My 1995 Small Farm.

Chen Ling spent an extra week exploring the city this time.

It's convenient that he didn't bring any children or other people this time, so it's easy for him to go anywhere.

We visited the families of Zhao Dahai and Liang Yuemin, and also went to the lynx's dog farm to see the dogs.

The lynxes that used to be kept at the dog farm don't need to be cared for.

Most of them were brought back from dogfighting competitions.

This batch of dogs includes all breeds.

Many of them are foreign dogs, or aggressive breeds.

It's time for the female dog to go into heat.

That guy, male dogs go crazy when they smell it.

The lynx's brother and sister-in-law really couldn't handle it.

Old Mr. and Mrs. Zhong weren't there either, and Lynx's brother and sister-in-law also had their own things to do every day; they couldn't possibly stay at the dog farm all the time.

So after picking up Afu and Ashou, Chen Ling went to the dog farm every day to work.

With two tigers keeping order, even the most impetuous and furious male dogs dared not bristle.

Chen Ling told them who to pair up with, and they obediently paired up with that person.

After they had vented their energy, Chen Ling ignored them and they stopped causing trouble.

They were all very honest.

The dogs quieted down and stopped causing a disturbance.

Sometimes Chen Ling would call over Zhao Dahai's little girl and Liang Yuemin's chubby son to play at the dog farm for half a day. He would also let the well-behaved dogs out to roam in the orchard not far from the dog farm and catch some small prey.

When there are fewer people, they will release Afu and Ashou.

Take two little kids with you on a horseback hunting trip.

There are more small prey in autumn than in spring and summer, and Chen Ling always has a great harvest every time he goes out.

He was tired of eating pheasants and rabbits in the village, so he gave them all to his familiar friends.

Liu Jiancheng, who sells salted eggs; Du Guanghe, who runs an aquarium; and so on...

Sometimes, when they run into the old dogfighting people who come out to play at night, they might give them a few dogs if they like them.

These people saw Chen Ling leading a large pack of dogs, with two large tigers as the leaders, even though they had heard rumors beforehand.

Seeing it with your own eyes is quite awe-inspiring.

To say it was awe-inspiring would be too vague, but seeing the two tigers growing ever stronger and more imposing, they were genuinely too afraid to approach.

Even the slightest movement of Afu and Ashou getting closer would make them tense up.

Naturally, they admired Chen Ling more and more, and they all talked about him in private, saying that this kid was really no ordinary person.

Later, I saw Chen Ling riding his horse around every day, looking for a little water buffalo, but he couldn't find a suitable day.

The mule and horse markets in the suburbs do not open unless it is a market day.

These people volunteered to contact several cattle brokers for Chen Ling, and soon found him two water buffalo calves.

Chen Ling chose the beautiful little heifer with a glossy black nose.

Why not choose a male calf? The reason is simple.

The main problem is that the calves are not yet ready for breeding.

When it comes to mating, they must be carefully selected.

We'll have to get past both Chen Ling and Little White Ox.

Otherwise, if he takes the calf back and develops a bond with it, but its appearance is too poor, Chen Ling will feel it's a pity.

It feels like my own child has been taken advantage of by a pig.

So in the following days, the dog farm had another brown buffalo calf.

This little water buffalo is much more lively than the little white calf when it was young. It dares to play with dogs, dares to butt the little green horse with its head... and even dares to frolic in front of Afu and Ashou.

This perfectly illustrates the saying "a newborn calf is not afraid of a tiger."

In short, Chen Ling had a lot of fun these past few days.

During this time, Sun Yanhong came over and told me about the few young men in the village who were selling bear meat.

A few regular customers happened to see it and asked me to prepare a few dishes.

Fortunately, Sun Yanhong was quick-witted and knew that wild game meat had a strong odor.

Besides using raw meat to remove the fishy smell, they also used strong-flavored seasonings like crayfish and hot pot ingredients, making the meal rather unsatisfactory.

There's nothing we can do about it. Although the pungent smell of the bear meat has been masked, it's still a little tough to chew.

The chefs in Sun Yanhong's shop don't really know much about this either.

They treated it as just another wild game.

Chen Ling only learned about the bear paw recipe from Zhao Yubao, which said that it's best to add some honey when stewing bear paws and bear meat.

Otherwise, it would have to be simmered over low heat for a whole day and night to become tender.

Bear paws, in particular, sometimes take two days to soften even when stewed without honey.

If you don't know how to handle them, even the best ingredients won't help; you'll only end up with a dry, unappetizing result.

Tell Sun Yanhong this trick so she can see how to talk to the cooks.

After all, these are things that veteran chefs need to keep secret. This isn't the era of massive online sharing anymore; it's still best to keep some things to yourself.

Sun Yanhong's main purpose in contacting him was to ask Chen Ling if bear paws were easy to obtain.

After learning about bear meat, many people came to ask about bear paws.

Qinling bear paws are very famous.

Because there are a lot of wild bees in the Qinling Mountains, many of them build their nests in fallen dead trees or in the crevices of rocks on the ground.

Therefore, black bears are very good at stealing honey. These kinds of honeycombs are simple to find, easier to dig out than honeycombs in trees, and less likely to get stung.

Black bears use their paws to collect all sorts of wild honey and lick their palms with their tongues. Over time, their paws become plump and moist.

Sun Yanhong had heard that a bear paw feast, consisting of two front paws together, could sell for five or six thousand yuan.

Prices are rising significantly now, and it's foreseeable that they will become increasingly expensive in the future.

But Chen Ling knew that black bears were not easy to deal with. Raising black bears, extracting their bile, and eating their paws were things that even someone like him, who frequently hunted and saw blood and could distinguish between pets and food, felt he couldn't do.

So I told her to stop thinking about it, it's hopeless.

Sun Yanhong didn't care when she heard that it couldn't be done in large quantities. Having witnessed the popularity of crayfish, she wouldn't feel that the money from bear paws was too much of a loss.

I just wanted to try some new dishes.

Otherwise, he would always feel that Liang Yuemin and his partners were doing such a great business, and he, who was also a partner of Chen Ling, was always lagging behind and didn't speak with enough authority.

This is the mindset of someone with great ambition.

Chen Ling had absolutely no feeling about this.

Indeed, he was completely oblivious to the popularity of Liang Yuemin's instant noodles.

He was delighted to hear the children in the apartment building discussing the story of instant noodles, saying it was just like the new cartoon on TV, praising the cartoon, how amazing Heiwa was, and how clever Xiaojin was.

This is genuine joy.

I was pleased that the children appreciated the story, and also pleased that they praised their two dogs.

He was in a good mood for several days. However, in the following days, he gave Sun Yanhong two suggestions: first, that she buy a few more arowanas to make an arowana feast; and second, that she add snakes to the wild game, since there are many snake farms in Fenglei Town.

Bamboo rat meat didn't take off this year; it wasn't as popular as regular pork rib hot pot, and it was far inferior to venison, which Chen Ling didn't expect.

Let's try something else then.

I'll create a new cuisine and earn some extra money for my father-in-law's family.

Otherwise, the old man would complain all the time that he hadn't even been able to use snake-attracting medicine in the past two years, and that he hadn't caught many snakes all year round.

And so, I stayed in the city for about ten days.

Even Rui Rui missed him; Zhen Zhen went to a phone booth and called him twice.

Once the call went directly to the apartment in the staff quarters, and another time it was through Liang Hongyu that the call was made to Liang Yuemin and his wife...

Chen Ling dared not linger any longer and hurried home.

On the way back, he was still thinking, "I'll keep those dragonfish with Sun Yanhong for now. If someone is interested, I'll sell them. As for cooking them... I doubt anyone in the provincial capital would spend that much money to eat dragonfish."

He spent quite a lot of money this time.

Besides suggesting that Sun Yanhong buy arowanas, he couldn't resist buying a few himself.

Although the quality of the items is not very good.

But it's not cheap.

Some cost two or three thousand, some three or four thousand, and there was even a golden arowana that was a bargain price, still priced at six thousand six.

The dried fish cost Chen Ling over 20,000 yuan, nearly 30,000 yuan.

They can build a small villa in the village, and even help two or three sons get married.

The popularity of arowanas is evident.

"Keep it, I'll give it some special feed periodically..."

This fish is really not suitable for raising in the countryside. Not to mention the equipment, the style doesn't match at all, it just feels awkward.

If Liang Yuemin hadn't been too busy to care for her, Chen Ling would have really wanted to keep her with him.

That meant Sun Yanhong had nothing to do with it anymore.

This guy even uses his brand name, and he gets a huge share of the profits. Raising arowana is a sure way to make a fortune, much more reliable than knowing lottery numbers. Of course, Chen Ling wanted to help his brother get rich.

Unfortunately, Brother Hao wasn't actually a money-loving person. He just enjoyed building a career, or more precisely, he enjoyed the feeling of achieving success and fulfilling the goals he set for himself.

There's not much to say about Chen Ling.

On the way back, we still traveled by water, but this time we couldn't find a suitable boat, so we had to hitch a ride on a cargo ship.

Chen Ling had a lot of stuff; he brought two tigers, bought a cow, and even caught a few puppies from the lynx's kennel. Land travel wasn't convenient...

He could ask Little Sheep for a transport truck to take them back, but even if they could get back, these puppies would have a bumpy ride all the way, and it's uncertain whether they would survive.

The puppy isn't a fish, and this kind of bumpy ride doesn't cause it to bleed or get injured. Sometimes, even feeding it magic water won't help.

Traveling by water is relatively safer and faster, and you can get home overnight, even getting a nap on the boat.

Aside from the little buffalo and a few puppies not understanding and urinating everywhere, which is a bit of a hassle, everything else is fine.

Around six o'clock in the morning, as they approached Tenghe Township, Chen Ling not only spotted Er Tu Zi chasing a flock of geese in the sky, but also found traces of Suan Tou and the others in the river.

He was quite surprised, not knowing whether these guys were there to pick him up and take him home or to have some fun.

I guess they've come to take me home.

Otherwise, it wouldn't be such a coincidence that both Baldy and Garlic were there.

Chen Ling was overjoyed to find that the little ones were becoming more and more intelligent and sensible.

Afu and Ashou returned a month later. Due to the significant seasonal change, the scenery of the mountains and forests on the shore was different, and the river was clearer than in summer. Everything seemed new to them, and they kept stretching their necks and looking around with their big heads raised.

After spotting the giant turtle, they all lowered their heads and curiously gazed at the underwater world.

Seeing this, the little blue horse wanted to show off its familiarity with Garlic and the other two tiger cubs. It neighed and kicked its hooves restlessly, swishing its tail, as if it wanted to jump into the water and play with the group of big turtles.

Fortunately, no one came out of the boat in the morning, otherwise they would have been quite frightened by what they saw.

When they finally reached the shore and arrived at Tenghe Township, Chen Ling rode his horse, carrying a bamboo basket of puppies on his back, along with two tigers, Afu and Ashou, and a small water buffalo, heading home.

The sight of this spectacle drew the attention of early risers, who flocked out to watch the excitement. As for Chen Ling and the others, they were familiar with the place, having passed by with the tiger on the previous two occasions.

But there are few new things to see in the countryside, so every time there are too many people coming out to watch.

As I walked, I was watched by people.

When we finally arrived at the outskirts of Chenwangzhuang Village, we saw my father-in-law leading a large group of packhorses and several of the family's cows toward the old river bend.

On the other side, in a wheat field far behind the father-in-law, the mother-in-law was leading Shen Jiayi, who was constantly bending down to pick something up.

Soon, the commotion on Chen Ling's side was too big, and the scene was too eye-catching, so the two of them looked over at the same time.

When the female apprentice saw him return with the tiger, she excitedly waved and called for him to run over.

"What are you doing, Jiajia?"

"Grandma took me to collect goose droppings, saying they could be used as livestock feed..."

"Oh, you're collecting goose droppings? Wow, you've collected quite a lot."

Goose droppings are excellent pig feed. Soaking goose droppings in the pig trough, adding wheat bran or straw flour, will make the pigs eager to eat it.

Of course, it can also be used to feed livestock.

It's said that feeding livestock with this stuff can prevent diseases and plagues.

I don't know the principle behind it, but it was just grains and wheat seedlings, and after passing through the stomach and intestines of the goose, it somehow became something like a medicinal herb.

"Yes, Grandma said that the geese drop the most droppings in the morning and evening. They come to steal wheat seedlings when there are fewer people around, and they poop while they eat, hehe."

This girl isn't delicate, and she doesn't mind getting dirty.

When they arrived in the countryside, they had a lot of fun, just like Xiaolizi and the others.

"Master, the tigers have grown so fast, they're so big now. Can you tell them not to move so I can pet them?"

"Come on, touch them, they're very obedient."

At this moment, Gao Xiulan also came over carrying a large basket of goose droppings and said, "These two little tigers have grown so fast! When you first brought them back, they were so silly and clumsy, but now you almost don't recognize them."

Yes, Ah Fu and Ah Shou have grown incredibly fast these past few months; they're not even a year old yet.

It is even more robust and majestic than a fully grown tiger.

"Oh my, husband, come out and see! Come out and see! Fugui has brought the tiger back! Now the mountains can finally be peaceful!"

Chen Ling and his two companions were talking at the edge of the village when they soon attracted a large group of people.

When people saw Afu and Ashou, they said they had changed a lot and looked much scarier than before.

For a moment, no one dared to step forward.

Ah Fu and Ah Shou, however, seemed completely oblivious. With their heads tilted back, they kept sniffling loudly at the villagers.

This sound is actually quite normal for tigers and leopards.

For Afu and Ashou, these people were already acquaintances; they simply smelled them.

The villagers were terrified. They dared not look any longer, feeling as if the tiger was sniffing them out and about to eat them.

Even those who had also come out with baskets to collect goose droppings turned around and went home, no longer daring to leave their homes at this time.

Therefore, Gao Xiulan ended up picking two more baskets.

They were placed on the little blue horse and taken home. (End of Chapter)