My 1995 Small Farm.

In the past, with so many prey dangling in front of him, Chen Ling would have already fired his gun.

Not only did they fire shots, but they also unleashed dogs to chase after the enemy, and even had eagles join in to support and drive them away.

Try to gain as much as possible.

This also allowed the two dogs to go hunting freely.

He held back today.

The scene before him was so shocking that his heart was pounding wildly.

He just stared wide-eyed, trying to figure out what was going on.

Is it related to those strange things in the mountains and forests, such as pheasants being sucked blood but not eaten?

So he calmed the two dogs and the weasel down and they began to observe quietly.

Chen Ling also quietly found a big tree and climbed up it.

Climbing higher and looking further, they realized that the wild animals were headed for a strange 'large pond'.

Two or three different kinds of wild sheep were drinking water by the water.

It also has wild donkeys mixed in.

Subsequently, the large herd of deer also ran to the edge of the large pond and began to drink.

This pond is like the village's large weir.

The Dayantang is rectangular, nearly fifty meters long and about twenty meters wide.

This pond is certainly not that big.

Its length and width are also irregular, with three sides having very steep slopes, while the last side is open and flat, connecting with another mountain forest.

At this point, the three steep slopes were filled with all kinds of wild animals.

The scene was spectacular.

"This guy is making it look like the Great Migration of animals in Africa. Such a huge scene, just to come here for a drink of water?"

Chen Ling still felt something was off. "The mountain lake, the old river bend, and the small streams at the foot of the mountain are all connected to the water supply to my house..."

"Are those other water sources less attractive to them than this small pond?"

That's what I was thinking.

He still didn't make any rash moves, quietly observing the situation over there.

Little Jin, the black boy under the tree, didn't deliberately hide. He and the weasels were on a huge rock, watching their prey from afar.

It also kept watch out for the approaching wolves in the high mountains.

Time passes minute by minute...

The wild animals didn't seem to be there for a gathering; they left one after another after drinking their water.

As they came and went, they inevitably attracted the attention of wild animals that had been lurking and waiting in the nearby mountains and forests.

This... really does give off a bit of a vibe to the animals on the African savanna.

Large herds of wild animals roamed around here.

There were also mother animals with cubs coming over.

After the large herds of grass-fed animals leave, they will bring their young to drink water.

And I must say, the large herds of deer and wild sheep were quite dazzling.

On the contrary, the female animals with cubs are more eye-catching.

What attracted most of Chen Ling's attention were these mother beasts with their cubs.

For example, Qingyang...

A type of wild sheep.

Also known as the serow.

Except for the lack of a beard and its brown-black fur, it looks almost exactly like a goat.

The mother ibex walked through the dense forest, looked around for a moment, and then turned back and called out softly twice into the forest.

This thing makes a very soft sound.

In the silent mountains and forests, you can only see the movements, but you can't hear any sounds.

After calling out twice, it went to the edge of the pond, lowered its head, and began to leisurely drink the water.

A short while later, two more young ibex emerged from the forest and, imitating their mother, began to drink water.

The young ibex was very mischievous; it would run away after drinking water for a while, while the mother ibex, after finishing her water, would stand beside it, looking very satisfied.

Just as the mother antelope was preparing to leave.

A little wild boar darted out, its hurried appearance scaring away all the birds in the treetops.

It came here to drink water too.

But the little guy is very impulsive, running around recklessly and not caring about anything.

After running over, he plunged headfirst into the pond.

Whether the little wild boar was too thirsty or deliberately causing trouble, it made the pond murky and muddy.

The mother ibex was frightened, and her two calves were also quite frightened. They ran into the forest and disappeared without a trace.

Fortunately, they left in time.

Before long, the cries of deer and sheep could be heard from the distant woods.

This was clearly an ambush by a pack of wolves.

The little wild boars weren't afraid. These patterned piglets were wild and playful. It wasn't just one of them that came over; many more came from somewhere, forming a group, to drink water at the pond.

A pig is a pig.

They're no different from the pigs at home.

They don't even pay attention to hygiene when drinking water.

They plunged their whole bodies, hooves and all, into the water and drank it down.

Then, the herd of wild boars arrived.

The wild boars didn't care about anything; they jumped into the water with a splash and treated it like a public bath.

This large family kept many wild animals away.

The two pairs of mountain donkeys, mother and baby, were quite afraid of them.

The animal simply lingered on the opposite bank of the large pond with its cub, not drinking water, cautiously glancing at the wild boars in the pond, and occasionally licking the soil on the ground, licking off the salt.

The two little donkeys were quite mischievous.

They are bold and carefree. They drink water whenever they want, and when they don't want to drink anymore, they wander around under their mother's belly.

The two little ones were much smaller than the baby Chen Ling had delivered, and they bounced around and played with each other.

They would stop every now and then, staring wide-eyed at the wild boars bathing in the pond.

Because these wild boars are extremely restless, they are always making noise in the water.

Besides these, small mammals also frequent this area.

Squirrels, civets, and porcupines covered in arrows also trotted past on their short legs.

This is a very harmonious and heartwarming scene.

But harmony and warmth are relative.

Just like the scene of animals drinking water on the African savanna, when there are too many grassy animals, predators will be attracted.

Besides wolves, leopards and jackals also lurk nearby, often seizing the opportunity to suddenly leap out of the forest and pounce on the grassy animals by the water.

They were so frightened that they scattered in all directions.

Those unlucky ones who couldn't run away were dragged deep into the dense forest or high in the mountains.

The wild boars that were bathing in the pond were lucky enough to escape unscathed.

I spent half a day observing from the tree.

Chen Ling discovered:

These wild animals seem to have a tacit understanding; they catch their prey and leave. Whether they are wolves or leopards, they do not leave any bloody scent near the pond, for fear of disturbing their prey and preventing them from coming to drink.

This made Chen Ling even more curious about what was so special about this place.

As afternoon approached, the wild boar herd still tried to stay put, while groups of wild sheep from the mountains came over, and a herd of sika deer also arrived.

Chen Ling saw that the wolf pack had finished hunting and retreated.

As for leopards and the like, whether they are clouded leopards or regular leopards, if they hide, he won't be able to find them.

Anyway, neither Heiwa nor the others reacted.

Chen Ling decided it was time for his group to make their move. With so many prey dangling in front of them, it wouldn't be right not to make some arrangements.

Moreover, that wild boar was too arrogant. When the wolf came, it hid in the pond, and when the wolf left, it still refused to come out.

Besides wolves, leopards and jackals also dared not go into the water, much to the delight of these wild boars.

Chen Ling decided to teach them a lesson.

Let's take another look at what secrets are hidden around that pond.

Chen Ling is a very accurate marksman.

He aimed at the deer herd and shot down one deer with a single shot...

Heiwa and Xiaojin charged forward, and the weasels, on Heiwa's back, jumped onto the deer's backs one by one when they caught up with the herd, and then showed off their skills.

Not to be outdone, Er Tu Zi pounced on the pond after the wild boars were startled by the gunshots. Its sharp claws left wounds on the boars, blasting them out of the pond.

As soon as the wild boar herd came ashore, Chen Ling seized the opportunity to fire again.

Having eaten too much deer, and with wild boars being a rare sight these days, and having not eaten them for a long time, Heiwa and his companion turned and pounced, each stopping one and biting it.

In an instant, the forest was filled with the screams of deer and the cries of pigs, mixed with the excited roars of Heiwa after tasting blood, creating utter chaos.

"If it weren't for wanting to observe a little longer, I could have hunted a few more wild goats just now."

After jumping down from the tree, Chen Ling was still muttering to himself.

To be honest, he had never seen so many wild sheep in his entire life.

Moreover, there are at least three different kinds of wild sheep.

Even Chen Ling couldn't tell them apart.

"But with a place like this, there will be plenty of opportunities later. Let's figure out what's going on first."

Chen Ling collected all the prey lying by the pond and in the forest into the cave.

Heiwa Xiaojin hadn't come to the mountains to hunt for a long time.

Having seen so much prey lingering around them today, and having endured so much time, they've only managed to catch three wild boars and five wild deer. Clearly, they're not quite satisfied yet.

Even the five little weasels were excitedly jumping around, wanting to chase after their prey.

Chen Ling wanted to check on the pond's condition nearby, so he released them all out.

Let them roam freely and hunt their own prey.

He wandered around the large pond all by himself.

Then he discovered that the layout of this large pond was different from that of the village's large weir.

There are several springs on the south side of the mountain wall.

"So many springs!"

Chen Ling carefully cupped several handfuls in her hands and tried them one by one.

It's different from the spring on the west side of the mountain wall of my own village.

If that's an ice spring, then these other springs are relatively legitimate mountain springs.

"One, two, three, four... On one mountain, there are five springs, three of which produce water..."

Chen Ling counted, and found that three of the five springs were producing water, while the other two were not.

He mustered up the courage to try it, but then frowned...

"This water is so clear, why does it taste like tree roots?"

He quickly spat it out.

The taste is so strange.

I felt a little regretful.

The main concern was that so many wild animals had come to drink water earlier and left their droppings and urine near the spring.

After all, mountain donkeys and wild goats can climb walls and roofs, and they can climb really high.

Chen Ling then frowned and looked around the area from left to right.

Even though this place is already quite high, there are still many traces of wild animals.

"There is another spring."

"That makes seven now, right?"

Chen Ling continued walking around this area.

Gradually, he remembered that he had been here before, hunted squirrels on the opposite mountain, and that there was a valley between the two mountains, which used to be a trail for animals.

Footprints of a great lynx have also been found.

He set traps here.

Upon closer inspection, two more springs were discovered along the way, but the water flow was very small.

There are seven in total.

He walked around the mountain, climbing higher and higher, ignoring even the wolves and jackals secretly watching him from the opposite woods.

And so they slowly returned to the same spot, near the large pond.

This time he finally realized something was wrong.

So they quickly climbed up the mountain.

It was just past three in the afternoon, the mountain breeze was refreshing, and the mountain was lush and verdant.

The mountaintop is shrouded in mist, while streams murmur below. Springs gush forth from the mountainside, flowing into ponds.

It was originally a beautiful scene of green mountains and clear waters, with picturesque scenery.

But Chen Ling had no time to appreciate these things. He climbed to the top of the mountain and was somewhat taken aback by the sight before him.

At the top of the mountain, a large, pot-shaped crater appeared before him.

It's like someone built a stove on the mountaintop and put a big pot on it.

The pit was full of jumbled rocks and lush weeds, but there were very few trees in the large pit.

The trees all grow on the edge of the large pit.

Below those edges...

Needless to say, this is precisely where springs emerge from the wall.

"So that's why there are so many springs here, because there are sinkholes above..."

Chen Ling felt he had finally discovered the truth: "The tree takes root at the edge, and rainwater flows out through the cracks in the roots."

"Huh? There are so many medicinal herbs in this pit?"

Chen Ling's eyes lit up, forgetting his earlier concern about the wild animals gathering there, and his attention was drawn to some herbs around the pit and at the bottom of the pit.

He has excellent eyesight, and the medicinal plants, such as Uncaria rhynchophylla, are growing so abundantly.

It's easy to spot at a glance.

They even saw Ganoderma lucidum growing in many places on the rocks surrounding the pit.

There is no idle grass in the Qinling Mountains.

This trip was definitely worthwhile.

……

Upon discovering the sinkhole, Chen Ling acted like a wild boar entering a vegetable garden, raking in the nearby medicinal herbs.

But he didn't linger too long out of greed.

Anyway, we can come back later.

They promptly embarked on their journey home before it got dark.

Darkness comes early in the mountains; it's only dusk when you leave the mountains.

Heiwa and the others caught up with Chen Ling one after another and followed him back.

Each of them gained something from this trip.

Heiwa Xiaojin brought back two more grass deer.

The weasels caught something, but didn't bring it back; the bloodstains and fur on their mouths proved everything.

The little ones are quite wild too.

As for Er Tuzi, he somehow found half of a muntjac that had been gnawed on.

In general, deer were the most harvested.

Chen Ling also took out a sika deer from the cave, carried it on his shoulder, and went home.

"Hey, Fugui's back from hunting so early this time."

When Chen Ling returned home, there were quite a few people sitting in the village.

Several unfamiliar women sat around Wang Susu, looking at Chen Ling in surprise.

Old Zhou and the other men stayed with Qin Rongxian and Wang Cunye, either tidying up chestnuts or helping to pick chili peppers.

"Yes, it's easier to hunt in the mountains this year."

Chen Ling agreed, and Lao Zhou and the others followed him like lackeys, helping him catch the deer on his shoulders.

Some people even went to help him get his gun and the sack tied around his waist.

There were also those who chuckled and went to help Heiwa and Xiaojin, both of them carrying prey in their mouths.

The grass deer are heavy, and they can't carry them very far.

Chen Ling carried them all the way, but once they got home, they refused to let Chen Ling help them anymore.

It insisted on carrying it itself.

It's my own spoils, so what if I'm a little tired?

You have to carry it yourself.

The bald guy was the same way; he grabbed the half-deer, flew it around in the air once, and then dropped it on the ground.

It left people looking up in awe.

They were incredibly smug.

"Holy crap, this sack is full of medicinal herbs! So many herbs, and such a huge piece of Ganoderma lucidum... My God, Fugui, you've struck it rich!"

When the sack was opened, someone exclaimed in surprise.

The group of women couldn't help but glance at them.

One of the young women holding a baby looked somewhat familiar to Chen Ling.

But without thinking much about it, he went along with the conversation and said, "What kind of fortune are you trying to make? It's just this little bit of stuff. Okay, stop looking at it. I need to clean off the dirt and hang it up to dry."

"Come on, let us help you."

Seeing Chen Ling sitting on the wooden stump processing these medicinal herbs, they found it interesting and came over to help.

The women over there couldn't help but look this way and whisper among themselves.

They found it quite novel to see Chen Ling carrying a deer on his shoulder and a sack of herbs hanging from his waist.

Bringing a dog and carrying an eagle is quite impressive.

At this moment, Chen Ling was tidying up the medicinal herbs when he remembered who the woman holding the baby was.

Niu Xiaoling, Wang Susu's old classmate.

How did someone from Fenglei Town end up here?

After hearing those two sentences, I knew that Wang Susu was taking her child to see a doctor.

Chen Ling deliberately said, "Su Su, you've only just finished your postpartum confinement period, how come you're already treating patients?"

As an old married couple, Wang Susu naturally understood Chen Ling's meaning.

He smiled helplessly at Chen Ling: "This is Xiaoling, my classmate. Don't you recognize her? She came today to hold Xiang Yuhua's baby."

Chen Ling raised an eyebrow: "Xiang Yuhua? She still has the nerve to come looking for you?"

Xiang Yuhua is the wife of that bastard Wei Jun.

Wei Jun was transferred from Fenglei Town to the Family Planning Commission in the county. He got together with a woman from a nightclub and went to confront her, causing a scene. She almost lost her baby.

At that time, Chen Ling was also going to the hospital every day, so Wei Jun asked him to help find someone, but he didn't agree.

Chen Ling later thought that this incident was probably what made that bastard Wei Jun hold a grudge.

This whole thing happened afterward.

It would be strange if Chen Ling wasn't angry.

"She must be too ashamed, otherwise why would she let Xiaoling come over?"

Wang Susu glanced at Chen Ling, then smiled and said to Niu Xiaoling, "Xiaoling, you too, you came here and kept it from me, saying it was your own child. If I hadn't seen that you've never been pregnant before, were you planning to keep it a secret forever?"

"Susu, Yuhua is also feeling bad and doesn't dare to come to see you. She even said she would write to you, causing your family so much trouble..."

If it weren't for the fact that she had no other choice, she…

Niu Xiaoling was actually an honest person, and her face turned bright red. She didn't know how to explain.

I just feel like the more I talk, the less I can explain it.

I regret telling the truth.

She didn't know that Wang Susu had learned a trick from her sister-in-law Xiufen: how to judge whether a woman was a virgin and whether she had been pregnant before.

When Wang Susu said she wasn't pregnant, it startled her.

Feeling guilty, he told everything.

"Don't worry, Xiaoling, it's rare for you to come all this way. Even if it's just for your sake, I have to treat this child. You say it's your child, so I'll treat it as your child."

The child did nothing wrong, so I'll pretend I didn't know anything.

"But Xiaoling, let me make this clear first: I'm not very capable. Children's illnesses are the hardest to cure. If I can't cure them, don't blame me or come knocking on my door causing trouble..."

Wang Susu was still smiling.

But hearing this made Niu Xiaoling feel even more ashamed, and she repeatedly said that she definitely wouldn't.

Chen Ling was also a little surprised.

Well, my wife is starting to be sarcastic and sarcastic now. That's progress!

"In that case, I won't prescribe any medicine for the child. The child is weak... Take a look at this prescription, and you can decide whether to use it or not..."

Wang Susu thought for a moment and wrote a note.

Not a single medicine was prescribed.

After this ordeal, even the most shameless Niu Xiaoling probably won't come back.