My 1995 Small Farm.

She's just an old shrew.

Chen Ling wouldn't tolerate her.

He slapped her across the face and sent her sprawling to the ground.

"Are you even being reasonable? This idiot came up and smashed our car window, almost hurting my child, and you're still complaining?"

"You sons of bitches, pay up right now! Don't utter another word, or I'll kill you all!"

Chen Ling was furious.

joke.

The two of us hadn't bothered anyone here, and then some idiot smashed our car window.

I'm the victim here, aren't I?
Those two old geezers are something else. They say they're not afraid of me, as if they've suffered some great injustice.

"You want to kill us? You little bastard, you dare to be so arrogant even after leaving the village. I think you don't want to live anymore."

Upon seeing his wife being beaten, Chen Gulu glared angrily and swung the carrying pole at Chen Ling.

The big idiot also scrambled to his feet, yelling and waving his arms to hit Chen Ling.

But we haven't gotten close yet.

Then a gunshot rang out.

The big idiot let out a loud scream and immediately covered his ears and squatted down.

Chen Gulu also fell silent instantly.

At this moment, a gasp rippled through the crowd. Lynx, holding a gun, pointed it at the family and slowly walked to Chen Ling's side.

Behind him was a magnificent tiger that had appeared out of nowhere. It walked with elegant, slow steps to Chen Ling's other side, staring at them menacingly.

This is why the onlookers gasped in astonishment.

tiger!

They not only had guns, but also tigers.

And it wasn't just one; another one was standing on the hood of the black jeep, staring fiercely at Chen Gulu's family, looking like it was about to pounce and devour them at any moment.

Everyone was terrified and began to retreat cautiously, no longer daring to shout or scream, for fear that the two beasts might suddenly become enraged and attack them.

Qin Dongmei, on the other side, was initially gloating.

I feel that God has eyes.

Originally, it was just my family's bad luck that caused trouble today.

Unexpectedly, as they fought, they suddenly became enemies and started fighting each other.

Isn't this a sign of divine intervention?

It seems like fate sent Chen Ling, this nemesis, here to fight Chen Gulu like dogs.

She felt incredibly happy and almost started singing.

Even Wang Chunyuan didn't bother to pay attention.

After tidying up his messy hair, he sat down on the grass at the edge of the forest, ready to enjoy the excitement.

Unexpectedly, they had only just sat down...

In the blink of an eye, things have turned out like this.

Good heavens, where did that damned Chen Fugui get that tiger?

I didn't see where he was hiding before, could he have appeared out of thin air?

Thinking of Chen Ling's two large, strangely alluring dogs, she began to shudder.

Damn it, this kid is terrifying.

Qin Dongmei was terrified.

The Chen family was also nearly scared to death.

After being slapped by Chen Ling, the old woman initially remained on the ground with her big butt sticking up, whimpering and refusing to get up, trying to extort money from him.

Hearing the gunshot and seeing the tiger, just like Chen Gulu, his face turned deathly pale.

"you you you……"

Chen Gulu was sweating profusely, gripping the carrying pole with one hand and pointing at Chen Ling with the other, unable to utter a complete sentence.

"Stop talking nonsense, pay up. Pay for the broken glass, and also pay for the fact that my child was frightened."

Chen Ling had no interest in arguing with them and said impatiently.

The old woman instantly forgot about the tiger right in front of her the moment she heard about money.

He shouted to those around him, "Look everyone, he's bullying us! He's bullying us! Why is my family so unlucky? We just had a huge embarrassment, and now we've run into this bully!"

Everyone knows my eldest son is a bit slow and doesn't understand anything. What would he know?

The shameless thief hid under the car, and that's when he chased after him.

That's when they didn't notice they had smashed the car window.

You know perfectly well that my eldest son is mentally challenged, yet you still try to extort money from us. I can't live like this anymore!

As she spoke, she wiped away her tears and began to sob.

However, the old woman's skill in wailing was far less proficient than that of Wang Juxiang's mother, Liang Guizhen.

Not many onlookers echoed this sentiment.

"Fine, so you just don't want to pay compensation, right? Well then, let's settle this score..."

Chen Ling pointed at the big idiot on the ground, "Afu, drag him away."

Afu immediately stepped forward.

Chen Gulu and his wife were startled. The old woman screamed and cried, while the old man pulled his stupid son back.

"Ouch."

Suddenly, Afu let out a fierce roar and lunged forward.

They picked up the big idiot and dragged him into the woods.

That big idiot was so scared he cried and screamed like a pig being slaughtered.

Soon after, Afu dragged him into the depths, and he disappeared without a trace.

Chen Gulu and the old woman couldn't stop the tiger no matter what they tried. They were so anxious, angry, and frightened that the old woman fainted with her mouth and eyes crooked.

Chen Gulu stared blankly as his son was dragged into the woods, finally realizing the danger; his hands trembled uncontrollably.

"I'll pay you back, I'll pay you back, I'll go home and get it right now."

He looked at Chen Ling with fear in his eyes and pleaded, "Quickly bring my boss, Tiger, back. I'll pay whatever you ask for in compensation."

He used to look down on Chen Ling because of his past glory.

When I was in my prime, what hadn't I eaten and seen? This kid is nothing compared to me.
He's nobody.

He doesn't think that way anymore.

Looking at the tiger that had vanished into the woods, and then at the other tiger perched on the car hood, its eyes fixed menacingly on them, his heart pounded with anxiety.

This kid isn't about whether he's doing well or not, or whether he's rich and powerful; he's just... a bit too eccentric.

We can't afford to mess with them, we really can't afford to mess with them.

He might be more accepting if he had heard about what happened with Chen Ling's dog.

But in the past, they looked down on the village and on little kids like Chen Ling. But at first glance, they were quite frightened.

Chen Ling glanced at him twice.

Then he waved his hand and said, "Afu, come back."

Afu then dragged the big idiot out of the depths of the forest again, carrying him in its mouth. However, the idiot's clothes had already been torn to shreds, leaving him naked, and his body was covered in wounds.

These scratches were actually caused during the dragging process.

But when people saw it, they gasped in horror and retreated a long distance away.

People were saying that a tiger must have been in the forest preparing to eat someone, because the big fool was covered in teeth marks and bloody cuts.

Soon, news of the tiger Chen Fugui kept eating people spread like wildfire.

Chen Ling has gained an even greater reputation for being ruthless than before.

This caused quite a stir.

……

Life is full of unexpected events.

Later, even after Chen Gulu paid compensation, the mountain cat couldn't help but mutter on the way to Dumb Lake: "Those monkeys in the mountains are really unlucky. I haven't had a single good thing since I met them this morning."

"Why don't we go and offer incense to the Turtle King these next couple of days? We need to get rid of this bad luck."

Chen Ling laughed and said, "You hang out with Uncle Han all day, and you still believe in this? That big turtle is just a rare animal, but ordinary people treat it like a god. Why do you want to join in this nonsense?"

"What nonsense! Didn't your whole family see that turtle king saving people? This is something that an ordinary thousand-year-old turtle would do."

Besides, when you're out in the world, it doesn't hurt to believe in a few deities.

With the refreshing breeze blowing through the woods, the lynx leaned comfortably back in its seat. Now that the car's windshield was gone, the wind blew right into the car as soon as it started moving, which was quite pleasant.

"You have no idea, one of Uncle Han's old classmates believes in Marxism, God, and now he also believes in Buddhism. His family worships the God of Wealth and the Goddess of Fertility... It's a complete hodgepodge."

Chen Ling laughed and said, "That's fine too. We believe whichever is effective, regardless of whether it's foreign or local. The main thing about the Chinese nation is practicality."

They chatted along the way and soon arrived at Dumb Lake.

Sure enough, there was no one here anymore.

The wild grass along the entire lake is taller than a person, densely surrounding the lake. If you listen carefully as you get closer, you can hear the cawing of water birds.

"Wow, this flock of egrets has actually flown all the way here. They've flown really far."

“You’re wrong about that. These aren’t the ones near our house. Look at the reeds and grass by the water; they have nests here.”

As Chen Ling spoke, Afu and Ashou quietly crouched down and crept over.

This time they were much more patient than when they were chasing the monkeys in the morning. They were careful and made no sound. When they reached the water's edge, they suddenly pounced.

With a loud splash, the water rippled and birds took flight in fright.

Afu and Ashou plunged into the water, and the next moment they returned to the shore triumphantly with their prey in their mouths. Neither of them missed their prey, and both of them succeeded.

Afu caught a wild duck, and Ashou caught a great egret.

Seeing this, Rui Rui shouted with joy and tried to go forward, but Chen Ling pulled her back.

Although I brought a medicine pouch to keep out mosquitoes, the weeds here are too tall and dense, and there are many snakes, scorpions, and venomous insects inside, so it's easy to get bitten.

Only after Afu and Ashou brought the prey over did the father and son approach.

The lynx took a wicker stick, used it to knock down grass, and went for a walk. When it came back, it was puzzled and said, "How strange! The egrets here have built nests but haven't laid eggs. None of the nests have hatched any baby egrets."

"They probably flew in late, past their season, and didn't lay any eggs. Look, they haven't molted yet."

Chen Ling pointed to the egret that Ah Shou was carrying. Egrets molt into beautiful breeding plumage during the spring and summer breeding season to attract mates.

Once a pair is successfully formed and incubation begins, these fancy decorations will gradually fade away.

The great egrets at Dumb Lake haven't lost their breeding plumage yet; their cheeks are still yellow, which means that even if they laid eggs this year, no chicks have hatched.

"Yes, I forgot that."

Lynx nodded: "Actually, I've been thinking about raising some rare birds this year, like Brother Yu Qi'an who often comes to visit you, just to have some fun."

Ideally, one could also keep an eagle.

If you don't come back today, I'll go look for you on the mountain myself, or I'll set up a net outside your village.

Let's see how many days we catch the birds.

"Huh? You've stopped keeping fish and turtles? Weren't you really into keeping fish and turtles a few years ago?"

Chen Ling laughed and said, "Now I'm thinking of raising birds. In a couple of years, I won't want to keep insects, will I? I'll keep up with all kinds of things, from flowers and birds to insects and fish."

Besides keeping dogs and hunting, the lynx was quite obsessed with keeping fish and turtles a few years ago.

He doesn't keep ornamental fish; he prefers to keep more aggressive, carnivorous fish.

He doesn't like land turtles when it comes to keeping turtles; he prefers aquatic turtles, especially deep-water turtles. He finds it very fun to put them in a large tank and let all the turtles, big and small, swim around.

In those years, besides raising turtles, I also caught all sorts of strange fish, shrimp, crabs, clams, snails and turtles together.

They also plant all sorts of strange and unusual plants everywhere, and spend a lot of money tinkering with all kinds of trinkets to create aquascapes in the turtle tank.

Two years ago, Chen Ling accidentally caught two red eels. When Zhao Dahai found out, his first thought was to call the lynx over.

However, by then the lynx had lost interest.

Even raising turtles is an example.

After all, I travel all over the place and work in the field for a long time. I don't have time to take care of myself anymore. Gradually, that enthusiasm fades and the feeling naturally diminishes.

"Tch, you're the one talking. It's because I saw how fancy yours is that I thought about raising some other things too. After all, there's only a short period of time a year when you want to hunt, and besides taking the dogs hunting, you need to have something else for everyday life."

I'm quite envious of you riding horses, releasing hawks and pigeons, but you can't really keep them.

"Let's raise birds first; that's easier to manage."

"In that case, you can take Zhenzhen's little crow and cuckoo with you. They were raised from a young age and are not afraid of people. They will be easy to raise when you get back."

Chen Ling was referring to the two bird eggs that Wang Zhenzhen had taken in the spring.

One is a crow's egg, and the other is a cuckoo's egg.

The cuckoo laid its eggs in another bird's nest. When Wang Zhenzhen found out about the bird's behavior, she and her group of children were furious.

They said they would take these two eggs back, raise them, and let the baby crows bully the cuckoos.

Later, it was placed under the brooding hen to incubate.

These bird eggs are small, and sometimes the hen will hatch bad eggs. Chen Ling even moved them to a quail's nest to incubate them.

Fortunately, the baby crow and baby cuckoo successfully hatched in the end.

The kids just lacked patience, and they even forgot about Wang Zhenzhen.

The two birds are still being cared for by the adults in the family.

Normally, we just pick up some insects and grasshoppers to feed them, and they're incredibly easy to catch at this time of year.

"No, no, Zhenzhen doesn't seem to care. Maybe it's her precious treasure, after all, she raised it from a chick... I'll go for a walk in the mountains again tomorrow. It would be even better if I could catch a few beautiful ground birds. It's like raising chickens, so easy."

"Then why don't you raise pigeons? Pigeons lay eggs all year round. You can keep them on the ground with their wings clipped. The red pigeons in our mountains are very beautiful."

The pigeon is the same as the spotted dove, and the red pigeon is naturally the spotted dove.

The pigeon with its red neck and wings is truly beautiful.

"Hey, that's an idea. Let's finalize this first..."

The lynx's eyes lit up: "Hmm...we'll talk about other things later. For the next few days, Afu and Ashou will have to go into the mountains at least once a day. I'll take another stroll around."

Upon hearing this, Chen Ling glanced at him and said, "You're raising this bird like a chicken, you're not planning to kidnap the little red-crowned crane, are you?"

Lynx immediately panicked: "Nonsense! I'm Professor Han's student, would I do such a thing?"

The two bickered as they led the child and the tiger around the lake to hunt some small prey.

Suddenly, a series of car horns sounded in the distance, and at the same time, people's voices could be heard: "I see a car, they've brought a tiger here."

Chen Ling and Lynx were taken aback when they heard this.

Damn it, people actually chased this far to see a tiger! They must have nothing better to do. (End of Chapter)