My 1995 Small Farm.

Chapter 579 Like a Sea Turtle

Sure enough, the mother then said that when the little boy was playing with his friends, he saw Chen Ling riding back on horseback, and they wanted to ride horses too.

However, things didn't go as Chen Ling expected.

After sneaking over, the group of mischievous kids were terrified by the sight of the little green horse baring its big white teeth and spitting wildly before they even got close to it.

This time, it was Chen Ling's turn to be helpless.

The little blue horse looks tall and majestic, a rare breed, but it's actually quite mischievous at heart.

That's how it is in the village.

Moreover, its mischievousness is quite different from that of Heiwa, Xiaojin, Afu, and Ashou.

It loves to scare children.

And they repeatedly refused to change their ways, finding pleasure in it.

Chen Ling tried to teach it a lesson several times, but it was no use. When they were in the county town, it would always secretly scare passing students.

Many children who have just learned to ride a bicycle don't have a small bicycle at home, so they ride the old-fashioned 28-inch bicycle, with their feet tucked under the crossbar.

It's not riding steadily; it's wobbling around.

The little blue horse deliberately scares people. Several times it bared its teeth and scared people so much that they fell off their bikes and took a big tumble.

Chen Ling had to pay for a lot of snacks and good food from home because of this.

At this age, children are resilient and easy to please; a little treat will suffice.

If this were a pampered child in the city, their parents would have already come knocking on their door.

But.

This mother didn't come here today to seek justice.

However, although her child was frightened, he still wanted to ride a horse.

This child is clever too.

Seeing that the little blue horse was aloof, he wanted to ask Chen Ling to teach him how to ride it.

This is a brain that most children wouldn't be able to think of.

His mother wouldn't let him come, feeling it was inappropriate, so he refused to eat dinner and kept crying.

And what's even funnier is...

Hungry, I came to the stairwell and smelled the meat from Chen Ling's house. This brat was hungry and greedy, and he even asked his mother to get some of their own good food to exchange for some good food with Chen Ling.

Many teachers in the family dormitory do this, looking after each other's children and exchanging food; they are aware of this.

But his mother felt very awkward. She felt that she didn't know Chen Ling, he wasn't a teacher's family member in the building, and she was asking him for food and then expecting him to ride her horse...

It would be difficult for any normal person to do that.

But this child was a stubborn one from a young age. While his other friends had long since stopped asking to ride horses after returning home, he would cry and make a fuss endlessly.

Many neighbors came out to see what was going on.

This left the mother with no choice but to bite the bullet and knock on Chen Ling's door, as she couldn't keep disturbing everyone in the building.

Chen Ling saw that it was a neighbor from downstairs and smiled understandingly: "It's alright, but little one, it's too late now. How about I take you horseback riding tomorrow?"

The little boy immediately stopped crying, looked up at Chen Ling, and asked blankly, "Tomorrow is Monday, Uncle, don't you have to teach your students tomorrow?"

Upon hearing this, Chen Ling couldn't help but laugh and said, "You've misunderstood. Uncle isn't a teacher, so I don't need to teach classes."

"Look at your eyes, they're so sore from crying. Go back and put a warm towel on them, and go to sleep early."

After hearing this, the little boy's mother sighed softly, appreciating Chen Ling's understanding, and nodded and smiled gratefully at him.

He patted the little boy on the shoulder again, "Hurry up and thank your uncle."

"Thank you, Uncle. Do you watch videotapes? My dad has a lot of videotapes, including martial arts movies and foreign films. They're really good. If you want to watch them, I'll bring them to you tomorrow."

The little boy looked into Chen Ling's house with his red and swollen eyes, swallowed hard, and said, "I also have a martial arts staff and a broadsword and iron sword. I'll give them to you, Uncle. It'll be so cool to ride a horse with them."

"Oh my, that's wonderful! But I can't accept these things without doing anything in return. I only taught you how to ride a horse, how can I accept these things?"

Chen Ling noticed the little boy's greedy look and said that on purpose.

Sure enough, the little boy whispered to his mother, who was looking embarrassed, "It's okay, Uncle, I'll just have a meal at your house."

The young mother finally couldn't hold back and slapped him on the back of the head, saying in shame and indignation, "How rude of you to make so many demands of your uncle."

The main problem is that this kind of behavior is like someone who is poor and whose family refuses to cook good food for their children, which is just too shameful.

"How have your father and I taught you? Don't you feel ashamed? Tell me, do you want to ride on a horse, or do you want to eat something delicious at your uncle's house?"

The little boy started crying again: "Waaah, I... I want to."

"Mom, I'm going to call Dad and tell him you hit me."

Seeing this, Chen Ling knew he couldn't let the child keep howling in the middle of the night, so he quickly scooped out a large bowl of rabbit meat and sent the child away.

"This young man has a really good temper and is very patient. It's great that he lives in our building. I'll visit him another day."

Some neighbors who were watching the area noticed that Chen Ling showed no impatience or indifference towards the difficult child, and they developed a good impression of him.

So the next morning, when Chen Ling went downstairs to buy steamed buns and dumplings, many people greeted him and chatted with him.

Before long, the little boy and his mother also came looking for him, carrying large and small bags.

To Chen Ling's surprise, it was a bit unexpected. She had always lived quietly here before, and she hadn't noticed anything unusual this time. How did she suddenly meet so many new neighbors?

If it weren't for the fact that I had to take a group of children horseback riding on the school playground in the morning...

Many people even invite him to their homes for dinner.

So much so that when Lynx drove his repaired car to find him, he was quite surprised to see teachers greeting Chen Ling everywhere he went on campus. He remarked that Chen Ling was very popular and could make new friends no matter where he went.

It's also especially popular with children.

If you become a human trafficker, you're sure to make a fortune.

Chen Ling laughed and simply said that he had run into a group of children who were engrossed in watching a martial arts film and were vying to ride horses, without explaining anything further.

Honestly, it's good to get to know some new neighbors and friends.

That's right. To avoid unnecessary trouble in the future, we should just put the little green horse into the cave.

Besides its eye-catching appearance, this horse is also quite unruly.

It would be bad if we really scared the child.

However, when the Lynx arrived, Chen Ling had already taken the children horseback riding and brought them back.

Now that the children have all started school, they are all influenced by the TV dramas of this era and are very obsessed with everything in martial arts dramas. They like to wield swords and pretend to be heroes, and even some little girls are like that.

But being able to actually ride a horse and play for a morning was incredibly satisfying. After waving goodbye to Chen Ling, they all happily went to school with their little schoolbags on their backs.

As for Chen Ling, he naturally wanted to take advantage of the fact that he wasn't tied up with worldly affairs today and hurry to the lynx's dog farm to choose a turtle.

"Choose one, and after you've made your choice, we'll go watch dog fighting."

Those people have been calling me a lot these past few days, trying to get you to come over. They were afraid you wouldn't go, so they even called Boss Sun and Boss Yu Bangjin over.

As Chen Ling led the horse out of the school, Lynx said this.

"Dog fighting is no fun. I'd rather go find Professor Han for a free meal after I've finished picking the tortoise."

Chen Ling shook his head, not wanting to go.

"This dogfight isn't a dog race; it's a real dogfight, where dogs are put up to fight and bets are placed. It's quite a big event."

I bet you've never seen this kind of gameplay before.

"If you don't have anything else to do, go check it out. We can go to Uncle Han's place tonight."

"Oh? Is that how you play it? I've never seen it before. I'd like to go check it out."

Upon hearing this, Chen Ling immediately became interested.

Before we had many dogs at home, we only had two big dogs, Heiwa and Xiaojin. Back then, Erhei and the others were just growing up from puppies.

He couldn't bear to see the bloody scenes of dogs fighting each other in dogfighting arenas.

Now, after raising dogs for a long time, he has gradually become able to distinguish between them. Apart from those puppies, he only cares about his own dog.

After all, I've raised my dog ​​since it was a puppy, so I have a bond with it.

It's none of your business whether someone else's dog is good or bad.

Moreover, these kinds of fierce dogs used for dog fighting don't require strangers to take care of them.

This thing has its good and bad sides, and many of them are similar to Tiger Head Yellow in personality.

Stubborn, he only believes in one master for his entire life.

Moreover, they are fiercely passionate and can be aggressive, sometimes causing well-intentioned outsiders to have the opposite effect.

And then there are dogs that dog fighters only pursue in terms of fighting ability, regardless of the dog's temperament. Such dogs can be terrifying when they go berserk.

There's no need to pity them, nor is there any need to get close to them, otherwise it could be life-threatening.

So that's it.

If you invite him to the dogfighting arena to watch the excitement, he'll go; after all, there's nothing else to do after he's chosen the tortoise.

The two arrived at the dog farm in a car and on horseback.

It was a little past nine o'clock, and the sun was high in the sky. Many turtles crawled to the edge of the pond and basked in the sun, stretching out their four legs.

The large pack of dogs at the dog kennel is already a common sight.

They are not afraid of dogs, but as soon as people come near, they quickly leap into the water and hide.

This is what Lynx meant when he said that keeping turtles outdoors made them wild.

If people feed them food every day, this is fine.

But the lynx didn't have the time for that; they simply filled the pond with fish and shrimp every now and then.

Gradually, it will become no different from a wild turtle, and it will become more and more afraid of people.

There was nothing the turtle could do; it had to hide.

The two then used a net to scoop turtles out of the pond.

They chased them away while simultaneously scooping them up.

It took almost an hour to scoop all the turtles out of the pond.

They were thrown into a large basin and a bucket, respectively.

"When I released them, there were thirty-two, and now there are exactly thirty-two, no more and no less, and none of them have died."

The lynx counted them and said with a hint of surprise, "It was thrown into the pool and left unattended for three years. Not only did it not die, it has grown quite a bit. I reckon it would make a good profit if we sold it again."

Chen Ling laughed and said, "Then you might as well sell it to me."

"Get lost! Are you trying to slap me in the face? The medicinal wine you gave me could buy so many turtles!"

The lynx rolled its eyes: "Stop talking nonsense, come and pick one."

Then he squatted down next to the large basin and bucket, picked them up in his hands, and introduced to Chen Ling what kinds of turtles they were.

What about Vietnamese golden coin turtles, musk turtles, hawksbill turtles, mud turtles, map turtles...?

Chen Ling couldn't understand a lot of it.

In the end, he chose the two turtles he had his eye on the night before.

The lynx said it was a pig-nosed turtle.

Chen Ling didn't care whether it was a pig-nosed or cow-nosed turtle; he fell in love with it at first sight and wanted to take it home to raise. No other turtle was as attractive as it.

There's no other reason than that this thing looks so peculiar, with two big claws, toes, and webbed feet, it looks just like a sea turtle.

If you kept this in your own tank, it would be absolutely gorgeous.

The only downside is that the two pig-nosed turtles here, one black and one gray, both have small lesions on their shells, which are about the size of a bowl.

Lynx was quite helpless when he talked about this.

This turtle is a completely aquatic turtle, and even though there is a sloping basking platform by the turtle pond, it doesn't like to sunbathe.

This places particularly high demands on water quality.

Once the water becomes cloudy and contaminated, it must be changed promptly.

Otherwise, while the other turtles are fine, the pig-nosed turtle will get sick.

Fortunately, the turtle pond in the lynx is a seepage pond, with tap water slowly dripping into it, which is barely equivalent to running water. The water slowly seeps in and slowly flows out, allowing for a slow cycle.

Otherwise, if they had been thrown into a regular pond, these two turtles would have died of illness long ago.

"Just these two? Why don't you pick a few more?"

"I won't be picky anymore, two will be enough."

Chen Ling took a liking to the pig-nosed turtle's two forelimbs that resembled those of a sea turtle.

He didn't know or understand any other turtles.

I think putting it in a tank is less fun than keeping it as a pet pig-nosed turtle.

"I was telling you to take two of each kind back with you... Never mind, I'll take some back for you on my way and let my parents keep them."

"Whenever you want to raise one, just go and get it."

Aside from the pig-nosed turtle, the lynx keeps three or four of each of the other turtles.

It is said that in the past, people bought so many that they were afraid the animals wouldn't survive in the tank.

He would keep a few dogs at the dog farm, and then take the rest to the village.

Chen Ling watched him catch the turtle and asked curiously, "You've been raising them here for three years, keeping them like this, haven't any of them crawled ashore to lay eggs?"

"Yes, there are many. There are dogs, and the ground here is hard. I'm often not home and can't take care of them. The dogs dig up and eat all the turtle eggs laid by the turtles."

The lynx shook its head helplessly.

"I brought them to your place to raise so that they could lay more eggs. My parents don't have much to do on weekdays, so they can just keep an eye on them when the season comes."

"Of course, it would be best if you took them all home to raise."

"Come on, let Uncle Zhong and his wife raise them. My Rui Rui and Zhen Zhen have caught a whole yard full of turtles."

If Chen Ling weren't keeping deep-water turtles in a tank, the wheat field turtles at home would have been enough.

It's just something kids play with, nothing serious.

They're all local turtles; if they run away, we just go and catch them again without a second thought.

"Haha, the yellow-margined box turtle is pretty good too. If you raise it properly, it can be tamed. It's more intelligent than other turtles. Raising it is like raising a puppy."

"The lynx laughed."

This turtle is indeed like that.

Zhao Yubao had mentioned before that this turtle is as lively and active as a dog and can be tamed.

The wheat field turtles that Rui Rui plays with come in all shapes and sizes. Some of them he's gotten used to playing with and feeding.

When he got home, as soon as he approached the water tank, the turtles all raised their pale golden heads and crawled out from under the lotus leaves and water plants, waiting for him to feed them.

This is also why Rui Rui likes turtles so much.

He used to feed those little chicks, but he couldn't get them to eat properly, and they weren't as cute as when they were little, so he gradually lost interest.

At this moment, the lynx said something again, and Chen Ling joked, "Like a dog? Then I'll have to raise it well. I'm counting on it to guard the house when it grows up."

"Huh? You're going to have tortoises guard the door? Well, you've got a long wait. A thousand-year-old tortoise is a ten-thousand-year-old turtle. It'll have to be raised for at least several decades or a hundred years, and it'll have to be as big as a millstone, haha."

The lynx was stunned by Chen Ling's ingenious idea.

Chen Ling smiled, looked up at the sun, and said, "It's getting late, let's hurry over to the dogfighting area."

After that, I still need to go to the livestock market to fix the horse's hooves and get new horseshoes.

(End of this chapter)