My 1995 Small Farm.

Chapter 601 is no joke.
"Oh? You're from the Wei army?"

Chen Ling recognized the man's face and then remembered that he was from the Fenglei Town Family Planning Office.

He and Xiang Yuhua, a classmate of Wang Susu, were a couple.

Two years ago, when Chen Ling accompanied Wang Susu on her first trip back to her parents' home, they met these people while having a meal in town.

These two so-called old classmates looked down on Wang Susu back then.

Later, when they encountered Chen Ling driving several friends' cars to Fenglei Town to pick up people, their enthusiasm returned.

Every time we meet, I greet them and then post a long, monologue.

Especially now that Chen Ling's reputation is being touted so highly.

When she first met Xiang Yuhua and Niu Xiaoling, she took the initiative to write letters to Wang Susu, reminiscing about old times.

Wang Susu is kind-hearted and soft-hearted.

She knew in her heart that she didn't get along as well with these old classmates as she did with Qin Qiumei and Zhong Xiaoyun.

But if someone keeps writing to me, it would be unreasonable not to reply to even one of their many letters.

So I reply occasionally.

However, due to the arrival of Rui Rui in the past two years, things have been busy, so this is all I've been able to do.

"Yes, yes, it's me. I saw you in Fenglei Town a while ago. There were a lot of you, so I didn't bother you... Later I heard that you went to the Miao village to hunt the wild boar king."

They even appeared on TV.

Wei Jun flattered him, his tone filled with envy.

Chen Ling said "Oh," and looked at him: "Then why are you stopping my mother-in-law?"

"Sigh, I can't do anything about it. Yuhua is pregnant too, and she accidentally got injured today. I called an ambulance to bring her over this afternoon..."

Then he said that he unexpectedly saw Wang Susu in the obstetrics and gynecology department and learned that Wang Susu was giving birth to her second child there. Naturally, he also got to know Wang Cunye and Gao Xiulan.

"I wanted to ask you, Auntie, if you could find someone you know to transfer me to another hospital, preferably a big one in the city, so that we can save the baby in Yuhua's belly."

Wei Jun sighed and looked very anxious.

He said he was asking about Gao Xiulan, but he was actually after Chen Ling.

At this moment, Gao Xiulan said to Chen Ling, "I just told him that our family doesn't know anyone in the hospital, but he doesn't believe me."

"I don't disbelieve you, I don't disbelieve you. I'm just worried about Yuhua's baby. The hospital said it's urgent and we can't delay any longer. They need to transfer her to another hospital as soon as possible. I really have no other choice..."

Wei Jun looked distressed and quickly explained.

Chen Ling glanced at him twice and suddenly felt that the old man's expression was somewhat similar to that of the two Japanese devils, Li Zhongyi and Chishima Miyoko.

So he shook his head and continued, "The doctor said we need to transfer to another hospital, so we have to. But we don't know anyone here who can help."

"Huh? Didn't they say there are two professors living in your village? I heard they moved here because of you, don't they know anyone there?"

Wei Jun looked extremely anxious.

Chen Ling shook his head again: "I don't know about that."

Indeed, Chen Ling was telling the truth. No matter how extensive the two old people's connections were, he couldn't possibly know everything.

But Wei Jun heard this and felt a bit cold. After a moment of surprise, he quickly realized that he had been too hasty.

So he sighed, said something like "Okay, I'll ask again," and left with a sigh.

His distraught appearance made Gao Xiulan feel a little sorry for him.

Should we ask Chen Ling to help them out?
Chen Ling didn't say much; he knew the old lady was also soft-hearted.

When we arrived at the obstetrics and gynecology department...

As soon as he went upstairs, the kind old lady doctor in the obstetrics and gynecology department waved to him.

This is the woman Qin Qiumei introduced to them when Rui Rui was born; they were already acquainted with her.

They weren't wearing white coats at the time, so it seemed they had just come in for their night shift or ward rounds.

“Fugui, come here, I need to give you a heads-up.”

Chen Ling hurried over, "What's wrong, Dr. Guo?"

“I just saw you and your mother-in-law talking to that tall, thin guy with glasses downstairs. He's not a respectable person.”

The old lady walked behind the table, putting on her white coat while coughing a few times.

"Sigh, the weather is getting colder, and my throat is sore too."

After a pause, he said, "It's said that this guy was transferred to the county's family planning commission in the second half of the year, and he got involved with a woman from a dance hall in Wangba City."

His wife is pregnant and can't control him.

I found out today that he brought that woman to our county and even arranged for her to stay there.

She was so angry that she went over crying and screaming, threatening to jump into the river. But she accidentally tripped and fell by the bridge, hurt herself, and bled a lot...

When the baby was taken to the hospital, he pleaded with the doctors and tried to bribe them to save the child.

He didn't ask a single question whether his wife was alive or dead.

It's best to stay away from people like that.

"Yes, when he came to the hospital at noon, he saw Sister Susu and said he knew her. He said his wife and Sister Susu were classmates and he was trying to find someone he knew to save the child."

The hospital said they could only guarantee the adult's safety, but he was still yelling about how to keep the child.

I don't know where they heard that transferring to a city hospital could save the child, so they kept asking people to find connections to try and get the child transferred.

He didn't even consider whether his wife could handle such a long journey, or whether she might lose her life on the way.

In my opinion, this kind of person is the worst; they will get their comeuppance.

A young nurse said with a serious expression.

Chen Ling was also confused by what the old man and the young man said.

After a long pause, he said, "Dr. Guo, how do you know everything?"

The nurse tilted her head dismissively: "Of course! There are all sorts of people in the hospital every day, so you hear all sorts of things."

Grandma Guo chuckled and said, "I wouldn't have told anyone about this if it weren't for you... You should go back and remind Susu, she seems to have a soft heart."

Chen Ling responded.

I went back and told my father-in-law and mother-in-law about it.

Gao Xiulan immediately became anxious: "Fine, he wants to ask us for help, but he won't tell the truth. It's a good thing you didn't help him, Lingzi."

Wang Cunye frowned beside him: "I know this Xiang Yuhua. When Susu was in junior high school, I sometimes took them to town. I also know her father. He's the old Xiang from Tianshui Village who caught a snake and got bitten on the hand, and had half of his finger chopped off..."

Just didn't expect it.

Yu Hua's daughter grew up and married such a son-in-law, sigh, it's really...

Two years ago, they looked down on Susu and Lingzi in town.

Gao Xiulan thought for a moment but couldn't remember, so she said, "Who cares who it is? Anyway, we can't help with this... Even if you help someone like that, they won't appreciate it, and we'll just end up getting ourselves into trouble."

Didn't you hear what Lingzi said? Even the doctor couldn't bear to look at it anymore.

Chen Ling nodded: "Dad, Mom, don't tell Susu about this yet. Just keep an eye on things here for the next couple of days and don't let them come over and bother us."

"We can be discharged from the hospital and move back to the village the day after tomorrow."

The two elders nodded quickly.

My daughter just gave birth, so it's better to let her have some peace and quiet.

Besides, Xiang Yuhua wasn't a particularly close friend of my daughter.

The three of them tacitly avoided mentioning anything.

Chen Ling only went back to his room to talk to Su Su for a few minutes, teased the second and third sons, and then rode back to the village.

Their family has always kept their distance from such melodramatic matters.

But sometimes, even if you don't look for trouble, trouble will find you.

Living in the countryside, you can't avoid these kinds of things.

Especially for someone like Wei Jun, who had just started to make progress in his career and was in the prime of his life.

It's fine if we give him face.

If you don't give him face, he will definitely hold a grudge. That goes without saying.

It's only human nature.

In addition, Chen Ling's reputation has become so prominent in the past two years that even the slightest hint of malice from the Wei army could spread rumors.

……

In the golden autumn season, the harvest is plentiful.

Under the clear sky, the mountains and fields were also a golden yellow.

Nearby in the mountains and forests, golden pears and bright red persimmons hang heavily on the branches.

Further in, green-skinned walnuts, red hawthorns, and thorny chestnuts... attract birds, squirrels, and other small animals to the trees, and some trees are even full of monkeys.

There's no need to go into the mountains at this point.

While working in the fields, a quick glance upwards reveals wild monkeys scrambling for food and chasing away birds from the swaying branches of trees in the mountains.

Every now and then, flocks of wild geese would fly in from the sky, some in large groups of hundreds, others in small groups of a dozen or so, landing on the water's edge in all directions, honking loudly.

Sound can travel very far.

"Buzz, buzz, buzz..."

The engine of the large tractor roared to life.

On the bright orange farm machine, Chen Ling, wearing sunglasses and a straw hat, slowly drove the machine into his own farmland.

The farmland was surrounded by villagers who had come to watch.

Almost the entire village, young and old, came; even the school teachers skipped classes and brought their students to watch the spectacle.

This powerful machine was purchased for the village by newly settled residents.

This is convenient for everyone to use during busy farming seasons.

In the eyes of many villagers, this was an even bigger event than the village temple fair.

Of all things under heaven, land and food are the most important.

This is an old concept that Chinese people have held for thousands of years.

Now that the village has farming tools, every household will have access to and be able to use them, so it's not something to be taken too seriously.

Besides valuing it, I felt excited and invigorated.

"Open the door to wealth and prosperity, and then teach us how to open it."

"Yes, Uncle Fugui, you have twenty acres of land. Hurry up and finish it so we can take over. We can't wait any longer."

"..."

Seeing that the shouting was getting more and more lively, Wang Laishun stepped forward and said, "Don't rush, take your turn one by one. If it's not your turn today, try tomorrow, and if it's not your turn tomorrow, try the day after tomorrow."

This farm machinery will be parked in the village from now on, so why worry about not being able to use it?
The new agricultural machinery just arrived in the village today, so let's all take a look around and give the new machines a blessing.

Starting tomorrow, whoever's turn to miss out should go and prepare to pay their grain tax.

In the end, everyone was still reluctant to respond.

Such amazing new agricultural machinery, how can one day be enough to watch over it? You have to keep an eye on it every day, right?
"Also, and also, I need to remind everyone to keep a close eye on their own children and not to follow them. You yourselves should not get too close either."

This iron beast is formidable. Fugui said that if you get too close, you'll be smashed into a pile of minced meat and there's no way to save you.

"Do you all know now?"

"I know, I know, they've said it over the loudspeaker several times already, I heard it yesterday."

The villagers were very impatient; the old man was being unreasonable and was interfering with their viewing of the new agricultural machinery.

It wasn't until Zhao Yubao and the others shouted, "Everyone, just do what you're supposed to do tomorrow. For the past two years, we've covered all the fuel costs for this machine, as long as it doesn't leave the village."

Upon hearing this, the entire audience fell silent for a moment, then erupted into an even more deafening cheer.

Every single villager gave Zhao Yubao and his companions a thumbs up, praising their kindness and righteousness.

"Alright, it won't be our turn tomorrow. Let's go erect a monument for Professor Zhao and the others. This agricultural machinery is a great contribution to our village..."

"Yes, yes, this is a great contribution, we must write it down."

Amidst this enthusiastic atmosphere, Chen Ling drove his large tractor, towing a high-raised shredder behind it, directly onto the ground.

"Look, wealth is about to begin."

On the more than three acres of corn stalks that had been cleared, a whole patch of greenish-yellow stalks lay flat on the ground. The sight of the large tractor's wheels, as tall as a person, rolling over them was incredibly awe-inspiring for the villagers.

Then, with a whoosh, the machine roared and the high-raised shredder crashed to the ground under Chen Ling's control lever, smashing onto the uprooted straw.

Wearing sunglasses and a straw hat, Chen Ling coolly glanced back at the situation, then shifted gears, stepped on the gas, and the roar of the engine grew louder and louder.

With a roar, the shredder whirred and spun, like a steel behemoth grinding its teeth, and the corn stalks on the ground were shredded into fine grass blades at a speed visible to the naked eye.

The air was immediately filled with a fresh and rich fragrance of grass and trees.

As the large tractor slowly moved forward with a buzzing sound, it left behind a trail of crushed straw in its wake.

This stands in stark contrast to the intact straw that has been dug up and laid on the ground.

Many men couldn't resist stepping forward, bending down to grab a handful of chopped straw, rubbing it between their hands, and then sniffing it lightly.

They couldn't help but gasp in surprise.

"This machine is amazing!"

"If the straw can be chopped up so finely, it can be directly dumped into the field and fermented into fertilizer."

"What composting? Didn't you hear what Fugui and the others said? After the shredder finishes crushing the straw, there's a rotary tiller. After the straw is crushed, the rotary tiller goes down into the field again..."

That guy plowed it all to one side, and the straw was turned down to the bottom of the soil.

Composting? Who would waste that stupid effort?

"Wow, this is so high-class!"

"So what do you think? This is all thanks to Professor Zhao and the others..."

After seeing the results, the villagers praised Zhao Yubao and his team to the skies.

Several old men, as well as Lynx and his companions, couldn't help but puff out their chests and blush after hearing this.

It feels really good to be able to do something for the village.

Chen Xiaoer, Wu Fei, and the Shen family members also wore smiles.

They all felt a special sensation brewing in their chests.

Very fresh and unique.

This is something that has never happened before.

As a result, Chen Xiaoer also became more active.

He used to be quiet in front of the villagers, but now he smiles and introduces this and that.

This left Li Zhongyi and Chishima Miyoko, who were at the back of the crowd, quite confused.

Does doing good deeds for the village make it easier to be accepted?
The two of them have been staying at Wang Laishun's house recently, but they have been trying to make their presence as inconspicuous as possible in order to make things easier for them later.

Unfortunately, the village dogs are too fierce, and wild boars also roam at night.

Going it alone won't work; I need to change direction and continue building good relationships with the villagers.

Chen Xiaoer and the others gave them an idea today.

"Wow, Uncle Fugui is so impressive."

As they were pondering their own thoughts, the children started shouting, only to see Chen Ling slowly driving out of the dense corn stalks in the distance in a tractor.

The sides were still covered with dense straw, but behind them was a clearing, with countless blades of grass, shredded from the straw, flying around behind the tires...

The spectacular sight brought by this large machine made many children cheer, and the men were also envious, wanting to go up and try it out.

Finally, it drove up from a distance, and adults and children alike rushed towards it.

"Fugui, get down quickly, let me drive you around?"

"What? The machine is too loud, I can't hear it."

(End of this chapter)