My 1995 Small Farm.

Chapter 91 The Sheep Hero

"You're itchy again, aren't you?"

"Hurry up and finish your meal, then go to school properly."

"No, I want to see castrated sheep."

When Wang Lixian and his son stared at each other.

Liu Yuzhi and Dani'er quickly invited Chen Ling to sit down. Dani'er even brought out another set of bowls and chopsticks to serve Chen Ling rice.

Seeing this, Chen Ling quickly stopped them: "Sister-in-law Yuzhi, Dani'er, stop busying yourselves, I've already eaten..."

Liu Yuzhi smiled and gestured a couple of times, insisting on serving him a bowl.

Chen Ling glanced at it and realized that there was meat in the porridge.

"I caught two pheasants while watching the melons at night. Fugui, have another bowl of wine."

Wang Lixian also said.

Chen Ling hurriedly said no, and only after much persuasion did he manage to convince Liu Yuzhi to stop.

Then she turned to look at Liu Nier: "There's meat in the pot, why aren't you eating properly? What's so great about pickled vegetables?"

"Hehe, I had indigestion yesterday, so I can't eat much."

Liu Nier sniffed hard and grinned.

Then he ran inside to get an apron for Chen Ling, so that the castrated sheep wouldn't get his clothes dirty later.

After changing into an apron, Chen Ling looked around.

"Where's my aunt? Isn't she at home?"

"No, Li Hui picked me up a few days ago, so I'll have to stay there for a while."

As Wang Lixian spoke, he wiped his hands clean, took the sharpened castration knife from the well, and went to close the courtyard gate.

This is preparation for castrating sheep.

Unexpectedly, at this critical juncture, an uninvited guest arrived.

It was Xiao Sen, the kid from Yu Qiang's family in Chen Ling's front yard, who came looking for them with a bunch of little brats.

Without a doubt, when Wang Lixian went to call Chen Ling, this mischievous monkey overheard the conversation and came to check on the castrated sheep.

In rural areas, events like slaughtering pigs, castrating sheep, and piercing the noses of cattle never lack crowds to watch the spectacle.

really.

The children had barely stepped into the yard when someone followed them in.

It was right after breakfast, and most of the people who were supposed to be working in the fields hadn't left yet.

Chen Ling glanced around and saw that, apart from a few households living near Wang Lixian's house, Zhang Qiaoling had also come over carrying Da Tou, and Shan Mao's partner, Du Juan, was following behind with a camera hanging around her neck.

"Why didn't you go and call me when you castrated the sheep? Why did you go and call Fugui here?"

Someone came in and started shouting.

Upon hearing this, Chen Ling laughed and said, "Brother Xian, I just saw that you guys are busy. After eating, you still have to go to work in the fields. I'm the only one with nothing to do, so I'm just idling at home anyway."

Upon hearing this, everyone laughed, saying that castrating a sheep is just a matter of time before it urinates, and it's no big deal.

Without further ado, the group marched in a grand procession toward Wang Lixian's south courtyard.

Besides two old houses, the south courtyard is a vegetable garden, where a large area is planted with loofah, green beans, and other vegetables.

Next to the vegetable garden is a well.

An old locust tree grows in the southeast corner of the wall, and the sheepfold is located under the tree.

As you approach, you can see two large sheep in the sheepfold, a male and a female. The male sheep is very majestic, with two sharp horns on its head, and it is large and strong.

According to Wang Lixian, this ram was less than eight months old, and its large size was entirely due to Liu Nier.

Liu Ni'er is very attentive to the chickens and sheep at home. Even though she plays wildly, she never forgets to catch insects for the chickens and cut grass for the sheep. She takes good care of them and is very thoughtful.

That guy was afraid that if the chickens and sheep didn't grow well, he would eat fewer pounds of meat during the New Year.

Sheep are very intelligent animals. When they saw such a large group of people gathering around, they immediately realized that something was wrong. Both sheep were so frightened that they scurried back into their burrow and kept bleating.

"This ram is really strong! Fugui, are you up to the task? Can you hold it down?"

"Haha, that's right, Fugui, with your delicate skin, if you can't handle it, let us do it."

"Yes, this ram is very strong, be careful it doesn't hurt you." Several people said when they saw the size of the ram.

"No, I'll just come."

Chen Ling rolled up his sleeves and jumped into the sheepfold.

The sheepfold was small and had no room to maneuver, so the ram had nowhere to hide and was easily caught by its horns.

The ram bleated loudly, shook its head back and forth, and struggled incessantly.

Wang Lixian and the others wanted to help, but Chen Ling simply exerted force and knocked the ram down. Then, he used his feet to clamp the ram's head, grabbed its two hind legs with both hands, and lifted it up. The ram was turned upside down and immediately became unable to move.

"What strength, Fugui!"

Upon seeing this, everyone couldn't help but exclaim in surprise and admiration.

They never expected that Chen Ling, who didn't usually do much farm work, would have such great strength.

While these people were still amazed by Chen Ling's strength, Wang Lixian did not hesitate. He picked up a straw rope, took a castration knife and a bowl, and quickly walked into the sheep pen. Then he grabbed the two testicles under the sheep's tail, twisted them slightly, and the two testicles were twisted into a ball.

With a flick of his wrist, he made two quick cuts, squeezing out the two lumps of flesh behind the ram. Wang Lixian carefully tore them off by the roots and threw them into the bowl.

Then, it raised its hand, pulled off the straw rope from its mouth, quickly made two loops, gently put them on, and then gently pulled, and the two wounds on the ram's back were firmly bound by the straw rope.

Tying the wound with straw rope is to reduce the injured area, making it less likely to get infected.

The entire castration process took only about five minutes, very cleanly and efficiently. Of course, this was because Wang Lixian was a frequent hunter with extensive experience in butchering and skinning sheep, so castrating a sheep was nothing to him. For an ordinary person, it would be difficult to do, because during castration, the sheep's testicles, along with the vas deferens, must be torn out. Without experience, it's easy to injure the sheep.

Moreover, without experience, it's difficult to control the size of the incision. If it's too big, infection is likely, and if it's too small, the sheep's testicles won't come out, making failure easy. Therefore, castration is a job that requires a high level of skill.

In short, this disobedient ram has now become a male-female eunuch ram.

From now on, he won't have to think about getting married and taking concubines all the time. His temperament will become very docile, and he can just focus on gaining weight.

Sure enough, as soon as Chen Ling released the ram, it leaped into the hay and lay there motionless.

The little child stood to the side, giggling and peering around, craning his neck to look at the sheep testicles in the bowl, finding them quite rare.

Some of the bolder ones even tried to reach out and grab it.

"What time is it? Hurry up and go to school, or I'll castrate you all."

Upon seeing this, Wang Lixian's face darkened and he cursed.

The children were immediately frightened and scattered.

The adults watching the spectacle burst into laughter.

"Excuse me, sir, I'd like to ask why this sheep didn't bleat much when it was being castrated? Doesn't it feel pain?"

At this moment, a tall woman suddenly walked over and asked Wang Lixian a question.

Wang Lixian was wiping his hands with a cloth when he heard this. He glanced at the strange woman with a puzzled look and frowned slightly.

I couldn't quite put my finger on it for the time being.

After thinking for a while, he said, "Sheep don't like to bleat. They don't even bleat much when they're being killed, let alone when they're castrated."

"No way? They're all animals, and some of them aren't afraid of being slaughtered? Why is it that when I see pigs and dogs being castrated, they squeal, poop, and pee, and their cries can be heard from far away..."

Dujuan glanced at the quiet ram in the sheepfold and asked, puzzled.

The others looked at her strangely when she asked the question, and a few women thought she looked odd, so they huddled together and whispered among themselves.

Actually, many people had been staring at this unfamiliar woman, and everyone knew she wasn't from the village.

Although everyone was quite curious about Du Juan's appearance, attire, and the camera hanging around her neck, no one asked any further questions since she was with Zhang Qiaoling and had been busy castrating sheep.

"What's so strange about that? They're just pigs and sheep."

One of the men said this, and everyone else chimed in.

In many rural areas, there's a saying: "Pigs are cowards, sheep are heroes." This means that when pigs are slaughtered or castrated, they squeal and scream, making a noise that can be heard throughout half the village. Sheep, on the other hand, are different. Whether they are being killed or castrated, they rarely make a sound; some sheep are even completely silent.

Don't be fooled by how rams can be aggressive during estrus. When they are castrated, they are usually very docile. However, they will still squeal and kick wildly when they are startled before they are caught.

The main problem is that sheep are too timid.

Generally, once they are under control, they dare not move again.

However, this is not absolute; it just means that most sheep are like this.

(End of this chapter)