently licked the little boy's arm to comfort him and tell him not to cry.

"Damn it, why are we so unlucky today?"

"The lynx cursed in a low voice."

Chen Ling glanced at the old man rushing over, frowned, and said nothing. He then dragged the big idiot out from under the car.

"Chen Fugui, what are you doing?"

"I haven't wanted to talk to you for the past few years. Don't think I don't know anything. I haven't settled accounts with you for my son's mistakes yet."

Chen Gulu glared, looking even fiercer than the Fire Cloud Evil God.

As the old man started shouting, the old woman also let go of Qin Dongmei and rushed over like a mother hen protecting her chicks, yelling sharply: "You bastard Chen Fugui, let go of my eldest son! Others may be afraid of you, but my family is not!"

That's true; his family is indeed quite arrogant and has always been known for its domineering and tyrannical behavior.

In the early days of reform and opening up, people were encouraged to take out loans to do business. However, most rural people were traditional in their thinking, and even taking on a small amount of debt would feel like a burden to them, so no one was willing to take that risk.

However, there were also some who were bold, such as the fathers of Erzhu and Chunyuan and the old man of Wang Ershen's family.

As the old saying goes, "The bold get rich while the timid starve," and back then, those who were bold ate until their mouths were greasy.

Once they got the money, they didn't know what to do with it. They opened factories, became bosses, and indulged in extravagance and wasteful spending every day.

It is said that back then, they could even pay to fly the planes from the "old plane nest" in Pigeon Camp for a whole day.

As for the aircraft, it is naturally a fighter jet.

Pigeon Camp and Whistle Camp – you can tell from the names of this village and town that it has something to do with the military. There used to be an air force there, and the airfield there was often used for target practice back then.

Rows of fighter jets emerged from the aircraft hangar, which was constructed of stone on the bottom and wood on the top, and took off from the runway into the blue sky, like birds leaving their nests to soar. The hangar was affectionately called the "aircraft nest" by the people.

Chen Gulu and his group were frequent visitors there; they were able to charter a plane.

Back then, being able to board an airplane and fly around everywhere was even more glamorous than Chen Ling.

Chen Ling may seem remarkable to others, but in their eyes, he might not be so respected.

Not content with just cursing, the old woman also reached out to scratch Chen Ling's face.

(End of this chapter)