My 1995 Small Farm.

Chen Ling was going to the city, and Wang Susu, who was in her postpartum period, was a little reluctant.

"Lele and Kang Kang are not even a month old yet, why are you going out again?"

That evening, while eating the old duck soup that Chen Ling fed her, Wang Susu leaned against the bed and said with a little complaint.

"There was no other way. When my second brother and sister-in-law came to take care of you, they brought over those commemorative shirts. You know that, they were just waiting to sell them around National Day."

Chen Ling said in a low voice, "Second brother and sister-in-law also feel that it's not good for us to go out and do business while you're in confinement."

But our parents' money has already been spent as capital. Tell me, can we let them waste their money?
Moreover, the idea of ​​this commemorative T-shirt for Hong Kong's return to China will only be fashionable for a short time.

Selling later won't result in a loss, but it certainly won't be as profitable as selling at the peak.

"Okay, then come back soon."

Wang Susu knew the importance of the matter; her parents had spent 20,000 yuan on her two older brothers for this business.

He also trusted A-Ling.

If it fails, not only will we lose money, but Ah Ling will also lose face.

"Don't worry, I'm just keeping my second brother company. I'll be back in two days at most."

Chen Ling comforted his wife.

"Oh? You're back so soon? Can Second Brother manage all by himself?"

Upon hearing this, Wang Susu couldn't help but worry about Wang Qingzhong again.

“What’s wrong with that? Second Brother spent so many years in the caravan business when he was young, it’s just a change of location to do business.”

Chen Ling added, "Didn't I tell you before? Si Ni'er's husband dares to go to the city to sell eggs. Second Brother is far better than them."

He was hoping to return to the mountains soon.

"What about Aunt Hongyu? Didn't Aunt Hongyu say she would be back after National Day?"

"Yes, I'll pick them up then. I'll call them first to ask about their schedule, and then I'll go to Yue Min's place to see how his drinks are coming along."

"Is it a beverage named after our family's estate?"

"Yes, Fugui Mountain Villa Coca-Cola, Fugui Mountain Villa Juice, haha, the name sounds like cola, Brother Yuemin and the others really dare to use it."

……

The young couple chatted until midnight, and Wang Susu was still full of energy.

If Chen Ling hadn't urged her to go to sleep...

She still wanted to talk to Chen Ling.

This demonstrates her good physical condition. Furthermore, Kang Kang and Le Le are gradually becoming more and more mischievous.

I also go to bed late at night.

With the addition of two new babies, the family is filled with joy, but the evenings are certainly not peaceful.

Kang Kang looked small and was quiet, so he didn't cry much.

But you can't resist having two kids together.

If one cries, the other will cry too.

Kang Kang usually sleeps peacefully most of the time.

But if his older sister Lele wakes up hungry or cries after peeing, he will also wake up and cry along with her.

So he seemed even more mischievous than when he was Rui Rui.

With his younger siblings like this, even Rui Rui, who used to be inseparable from his parents at night, has started to sleep with his grandparents out of desperation.

……

Having made preparations to go to the city, Chen Ling got up very early the next day.

My brother-in-law, Lynx, and I brought out a room full of commemorative T-shirts.

These commemorative T-shirts had already been packed up and were piled up in the wooden building in the backyard.

There are dogs and cats in Chenlingzhuangzi, so you can't bring any odds and ends into the house. There are no bugs or rats, and keeping things upstairs helps prevent dampness.

In addition, Chen Ling mentioned that the sales date was approaching.

Before the Mid-Autumn Festival, they and Chen Ling transported the goods down the mountain and brought them over by tractor.

Now they called in a scooter, and it pulled up a whole truckload.

It also gave the villagers a visual feast.

Although they couldn't see the whole picture, they could tell that Chen Ling was fiddling with clothes again.

"Fugui is making clothes again. He also brought back a batch of horses a while ago. He's always doing these things that we can't keep up with."

"Yes, raising fish is so convenient. Just raise fish well, it's great, it's similar to raising chickens and ducks, it's something you do on the side."

"Sigh, I can only follow Fugui's lead in raising fish and chickens. I don't even have the money to buy cattle, let alone pack animals and clothes."

They used to watch Chen Ling make money while they couldn't, and they were so anxious that they couldn't eat or sleep properly.

Now I've figured it out. If I don't have as much money as others, I can't do whatever I want.

I've made money from fish farming this year, so I might as well take care of things at home first.

After all, what decent person would want to do business like Chen Ling, changing his methods all year round?

Chen Ling didn't offer any explanation.

They didn't mention that these weren't their own transactions.

He brought his son with him this time, busy preparing food for the little rascal.

He originally didn't want to take the child on a long trip.

Then again, there's nothing we can do about it.

With the addition of two younger siblings to the family, Chen Ling and Wang Qingzhong are doing alright at home and can manage to take care of them.

But once they stepped outside, things went wrong.

Although the dogs and cows at home are intelligent and capable enough, it's impossible to leave them unattended for long periods of time while they take care of the baby.

After all, they don't have human hands and feet, so there's no way to protect a baby from bumps, falls, or injuries.

Besides, only Chen Ling knew the capabilities of his little creatures.

Who else, including Wang Susu, could truly trust to entrust their child to these dogs?

Zhao Yubao and his group, Chen Xiaoer and his group, and even the three members of the Shen family all said they could help take care of the children.

However, sometimes it's enough that they help pick up and drop off Wang Zhenzhen.

How can you let someone else take care of your baby?

In addition, two Japanese soldiers recently came to the village.

Let Chen Ling take him out.

"Dad, Dad, that..."

With the child in tow, Chen Ling stopped riding a horse. He could endure the long, bumpy ride, but little Rui Rui couldn't.

So I drove the Bobcat.

Just as Rui Rui and Wang Qingzhong picked up Wang Jusheng at the village entrance and got into the car, Rui Rui shouted.

It turned out that a large, dirty, and disheveled wild boar was following next to the delivery truck in front.

I don't know where it came from, but it followed the swaying truck on the dirt road onto the reservoir dam, jogging along, occasionally tilting its head back and sniffing around.

The four of them were taken aback.

"Huh? It's that old pig. What's he doing out here so early in the morning?"

"What are you smelling?"

"I don't know, I guess they were smelling the diesel fuel near the chimney..."

Seeing the large wild boar with its yellowed tusks sticking out and a look of utter ecstasy on its face, Chen Ling guessed.

No sooner had he finished speaking than the wild boar suddenly turned around abruptly, let out two fierce howls, and dashed off along the side of the dam toward the old river bend.

Chen Ling, sitting in the driver's seat, was completely bewildered. "What's this pig doing? What's wrong with it?"

Upon seeing this, Wang Jusheng laughed and said, "It saw those duck herders at the village entrance. Those people all have electric alarms on at night, just in case weasels or something go in and steal chickens or ducks."

This old pig went into someone's pigsty and got seriously electrocuted.

"Has this pig learned its lesson? Why isn't it leaving? Why is it still wandering around the village?"

Chen Ling knew the power of the electric cat; a wild boar could be electrocuted to death if it wasn't careful. The feeling of being electrocuted, whether human or animal, is unforgettable once experienced.

Logically speaking, this cunning old pig shouldn't have lingered here after being scared by the electric cat.

"What's so strange about that? You just can't bear to part with the village's sows, can you?"

Wang Jusheng said matter-of-factly, "It often visits the pigs raised by the brigade. Those two little devils got up to go to the toilet at night and saw such a big black shadow. When they shone their flashlights on it, it was this ugly and fierce ghost. They were quite frightened."

After hearing about this, I'm thinking of buying one of your puppies to guard the house.

"Huh? Those Japanese devils want to buy dogs from my house?"

Chen Ling was taken aback, then fell silent.

Due to his status, Li Zhongyi's pen pal relationship was essentially over.

I haven't contacted him much lately.

If we happen to meet in the village, we'll chat for a bit, say a few words, and play cards or chess with the village elders.

That's all.

If I were to buy a dog...

Even if Chen Ling were willing to sell, Zhao Gang, as a soldier, would not sell to them.

"Yes, actually I think those two Japanese guys are alright. They're nice to talk to, and they even helped with farm work and brought us meals. They're nothing like the ones in the movies."

Wang Jusheng said this.

Wang Qingzhong, holding Rui Rui in the back row, nodded in agreement: "I also think these two little devils are alright. Maybe it's because they're young, but in just a couple of days they're calling everyone in the village uncles, aunts, grandpas, and grandmas."

When she met our dad, she knew that you were pen pals with Lingzi, and she treated you with great respect. Every time she bought something from the county town or picked wild fruit, she would give some to our dad if he picked up Zhenzhen.

It's just that my dad was too ruthless towards the Japanese devils. He looked down on them and scared them so much that they didn't dare to come over once they knew you were a pen pal.

Your sister-in-law said it made the two little Japanese devils look so pitiful.

"Yes, I know that. Dad didn't tell me, but Zhenzhen did."

Chen Ling replied with a smile.

The character "存业" in my father-in-law's name has a profound meaning. It means that when I was young, my father and brothers went to the battlefield, and I was left at home by them to preserve the family business.

That's because they hate the Japanese devils so much they grit their teeth.

"Oh dear, just as you say, the Japanese devils are here! Look ahead!"

Wang Jusheng, in the passenger seat, pointed ahead and said.

Just after the trucks passed, a man and a woman hid at the fork in the dirt road leading from Donggang to the old city wall. Next to them was Wang Lihui driving a donkey cart with oil drums on it.

I smiled when I saw them driving by and waving.

Chen Ling rolled down the car window and said a few words to the three of them.

"Damn it, those two little devils are really hardworking. They got up early this morning and went to help the village deliver diesel fuel again."

Wang Jusheng laughed and praised, "Look at that kid Lihui, how well he's getting along with those two Japanese devils now. In a couple of days, he might even be the one driving the big farm machinery."

They were talking about Wang Lihui.

Wang Lihui was also talking to the two Japanese soldiers about them.

“Brother Zhongyi, and Sister Meidai, you’re staying at our village secretary’s house, but don’t get too close to the secretary’s second son, Juxiang.”

"Huh? Why is that? Shouldn't people in a village be united and friendly?"

"You don't understand, because our village secretary favors the second son, and the eldest son, Jusheng, has a close relationship with Fugui. Aren't you and Fugui pen pals?"
The eldest and second eldest brothers had a conflict in the first half of the year, with the second eldest bullying the eldest.

Fugui beat the second son terribly, making enemies of the second son, his mother, and his maternal uncle...

The second son is now on crutches because Fugui's injuries haven't healed yet.

"You can stay at the Party Secretary's house, just don't go near the second son's family."

"what?"

Chishima Miyoko was completely bewildered.

This relationship is so complicated.

He said in awkward Mandarin, "What do you mean? Chen Ling hit the village secretary's second son. How come he only has a grudge against the second son and the mother? Doesn't the village secretary, as the father, have a grudge?"
I often see the village party secretary and Chen Ling chatting happily. Is it because, as the village party secretary, one must consider the collective good, be tolerant, and set a good example for the villagers?

"Uh, yes, yes, you're right. I didn't expect you to know so much about our country."

Wang Lihui was taken aback. He wanted to explain, but then he thought, "This is an international friend. How can I show the bad side of him?"

Although I am a farmer, I am a farmer with national pride.

He quickly tried to cover it up, saying, "That's the difference between us and you Japanese..."

Wang Lihui launched into a tirade.

Miyoko Chishima genuinely didn't know the truth, so she listened with a mix of truth and falsehood.

Li Zhongyi was truly speechless.

Although he was a traitor, he did not deceive Chen Ling; he did indeed grow up in Northeast China.

Having grown up in a rural area in Northeast China, how could he not know what was going on in the village?

That old guy really knows how to brag.

If he were a pure-blooded Japanese, he might actually believe it.

However, it wasn't without its gains.

At least they now know that Chen Ling isn't as popular in the village as they thought, and that there are people who have conflicts with him.

When they first arrived, they were really frightened.

Chen Ling was so popular that professors, actors, and even village children all fawned over him, making him seem more like the village chief than the village head himself.

If that were the case, Chen Ling invited them to stay at the farm, but they felt guilty and dared not stay there.

This is normal now.

……

Chen Ling no longer cared about the situation in the village. After driving all day, he arrived in the city around 9 p.m.

After a night's rest, I quickly got back to work.

Not long after the Mid-Autumn Festival, Sun Yanhong's shop became popular again.

Although it's not as good as when crayfish were popular, it's still about 50-60% of what it used to be.

Don't assume that 50% or 60% is a small percentage.

Back then, there were always queues of people waiting outside for crayfish.

Now it's about 50-60% full, and the store is basically packed every day.

Therefore, if Chen Ling and his group wanted to set up a stall in front of Sun Yanhong's shop, they had to come early.

Otherwise, if there are too many people and we have to work hard, it will drive them away.

So he came over right after breakfast that day.

The unloaded goods were stored in Sun Yanhong's warehouse.

The souvenir T-shirts, backpacks, handbags, and other items sold at the temporary stalls were taken out and hung up for immediate use.

After a flurry of activity, I picked out the bottommost package, opened it, and prepared to take out the clothes and bags inside to set up my stall.

As luck would have it, as soon as the package was opened, a pungent smell hit my face.

"Wow, did they put out mothballs? Mothballs don't even smell like this!"

Wang Jusheng fanned himself in front of his nose.

"They didn't put any mothballs in there," Wang Qingzhong said, puzzled.

How could he not know what he was wearing?
Chen Ling walked over and said, "It smells like fermented grains. How come there are fermented grains in your clothes? No wonder that old pig was running after the car. It wasn't the diesel smell that he smelled, but this smell."

As they spoke, the three of them began rummaging through the package.

Then I poured it out and saw that it really was wine lees, but it had already dried out.

He was flipping through the clothes in his hands, peering inside.

With that, a 'buzz' sound filled their ears, and the three of them screamed in terror and turned tail and ran.

Damn, it's a honeycomb! (End of Chapter)